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Human and dog mom | Mayor of a first-tier suburb | In-house counsel | Grinnell College and University of Michigan Law alum
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We have @littlelobbyists.com families on the way to Washington DC right now, they'll be on the House-side of the Capitol tomorrow. We're going to make them see us before they vote to kill disabled children.

If you can help cover the costs of this urgent action:

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July 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
May her memory be a blessing 💔
Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.

That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
June 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Ahead of No Kings Day, a couple trainings we have coming up that might be useful:

Safety and Deescalation: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Know Your Rights (w/ACLU): act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-t...
No Kings: Safety and Deescalation Training for Hosts & Core Teams · No Kings
_**Gather in-person with your planning and safety team to participate in this virtual training.**_ Get together a team of fellow No Kings organizers IN PERSON and dial in as a group for this virtual ...
www.mobilize.us
June 8, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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“None of country’s 25 largest firms signed the friend-of-the-court brief, filed in federal court Friday.”

news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Big Law Mostly Sits Out Industry Response to Trump Orders (2)
Few large law firms joined an amicus brief backing Perkins Coie in its lawsuit against President Donald Trump over an executive order targeting the firm.
news.bloomberglaw.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
It was a good day for some good trouble ♥️ thank you KC.
March 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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The ABA supports the rule of law. Read full message: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
February 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
All of this 👇
Fighting shit like this is like planting trees. The best time was five years ago; the second best time is now.

It’s now NOW.
February 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Kelly-Kobach voters will forever remain one of the great mysteries of the universe. This is not my Kansas.
In a disgraceful act betraying millions of their own residents, Iowa, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming all write to oppose birthright citizenship.
February 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.

Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
January 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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We are so excited to build a community here on BlueSky! Remember to tag @womenknowlaw.bsky.social and use our hashtag #WomenAlsoKnowLaw so that we can help amplify your news!
January 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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It's cold but it's beautiful
January 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Done!
It’s Taylor Swifts birthday - and my birthday - today.

At least (?) one of us would be very thankful if you’d consider preordering LAWLESS: How the Supreme Court runs on conservative grievance, fringe theories, and bad vibes!

www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lawles...
Lawless
Something is deeply rotten at the Supreme Court. How did we get here and what can we do about it? Crooked Media podcast host Leah Litman shines a l...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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Update: We’re up to 70 members of Congress on Bluesky, including 17 Senators.

If your member isn’t here yet, consider contacting them and asking them to join! (If you see someone who should be added, please let me know!)

go.bsky.app/F78vyQi
November 23, 2024 at 6:22 PM