MJ Lawbird
@emjay21.bsky.social
Progressive, Lawyer, Fordham Law, NYC, the Queens in me escapes at times.🗽🐏 👑
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When you want to sell your book more than you want to report on actual news about the actual president.
Jake Tapper demonstrates seriousness of Biden story by discussing it with Piers Morgan.
Jake Tapper on Biden: "It is a scandal. It is without question -- and maybe even worse than Watergate in some ways, because Richard Nixon was in control of his faculties when he wasn't drinking."
May 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
When you want to sell your book more than you want to report on actual news about the actual president.
…and he is still stuck in a prison in El Salvador
According to emails obtained by the Times, as they planned the public response, Trump admin DHS officials pushed to call Mr. Abrego Garcia a "leader" of MS-13.
Their only problem? They had literally no evidence that was true, so they couldn't find anyone willing to say it under penalty of perjury.
Their only problem? They had literally no evidence that was true, so they couldn't find anyone willing to say it under penalty of perjury.
May 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
…and he is still stuck in a prison in El Salvador
The House is running a Reverse Robin Hood —Rob from the poor to give to the rich.
Casar: What we discovered last night, which is really breaking news, is that they’re not just robbing Medicaid—it turns out they’re also planning to rob Medicare of nearly half a billion dollars if they pass this bill.
May 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The House is running a Reverse Robin Hood —Rob from the poor to give to the rich.
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The Trump admin is afraid of oversight and accountability. So they are going after Rep. McIver to scare us into silence. Members of Congress have a duty and right to conduct oversight. We won’t be intimated. This is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. I stand with Rep McIver.
My statement on the charges filed against me:
May 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Trump admin is afraid of oversight and accountability. So they are going after Rep. McIver to scare us into silence. Members of Congress have a duty and right to conduct oversight. We won’t be intimated. This is straight out of the authoritarian playbook. I stand with Rep McIver.
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None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.
Lawyer for Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison arrested
Ruth López held without access to lawyers at secret location accused of ‘embezzlement’ a decade ago
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.
The Trump regime: do unconstitutional and horrific things and lie about it. Traditional media: 🦗🦗🦗…yada yada…Joe Biden.
Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
May 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Trump regime: do unconstitutional and horrific things and lie about it. Traditional media: 🦗🦗🦗…yada yada…Joe Biden.
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Chris Murphy: "Let's be clear what this trip is all about. This is President Trump's corruption tour of the Middle East. He is going to the gulf to collect tribute. What's happening here is an extraordinary level of corruption. We shouldn't pretend this is business as usual."
May 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Chris Murphy: "Let's be clear what this trip is all about. This is President Trump's corruption tour of the Middle East. He is going to the gulf to collect tribute. What's happening here is an extraordinary level of corruption. We shouldn't pretend this is business as usual."
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Pedro Pascal reshares video which says the U.S. has become a police state
A state where there is no higher authority
A state where there is no higher authority
May 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Pedro Pascal reshares video which says the U.S. has become a police state
A state where there is no higher authority
A state where there is no higher authority
It’s bad enough having to deal with lawsplaining from crappy lawyers, but then you get a journalist like 👇guy incorrectly lawsplaining the Emoluments clause with his whole chest.
Jesus Christ, man, you know everyone can see this, right?
May 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It’s bad enough having to deal with lawsplaining from crappy lawyers, but then you get a journalist like 👇guy incorrectly lawsplaining the Emoluments clause with his whole chest.
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So many videos are circulating of ICE agents acting with cruelty and aggression. Behavior that eerily mirrors the “domestic terrorism” they claim to oppose. No one is forcing them to act this way; it’s a choice.
May 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
So many videos are circulating of ICE agents acting with cruelty and aggression. Behavior that eerily mirrors the “domestic terrorism” they claim to oppose. No one is forcing them to act this way; it’s a choice.
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If they suspend Habeas Corpus, it won't just be for "migrants" or "illegals" or "criminals." If they suspend Habeas Corpus it will be for you and me and whomever this regime decides is unfit, undesirable, and a threat or a problem. This is how it works. This is how it's always worked.
May 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If they suspend Habeas Corpus, it won't just be for "migrants" or "illegals" or "criminals." If they suspend Habeas Corpus it will be for you and me and whomever this regime decides is unfit, undesirable, and a threat or a problem. This is how it works. This is how it's always worked.
Article I, Sec. 9 states”…And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
May 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Article I, Sec. 9 states”…And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
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No matter what this Administration tells the American people, the law is very clear: Members of Congress have a legal right to enter any DHS detention facility to conduct oversight without prior notice - something I’ve done twice this year without issue.
May 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
No matter what this Administration tells the American people, the law is very clear: Members of Congress have a legal right to enter any DHS detention facility to conduct oversight without prior notice - something I’ve done twice this year without issue.
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Cato Institute’s Director of immigration studies 👇🏽
May 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Cato Institute’s Director of immigration studies 👇🏽
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We are not under invasion.
There is no justification for suspending our constitutional rights.
Every single American should speak out against this, loudly and forcefully.
There is no justification for suspending our constitutional rights.
Every single American should speak out against this, loudly and forcefully.
Stephen Miller: "The writ of habeas corpus can be suspended in a time of invasion. So I would say that's an option we're actively looking at."
May 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We are not under invasion.
There is no justification for suspending our constitutional rights.
Every single American should speak out against this, loudly and forcefully.
There is no justification for suspending our constitutional rights.
Every single American should speak out against this, loudly and forcefully.
ICE seems to be moving ever closer to publicly shooting someone in a confrontation they have both purposefully set up and no interest in deescalating.
This is fascism.
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
ICE seems to be moving ever closer to publicly shooting someone in a confrontation they have both purposefully set up and no interest in deescalating.
This is such a simple yet powerful explanation by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social of how the Executive branch is supposed to operate in a functioning version of the US government.
May 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is such a simple yet powerful explanation by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social of how the Executive branch is supposed to operate in a functioning version of the US government.
Small victories are better than no victories.
Some Good News: It’s Working: Ed Martin is out, National Parks are in, Trump is being contradicted by the Intelligence Community & the NC Sup Ct race from last November finally gets decided. Democracy wins. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Some Good News: It’s Working
Last night, I wrote to you about Ed Martin, Trump’s nominee to be the United States Attorney in Washington, D.C..
open.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Small victories are better than no victories.
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The current president Is A Mob Boss.
May 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The current president Is A Mob Boss.
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Share This With Everyone, Especially his supporters…😊💙
May 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Share This With Everyone, Especially his supporters…😊💙
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We all must stand up every single day.
"If the founding history of this country is any guide, those who stood up in court to vindicate constitutional rights and, by so doing, served to promote the rule of law, will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." -Judge Howell
"If the founding history of this country is any guide, those who stood up in court to vindicate constitutional rights and, by so doing, served to promote the rule of law, will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." -Judge Howell
May 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We all must stand up every single day.
"If the founding history of this country is any guide, those who stood up in court to vindicate constitutional rights and, by so doing, served to promote the rule of law, will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." -Judge Howell
"If the founding history of this country is any guide, those who stood up in court to vindicate constitutional rights and, by so doing, served to promote the rule of law, will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." -Judge Howell
It takes years to build a reputation and just one disgusting cowardly act to destroy it.
Inject the second paragraph of this footnote directly into my veins.
(And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)
(And then send it to the nine firms that have bent the knee.)
Howell drips with disdain for the firms who capitulated to the White House and says of those who resisted "will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
May 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It takes years to build a reputation and just one disgusting cowardly act to destroy it.