Debbie Mukamal
@debbiemukamal.bsky.social
Solo mom to a teenager, trying to make the criminal legal system a little more just, hospice volunteer, Springsteen fan, #BeKind!
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March 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
On the importance of grace
Opinion | I Teach at Harvard. Store Managers See Me as a Threat.
Maybe I just wanted to be seen as something other than a threat, a nuisance, because I happen to be Black.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
On the importance of grace
Are you paying attention?
February 20, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Are you paying attention?
Ignite a spark. Especially now.
So Much is Unknown. Do What You Know. - Rabbi Sharon Brous
Podcast Episode · IKAR Podcasts · 02/09/2025 · 17m
podcasts.apple.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Ignite a spark. Especially now.
“Up until now, while presidents might engage in particular acts that were unconstitutional, I never had the sense that there was a president for whom the Constitution was essentially meaningless.” - Pamela Karlan, a law professor at Stanford
Trump’s Actions Have Created a Constitutional Crisis, Scholars Say
Law professors have long debated what the term means. But now many have concluded that the nation faces a reckoning as President Trump tests the boundaries of executive power.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“Up until now, while presidents might engage in particular acts that were unconstitutional, I never had the sense that there was a president for whom the Constitution was essentially meaningless.” - Pamela Karlan, a law professor at Stanford
"No one part can be more powerful than any other is. Each controls the other you see and that's what we call checks and balances."
Three Branches of Government School House Rock
YouTube video by t bro
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February 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"No one part can be more powerful than any other is. Each controls the other you see and that's what we call checks and balances."
Some nice news amidst all the bad news. #BeKind.
Barbara Kingsolver Uses ‘Demon Copperhead’ Royalties to Build Rehab Center
Barbara Kingsolver has put royalties from her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to work in the region it portrayed, starting a home for women in recovery.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Some nice news amidst all the bad news. #BeKind.
Former Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron emphasizing that the role of free press is to hold power to account.
February 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Former Washington Post executive editor Marty Baron emphasizing that the role of free press is to hold power to account.
No Reason to Hate
YouTube video by What's Up With Hate
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February 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Trump is trying to “flood the zone” so we focus on a few outrages that we find most offensive and lose sight of the big picture.
Some thoughts on how to maintain focus. robertreich.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
Some thoughts on how to maintain focus. robertreich.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
Keep your eye on the big picture
5 ways Trump is concentrating power in his own hands, thereby replacing democracy with oligarchy
robertreich.substack.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Trump is trying to “flood the zone” so we focus on a few outrages that we find most offensive and lose sight of the big picture.
Some thoughts on how to maintain focus. robertreich.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
Some thoughts on how to maintain focus. robertreich.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
Good reading diversion from the news coming out of DC.
What Happened When America Emptied Its Youth Prisons (Gift Article)
Lessons from a radical 20-year experiment and a quiet triumph of public policy.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Good reading diversion from the news coming out of DC.
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
important read
Opinion | I Prosecuted the Capitol Rioters. I Know Why Trump Pardoned Them. (Gift Article)
Trump’s pardons will encourage more violence.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
important read
Because it shouldn't be ok for a prosecutor to dangle a defendant's underwear in front of the jury during closing arguments.
Supreme Court Questions Prosecutors’ Focus on Sex in Capital Case
The court instructed an appeals court to reconsider whether lurid evidence tainted the trial of Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Because it shouldn't be ok for a prosecutor to dangle a defendant's underwear in front of the jury during closing arguments.
Check it out. David is a colleague and friend.
Want to Save Democracy? Start by Reforming the Criminal Legal System, Argues David Sklansky in His New Book | Stanford Law School
When he was a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles in the 1990s, Stanford Law School Professor David Sklansky often participated in the selection of juri
law.stanford.edu
January 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Check it out. David is a colleague and friend.
Free seminar tomorrow night.
A Guide to Property Damage Claims Following a Natural Disaster
Email from Beverly Hills Bar Association A Guide to Property Damage Claims Following a Natural Disaster Tuesday, January 14, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Pacific via ZOOM Attend This webinar is free
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January 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Free seminar tomorrow night.
Good teaching here.
Reflections on HOME, From Amidst the Fire - Rabbi Sharon Brous
YouTube video by IKAR
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January 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Good teaching here.
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The importance of #incarcerated #firefighters in dealing with CA wildfires simply has to be talked about more. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Essential’: nearly 800 incarcerated firefighters deployed as LA battles wildfires
The firefighters earn $5.80-$10.24 per day plus $1 an hour when responding to active emergencies, according to CDCR
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The importance of #incarcerated #firefighters in dealing with CA wildfires simply has to be talked about more. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Who has been to Bangkok recently and has some good food recommendations?
January 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Who has been to Bangkok recently and has some good food recommendations?