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Sameena Safdar

@sameenasafdar.bsky.social

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Legaltech junkie, #DCStatehood NOW, social media/personal branding consultant, #nomamels, all the gifs

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · Nov 12

Hey followers!

I think most of you know me from #lawtwitter or #petsoflegaltech.

I post many GIFs, many crimes against food with #whatthefood

I also create social media for The Appellate Project and the Women’s Bar Assn for DC & amplify their awesome work.

Glad you all made it here!

a woman wearing a hoodie and sunglasses is sitting in a crowd of people and saying `` this is me ! ''

Alt: a woman (ok Amy Poehler at the Oscars!) wearing a hoodie and sunglasses is sitting in a crowd of people and saying `` this is me ! ''

media.tenor.com

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 1h

a man in a suit and tie says unacceptable in front of a peacock poster

Alt: Jack Donaghy says unacceptable in front of a peacock poster

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 2h

Yup!

a woman in a red dress is sitting at a table with her hands in the air and says `` spill it '' .

Alt: a woman in a red dress is sitting at a table with her hands in the air and says `` spill it '' .

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 6h

Children ripped from their beds, zip-tied, and separated from their parents.

It's time to do more than just post - make plans now to join a No Kings rally.

If you're in DC, contact @wlgactionnetwork.bsky.social to rally with them.

#NoKingsDay #NoKings #resistance

wlgactionnetwork.bsky.social @wlgactionnetwork.bsky.social · 15h

What is your line in the sand?

Is reacting on social media your only response to seeing your neighbors taken away?

Arresting and zip-tying children in Chicago isn't a horror film. It's what happened when ICE agents stormed an apartment building in Chicago while families slept.

#NoKings

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 1d

Yup. Having to call 20 different pharmacies each month to see who has the meds, then call my dr to prescribe it, is cruel punishment for those with ADHD!!

Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds of helicopters and sights of tow trucks are constant and triggering if you’ve managed to not see jackbooted kidnappers, fully armed Natl Guard or toady MPD appeasers for a few minutes.

Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 2d

Now that major journalists/media intuitions have become cowardly appeasers to the administration, who is going to step up and investigate just what congressional and Senate Republicans are getting for completely selling out and abandoning their constituents on every single front?

Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 2d

They are really miscalculating if they think special education is a “Democratic program“ that only democratic voters care about.

Parents-assemble!

NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 2d

LAYOFFS THREATEN SPECIAL EDUCATION: A union says nearly all workers are being fired at the office that implements the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a law that ensures millions of students with disabilities get support from schools.

Education Department layoffs hit special education, after-school programming

AFGE Local 252, a union that represents more than 2,700 workers, said information from employees indicates cuts will decimate several offices within the agency.

www.nbcwashington.com

Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 2d

Toronto Pearson Airport:

Pros: workout equipment right here!
A Starbucks that doesn’t hate the lactose intolerant/vegans like those bastards Tim Horton’s!

Cons: Indoor pigeons that get waaaay too close for comfort!

#CanadianThanksgiving

Image of a good life fitness sign above rows of gleaming cardio machines!

A ballsy pigeon on an airport floor inches (sorry-millimeters!) from someone’s crossed legs and feet

Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 5d

My cousins bougie house complete with steam shower is a great place to spend #WorldMentalHealthDay.

#CanadianThanksgiving

Cappuccino held in front lit wine glass showcase cabinet and marble counter.

Bougie steam shower with marble bench to lie on during your steam.

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 9d

A man giving the camera serious side eye.

A man questioning how and why his favorite dive bar has been invaded by loud singing women.

A man questioning all the choices he made tonight.

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 9d

lol @exsk8pnk.bsky.social

Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 9d

lol. How could you not expect this from @thepugdc.bsky.social tonight???

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 9d

It took billionaire-owned @washingtonpost.com nearly 48 hours to report on this story-and then it excluded mention of DOJ’s civil rights head’s X post condemning the decision by her and MAGA replies threatening to rain “hellfire” on her, among other death threats she received.

Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 9d

Great good on the weekends and awesome trails

www.evergreen.ca/evergreen-br...

Evergreen Brick Works

Open daily and all year round, the Brick Works is a place where the world can experience sustainable practices for thriving cities.

www.evergreen.ca

Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 9d

I love love Evergreen Brickworks!

Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 9d

Loving all the characters in my timeline from this delightful Chicken Jockey to bada$$ antifascist Mexican Frog Wizard in Portland to a retro throwback to Mud Wizard for Climate Change in Germany.

The content I’m DEFINITELY on here for!

Karen James @kejames.bsky.social · Aug 17

She doesn’t need a hero, she is the hero we need. 🤩

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 9d

Yep. At this point if @mayorbowser.dc.gov is standing up to ICE in any way possible to set boundaries for our kids around their school routes at likely times and being rebuffed, she should speak up.

Otherwise it appears she’s abandoned the children of DC entirely to the fascists for no reason.

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 9d

How does this guy sleep at night??

bmcarthur17 @bmcarthur17.bsky.social · 10d

A federal agent pepper sprays a demonstrator wearing a frog costume in Portland, Oregon.

The spray was aimed at the air intake valve near the bottom of the costume.

This could have been lethal.

WATCH:

#Resist

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 10d

There was no emergency requiring this at school pickup-they INTENTIONALLY CHOSE TO TRAUMATIZE CHILDREN:

“Despite the fact that at least 9 MPD & federal officers participated in the arrest, there
was no sign the young men were armed or posing any threat to those around them.”

Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 10d

😡😢
“The arrest was in plain view of dozens of parents and children at the playground and others watching from windows in the school.

Many children began
crying and asking if they were going to be taken away.

Students and teachers from other nearby schools also witnessed the incident.”

#FreeDC

Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 10d

I’m going to post one here that just happened that is so upsetting.

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 10d

Because today’s newspapers = cowardly appeasing administration toadies?

Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 10d

I think “Did you really just say that?” would work better than “did you really mean that?”

Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 10d

Nothing on @reuters.com. Nothing on @washingtonpost.com.
Didn’t see it with @nytimes.com.
Or on @cnn.com.
Or @theguardian.com

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Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 10d

Yup. Once During Trump I, my kids and I played a game of who could correctly guess how many F$&k Trump tags we’d see on the MBT (just from its beginning at NOMA to Dew Drop Inn.

39 that day!

They can try but they’ll never suppress our rebellion & free speech & gogo. This is DC!

#FreeDC

Sameena Safdar @sameenasafdar.bsky.social · 10d

Antifascist frog on getting pepper-sprayed:
“I coughed a little. That’s it. I’ve tasted spicer. I’m Mexican.”

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