Lorie Masters
@lsmlaw.bsky.social
Policyholder advocate at Hunton Andrews Kurth. Founder Women Lawyers On Guard and DC Statehood PAC. Supporter of democracy, equality and full citizenship for women.
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Lorie Masters
@lsmlaw.bsky.social
· Feb 11
The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Important statement from @abaesq.bsky.social supporting the rule of law.
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Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
December 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Worth noting, I guess, that inside of a year we've gone from administration officials taking selfies of themselves at CECOT and bragging about how it's hell on earth to now getting their horrible little media worms to kill stories about it
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I’m old enough to remember when Mitt Romney said the problem was that 47% of America didn’t pay taxes and wanted to be freeloaders. But I welcome him to the resistance.
Mitt Romney is in the New York Times saying we should tax the rich.
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I’m old enough to remember when Mitt Romney said the problem was that 47% of America didn’t pay taxes and wanted to be freeloaders. But I welcome him to the resistance.
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NEW: The DOJ sues Georgia, Illinois and D.C. over unfettered access to their voter rolls, which includes sensitive personal data like social security numbers and birthdates — information it is sharing with DHS for citizenship verification.
DOJ Sues Georgia, Illinois and DC, Expanding Campaign of Voter Data Lawsuits to 21
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEW: The DOJ sues Georgia, Illinois and D.C. over unfettered access to their voter rolls, which includes sensitive personal data like social security numbers and birthdates — information it is sharing with DHS for citizenship verification.
#DCStatehood is democracy.
On this date in 1773: the Boston Tea Party
This 1930 cartoon bemoaned DC’s ongoing "taxation without representation" status
Now even this cartoon is nearly 100 years old. It's been centuries for DC. Enough!
#DCStatehood
This 1930 cartoon bemoaned DC’s ongoing "taxation without representation" status
Now even this cartoon is nearly 100 years old. It's been centuries for DC. Enough!
#DCStatehood
December 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#DCStatehood is democracy.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Thanks to the majority on the DC Council who supported the will of the people of DC who voted to adopt ranked choice voting. I have confidence voters in DC are clever enough to figure this out.
#BreakingNews - Move to put off ranked choice voting in DC defeated, 8-5. RCV will be used in June for the first time.
December 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Thanks to the majority on the DC Council who supported the will of the people of DC who voted to adopt ranked choice voting. I have confidence voters in DC are clever enough to figure this out.
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One year ago today, a 15-year-old student armed with a Glock pistol and high-capacity magazines opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, killing 14-year-old freshman Rubi Vergara and 42-year-old Erin Michelle West, a teacher at the school.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
One year ago today, a 15-year-old student armed with a Glock pistol and high-capacity magazines opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, killing 14-year-old freshman Rubi Vergara and 42-year-old Erin Michelle West, a teacher at the school.
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In 1996 there was a mass shooting in Australia; 35 people were killed. Australia’s government passed a sweeping gun reform law in 12 days.
12 days. www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
12 days. www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
America Is an Unserious Country Filled With Unserious People
Stories about revealed preferences and who we really are.
www.thebulwark.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In 1996 there was a mass shooting in Australia; 35 people were killed. Australia’s government passed a sweeping gun reform law in 12 days.
12 days. www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
12 days. www.thebulwark.com/p/america-un...
Thanks to DC Appleseed for this important commentary, amplifying what all of us who live in #DC know: “Deploying the National Guard may play well in headlines, but it doesn’t build safer neighborhoods.”
COMMENTARY from the director of DC Appleseed Center: Sending National Guard troops to our neighborhoods creates a spectacle, not a long-term solution scdailygazette.com/2025/12/10/s...
Sending National Guard troops to our neighborhoods creates a spectacle, not a long-term solution • SC Daily Gazette
Commentary from the director of DC Appleseed Center on her opposition to the deployment of National Guard troops in Washington.
scdailygazette.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Thanks to DC Appleseed for this important commentary, amplifying what all of us who live in #DC know: “Deploying the National Guard may play well in headlines, but it doesn’t build safer neighborhoods.”
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Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
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Phillips has called himself a “vocal opponent of FEMA” and now leads arguably its most important division.
He once wrote on LinkedIn that FEMA has “failed to deliver a comprehensive and detailed plan for working with the faith community,” and touted responders “with a Christ centered approach.”
He once wrote on LinkedIn that FEMA has “failed to deliver a comprehensive and detailed plan for working with the faith community,” and touted responders “with a Christ centered approach.”
Conspiracy theorist election denier given FEMA’s second-most important role
Gregg Phillips will lead the Office of Response and Recovery, “the heart of what FEMA does.”
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Phillips has called himself a “vocal opponent of FEMA” and now leads arguably its most important division.
He once wrote on LinkedIn that FEMA has “failed to deliver a comprehensive and detailed plan for working with the faith community,” and touted responders “with a Christ centered approach.”
He once wrote on LinkedIn that FEMA has “failed to deliver a comprehensive and detailed plan for working with the faith community,” and touted responders “with a Christ centered approach.”
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This week, the Senate will vote on Democrats' clean, three-year extension of the ACA tax credits.
Republicans have a choice: stop health insurance premiums from skyrocketing or abandon their constituents.
Republicans have a choice: stop health insurance premiums from skyrocketing or abandon their constituents.
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This week, the Senate will vote on Democrats' clean, three-year extension of the ACA tax credits.
Republicans have a choice: stop health insurance premiums from skyrocketing or abandon their constituents.
Republicans have a choice: stop health insurance premiums from skyrocketing or abandon their constituents.
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Nearly 40% of newly minted billionaires this year received their wealth through inheritance.
This is the highest figure since UBS started releasing its annual billionaire wealth report in 2015.
Another reminder that the myth of the "self-made" billionaire is just that, a myth.
This is the highest figure since UBS started releasing its annual billionaire wealth report in 2015.
Another reminder that the myth of the "self-made" billionaire is just that, a myth.
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Nearly 40% of newly minted billionaires this year received their wealth through inheritance.
This is the highest figure since UBS started releasing its annual billionaire wealth report in 2015.
Another reminder that the myth of the "self-made" billionaire is just that, a myth.
This is the highest figure since UBS started releasing its annual billionaire wealth report in 2015.
Another reminder that the myth of the "self-made" billionaire is just that, a myth.
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Sleepy Don
With more instances of Donald Trump appearing fatigued or forgetful, Americans are again seeing evidence of a president who lacks the energy to do his demanding job, @dgraham.bsky.social argues.
The Enfeebling of the President
Trump is showing signs that he’s lost the physical stamina to do the job.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Sleepy Don
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Last week, a court stopped the Trump administration from pulling millions in school mental health funding. We see their repeated attempts to put kids at risk — and we won’t let them stand.
These lifesaving funds must be restored.
These lifesaving funds must be restored.
US appeals court rejects Trump administration bid to halt grants for school mental health workers
A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s bid to halt an order requiring it to release millions of dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in sch...
apnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Last week, a court stopped the Trump administration from pulling millions in school mental health funding. We see their repeated attempts to put kids at risk — and we won’t let them stand.
These lifesaving funds must be restored.
These lifesaving funds must be restored.
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Alina Habba Quits Job She Never Legally Held
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/12/alina-habba-quits-job-she-never-legally-held/
Alina Habba Quits Job She Never Legally Held
Nothing has actually changed except the level of drama.
abovethelaw.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Alina Habba Quits Job She Never Legally Held
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/12/alina-habba-quits-job-she-never-legally-held/
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This week, Senate Republicans will be faced with a choice: will they work together with Senate Democrats to keep health insurance premium costs down for 22 million Americans or will they remain silent and allow premiums to skyrocket?
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This week, Senate Republicans will be faced with a choice: will they work together with Senate Democrats to keep health insurance premium costs down for 22 million Americans or will they remain silent and allow premiums to skyrocket?
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Trump has been awarded a peace prize by FIFA, the global soccer organization. I hereby retire from satire.
December 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Trump has been awarded a peace prize by FIFA, the global soccer organization. I hereby retire from satire.
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@thanedar.house.gov, thank you for being willing to stand up for human rights, even if some of your party isn’t willing to stand beside you.
This is the kind of leadership we’re looking for - Representatives that will hold Trump’s regime responsible for actual murder.
This is the kind of leadership we’re looking for - Representatives that will hold Trump’s regime responsible for actual murder.
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
@thanedar.house.gov, thank you for being willing to stand up for human rights, even if some of your party isn’t willing to stand beside you.
This is the kind of leadership we’re looking for - Representatives that will hold Trump’s regime responsible for actual murder.
This is the kind of leadership we’re looking for - Representatives that will hold Trump’s regime responsible for actual murder.
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Everyone knows what it’s like to be stuck in a boring meeting or class and slowly feel the seemingly unstoppable force of sleepiness creep over you.
Fear not: There are ways to keep awake and even pay attention. https://cnn.it/4ixQ2CK
Fear not: There are ways to keep awake and even pay attention. https://cnn.it/4ixQ2CK
December 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Everyone knows what it’s like to be stuck in a boring meeting or class and slowly feel the seemingly unstoppable force of sleepiness creep over you.
Fear not: There are ways to keep awake and even pay attention. https://cnn.it/4ixQ2CK
Fear not: There are ways to keep awake and even pay attention. https://cnn.it/4ixQ2CK
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GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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🚨BREAKING: The Justice Department launched a new wave of lawsuits against six more Democratic-led states Tuesday — escalating a federal effort to seize unredacted information from millions of voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
🚨BREAKING: The Justice Department launched a new wave of lawsuits against six more Democratic-led states Tuesday — escalating a federal effort to seize unredacted information from millions of voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM