David Raatz Ⓥ
@raatz.bsky.social
Living liver donor, vegan, tennis player, basketball fan, founding member of Hawai'i State Bar Association's Animal Law Section. He/him.
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David Raatz Ⓥ
@raatz.bsky.social
· Aug 30
I and others in my office had the privilege of spending some time this week with sweet Koa as part of the Maui Humane Society’s “Dog on Demand” program. I endorse him for adoption by anyone who wants a loving canine companion. www.mauihumanesociety.org/pet-adoption... #maui #adoptdontshop
“Make Your Maui Trip Matter” leilanifarmsanctuary.org/purpose
Make Your Maui Trip Matter — Leilani Farm Sanctuary
ethical travel Hawaii, animal sanctuary Maui, visit animal sanctuary Hawaii, unique things to do in Maui, off the beaten path Maui, eco friendly things to do Maui with animals, eco-friendly vacation M...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“Make Your Maui Trip Matter” leilanifarmsanctuary.org/purpose
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every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
"Online LL.M. program participation booms since pandemic." nationaljurist.com/online-ll-m-... Great story featuring my alma mater the Center for Animal Law Studies. @lclarklaw.bsky.social #AnimalLaw #LegalEducation #LawSchool
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"Online LL.M. program participation booms since pandemic." nationaljurist.com/online-ll-m-... Great story featuring my alma mater the Center for Animal Law Studies. @lclarklaw.bsky.social #AnimalLaw #LegalEducation #LawSchool
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'It's our tune': How Fleetwood Mac worked with the USC marching band to create 'Tusk'
'It's our tune': How Fleetwood Mac worked with the USC marching band to create 'Tusk'
The idea initially sounded so far-fetched that band directors thought it was a prank. But the collaboration became a sensation.
flip.it
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
'It's our tune': How Fleetwood Mac worked with the USC marching band to create 'Tusk'
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FarmSTAND celebrated a lot of wins last month! Join our mailing list to be among the first to hear about them. In addition to our monthly newsletters, our email subscribers get breaking news and updates in the fight for a fair food system.
Join the movement ➡️ farmstand.org/signup
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November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
FarmSTAND celebrated a lot of wins last month! Join our mailing list to be among the first to hear about them. In addition to our monthly newsletters, our email subscribers get breaking news and updates in the fight for a fair food system.
Join the movement ➡️ farmstand.org/signup
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BREAKING: The First Circuit denied the DOJ’s request to block a district court’s enforcement order that the Trump administration pay full SNAP benefits for November. That doesn’t end things, though. Now, the matter goes back to SCOTUS. substack.com/@chrisgeidne...
Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner)
BREAKING: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied the Justice Department’s request to block a district court’s enforcement order that the Trump administration pay full SNAP benefits for...
substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
BREAKING: The First Circuit denied the DOJ’s request to block a district court’s enforcement order that the Trump administration pay full SNAP benefits for November. That doesn’t end things, though. Now, the matter goes back to SCOTUS. substack.com/@chrisgeidne...
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Not just allowed it, as @prospect.org reported
"In fact, they were acting with the express approval of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and were reporting to him daily."
"In fact, they were acting with the express approval of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and were reporting to him daily."
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, i...
prospect.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Not just allowed it, as @prospect.org reported
"In fact, they were acting with the express approval of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and were reporting to him daily."
"In fact, they were acting with the express approval of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and were reporting to him daily."
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Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
Free webinar tomorrow at noon HST: Impact of Alzheimer's & Kupuna Resources. Sponsored by Hawaiʻi State Bar Association's Senior Counsel Division. Register here: hsba.informz.net/informzdatas... #aging #Hawaii @alzassociation.bsky.social
Impact of Alzheimer's & Kupuna Resources
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November 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Free webinar tomorrow at noon HST: Impact of Alzheimer's & Kupuna Resources. Sponsored by Hawaiʻi State Bar Association's Senior Counsel Division. Register here: hsba.informz.net/informzdatas... #aging #Hawaii @alzassociation.bsky.social
For those of you lucky enough to be near a Next Level Veggie Grill restaurant, you can buy a Gobbler vegan burger, and 10% will go to a food bank. www.veggiegrill.com/event/buy-on... @feedingamerica.org @cityharvestnyc.bsky.social @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social @foodbankrockies.bsky.social
Buy One, Give 10% Back | Veggie Grill by Next Level
Next Level will donate 10% from every Gobbler purchased between now and Black Friday (November 29) to Feeding America affiliated food banks in the local regions we serve!
www.veggiegrill.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:27 PM
For those of you lucky enough to be near a Next Level Veggie Grill restaurant, you can buy a Gobbler vegan burger, and 10% will go to a food bank. www.veggiegrill.com/event/buy-on... @feedingamerica.org @cityharvestnyc.bsky.social @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social @foodbankrockies.bsky.social
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Maui firefighters are staying overnight near the Kapalua Airport to battle a brush fire that ignited Monday afternoon.
Learn more about the status of the fire here: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/03/crews-battle-brush-fire-near-mauis-kapalua-airport/
Learn more about the status of the fire here: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/03/crews-battle-brush-fire-near-mauis-kapalua-airport/
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Maui firefighters are staying overnight near the Kapalua Airport to battle a brush fire that ignited Monday afternoon.
Learn more about the status of the fire here: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/03/crews-battle-brush-fire-near-mauis-kapalua-airport/
Learn more about the status of the fire here: https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/11/03/crews-battle-brush-fire-near-mauis-kapalua-airport/
Hina's story shows the need for pet-inclusive housing: ". . . my 'ohana loved me so much, but their landlord said they couldn’t have dogs anymore. They made the heartbreaking choice to bring me to Maui Humane Society . . ." And please stop buying pets. www.mauinews.com/news/local-n... #AdoptDontShop
Pet of the Week: Hina
The Pet of the Week is submitted by the Maui Humane Society to promote adoptions at the Maui Animal Shelter and Adoption Center. For more information or to make an appointment, call (808) 877-3680, ex...
www.mauinews.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hina's story shows the need for pet-inclusive housing: ". . . my 'ohana loved me so much, but their landlord said they couldn’t have dogs anymore. They made the heartbreaking choice to bring me to Maui Humane Society . . ." And please stop buying pets. www.mauinews.com/news/local-n... #AdoptDontShop
Good news: 4th Circuit today upholds the Approach Rule, which protects Hawaiian spinner dolphins. www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/241... #AnimalLaw #FederalCourts #Hawaii
October 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Good news: 4th Circuit today upholds the Approach Rule, which protects Hawaiian spinner dolphins. www.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/241... #AnimalLaw #FederalCourts #Hawaii
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BREAKING: A federal judge says L.A.-based US attorney Bill ESSAYLI has been acting in the role unlawfully since July, declaring him disqualified from the position. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge says L.A.-based US attorney Bill ESSAYLI has been acting in the role unlawfully since July, declaring him disqualified from the position. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Hawaii’s only endangered false killer whale population is vanishing at a rate of 3.5% each year. Nearly 1 in 3 are injured by fishing gear. NOAA must act now to protect them before it’s too late! bit.ly/4hqGh8R
Save Hawaii’s Endangered False Killer Whales
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October 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Hawaii’s only endangered false killer whale population is vanishing at a rate of 3.5% each year. Nearly 1 in 3 are injured by fishing gear. NOAA must act now to protect them before it’s too late! bit.ly/4hqGh8R
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NEW: The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later. "What a sick world."
I asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his September 8 concurrence and the reality that has followed. Because he should be asked. He, unsurprisingly, did not respond.
Today, at Law Dork:
I asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his September 8 concurrence and the reality that has followed. Because he should be asked. He, unsurprisingly, did not respond.
Today, at Law Dork:
The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later
"What a sick world." And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
NEW: The Kavanaugh stop, 50 days later. "What a sick world."
I asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his September 8 concurrence and the reality that has followed. Because he should be asked. He, unsurprisingly, did not respond.
Today, at Law Dork:
I asked Justice Brett Kavanaugh about his September 8 concurrence and the reality that has followed. Because he should be asked. He, unsurprisingly, did not respond.
Today, at Law Dork:
Jackson Browne - Desperados Under the Eaves [LIVE at Wild Honey 2025]
YouTube video by oldmonkey1
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October 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Free spay-neuter clinic on Maui this weekend! www.mauihumanesociety.org/services/vet... #maui #spayneuter
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Free spay-neuter clinic on Maui this weekend! www.mauihumanesociety.org/services/vet... #maui #spayneuter
Here’s How a Government Shutdown Affects Animals in Labs riseforanimals.org/news/governm...
Here’s How a Government Shutdown Affects Animals in Labs
In federally-operated and -supported laboratories across the U.S., millions of animals depend on government-subsidized employees, oversight, enforcement, and funding just to receive the most minimal, ...
riseforanimals.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Here’s How a Government Shutdown Affects Animals in Labs riseforanimals.org/news/governm...
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TOMORROW: @jessculpepper.bsky.social reveals @farmstand.bsky.social's revolutionary legal strategy that's challenging industrial animal agriculture at its core. Tune in to hear how this approach unites advocates across movements for maximum impact! 🐓 #AnimalRights #LegalAdvocacy #FarmSTAND
October 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
TOMORROW: @jessculpepper.bsky.social reveals @farmstand.bsky.social's revolutionary legal strategy that's challenging industrial animal agriculture at its core. Tune in to hear how this approach unites advocates across movements for maximum impact! 🐓 #AnimalRights #LegalAdvocacy #FarmSTAND
“Building Political Power for NYC Community Cats“ www.communitycatspodcast.com/episode-635-...
Building Political Power for NYC Community Cats - The Community Cats Podcast
Explore how grassroots political advocacy is transforming New York City’s approach to community cat care and animal welfare funding.
www.communitycatspodcast.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“Building Political Power for NYC Community Cats“ www.communitycatspodcast.com/episode-635-...
Kudos to the teams and arenas making vegan food available to fans. They aren't mentioned in this letter, but the @trailblazers.bsky.social deserve credit for having Fifty Licks vegan ice cream at Moda Center. I've enjoyed it! @climatepledgearena.com @mlb.com @nba.com www.mauinews.com/opinion/lett...
Letter: More vegan food offered in stadiums across country
As a huge sports fan, I’ve noticed an exciting shift in stadiums across the country: more vegan food. Nationals Park offer vegan hot dogs, Yankee Stadium serves veggie sliders, sushi and more, Seattle...
www.mauinews.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Kudos to the teams and arenas making vegan food available to fans. They aren't mentioned in this letter, but the @trailblazers.bsky.social deserve credit for having Fifty Licks vegan ice cream at Moda Center. I've enjoyed it! @climatepledgearena.com @mlb.com @nba.com www.mauinews.com/opinion/lett...
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45 meat and dairy giants emit more methane than EU and UK combined, study finds
45 meat and dairy giants emit more methane than EU and UK combined, study finds
Global meat and dairy production's environmental footprint dwarfs that of all EU member states and the UK combined, according to a new report.
euobserver.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
45 meat and dairy giants emit more methane than EU and UK combined, study finds
Judge Graber's dissent: ". . . today’s decision is not merely absurd. It erodes core constitutional principles . . ." cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
The appeals court overturned the ruling of a lower court judge in Oregon, and clears the way for President Trump to deploy the National Guard to Portland.
9th Circuit rules that National Guard can deploy to Portland
The appeals court overturned the ruling of a lower court judge in Oregon, and clears the way for President Trump to deploy the National Guard to Portland.
www.kuow.org
October 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Judge Graber's dissent: ". . . today’s decision is not merely absurd. It erodes core constitutional principles . . ." cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...