Amy DeBrota
@amydebrota.bsky.social
Mom. Wife. Lawyer. President of Indy Dog Advocates. Resistance is not futile.
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Amy DeBrota
@amydebrota.bsky.social
· Mar 26
I don’t understand why the big law firms don’t band together to oppose the Trump Executive Orders targeting them. Appeasement never works against bullies. If they all file for restraining orders I’m 99% sure they would get them. /1
News flash: Rachel Maddow is wearing a charcoal jacket, not the usual black one! Things really are serious! Lol Love and appreciate you @maddow.msnbc.com !
August 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
News flash: Rachel Maddow is wearing a charcoal jacket, not the usual black one! Things really are serious! Lol Love and appreciate you @maddow.msnbc.com !
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"Support for the law firms that didn’t make deals has been growing...
"At least 11 big companies are moving work away from firms that settled with the administration or are giving more business to firms that have been targeted but refused to strike deals..."
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
"At least 11 big companies are moving work away from firms that settled with the administration or are giving more business to firms that have been targeted but refused to strike deals..."
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
June 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Support for the law firms that didn’t make deals has been growing...
"At least 11 big companies are moving work away from firms that settled with the administration or are giving more business to firms that have been targeted but refused to strike deals..."
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
"At least 11 big companies are moving work away from firms that settled with the administration or are giving more business to firms that have been targeted but refused to strike deals..."
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen.
Shhh. Republicans are trying to repeal Obamacare again. Sort of.
They’re not branding it an Obamacare repeal this time around, but congressional Republicans are pursuing cuts to programs that are part of the 15-year-old health-care law.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Here's something everybody should be paying attention to: Congressional Republicans are trying to weaken the Affordable Care Act and put millions of people at risk of losing their health care. Call your Senators and tell them we can't let that happen.
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The Dept. of Justice has filed its first voter suppression lawsuit aimed at disenfranchising voters. This is a critical juncture for democracy.
Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M
Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M
BREAKING: DOJ Files Anti-Voter Lawsuit in North Carolina
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
May 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Dept. of Justice has filed its first voter suppression lawsuit aimed at disenfranchising voters. This is a critical juncture for democracy.
Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M
Paige and I discuss the implications and how it echoes claims made by failed state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin. youtu.be/8XEW-Ga428M
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RFK Jr’s Department of Health and Human Services has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract with the company to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.
HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
www.statnews.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
RFK Jr’s Department of Health and Human Services has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract with the company to develop, test, and license vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics, including the dangerous H5N1 bird flu virus.
@jenpsaki.msnbc.com Thank you so much for talking about the trans gender affirming care prohibition for Medicaid. It’s a very important issue for a community that has been put through the wringer by the Trump/MAGA crowd.
May 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
@jenpsaki.msnbc.com Thank you so much for talking about the trans gender affirming care prohibition for Medicaid. It’s a very important issue for a community that has been put through the wringer by the Trump/MAGA crowd.
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A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s effort to detain and deport international students, barring the federal government from arresting those students or revoking their visas while the case plays out in court.
Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Revoking Student Visas
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s effort to detain and deport international students, barring the federal government from arresting those students or revoking their visas while the case plays out in court.
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The Supreme Court went out of its way to note that Donald Trump cannot legally fire at least one man working in the federal government.
SCOTUS Goes Out of Its Way to Reveal the One Man Trump Can’t Fire
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s term expires in 2026. And it appears he’ll be allowed to stay on until the end.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The Supreme Court went out of its way to note that Donald Trump cannot legally fire at least one man working in the federal government.
This. ⬇️
If this spending bill passes the Senate and is signed into law in its current form, all but the most financially fortunate transgender people will be forcibly detransitioned regardless of their ability - or inability - to produce their own sex hormones.
This is a ten thousand-alarm fire.
This is a ten thousand-alarm fire.
May 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This. ⬇️
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This right here. WATCH and share.
Speaker Pro Tempore: You are to direct your comments to the chair.
Jeffries: You know what's interesting? Every time I come on this floor, I can use sharp language, he can use sharp language, you choose to admonish me. I don't work for you sir. I work for the American people.
Jeffries: You know what's interesting? Every time I come on this floor, I can use sharp language, he can use sharp language, you choose to admonish me. I don't work for you sir. I work for the American people.
May 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This right here. WATCH and share.
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Had any of these three Democrats, who all are from safe Democratic districts, taken their health into consideration and decided not to run in 2024, such an egregious bill would have failed to pass. https://trib.al/pWmUoZw
Republicans Pass Horrid Tax Bill Thanks to Democrats Dying in Office
Republicans passed their terrible tax bill by one vote. Guess how many Democrats died in office this year.
trib.al
May 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Had any of these three Democrats, who all are from safe Democratic districts, taken their health into consideration and decided not to run in 2024, such an egregious bill would have failed to pass. https://trib.al/pWmUoZw
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“What the heck’s the commissioner of Social Security?"
That's a real question from Frank Bisignano...the commissioner of Social Security.
Millions of Americans depend on Social Security. They should be able to trust that the head of the agency even knows what the job is.
That's a real question from Frank Bisignano...the commissioner of Social Security.
Millions of Americans depend on Social Security. They should be able to trust that the head of the agency even knows what the job is.
New head of Social Security, hired from Wall Street, tells staff he had to Google the job when he was offered it
Newly sworn-in Social Security chief Frank Bisignano, who previously was a Wall Street executive, told staffers he had to Google the SSA job when it was offered to him.
abcnews.go.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
“What the heck’s the commissioner of Social Security?"
That's a real question from Frank Bisignano...the commissioner of Social Security.
Millions of Americans depend on Social Security. They should be able to trust that the head of the agency even knows what the job is.
That's a real question from Frank Bisignano...the commissioner of Social Security.
Millions of Americans depend on Social Security. They should be able to trust that the head of the agency even knows what the job is.
The “Big Beautiful Bill” prohibits gender affirming care for trans people of any age. Bastards.
May 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The “Big Beautiful Bill” prohibits gender affirming care for trans people of any age. Bastards.
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They buried it
May 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
They buried it
I love the section of The Briefing with @jenpsaki.msnbc.com where she jumps back into her Press Secretary role and answers press questions! Keep it up!
May 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I love the section of The Briefing with @jenpsaki.msnbc.com where she jumps back into her Press Secretary role and answers press questions! Keep it up!
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Holding a hearing at 1:00 AM? What is it? They’re hiding? Good opportunity for us to all set our alarms and get up for a little midnight popcorn & airing of the truth.
House GOP is holding a hearing on their tax bill at 1:00 AM because they don't want us to know about their scheme to strip 13.7 million people of health coverage & they think no one will stay awake for it.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
I’ll be there, testifying & offering amendments to protect our families.
May 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Holding a hearing at 1:00 AM? What is it? They’re hiding? Good opportunity for us to all set our alarms and get up for a little midnight popcorn & airing of the truth.
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🧵: Trump’s bill would be a working class massacre. House Republicans know it will most hurt constituents in red districts who rely on Medicaid & SNAP benefits to make ends meet.
The GOP Reps below are still deciding their votes. Call them now and tell them to vote NO.
The GOP Reps below are still deciding their votes. Call them now and tell them to vote NO.
May 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🧵: Trump’s bill would be a working class massacre. House Republicans know it will most hurt constituents in red districts who rely on Medicaid & SNAP benefits to make ends meet.
The GOP Reps below are still deciding their votes. Call them now and tell them to vote NO.
The GOP Reps below are still deciding their votes. Call them now and tell them to vote NO.
What the hell @booker.senate.gov? Voting for a convicted felon to be the ambassador to France? The default setting should be never vote for anything Republicans want and them make exceptions as necessary. This is no time for business as usual!
May 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
What the hell @booker.senate.gov? Voting for a convicted felon to be the ambassador to France? The default setting should be never vote for anything Republicans want and them make exceptions as necessary. This is no time for business as usual!
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"The crowd chants 'Don’t take the mother!' over and over again as the daughter keeps trying to get back on the hood of the car. More Worcester cops arrive, all helping the ICE agents carry out their rotten senseless work." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"The crowd chants 'Don’t take the mother!' over and over again as the daughter keeps trying to get back on the hood of the car. More Worcester cops arrive, all helping the ICE agents carry out their rotten senseless work." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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NPR has been receiving tips about detentions at the Ambassador Bridge in Michigan. An inquiry by Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib has revealed more that 200 detentions this year at the bridge, including American citizen children.
Wrong turn leads to hundreds of immigrant arrests at the Detroit-Canada border bridge
NPR has for months been receiving tips about detentions at the Ambassador Bridge in Michigan. An inquiry by Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib has revealed more that 200 detentions this year at the ...
www.npr.org
April 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NPR has been receiving tips about detentions at the Ambassador Bridge in Michigan. An inquiry by Michigan Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib has revealed more that 200 detentions this year at the bridge, including American citizen children.
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NEW! DHS expands on its defiant middle finger to the Supreme Court's ruling that anyone subject to the Alien Enemies Act must get "reasonable time" to be able to "actually seek habeas relief."
They say they're only giving 12 HOURS for people to raise an objection, and 24 HOURS total to sue. Period!
They say they're only giving 12 HOURS for people to raise an objection, and 24 HOURS total to sue. Period!
April 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW! DHS expands on its defiant middle finger to the Supreme Court's ruling that anyone subject to the Alien Enemies Act must get "reasonable time" to be able to "actually seek habeas relief."
They say they're only giving 12 HOURS for people to raise an objection, and 24 HOURS total to sue. Period!
They say they're only giving 12 HOURS for people to raise an objection, and 24 HOURS total to sue. Period!
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The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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“I’ve never missed a court appearance. I’ve never missed an appointment with immigration or ICE,” Daboin Rall said. “The truth is: I don’t have any criminal record. I’ve done everything correctly according to the rules of this country.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
Detainee recounts chaotic near-deportation that was paused amid a court fight
Venezuelan national Eduardo Daboin Rall spoke to NBC News about being boarded onto a bus Friday at a Texas detention facility before the vehicle was turned around.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“I’ve never missed a court appearance. I’ve never missed an appointment with immigration or ICE,” Daboin Rall said. “The truth is: I don’t have any criminal record. I’ve done everything correctly according to the rules of this country.”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...