HRH ACL
@hrhacl.bsky.social
Retired Prof Law & Theatre. Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in foster care system. Feminist from way back. Overeducated, I hear.
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Note to editors and producers: If an executive order demands action that is illegal or outside of the president’s authority, then you should not describe it as ordering something. You should say it seeks to achieve some outcome and then note it is illegal or beyond the power of the president.
March 28, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Note to editors and producers: If an executive order demands action that is illegal or outside of the president’s authority, then you should not describe it as ordering something. You should say it seeks to achieve some outcome and then note it is illegal or beyond the power of the president.
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March 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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When law firms as respected as Paul, Weiss choose silence over principle, it doesn’t just set a precedent—it sends a signal that the legal profession may be willing to trade its backbone for access.
My full take below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
My full take below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
When Law Firms Cave To Authoritarian Tactics
Just Security Article – BTH Vol. 3.3.c
open.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:47 AM
When law firms as respected as Paul, Weiss choose silence over principle, it doesn’t just set a precedent—it sends a signal that the legal profession may be willing to trade its backbone for access.
My full take below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
My full take below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Pete Hegseth doesn’t look like the kind of guy who would accidentally include a reporter on his Houthi war plans group chat
March 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Pete Hegseth doesn’t look like the kind of guy who would accidentally include a reporter on his Houthi war plans group chat
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To write about the plain facts of the Trump administration is, admittedly, a challenge. But the way the media is covering the mundanity of Trump’s mob rule is just as bad as the way it sands off the edges of its most dramatic confrontations.
The Media Is Responding to Trump With a Huge Face-Plant
The press’s pathological need to normalize autocratic misrule is paving the road to ruin.
newrepublic.com
March 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
To write about the plain facts of the Trump administration is, admittedly, a challenge. But the way the media is covering the mundanity of Trump’s mob rule is just as bad as the way it sands off the edges of its most dramatic confrontations.
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The Trump administration quietly removed a ban on segregated facilities in government contracts.
The U.S. government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated facilities, including restaurants, restrooms, and drinking fountains.
Trump and his regime are more than willing..
The U.S. government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated facilities, including restaurants, restrooms, and drinking fountains.
Trump and his regime are more than willing..
March 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The Trump administration quietly removed a ban on segregated facilities in government contracts.
The U.S. government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated facilities, including restaurants, restrooms, and drinking fountains.
Trump and his regime are more than willing..
The U.S. government no longer explicitly prohibits contractors from having segregated facilities, including restaurants, restrooms, and drinking fountains.
Trump and his regime are more than willing..
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Follow your moral compass:
"This is not what I sought for my career... Paul Weiss's decision to cave to the Trump administration on DEI, representation, and staffing has forced my hand. We do not have time. It is now, or it is never..Please consider this email my two week notice"-Rachel Cohen, J.D.
"This is not what I sought for my career... Paul Weiss's decision to cave to the Trump administration on DEI, representation, and staffing has forced my hand. We do not have time. It is now, or it is never..Please consider this email my two week notice"-Rachel Cohen, J.D.
March 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Follow your moral compass:
"This is not what I sought for my career... Paul Weiss's decision to cave to the Trump administration on DEI, representation, and staffing has forced my hand. We do not have time. It is now, or it is never..Please consider this email my two week notice"-Rachel Cohen, J.D.
"This is not what I sought for my career... Paul Weiss's decision to cave to the Trump administration on DEI, representation, and staffing has forced my hand. We do not have time. It is now, or it is never..Please consider this email my two week notice"-Rachel Cohen, J.D.
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Skadden Arps associate Rachel Cohen exercising both Voice & Exit — in response to Paul Weiss’s apparent capitulation & her own firm’s silence
#ResignationInProtest, BigLaw edition
#ResignationInProtest, BigLaw edition
Here is the full text of Rachel Cohen’s firm-wide email:
March 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Skadden Arps associate Rachel Cohen exercising both Voice & Exit — in response to Paul Weiss’s apparent capitulation & her own firm’s silence
#ResignationInProtest, BigLaw edition
#ResignationInProtest, BigLaw edition
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I'll just say that it will take me a very long time before I give any Paul Weiss attorney the benefit of respect for their job. If they choose over the next little while to continue working for a firm which has demonstrated such cowardice, it reflects on their own backbones.
American civil society is full of abject cowards, that is the issue. The government is a mafia state but it is winning because most American elite institutions are devoid of anything resembling integrity and are folding rather than stand on principles that were little more than marketing.
March 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I'll just say that it will take me a very long time before I give any Paul Weiss attorney the benefit of respect for their job. If they choose over the next little while to continue working for a firm which has demonstrated such cowardice, it reflects on their own backbones.
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Re-upping for, well, Paul Weiss.
If you’re at Paul Weiss, and have thoughts, hit me up. My Signal is in my bio.
March 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Re-upping for, well, Paul Weiss.
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These days, it feels like there's a lot we *can't* do. But there's one thing we *can* do: Help set & reinforce the norms and culture in our own professions.
This is a post about Paul Weiss.
This is a post about Paul Weiss.
March 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
These days, it feels like there's a lot we *can't* do. But there's one thing we *can* do: Help set & reinforce the norms and culture in our own professions.
This is a post about Paul Weiss.
This is a post about Paul Weiss.
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Let's see how many wealthy Paul Weiss partners have as much courage as this one associate.
Tonight, hours after the Paul Weiss news broke, an associate at Skadden Arps sent a firm-wide email:
"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
"Please consider this email my two week notice, revocable if the firm comes up with a satisfactory response to the current moment...We do not have time. It is now or it is never..."
March 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Let's see how many wealthy Paul Weiss partners have as much courage as this one associate.
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The Paul Weiss law firm capitulated to Trump under the umbrella of doing “pro bono” work, as if this was a collective agreement to pursue the public interest and not the result of a shakedown.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
Big Law’s Big Capitulation
In the Trump era, the lawyers have chosen to pay, not fight, the mob boss.
www.thebulwark.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Paul Weiss law firm capitulated to Trump under the umbrella of doing “pro bono” work, as if this was a collective agreement to pursue the public interest and not the result of a shakedown.
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
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As the Office of Personnel Management oversaw the layoffs of thousands of federal workers and pressed others to justify their positions, the agency’s chief spokesperson repeatedly used her office for a side hustle: aspiring Instagram fashion influencer.
Read more: cnn.it/3R2MBai
Read more: cnn.it/3R2MBai
March 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
As the Office of Personnel Management oversaw the layoffs of thousands of federal workers and pressed others to justify their positions, the agency’s chief spokesperson repeatedly used her office for a side hustle: aspiring Instagram fashion influencer.
Read more: cnn.it/3R2MBai
Read more: cnn.it/3R2MBai
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Morgan Stanley is stepping in to support Tesla amid its declining share price, framing the drop in sales as a positive development. This move is part of a broader effort by billionaires to control the narrative in pursuit of tax breaks.
March 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Morgan Stanley is stepping in to support Tesla amid its declining share price, framing the drop in sales as a positive development. This move is part of a broader effort by billionaires to control the narrative in pursuit of tax breaks.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said European leaders had agreed to draw up a Ukraine peace plan to present to the United States, a vital step for Washington to be able to offer security guarantees that Kyiv says are essential to deter Russia reut.rs/4h5RKZX
UK, European leaders join forces to draft Ukraine peace plan to take to US
European leaders offered a strong show of support to the Ukrainian president and promised to do more to help his nation.
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March 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said European leaders had agreed to draw up a Ukraine peace plan to present to the United States, a vital step for Washington to be able to offer security guarantees that Kyiv says are essential to deter Russia reut.rs/4h5RKZX
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NEW: In a Saturday morning message on LinkedIn, WI GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden threatened retaliation against a former VA employee for messaging the congressman about federal government cuts during normal business hours.
March 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
NEW: In a Saturday morning message on LinkedIn, WI GOP Rep. Derrick Van Orden threatened retaliation against a former VA employee for messaging the congressman about federal government cuts during normal business hours.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @schumer.senate.gov where the heck are you? I want to apologize to Zelensky myself but at least my leaders should do it. What does it take?
📌NOTE: Immediately after the vile attack on Zelensky by Putin's puppets Friday, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries should have called a joint press conference and explained to the American public the significance, heinousness and danger of that sickening surrender.
📌They should STILL be talking now.
📌They should STILL be talking now.
March 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @schumer.senate.gov where the heck are you? I want to apologize to Zelensky myself but at least my leaders should do it. What does it take?
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📌NOTE: Immediately after the vile attack on Zelensky by Putin's puppets Friday, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries should have called a joint press conference and explained to the American public the significance, heinousness and danger of that sickening surrender.
📌They should STILL be talking now.
📌They should STILL be talking now.
March 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
📌NOTE: Immediately after the vile attack on Zelensky by Putin's puppets Friday, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries should have called a joint press conference and explained to the American public the significance, heinousness and danger of that sickening surrender.
📌They should STILL be talking now.
📌They should STILL be talking now.
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😮 ❤️ 🤩 This is the best song of theirs. It is better than tonight’s opening SNL skit. Cannot believe how quickly they completed it.
@jimmyfallon.bsky.social should have the Marsh Family on his show.
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE?...
@jimmyfallon.bsky.social should have the Marsh Family on his show.
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE?...
"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
March 2, 2025 at 7:43 AM
😮 ❤️ 🤩 This is the best song of theirs. It is better than tonight’s opening SNL skit. Cannot believe how quickly they completed it.
@jimmyfallon.bsky.social should have the Marsh Family on his show.
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE?...
@jimmyfallon.bsky.social should have the Marsh Family on his show.
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE?...
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The derogatory term “rubio” now has three meanings in American slang:
1) A spineless lump of nothing
2) The piece of shit you scrape off the bottom of your shoe
3) A person with no scruples or sense of morality
Example: “Don’t be such a fucking rubio — just think of what your mother would say.”
1) A spineless lump of nothing
2) The piece of shit you scrape off the bottom of your shoe
3) A person with no scruples or sense of morality
Example: “Don’t be such a fucking rubio — just think of what your mother would say.”
As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
March 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The derogatory term “rubio” now has three meanings in American slang:
1) A spineless lump of nothing
2) The piece of shit you scrape off the bottom of your shoe
3) A person with no scruples or sense of morality
Example: “Don’t be such a fucking rubio — just think of what your mother would say.”
1) A spineless lump of nothing
2) The piece of shit you scrape off the bottom of your shoe
3) A person with no scruples or sense of morality
Example: “Don’t be such a fucking rubio — just think of what your mother would say.”
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I laughed way more than i should have upon seeing this.
No idea who made it, but thank you. 🤣
No idea who made it, but thank you. 🤣
March 1, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I laughed way more than i should have upon seeing this.
No idea who made it, but thank you. 🤣
No idea who made it, but thank you. 🤣