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Lindsey Kaley

@lindseykaley.bsky.social
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by day attorney for reproductive freedom (#aclu), by night i cook, i clean, i make it nice (#bravo). views expressed here are my own.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/05/2026
Though this is a critical victory, these baseless attacks on medication abortion will continue in the lower courts and at the FDA. We’ll keep fighting back.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/05/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court preserved nationwide access via pharmacy and mail to mifepristone, a safe and effective medication used in most abortions and for miscarriage care.
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Spending a lot of time ripping out crab grass by hand so my clover can take root out back, and it has me meditating a lot on what it means to take out fascists. We always used to say it was whack-a-mole, it wasn't. Successful antifascism in a democracy is a practice of weeding
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15/04/2026
I love this analogy, and to extend it: it is nearly impossible to outweed the weeds that have taken over if your goal is to return to bluegrass. The thing you need to do is plant things that outcompete the crabgrass.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
People shouldn't feel bad about previously admiring someone when they didn't know about the terrible harms that person committed, but we should challenge ourselves to consider how pedestalizing and prioritizing the legacies of charismatic leaders can create harmful dynamics. That can be addressed.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I just saw Natchez, a new doc I’ll recommend again once I figure out how to speak to the deep intelligence of its structure, the way it moves from a cloying world you know is actually horrific into a realer world in which the horror, courage, witness, and humanness are all made visible.
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 17/02/2026
There is in fact an Epstein class, which not only believes in their own personal impunity, but seeks to protect their fellow travelers as well. buff.ly/cAvzilr
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The Quintessential Epstein Files Email
Jeffrey Epstein and his friends standing up for Mary Jo White against Elizabeth Warren tells you everything about the class war at the heart of the files.
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Jorell Meléndez-Badillo @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Bad Bunny’s performance began in the plantation, featured broken electric poles, and ended by centering a hemispheric understanding of “América”—among many other things—and some Anglo journalists are like “his performance wasn’t political.” This is why we need to be telling our stories.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 06/02/2026
BREAKING: An Arizona state court permanently blocked several abortion restrictions, including a law forcing patients to make two trips to a provider and a ban on telemedicine abortion. This is a big win for reproductive freedom in the state.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 06/02/2026
In 2024, voters in Arizona voted to enshrine the right to abortion in their state’s constitution. Today’s victory is a result of the hard work of advocates, organizers, and voters who fought to protect reproductive freedom for everyone in the state.
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Ron DeSantis redirected $35 million in state funding for children in foster care and instead spent the money on television ads to defeat last year's pro-abortion ballot initiative
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DeSantis admin diverted child welfare and medical funds for consultants, ads
A Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times investigation found the DeSantis’ administration’s use of public money to fund a campaign against marijuana and abortion access was more sprawling than previously kn...
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 10/12/2025
I've probably photographed Brad Lander more than any other elected in NYC because the dude shows up. He's everywhere, he's incredibly accessible, and he genuinely loves New Yorkers. You can literally go up and talk to him whenever he shows up. Go ahead, try it! (I have NEVER seen Goldman ANYWHERE.)
Brad Lander with one fist raised at the Manhattan No Kings march
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ACLU of South Carolina @aclusc.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
While our lawmakers consider a total abortion ban on Tuesday, Nov. 18, supporters of reproductive justice will gather on the State House lawn. Join us?
Rally for Reproductive Justice: November 18th at 1 p.m. behind the Statehouse. Join us for an afternoon of action.
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I won’t be satisfied until every item in my house can be subpoenaed by the police through a third party cloud provider.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 12/10/2025
Feels like she's saying lower courts should disregard those cases then
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
This is absolutely true. If the NYT covered this the way they covered trans care, you all would finally understand what dangerous shit their trans care coverage has been.
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Lindsey Kaley @lindseykaley.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Yes, this period has confirmed that just as trickle-down economics is BS, there is no such thing as trickle-down democracy.
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Lindsey Kaley @lindseykaley.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
This is basic rule of law stuff: judges need to explain their decisions so the same standards are applied across the board, and lower courts are closer to the facts and should be respected. Stunning that this needs to be explained to SCOTUS, but it shows how far the Court has strayed.
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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God. Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well. forward.com/opinion/7575...
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Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
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Eunice Cho @eunicehcho.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Proud to file this case today with our mighty team at @aclu.org's National Prison Project, @aclufl.bsky.social and @aijustice.bsky.social!
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ACLU @aclu.org · 16/07/2025
BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration for detaining immigrants at the notorious new Everglades detention center, cruelly dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," in inhumane conditions without access to legal counsel.
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Kate Shaw @kateshaw.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
SCOTUS majority not deigning to give *any* reasons for staying the injunction of the district court - in the highest-possible stakes context & where the executive branch has acted appallingly - evincing real contempt for both district courts & the rule of law
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Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Circuits have all held (in contexts other than medical care) that discrim against trans people gets heightened scrutiny. Skrmetti leaves those circuit precedents intact.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 18/06/2025
BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled Tennessee’s law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth can remain in effect. This is devastating for trans people and our families but doesn’t end our work against President Trump’s attacks on trans people and our health care.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Move to hold the agents who assaulted a sitting senator in contempt of Congress. Call for articles of impeachment against Noem. Stop working on crypto legislation. Demonstrate the stakes of what is happening in LA with your actions.
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Lindsey Kaley @lindseykaley.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
"Once the door is open to military forces targeting some of the population, that door is very hard to close. When the rule of law becomes the rule of force, no one will be safe." @danmcfadden.bsky.social
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Trump’s domestic deployment of US armed forces is an alarming abuse of power and affront to democracy   - CommonWealth Beacon
For months now, Trump and his minions have been waging a campaign to twist the military into a heavily armed loyalist force.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I think that's just how cops are and we're more likely to hear about it when it happens to a reporter
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ACLU @aclu.org · 30/05/2025
BREAKING: We're going to court to defend pregnant people's right nationwide to get lifesaving abortion care when they're facing a medical emergency.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Here’s the thing: line officers at DHS routinely lie about stuff like this. Some studies suggest manufactured statements occur in 15-20% of cases, sometimes higher. Border Patrol is the worst offender but ICE does it too. Read this John Washington piece from 2019. theintercept.com/2019/08/11/b...
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Border Patrol Arrest Reports Are Full of Lies That Can Sabotage Asylum Claims
The Intercept found erroneous or fabricated information, inconsistencies, and boilerplate language included on forms filled out by immigration officials.
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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 16/05/2025
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first.

One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish.

Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points.

We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are.

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Freshman, Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth
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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/05/2025
BREAKING: Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced he has ordered the FDA to consider new nationwide restrictions on medication abortion — and that President Trump, not scientists or doctors, will make the final decision.
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 14/05/2025
NYC! We brought back Meet Your Mayor just in time before the June primary. The mayoral candidates told us where they stand on big issues. Who is the top match for you? Take our quiz, in partnership with @Gothamist.com, to find out: buff.ly/1FJjfrXhttps...
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Take the Quiz: Meet Your Mayor 2025
Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”
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ACLU @aclu.org · 08/05/2025
Columbia should be protecting its students, not calling the country's largest police force on them. Students should not have to fear police violence for voicing their beliefs.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Thousands of transgender troops who have served our nation honorably will soon be purged from the military because of their identity. It is shameful that the Supreme Court’s majority won’t even explain why it greenlit this mass act of unconstitutional discrimination. slate.com/news-and-pol...
As a result, thousands of transgender service members will be discharged from the military while litigation proceeds in the lower courts.
People who volunteered to risk their lives for their country will be cruelly punished simply for who they are. People like Emily Shilling, the named plaintiff in this case-a transgender woman who has served as a naval aviator for 19 years, flown more than 60 combat missions, logged 1,750 flight hours in Navy jets, and earned three Air Medals. The Navy has spent $20 million training her. Soon, she will be forced out of service entirely. If the Supreme Court was going to condone this self-defeating act of invidious discrimination, the least it could have done was explain why. J
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
What an image! Venezuelan men who narrowly avoided being imprisoned by Trump in El Salvador without trial (saved by the Supreme Court) spelled out an SOS to a @reuters.com camera drone observing the Bluebonnet ICE facility. 11 days ago, buses to the airport were turned around at the last second.
A picture shows 32 men arranging themselves into an SOS on the ground of a prison yard. The ground is bare earth. All the men are wearing red or orange prison jumpsuits.
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Lindsey Kaley @lindseykaley.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Overjoyed by this news, and so proud of my colleagues for working round the clock to make this happen—and continuing to push until all are free
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ACLU @aclu.org · 30/04/2025
It’s been a busy 100 days for the ACLU — more than 100 legal actions filed since President Trump took office — and we're not slowing down. We play the long game, and we’re ready to defend our civil liberties against the administration’s attacks all four years. Join us at aclu.org/the-first-100-days
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/04/2025
there really is no alternative to tearing up CBP and ICE root and branch
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
To put a finer point on it. Trump’s contention isn’t just that he can deport people without them appearing before a judge, but that he can render them into a life sentence in a foreign dungeon with no process whatsoever.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/04/2025
this is such good news. i think it is also an opportunity for democrats to state forthrightly that when they win power again everyone responsible for this crime will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law and will face the american people to answer for their lawlessness
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Tonight is the 1st night of #Passover. We dip parsley (Karpas) in salt water to recognize the spring time. Salt water symbolizes the tears and sweat of enslavement. As we hold Seders, remember the farm workers who are out in the fields harvesting the food we’re eating. #WeFeedYou
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Heron Greenesmith, Esq. @herong.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Look up your local immigrant justice group. Sign up for their newsletters. DO WHAT THEIR NEWSLETTERS TELL YOU TO DO. Join their membership. Donate to their budget.
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Debbie Jeon @debbiejeon.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
DOJ position is UNCONSCIONABLE , the court finds.
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Robin Marty @robinmarty.com · 01/04/2025
“You can’t be a trusted health partner when you are withholding information from people.” Friends, it’s been almost 3 years, but we can FINALLY help our patients access ALL legal options again. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Alabama groups can aid out-of-state travel for abortions, judge rules
“This should send a strong message to antiabortion politicians in states with bans,” said an attorney with the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project.
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