Julie Gunnigle
@juliegunnigle.bsky.social
In your face about the failings of the criminal legal system. 🥔 fan. Go Irish ☘️. She/her.
Send me a fundraising text today. I dare you.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Send me a fundraising text today. I dare you.
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Locking in for oral arguments on the big voting rights case at the Supreme Court.
The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.
The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.
October 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Locking in for oral arguments on the big voting rights case at the Supreme Court.
The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.
The next two hours or so will be... incredibly bad.
Mr. Rogers: Look for the helpers.
City of Tempe: Lock up the helpers?
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-t...
City of Tempe: Lock up the helpers?
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-t...
Tempe threatens to fine group providing showers to unhoused people
Cloud Covered Streets uses a trailer to provide showers for homeless people. Tempe threatened to fine the group $1,500.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Mr. Rogers: Look for the helpers.
City of Tempe: Lock up the helpers?
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-t...
City of Tempe: Lock up the helpers?
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/tempe-t...
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Hey anyone seen "Vote blue no matter who" around lately? I been looking all week...
June 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hey anyone seen "Vote blue no matter who" around lately? I been looking all week...
Ugh. Bracing for a world where what it taught in school is subject to the tyranny of the most intolerant parent.
Education by heckler-veto. Curriculum by the pearl-clutching consensus. And it’s gonna get a whole lot worse.
Education by heckler-veto. Curriculum by the pearl-clutching consensus. And it’s gonna get a whole lot worse.
June 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Ugh. Bracing for a world where what it taught in school is subject to the tyranny of the most intolerant parent.
Education by heckler-veto. Curriculum by the pearl-clutching consensus. And it’s gonna get a whole lot worse.
Education by heckler-veto. Curriculum by the pearl-clutching consensus. And it’s gonna get a whole lot worse.
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The school district here previously tried notice-and-opt-out and it was such an administratively unworkable burden they created the policy that was challenged in this case.
There was a robust record IN THIS CASE showing that the practical result was no LGBTQ books.
There was a robust record IN THIS CASE showing that the practical result was no LGBTQ books.
Although Alito frames the remedy here as "notice and opt-out," the reality is that school districts cannot manage such a sweeping opt-out system. They are far more likely to simply pull books with LGBTQ characters off classroom shelves altogether rather than face a ruinous, high-profile lawsuit.
June 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The school district here previously tried notice-and-opt-out and it was such an administratively unworkable burden they created the policy that was challenged in this case.
There was a robust record IN THIS CASE showing that the practical result was no LGBTQ books.
There was a robust record IN THIS CASE showing that the practical result was no LGBTQ books.
Thinking today of that John Dingell quote “[i]f I let you write the substance and you let me write the procedure, I’ll screw you every time,” but that can’t possible be what the Court is up to, right?
Justice Sotomayor dissenting on birthright citizenship case: "The gamesmanship in this request is apparent and the Government makes no attempt to hide it. Yet, shamefully, this Court plays along. Because I will not be complicit in so grave an attack on our system of law, I dissent."
June 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Thinking today of that John Dingell quote “[i]f I let you write the substance and you let me write the procedure, I’ll screw you every time,” but that can’t possible be what the Court is up to, right?
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Mahmoud v. Taylor is in. That's the case about whether parents can opt their children out of school lessons where an LGBTQ *storybook* is involved in some way.
6-3, traditional bigot v. liberal lines. Alito opinion, Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson dissent.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
6-3, traditional bigot v. liberal lines. Alito opinion, Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson dissent.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
June 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Mahmoud v. Taylor is in. That's the case about whether parents can opt their children out of school lessons where an LGBTQ *storybook* is involved in some way.
6-3, traditional bigot v. liberal lines. Alito opinion, Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson dissent.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
6-3, traditional bigot v. liberal lines. Alito opinion, Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson dissent.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
*the sound of every civil rights attorney frantically researching FRCP Rule 23*
JFC this is so bad.
JFC this is so bad.
BREAKING: Supreme Court limits universal injunctions issued by federal courts in birthright citizenship case decision
Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions in birthright citizenship order
At issue was how the lower courts should handle President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, which limited citizenship only to children born of parents with permanent status to be in the U.S.
n.pr
June 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
*the sound of every civil rights attorney frantically researching FRCP Rule 23*
JFC this is so bad.
JFC this is so bad.
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Breaking: The brother and sister-in-law of an Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody have been arrested and indicted on federal charges. Attorney believes they were targeted for helping her with detained relative's case www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Judge grants request to force-feed Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention
A federal judge has granted a request from the government to force-feed an Iranian asylum seeker on a hunger strike while in ICE detention in Arizona.
www.azcentral.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Breaking: The brother and sister-in-law of an Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody have been arrested and indicted on federal charges. Attorney believes they were targeted for helping her with detained relative's case www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Gross.
The Arizona Diamondbacks are one small step from securing up to $500 million to help with renovations to the team's downtown home Chase Field.
coppercourier.com/2025/06/24/a...
coppercourier.com/2025/06/24/a...
Arizona Legislature approves bill that would provide up to $500 million for Chase Field renovations
The Arizona Diamondbacks are one small step from securing up to $500 million to help with renovations to the team's downtown home Chase Field.
coppercourier.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Gross.
I’ve seen enough.
Arizona needs ranked choice voting.
Arizona needs ranked choice voting.
June 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I’ve seen enough.
Arizona needs ranked choice voting.
Arizona needs ranked choice voting.
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the 10 main elections I'm watching tonight...
... that are NOT the New York City mayoral race.
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... that are NOT the New York City mayoral race.
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June 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
the 10 main elections I'm watching tonight...
... that are NOT the New York City mayoral race.
🧵:
... that are NOT the New York City mayoral race.
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This bill was never about fighting hate. Another good veto, Gov. Hobbs.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
Arizona Gov. Hobbs vetoes antisemitism bill, citing 'attack' on public schools
The bill was "not about antisemitism" but rather, "it's about attacking our teachers," Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said.
www.azcentral.com
June 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This bill was never about fighting hate. Another good veto, Gov. Hobbs.
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
Biggest congrats to the workers at the Magnolia cultivation site.
You’re the first, but you won’t be the last!
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/marijuana/ar...
You’re the first, but you won’t be the last!
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/marijuana/ar...
Trulieve workers nab Arizona’s first union contract for weed growers
The deal is a first for the weed industry and only the second union contract for agricultural workers in Arizona since 1993.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Biggest congrats to the workers at the Magnolia cultivation site.
You’re the first, but you won’t be the last!
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/marijuana/ar...
You’re the first, but you won’t be the last!
www.phoenixnewtimes.com/marijuana/ar...
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SCOTUS oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor are in 5 minutes.
What is Mahmoud v. Taylor? The Don't Say Gay case out of Maryland and the Fourth Circuit.
Gather round. 🧵
What is Mahmoud v. Taylor? The Don't Say Gay case out of Maryland and the Fourth Circuit.
Gather round. 🧵
April 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
SCOTUS oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor are in 5 minutes.
What is Mahmoud v. Taylor? The Don't Say Gay case out of Maryland and the Fourth Circuit.
Gather round. 🧵
What is Mahmoud v. Taylor? The Don't Say Gay case out of Maryland and the Fourth Circuit.
Gather round. 🧵
Well that’s a helluva bombshell for a Saturday morning… 👀
April 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Well that’s a helluva bombshell for a Saturday morning… 👀
April 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Our strongest state senator, @senanaliseortiz.bsky.social has a background in journalism. She speaks truth to power on the daily, and we're lucky AF to have her. I hope to see more journalists run for something.
April 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Our strongest state senator, @senanaliseortiz.bsky.social has a background in journalism. She speaks truth to power on the daily, and we're lucky AF to have her. I hope to see more journalists run for something.
Just a reminder: cash bail shouldn’t exist—freedom shouldn’t be for sale.
Either someone is too dangerous to be released, or they aren’t. Their bank account shouldn’t decide.
Either someone is too dangerous to be released, or they aren’t. Their bank account shouldn’t decide.
April 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Just a reminder: cash bail shouldn’t exist—freedom shouldn’t be for sale.
Either someone is too dangerous to be released, or they aren’t. Their bank account shouldn’t decide.
Either someone is too dangerous to be released, or they aren’t. Their bank account shouldn’t decide.
Cancelling Netflix. Watching only azleg.gov on housing bill day going forward.
Arizona Legislature
azleg.gov
March 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Cancelling Netflix. Watching only azleg.gov on housing bill day going forward.
I need to find a new car repair shop. My current place calls my husband to appeal my decision if I decline a service (I own my car).
Phoenix, where we going for repairs?
Phoenix, where we going for repairs?
March 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I need to find a new car repair shop. My current place calls my husband to appeal my decision if I decline a service (I own my car).
Phoenix, where we going for repairs?
Phoenix, where we going for repairs?