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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 6d

The lipstick and earrings, yes. But forget the shapewear!

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 9d

This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.

Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 10d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 10d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 16d

Click here to find local data for your state to include in your advocy emails to your electeds. nlihc.org/housing-need...

Housing Needs By State

Learn more about the most critical housing needs in communities across the country. Connect with NLIHC partners and engage members of Congress and other policymakers here.

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 16d

nlihc.quorum.us/campaign/143...

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 16d

Organizational signatures needed. Tell your members of Congress that the Fair Housing Act is not optional, and HUD must defend civil rights in housing!

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 26d

3. If you would look away from the words of Charlie Kirk, from what else would you look away?
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 26d

2. Burying the truth of the Confederacy, rewriting its aims and ideas, and ignoring its animating words allowed for the terrorization of the Black population, the imposition of apartheid, and the destruction of democracy.

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 26d

1. There was a fatigue, with Reconstruction—which is to say, multiracial democracy—and a desire for reunion, to make America great again. Intellectuals transfigured hate-mongers into heroes and ignored their words—just as, right now, some are ignoring Kirk’s.

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · 26d

Ta-Nehisi Coates on why it matters.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is why I have decried the narrow range of voices and sources relied upon by those we rely on as “experts.”

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is the best advice for the Democrats that I have read

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

www.nytimes.com

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · Sep 9

I'll nevef forget Justice O'Connor asking Los Angeles just exactly what all they were asking the Court to allow them to do.

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · Sep 4

Such an odd thing to read in the newspaper
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the extraordinary strike in international waters.

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is important. And chilling.

Yair Rosenberg @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social · Sep 3

Prominent far-right influencers have been attempting to rehabilitate Hitler's reputation. That's not an exaggeration; it's easily documented. I wrote about why they are doing this, what they hope to gain, and what it means for America.

The MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler

A growing constituency on the right wants America to unlearn the lessons of World War II.

www.theatlantic.com

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · Sep 3

The People are nullifying nonsense aka prosecutorial overreach and political persecution. ✊🏽👏🏽🤘🏽

D.C. grand jurors reject latest wave of Justice Dept. indictment requests

One former federal prosecutor said of the indictment denials by D.C. grand juries that he's "never heard of this happening."

www.cbsnews.com

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · Sep 3

Damn.

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · Sep 3

Assassinations.

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · Sep 3

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Sep 3

The U.S. Secretary of Energy does not know that electricity is energy.

I'm glad we've gotten rid of DEI programs and are now giving America the leadership it deserves.

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · Aug 30

These abductions and disappearances are war on the American people. Fascists hate the greatness of our diverse collective, ripe with potential because of our shared belief in following our callings to contribute to our shared unique, and sometimes pretty great, society.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Aug 30

This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.)

h/t @joshuajfriedman.com

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say

Lawyers say arrest of man fighting Bear Gulch fire in Oregon was illegal and demand immediate release from detention

www.theguardian.com

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · Aug 29

$4k/day? Even more grotesque is that they spent all this money to build a place where people had to press themselves into the shower walls to get the little water dripping down them, with inadequate air cooling & sewage leaks, entirely infested with mosquitos & other pests, & food with worms in it.

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Aug 28

Let's say this "Alcatraz" held 1,000 people a day for the 55 days it was open (it usually didn't hold that many).

And let's say it cost $220 million to build and take down (it likely cost more.)

That works out to $4,000 per detainee per day. bsky.app/profile/bgru...

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Aug 28

So....

1)The state of Florida spent >$200 million to build the facility it calls "Alligator Alcatraz"

2) It opened in early July, christened by Trump.

3) Now it is closing, due to a judge's order.

4) It will cost $20 million to dismantle the center, which was used for about 2 months.

Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · Aug 29

Even more grotesque is that they spent all this money to build a place with inadequate plumbing, inadequate air conditioning, inadequate sewage removal, entirely infested with mosquitos and other pests, and a kitchen that serves food with worms in it.

Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · Aug 29

This is so sad. They have worked so hard to keep us safe and healthy, devoted their careers to us. They deserve this applause and more. And we will feel this loss more deeply than we know. Now that trolls have taken over the government we won't have anything we need to fight infectious diseases.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Aug 28

BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.

They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.

(🎥 AP)

Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · Aug 29

This is so sad. They have worked so hard to keep us safe and healthy, devoted their careers to us. They deserve this applause and more. And we will feel this loss more deeply than we know. Now that trolls have taken over the government we won't have anything we need to fight infectious diseases.

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · Aug 27

It doesn't cost as much as you think to pay someone to betray children.

Zorro Ranch: The Untouched Crime Scene and the System That Let It Happen

By all rights, it should’ve been the first place authorities looked. Instead, it was the one they never touched.

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Lawyer Lady @afrofuturesq.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · Aug 21

Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.

An image from Mayor Wu’s swearing in ceremony on November 16, 2021 in Boston City Hall. Michelle raises her right hand as Judge Myong Joun administers the oath of office; her left hand is on the Aitken Bible held by her husband and two sons.

A picture of the Boston Public Library’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible, showing the inside cover and 1st page