Lindsey Kaley
@lindseykaley.bsky.social
by day attorney for reproductive freedom (#aclu), by night i cook, i clean, i make it nice (#bravo). views expressed here are my own.
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While our lawmakers consider a total abortion ban on Tuesday, Nov. 18, supporters of reproductive justice will gather on the State House lawn. Join us?
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
While our lawmakers consider a total abortion ban on Tuesday, Nov. 18, supporters of reproductive justice will gather on the State House lawn. Join us?
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less punditry and much more organizing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
less punditry and much more organizing.
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I won’t be satisfied until every item in my house can be subpoenaed by the police through a third party cloud provider.
Normal people: We want affordable appliances that make doing annoying tasks like dishwashing easier.
Tech: Perfect, here's a toaster that spies on you and a dishwasher that talks.
NP: What?
Tech: Also a bed that's also spying on you & only works via internet connection.
NP: Stop.
Tech: Perfect, here's a toaster that spies on you and a dishwasher that talks.
NP: What?
Tech: Also a bed that's also spying on you & only works via internet connection.
NP: Stop.
October 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I won’t be satisfied until every item in my house can be subpoenaed by the police through a third party cloud provider.
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Feels like she's saying lower courts should disregard those cases then
Amy Coney Barrett defends heavy use of the shadow docket: "If we wrote a long opinion, it might give the impression that we have finally resolved the issue, and in none of these cases have we finally resolved the issue."
October 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Feels like she's saying lower courts should disregard those cases then
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This is absolutely true. If the NYT covered this the way they covered trans care, you all would finally understand what dangerous shit their trans care coverage has been.
i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
September 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is absolutely true. If the NYT covered this the way they covered trans care, you all would finally understand what dangerous shit their trans care coverage has been.
Yes, this period has confirmed that just as trickle-down economics is BS, there is no such thing as trickle-down democracy.
generally speaking, and with the glaring exception of november 2024, the more directly democratic an institution has been, the better it has checked Trump (eg grand and petit juries); the more elite and insular, the less effective (the Senate, the Supreme Court, big business)
September 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Yes, this period has confirmed that just as trickle-down economics is BS, there is no such thing as trickle-down democracy.
This is basic rule of law stuff: judges need to explain their decisions so the same standards are applied across the board, and lower courts are closer to the facts and should be respected. Stunning that this needs to be explained to SCOTUS, but it shows how far the Court has strayed.
🚨EXCLUSIVE:
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Federal judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court has got to do a better job of explaining emergency rulings, with frequent decisions in favor of Trump at least appearing to validate harsh criticism of the judiciary at a time of rising threats:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
In rare interviews, federal judges criticize Supreme Court's handling of Trump cases
Ten judges tell NBC News the Supreme Court needs to explain its rulings better, with some urging Chief Justice John Roberts to do more to defend the judiciary against external criticism.
www.nbcnews.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is basic rule of law stuff: judges need to explain their decisions so the same standards are applied across the board, and lower courts are closer to the facts and should be respected. Stunning that this needs to be explained to SCOTUS, but it shows how far the Court has strayed.
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The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God.
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.
forward.com/opinion/7575...
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Proud to file this case today with our mighty team at @aclu.org's National Prison Project, @aclufl.bsky.social and @aijustice.bsky.social!
July 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Proud to file this case today with our mighty team at @aclu.org's National Prison Project, @aclufl.bsky.social and @aijustice.bsky.social!
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BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration for detaining immigrants at the notorious new Everglades detention center, cruelly dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," in inhumane conditions without access to legal counsel.
July 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration for detaining immigrants at the notorious new Everglades detention center, cruelly dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," in inhumane conditions without access to legal counsel.
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SCOTUS majority not deigning to give *any* reasons for staying the injunction of the district court - in the highest-possible stakes context & where the executive branch has acted appallingly - evincing real contempt for both district courts & the rule of law
#BREAKING: Over a (sharp) public dissent from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS clears the way for the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries *without* giving them an additional opportunity to contest whether they face persecution or other forms of mistreatment there:
www.supremecourt.gov
June 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
SCOTUS majority not deigning to give *any* reasons for staying the injunction of the district court - in the highest-possible stakes context & where the executive branch has acted appallingly - evincing real contempt for both district courts & the rule of law
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The Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Circuits have all held (in contexts other than medical care) that discrim against trans people gets heightened scrutiny. Skrmetti leaves those circuit precedents intact.
June 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Circuits have all held (in contexts other than medical care) that discrim against trans people gets heightened scrutiny. Skrmetti leaves those circuit precedents intact.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth can remain in effect.
This is devastating for trans people and our families but doesn’t end our work against President Trump’s attacks on trans people and our health care.
This is devastating for trans people and our families but doesn’t end our work against President Trump’s attacks on trans people and our health care.
June 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth can remain in effect.
This is devastating for trans people and our families but doesn’t end our work against President Trump’s attacks on trans people and our health care.
This is devastating for trans people and our families but doesn’t end our work against President Trump’s attacks on trans people and our health care.
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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
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Move to hold the agents who assaulted a sitting senator in contempt of Congress. Call for articles of impeachment against Noem. Stop working on crypto legislation. Demonstrate the stakes of what is happening in LA with your actions.
Sen. Chuck Schumer: "I just saw something that sickened my stomach; the manhandling of a United States Senator. We need immediate answers to what the hell went on."
June 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Move to hold the agents who assaulted a sitting senator in contempt of Congress. Call for articles of impeachment against Noem. Stop working on crypto legislation. Demonstrate the stakes of what is happening in LA with your actions.
"Once the door is open to military forces targeting some of the population, that door is very hard to close. When the rule of law becomes the rule of force, no one will be safe." @danmcfadden.bsky.social
Trump’s domestic deployment of US armed forces is an alarming abuse of power and affront to democracy - CommonWealth Beacon
For months now, Trump and his minions have been waging a campaign to twist the military into a heavily armed loyalist force.
urldefense.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
"Once the door is open to military forces targeting some of the population, that door is very hard to close. When the rule of law becomes the rule of force, no one will be safe." @danmcfadden.bsky.social
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I think that's just how cops are and we're more likely to hear about it when it happens to a reporter
June 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I think that's just how cops are and we're more likely to hear about it when it happens to a reporter
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BREAKING: We're going to court to defend pregnant people's right nationwide to get lifesaving abortion care when they're facing a medical emergency.
May 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
BREAKING: We're going to court to defend pregnant people's right nationwide to get lifesaving abortion care when they're facing a medical emergency.
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Here’s the thing: line officers at DHS routinely lie about stuff like this. Some studies suggest manufactured statements occur in 15-20% of cases, sometimes higher. Border Patrol is the worst offender but ICE does it too.
Read this John Washington piece from 2019. theintercept.com/2019/08/11/b...
Read this John Washington piece from 2019. theintercept.com/2019/08/11/b...
May 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Here’s the thing: line officers at DHS routinely lie about stuff like this. Some studies suggest manufactured statements occur in 15-20% of cases, sometimes higher. Border Patrol is the worst offender but ICE does it too.
Read this John Washington piece from 2019. theintercept.com/2019/08/11/b...
Read this John Washington piece from 2019. theintercept.com/2019/08/11/b...
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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BREAKING: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced he has ordered the FDA to consider new nationwide restrictions on medication abortion — and that President Trump, not scientists or doctors, will make the final decision.
May 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
BREAKING: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced he has ordered the FDA to consider new nationwide restrictions on medication abortion — and that President Trump, not scientists or doctors, will make the final decision.
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NYC! We brought back Meet Your Mayor just in time before the June primary.
The mayoral candidates told us where they stand on big issues. Who is the top match for you? Take our quiz, in partnership with @Gothamist.com, to find out:
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The mayoral candidates told us where they stand on big issues. Who is the top match for you? Take our quiz, in partnership with @Gothamist.com, to find out:
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Take the Quiz: Meet Your Mayor 2025
Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.
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May 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
NYC! We brought back Meet Your Mayor just in time before the June primary.
The mayoral candidates told us where they stand on big issues. Who is the top match for you? Take our quiz, in partnership with @Gothamist.com, to find out:
buff.ly/1FJjfrXhttps...
The mayoral candidates told us where they stand on big issues. Who is the top match for you? Take our quiz, in partnership with @Gothamist.com, to find out:
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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
May 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”