Marni Willenson
@marniwillenson.bsky.social
mom, partner, anti-discrimination lawyer, embarrassed by Gen X -- just trying to figure out how to help save our republic
For those who don't let the real dog or cat on the bed
Though there is no robust scientific literature on the effect of stuffed animals on adult sleep, several studies have shown that plush companions can help adults self-soothe. nyti.ms/4owotLv
The Case for Sleeping With Stuffed Animals as an Adult
Returning to the childhood habit of cuddling with stuffed animals offers a tender, joyful way to relax and fall asleep.
nyti.ms
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 AM
For those who don't let the real dog or cat on the bed
Rosa's Lounge Launches Independent Record Label To Spotlight Chicago's 'Unrecorded' Talent blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/23/r...
Rosa's Lounge Launches Independent Record Label To Spotlight Chicago's 'Unrecorded' Talent
Rosa's Lounge Records is a joint venture between the founders and artists, who will retain their music rights and license them to the record label so they have control over their intellectual property...
blockclubchicago.org
July 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Rosa's Lounge Launches Independent Record Label To Spotlight Chicago's 'Unrecorded' Talent blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/23/r...
I cannot believe we still have to listen to this shit in 2025
Charlie Kirk tells a 14 year old high school freshman that she should only go to college to get an “MRS degree.”
An “MRS degree” is the idea that a woman attends college primarily to find a husband, rather than pursue academic or career goals.
Misogynistic men are a cancer to society.
An “MRS degree” is the idea that a woman attends college primarily to find a husband, rather than pursue academic or career goals.
Misogynistic men are a cancer to society.
June 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I cannot believe we still have to listen to this shit in 2025
I love my governor
Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a huge setback for transgender rights.
June 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I love my governor
New release Begging for Change by grammy-nominated Blues artist Billy Branch and new label Rosa's Lounge Records @rosasloungerecords.bsky.social #blues
just in time for #NoKingsDay #NoKings #BeggingForChange #RosasLoungeRecords #RosasLounge
Have a listen & share: youtu.be/c7Fai6zShSM?...
just in time for #NoKingsDay #NoKings #BeggingForChange #RosasLoungeRecords #RosasLounge
Have a listen & share: youtu.be/c7Fai6zShSM?...
Begging For Change
YouTube video by Billy Branch & The Sons Of Blues - Topic
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June 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
New release Begging for Change by grammy-nominated Blues artist Billy Branch and new label Rosa's Lounge Records @rosasloungerecords.bsky.social #blues
just in time for #NoKingsDay #NoKings #BeggingForChange #RosasLoungeRecords #RosasLounge
Have a listen & share: youtu.be/c7Fai6zShSM?...
just in time for #NoKingsDay #NoKings #BeggingForChange #RosasLoungeRecords #RosasLounge
Have a listen & share: youtu.be/c7Fai6zShSM?...
This week off to a good start on separation of powers litigation
JUST IN: Judge Howell rules that the Trump/DOGE takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace was illegal and should be treated as null and void.
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May 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This week off to a good start on separation of powers litigation
Says a person who has never gone grocery shopping
Trump to UAE president: "We have a term 'groceries.' It's an old term but it means basically what you're buying, food, it's a pretty accurate term but it's an old fashioned sound but groceries are down."
May 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Says a person who has never gone grocery shopping
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Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
May 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
“no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
Happening everywhere: older Americans are coming out to rallies and marches more than anyone. They know what freedom means, don't take it for granted, and want to save their kids & grandkids from tyranny. Civics education for generations X, Millennial, and Z has been an utter failure.
Good morning Foxy and Friends. Great rally yesterday. About 300 people in a red/purple district and almost all over 65 years old, and in 90 degree heat. Another rally tomorrow an hour away. Let’s go blue! 💙💙💙
May 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Happening everywhere: older Americans are coming out to rallies and marches more than anyone. They know what freedom means, don't take it for granted, and want to save their kids & grandkids from tyranny. Civics education for generations X, Millennial, and Z has been an utter failure.
Reposted by Marni Willenson
This Saturday, 4/19, is the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord -- the first major military campaign of the American Revolution
Americans will mark that anniversary with thousands of "No Kings" rallies all over the USA
Find rallies near you www.mobilize.us/indivisible/
Americans will mark that anniversary with thousands of "No Kings" rallies all over the USA
Find rallies near you www.mobilize.us/indivisible/
April 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This Saturday, 4/19, is the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord -- the first major military campaign of the American Revolution
Americans will mark that anniversary with thousands of "No Kings" rallies all over the USA
Find rallies near you www.mobilize.us/indivisible/
Americans will mark that anniversary with thousands of "No Kings" rallies all over the USA
Find rallies near you www.mobilize.us/indivisible/
Reposted by Marni Willenson
Reposted by Marni Willenson
I am dismayed that the Court is doing this on such an expedited basis and without the opportunity for full amicus briefing. (There were some amicus briefs filed in support of the Government, but only two in support of the plaintiffs.) The issue of universal injunctions is not new.
JUST IN: #SCOTUS agrees to Trump administration request to delve into power of district court judges to grant nationwide injunctions. Unusual oral arguments set May 15, about 2 weeks after args were to end for term. Doc: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.supremecourt.gov
April 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I am dismayed that the Court is doing this on such an expedited basis and without the opportunity for full amicus briefing. (There were some amicus briefs filed in support of the Government, but only two in support of the plaintiffs.) The issue of universal injunctions is not new.
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"It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power"
From David Brooks
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
From David Brooks
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Opinion | Time for a Civic Uprising
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.
www.nytimes.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
"It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power"
From David Brooks
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
From David Brooks
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
103 deaths per hour caused by DOGE, Musk, Trump, Rubio, Pete Marocco, Jeremy Lewin and everyone else involved in dismantling USAID. These people have blood on their hands. www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
www.impactcounter.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
103 deaths per hour caused by DOGE, Musk, Trump, Rubio, Pete Marocco, Jeremy Lewin and everyone else involved in dismantling USAID. These people have blood on their hands. www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
He's going to be put on administrative leave or fired before he can investigate anything
April 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
He's going to be put on administrative leave or fired before he can investigate anything
This is how we fight back
Maine Governor, Staring Down Trump, Says She Is Unfazed by ‘Loud Men’ (Gift Article)
Observers of her political rise — and some who have sparred with her — say Gov. Janet Mills’s refusal to bow to President Trump is right in character.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This is how we fight back
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NEW: The Fourth Circuit UPHOLDS Judge Xinis’s order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US by midnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
NEW: The Fourth Circuit UPHOLDS Judge Xinis’s order to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the US by midnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Based on photos and reports from Chicago and Milwaukee, not a lot of students or young people at the protests. If students mobilize and labor strikes, we can take the country back.
April 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Based on photos and reports from Chicago and Milwaukee, not a lot of students or young people at the protests. If students mobilize and labor strikes, we can take the country back.
Proud to put my firm's name on the amicus brief of 504 Law Firms in the Perkins Coie litigation. Huge credit due to Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP for putting it together - that is how you fight with courage
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69725...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69725...
PERKINS COIE LLP v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, 1:25-cv-00716 - CourtListener.com
Docket for PERKINS COIE LLP v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, 1:25-cv-00716 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.
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April 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Proud to put my firm's name on the amicus brief of 504 Law Firms in the Perkins Coie litigation. Huge credit due to Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP for putting it together - that is how you fight with courage
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69725...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69725...
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This is how it's done.
A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.
This is how to guard the rule of law.
A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.
This is how to guard the rule of law.
March 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is how it's done.
A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.
This is how to guard the rule of law.
A strong and principled response by WilmerHale to the illegal Executive Order attack - a form of attempted government intimidation declared unconstitutional by a federal judge.
This is how to guard the rule of law.
Here is from this year's FAFSA, asking for sex at "conception," when we are all female. This is what it's like to live under an autocracy run by stupid people
March 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Here is from this year's FAFSA, asking for sex at "conception," when we are all female. This is what it's like to live under an autocracy run by stupid people
About to begin: www.youtube.com/live/NzmY9KW...
Thrown into Chaos: The Dismantling of USAID and its Real-Life Consequences
YouTube video by House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats
www.youtube.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
About to begin: www.youtube.com/live/NzmY9KW...
I49% drop in China - concerns about resale value? Or does the population have stronger democratic aspirations than we have adherence to democratic values??
Global Sales Declines:
- Germany: ↓ 76%
- Spain: ↓ 75%
- Portugal: ↓ 50%
- Norway & Denmark: ↓ 48%
- France: ↓ 45%
- Sweden: ↓ 42%
- China: ↓ 49%
- Australia: ↓ 71%
- United States (overall): ↓ 11%
- Germany: ↓ 76%
- Spain: ↓ 75%
- Portugal: ↓ 50%
- Norway & Denmark: ↓ 48%
- France: ↓ 45%
- Sweden: ↓ 42%
- China: ↓ 49%
- Australia: ↓ 71%
- United States (overall): ↓ 11%
March 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I49% drop in China - concerns about resale value? Or does the population have stronger democratic aspirations than we have adherence to democratic values??
