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Maya Wiley

@maya4rights.bsky.social
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Prez & CEO @civilrightsorg. Cat Mom. Former @msnbc. Ran 4 Mayor of NYC; IG @Maya4CivilRights Views & typos are mine. She/Her

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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Joining Deadline Whitehouse now
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
THIS is one more nail in the free press coffin this administration has been constructing to bury the 1st Amendment and the very idea that a democracy requires debate and facts. It’s not a surprise but our outrage is required and out refusal to be silent, or sit home on Election Day is critical.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hateful words doesn't pay rent, treat illness, or stop evictions. People know the difference between someone fighting to solve problems vs create them.    We know why our voices matter and we will use them at the ballot box. @civilrightsorg.bsky.social
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It am so thrilled that my friend @ahylton26.bsky.social is reminding us all of #TheAssignment and that I got to join her with wonderful @mollyjongfast.bsky.social
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For those mourning the fallen on 9/11, we mourn with you and may we all know peace and safety. For those celebrating Eid Al Adha today, may your sacrifices be accepted and your blessings be abundant. For those who celebrate Rosh Hashanah Shanah Tova. May we all find peace in unity.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Gloria Steinem taught us that we are not given power. We just have to own the power we have and stop asking 4 permission. She taught me much and I owe her more. The fight for our rights has deepened and her legacy is a light in dark times. #RIP
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Racism calls America home and no one should invite it in and embrace it with excuses.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“I understand people having to make themselves known and felt and seen,” she told Billboard. “And of course Black lives matter. Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter? No!” - Dolly Parton #RIP theblackwallsttimes.com/2026/08/25/d...
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Dolly Parton, Country Icon Who Reached Across Racial Divides, Dies At 80
"The Queen of Country," Dolly Parton, dies at 80. Her legacy includes music that touched millions and efforts that crossed racial divides.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Coming up on @11thhourmsnow.bsky.social to talk primaries.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We can’t expect an administration willing to harm children to care about grown men and women, like those serving on #USSLincoln. Cruelty, chaos and corruption seem to be all they’re capable of! Demand accountability!
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
We won’t be silent. And we won’t stop fighting for #civilrights because when rights are gone, so is health care, so are books, so are loved ones who put themselves between abusers with badges and people who work and have children.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
So is this administration going to claim military families are criminals and that we are unsafe because we think families should together and not broken up by irrationally cruel people in power?
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Laughable and not funny. Why should any person in this country feel comfortable with a “Payout to Punks Plan” as Senator Tillis called the weaponization fund AND blanket immunity from tax fraud for anyone & their entire family for no reason demanded by Justice? #BlockBlanche
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The Senate Judiciary Committee just shamefully endorsed this administration’s nomination to be an Attorney General who protects one man and not we the people. Blanche now moves to the Senate floor. We @civilrightsorg will do everything in our power to fight it. civilrights.org/2026/08/04/t...
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The Leadership Conference Condemns Senate Judiciary Committee Vote to Advance Todd Blanche as Attorney General
A majority of the Senate Committee Has Told the Country the Attorney General is the President’s Weapon, Not the People’s Lawyer
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
From this morning’s conversation with @hcrichardson.bsky.social: civil rights aren’t a small issue, they’re the whole issue.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Joining @chrislhayes.bsky.social on blocking #ToddBlanche nomination. He is unfit and we deserve better.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Um…JD Vance Can't Stop Calling Usha His 'Indian Wife.' Experts Say That's Not An Accident. - HuffPost
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
SMH
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Jeffrey Epstein survivors, deserve answers, not a photo op. #ToddBlanche met with Ghislane Maxwell, convicted felon, but claimed it was “unlawful to meet with survivors. He made that up. They got “deflection, interruption, and gaslighting.” Maxwell got better t treatment. #BlockBlanche
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The corruption is happening in plain sight. Donald Trump Jr.'s investment firm now oversees more than $3B and is raking in profit thanks to his father’s A.I. and defense tech policies.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
When we erase the contradictions of our history of slavery and the founders, we pretend that lies are truth and truth are lies. Democracy dies In lies: “Trump administration cheers controversial history display installation”.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Always great to talk to @zerlinamaxwell.bsky.social abt Trump speech, where he forgot he denied Russian election interference in 2016 election, cut resources for security support to states AND his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was disbarred 4 claiming 400k non-citizens voted in PA. #ProtectTheVote
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In this #ToddBlanche confirmation hearing, Senator Schiff asks John Ashcroft if a POTUS call on a US AG to prosecute an enemy? John Ashcroft dodges the question. Schiff makes the central point: Prosecution in the US is supposed to be about evidence. The US AG should ONLY be directed by evidence.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We need to distinguish the policy discretion of the Executive branch that are within the bounds of the law and the persecution of people you want to punish for being an opponent, a voting rights groups and peaceful protesters and giving the President life time immunity from tax investigations.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
#ToddBlanche boosting working with cities on crime. But the findings of patterns of police excessive force, including Memphis, and actions to protect people from police violence was reversed by this Trump DOJ. tennesseelookout.com/2025/05/21/d...
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Department of Justice scraps Memphis Police investigation  • Tennessee Lookout
The U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division announced Wednesday it will close its investigation into the Memphis Police Department.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Senator Blackburn insists on tropes about “birth” tourism. No federal agency tracks it. There are only as estimates. But using fear mongering to attack the clear letter of Constitution on birthright citizenship is outrageous!
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
#ToddBlanche just called Senator Whitehouse a liar after he cited a list of violent extremists he pardoned. Wow! #unfit
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Senator Whitehouse just spanked Kash Patel like … #ToddBlanche
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Foghorn Leghorn Hits Dog
ALT: Foghorn Leghorn Hits Dog
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Senator Kennedy asserts #ToddBlanche is qualified because he knows how to be a lawyer. His supporters are ignoring his violation of court orders, groundless prosecutions, and the New York Bar opposing him based on ethics: www.yahoo.com/news/politic...
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NYC Bar Sends Letter Opposing Todd Blanche’s AG Nomination, Calling Him ‘Unfit to Lead’
The New York City Bar Association released a letter it sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee opposing the nomination of Todd Blanche as Attorney General.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
#Todd Blanche Freudian slip.. “I am [Trump’s] defense attorney … was his defense attorney.”
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Senator Klobuchar pushed #ToddBlanche to say it was unlawful for ICE to be at polls and he would follow the law. The civil rights community is on alert for DOJ to be a weapon in our elections. Ohio Organizing Collaborative that has been targeted by DOJ & we have seen it be a weapon.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Senator Amy Klobuchar raising the DOJ blocking local law enforcement recognition when Renee Goode and Alex Pretti killed by ICE & acknowledged only just shared evidence. She raised Houston and ME killings of Mr. Salgrada Araujo & Mr. Sebastian Guerrero. #ToddBlanche claimed he would follow the law.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
#ToddBlanche claimed he could release Epstein files legally. That is true for grand jury material, BUT it is factually inaccurate that they only withheld material that was legally impermissible to release. A court ordered release. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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DOJ defends decision to withhold millions of Epstein documents
The DOJ responded to a court order to either produce Jeffrey Epstein files with new investigative details or explain why it won't.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I am sitting near Epstein survivors who are shaking their heads, making very clear facial expressions as #ToddBlanche makes arguments about his care for survivors and willingness to meet with them and other self-serving statements. I did not photograph them out of respect. They speak for themselves.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
#ToddBlanche & his supporters talking points ignore the second Trump admin attacked effective crime prevention work, from Victim support to community violence interruption to prevent deaths before they happen. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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Trump Defunds Effective Crime-Prevention Policies
Misguided budget cuts could reverse encouraging crime trends.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The argument #ToddBlanche is making for his nomination is a drop in crime he can’t take credit for: “Data shows…that there has been a steady decline in crime…and that rates were already falling before Trump returned to office.” time.com/7357500/crim...
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Why Crime Rates Are Falling Across the U.S.
Trump has taken credit for reducing crime. But a steady, years-long decline began before his reelection.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
As #ToddBlanche is sworn in after an astoundingly whitewashing of his desire to earn Trump’s nomination by being his personal persecutor, sharing a reminder of the facts: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Grateful to Senator Durbin for pointing out that not only did #ToddBlanche indicted The Southern Poverty Law Center for trying to prevent hate crimes, while he pardoned Proud Boys members. Here is why we @civilrightsorg.bsky.social oppose him. civilrights.org/2026/06/04/s...
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The Leadership Conference Strongly Opposes Todd Blanche for Attorney General
The role of the Attorney General is not to protect the interests of the President, but to protect the interests of the nation’s people.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Sen Durbin points to corruption of crypto-currency and Trump self enrichment and here’s a reminder: #ToddBlanche campaignlegal.org/update/clc-c...
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CLC Complaint Calls for Investigation Into Crypto Conflict at DOJ
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is calling for an investigation into yet another blatant example of the Trump administration’s conflicts of interest with cryptocurrency.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Senator Durbin opening on #ToddBlanche nom points to his ignoring court orders, making incendiary remarks about courts, creating $2B slush fund, Trump & children tax immunity, Epstein cover-up, released victims info & withheld Epstein associates names. Demands Blanche meet w/ survivors.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Senator Grassley opening in #ToddBlanche nomination hearing is basically arguing that because people are still being arrested and crime rates it doesn’t fully claim are down, Blanche has done a good job. The survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s survivors, the NY Bar, and 1200 DOJ lawyers disagree.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
We deserve a US AG who protects us, not ethically bankrupt Todd Blanche who pardons violent felons who attacked the US Capitol, while giving Trump a slush fund to reward them AND him & kids immunity to cheat on taxes with NO audits allowed EVER. Blanche is unfit to serve www.cnbc.com/2026/07/13/t...
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Judge says Trump sued IRS for 'improper purpose'; refers his lawyer to bar
Trump's lawsuit against the IRS was settled by the Justice Department with an agreement to create a $1.8 billion "lawfare" fund that has since been scrapped.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Coming up on The Beat with @arimelber.bsky.social and my grand-kitty wants to join!
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Trump would prefer to block voters from the ballot rather than address the high cost of housing.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Southern Poverty Law Center, Minnesota Protesters… the list of those who are not “political” opponents but advocates for rights and justice is growing. Intimidating investigations that seem calculated to threaten people into silence is dangerous and threatens all of us!
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” We face down racism or it wins. We call it out, or it wins…for as long as it takes. And we do it 4 immigrants, 4 women, 4 trans ppl, 4 ppl with disabilities. #WeAreOnePeople @civilrightsorg.bsky.social
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The Supreme Court's attempts to dismantle the Voting Rights Act is not the end of our story—it's a reminder that the fight for voting rights is ours to finish. Join me in Harlem today: blackpowerwarroom.com/freedom-summ...
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
As we commemorate #Juneteenth let’s do it right - Let’s demand we get our history in schools, on library shelves and from trusted sources. It matters today as we fight for #civilrights in a time of whitewashing white supremacy. www.rogerebert.com/features/the... o
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Then They Will Learn: The Truth Behind Juneteenth
A personal reflection on the history and meaning of Juneteenth.
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Maya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
The playbook -make-up "vote fraud," have the FBI intimidate groups registering Black & Latino citizens. And Ohio lawmakers passed a bill last week requiring photo IDs 4 mail-in ballots starting in 2027 to make it harder 4 citizens, many of them people of color, to vote. www.axios.com/local/clevel...
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FBI raid and voter ID push fuel election fears in Ohio
Democrats see a pattern of intimidation ahead of the 2026 midterms. Republicans say they're protecting election integrity.
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