Nathan A. Triplett
@nathantriplett.bsky.social
Saunterer • State Bar of Michigan Policy Director • ACLU of Michigan President • CATA, TCRPC, and Ingham Parks Chair • Rotarian • Scouter • He/Him • Views are my own.
Since its inception in 2014, nearly every community across the county has had a millage-funded project: 116 projects, totaling nearly $45 million, with another 18 projects in the queue if (when!) the millage is renewed in 2026.
A belated Millage Monday! This week's Ingham County Parks & Trails Millage project is the Bear Lake Pathway. Check it out!
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Since its inception in 2014, nearly every community across the county has had a millage-funded project: 116 projects, totaling nearly $45 million, with another 18 projects in the queue if (when!) the millage is renewed in 2026.
A belated Millage Monday! This week's Ingham County Parks & Trails Millage project is the Bear Lake Pathway. Check it out!
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A belated Millage Monday! This week's Ingham County Parks & Trails Millage project is the Bear Lake Pathway. Check it out!
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We know military troops on our streets don't keep our communities safe, yet taxpayers are footing the bill for President Trump's reckless and unnecessary National Guard deployments.
Congress must act.
Congress must act.
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.
theintercept.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We know military troops on our streets don't keep our communities safe, yet taxpayers are footing the bill for President Trump's reckless and unnecessary National Guard deployments.
Congress must act.
Congress must act.
I've had the privilege of serving on the Workgroup and advocating, on behalf of the State Bar of Michigan, for the legislation (2024 PA 47) that charged the State Court Administrative Office with undertaking this work.
This morning a joint meeting of the House Judiciary and Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committees was presented with the recommendations of the Michigan Judicial Council's Alternative Funding for Trial Courts Workgroup.
‘We’ll end profit-motivated policing’: New proposal seeks to change the way Michigan courts are funded
The key impact a plan to change the way Michigan pays for its local courts would be to “end profit-motivated policing” and a profit-motivated court system, said Tom Boyd, Michigan’s state court admini...
www.mlive.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I've had the privilege of serving on the Workgroup and advocating, on behalf of the State Bar of Michigan, for the legislation (2024 PA 47) that charged the State Court Administrative Office with undertaking this work.
This morning a joint meeting of the House Judiciary and Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committees was presented with the recommendations of the Michigan Judicial Council's Alternative Funding for Trial Courts Workgroup.
‘We’ll end profit-motivated policing’: New proposal seeks to change the way Michigan courts are funded
The key impact a plan to change the way Michigan pays for its local courts would be to “end profit-motivated policing” and a profit-motivated court system, said Tom Boyd, Michigan’s state court admini...
www.mlive.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This morning a joint meeting of the House Judiciary and Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committees was presented with the recommendations of the Michigan Judicial Council's Alternative Funding for Trial Courts Workgroup.
Our institutions are being hollowed out and our nation is far worse for it.
Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced
The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys and backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, in part because of a lack of qualified candidates.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Our institutions are being hollowed out and our nation is far worse for it.
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Anti-abortion politicians will stop at nothing to control our bodies, lives, and futures.
The scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that medication abortion is safe and effective, and we'll never stop fighting for our reproductive freedom.
The scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that medication abortion is safe and effective, and we'll never stop fighting for our reproductive freedom.
Opinion | Abortion Has Remained Mostly Accessible. That May Soon Change. (Gift Article)
American women need the freedom to determine the course of their own lives.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Anti-abortion politicians will stop at nothing to control our bodies, lives, and futures.
The scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that medication abortion is safe and effective, and we'll never stop fighting for our reproductive freedom.
The scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows that medication abortion is safe and effective, and we'll never stop fighting for our reproductive freedom.
"The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable." -Judge Mark Wolf, nominated to the U.S. District Court by President Ronald Reagan.
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out. Silence, for me, is now intolerable." -Judge Mark Wolf, nominated to the U.S. District Court by President Ronald Reagan.
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The Trump administration is trying to create a national military-police force in an effort to intimidate people and consolidate power.
Our communities are less safe when masked agents are deployed into our streets to carry out Trump's mass deportation agenda.
Our communities are less safe when masked agents are deployed into our streets to carry out Trump's mass deportation agenda.
How federal agencies' roles have shifted in Trump's immigration battle | CNN
President Donald Trump's vow to wage the biggest domestic deportation program in American history - expelling a million people a year - is one of his signature goals.
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The Trump administration is trying to create a national military-police force in an effort to intimidate people and consolidate power.
Our communities are less safe when masked agents are deployed into our streets to carry out Trump's mass deportation agenda.
Our communities are less safe when masked agents are deployed into our streets to carry out Trump's mass deportation agenda.
On the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918 the armistice ending hostilities on the Western Front between the Allies and the Central Powers went into effect. Today, we remember the armistice and honor the women and men who serve in our armed forces.
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
On the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month" of 1918 the armistice ending hostilities on the Western Front between the Allies and the Central Powers went into effect. Today, we remember the armistice and honor the women and men who serve in our armed forces.
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The First Amendment protects our right to make jokes at the federal government's expense.
We have the high ground and the Constitution on our side.
We have the high ground and the Constitution on our side.
He got cuffed after playing the 'Imperial March' at National Guard. Now, he's suing.
Sam O'Hara said he has 'lots of respect' for the military but criticized its presence in cities, including Washington, DC.
www.usatoday.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The First Amendment protects our right to make jokes at the federal government's expense.
We have the high ground and the Constitution on our side.
We have the high ground and the Constitution on our side.
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Anyone who applies for a new, corrected, or replacement passport, or for a passport renewal, is at risk of having their passport issued bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.
President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is now in effect, but our lawsuit challenging it isn't over yet.
President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is now in effect, but our lawsuit challenging it isn't over yet.
Q & A: Orr v. Trump | American Civil Liberties Union
Following a January 2025 Executive Order from President Donald Trump, the State Department began barring people from obtaining passports with a sex designation on them that is not the same as their sex assigned at birth. In response, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State Department's policy on behalf of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people.
www.aclu.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Anyone who applies for a new, corrected, or replacement passport, or for a passport renewal, is at risk of having their passport issued bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.
President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is now in effect, but our lawsuit challenging it isn't over yet.
President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is now in effect, but our lawsuit challenging it isn't over yet.
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The Trump administration is setting a dangerous precedent.
The world is watching this administration's attempts to limit our constitutional and human rights.
The world is watching this administration's attempts to limit our constitutional and human rights.
US skips human rights review by UN body as countries appeal for its return next year
The United States on Friday snubbed a U.N. body charged with keeping tabs on the human rights records of all its member countries, on orders of the Trump administration — which has turned its back on the Human Rights Council.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Trump administration is setting a dangerous precedent.
The world is watching this administration's attempts to limit our constitutional and human rights.
The world is watching this administration's attempts to limit our constitutional and human rights.
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Local leaders agree: Military troops and armed federal agents don’t make our communities safer.
What does is funding programs that address the root causes of violence and ensuring police are accountable to the people they serve.
What does is funding programs that address the root causes of violence and ensuring police are accountable to the people they serve.
Trump Says Federal Deployments Make Cities Safer. Local Officials Disagree.
In Chicago, Memphis and elsewhere, residents allege a surge of federal agents and military troops is making it harder to police and prosecute crime.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Local leaders agree: Military troops and armed federal agents don’t make our communities safer.
What does is funding programs that address the root causes of violence and ensuring police are accountable to the people they serve.
What does is funding programs that address the root causes of violence and ensuring police are accountable to the people they serve.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
🍽 Recent culinary adventures: pasta with pumpkin seed pesto, Kerala-style vegetable korma, coconut curry chickpeas with pumpkin and lime, and caramelized onion and sausage pasta.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🍽 Recent culinary adventures: pasta with pumpkin seed pesto, Kerala-style vegetable korma, coconut curry chickpeas with pumpkin and lime, and caramelized onion and sausage pasta.
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The Supreme Court this week allowed the State Department to enforce President Trump's anti-trans passport policy while our lawsuit challenging his executive order moves through the courts.
We'll keep this page updated as our legal experts learn more.
We'll keep this page updated as our legal experts learn more.
Q & A: Orr v. Trump | American Civil Liberties Union
Following a January 2025 Executive Order from President Donald Trump, the State Department began barring people from obtaining passports with a sex designation on them that is not the same as their sex assigned at birth. In response, the ACLU filed a federal lawsuit challenging the State Department's policy on behalf of transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people.
www.aclu.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Supreme Court this week allowed the State Department to enforce President Trump's anti-trans passport policy while our lawsuit challenging his executive order moves through the courts.
We'll keep this page updated as our legal experts learn more.
We'll keep this page updated as our legal experts learn more.
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After arresting a U.S. citizen in a Home Depot parking lot, armed immigration agents drove off with his one-year-old daughter.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father
‘Devastated’ family demands answers after one-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
After arresting a U.S. citizen in a Home Depot parking lot, armed immigration agents drove off with his one-year-old daughter.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
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We already know what makes our communities safer, and it's not troops on our streets.
It's giving people accessible housing, food, employment, health care, and education opportunities.
It's giving people accessible housing, food, employment, health care, and education opportunities.
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We already know what makes our communities safer, and it's not troops on our streets.
It's giving people accessible housing, food, employment, health care, and education opportunities.
It's giving people accessible housing, food, employment, health care, and education opportunities.
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In Michigan, where state civil rights protections extend to transgender people, U-M and Corewell’s decisions to stop providing gender-affirming care to trans minors appears to be “clearly discriminatory,” according to ACLU-MI staff attorney Jay Kaplan.
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Out of reach: Where do Michigan’s trans youth go for care now? - Bridge Michigan
The University of Michigan and Corewell Health dropped gender-affirming care for their young transgender patients earlier this year. The decision has left families facing a new medical and political reality.
bridgemi.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In Michigan, where state civil rights protections extend to transgender people, U-M and Corewell’s decisions to stop providing gender-affirming care to trans minors appears to be “clearly discriminatory,” according to ACLU-MI staff attorney Jay Kaplan.
bridgemi.com/michigan-he...
bridgemi.com/michigan-he...
Assertion made here that probate judge would "not need to disclose any interests they may have in property" is false. Only permanent residential address (except city/twp) & property owned/regularly used by judge/family for dwelling/recreation are included.
Michigan lawmakers delay vote to conceal information about themselves, governors
The proposed "Elected Officials Protection Act" aims to shield state officials from swatting. But it could conceal property holdings and other income.
www.detroitnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Assertion made here that probate judge would "not need to disclose any interests they may have in property" is false. Only permanent residential address (except city/twp) & property owned/regularly used by judge/family for dwelling/recreation are included.
🎭 The @riverwalktheatre.bsky.social production of Little Women opened last night. It's so well done! The show runs through November 16 and there are still tickets available: www.riverwalktheatre.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🎭 The @riverwalktheatre.bsky.social production of Little Women opened last night. It's so well done! The show runs through November 16 and there are still tickets available: www.riverwalktheatre.com
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Police have hundreds of reasons to stop drivers — reasons that are too often abused to target people of color and undermine Fourth Amendment freedoms.
Traffic stops unrelated to road safety, for violations like tinted windows or an expired registration, are unnecessary and only breed police abuse.
Traffic stops unrelated to road safety, for violations like tinted windows or an expired registration, are unnecessary and only breed police abuse.
Why Police Traffic Stops Are Dangerous and Ineffective | ACLU
Millions of drivers are pulled over every year for minor violations like broken taillights or tinted windows. Data shows these stops rarely make roads safer, and instead lead to racial disparities, violence, and loss of trust in police.
www.aclu.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Police have hundreds of reasons to stop drivers — reasons that are too often abused to target people of color and undermine Fourth Amendment freedoms.
Traffic stops unrelated to road safety, for violations like tinted windows or an expired registration, are unnecessary and only breed police abuse.
Traffic stops unrelated to road safety, for violations like tinted windows or an expired registration, are unnecessary and only breed police abuse.
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ICE is denying people their due process rights and endangering their lives in the process.
“People were not supposed to spend more than 12 hours in there,” said a former ICE official who worked on oversight and detention issues. “I actually think it’s wildly, wildly fucked up.”
“People were not supposed to spend more than 12 hours in there,” said a former ICE official who worked on oversight and detention issues. “I actually think it’s wildly, wildly fucked up.”
Revealed: ICE violates its own policy by holding people in secretive rooms for days or weeks
Guardian analysis finds ICE increasingly keeps people in holding rooms with little oversight, as some facilities see a 600% rise in detention length
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
ICE is denying people their due process rights and endangering their lives in the process.
“People were not supposed to spend more than 12 hours in there,” said a former ICE official who worked on oversight and detention issues. “I actually think it’s wildly, wildly fucked up.”
“People were not supposed to spend more than 12 hours in there,” said a former ICE official who worked on oversight and detention issues. “I actually think it’s wildly, wildly fucked up.”