Tabitha M Woodruff Esq
@tabithawoodruff.bsky.social
Attorney fighting to protect workers, consumers, civil rights, & the environment. Opinions are my own, not my employer’s.
📍Cleveland, Ohio
📍Cleveland, Ohio
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If the government is allowed to detain a lawful permanent resident like Mahmoud Khalil for his advocacy in support of Palestinian rights, all of our free speech rights are at risk.
Read Mahmoud's message to the country, in his own words.
Read Mahmoud's message to the country, in his own words.
A Letter From Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil | ACLU
Khalil, who was unlawfully arrested in retaliation for his advocacy, details this violation of his free speech rights.
www.aclu.org
The students held as political prisoners for opposing war & genocide are this generation’s Angela Davises. I am humbled by their bravery. I look forward to their academic work & leadership over the rest of their long lives. This moment is dark, but I believe that we will win.
This week was my last week at Public Justice, as my position (and a half dozen others) have been phased out. I am so grateful for the time I had at this org! I do not know what the future holds for me, but wherever I land, I will still be rooting for the inspiring advocates at Public Justice.
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This week was my last week at Public Justice, as my position (and a half dozen others) have been phased out. I am so grateful for the time I had at this org! I do not know what the future holds for me, but wherever I land, I will still be rooting for the inspiring advocates at Public Justice.
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Israeli authorities are refusing to let in 600 aid trucks per day as specified in ceasefire deal, UN official says.
UN again calls on Israel to open Gaza’s Rafah crossing, stop blocking aid
Israeli authorities are refusing to let in 600 aid trucks per day as specified in ceasefire deal, UN official says.
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Israeli authorities are refusing to let in 600 aid trucks per day as specified in ceasefire deal, UN official says.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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US groups demand release of American-Palestinian teen imprisoned by Israel
More than 100 organizations advocate for freedom of 16-year-old dual citizen detained for more than six months www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
More than 100 organizations advocate for freedom of 16-year-old dual citizen detained for more than six months www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US groups demand release of American-Palestinian teen imprisoned by Israel
More than 95 organizations advocate for freedom of 16-year-old dual citizen detained for more than six months
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
US groups demand release of American-Palestinian teen imprisoned by Israel
More than 100 organizations advocate for freedom of 16-year-old dual citizen detained for more than six months www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
More than 100 organizations advocate for freedom of 16-year-old dual citizen detained for more than six months www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Unidentified bodies with missing limbs washed ashore on Trinidad’s coast after the U.S. carried out its first strike on a boat in the Caribbean. In Trinidad, some are questioning whether the prime minister’s hesitance to cross the Trump administration is keeping residents from getting answers.
A Mystery in Trinidad as Bodies Wash Ashore After U.S. Strikes
The U.S. campaign targeting what it says is drug trafficking from Venezuela has exposed Trinidad to the fallout: unidentified bodies with burn marks and missing limbs showing up in its territory.
nyti.ms
October 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Unidentified bodies with missing limbs washed ashore on Trinidad’s coast after the U.S. carried out its first strike on a boat in the Caribbean. In Trinidad, some are questioning whether the prime minister’s hesitance to cross the Trump administration is keeping residents from getting answers.
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Another danger lies in Dems championing a “trained ICE” as somehow better than what we have now.
October 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Another danger lies in Dems championing a “trained ICE” as somehow better than what we have now.
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As fed power tries to turn Chicago into a war zone, community defenders, rapid response teams, & city leaders build sanctuary & share Know Your Rights. Chicago proves safety is solidarity. Neighbors protect neighbors, refuse to be divided, and plant seeds for change.
jacobin.com/2025/10/chic...
jacobin.com/2025/10/chic...
Chicago Against Trump’s Authoritarianism
As ICE violently snatches Chicagoans in broad daylight and seems to be waging war on the city itself, Chicago City Council member and socialist Anthony Quezada recounts how the city is pushing back.
jacobin.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
As fed power tries to turn Chicago into a war zone, community defenders, rapid response teams, & city leaders build sanctuary & share Know Your Rights. Chicago proves safety is solidarity. Neighbors protect neighbors, refuse to be divided, and plant seeds for change.
jacobin.com/2025/10/chic...
jacobin.com/2025/10/chic...
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You don't get more conservative with age, it's just the honest version of you comes out
October 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You don't get more conservative with age, it's just the honest version of you comes out
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Public Justice attorney Lucia Goin @lu-ci-a.bsky.social will present oral argument TODAY in the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Gudex v. Franklin Collection Services, Inc. on at 10:45 AM ET. You can watch the livestream here:
www.wicourts.gov/opinions/sor...
www.wicourts.gov/opinions/sor...
Wisconsin Court System - Supreme Court oral arguments
www.wicourts.gov
September 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Public Justice attorney Lucia Goin @lu-ci-a.bsky.social will present oral argument TODAY in the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Gudex v. Franklin Collection Services, Inc. on at 10:45 AM ET. You can watch the livestream here:
www.wicourts.gov/opinions/sor...
www.wicourts.gov/opinions/sor...
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Today’s SCOTUS “decision” marks another day of doublespeak and racism. Is it the shittiest ever. Nah. But it’s up (down?) there at the top/bottom.
Need help with the details? I do. Thankfully, we have people like @sifill.bsky.social in our world.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Need help with the details? I do. Thankfully, we have people like @sifill.bsky.social in our world.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
SCOTUS, ICE Raids & The Matter of Facts
There is a lot one can say about today’s Supreme Court order lifting the stay issued by a federal district court in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo,[i]. This is the case that challenges the constitutionality o...
open.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Today’s SCOTUS “decision” marks another day of doublespeak and racism. Is it the shittiest ever. Nah. But it’s up (down?) there at the top/bottom.
Need help with the details? I do. Thankfully, we have people like @sifill.bsky.social in our world.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Need help with the details? I do. Thankfully, we have people like @sifill.bsky.social in our world.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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Berger Montague obtained the largest-ever verdict against a gun dealer. The jury awarded $62 million after a gun dealer flooded Baltimore with deadly ghost guns. The award is ten times larger than the previous record. bergermontague.com/news/largest...
Largest Ever Verdict Dealt Against Gun Dealer Rendered for the City of Baltimore
Jury awards City of Baltimore, represented by Brady and co-counsel, $62 million dollars in damages after nearby gun dealer Hanover Armory flooded the City with deadly ghost guns BALTIMORE, MD, August ...
bergermontague.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Berger Montague obtained the largest-ever verdict against a gun dealer. The jury awarded $62 million after a gun dealer flooded Baltimore with deadly ghost guns. The award is ten times larger than the previous record. bergermontague.com/news/largest...
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#Gaza: On Aug. 23, heavy gunfire broke out while people were gathered around one of our water-trucking distribution points in #KhanYounis.
Demand protection for civilians and humanitarian aid.
Sign: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...
Update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
Demand protection for civilians and humanitarian aid.
Sign: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...
Update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
August 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
#Gaza: On Aug. 23, heavy gunfire broke out while people were gathered around one of our water-trucking distribution points in #KhanYounis.
Demand protection for civilians and humanitarian aid.
Sign: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...
Update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
Demand protection for civilians and humanitarian aid.
Sign: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/now-more-tha...
Update: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
I’ve learned much about grieving f/ Jewish activists through the “Three Weeks” & Tisha B’Av recently. Just as I don’t believe Christianity is the white nationalism that Trump preaches, I don’t believe Judaism is the bloodlust that Netanyahu, Sen. Schumer, or their accomplices preach. #FreePalestine
August 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I’ve learned much about grieving f/ Jewish activists through the “Three Weeks” & Tisha B’Av recently. Just as I don’t believe Christianity is the white nationalism that Trump preaches, I don’t believe Judaism is the bloodlust that Netanyahu, Sen. Schumer, or their accomplices preach. #FreePalestine
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Watch our colleague Mohammed Abu Mughaisib, Deputy Medical Coordinator, explain how starvation destroys the body.
Health workers in #Gaza are starving alongside their patients as Israeli authorities use hunger as a weapon.
Learn more: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
Health workers in #Gaza are starving alongside their patients as Israeli authorities use hunger as a weapon.
Learn more: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
July 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Watch our colleague Mohammed Abu Mughaisib, Deputy Medical Coordinator, explain how starvation destroys the body.
Health workers in #Gaza are starving alongside their patients as Israeli authorities use hunger as a weapon.
Learn more: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
Health workers in #Gaza are starving alongside their patients as Israeli authorities use hunger as a weapon.
Learn more: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
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“The worst case scenario of #famine is now happening in #Gaza according to the leading world experts.
An entirely man-made famine.”
Full statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
An entirely man-made famine.”
Full statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
July 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“The worst case scenario of #famine is now happening in #Gaza according to the leading world experts.
An entirely man-made famine.”
Full statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
An entirely man-made famine.”
Full statement by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
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In Gaza, children are starving, families are shattered, and our teams are barely surviving.
The world must act now.
📄 Full statement by Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini at the #2states4peace conference: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
The world must act now.
📄 Full statement by Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini at the #2states4peace conference: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
July 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In Gaza, children are starving, families are shattered, and our teams are barely surviving.
The world must act now.
📄 Full statement by Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini at the #2states4peace conference: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
The world must act now.
📄 Full statement by Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini at the #2states4peace conference: www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
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A nice boost for this great article @ @publicjustice.bsky.social 's lawsuit w/ our fabulous partners at OCT (@youthvgov.bsky.social) on behalf of courageous young people who refuse to accept the devastation of their planet by polluters & govt abettors.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/11/t...
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/11/t...
Trump Executive Orders Violate Young People’s Rights to a Stable Climate, a Lawsuit Alleges • Oregon Capital Chronicle
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. A group of 22 y...
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
July 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A nice boost for this great article @ @publicjustice.bsky.social 's lawsuit w/ our fabulous partners at OCT (@youthvgov.bsky.social) on behalf of courageous young people who refuse to accept the devastation of their planet by polluters & govt abettors.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/11/t...
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/07/11/t...
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court just greenlit most of the Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the Department of Education BUT there is still an active order requiring the government to reinstate staff at the Office for Civil Rights.
July 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court just greenlit most of the Trump Administration's plan to dismantle the Department of Education BUT there is still an active order requiring the government to reinstate staff at the Office for Civil Rights.
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Oral argument in our case Dunn v. Sante Fe is TOMORROW (Wed., July 16th) in the Tenth Circuit at 10 AM MDT/12 PM ET! Kudos to Hannah Kieschnick, @lnicholls.bsky.social, and our friends at Gupta Wessler LLP for their impressive work on this case. You can listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjtt...
www.youtube.com
July 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Oral argument in our case Dunn v. Sante Fe is TOMORROW (Wed., July 16th) in the Tenth Circuit at 10 AM MDT/12 PM ET! Kudos to Hannah Kieschnick, @lnicholls.bsky.social, and our friends at Gupta Wessler LLP for their impressive work on this case. You can listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjtt...
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After 11 1/2 years here legally + ALREADY winning asylum, US govt REVOKED Imam Ayman Solimon's status + DETAINED him in Cincinnati. They're taking him to a notoriously VIOLENT + RACIST immigration jail in rural Ohio, forcing him to win his case AGAIN or be KILLED. www.instagram.com/reel/DL5TJrg...
July 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
After 11 1/2 years here legally + ALREADY winning asylum, US govt REVOKED Imam Ayman Solimon's status + DETAINED him in Cincinnati. They're taking him to a notoriously VIOLENT + RACIST immigration jail in rural Ohio, forcing him to win his case AGAIN or be KILLED. www.instagram.com/reel/DL5TJrg...
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“Imam Ayman Soliman came to the United States at least seven years ago from Egypt, according to federal court records, and received asylum status in June 2018.”
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www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
Former Cincinnati Children's chaplain detained by ICE
Ayman Soliman was arrested after an ICE check-in, supporters say in advance of press conference.
www.cincinnati.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“Imam Ayman Soliman came to the United States at least seven years ago from Egypt, according to federal court records, and received asylum status in June 2018.”
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www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
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theyre disappearing childrens hospital chaplains
July 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
theyre disappearing childrens hospital chaplains
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“ICE will have twice as many agents as the FBI and will have its own huge and growing prison system (which it operates independently) as its masked and un-uniformed officers continue to snatch people off of the streets and mete out violence as they see fit.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
The American Police State Is Here
ICE is about to eclipse the FBI as America's most important law enforcement agency. That's bad. Super-duper bad.
www.thebulwark.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“ICE will have twice as many agents as the FBI and will have its own huge and growing prison system (which it operates independently) as its masked and un-uniformed officers continue to snatch people off of the streets and mete out violence as they see fit.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
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The closure of the rapid testing site in Crown Heights marks the end of an era in New York—not the end of COVID, but of the City's official effort to detect and contain it.
Adams Administration Will Close NYC's Last Remaining Free COVID Testing Site
The closure of the rapid testing site in Crown Heights marks the end of an era in New York—not the end of COVID, but of the City's official effort to detect and contain it.
hellgatenyc.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The closure of the rapid testing site in Crown Heights marks the end of an era in New York—not the end of COVID, but of the City's official effort to detect and contain it.