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Counsel @protectdemocracy.org, former Civil Rights Division Chief @mass_ago, UMass/Stanford Law School alum, auntie to six littles. Views are my own.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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In our latest Insights column, Protect Democracy experts @gcnadeau.bsky.social and @jessmarsden.bsky.social break down the “antifa” executive order and 3 lessons from the Kimmel reinstatement.
Two ways to read the “antifa” executive order
Plus, three lessons from Jimmy Kimmel’s reinstatement
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
September 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Two really smart pieces here from @protectdemocracy.org's Genevieve Nadeau and @jessmarsden.bsky.social on Trump's absurd "antifa" EO and some hopeful lessons from the @jimmykimmel.com debacle.

www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/two-ways-t...
Two ways to read the “antifa” executive order
Plus, three lessons from Jimmy Kimmel’s reinstatement
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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In today’s briefing, we break down why an increasingly hostile landscape for nonprofits is a threat to our democracy and what we can all do to support them. Read and share: https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/why-protecting-democracy-means-protecting
August 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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NEW RESOURCE: The threat to civil society is real—and growing. Our Nonprofit Investigations Toolkit has information to help orgs prepare for politicized government investigations. Start here: protdem.org/NonprofitInv...
July 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Fighting back works. Kudos and thank you to Jenner & Block LLP, @wilmerhale.bsky.social @cooleyllp.bsky.social Perkins Coie, and Williams & Connolly LLP.
The Trump admin’s assault on the legal profession and system is also an attempt to keep all of civil society at bay by taking a critical support system for society out at the knees. Genevieve Nadeau calls fellow lawyers to action in our latest Insights column: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/lawyers-ne...
March 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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The Trump admin’s assault on the legal profession and system is also an attempt to keep all of civil society at bay by taking a critical support system for society out at the knees. Genevieve Nadeau calls fellow lawyers to action in our latest Insights column: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/lawyers-ne...
March 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The legal profession is under siege right now. But that’s not the endgame.

open.substack.com/pub/protectd...
Lawyers need to meet the moment
The legal profession supports and defends civil society – that’s why it’s under siege
open.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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For almost 3 years, OMB has made “apportionments” of federal funding public, allowing everyone to see how the executive branch is allocating our tax dollars. Today, that site went dark.

Read our thread below for some context ⬇️
rollcall.com/2025/03/24/w...
White House scraps public spending database - Roll Call
The White House budget office has taken down a website where approvals of funding provided in appropriations laws are required to be posted.
rollcall.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM