People who could get far more lucrative jobs went to DOJ for the prestige AND because it could set them up for the mid- and late-career payday in the private sector from the resume boost. Now they have to pay you to wear a scarlet T for the rest of your career. The GoldenPalace face tattoo of jobs.

What the non-lawyers on here need to understand is that DOJ, until about a year ago, was considered HIGHLY prestigious and competitive, elite lawyering work

1. ICE has not paid for detainee medical care for 7 MONTHS The termination of payments to providers has coincided with a MASSIVE SPIKE in detainee deaths. This is a health crisis and a moral crisis. Follow along for details. 🧵

Every city and state should read the writing on the wall and start to push *now* for legislation that prevents the use of force as deployed by police drones and robots.

CONTENT WARNING: state violence Truly despicable behavior from NYPD last night at wyckoff heights medical center. Cop were openly collaborating with ICE, and a white shirt was captured on camera calling “all Democrats” a “waste of human race.” (🎥 from freedomnews, Patrick Hilsman & protestors OTG)

Times have been worse than they are today in the U.S. Important to remember not because some people aren't living under terrible conditions right now but because it shows that things can in fact change for the better. They change if we change them.

Tom Suozzi is apparently pretending a primary isn't happening, even though I am officially on the ballot. I get it. If I had his voting record, I wouldn't want to draw attention to the fact that people have another choice either. Please donate today so we can spread the word. www.votewelch.com

here’s the thing, I actually hate gerrymandering no matter who is doing it. Our fucking votes should all count equally, and we should redo the system so they do and no, I don’t actually think getting into gerrymandering wars is a good fucking plan or solution. What if we did it right instead?

abolish ice the police too let’s just start again because far too many of our neighbors die in detention. and jails. and prisons. and they don’t have to.

Abolish ICE.

“The name of [an ICE] officer accused of strangling a man in Fitchburg during an immigration arrest has been revealed in court, despite the federal government’s attempts to keep his identity a secret. The officer’s name is David Jackson, an acting supervisory detention and deportation officer.”

While absolute nonsense in this context (since it renders the 60-day window almost meaningless) the NY speedy trial clock does kind of work this way. Our legislature should consider how that is bad for the same obvious reasons. (Hegseth is still very wrong. NY's "readiness rule" is explicit.)

It cost me $177 to renew my driver license today. Requiring certain ID to vote without making that ID easy, accessible, and free is 100% a poll tax.

if ever there had been a case for jury nullification….

Firms like Deloitte and Zoom are cutting back their parental leave policies. Like the anti-DEI push has removed Black workers, this will remove women workers via @rcobooth.bsky.social www.businessinsider.com/deloitte-cut...

A Texas judge ordered Hayam El Gamal and her five children released Thursday. Two days later, their lawyers say, ICE re-arrested and tried to deport them. n.pr/4eJAxaX

I don't believe I have ever seen that angle on body worn camera when someone is already in handcuffs, nor have I seen cops taking photos of arrestees from the POV of the floor. Which of course isn't proof of anything. Just weird. [Reposting with alt text/blocked his face bc presumed innocent.]

Nobody wants ICE or their prison warehouses in their community. It would be in everyone's best interest if they simply abolished the agency right now. There's nothing of value there.

🚨 It’s official!!! 🚨 The U.K’s National Energy System Operator has just confirmed that on 22 April 2026 Britain set a new record of 98.8% zero carbon electricity…🇬🇧♻️⚡️🔋💡💪🥳

also they are pretty and if you don’t put pesticides out you can eat them!!! I have never understood the obsession with a green lawn free of all pretty flowers. And I grew up in a house in the burbs. Just…let things live.

DEAR FEDERAL AGENTS If you come into the Twin Cities, and we find you, we will follow you. This is because of what you did here. It is the consequence of your actions. Stop complaining about it. Stop pretending it’s some sort of crime. You won’t get any peace in this city. Just leave.

"We can and must find a solution that ensures fair pay and humane schedules for workers while preserving continuous, life-sustaining care for those who need it. Intro 303 is not that solution." Julia Yepez-Macbeth, Disabled in Action https://www.amny.com/opinion/no-more-24-new-yorkers-at-risk/

At least 10 people were wounded today in a shooting at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge. This comes just days after eight young kids were killed in another mass shooting in the state. Our communities don’t even have time to grieve between tragedies.

these people keep threatening to leave NYC They do not. who does leave? everyone who actually lives here and can’t find a place to live they can afford. If you own an 8million dollar SECOND HOME you can afford the rounding error these taxes are. Or you could sell it and stay at a fancy hotel!

Another big union difference: if a Starbucks store ever closes, only workers at union stores are able to bargain with the company over conditions around that closure. Seattle baristas recently won expanded severance, transfer opportunities, and insurance extensions!

a) This is good. b) The bill really does seem to be limited exclusively to hot rotisserie chicken, so it doesn't extend to other hot grocery store foods. Why not extend it to hot prepared food generally?

“travelers who passed through Newark Airport on April 14 between 5:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. could have been exposed.”

HAHAHA! That response killed me. And it's so damn true.

“You’re purposely trying to get in front of a moving car.” (Witness pans down. She isn’t moving and neither is the car.)

Outrageous. @chiosse.bsky.social was protecting one of his neighbors from eviction, as a result of deed theft — a plague in Central Brooklyn right now. There was no reason for NYPD officers to roughly throw him to the ground. It sure doesn’t make anyone safer. Release him now.

The apparent theory here--SPLC was defrauding donors by paying right-wing extremist org informants, and also took completely legal steps for obscuring the money trail for very obvious reasons on this totally legal thing to do--is ludicrous even by the notoriously malleable standard for wire fraud.

It was @ryanjreilly.com who grilled Patel in this revealing moment of self-contradiction during today's SPLC press conference.

the far-right extremists at DOJ are bent that SPLC exposed far-right extremists

The SPLC is a private intelligence organization. When you give to a org that prominently advertises that it has an Intelligence Project, it's a fair bet that they have informants and maybe some of them are paid.

"Low-income households will get [free] plug-in solar panels to cut their energy bills, the Government has announced." This is how you do a just transition. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

A US army sergeant with 27 years of military service – including deployment to Afghanistan – has said that federal immigration agents recently arrested his wife during an appointment at an El Paso, Texas, immigration office.

Tesla saved $400 million on its federal taxes by shifting billions of its U.S. profits to countries with lower tax rates. Yes: While you paid your taxes in full, giant corporations maneuvered to pay as little as possible — and it’s all perfectly legal for them. The system is rigged.

By 8:15am today solar was generating 70% more than our baseload usage. On a cloudy day, in England, in April!

I repost this every time I see it. People experiencing homelessness deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. They are not disposable, and their baby pictures, government documents, and medications aren't, either. This country can afford to end homelessness. Ending cruelty is free.

Today we remember the horrific tragedy of the Columbine shooting. 27 years later, it is a disgrace that gun violence is still the leading cause of death for children in America.

Here's wishing every single hospital administrator who complied in advance a very wakes up in a cold anxious sweat every day until they a) reverse course and b) apologize.

"[My parents] were told that my use of the metaphor 'blow this joint' during our phone call was a security risk and the cause of my stay in solitary ... Most of the other people held [in solitary] at the same time as me were also there for 'security risks.'"

Imagine being a lawyer and thinking throwing around the word "confidentiality" means anything Ethics rules care about "privilege" and notice that word isn't being used

Several people with signs like this at the Boston Marathon today

I’m sorry, but this is plainly unhinged. First, @adamliptak.bsky.social’s work is obviously not legal in nature. Second, worshipping the Court like it isn’t a government institution— a legitimate subject of news coverage— is beyond absurd. Third, the chilling effect on the 1A would be devastating.

If a bin marks your neighborhood on this map, your community district will have rat-proof trash containers and automated side-loading garbage trucks by the end of 2027! Every neighborhood in New York City will be containerized by the end of 2031. Tough day for rats, good day for New Yorkers.

Fear-based, reactionary decisions and racism will not create safety. There are many historical examples. When we let hate and fear rule us, we create oppression, violence, and lasting social harm. We eventually identify discrete injustices and slowly undo them, but never seem to learn the lesson.

URGENT ask for folks in NY 🧵: Gov. Hochul is once again holding the state budget hostage until she gets what she wants. And what she wants is to weaken our climate laws so she wont be breaking the law by failing to implement the Climate Leadership and Communities Protection Act. What you can do: