Lawyer Lady
@afrofuturesq.bsky.social
Public interest attorney on the Parable path. God is change.
"Like you, I am heartened by the outcome of this week’s elections. But I understand that we still remain in deep peril as a nation. So let us all stay vigilant and on offense and demand the same of our leaders. . . . Because this battle is far from over." -Sherrilyn Ifill
Takeaways From Election 2025
Keep Fighting
sherrilyn.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"Like you, I am heartened by the outcome of this week’s elections. But I understand that we still remain in deep peril as a nation. So let us all stay vigilant and on offense and demand the same of our leaders. . . . Because this battle is far from over." -Sherrilyn Ifill
"From Atlanta to Minneapolis to Upstate New York, socialists across the country won municipal elections this week."
Socialists Won City Elections Across the Country This Week
It’s not just Zohran Mamdani — socialist candidates won municipal elections across the US last week. Like the New York mayor-elect, many of them focused their campaigns on affordability and relied on ...
jacobin.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"From Atlanta to Minneapolis to Upstate New York, socialists across the country won municipal elections this week."
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A lot of people are pretty freaked out by the current political state of affairs and carrying on because they don't know what else to do, except out one foot in front of the other.
And I think a lot of Very Online folks mistake that for "normie" indifference
And I think a lot of Very Online folks mistake that for "normie" indifference
October 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
There is a segment of the US population who won't believe this is true. And another segment that will always deny it, no matter how big the numbers get. When people say it's not true, what they mean is they don't care.
Yet.
Yet.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
There is a segment of the US population who won't believe this is true. And another segment that will always deny it, no matter how big the numbers get. When people say it's not true, what they mean is they don't care.
Yet.
Yet.
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This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.
Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies
October 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.
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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...
October 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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...
Organizational signatures needed. Tell your members of Congress that the Fair Housing Act is not optional, and HUD must defend civil rights in housing!
September 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Organizational signatures needed. Tell your members of Congress that the Fair Housing Act is not optional, and HUD must defend civil rights in housing!
Ta-Nehisi Coates on why it matters.
September 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates on why it matters.
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This is why I have decried the narrow range of voices and sources relied upon by those we rely on as “experts.”
September 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is why I have decried the narrow range of voices and sources relied upon by those we rely on as “experts.”
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Such an odd thing to read in the newspaper
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Such an odd thing to read in the newspaper
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
This is important. And chilling.
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
September 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is important. And chilling.
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
September 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The People are nullifying nonsense aka prosecutorial overreach and political persecution. ✊🏽👏🏽🤘🏽
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.
I'm glad we've gotten rid of DEI programs and are now giving America the leadership it deserves.
September 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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.
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...
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
August 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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.
$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.
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...
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...
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.
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.
August 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
$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.
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.
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)
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)
August 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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.
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.
medium.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
It doesn't cost as much as you think to pay someone to betray children.
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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.
August 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Don't ever forget.
August 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Don't ever forget.
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"A Hispanic Texan has one-third the political value of a white Texan under this plan, and a Black Texan has one-fifth."
August 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"A Hispanic Texan has one-third the political value of a white Texan under this plan, and a Black Texan has one-fifth."
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i remember when jd vance blamed the haitian immigrants to springfield for rising home prices. well, the prices will come down, because a mass departure of haitian workers will crash the local economy.
An Ohio City Faces a Future Without Haitian Workers: ‘It’s Not Going to Be Good’
www.nytimes.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Love it! 🫶🏽
🖤 And now… Hip Hop Lyrics as Literature
August 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Love it! 🫶🏽
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“Federal prosecutors in D.C. have been instructed not to seek felony charges against people who are carrying rifles or shotguns in [DC], regardless of the strength of the evidence, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and an email reviewed by [WaPo].” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pirro’s office won’t pursue gun charges over carrying rifles, shotguns
A statement from Pirro on Tuesday said D.C.’s blanket prohibition on carrying shotguns or rifles “is clearly a violation of the Supreme Court’s holdings.”
www.washingtonpost.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
“Federal prosecutors in D.C. have been instructed not to seek felony charges against people who are carrying rifles or shotguns in [DC], regardless of the strength of the evidence, according to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and an email reviewed by [WaPo].” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...