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Alison Gill
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Lawyer, she/her, Director of Nominations & Democracy at National Women's Law Center
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jamellebouie.net
a nice reminder of one of the more absurd elements of trump v. u.s., which is roberts’ apparent belief that the constitution was written to remove limits on executive power prospect.org/2025/11/21/r...
The Right-Wing Legal Movement Made Trump a King - The American Prospect
John Roberts created a monster: Donald Trump compressed a solid millennium or two of monarchical misrule into a mere ten months.
prospect.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”

Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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nwlc.org
Introducing: Our State Gender Policy Collective fellows ✨

We’re so excited to spotlight these incredible legislators and advocates we'll be working with over the next year as they fight to advance gender justice in their states. Get to know the fellows in the thread below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
Join Us - State Gender Policy Collective
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November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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propublica.org
NEW: ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
NEWS: This is a 2-1 decision of a three-judge district court blocking the mid-decade Texas redistricting map as a racial gerrymander. It will (undoubtedly) be appealed, and it goes directly to the Supreme Court.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO DIVISION § LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS, et al., Plaintiffs, ALEXANDER GREEN, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors, con con con con con EP-21-CV-00259-DCG-JES-JVB [Lead Case] v. § All Consolidated Cases GREG ABBOTT, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION JEFFREY V. BROWN, United States District Judge:! In August 2025, the State of Texas enacted a new electoral map to govern elections for the U.S. House of Representatives (the "2025 Map"). Claiming that the 2025 Map is racially discriminatory, six groups of Plaintiffs (the "Plaintiff Groups") ask the Court to preliminarily enjoin the State from using the 2025 Map for the 2026 elections. For the reasons explained below, the Court PRELIMINARILY ENJOINS the State from using the 2025 Map. The Court ORDERS that the 2026 congressional election in Texas shall proceed under the map that the Texas Legislature enacted in 2021 (the "2021 Map"). V. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS the Plaintiff Groups' motions for preliminary injunction as to their racial-gerrymandering claims: (1) "Plaintiff Texas NAACP's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction" (ECF No. 1142); (2) "Plaintiff-Intervenors' Motion for Preliminary Injunction" (ECF No. 1143); (3) The "Gonzales Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction" (ECF No. 1149); and (4) The "Brooks, LULAC, and MALC Plaintiffs' Joint Motion for Preliminary Injunction" (ECF No. 1150). The Court thereby ENJOINS the State of Texas from using the 2025 congressional map and ORDERS the State to use the 2021 Map, as it did in the 2022 and 2024 elections. So ORDERED and SIGNED on Galveston Island this 18th day of November 2025. It brown U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
November 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The public perception of this case is that it’s about politics. To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 Map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map. Here’s why. Earlier this year, President Trump began urging Texas to redraw its U.S. House map to create five additional Republican seats. Lawmakers reportedly met that request to redistrict on purely partisan grounds with apprehension. When the Governor announced his intent to call a special legislative session, he didn’t even place redistricting on the legislative agenda. But when the Trump Administration reframed its request as a demand to redistrict congressional seats based on their racial makeup, Texas lawmakers immediately jumped on board. On July 7, Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), sent a letter (“the DOJ Letter”) to the Governor and Attorney General of Texas making the legally incorrect assertion that four congressional districts in Texas were “unconstitutional” because they were “coalition districts”—majority-non-White districts in which no single racial group constituted a 50% majority. In the letter, DOJ threatened legal action if Texas didn’t immediately dismantle and redraw these districts—a threat based entirely on their racial makeup. Notably, the DOJ Letter targeted only majority-non-White districts. Any mention of majorityWhite Democrat districts—which DOJ presumably would have also targeted if its aims were partisan rather than racial—was conspicuously absent.
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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jessicavalenti.bsky.social
This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.

This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
"But when the Trump Administration reframed its request as a demand to redistrict congressional seats based on their racial makeup, Texas lawmakers immediately jumped on board."
— Trump appointee Jeffrey V. Brown, writing for a 3-judge panel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
INTRODUCTION "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."2 —Chief Justice John Roberts The public perception of this case is that it's about politics. To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 Map. But it was much more than just politics. Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map. Here's why. Earlier this year, President Trump began urging Texas to redraw its U.S. House map to create five additional Republican seats. Lawmakers reportedly met that request to redistrict on purely partisan grounds with apprehension. When the Governor announced his intent to call a special legislative session, he didn't even place redistricting on the legislative agenda. But when the Trump Administration reframed its request as a demand to redistrict congressional seats based on their racial makeup, Texas lawmakers immediately jumped on board.
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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jamellebouie.net
if dems win congress next year they need to introduce an impeachment resolution against emil bove
Justice Department official told prosecutors that U.S. should 'just sink' drug boats
NPR interviews with current and former officials reveal more of the backstory around the military's strikes in the Caribbean.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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patrickryne.bsky.social
Susan Courtwright Rodriguez is set to become the first woman to ever serve as a lifetime judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of NC. Her record, though, is troubling — and her nomination is a reminder of where more progress is needed. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/a-woman-ha...
A Woman Has Never Served on the Western District of NC. That Could Soon Change.
Susan Courtwright Rodriguez is set to make history. Still, her record is troubling.
nominationnotes.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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patrickryne.bsky.social
There are 21 district courts — nearly a quarter of all district courts — where a lifetime judge of color has never served, and there are 41 district courts (nearly half) where a woman of color has never served as a lifetime judge. A woman of color has also never served on the 8th or 10th Circuits.
November 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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patrickryne.bsky.social
Missed this: "Maybe he wants a quick promotion to an appeals court position. Perhaps he wants to join his former boss at the FBI. At the very least, he appears to be currying favor with one man: President Donald Trump."

Divine should be questioned about this if he's indeed nominated to 8th Circuit.
November 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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jamellebouie.net
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
dennycarter.bsky.social Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 6d
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 5 Lawyer, National Security Division: Bondi signaled the Foreign Agents Registration Act would be enforced only in very limited circumstances after the Justice Department had done a lot over the last decade to give it teeth. At its core, FARA is a transparency statute, to let the American public know when foreign actors engage in political activities or try to influence U.S. discourse. If you're concerned about foreign money and influence in politics, it's a bad time to go dark.
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
Count the ways they’re corrupting DOJ: Presidents don’t direct AG’s to open criminal cases, especially ones designating only Dems for investigation when POTUS himself is involved. DOJ doesn’t publicize criminal investigations & the AG definitely doesn’t assign them on Twitter.
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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melissagiragrant.com
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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kellyscaletta.bsky.social
How the 50-year mortgage is just another scam to take the money from the poor and give it to the rich.

youtube.com/shorts/xbUNm...
50-Year Mortgages: The Trump Administration's New Scam
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
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November 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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mollyknight.bsky.social
Democrats seem to think the pivoting to the center makes them most electable but all it does it piss *everyone* off.

Having beliefs/a backbone and being authentic is the best way to win elections. People are fucking sick of croneyism and corporate suck ups and that is why Zohran cruised to victory
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
From a Washington Post story titled "How women feel about Trump’s presidency"
Judith Wishnia, a retired professor of history and women's studies in New York says: "I'm 94, and I told my doctor I hope I live to see him in jail."
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
NEW: Campaign for Accountability files bar complaint against Lindsey Halligan, alleging that she violated multiple rules of professional conduct related to the prosecution of James Comey and Letitia James.

Read the complaint: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
CfA - FL + VA Bar Complaint - Lindsey Halligan
www.documentcloud.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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sifill.bsky.social
Authoritarian governments are not new to this country. If you want to know what comes next should resistance fail, look to the history of Black resistance in the South.
calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
Nov. 13, 1957 | Texas Officials Threaten and Jail NAACP Officers for Not Disclosing Members
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at birth. The United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac- tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application. Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment. And on this record, respondents have failed to establish that the Government’s choice to display biological sex “lack[s] any purpose other than a bare . . . desire to harm a politically unpopular group.” Trump v. Hawaii, 585 U. S. 667, 705 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted). Nor are respondents likely to prevail in arguing that the State Department acted arbitrarily and capriciously by de- clining to depart from Presidential rules that Congress ex- pressly required it to follow. See 22 U. S. C. §211a.
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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johnpfaff.bsky.social
This seems huge, and deserves more attention.

SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.

Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.

Feds fail us, states step up.
jcschwartzprof.bsky.social Joanna Schwartz @jcschwartzprof.bsky.social · 18d
The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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lexmcmenamin.com
I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)

he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone
Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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atrupar.com
Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM