Emily Briggs
@mlebriggs.bsky.social
Public defender, cat mom, ex-ballerina. I fan girl over Scott Sanders, F1, and 🐍🐍 (TSwift and YSL).
Opinion | A genocide is happening in Gaza. We should say so. - The Washington Post
May 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Opinion | A genocide is happening in Gaza. We should say so. - The Washington Post
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This is what an authoritarian regime would do. Hidden deep in Trump’s 1,100-page bill that passed the House today is a provision that would block federal courts from enforcing contempt charges against government officials who violate court orders.
May 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is what an authoritarian regime would do. Hidden deep in Trump’s 1,100-page bill that passed the House today is a provision that would block federal courts from enforcing contempt charges against government officials who violate court orders.
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Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba:
"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
May 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Federal judge dresses down Alina Habba:
"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
"Your role is not to secure convictions at all costs, nor to satisfy public clamor, nor to advance political agendas. Your allegiance is to the impartial application of the law, to the pursuit of truth and to the upholding of due process for all."
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"While the law makes exceptions when the pregnant person’s life is in danger, Smith’s case falls in a legal gray area: She is brain-dead, which means her life is no longer considered at risk, and her doctors claim they are legally required to keep her body on life support."
We’re Just Human Incubators to Them
Thirty-year-old Adriana Smith, who is brain-dead, has been kept on a ventilator for months due to Georgia’s abortion ban.
www.thecut.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"While the law makes exceptions when the pregnant person’s life is in danger, Smith’s case falls in a legal gray area: She is brain-dead, which means her life is no longer considered at risk, and her doctors claim they are legally required to keep her body on life support."
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The plan to defund Planned Parenthood would cost taxpayers $300 million over the next decade, according to a leaked preliminary estimate compiled by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
The GOP's plan to defund Planned Parenthood would add $300 million to the deficit
So much for cutting costs.
www.motherjones.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The plan to defund Planned Parenthood would cost taxpayers $300 million over the next decade, according to a leaked preliminary estimate compiled by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
Reposted by Emily Briggs
Today marks 31 years without Kurt Cobain 😢🙏
April 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Today marks 31 years without Kurt Cobain 😢🙏
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Disgusting….RFK Jr. fired the entire staff of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)….cruelty is the point and always has been t.co/DDrag1YQoV
April 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Disgusting….RFK Jr. fired the entire staff of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)….cruelty is the point and always has been t.co/DDrag1YQoV
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“If we live in a country where judges’ orders can be ignored by an Administration bent on amassing unchecked power, we no longer live in a democracy.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Trump Administration Nears Open Defiance of the Courts
In its conflict with a federal judge, the Justice Department claims to be complying with his orders while provoking a constitutional crisis.
www.newyorker.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“If we live in a country where judges’ orders can be ignored by an Administration bent on amassing unchecked power, we no longer live in a democracy.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...