Deb Golden
@debgoldendc.bsky.social
Lawyer. Not your lawyer. Mother. Not your mother.
By day (and frankly nights and weekends), a civil rights lawyer for people who are incarcerated. Other times, just exhausted.
Washington DC based.
By day (and frankly nights and weekends), a civil rights lawyer for people who are incarcerated. Other times, just exhausted.
Washington DC based.
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If you're currently a student at a college with a faculty member who showed up in the Epstein files, I'd like to talk to you about the campus response for an article. You can reach me at miles_klee@wired.com or millionbear.44 on Signal.
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
If you're currently a student at a college with a faculty member who showed up in the Epstein files, I'd like to talk to you about the campus response for an article. You can reach me at miles_klee@wired.com or millionbear.44 on Signal.
I worked on some cases FOIAing civil settlements with DHS, and there were a whole lotta FTCA claims from car rental companies and insurance companies. Might be from the cars they hit. Wasn't what my client was looking for, but I remember thinking these were horrible drivers
February 13, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I worked on some cases FOIAing civil settlements with DHS, and there were a whole lotta FTCA claims from car rental companies and insurance companies. Might be from the cars they hit. Wasn't what my client was looking for, but I remember thinking these were horrible drivers
When your administration has lost Judge Leon
BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARK KELLY,
Plaintiff,
Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL)
V.
PETE HEGSETH, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
February 12, 2026 [Dkt. #2]
United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and
policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement
rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these
issues.
Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military
servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental
obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary
Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over
the military. This Court will not be the first to do so!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiclbgaenrhgnor6zvmnfql4d3olwzqp7zikm3maum5ylc4m6epys4@jpeg)
February 13, 2026 at 12:07 AM
When your administration has lost Judge Leon
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If you're an attorney in Minnesota, the MSBA is offering a CLE this Friday (2/13), at noon, about the latest developments in our communities' legal needs, and providing guidance on how attorneys in all practice areas can support efforts to meet them. Free for members
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mnbars.org?pg=events&ev...
Urgent Legal Needs Forum: Supporting Minnesota’s Immigrant Communities During a Time of Heightened Need
mnbars.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:19 PM
If you're an attorney in Minnesota, the MSBA is offering a CLE this Friday (2/13), at noon, about the latest developments in our communities' legal needs, and providing guidance on how attorneys in all practice areas can support efforts to meet them. Free for members
mnbars.org?pg=events&ev...
mnbars.org?pg=events&ev...
Also about 10% of the eligible jurors in DC are lawyers. And probably at least half the juror pool works themselves or has someone close who works for the government and know govt irregularity when they see it.
February 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Also about 10% of the eligible jurors in DC are lawyers. And probably at least half the juror pool works themselves or has someone close who works for the government and know govt irregularity when they see it.
Exactly. The videos are public. The prosecutor gives the GJ instructions on the law. And at least 16 people looked at that and said GFY
February 11, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Exactly. The videos are public. The prosecutor gives the GJ instructions on the law. And at least 16 people looked at that and said GFY
Both as a lawyer and as a former DC grand juror (18 months) I cannot fathom how insane that presentation must have been
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration’s pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Both as a lawyer and as a former DC grand juror (18 months) I cannot fathom how insane that presentation must have been
Turns out I've been practicing law all wrong? Why do I even send out Discovery requests?
February 10, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Turns out I've been practicing law all wrong? Why do I even send out Discovery requests?
Purim spiels and performances of Twelfth Night soon to be illegal in Arizona.
(Not really, won't pass, would be enjoined if it did, but FFS)
(Not really, won't pass, would be enjoined if it did, but FFS)
Should letting your child enter a building where drag performers exist be a felony crime, on par with burglary and assault? At least one Arizona lawmaker thinks so! We'll find out later today if any of his colleagues agree.. reason.com/2026/02/04/a...
Arizona bill would make it a felony for parents to bring their kids to drag shows
Making felons out of parents who bring their kids to age appropriate drag performances is yet another reminder how far panic over gender norms has gone.
reason.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Purim spiels and performances of Twelfth Night soon to be illegal in Arizona.
(Not really, won't pass, would be enjoined if it did, but FFS)
(Not really, won't pass, would be enjoined if it did, but FFS)
A jury would never convict. MFer really should have known better is a valid defense.
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
A jury would never convict. MFer really should have known better is a valid defense.
What IS the most likely Olympic sport for a yeshiva student?
February 10, 2026 at 1:04 PM
What IS the most likely Olympic sport for a yeshiva student?
My dad was a prof (of astrophysics) so there was a running lost in the house growing up of the most obvious "of course" extension asks. He never got anything this obvious!
February 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM
My dad was a prof (of astrophysics) so there was a running lost in the house growing up of the most obvious "of course" extension asks. He never got anything this obvious!
I needed extensions in school, but just because I couldn't get my shit together
Uhhh. Yes. You can have the extension to (checks notes) COMPETE AT THE OLYMPICS www.nbclosangeles.com/olympics/202...
Figure skater asks professor for extension on assignment: 'I was competing in the Olympics'
Madeline Schizas missed the deadline for an assignment because she was competing at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
www.nbclosangeles.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM
I needed extensions in school, but just because I couldn't get my shit together
Relatedly, is there a labeler that will tell me where accounts are based?
Or one that gives the best guess as to what decade of life people are in,
Or one that gives the best guess as to what decade of life people are in,
Will’s spot on here, there’s a kind of person online who seeks out the absolute moral high ground, sometimes in an annoying way, sometimes in incredibly bad faith, that just isn’t worth engaging with online. If you want to make a serious accusation as a stranger you need to do it in a serious way.
What you guys need to understand is that if you want me to take your accusations of racism/misogyny/transphobia/etc. seriously, you first need to satisfy the gateway criterion of not acting like malicious freaks who are incredibly thrilled to make those accusations. Then we can talk like adults
February 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Relatedly, is there a labeler that will tell me where accounts are based?
Or one that gives the best guess as to what decade of life people are in,
Or one that gives the best guess as to what decade of life people are in,
I wasn't aware until I saw this, and I know that it is unlikely to pass, but the idea of a bill that would deport people for religious beliefs has made me physically nauseated.
It's a repulsive betrayal of bedrock American values that this has even come to a hearing
It's a repulsive betrayal of bedrock American values that this has even come to a hearing
The idea of a bill rendering people deportable for following religious law should make every Jew ill
Tomorrow I will testify before subcommittee of House Judiciary Committee against the proposed "Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act," which would authorize exclusion/deportation of all or most non-citizen Muslim immigrants. My written testimony posted here: reason.com/wp-content/u...
February 10, 2026 at 12:23 PM
I wasn't aware until I saw this, and I know that it is unlikely to pass, but the idea of a bill that would deport people for religious beliefs has made me physically nauseated.
It's a repulsive betrayal of bedrock American values that this has even come to a hearing
It's a repulsive betrayal of bedrock American values that this has even come to a hearing
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If BlueSky is gonna use crappy AI-generated alt text on gifs while simultaneously lecturing me on the importance of using alt text the least they could do is let me permanently modify the alt text the way I want it on certain gifs so I don't have to retype it Every. Fucking. Time.
February 10, 2026 at 4:33 AM
If BlueSky is gonna use crappy AI-generated alt text on gifs while simultaneously lecturing me on the importance of using alt text the least they could do is let me permanently modify the alt text the way I want it on certain gifs so I don't have to retype it Every. Fucking. Time.
I have a new anthem.
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I have a new anthem.
Ok, but Jordan sounds amazing! And warm. I would really like warm right now.
February 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Ok, but Jordan sounds amazing! And warm. I would really like warm right now.
I mean, I'm no doctor, but the glps help with the A1C apart from the losing weight.
Talk to a reputable doc, you know, not one of apps.
Talk to a reputable doc, you know, not one of apps.
February 9, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I mean, I'm no doctor, but the glps help with the A1C apart from the losing weight.
Talk to a reputable doc, you know, not one of apps.
Talk to a reputable doc, you know, not one of apps.
It's deep in there. And I know epigenetics is used for a lot of influencer bs, but I have read some seemingly reliable stuff about stress effects on a girl's/woman's eggs. So if your grandma went through something that may trigger the "pack on pounds bc a famine might come" gene expression, well...
February 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
It's deep in there. And I know epigenetics is used for a lot of influencer bs, but I have read some seemingly reliable stuff about stress effects on a girl's/woman's eggs. So if your grandma went through something that may trigger the "pack on pounds bc a famine might come" gene expression, well...
It's also ... this shit *is* chemical.
I am a chocolate lover, but also a chocolate self-medicator.
But the GLP feels like when I got on the right antidepressant and my urge to smoke just went poof. The antidepressant isn't one that is used for smoking cessation, but it stopped my self-med'ing
I am a chocolate lover, but also a chocolate self-medicator.
But the GLP feels like when I got on the right antidepressant and my urge to smoke just went poof. The antidepressant isn't one that is used for smoking cessation, but it stopped my self-med'ing
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
It's also ... this shit *is* chemical.
I am a chocolate lover, but also a chocolate self-medicator.
But the GLP feels like when I got on the right antidepressant and my urge to smoke just went poof. The antidepressant isn't one that is used for smoking cessation, but it stopped my self-med'ing
I am a chocolate lover, but also a chocolate self-medicator.
But the GLP feels like when I got on the right antidepressant and my urge to smoke just went poof. The antidepressant isn't one that is used for smoking cessation, but it stopped my self-med'ing
My PCP shared she has noticed the same thing.
And I've certainly noticed my own alcohol consumption is down.
And I've certainly noticed my own alcohol consumption is down.
February 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
My PCP shared she has noticed the same thing.
And I've certainly noticed my own alcohol consumption is down.
And I've certainly noticed my own alcohol consumption is down.
Also, being rich and fast talking doesn't make you smart.
But if you are, a lot of other people seem to not notice you are in face very dumb
bsky.app/profile/jimh...
But if you are, a lot of other people seem to not notice you are in face very dumb
bsky.app/profile/jimh...
BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
February 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Also, being rich and fast talking doesn't make you smart.
But if you are, a lot of other people seem to not notice you are in face very dumb
bsky.app/profile/jimh...
But if you are, a lot of other people seem to not notice you are in face very dumb
bsky.app/profile/jimh...