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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

This transcript is brutal - you never want to be this lawyer.

Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I am both saddened yet unsurprised that Hannah Dugan did the right thing for the citizens of Milwaukee. As she said in her statement, MKE deserves to have a permanent judge in place as her appeals continue.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Statement by the Wisconsin Democratic Party chair & the Jewish Caucus co-chairs.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Yesterday the Wisc. Elections Commission yet again dealt with a situation where a candidate only submitted 51 nomination signatures for a race that required 50 signatures. DO NOT DO THIS. No matter the # of signatures required, plan on submitting an additional 50%. 1/

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Wisconsin friends - we are coming upon nomination paper circulation time for the April election. For the love of Pete, please double check your papers, then have someone else double check them, then check one more time. It’s easy to do right and you don’t want a challenge!!!

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Stacie Rosenzweig @ethicking.com · 10/11/2025

It ain't so

Tweet from Tammy Baldwin at 6:35 pm 11/9/25: "A wink and a nod to deal with this health care crisis later--with no actual guarantees--is not enough for me or the Wisconsin families I work for. I refuse to sign off on a deal that doesn't lower working families' health care costs."

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

If you are watching any of the incredible videos of the Israeli hostages reuniting with their families - they are all saying this prayer. It is a prayer we say in so many circumstances. When we start a new year, when family comes together, or, today, when a miracle has happened.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Happy to report that there is now a Legal Defense Fund set up for Judge Hannah Dugan! It is created in compliance with the Wisconsin Code for Judicial Ethics & Ethics for Public Officials! www.hannahdugandefensefund.org

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Hannah Dugan Legal Defense Fund

Judge Hannah Dugan deserves a full and aggressive defense. Your support will help ensure she receives it.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

When I first saw the complaint against Hannah Dugan, the facts didn't add up and I discussed them at some length. 1/ bsky.app/profile/annj...

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Judge Beryl, issuing a restraining order against Trump on behalf of the law firm of Perkins Coie: “But, when lawyers are apprehensive about retribution simply for filing a brief adverse to the government, there is no other choice but to do so.” 1/2

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 01/05/2025

excuse me i couldn't help but notice that, under the most bad-faith possible reading of your last post, you're wrong and you owe me an argument, the terms and timing of which i have already decided for you

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I’m hearing rumblings that more high-powered legal talent are joining Judge Hannah Dugan’s team to challenge the gov’t’s shocking charges against her. Already representing her is Steve Biskupic, a former US Atty under George W. Bush. 1/2

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

This video interview with News Nation was interesting - the host thought her question about the law was a ‘gotcha.’ But, obviously, it was not. They are trying to sanitize arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan and failing at it. pilot.latakoo.com/asset/205341...

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Let's discuss the *actual* charges against Judge Hannah Dugan using the Complaint against her. tl;dr - she sent the man in question into the public hallway where agents there to arrest him watched him walk by and did nothing. 1/ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Alito’s dissent from the SCOTUS order yesterday preventing deportations is a whining laundry list of perceived procedural problems with the request. 1/

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Why do so many people feel like late-night ballot totals are new (when they are not)? Answer: It has everything to do with the difference between “calling” an election, and having complete totals in. A thread: 1/10

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

A quick Wisconsin review of Trump’s new executive order: tl;dr – This does *not* change anything for our upcoming election for Supreme Court on April 1. Here’s why: 1/7

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

As if the entire Hegseth / Atlantic reporter debacle wasn’t bad enough, consider that Hegseth was posting about targets, weapons and attack sequencing. He wasn’t typing that with two thumbs. He was copying & pasting it from what was likely a top-secret document that was on his un-secured phone.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

When people reject the processes & rules of government, they wind up doing stupid things like adding a reporter to a text string about ACTUAL WAR PLANS.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Thrilled to report that a unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that Wisc. Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe is and remains lawfully in her position. Did I mention it was unanimous? 1/ wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/D...

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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Very important from @alisonmgill.bsky.social: All federal employees need to understand the grievance process if you’re placed on administrative leave other otherwise targeted by the administration. There is a limited window for you to act, so please read this great guidance about how to proceed.

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Informal Grievance Template for Adverse Personnel Actions

There is a limited amount of time to oppose personnel actions. Time is short.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

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Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral

The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I see some suggestions, in the reporting regarding the OMB impoundment order, that a mere delay in spending appropriated funds is legal. But that's not really true. The delay OMB has ordered specifically contradicts the Impoundment Control Act. A thread.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

As the saying goes, don’t pee on my leg & tell me it’s raining.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

We’re off to a banner start w/Elon doing a Nazi salute. And do NOT pretend that’s not what he did. He did it. He did it twice. This is not some sort of Roman salute - nobody does this by accident. And he’s never done it before. It’s a Nazi salute. Welcome to Trump 2.0

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

The funny thing about election lawsuits is that the conspiracy theorists tout every one filed, and are mum when they are dismissed for the most mundane of reasons like not naming a person if alleging a civil rights complaint.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

This thread is a fascinating look at people trying to use AI to play lawyer. Reading it, I am confident my career as a lawyer is secure.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Wisconsin voting: A brief update on the 193 City of Madison absentee ballots that were not counted. The WI Elections Commission (WEC) did not learn about these ballots until 12/18/24, long after the election had been certified (on 11/29/24). 1/6

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Funny how when real electors meet, they do so in public. With the press.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The past few weeks have been rather chilly (20-23 degrees) - which means that walking out of the house this morning at 38 degrees feels delightfully warm!

Weather app image showing the temperature in Milwaukee is 38 degrees

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I have a joke about ipse dixit, but you'll have to take my word for it.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

This is a *very* weird choice of bullet points for an article on which public schools in Milwaukee are over-capacity. A Christian cross? Why? I’d tag the Milwaukee Journal but have no idea what their @ is.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This struck a chord. Who amongst us, when asked to sacrifice our only living son, would so willingly do so? It is one of the most perplexing chapters of the Bible.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

If you haven’t yet read the decision overturning Wisconsin’s notorious “Act 10”, the decision is definitely worth a read. Not the least of which is for the spanking given the legislature’s attorneys in the opening paragraphs. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

/2 So more accurately the criticism of Biden should be “Biden is violating a norm we aspire to have and occasionally like to pretend we have, but do not actually have.” It is particularly preposterous in the context of the past and future Trump presidencies.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

If you try stuff like this as a trial lawyer, either (1) the judge will never trust any representation you make ever again because you are a liar, or (2) the judge will never trust any representation you make ever again because you are stupid. I wish to point out that both are bad.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Yesterday, with little fanfare, I certified the election of Donald Trump for the State of Wisconsin. Did this make me happy? It assuredly did not. But the certification of an election isn’t discretionary. I don’t get to decide who won or lost. 1/

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Many lawyers do not enjoy legal research-it's rarely the "fun" part of the job. It's frequently tedious & sometimes you have to do a lot of digging.That said, I'm astonished at the # of attys relying on AI to do the work for them given the # of cases like this one where AI is just making stuff up.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Well, I mean, if they think that Iowa is where Minneapolis is, I'd say we have a fighting chance against them.

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Ann Jacobs @annjacobsmke.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I mean, when you've lost Robin Vos . . . x.com/mattsmith_ne...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/11/2024

Gaetz nomination lasted less than a Scaramucci

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