😂🤢🤔 this headline! www.thedp.com/article/2025...

Effective vertical video. Not sure anyone I know on here needs persuading, or that there are many folks in this country not firmly in one camp or another, but I hope so, and think this could play well. If you send to any red state relatives, I'll send to mine? www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

FANTASTIC video from the inimitable Martina Navratilova and @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social "As a tennis player, you're used to fighting; you have to fight for every point, and it kind of gives you that backbone. I will not be quiet...Democracy is never finished." What a call to action.

Really appreciate the exchange of views here, along with points of consensus.

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

When I left my job 6 months ago, I hoped to put some time into creative pursuits. I finished my latest drawing homework (early!) with enough joy to be willing to share it here. Peeling back some of the bad habits of lawyering (perfectionism, procrastination...). #sunflower #drawing #bloomscrolling

Exquisitely written piece by @philklay.bsky.social. Read every word but my favorite part: "This wounding of the national soul is hard for me to watch. Twenty years ago, I joined the Marine Corps because I thought military service would be an honorable profession...." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...

My reco for those hiring to the incoming Mamdani administration: A well adhered-to “no assholes rule” would generate more in collective productivity and faith in leadership than it would take away by losing a few star candidates.

Thank you to the NYC Policy Forum for including my thoughts to their first substack roundtable "What’s in a Transition?: Three views on preparing to lead City Hall." I hope you give NYC Policy Forum a follow on substack and tell me what you think! nycpolicyforum.substack.com/p/whats-in-a...

This whole “double tap” language makes it seem like someone playing Call of Duty and not the United States government murdering fishermen.

We are launching a Justice Initiatives Division within Free Law Project focused on turning open law into real-world impact. Our goal is to fill the voids in the legal system that lead to gaps in fair justice. This is a big one. 🧵 free.law/2025/12/01/j...

Pretty hard to argue with Anand when Harvard appoints Epstein's JPMorgan exec acct rep to their investment board while stiffing its custodial workforce. Hat tip to the students @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social for both pieces. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

@rhodesben.bsky.social ends this important piece with: "Particularly in an age of authoritarianism, politicians cannot ask people to face hard realities while avoiding discomfort themselves.... Sometimes, to win, you must show that there are principles for which you are prepared to lose."

@anandwrites.bsky.social memorably trenchant, as always www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...

🤨👊🤷‍♀️ #BigSigh #BroCode "If you want to be big on LinkedIn, you have to ape a certain Ernest Hemingway muscular prose style, where every sentence is a punchy declaration. Where you imagine, at each full stop, a fist being slammed onto the desk, squashing all nuance." www.thetimes.com/article/75ba...

Shout it from the rooftops, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social ! Brilliant and much needed feminist take www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...

Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall

A gunman tried to silence my wife in an extreme act of political violence. Now, Trump has called for my execution because he didn’t like what I had to say. Gabby and I know, when others try to silence you, you must keep speaking out — and that’s exactly what we’re going to do.

Nothing to see here: Kristi Noem posts on X to hire "Deportation" Judges x.com/Sec_Noem/sta...

Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.

If he has nothing to hide he doesn’t need a House vote. He can just release everything.

Way to go! 🔥👍💯❤️👏 This 14-year-old girl hands Megyn Kelly her ass for her utterly disgusting minimization of child sexual abuse. You go girl! #cdnpoli

This is very concerning. I'm not an expert in this area but I know many folks who are, and they very much respect Korb and saw his anticipated role being a steadying force at IRS. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...

My Uber driver is driving like he has star power in Mario Kart. And even if he does, I don’t.

Kevin Roberts absolutely destroyed at a Heritage staff mtg: "Amy Swearer, a senior legal fellow, accused him of a 'master class in cowardice' 'Those are not the actions of a man who knows what time it is...Frankly, I’m not even sure they’re the actions of a man who knows how to tell time.'"

For the past few months I and others have been bugging you about holding government lawyers to account. Well, this is what we have been working on. Welcome to GLOW - Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog!

Why is labor power essential to democracy? For week 2 of our @npquarterly.bsky.social Third Reconstruction series, @darrickhamilton.bsky.social & @dorianwarren.bsky.social look at U.S. history. Read why the path out of authoritarianism runs through a multiracial labor movement: demos.nyc/43lmRwx

One of my clients died yesterday. She was an absolutely lovely woman, full of faith and joy and light. She cared deeply about the people around her. She was a source of encouragement and support to the women she was incarcerated with. She was 51 years old and had spent 28 years in prison.

PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal. Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly. Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/

Ready to not be seething with rage? Check out this super important new project advancing government lawyer accountability. Ok actually, you'll probably still be mad, but also focused, and impressed. Take a look and share pls. glowlaw.org

I'm struck by how many Chicagoans have seemingly felt compelled to write and share reflections on "this is what it feels like in Chicago right now". We know we're going through something awful together and we want the world to understand it. Threading several of these pieces below.

Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.

Remember Rev. David Black, the Chicago pastor who was shot in the head with pepper balls? If you haven't heard him speak yet, listen to this. To ICE: "You can repent"

Mamdani transition portal is accepting resumes. Public service is an honor. Nowhere more than for the greatest city in the world. I am forever grateful for my chapter in city government www.transition2025.com/apply

Ellis says she is "ordering complete relief to the plaintiffs."

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

So if you’d asked me in January whether Cuomo would win the election, my reaction would’ve been “[unprintable]. Probably.” Yet here we are. The future is unwritten, kids!

For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate. Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.

This is absolutely wonderful, and useful for those of us who aspire to at least a few of the qualities public defenders demonstrate day in and day out.

I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum. www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...

I appreciate @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social 's stark assessment of the dire threat posed by Trump's wrecking of DOJ, and I share their respect and appreciation the genuine commitment of civil servants. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...

Just did my civic duty w/zeal. Always a good day to tell Cuomo to #KickRocks.

Six months ago, my aunt started protesting Trump in her small town -- all alone. She made a second sign in case a passerby wanted to join. At the first No Kings protest in June, she was thrilled to join 50 neighbors in a nearby "big town" (the closest with a Walmart). Today there were 350!

Hats (beret?) off to Sliwa. I can't imagine a dig better calculated to get under Cuomo's thin skin than "Zohran lite."

Stay weird Portland!

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

Chicago not letting Portland have all the fun 🐧