Emily Galvin-Almanza
@galvinalmanza.bsky.social
Lawyer trying to transform public defense. Author of The Price of Mercy ( www.emilygalvinalmanza.com ). Can drive a truck and trailer through places you shouldn't. Personal account, personal opinions.
Pinned
If you had told me five years ago that one of my heroes would say this about something I wrote, I would never, ever have believed you.
This sentence right here makes me feel like no matter what happens with this book, it's all worth it
This sentence right here makes me feel like no matter what happens with this book, it's all worth it
If you had told me five years ago that one of my heroes would say this about something I wrote, I would never, ever have believed you.
This sentence right here makes me feel like no matter what happens with this book, it's all worth it
This sentence right here makes me feel like no matter what happens with this book, it's all worth it
November 22, 2025 at 2:43 AM
If you had told me five years ago that one of my heroes would say this about something I wrote, I would never, ever have believed you.
This sentence right here makes me feel like no matter what happens with this book, it's all worth it
This sentence right here makes me feel like no matter what happens with this book, it's all worth it
Trump leaving Elise Stefanik holding the rhetorical bag, which is hysterical
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: President Heaps Praise on Mamdani and New York’s Future
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Trump leaving Elise Stefanik holding the rhetorical bag, which is hysterical
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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This is going to get spun as a "thermostatic shift" chart, but it should be properly interpreted as a "information environment is broken" chart.
In 2024, voters didn't know what Trump would do, and so they shifted towards him based on vibes. Now they are finding out, and they hate it.
In 2024, voters didn't know what Trump would do, and so they shifted towards him based on vibes. Now they are finding out, and they hate it.
Nearly every county in Virginia has shifted blue in a massive statement against Donald Trump.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This is going to get spun as a "thermostatic shift" chart, but it should be properly interpreted as a "information environment is broken" chart.
In 2024, voters didn't know what Trump would do, and so they shifted towards him based on vibes. Now they are finding out, and they hate it.
In 2024, voters didn't know what Trump would do, and so they shifted towards him based on vibes. Now they are finding out, and they hate it.
Hey everyone you should start reading public defense themed kid novels
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Hey everyone you should start reading public defense themed kid novels
Uh oh spaghetti o, Lindsay Halligan might have said something so unconstitutional to a grand jury that the judge is like "yeah please let the defense see all of this and do with it what they may."
But the bigger issue? We really need to reexamine what happens inside grand juries
But the bigger issue? We really need to reexamine what happens inside grand juries
November 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Uh oh spaghetti o, Lindsay Halligan might have said something so unconstitutional to a grand jury that the judge is like "yeah please let the defense see all of this and do with it what they may."
But the bigger issue? We really need to reexamine what happens inside grand juries
But the bigger issue? We really need to reexamine what happens inside grand juries
Ok which one of @joriegraham.bsky.social 's former students is responsible for Nipples of the Sea?
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Ok which one of @joriegraham.bsky.social 's former students is responsible for Nipples of the Sea?
Best conversation on the internet happening right here
MY guess is she said “well, if there’s a another explanation for these communications, it’s up to him to explain it at trial,” or words to that effect.
Okay lawyers let's have some fun
What did she say
What did she say
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Best conversation on the internet happening right here
Okay lawyers let's have some fun
What did she say
What did she say
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Okay lawyers let's have some fun
What did she say
What did she say
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Remembering when people told me in late 2024 that "Trump couldn't create his own police force because federalism" mmhmm
With @arynbraun.bsky.social, this week we ran this big look at what ICE/CBP has become under Donald Trump and how the agencies increasingly resemble a sort of national police force he can send to whatever city he likes to intimidate people:
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
See how Donald Trump is creating his own police force
Immigration agents are operating in cities with few legal constraints
www.economist.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Remembering when people told me in late 2024 that "Trump couldn't create his own police force because federalism" mmhmm
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I can only imagine we’re going to uncover that this sort of eugenicist bullshit got way worse in 2024 (Story is from 2020)
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I can only imagine we’re going to uncover that this sort of eugenicist bullshit got way worse in 2024 (Story is from 2020)
Only 10 of Trump's 1600 pardons have gone through the normal process. Want to talk about why?
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Trump's Abuse of Executive Pardon Power Explained by Emily Galvin Almanza.
YouTube video by FIVE MINUTE NEWS
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November 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Only 10 of Trump's 1600 pardons have gone through the normal process. Want to talk about why?
youtu.be/nogzOPtvyDE
youtu.be/nogzOPtvyDE
Thanks to @fiveminutenews.bsky.social I now have a Lil EMILY EXPLAINS corner!
This week: pardons! The good... and the bad.
youtu.be/nogzOPtvyDE
This week: pardons! The good... and the bad.
youtu.be/nogzOPtvyDE
Trump's Abuse of Executive Pardon Power Explained by Emily Galvin Almanza.
YouTube video by FIVE MINUTE NEWS
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November 15, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Thanks to @fiveminutenews.bsky.social I now have a Lil EMILY EXPLAINS corner!
This week: pardons! The good... and the bad.
youtu.be/nogzOPtvyDE
This week: pardons! The good... and the bad.
youtu.be/nogzOPtvyDE
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I interviewed Sen. Jacky Rosen 12 days ago. She talked about dignity and protecting people’s healthcare.
Then she voted to reopen the government with zero protections.
She can still change her vote.
@senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us—please honor your words. Protect healthcare.
youtu.be/zq1V8UOGV-g
Then she voted to reopen the government with zero protections.
She can still change her vote.
@senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us—please honor your words. Protect healthcare.
youtu.be/zq1V8UOGV-g
Senator Jacky Rosen Promised to Protect Healthcare. Then She Voted Against It.
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
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November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I interviewed Sen. Jacky Rosen 12 days ago. She talked about dignity and protecting people’s healthcare.
Then she voted to reopen the government with zero protections.
She can still change her vote.
@senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us—please honor your words. Protect healthcare.
youtu.be/zq1V8UOGV-g
Then she voted to reopen the government with zero protections.
She can still change her vote.
@senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us—please honor your words. Protect healthcare.
youtu.be/zq1V8UOGV-g
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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This vote basically ensures health insurance becomes unaffordable for millions. It’s not hyperbole to say that Americans will die because of it. We all know Republicans do not care about this, we’d all hoped that Democrats did. So shit like this is as embarrassing as it is deflating.
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This vote basically ensures health insurance becomes unaffordable for millions. It’s not hyperbole to say that Americans will die because of it. We all know Republicans do not care about this, we’d all hoped that Democrats did. So shit like this is as embarrassing as it is deflating.
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I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
Political malpractice to cave now
lets assume the deal is as described and the GOP doesn't renege on any of it. that means
we get:
-gov't funded thru 30 jan
-snap thru 30 sep 26
-reverts staffing to 30 sep 25
GOP gets:
-De Facto repeal of Obamacare (the vote on ACA subsidies will fail. there aren't 12 gop to go along with it.)
we get:
-gov't funded thru 30 jan
-snap thru 30 sep 26
-reverts staffing to 30 sep 25
GOP gets:
-De Facto repeal of Obamacare (the vote on ACA subsidies will fail. there aren't 12 gop to go along with it.)
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Political malpractice to cave now
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Does anyone on the senate actually know how the ACA works????
"A development that appeared to break the logjam: Republicans proposed that healthcare funding be provided directly to households rather than used to pay for a 1-year extension of ACA subsidies. That involves sending federal money into FSAs instead of insurance companies" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Republicans Pitch Alternative to ACA Extension to End Government Shutdown
A proposal by GOP senators to send money directly to consumers’ health accounts rather than to insurance companies showed signs of breaking a stalemate on negotiations.
www.wsj.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Does anyone on the senate actually know how the ACA works????
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Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.
How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yeah when the factual finding is that the administration is trying to make a political point and not thinking of people who need food, it's pretty hard to overcome that finding
BREAKING: First Circuit denies DOJ's request for an administrative stay of the SNAP benefits TRO out of Rhode Island.
DOJ's stay request remains pending, and the panel is working on a ruling on that.
DOJ's stay request remains pending, and the panel is working on a ruling on that.
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Yeah when the factual finding is that the administration is trying to make a political point and not thinking of people who need food, it's pretty hard to overcome that finding
This was a fabulous use of public resources, 10/10 governmental decision making
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This was a fabulous use of public resources, 10/10 governmental decision making
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
I gasped
Ross Douthat is only 31 years old.
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I gasped
Mayor Wu may be one of the most underestimated politicians on the planet
newrepublic.com/post/202735/...
newrepublic.com/post/202735/...
Boston’s Election Results Are the Big, Untold Story This Week
Michelle Wu’s quiet landslide defies conventional wisdom about alienating business interests. And it could turn Boston into one of the most interesting climate policy incubators in the country.
newrepublic.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Mayor Wu may be one of the most underestimated politicians on the planet
newrepublic.com/post/202735/...
newrepublic.com/post/202735/...