Rebecca Schwarz
@rebeccaschwarz.bsky.social
Mom. Wife. Civil Litigator. Interested in politics, parenthood, policy and the discourse.
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the thing about the "see this is why you shouldnt have impostor syndrome" posts is that i will still be held to a higher standard than any of these men for any job i hold for the rest of my life
March 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
the thing about the "see this is why you shouldnt have impostor syndrome" posts is that i will still be held to a higher standard than any of these men for any job i hold for the rest of my life
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This is how you respond to attacks on lawyers and the legal profession. Thank you, Center for Reproductive Rights & Nancy Northrup.
(Abortion rights lawyers have known what it is like to be under attack for awhile, so not surprising they know what to do and say now.)
(Abortion rights lawyers have known what it is like to be under attack for awhile, so not surprising they know what to do and say now.)
March 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is how you respond to attacks on lawyers and the legal profession. Thank you, Center for Reproductive Rights & Nancy Northrup.
(Abortion rights lawyers have known what it is like to be under attack for awhile, so not surprising they know what to do and say now.)
(Abortion rights lawyers have known what it is like to be under attack for awhile, so not surprising they know what to do and say now.)
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Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
March 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Our first post is a big one...Statement from Keker, Van Nest & Peters on Trump’s Latest Executive Order “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.”
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Some people will only love the version of you that doesn’t challenge them. Love yourself enough to grow anyway.
March 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Some people will only love the version of you that doesn’t challenge them. Love yourself enough to grow anyway.
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The only dating advice I could offer anyone is this:
The more you know and love the person you are, the more you will attract people who agree with you.
That’s it.
Conversely: if you hate yourself? If you demean yourself and count yourself as less?
You *still* attract people who agree with you.
The more you know and love the person you are, the more you will attract people who agree with you.
That’s it.
Conversely: if you hate yourself? If you demean yourself and count yourself as less?
You *still* attract people who agree with you.
March 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The only dating advice I could offer anyone is this:
The more you know and love the person you are, the more you will attract people who agree with you.
That’s it.
Conversely: if you hate yourself? If you demean yourself and count yourself as less?
You *still* attract people who agree with you.
The more you know and love the person you are, the more you will attract people who agree with you.
That’s it.
Conversely: if you hate yourself? If you demean yourself and count yourself as less?
You *still* attract people who agree with you.
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In 1905, my great-grandfather helped @stevevladeck.bsky.social's great-grandfather escape arrest by Imperial Russian police who didn't like his speech.
120 years later, Steve has the best summary I've seen of key legal questions the case of Mahmoud Khalil:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/131-five-q...
120 years later, Steve has the best summary I've seen of key legal questions the case of Mahmoud Khalil:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/131-five-q...
131. Five Questions About the Khalil Case
The government's arrest and detention of a pro-Palestinian Columbia student (and green card holder) raises difficult questions about both technical immigration statutes and the First Amendment.
www.stevevladeck.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In 1905, my great-grandfather helped @stevevladeck.bsky.social's great-grandfather escape arrest by Imperial Russian police who didn't like his speech.
120 years later, Steve has the best summary I've seen of key legal questions the case of Mahmoud Khalil:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/131-five-q...
120 years later, Steve has the best summary I've seen of key legal questions the case of Mahmoud Khalil:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/131-five-q...
I used to shop at Target multiples times per week and would spend hundreds each trip. I haven’t spent a dime since they ditched DEI.
“.. no company has faced as fierce a blowback from DEI supporters as Target. Customers online have protested the decision and Anne and Lucy Dayton, the daughters of one of Target’s co-founders, called the company’s actions ‘a betrayal.’”
@cnn.com $TGT
@cnn.com $TGT
A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company | CNN Business
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
www.cnn.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I used to shop at Target multiples times per week and would spend hundreds each trip. I haven’t spent a dime since they ditched DEI.
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NEW: Elon Musk and SpaceX have taken control of part of Texas.
In the town of Brownsville, one of the poorest communities in America, Musk sold hope.
Instead, SpaceX caused earthquakes, workplace injuries, and displacement. And now they've built a company town too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cZE...
In the town of Brownsville, one of the poorest communities in America, Musk sold hope.
Instead, SpaceX caused earthquakes, workplace injuries, and displacement. And now they've built a company town too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cZE...
We Went To The Town Elon Musk Took Hostage
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
February 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
NEW: Elon Musk and SpaceX have taken control of part of Texas.
In the town of Brownsville, one of the poorest communities in America, Musk sold hope.
Instead, SpaceX caused earthquakes, workplace injuries, and displacement. And now they've built a company town too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cZE...
In the town of Brownsville, one of the poorest communities in America, Musk sold hope.
Instead, SpaceX caused earthquakes, workplace injuries, and displacement. And now they've built a company town too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cZE...
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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
February 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
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One of the AUSAs put on administrative leave by this letter is Hagan Scotten, my former Hogan Lovells colleague. I am not surprised that he would risk his job for his convictions; he has some of the strongest personal integrity of anyone I've worked with.
Read the letter from Emil Bove, acting deputy attorney general, accepting the resignation of Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan’s acting U.S. attorney, over her refusal to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams.
Read the document (Gift Article)
A letter from Emil Bove, acting deputy attorney general, accepting the resignation of Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan’s acting U.S. attorney, over her refusal to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
One of the AUSAs put on administrative leave by this letter is Hagan Scotten, my former Hogan Lovells colleague. I am not surprised that he would risk his job for his convictions; he has some of the strongest personal integrity of anyone I've worked with.
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Honestly I think about this all the time now.
What’s puzzling to me: history is full of stories of wealthy merchants and wise philosophers who court the favor of monarchs with dubious ethics and little virtue in the hopes of shaping their plans and benefitting themselves.
It doesn’t end well.
What’s puzzling to me: history is full of stories of wealthy merchants and wise philosophers who court the favor of monarchs with dubious ethics and little virtue in the hopes of shaping their plans and benefitting themselves.
It doesn’t end well.
For those of us who study the early modern world, this situation is familiar.
It’s Court culture.
It’s Court culture.
As I told the Wall Street Journal, by dropping corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams, DOJ sends the message that public officials who support Trump’s agenda will get out of jail free.
February 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Honestly I think about this all the time now.
What’s puzzling to me: history is full of stories of wealthy merchants and wise philosophers who court the favor of monarchs with dubious ethics and little virtue in the hopes of shaping their plans and benefitting themselves.
It doesn’t end well.
What’s puzzling to me: history is full of stories of wealthy merchants and wise philosophers who court the favor of monarchs with dubious ethics and little virtue in the hopes of shaping their plans and benefitting themselves.
It doesn’t end well.
I once got into a debate with a partner about whether Iron Mountain was an actual mountain and lo and behold they do have at least one.
February 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I once got into a debate with a partner about whether Iron Mountain was an actual mountain and lo and behold they do have at least one.
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Big ups to @signal.org @meredithmeredith.bsky.social for allowing usernames instead of phone numbers last year (signal.org/blog/phone-n...).
Washington basically runs on Signal right now and that one change has made reporting and whistleblowing way more private and secure.
Washington basically runs on Signal right now and that one change has made reporting and whistleblowing way more private and secure.
February 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Big ups to @signal.org @meredithmeredith.bsky.social for allowing usernames instead of phone numbers last year (signal.org/blog/phone-n...).
Washington basically runs on Signal right now and that one change has made reporting and whistleblowing way more private and secure.
Washington basically runs on Signal right now and that one change has made reporting and whistleblowing way more private and secure.
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My cousin asked me what it's like in the US right now. I sent her this summary.
February 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
My cousin asked me what it's like in the US right now. I sent her this summary.
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Costco, which has come out saying it supports DEI, will make no changes to its existing programs, AND pays workers a minimum of $30/hour, is up 15% YTD.
Target, which announced it is ending all DEI programs and has a minimum wage of $15-$24/hour, is down over 4%.
Keep voting with your wallet.
Target, which announced it is ending all DEI programs and has a minimum wage of $15-$24/hour, is down over 4%.
Keep voting with your wallet.
February 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Costco, which has come out saying it supports DEI, will make no changes to its existing programs, AND pays workers a minimum of $30/hour, is up 15% YTD.
Target, which announced it is ending all DEI programs and has a minimum wage of $15-$24/hour, is down over 4%.
Keep voting with your wallet.
Target, which announced it is ending all DEI programs and has a minimum wage of $15-$24/hour, is down over 4%.
Keep voting with your wallet.
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Judge Amy Berman Jackson has formally dismissed the case of Jan. 6 defendant DJ Rodriguez, who drove a taser into the neck of MPD officer Michael Fanone and had been sentenced to 12 years in prison
"Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
"Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 6, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Judge Amy Berman Jackson has formally dismissed the case of Jan. 6 defendant DJ Rodriguez, who drove a taser into the neck of MPD officer Michael Fanone and had been sentenced to 12 years in prison
"Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
"Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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Elon Musk, that avatar or arrogance, is trashing the US Constitution. Trumpers, is this what you voted for? An end to America?
February 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Elon Musk, that avatar or arrogance, is trashing the US Constitution. Trumpers, is this what you voted for? An end to America?
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This is an absolutely remarkable memo — and a betrayal of both the Constitution and the American political tradition. In the US, by *explicit contrast* with interwar fascist governments, the state is not supposed to be an extension of the personality of the chief executive.
![Office of the Attorney General
Washington, D. C. 20530
February 5, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR ALL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
FROM:
SUBJECT:
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
GENERAL POLICY REGARDING ZEALOUS ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES'
"[E]xecutive Power." More broadly, attorneys are expected to zealously advance, protect, and defend their client's interests. Department of Justice attorneys have signed up for a job that requires zealously advocating for the United States.
The responsibilities of Department of Justice attorneys include not only aggressively enforcing criminal and civil laws enacted by Congress, but also vigorously defending presidential policies and actions against legal challenges on behalf of the United States. The discretion afforded Department attorneys entrusted with those responsibilities does not include latitude to substitute personal political views or judgments for those that prevailed in the election.
When Department of Justice attorneys, for example, refuse to advance good-faith arguments by declining to appear in court or sign briefs, it undermines the constitutional order and deprives the President of the benefit of his lawyers. It is therefore the policy of the Department of Justice that any attorney who because of their personal political views or judgments declines to sign a brief or appear in court, refuses to advance good-faith arguments on behalf of the Administration, or otherwise delays or impedes the Department's mission will be subject to discipline and potentially termination, consistent with applicable law.
' This guidance is not intended to, does not, and may not be relied upon to create, any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y2tqoxl4zx7iuyh3rhbhdwv3/bafkreic4hwhm45xtfe5w2yb3y27ye4zw72ch2l2jydx3avbn6yxwllwbqi@jpeg)
February 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is an absolutely remarkable memo — and a betrayal of both the Constitution and the American political tradition. In the US, by *explicit contrast* with interwar fascist governments, the state is not supposed to be an extension of the personality of the chief executive.
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At least three dozen Democrats plan to take over the Senate floor all night tonight, for 30 hours, to oppose Trump's budget office nominee, Russ Vought.
“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
Democrats To Take Over Senate Floor All Night To Oppose White House Budget Office Nominee
“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” Sen. Brian Schatz, one of dozens taking part in a 30-hour talkathon, said of Russell Vought.
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February 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
At least three dozen Democrats plan to take over the Senate floor all night tonight, for 30 hours, to oppose Trump's budget office nominee, Russ Vought.
“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
“He’s the architect of the dismantling of our federal government,” said Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
Now our avocado toast is REALLY going to make it harder to buy a home
February 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Now our avocado toast is REALLY going to make it harder to buy a home
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Appalling cruelty beyond comprehension. Trump is ordering an immediate, unlawful shutdown of PEPFAR, potentially denying life-saving HIV medication to millions of people. This guarantees a lethal, global resurgence of the HIV epidemic. Just unfathomable sadism. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Appalling cruelty beyond comprehension. Trump is ordering an immediate, unlawful shutdown of PEPFAR, potentially denying life-saving HIV medication to millions of people. This guarantees a lethal, global resurgence of the HIV epidemic. Just unfathomable sadism. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
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Costco shareholders voted strongly against a proposal requesting a report on the risks of maintaining its diversity and inclusion initiatives, the US company said, sending a message running counter to the intense scrutiny many such corporate policies face. cnn.it/3PQdvlo
January 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Costco shareholders voted strongly against a proposal requesting a report on the risks of maintaining its diversity and inclusion initiatives, the US company said, sending a message running counter to the intense scrutiny many such corporate policies face. cnn.it/3PQdvlo
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.