@jpgriffithmn.bsky.social
Lawyer | Jew | Minnesotan | Resister
Voted Walz before it was cool.
Black Lives Matter
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Voted Walz before it was cool.
Black Lives Matter
she/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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In her statement on the ICE shooting in New York, AOC specifically calls out Target. The congresswoman demands that the mega-corporation stop allowing ICE to stage paramilitary raids from its parking lots.
migrantinsider.com/p/aoc-to-tar...
migrantinsider.com/p/aoc-to-tar...
AOC to Target: Stop Lending Your Bronx Parking Lots to ICE
After federal agents fired into a car with a 5-year-old in the back seat, Ocasio-Cortez names the retailer that lawmakers say gave ICE a place to wait.
migrantinsider.com
October 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
In her statement on the ICE shooting in New York, AOC specifically calls out Target. The congresswoman demands that the mega-corporation stop allowing ICE to stage paramilitary raids from its parking lots.
migrantinsider.com/p/aoc-to-tar...
migrantinsider.com/p/aoc-to-tar...
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Please do not listen when the author of the opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade tells you that a landmark Supreme Court precedent is safe
Sam Alito Wants You to Forget How the Conservative Legal Movement Always Works
Activists are chipping away at the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell because Alito told them exactly how to do it.
ballsandstrikes.org
October 9, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Please do not listen when the author of the opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade tells you that a landmark Supreme Court precedent is safe
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“Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.”
~Pete Buttigieg
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.”
~Pete Buttigieg
October 9, 2026 at 11:41 AM
“Donald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe.
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.”
~Pete Buttigieg
And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.”
~Pete Buttigieg
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If Lauren Boebert's district here in Colorado can vote for a reproductive health amendment that permits abortion without it being tied to fetal viability, then any red district can—and you will never change my mind.
We don't have to settle for crumbs. I wrote about it here.
We don't have to settle for crumbs. I wrote about it here.
Missouri’s Abortion Rights Amendment Fell Into the Fetal Viability Trap. Let’s Talk About It.
The viability standard failed us under <em>Roe v. Wade</em>. It doesn’t have to be the future of reproductive freedom—just ask Colorado.
rewirenewsgroup.com
October 8, 2026 at 8:59 PM
If Lauren Boebert's district here in Colorado can vote for a reproductive health amendment that permits abortion without it being tied to fetal viability, then any red district can—and you will never change my mind.
We don't have to settle for crumbs. I wrote about it here.
We don't have to settle for crumbs. I wrote about it here.
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"If the Court will not treat capital cases with the care they deserve, the American people should ensure that it can no longer stop other courts from doing so."
Congress Should Strip the Supreme Court of Its Power to Greenlight Blocked Executions
If the Court will not treat cases like Christa Pike’s with the care they deserve, the American people should ensure that it can no longer stop other courts from doing so.
ballsandstrikes.org
October 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM
"If the Court will not treat capital cases with the care they deserve, the American people should ensure that it can no longer stop other courts from doing so."
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Do it. Whoever is keeping The LIst of all the things we have to do, put it on there.
The Constitution allows it. South Korea has proven it works. If you want to make impeachment viable—and so much else is pointless if you don't—then it can be done by a simple majority adopting a simple rules change: vote on the verdict by secret ballot.
A Democratic Senate Should Adopt Secret Impeachment Ballots on a Priority Basis
Such a change, requiring no constitutional amendment, would free senators to vote their judgment instead of their fears
www.theunpopulist.net
October 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Do it. Whoever is keeping The LIst of all the things we have to do, put it on there.
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Would have been nice, I think, if Jan Greenberg had responded, as virtually any of us would have, that "For your information, virtually every woman I know made crucial life decisions--in the workplace, the bedroom, the doctor's office, deciding where to live, etc.--in reliance on Roe. ... [4]
October 5, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Would have been nice, I think, if Jan Greenberg had responded, as virtually any of us would have, that "For your information, virtually every woman I know made crucial life decisions--in the workplace, the bedroom, the doctor's office, deciding where to live, etc.--in reliance on Roe. ... [4]
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"Countless women will now make different decisions about careers, education, relationships, and whether to try to become pregnant than they would have when Roe served as a backstop....For millions of women, Roe and Casey have been critical in giving them control of their bodies and their lives." [3]
October 5, 2026 at 12:59 AM
"Countless women will now make different decisions about careers, education, relationships, and whether to try to become pregnant than they would have when Roe served as a backstop....For millions of women, Roe and Casey have been critical in giving them control of their bodies and their lives." [3]
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Just to be clear, this isn't much different from what he wrote in Dobbs. To which Justices Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan aptly responded: "This is to ignore as judges what we know as men and women. The interests women have in Roe and Casey are perfectly, viscerally concrete." [2]
www.supremecourt.gov
October 5, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Just to be clear, this isn't much different from what he wrote in Dobbs. To which Justices Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan aptly responded: "This is to ignore as judges what we know as men and women. The interests women have in Roe and Casey are perfectly, viscerally concrete." [2]
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Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests.
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
www.cbsnews.com
October 5, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests.
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
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it's such a perfect example of what is actually alito's hallmark as a justice, shoddy, sub-undergraduate thinking dressed up with five dollar words.
October 5, 2026 at 11:49 AM
it's such a perfect example of what is actually alito's hallmark as a justice, shoddy, sub-undergraduate thinking dressed up with five dollar words.
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the other thing is that this is a totally incoherent and arbitrary standard for deciding who has rights and who doesn't. you could say the same, for instance, of alito's vision of inviolate "religious liberty" or expansive gun rights.
October 5, 2026 at 11:49 AM
the other thing is that this is a totally incoherent and arbitrary standard for deciding who has rights and who doesn't. you could say the same, for instance, of alito's vision of inviolate "religious liberty" or expansive gun rights.
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what an asshole
Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests.
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
www.cbsnews.com
October 5, 2026 at 11:44 AM
what an asshole
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ICE has disclosed another detainee who died
We know:
-After 17yrs, he'd only ever been busted for... *an expired car tag.*
He was in a camp run by for-profit w/ history medical neglect
An American died at one of its jails *after strep-throat.*
austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur...
We know:
-After 17yrs, he'd only ever been busted for... *an expired car tag.*
He was in a camp run by for-profit w/ history medical neglect
An American died at one of its jails *after strep-throat.*
austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur...
Julian Curo-Churata Is the 37th Person to Die in ICE Custody This Fiscal Year, Capping Off the Agency’s Deadliest Year on Record
According to ICE, 47-year-old Peruvian national Julian Curo-Churata died in Louisiana on Tuesday, September 29.
austinkocher.substack.com
October 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
ICE has disclosed another detainee who died
We know:
-After 17yrs, he'd only ever been busted for... *an expired car tag.*
He was in a camp run by for-profit w/ history medical neglect
An American died at one of its jails *after strep-throat.*
austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur...
We know:
-After 17yrs, he'd only ever been busted for... *an expired car tag.*
He was in a camp run by for-profit w/ history medical neglect
An American died at one of its jails *after strep-throat.*
austinkocher.substack.com/p/julian-cur...
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Anyway, happy First Monday everybody, this Supreme Court term is going to be an absolute nightmare, just like they will continue to be until we decide enough is enough and get serious about court reform.
October 5, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Anyway, happy First Monday everybody, this Supreme Court term is going to be an absolute nightmare, just like they will continue to be until we decide enough is enough and get serious about court reform.
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This week marks 10 years since I had an abortion. It wasn’t traumatic or heart wrenching—I just didn’t want to become a parent while 24 and living in a shoebox in Brooklyn. I will never be able to convey the rage I feel at the men who have spent the last decade making women less free and less equal.
Samuel Alito: We won't overturn Obergefell because it's engendered reliance interests.
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
Jan Crawford: Well, many people had organized their lives around Roe v. Wade.
Alito: No, they didn't. Women merely had an "abstract" interest in "ideas about the kind of society that they were going to live in."
The Alito Court: A rare interview with the influential Supreme Court justice
Justice Samuel Alito discussed his opinion in the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the leaked draft and its aftermath, same-sex marriage rights and why he's not retiring yet.
www.cbsnews.com
October 5, 2026 at 12:20 PM
This week marks 10 years since I had an abortion. It wasn’t traumatic or heart wrenching—I just didn’t want to become a parent while 24 and living in a shoebox in Brooklyn. I will never be able to convey the rage I feel at the men who have spent the last decade making women less free and less equal.
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Kristi Noem characterized Renee Good as a “domestic terrorist” — and and Lisa Demuth thanked her
During the ICE surge, Lisa Demuth signed a letter thanking ICE and praising Kristi Noem for her "steady leadership."
October 1, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Kristi Noem characterized Renee Good as a “domestic terrorist” — and and Lisa Demuth thanked her
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“I am not afraid to die. I’m only nervous about the process.” Just an unbelievable failure of governing and the legal system and basic decency.
October 1, 2026 at 2:23 AM
“I am not afraid to die. I’m only nervous about the process.” Just an unbelievable failure of governing and the legal system and basic decency.
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The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
October 1, 2026 at 2:20 AM
The death penalty is a moral abomination. State-sanctioned barbarism pushed by incompetent morons and sanctioned by the Supreme Court. Absolute ghoul shit. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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If you’re not from Missouri, you may not know that Eric Schmitt got his start in MAGA politics by suing public schools for mask mandates while their teachers died during a pandemic.
The really strange thing? He never sued his own kids’ school for their mask mandate.
He’s a piece of Schitt.
The really strange thing? He never sued his own kids’ school for their mask mandate.
He’s a piece of Schitt.
September 30, 2026 at 12:59 PM
If you’re not from Missouri, you may not know that Eric Schmitt got his start in MAGA politics by suing public schools for mask mandates while their teachers died during a pandemic.
The really strange thing? He never sued his own kids’ school for their mask mandate.
He’s a piece of Schitt.
The really strange thing? He never sued his own kids’ school for their mask mandate.
He’s a piece of Schitt.
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The timing on this ruling, as we are all learning more about the assault perpetrated by young men at Cornell, is just impeccable
The now defunct 2024 Title IX ruling provided significant protections against sexual harassment and assault, as well as protecting LGBTQ+ students in schools. edsource.org/updates/u-s-...
UPDATE: U.S. Department of Education ends Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students
The latest education news updates from EdSource.
edsource.org
September 28, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The timing on this ruling, as we are all learning more about the assault perpetrated by young men at Cornell, is just impeccable
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This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
September 24, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.
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TODAY: I'm introducing the Youth Voting Rights Act.
Donald Trump is trying to limit young people from voting and going after campus polling places.
If your vote didn’t matter, Trump wouldn't be doing this.
We need to fight back.
Donald Trump is trying to limit young people from voting and going after campus polling places.
If your vote didn’t matter, Trump wouldn't be doing this.
We need to fight back.
September 23, 2026 at 9:35 PM
TODAY: I'm introducing the Youth Voting Rights Act.
Donald Trump is trying to limit young people from voting and going after campus polling places.
If your vote didn’t matter, Trump wouldn't be doing this.
We need to fight back.
Donald Trump is trying to limit young people from voting and going after campus polling places.
If your vote didn’t matter, Trump wouldn't be doing this.
We need to fight back.
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I’ll just add to this thread, I guess
September 15, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I’ll just add to this thread, I guess