Debi Cornwall
@debicornwall.bsky.social
Multimedia documentary artist using still and moving images to examine the fictions fueling America’s idea of itself. Former investigator & civil-rights lawyer. Model Citizens (Radius Books, 2024). This is (Not) a Drill.
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Debi Cornwall
@debicornwall.bsky.social
· Oct 11
Keep spooky season at bay with books on the art of birth, a photo essay for cinephiles, mural art as cultural artifacts, and more.
8 Art Books to Cozy Up With This October
Keep spooky season at bay with books on a philosophy of birth in art, Debi Cornwall's photography, Paul Kane’s myth-making paintings, light and paper, and more.
hyperallergic.com
Thanks for the shoutout for my new book, Model Citizens, @hyperallergic.com!
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The clerks where I get my lunch said a man came in last week and asked them where the public entrance to 26 Federal Plaza was. He locked his bike outside, and it’s been there since.
July 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The clerks where I get my lunch said a man came in last week and asked them where the public entrance to 26 Federal Plaza was. He locked his bike outside, and it’s been there since.
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🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
Story below, proclamation here: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
June 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Story below, proclamation here: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Today's news: The fourth judge in the long-running 9/11 case at Guantánamo Bay has retired and the chief judge for the military commissions has assigned himself to oversee it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
Fourth Military Judge in Sept. 11 Case Retires
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today's news: The fourth judge in the long-running 9/11 case at Guantánamo Bay has retired and the chief judge for the military commissions has assigned himself to oversee it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
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Ending a six-year battle that stirred ethical and legal debates about the ownership of photographs taken under duress, Harvard University has surrendered its claim to 15 daguerreotypes at the center of a lawsuit brought by Tamara Lanier, a descendant of enslaved individuals.
Harvard Relinquishes Photographs of Enslaved People in Historic Settlement
Tamara Lanier, who sued the school in 2019 over daguerreotypes of her enslaved ancestors held in its museum, called the outcome “a turning point in American history.”
hyperallergic.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ending a six-year battle that stirred ethical and legal debates about the ownership of photographs taken under duress, Harvard University has surrendered its claim to 15 daguerreotypes at the center of a lawsuit brought by Tamara Lanier, a descendant of enslaved individuals.
Looking for a contact at Wolf Entertainment on the TV production side. Any suggestions?
May 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Looking for a contact at Wolf Entertainment on the TV production side. Any suggestions?
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I'm sorry, no, we absolutely cannot do this.
What the hell is wrong with the judge that allowed this?
And everyone involved in this decision, honestly?
You can't do AI séances in court to bring deceased victims back to give an impact statement!
This is not what facing your accuser means.
What the hell is wrong with the judge that allowed this?
And everyone involved in this decision, honestly?
You can't do AI séances in court to bring deceased victims back to give an impact statement!
This is not what facing your accuser means.
"It was the first time in Arizona judicial history — and possibly nationwide — that AI has been used to create a deceased victim’s own impact statement"
www.abc15.com/news/region-...
www.abc15.com/news/region-...
May 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I'm sorry, no, we absolutely cannot do this.
What the hell is wrong with the judge that allowed this?
And everyone involved in this decision, honestly?
You can't do AI séances in court to bring deceased victims back to give an impact statement!
This is not what facing your accuser means.
What the hell is wrong with the judge that allowed this?
And everyone involved in this decision, honestly?
You can't do AI séances in court to bring deceased victims back to give an impact statement!
This is not what facing your accuser means.
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Update: I hear there are 41 immigration detainees held at Guantánamo Bay this morning, and the staff has been reduced to 760, including ICE contractors. Most are soldiers and Marines. The Army general from Texas who set up the operation has left, and a colonel is in charge.
Tents are empty. Security forces sent there outnumber migrant detainees five fold or more. “More political drama than practical necessity," says Sen. Jack Reed.
--Our latest dispatch on how Guantanamo Bay figures in the Trump administration crackdown on immigration
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
--Our latest dispatch on how Guantanamo Bay figures in the Trump administration crackdown on immigration
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
How Guantánamo Bay Figures in the Trump Immigration Crackdown
In two months, only around 400 migrants have been held there, mostly Venezuelan and Nicaraguan citizens awaiting deportation.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Update: I hear there are 41 immigration detainees held at Guantánamo Bay this morning, and the staff has been reduced to 760, including ICE contractors. Most are soldiers and Marines. The Army general from Texas who set up the operation has left, and a colonel is in charge.
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A military judge has forbidden use of a 9/11 defendant's confession at his death-penalty trial, ruling the statements were the product of a campaign of torture and isolation by the CIA. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
Military Judge Throws Out Sept. 11 Case Confession as Obtained Through Torture
The critical question of whether the prisoner’s 2007 interrogations could be used at his capital trial has shadowed the case for years.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
A military judge has forbidden use of a 9/11 defendant's confession at his death-penalty trial, ruling the statements were the product of a campaign of torture and isolation by the CIA. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...
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The Trump administration carried out its first direct deportation from Guantanamo Bay to Nicaragua this week — and other news about the offshore outpost in ICE detention.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
How Guantánamo Bay Figures in the Trump Immigration Crackdown
In two months, around 400 migrants have been held there, mostly Venezuelan and Nicaraguan citizens designated for deportation.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Trump administration carried out its first direct deportation from Guantanamo Bay to Nicaragua this week — and other news about the offshore outpost in ICE detention.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...
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🧵 The New York City Bar Association (@NYCBarAssociation.bsky.social), along with several other bar associations, including the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (@NACDL.org), have issued a joint statement defending the rule of law and the independence of the legal profession. (1/5)
April 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🧵 The New York City Bar Association (@NYCBarAssociation.bsky.social), along with several other bar associations, including the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (@NACDL.org), have issued a joint statement defending the rule of law and the independence of the legal profession. (1/5)
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La candidature de Marine Le Pen à la présidentielle en 2027 compromise après sa condamnation à une peine d’inéligibilité avec exécution provisoire
La candidature de Marine Le Pen à la présidentielle en 2027 compromise après sa condamnation à une peine d’inéligibilité avec exécution provisoire
Reconnue coupable de détournement de fonds publics, la cheffe de file de l’extrême droite française a été condamnée à quatre ans de prison dont deux ans ferme assortis d’une peine d’inéligibilité de cinq ans avec exécution provisoire.
www.lemonde.fr
March 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
La candidature de Marine Le Pen à la présidentielle en 2027 compromise après sa condamnation à une peine d’inéligibilité avec exécution provisoire
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March 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Notably missing: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia. Kind of mindblowing to me given what the substance of this letter is: "government should not retaliate against law firms"
Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."
March 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Notably missing: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia. Kind of mindblowing to me given what the substance of this letter is: "government should not retaliate against law firms"
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More than 50 bar organizations stand together with the American Bar Association to defend the rule of law and reject efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. Read the full statement: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
March 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
More than 50 bar organizations stand together with the American Bar Association to defend the rule of law and reject efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. Read the full statement: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Written by a 9th grader during lockdown.
The kids were curled up by the side walls with care,
In hopes that no shooters would notice them there.
The children were nestled with back pain galore.
They collectively thought, “I’ve played these games before.”
In hopes that no shooters would notice them there.
The children were nestled with back pain galore.
They collectively thought, “I’ve played these games before.”
’Twas Another Damn Lockdown
Otis Tanouye is a ninth-grader at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School in Maryland. He wrote this during his school’s second lockdown in less than a we...
www.mcsweeneys.net
March 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Written by a 9th grader during lockdown.
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"The City Bar is outraged by the Memorandum’s sweeping accusations and insinuations, which are devoid of any legitimate factual basis and direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to disregard and undermine foundational principles of the legal profession and the rule of law"
Statement on the March 22, 2025 White House Memorandum on “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court” | New York City Bar Association
The New York City Bar Association (the “City Bar”) strongly condemns the March 22, 2025 White House Memorandum directed to […]
www.nycbar.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
"The City Bar is outraged by the Memorandum’s sweeping accusations and insinuations, which are devoid of any legitimate factual basis and direct the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security to disregard and undermine foundational principles of the legal profession and the rule of law"
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To help confirm someone's identity, Signal offers nicknames and information about the groups you share in common with your contacts. Make sure you're inviting the right person to your group. Learn about Signal's identifiers: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Understanding every one of Signal’s identifiers
We’ve heard some questions about the difference between Signal usernames, phone numbers, profile names, profiles, and nicknames. Let’s talk about it.
freedom.press
March 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
To help confirm someone's identity, Signal offers nicknames and information about the groups you share in common with your contacts. Make sure you're inviting the right person to your group. Learn about Signal's identifiers: freedom.press/digisec/blog...
Looking at you, NYS Bar Assn.
Proud to be a member of the State Bar of Michigan, which has issued a statement explaining the importance of the rule of law and an independent judiciary.
Rule of Law
The State Bar of Michigan shall aid in promoting improvements in the administration of justice and advancements in jurisprudence, in improving relations between the legal profession and the public,…
www.michbar.org
March 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Looking at you, NYS Bar Assn.
First universities and now BigLaw*. After last night's news about Paul Weiss, a junior lawyer's compelling firmwide email about the existential stakes now. (*Unlike universities, BigLaw=corporations dedicated to profits, notwithstanding stated principles about hiring, pro bono programs, etc.)
Here is the full text of Rachel Cohen’s firm-wide email:
March 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
First universities and now BigLaw*. After last night's news about Paul Weiss, a junior lawyer's compelling firmwide email about the existential stakes now. (*Unlike universities, BigLaw=corporations dedicated to profits, notwithstanding stated principles about hiring, pro bono programs, etc.)
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Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
"Rule of law is a principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are accountable to laws that are:
Publicly promulgated
Equally enforced
Independently adjudicated
And consistent with international human rights principles."
www.uscourts.gov/educational-...
Publicly promulgated
Equally enforced
Independently adjudicated
And consistent with international human rights principles."
www.uscourts.gov/educational-...
Overview - Rule of Law
More than 200 years ago, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay published a series of essays promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution now known as Federalist Papers. In e...
www.uscourts.gov
March 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"Rule of law is a principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are accountable to laws that are:
Publicly promulgated
Equally enforced
Independently adjudicated
And consistent with international human rights principles."
www.uscourts.gov/educational-...
Publicly promulgated
Equally enforced
Independently adjudicated
And consistent with international human rights principles."
www.uscourts.gov/educational-...
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If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
March 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
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BREAKING: Chief Judge Boasberg issues a classwide, nationwide temporary restraining order, blocking removal of any noncitizens in U.S. custody who are subject to today's AEA order for the next 14 days.
With planes leaving, he says, "I am required to act immediately."
With planes leaving, he says, "I am required to act immediately."
In the Alien Enemies Act-related case in which Chief Judge Boasberg issued a TRO this morning, he is holding his class certification hearing now.
Background at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/alien-enem...
Background at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/alien-enem...
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump admin from deporting several Venezuelans
The ACLU and Democracy Forward filed suit early Saturday in advance of Trump's expected effort to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. DOJ is appealing the TRO.
www.lawdork.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: Chief Judge Boasberg issues a classwide, nationwide temporary restraining order, blocking removal of any noncitizens in U.S. custody who are subject to today's AEA order for the next 14 days.
With planes leaving, he says, "I am required to act immediately."
With planes leaving, he says, "I am required to act immediately."
The Brennan Center explainer on the Alien Enemies Act. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
The Alien Enemies Act, Explained
This detention and deportation power poses an alarming risk of abuse and rights violations in both wartime and peacetime.
www.brennancenter.org
March 15, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Brennan Center explainer on the Alien Enemies Act. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...