Barbara Griffin
@barbgriffinesq.bsky.social
Legal aid attorney. Introvert so I lurk, learn, like, and repost. Hoya4life. Rooted in Appalachia.
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Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
October 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
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“At this crucial moment, clients need to find their courage, too. And partners at big firms — who often earn millions a year — must be willing to take financial risks when the fate of our nation, the future of our profession and the rule of law itself is at stake.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...
Opinion | For God’s Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump
The time has come to defend the oath we took when we became officers of the court.
www.nytimes.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
“At this crucial moment, clients need to find their courage, too. And partners at big firms — who often earn millions a year — must be willing to take financial risks when the fate of our nation, the future of our profession and the rule of law itself is at stake.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...
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The big law firms who are folding to this blatantly unconstitutional nonsense should be ashamed of themselves. They all took an oath too.
March 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The big law firms who are folding to this blatantly unconstitutional nonsense should be ashamed of themselves. They all took an oath too.
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Pete Hegseth being exposed as incompetent is giving me a special kind of pleasure considering he blamed the presence of Black people and women for compromising military readiness.
But I’mma tell you the one thing that Black folks do without fail when added to a group chat — ask who all in there? 😂
But I’mma tell you the one thing that Black folks do without fail when added to a group chat — ask who all in there? 😂
March 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Pete Hegseth being exposed as incompetent is giving me a special kind of pleasure considering he blamed the presence of Black people and women for compromising military readiness.
But I’mma tell you the one thing that Black folks do without fail when added to a group chat — ask who all in there? 😂
But I’mma tell you the one thing that Black folks do without fail when added to a group chat — ask who all in there? 😂
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This Paul Weiss capitulation is the most disgraceful action by a major law firm in my lifetime, so appalling that I couldn’t believe it at first.
Any lawyers at that firm—partners or associates—who don’t promptly resign will defile their moral and professional reputations beyond repair.
Any lawyers at that firm—partners or associates—who don’t promptly resign will defile their moral and professional reputations beyond repair.
March 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This Paul Weiss capitulation is the most disgraceful action by a major law firm in my lifetime, so appalling that I couldn’t believe it at first.
Any lawyers at that firm—partners or associates—who don’t promptly resign will defile their moral and professional reputations beyond repair.
Any lawyers at that firm—partners or associates—who don’t promptly resign will defile their moral and professional reputations beyond repair.
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Lawyers, this is what it looks like to honor your oath as a lawyer and as a prosecutor. I want to lift up Denise Cheung, one of a growing group of senior DOJ lawyers who have put the rule of law ahead of politics & short-term career advancement. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
February 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Lawyers, this is what it looks like to honor your oath as a lawyer and as a prosecutor. I want to lift up Denise Cheung, one of a growing group of senior DOJ lawyers who have put the rule of law ahead of politics & short-term career advancement. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
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SKEET THREAD: What happened yesterday holds a powerful lesson. We must give it greater attention.
LAWYERS HAVE A CHOICE. To obey the rules of our profession or to degrade our oath by putting politics above our ethical obligations. In early 2021 I wrote this piece. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/o...
LAWYERS HAVE A CHOICE. To obey the rules of our profession or to degrade our oath by putting politics above our ethical obligations. In early 2021 I wrote this piece. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/o...
Opinion | Lawyers Enabled Trump’s Worst Abuses (Gift Article)
The legal profession must reckon with its complicity in Trump’s attack on democracy.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
SKEET THREAD: What happened yesterday holds a powerful lesson. We must give it greater attention.
LAWYERS HAVE A CHOICE. To obey the rules of our profession or to degrade our oath by putting politics above our ethical obligations. In early 2021 I wrote this piece. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/o...
LAWYERS HAVE A CHOICE. To obey the rules of our profession or to degrade our oath by putting politics above our ethical obligations. In early 2021 I wrote this piece. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/12/o...
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Lately, I've been so worried about what might happen that I'm completely ignoring some things that are actually happening. That I am healthy. That I am loved. And, right now, I have all that I need.
Even in our darkest times, we have to remember to not allow dread to completely take over.
Even in our darkest times, we have to remember to not allow dread to completely take over.
January 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Lately, I've been so worried about what might happen that I'm completely ignoring some things that are actually happening. That I am healthy. That I am loved. And, right now, I have all that I need.
Even in our darkest times, we have to remember to not allow dread to completely take over.
Even in our darkest times, we have to remember to not allow dread to completely take over.