Chris Fotopulos
@chrisfotopulos.bsky.social
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Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
August 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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May 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Are you a lawyer who is barred in DC? Do you know a lawyer who is barred in DC?
Send them this. NOW.
The election for the DC Bar president is underway, and MAGA AG Pam Bondi's brother is running and nazi praising interim DC US Atty Ed Martin's deputy is running, too. We need to defeat them both.
Send them this. NOW.
The election for the DC Bar president is underway, and MAGA AG Pam Bondi's brother is running and nazi praising interim DC US Atty Ed Martin's deputy is running, too. We need to defeat them both.
My big takeaway from tonight’s DC Bar president candidates Q&A is that Pam Bondi’s brother is exactly who you think he is, and it’s very important that DC lawyers cast our votes for @whatajlp.bsky.social by the 6/4 deadline. Search your email for “Vote Today in the D.C. Bar Election” and do it now.
May 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Are you a lawyer who is barred in DC? Do you know a lawyer who is barred in DC?
Send them this. NOW.
The election for the DC Bar president is underway, and MAGA AG Pam Bondi's brother is running and nazi praising interim DC US Atty Ed Martin's deputy is running, too. We need to defeat them both.
Send them this. NOW.
The election for the DC Bar president is underway, and MAGA AG Pam Bondi's brother is running and nazi praising interim DC US Atty Ed Martin's deputy is running, too. We need to defeat them both.
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“To read it now is to be assailed on all sides by the claims on each of us under the Trump regime, and that there is no twisting free of these responsibilities.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-banality...
The Banality of Complicity: Arendt's Guide to Moral Resistance in the Age of Trump
Even in seemingly powerless positions, the choice to withdraw one’s support from corrupt systems remains a meaningful assertion of humanity.
www.liberalcurrents.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
“To read it now is to be assailed on all sides by the claims on each of us under the Trump regime, and that there is no twisting free of these responsibilities.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-banality...
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🚨Over 1,300 former DOJ officials—spanning both parties—have signed a statement condemning the Trump Administration’s attacks on the legal profession and the rule of law.
Read their urgent warning and call to action: protdem.org/doj-alumni-s...
Read their urgent warning and call to action: protdem.org/doj-alumni-s...
DOJ Alumni Statement Opposing Executive Branch Attacks on Lawyers and Law Firms
We, the undersigned, are alumni of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) who have collectively served both Republican and…
medium.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🚨Over 1,300 former DOJ officials—spanning both parties—have signed a statement condemning the Trump Administration’s attacks on the legal profession and the rule of law.
Read their urgent warning and call to action: protdem.org/doj-alumni-s...
Read their urgent warning and call to action: protdem.org/doj-alumni-s...
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An elderly holocaust survivor confronts ICE and Tom Homan.
His bravery after what he has experienced and endured shows his incredible indomitable spirit even the Nazis couldn’t crush.
#MomSky
His bravery after what he has experienced and endured shows his incredible indomitable spirit even the Nazis couldn’t crush.
#MomSky
March 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
An elderly holocaust survivor confronts ICE and Tom Homan.
His bravery after what he has experienced and endured shows his incredible indomitable spirit even the Nazis couldn’t crush.
#MomSky
His bravery after what he has experienced and endured shows his incredible indomitable spirit even the Nazis couldn’t crush.
#MomSky
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"American lawyers and law firms have been telling themselves that they're going to do great in this moment when it comes. This moment is here." Rachel Maddow encourages the legal profession to show their strength in the face of Donald Trump's authoritarian attacks.
March 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"American lawyers and law firms have been telling themselves that they're going to do great in this moment when it comes. This moment is here." Rachel Maddow encourages the legal profession to show their strength in the face of Donald Trump's authoritarian attacks.
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NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
March 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
So, best we share all the footage we can here!
This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.
🇹🇷 #Turkey
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If you want to work for a law firm that will never bow down to Trump or stay silent when he attacks the legal system, we are hiring. www.elias.law/careers
Careers
www.elias.law
March 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If you want to work for a law firm that will never bow down to Trump or stay silent when he attacks the legal system, we are hiring. www.elias.law/careers
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THREAD: Law firm statements issued in response to Trump’s executive orders targeting lawyers.
(This thread will be updated as additional statements are released. Want to flag something that I missed? DM me, email me at anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org, or send me a message on Signal at annabower.24)
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(This thread will be updated as additional statements are released. Want to flag something that I missed? DM me, email me at anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org, or send me a message on Signal at annabower.24)
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March 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
THREAD: Law firm statements issued in response to Trump’s executive orders targeting lawyers.
(This thread will be updated as additional statements are released. Want to flag something that I missed? DM me, email me at anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org, or send me a message on Signal at annabower.24)
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(This thread will be updated as additional statements are released. Want to flag something that I missed? DM me, email me at anna.bower@lawfaremedia.org, or send me a message on Signal at annabower.24)
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People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.
March 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.
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An important statement from the American Bar Association. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
March 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
An important statement from the American Bar Association. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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In which there are many reasons to obey and one not to. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
Opinion | To Obey Trump or Not to Obey
The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In which there are many reasons to obey and one not to. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
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Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government
Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...
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What an extraordinary, devastating essay. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Sophie Smith · Sleeping Women: On the Pelicot trial
Gisèle Pelicot doesn’t conceive of her now ex-husband or the other men who raped her as ‘bad apples’, aberrations...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
What an extraordinary, devastating essay. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.
January 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.