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Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · Jul 4

Just a reminder that pretty much everything Hitler did in Germany was legal and enabled by lawyers and judges who considered their duty to “the law” to be of supreme importance.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot since Kagan’s vote yesterday.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · Jul 4

Judge Murphy DENIES the motion to stop the flight taking the eight men from Djibouti to South Sudan.

It's "substantially similar" to the relief sought by orders paused by SCOTUS.

The flight is set to take off in roughly 30 minutes.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 7h

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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters (1)

A federal grand jury declined to indict two people charged with assaulting law enforcement agents outside a suburban Chicago ICE facility, an attorney for one of the defendants said.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 28m

“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”

Same shit different era.

Chloe Cole: The existence of even one detransitioner dismantles the central lie of transgenderism, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.

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Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · 50m

I will be forever grateful.

Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · 50m

I had never met any of these people in person and they had no obligation to help me, but they took care of me anyway.

I also met one of my best friends (and ex-girlfriend lmao) on twitter, and I’m a civil rights lawyer in Memphis because of TikTok. So yeah, a few things.

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Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · 53m

In 1L, I left an abusive relationship. My ex was stalking and threatening me and I felt helpless. I reached out to someone I knew from law twitter, who put me in touch with someone else from law twitter, who found me an attorney who represented me pro bono and stopped the harassment.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 16h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3h

Don’t threaten me with a good time.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · 3h

Coffee has water in it, it’s fine

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Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · 5h

Ok but actually, yes.

Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · 5h

Me when I make up fictional scenarios in my head to get mad at

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · 5h

I mean I also took my adhd meds, so it’s not wrong.

Melissa Stewart @lissajostewart.bsky.social · 5h

It is Wednesday morning. I am wearing my favorite sweater because my office is cold. I’ve had two cups of coffee and a coke. I am angry at the government.

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blaw @blaw.bsky.social · Aug 25

when you use fat as an insult or to suggest someone is a failure or less than or whatever--especially when the person you're insulting is a horrific person for literally a thousand real reasons that have nothing to do with their body composition--your fat friends read that, too!

blaw @blaw.bsky.social · Aug 4

a reminder, apropos of nothing, that fat people have always existed, will always exist, and that fat people are not and have never been abnormal or unnatural. fatness, like skinniness, is not, per se, evidence of unhealthiness. fat people are not a problem to be solved.

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blaw @blaw.bsky.social · 8d

Fatphobia is used to police access to healthcare and public places. It is used to police who is worthy of being seen and who is not. It is used to harm and other.

Unlearn it.

blaw @blaw.bsky.social · 8d

Fatphobia is part and parcel of transphobia, racism, ableism, and all other forms of bigotry.

The difference is that so many of us have so deeply internalized our body composition as a measure of our worth. When people belittle, humiliate, and discriminate against fat bodies, it's a signal. It's

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "It all starts with physical fitness and appearance. If the secretary of war can do regular hard PT, so can every member of our joint force. Frankly, it's tiring to look out at combat formations and see fat troops. Likewise, it's completely unacceptable to see fat generals and admirals."