Mandy Hitchcock
@mandyhitchcock.bsky.social
Seeker. Thinker. Reader. Mom of three—two here, one in the stars. Cancer survivor. Recovering lawyer (maybe not for long). Completely neurotic optimist in spite of it all.
Kindness is necessary but insufficient.
Hope is more than a feeling.
Kindness is necessary but insufficient.
Hope is more than a feeling.
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Live in such a way that you trigger white Christian nationalists.
June 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Live in such a way that you trigger white Christian nationalists.
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Reminder:
Periodically unclench your jaw, relax your shoulders, and—consciously—exhale your anger and grief.
You are not alone.
Periodically unclench your jaw, relax your shoulders, and—consciously—exhale your anger and grief.
You are not alone.
June 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Reminder:
Periodically unclench your jaw, relax your shoulders, and—consciously—exhale your anger and grief.
You are not alone.
Periodically unclench your jaw, relax your shoulders, and—consciously—exhale your anger and grief.
You are not alone.
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When I die I’d like the @nytimes.com editorial board to lower me into my grave so I can be let down one last time.
June 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
When I die I’d like the @nytimes.com editorial board to lower me into my grave so I can be let down one last time.
Ooh, is this a story about ICE?!
May 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Ooh, is this a story about ICE?!
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A reminder to ICE agents, prison guards, local police, and others:
At Nuremberg, they convicted and hung the people who carried out the orders too. It wadn't just the leaders of the reich.
Justice will find a way.
At Nuremberg, they convicted and hung the people who carried out the orders too. It wadn't just the leaders of the reich.
Justice will find a way.
April 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A reminder to ICE agents, prison guards, local police, and others:
At Nuremberg, they convicted and hung the people who carried out the orders too. It wadn't just the leaders of the reich.
Justice will find a way.
At Nuremberg, they convicted and hung the people who carried out the orders too. It wadn't just the leaders of the reich.
Justice will find a way.
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I've been clear: if President Bukele doesn't want to meet here in D.C., then I intend to go to El Salvador this week to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's condition and discuss his release.
Kilmar was illegally ABDUCTED and deported by the Trump Admin. He must be brought home NOW.
Kilmar was illegally ABDUCTED and deported by the Trump Admin. He must be brought home NOW.
If Bukele doesn't want to meet in D.C., I'll go to El Salvador to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I've been clear: if President Bukele doesn't want to meet here in D.C., then I intend to go to El Salvador this week to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's condition and discuss his release.
Kilmar was illegally ABDUCTED and deported by the Trump Admin. He must be brought home NOW.
Kilmar was illegally ABDUCTED and deported by the Trump Admin. He must be brought home NOW.
If they can build the capacity, you can bet that re-entering citizens will be next.
The US plans to expand social media screening to all immigration applicants, including green card and citizenship seekers, AP reports.
The Department of Homeland Security will run the scheme with AI tools.
Free speech now banned in America.
The Department of Homeland Security will run the scheme with AI tools.
Free speech now banned in America.
March 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If they can build the capacity, you can bet that re-entering citizens will be next.
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Can we please remember that John Adams literally represented the Redcoats who did the Boston Massacre.
Like, if you’re going to wave the goddamn flag and say that lawyers ought not to represent clients you disagree with or who are allegedly guilty, then you’re just confused about American lawyers.
Like, if you’re going to wave the goddamn flag and say that lawyers ought not to represent clients you disagree with or who are allegedly guilty, then you’re just confused about American lawyers.
March 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Can we please remember that John Adams literally represented the Redcoats who did the Boston Massacre.
Like, if you’re going to wave the goddamn flag and say that lawyers ought not to represent clients you disagree with or who are allegedly guilty, then you’re just confused about American lawyers.
Like, if you’re going to wave the goddamn flag and say that lawyers ought not to represent clients you disagree with or who are allegedly guilty, then you’re just confused about American lawyers.
Is this a rhetorical question?
Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?
March 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Is this a rhetorical question?
As more lawyers stand up, more lawyers will stand up. #socialproof
Jenner Stands Firm | Because Clients Deserve Fearless Advocates
On March 25 2025, Jenner & Block filed a lawsuit to stop an unconstitutional executive order that has already been declared unlawful by a federal court. We expect to prevail quickly. For more than 100...
www.jennerfirm.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
As more lawyers stand up, more lawyers will stand up. #socialproof
Bloop.
Trump is privately warning CEOs of automakers not to hike prices when his tariffs hit. This blows up Trump's lies about the tariffs, because it shows he knows they'll push up costs in the US, and knows "other countries" don't pay them!
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1933...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1933...
Trump Accidentally Wrecks His Own Tariff Spin in Leaked Call Stunner
In a call with auto CEOs, the president warned them against raising prices. Isn’t that an admission that his argument for tariffs is bogus?
newrepublic.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Bloop.
What an actual opposition party looks like.
This is what the opposition did in the Hungary Parliament when they passed the Pride ban.
May we have congresspeople with an ounce of the courage.
May we have congresspeople with an ounce of the courage.
March 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
What an actual opposition party looks like.
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Paul Weiss: We are pathetic.
Skadden: Hold our beer.
Skadden: Hold our beer.
March 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Paul Weiss: We are pathetic.
Skadden: Hold our beer.
Skadden: Hold our beer.
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🙅 Zelenskyy: Deal with US will not be signed if it threatens Ukraine's accession to EU
Zelenskyy: Deal with US will not be signed if it threatens Ukraine’s accession to EU
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine will not sign an agreement on mineral resources with the United States if it poses a threat to the country’s accession to the EU.
www.pravda.com.ua
March 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
🙅 Zelenskyy: Deal with US will not be signed if it threatens Ukraine's accession to EU
As more lawyers stand up, more lawyers will stand up. #socialproof
A Skadden attorney resigned today, citing the firm’s decision to strike a deal with Trump amid pressure campaign on law firms.
“[I]f my employer cannot stand up for the rule of law, then I cannot ethically continue to work for them,” the former Skadden lawyer, Brenna Trout Frey, wrote on LinkedIn.
“[I]f my employer cannot stand up for the rule of law, then I cannot ethically continue to work for them,” the former Skadden lawyer, Brenna Trout Frey, wrote on LinkedIn.
March 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
As more lawyers stand up, more lawyers will stand up. #socialproof
The same death cult that refuses to protect kids from guns now refuses to protect them from infectious disease.
RFK Jr. to gut vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office, sources say
Much of the federal government's efforts to buoy lagging childhood vaccination rates have been run through the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy.
www.cbsnews.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The same death cult that refuses to protect kids from guns now refuses to protect them from infectious disease.
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BREAKING: While major news outlets and law firms fall all over themselves to bend the knee to Trump and Musk, I am standing up and suing DOGE for transparency. www.muellershewrote.com/p/im-suing-d...
I'm Suing DOGE
The First Amendment Coalition (FAC) and MSW Media have filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. DOGE Service for its failure to respond to FOIA requests
www.muellershewrote.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
BREAKING: While major news outlets and law firms fall all over themselves to bend the knee to Trump and Musk, I am standing up and suing DOGE for transparency. www.muellershewrote.com/p/im-suing-d...
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The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
#Measles
https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report
#Measles
https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
www.propublica.org
March 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
#Measles
https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report
#Measles
https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report
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THIS is why due process matters. Because when ICE has to actually prove to an independent adjudicator whether someone is actually a member of a gang or not, they often fall flat on their face and judges are SHOCKED at how ramshackle and shoddy ICE's work on this stuff is.
They get it wrong a LOT!
They get it wrong a LOT!
March 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
THIS is why due process matters. Because when ICE has to actually prove to an independent adjudicator whether someone is actually a member of a gang or not, they often fall flat on their face and judges are SHOCKED at how ramshackle and shoddy ICE's work on this stuff is.
They get it wrong a LOT!
They get it wrong a LOT!
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I wrote about the White House X account — which is steeped in the sociopathic posting style of far-right extremists — and seems to get more sinister and cruel with its posts each week of the administration. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account
Welcome to the 4chan administration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I wrote about the White House X account — which is steeped in the sociopathic posting style of far-right extremists — and seems to get more sinister and cruel with its posts each week of the administration. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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BREAKING: D.C. Circuit, on 2-1 vote, keeps the TROs in place in the Alien Enemies Act case.
The appeals court DENIES the Trump administration's request to stay the TROs issued by Chief Judge Boasberg — a move that would allow AEA removals to restart.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/alien-enem...
The appeals court DENIES the Trump administration's request to stay the TROs issued by Chief Judge Boasberg — a move that would allow AEA removals to restart.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/alien-enem...
March 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
BREAKING: D.C. Circuit, on 2-1 vote, keeps the TROs in place in the Alien Enemies Act case.
The appeals court DENIES the Trump administration's request to stay the TROs issued by Chief Judge Boasberg — a move that would allow AEA removals to restart.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/alien-enem...
The appeals court DENIES the Trump administration's request to stay the TROs issued by Chief Judge Boasberg — a move that would allow AEA removals to restart.
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/alien-enem...
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The truth is an absolute defense in the courtroom and in the court of public opinion.
Spread the truth. The facts. Good or bad.
That's the way to combat authoritarianism.
Spread the truth. The facts. Good or bad.
That's the way to combat authoritarianism.
March 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The truth is an absolute defense in the courtroom and in the court of public opinion.
Spread the truth. The facts. Good or bad.
That's the way to combat authoritarianism.
Spread the truth. The facts. Good or bad.
That's the way to combat authoritarianism.
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I want you to understand this is happening in our name and we know most of these men committed no crimes. One is a professional soccer player who was tortured in Venezuela and was working through asylum in the U.S. ICE shipped him for his Real Madrid tattoo and a picture throwing rock & roll horns.
March 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I want you to understand this is happening in our name and we know most of these men committed no crimes. One is a professional soccer player who was tortured in Venezuela and was working through asylum in the U.S. ICE shipped him for his Real Madrid tattoo and a picture throwing rock & roll horns.
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Texas’s abortion ban is one of the most strict in the country. Now they’ve taken the disturbing step of arresting a midwife for helping women who sought reproductive care. Abortion bans were never about protecting women, they were always about control. www.dailykos.com/story/2025/3...
Texas makes first arrest under state’s terrifying abortion ban
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a statement Monday boasting about the arrest of a Houston-area midwife for illegally performing an abortion, marking the state’s first criminal charge for ab...
www.dailykos.com
March 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Texas’s abortion ban is one of the most strict in the country. Now they’ve taken the disturbing step of arresting a midwife for helping women who sought reproductive care. Abortion bans were never about protecting women, they were always about control. www.dailykos.com/story/2025/3...