Abby Louise
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Retired public defender/appellate attorney, trans woman and general rabble-rouser.
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Charlotte Clymer
3 days ago
"For every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There's no way we can meet that gap. There's no way we can replace every single one of those meals. It is not sustainable for food banks to fill this gap. We were not built to do this."
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
5 days ago
Law students! Gain practical legal experience while defending online privacy and free speech with EFF's legal internship. Apply now!
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Legal Internship Opportunities
Applications are now open for the Spring 2026 Intern Class, with a deadline of November 1. See below for instructions and a link to the application.EFFâs legal internships provide law students with a
https://www.eff.org/about/opportunities/interns
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Alejandra Caraballo
17 days ago
This is such a thorough take down of Bari Weiss and the vapid shill she is for oligarch billionaires. He especially shreds the Free Press over it's coverage of trans issues and the so called whistleblower Jamie Reed.
youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...
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Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
https://youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?si=BixaIMXuy6AIXK_F
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Erin Reed
17 days ago
1. As some Democrats have run from transgender rights, Zohran Mamdani is showing what so many others have lacked: courage to lead with his values over pandering to focus groups. The ad is one of the best things I've seen from a politician on transgender people. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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As Some Dems Run From Trans People, Zohran Mamdani's Latest Ad Shows Real Support
The 2 minute ad features Sylvia Rivera's story, Mamdani's commitment to transgender people, and even music from the legendary late trans artist SOPHIE.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/as-some-dems-run-from-trans-people
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Steve Vladeck
21 days ago
âA more robust and effective damages regime obviously would not prevent unconstitutional conduct by government officers. But it sure would be an easy way to reduce its frequencyâand it would also be a remarkably easy statute to write.â Me in todayâs bonus issue of âOne Firstâ:
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Bonus 182: Damages as a (Missing) Deterrent
It's worth reflecting on how different things might look right now if federal officersâor the federal government itselfâfaced a meaningful specter of monetary liability for constitutional violations.
https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-182-damages-as-a-missing-deterrent
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Genevieve Lakier
26 days ago
The Trump Administrationâs âCompact of Excellenceâ for Universities is... far from excellent! Indeed, itâs unconstitutional. In this post, let me count the ways.
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
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The Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine and the Compact for Excellence
Members of the Trump administration love to say that federal funding is a privilege not a right and therefore something that can be granted or withheld based on changing administrative priorities.
https://blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-unconstitutional-conditions-doctrine
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
29 days ago
Welcome to Opt Out October, our collection of tips to slowly break free from online surveillance and throw sand in the gears of overreaching large tech companies. Todayâs tip is about establishing good online security fundamentals.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/opt-out-october-daily-tips-protect-your-privacy-and-security
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ACLU
30 days ago
As part of its crusade against gender-affirming medical care for minors, the Department of Justice recently issued civil subpoenas to a range of health care providers offering this care. Our legal experts answered your questions about what this means for trans people and their families.
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Q&A: DOJ Subpoenas Sent to Healthcare Facilities Treating Trans Youth
As part of its open agenda to eliminate gender-affirming medical care for minors, the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued a set of civil subpoenas to a range of healthcare entities providing this care.
https://www.aclu.org/trumps-assault-on-transgender-rights/doj-subpoenas-healthcare-trans-youth?initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=soc&utm_medium=soc&initms=awr-na-bsky-na-nat-na-lgbtq-transrights-na&utm_source=bsky&utm_campaign=na&utm_content=awr-na-bsky-na-nat-na-lgbtq-transrights-na&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=soc&ms=awr-na-bsky-na-nat-na-lgbtq-transrights-na
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One tiny bag of $3 bills
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Trans Journalists Association
about 1 month ago
The Supreme Court is considering three cases this term that could impact the national landscape of trans rights: one relating to conversion therapy and two related to trans student athletes. Weâre offering guidance and key context for reporters and newsrooms preparing to cover these developments.
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Tracking trans rights at the Supreme Court in 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering three cases this term that could impact the national landscape of trans rights. As part of our ongoing work to promote accurate, nuanced coverage of trans communi...
https://www.transjournalists.org/trans-rights-supreme-court-2026/
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Another win for privacy!
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Julia Serano
about 1 month ago
if they're going to do this, then we should all take the day off & refuse to buy anything. tell your boss you can't work out of respect for this national day of remembrance...
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Sophie Labelle
about 1 month ago
Stay safe. Sources and documents in the replies.
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Barack Obama
about 1 month ago
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesnât like.
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Letâs be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trumpâs most brazen attack on free speech yet.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/let-clear-happened-jimmy-kimmel-025000655.html
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ACLU
about 1 month ago
"Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors." â Justice Sonia Sotomayor, delivering the unanimous decision of the court in NRA v. Vullo
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Assigned Media
about 1 month ago
19 Sep 25 -- Interesting NPR profiles on the financial costs for many trans people of the decisions they are now faced with under anti-trans federal and state laws/policies.
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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New policies are making life harder for trans people â and prompting big financial decisions
White House executive orders and legislation in many states have targeted the rights and protections of trans people. For some, that has meant increased financial worry.
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/18/nx-s1-5445303/transgender-people-financial-anxiety
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Mueller, She Wrote
about 1 month ago
âThe law doesnât matter anymoreâ is obeying in advance.
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Alejandra Caraballo
about 1 month ago
They're openly saying they want to sacrifice LGBTQ people and the planet to appease fascists. This is not only a losing strategy, this is morally repugnant. Every single one of these people should be ashamed, but we know they won't because they are amoral sociopaths.
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Gillian Branstetter
about 1 month ago
Insane to rollout your billionaire-backed "ditch the trannies and fuck the planet" think tank the same week the most influential voices on the right are calling for transgender people to be locked up and subjected to Nazi medical experiments
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"I for one have decided that the best route is to shut the whole f*cking thing down."
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about 2 months ago
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Exactly!
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Lambda Legal
about 2 months ago
This Suicide Prevention Month, we want every LGBTQ+ person to know that no politician or ban can erase your identity. If you are struggling, know that you are not alone. â€ïž
@trevorproject.bsky.social
â 866-488-7386
@lgbtnatlhelpctr.bsky.social
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@translifeline.org
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Important thread on the violence against workers that we need to remember on Labor Day.
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Good news for personal privacy
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Alejandra Caraballo
2 months ago
People need to understand just how openly genocidal the rhetoric on the far right is getting towards transgender people. They're openly talking about eradicating us and forcefully mass institutionalizing all trans people. These are people with direct ties to the Trump administration.
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Laurence H. Tribe
2 months ago
70 years ago today, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, was brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier. When you see âMAGA,â realize THAT was the America Trumpers are saying was âgreat.â I want a GREATER America than that. We all should.
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Gillian Branstetter
2 months ago
This from Riley Gaines is why trans people freak out when Democrats try to carve out some compromise over sports. The politicians and activists attacking trans people are not interested in compromise! They're interested in our eradication from public life and are exploiting sports to that end
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Mari Cohn
2 months ago
Transgender studies professor Dr. Susan Stryker tears Gavin Newsom a new one while accepting the Transgender Legacy Award from the California state legislature đ„đ„đ„
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Meredith Rose
2 months ago
Every lawyer should get the day off in observance of the fact that they actually failed to indict a ham sandwich
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ACLU
2 months ago
The federal government doesn't have the authority to trample on our rights. No matter what uniform they wear, federal agents and military troops in DC are bound by the Constitution. Full stop.
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ACLU
3 months ago
As a result of our lawsuit, the State Department must issue transgender, non-binary, and intersex people passports with the correct gender marker. Our legal experts answered your questions, here.
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Q&A: Orr v. Trump | American Civil Liberties Union
https://www.aclu.org/trumps-assault-on-transgender-rights/qa-orr-v-trump?initms_aff[âŠ]han=soc&ms=awr-na-bsky-na-nat-na-lgbtq-transrights-tjpassports
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So Arkansas's ban survives even rational basis review despite factual findings that their was no evidence it was even rational?! Wow!
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So sensitive!!!!
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Mark Joseph Stern
3 months ago
This is a really important corrective to a lot of reporting today. Trump did notâand cannotâfederalize MPD. The police force remains under the ultimate control of the mayor.
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Laurence H. Tribe
3 months ago
Watch the Lawless Majority of the Roberts Court try to slow-walk the birthright citizenship issue now! The four nationwide injunctions meet every procedural requirement and the rulings are clearly right on the merits. Maybe Trumpâs DOJ just wonât seek cert.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Fourth court blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order nationwide
U.S. President Donald Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship was blocked nationwide by a fourth court on Thursday, after a judge issued an injunction in a class action covering children born anywhere in the United States who would be affected by it.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/fourth-court-blocks-trumps-birthright-citizenship-order-nationwide-2025-08-08/
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Graph Massara
3 months ago
On this uhh busy news day in the world of anti-trans politics: a reminder that
@transjournalists.org
is offering stipends for journalists' professional development â trainings, conference tickets, etc. Apply â it's easy! Deadline next week.
www.transjournalists.org/level-up/
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Level Up
The Trans Journalists Association is offering stipends of $250 and $500 for journalists' professional development.
https://www.transjournalists.org/level-up/
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Great news!
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Outrageous! I'm glad I delete, unsubscribe and/or block all fundraising emails and text messages from candidates or packs I don't directly support.
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âThis ruling affirms what we already knew: you canât just snatch people up for being brown and working hard. Not in the fields, not in a Home Depot parking lot, and not on our watch...."
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Charlotte Clymer
3 months ago
Years from now, god willing, when we get through this, there will be stories that come out about these folks covering something up or letting something slide or choosing not to do anything, and I want you to remember a lot of them didn't do it out of fear. They did it out of selfishness.
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Anil Kalhan
3 months ago
"Higher education policy in the United States is now being developed through ad hoc deals, a mode of regulation that is not only inimical to the ideal of the university as a site of critical thinking but also corrosive to the democratic order and to law itself."
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Regulation by Deal Comes to Higher Ed
Earlier this evening, Columbia University announced an agreement with the Trump administration in which Columbia makes a host of concession...
https://balkin.blogspot.com/2025/07/regulation-by-deal-comes-to-higher-ed.html?m=1
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Jameel Jaffer
3 months ago
Bracing analysis from Columbia Law Schoolâs David Pozen about the significance and implications of Columbiaâs settlement with Trump.
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This is a thing of beauty!
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So he has the power to do everything he wants to, whether or not authorized by Congress or validated by the courts, but no power to do things he doesn't want to do? Am I getting that right?
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Yes! More of this please!
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In other words, any effort to ease the burdens of disadvantaged groups are unconstitutional. Basically, we like the way it is, and like the way it was even better. Stop trying to help people!
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Unbelievable! But obviously not since it happened.
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Scary stuff
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