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She/Her. Law book editor, mom of 2 college students and 1 dog. Reader of history of medicine & forensic sciences, writer of nothing. Trans rights are human rights. #Humanist #GuilCo #Mefite
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I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
January 28, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
I don’t let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
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A nurse. A researcher. A helper.
January 24, 2026 at 9:01 PM
A nurse. A researcher. A helper.
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Jan. 18, 1926: An activist leads several dozen fellow Black women of Birmingham, Ala., to the Jefferson County offices to try to register to vote. When Indiana Little is ordered to leave, she refuses and is “struck..roughly handled” and arrested on disorderly conduct charges. 1/4
January 18, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Jan. 18, 1926: An activist leads several dozen fellow Black women of Birmingham, Ala., to the Jefferson County offices to try to register to vote. When Indiana Little is ordered to leave, she refuses and is “struck..roughly handled” and arrested on disorderly conduct charges. 1/4
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Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE
The Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota has demanded the Department of Homeland Security release tribally enrolled citizens held by ICE, according to a statement released by the tribe.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Oglala Sioux Tribe demands the release of Lakota men detained by ICE www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
January 6, 2026 at 10:27 PM
It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.
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biscuit is lawyering up (you can also get those at costco)
January 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
biscuit is lawyering up (you can also get those at costco)
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My public safety team is working to gather information on an ICE related shooting this morning.
We will share information as we learn more. In the meantime, I ask folks to remain calm.
We will share information as we learn more. In the meantime, I ask folks to remain calm.
January 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM
My public safety team is working to gather information on an ICE related shooting this morning.
We will share information as we learn more. In the meantime, I ask folks to remain calm.
We will share information as we learn more. In the meantime, I ask folks to remain calm.
The entire executive branch needs to be in prison. Congress let the president get away with actual murder. How many world leaders will they let him kidnap before acting?
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 12:14 PM
The entire executive branch needs to be in prison. Congress let the president get away with actual murder. How many world leaders will they let him kidnap before acting?
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Throwback to the Xmas when I spoofed mobile game ads too accurately, and no one clicked on the video.
December 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Throwback to the Xmas when I spoofed mobile game ads too accurately, and no one clicked on the video.
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One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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The Soulless Train
December 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The Soulless Train
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power in democracy-eroding ways. Our latest guide for litigators equips lawyers with the strategies, arguments, and citations they need to push back. bit.ly/48MyFJV
Countering Originalism
This guide offers lawyers strategies, arguments, and citations to address originalist claims they encounter in litigation.
www.brennancenter.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power in democracy-eroding ways. Our latest guide for litigators equips lawyers with the strategies, arguments, and citations they need to push back. bit.ly/48MyFJV
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So as you know, I am having surgery next month, and I filed motions for continuances in my cases as a result.
Most of them were granted. Of those, about half gave me less time than I asked for. Three were outright denied.
Most of them were granted. Of those, about half gave me less time than I asked for. Three were outright denied.
December 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
So as you know, I am having surgery next month, and I filed motions for continuances in my cases as a result.
Most of them were granted. Of those, about half gave me less time than I asked for. Three were outright denied.
Most of them were granted. Of those, about half gave me less time than I asked for. Three were outright denied.
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Dec. 10, 1925: An explosion kills 53 coal miners at the start of their shift at the Overton Mine No. 2 outside Birmingham, Ala. The blast caused by the ignition of dust takes a disproportionate toll—44 dead—on Black workers who are customarily given the most dangerous jobs. 1/3
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Dec. 10, 1925: An explosion kills 53 coal miners at the start of their shift at the Overton Mine No. 2 outside Birmingham, Ala. The blast caused by the ignition of dust takes a disproportionate toll—44 dead—on Black workers who are customarily given the most dangerous jobs. 1/3
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I wrote a story about how easy it is to make accessibility accommodations happen, and yet, how somehow impossible? for people? to offer???
If you're in full fury over the discourse, come and get some catharsis at:
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
If you're in full fury over the discourse, come and get some catharsis at:
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I wrote a story about how easy it is to make accessibility accommodations happen, and yet, how somehow impossible? for people? to offer???
If you're in full fury over the discourse, come and get some catharsis at:
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
If you're in full fury over the discourse, come and get some catharsis at:
www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
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The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
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🎄 We just have to find MELIA a forever home by Christmas 🎄
Heres her bio. Shelter contact information is there. Please read it, maybe you're the one for her. If not repost. Her human is out there. We have to find them. 🤞
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Heres her bio. Shelter contact information is there. Please read it, maybe you're the one for her. If not repost. Her human is out there. We have to find them. 🤞
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November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🎄 We just have to find MELIA a forever home by Christmas 🎄
Heres her bio. Shelter contact information is there. Please read it, maybe you're the one for her. If not repost. Her human is out there. We have to find them. 🤞
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24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...
Heres her bio. Shelter contact information is there. Please read it, maybe you're the one for her. If not repost. Her human is out there. We have to find them. 🤞
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24petconnect.com/DetailsMain/...
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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This should be the biggest news story in the world right now
Satellite images show that most of the 260,000 civilians in Sudan’s el-Fasher are likely still trapped, as mass RSF killings continue
Satellite images show most el-Fasher civilians likely still trapped
Latest images suggest that majority of 260,000 civilians still in captured city, as mass RSF killings continue
www.middleeasteye.net
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This should be the biggest news story in the world right now