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People’s Parity Project

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Nationwide network of law students and attorneys organizing to unrig the law and build a legal system that works for people, not corporate profits.

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Judge Chris Brook @judgechrisbrook.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Quality schools, the right to vote, workers’ rights—state courts matter! Wonderful to discuss critical issues state courts decide w/ my friend & former Court of Appeals colleague Judge Lucy Inman. Thanks @prochoicenc.bsky.social, @commoncausenc.bsky.social & @peoplesparity.bsky.social for having us!
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
PPP and our allies in NC are hosting a conversation next week about why judicial elections are so crucial. We're talking to former judges about how courts can protect the rights of workers, voters, and everyone else in the state. Join us! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/…#/registration
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Sylvia Chi 齊思涵 @sylviachi.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"Less than seven percent of American business court judges have experience working as public defenders, Legal Aid attorneys, or lawyers that represent injured workers and consumers."
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
1/2 Our NEW report, "Imbalanced Justice: U.S. Business Courts” examined the professional backgrounds of the 213 business court judges in 26 states. Verdict? The overwhelming majority in many states come from corporate backgrounds. peoplesparity.org/research/imb...
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Imbalanced Justice: U.S. Business Courts - People's Parity Project
A New Report Examines How Judges’ Corporate Backgrounds Could Skew Fair Outcomes for Consumers Research shows that fewer than 7% of business court judges
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
1/2 Our NEW report, "Imbalanced Justice: U.S. Business Courts” examined the professional backgrounds of the 213 business court judges in 26 states. Verdict? The overwhelming majority in many states come from corporate backgrounds. peoplesparity.org/research/imb...
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Imbalanced Justice: U.S. Business Courts - People's Parity Project
A New Report Examines How Judges’ Corporate Backgrounds Could Skew Fair Outcomes for Consumers Research shows that fewer than 7% of business court judges
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Billy Corriher @billycorriher.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We looked into the “business courts” that are sweeping the nation. We found that nearly half the judges are former corporate lawyers, even though many of these courts hear cases involving workers and consumers. In some states, it’s 100%. newrepublic.com/article/2102...
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The Stealthy Rise of the Business Court
States are rushing to establish new judicial venues to resolve business disputes. But the way they’re being built suggests they’ll be very cozy with corporate power.
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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
In a loss for *democracy.
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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Letting six lawyers, hand-picked for their extreme views and subject to no democratic accountability, decide whose votes matter in our country—in what should be a democracy—is a choice. It’s a choice that nearly every Democrat in Congress is currently making. We can, and must, make a different one.
Screenshot of SCOTUS opinion in Louisiana v. Callais, from Elena Kagan’s dissent. “implement the great statute Congress wrote. I dissent because the Court's decision will set back the foundational right  Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity. I dissent.”
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
What do you call 1,000s of lawyers at a No Kings rally? ✊Democracy. ❌👑TOMORROW, 3/28 - see you on the streets. www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=ppp
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Jenny Hunter @jennyhunter.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
🔥"The inertia on Court reform [reflects] a problem with our country’s political-cultural mythology surrounding the Court in general—and Chief Justice Roberts in particular—as some sort of neutral and detached arbiter of the truth that operates wholly outside the domain of partisan politics."🔥
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🗳️The Roberts Court is a threat to democracy. If we don't make court reform a priority, we'll continue watching our rights slip away, one terrible decision at a time.
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
We will not stay silent as SCOTUS abandons the rule of law We will not stand aside in the face of authoritarianism We will defend our democracy and our Constitution Join the Lawyers March for Democracy at No Kings ❌ 👑 RSVP ➡️ www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=ppp
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Steve Kennedy @skennedy2504.myatproto.social · 20/03/2026
With @peoplesparity.bsky.social and the CT Pro-People Judiciary Coalition we pushed CT to be the first state where the JSC reports professional backgrounds of all applicants and selected candidates. Would love to see more do the same as you suggest! ctmirror.org/2025/07/08/a...
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A more transparent judiciary better serves the people
Public interest attorneys with backgrounds representing the people rather than the powerful are significantly underrepresented among Connecticut judges.
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United For Democracy @weareufd.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Confidence in the Supreme Court is now at a record low: 22%. Turns out “trust us” stops working when the rulings look political.
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🚫👑 The legal community is mobilizing against authoritarianism. Join us at No Kings on 3.28 RSVP: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=ppp
Lady Justice with scales. Text is: No One Is Above the Law. No Kings March 28
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
🔥Our Hot Bench series kicks off this month with 3 SCOTUS oral argument watch parties - we'll dissect decisions in real time & sharpen our legal critiques. ✅March 23: 10AM Watson v RNC ✅March 24: ~12PM Noem v Al Otro Lado ✅March 25: 10AM Flower Foods v Brock RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/hot-b...
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
▶️Don't miss a conversation with Josh Michtom, former veteran public defender and current lawyer for children, @rsgat.bsky.social this Wed 3/18 at 1PM EST in our new "In It Together" series ✅RSVP today! actionnetwork.org/events/in-it...
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Check out PPP's @mollycoleman.bsky.social on organizing during political crisis, the limits of courts as vehicles for change, and why community action — not institutions alone — ultimately drives democratic resilience with @kathryn1.bsky.social
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
In our new "In It Together" series, we'll be having one-on-one conversations with public interest lawyers & advocates for perspective & a reminder that no one fights alone. ✅Join us: 3/18 @ 1PM EST with public defender Josh Michtom @rsgat.bsky.social ✅RSVP today! actionnetwork.org/events/in-it...
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🤔Senate Republicans just voted to sideline their own wartime powers. Now a conservative Supreme Court could finish the job, striking down the law that limits Trump's ability to wage a war with virtually no limits.
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How The Supreme Court Could Legalize Trump’s Iran War
A congressional showdown over the Iran War could provide conservative justices their long-awaited chance to let presidents launch wars without any limits or authorization.
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
It’s worth emphasizing that the Supreme Court has propped up this presidential lawlessness. When Congress enacted limits on presidential power in 1973, it included an enforcement provision. If the president said there’s an “emergency from attack” and Congress disagreed, it could order troops home.
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
1/2 ⚖️ In the recent tariff ruling, Justice Brett Kavanaugh lamented that the refund process is likely to be a “mess.” He may be correct - but his dissent overlooks the fact that it was the Court’s conservative majority that caused this mess in the first place.
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How the Supreme Court’s Conservatives Created the Tariff Refunds “Mess”
Brett Kavanaugh called the prospect of refunding Trump’s tariffs a “mess.” But he and his colleagues are the ones who created it.
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
1/2 👉The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war - but a long line of Supreme Court decisions has expanded presidential authority to initiate military action without clear congressional approval. @skennedy2504.myatproto.social
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How the Supreme Court Enabled Trump's Unilateral War on Iran
For almost a century, the U.S. Supreme Court has been incredibly solicitous of executive power in foreign affairs.
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
1/2 ⚖️DOJ lawyers swear to uphold the constitution - Trump’s immigration policies stand in direct opposition to this oath. “For any lawyer in this position who actually cares about their professional and moral responsibilities, there is a very simple answer: quit.” @rsgat.bsky.social
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DOJ Lawyers Who Cared Would Quit
Ethical rules prescribe a clear path forward for the government attorneys being asked to violate the Constitution on a daily basis.
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
❌👑The greatest threat to American democracy is not from armies abroad or international threats, it is from constitutional erosion within. The tried and true anecdote? We must use our voices, our vote and our streets to demand that our constitution belongs to US. #NoKings www.ms.now/ali-velshi/t...
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It’s up to the American people to stand up for the constitutional order
As Trump continues his assault on democracy, Ali Velshi evokes calls to action from patriots that span America's history.
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🚨🚨Future lawyers, take note: In this moment of constitutional crisis, the path you take has never been more important. You can use your law degree to defend the rule of law & hold power accountable - or you can use it to protect the status quo. The choice is yours. www.law.com/internationa...
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
In his 1st year back, Trump has attempted to dismantle the checks & balances that have sustained American democracy for 250 years — silencing journalists, weaponizing the DOJ, defying federal judges, bypassing Congress & killing people without accountability. ❌ 👑 No one is above the law
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Big Law is facing an ethics crisis. Our Big Law organizing guide offers key questions for lawyers and law students to ask so we can protect the rule of law within firms and during recruitment. Check it out & share ▶️ peoplesparity.org/dont-bend-th...
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Do Ethics Mean Anything in Big Law? | Law.com
A cascade of controversies sparked by the Epstein files is putting the commercial legal profession under intense scrutiny. The question is no longer whether firms bend the rules but where moral judgem...
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
1/2 🏛️🛑Conservative supreme courts have emerged as a surprising obstacle to Republicans’ extreme political agendas. Republican-controlled legislatures are pulling all the stops to bring these courts to heel writes @skennedy2504.myatproto.social
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Republicans Have Mastered This One Weird Trick For Dealing With Judges They Don’t Like
In several states, GOP lawmakers are pushing proposals to route high-stakes cases to judges who are friends of the conservative movement.
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Bloomberg Law @bloomberglaw.com · 18/02/2026
California AG Rob Bonta singled out Paul Weiss in an exclusive roundtable interview for agreeing to do free legal work in line with the Trump administration’s goals. bit.ly/4rOhU96
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Above The Law @abovethelaw.com · 19/02/2026
Paul Weiss Is Still Catching Heat For Selling Out — See Also abovethelaw.com/2026/02/paul-weiss-…
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Paul Weiss Is Still Catching Heat For Selling Out — See Also
California AG Calls The Firm Cowards: Can't say we disagree! Trump DOJ Can't Even Provide The Law They Accuse Lawmakers Of Breaking: They aren't even trying anymore. AI Can Improve Your Deposition Game: DepoSim could be the next big tool in your training toolkit! 'Boneless' And 'Wings' Don't Mean Much Anymore: These court cases show restaurants can get away with the name game. Judge Plays Fashion Police Over Lawyer's Wardrobe: They declared a mistrial over a civil rights shirt. On This Week Of Thinking Like A Lawyer: Brother Epstein, blaming layoffs on AI, and Kathryn Ruemmler steps down.
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Judges often describe the courts as the last line of defense for constitutional democracy. But a last line of defense that declines to defend is not neutral. It is complicit. @skennedy2504.myatproto.social in @ballsandstrikes.org
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How Federal Judges Can Bring Down the Hammer On ICE
Federal judges have plenty of tools at their disposal for punishing ICE’s lawlessness—if they feel like using them.
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Law students are resisting Big Law's recruitment practices & winning. 🎉 Congrats to the PPP Georgetown Law Chapter & the coalition of law school SBAs who are demanding OCI be moved back to 2L year. Sign the petition, keep the pressure on Big Law 👇 linktr.ee/Law_Student_...
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Cooley Dials Down Recruiting Pressure Cooker for Summer Program
Silicon Valley-founded Cooley LLP is putting off hiring half of its incoming class for 2028, calling the pause a win for frazzled law students as well as the firm itself.
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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I wrote this piece about popular constitutionalism last year, but I truly don't think I could have possibly imagined then that we'd be watching the people claim power over the Constitution like we have for the last few months in Minnesota. www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
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The Trump Admin Wants to Confuse You About What Is and Isn’t Constitutional
But you don’t need to be a lawyer to know they're full of it.
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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
*If* the federal government actually retreats in Minnesota, I will never, ever let anybody forget that it was the people, not the courts, that made them do it.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 09/02/2026
The problem with the Supreme Court supermajority is not just one of ideology or politics, but of epistemology. The world as they understand it bears little resemblance to reality www.liberalcurrents.com/the-supreme-...
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The Supreme Court Lives in Fox News' America
A Court that does not share a common factual world with the people it governs is untethered from democratic reality.
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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Molly Coleman @mollycoleman.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Power concedes nothing without a fight. The news of the draw down this morning is a development that was won by the power of neighbors joining together to keep each other safe. We celebrate the wins. Yet we know the threat is not over, and so our fight is not over.
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Another federal court has rejected the administration’s attempt to detain people incommunicado. The Constitution does not disappear inside immigration detention. 👇
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
1/3 For most of its history, SCOTUS has been a brake on democratic change, moving only when public opinion makes it inevitable. But as @skennedy2504.myatproto.social writes, in a world of “alternate facts” shaped by Fox News, its disconnect with public sentiment has never been deeper. ⚖️📺🧠
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The Supreme Court Lives in Fox News' America
A Court that does not share a common factual world with the people it governs is untethered from democratic reality.
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Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · 09/02/2026
BREAKING: We’re urging the court to force discovery in our case against DOGE in order to fully investigate the extent of their misuse of Social Security data to potentially manipulate U.S. elections. DOGE is not above the law.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 09/02/2026
A confidential agreement provides yet more evidence of the administration’s campaign to interfere with upcoming elections. bit.ly/46tX4nd
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“Confidential” Agreements Show Trump Administration’s Plans for States’ Voter Data 
At least 10 states have handed over their full voter files to the Justice Department.
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Indivisible Guilford NC ❌️ 👑 @indivisiblegconc.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I am thrilled to share this recording with you! This is "Democracy in the Balance" - our judicial workshop from last night with special guest and state court expert, @billycorriher.bsky.social. Please listen!! It is incredibly informative & HOPEFUL. #judgesmatter www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVMx...
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Democracy in the Balance: The Importance of the Judicial Races in North Carolina
YouTube video by Indivisible Guilford County
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
❌⚖️Republican lawmakers have long decried court expansion as an assault on judicial integrity - until GOP leaders in Arizona, Utah and Wyoming did it themselves, “altering courts to deliver policy wins that elections alone cannot.” @skennedy2504.myatproto.social ballsandstrikes.org/court-reform...
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Republicans Love Supreme Court Expansion When It Gets Them What They Want
When it comes to state supreme courts, Republican politicians have been happy to add (or subtract) justices as they see fit.
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
▶️Utah’s Gov. just signed a bill to expand the state Supreme Court, following a GOP push after it ruled against partisan gerrymandering - a move that could threaten judicial independence & undermine voters in the upcoming midterms. @billycorriher.bsky.social www.democracydocket.com/opinion/repu...
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Republican legislators plan to pack yet another court that stands in their way
Republicans in the Utah Legislature are at war with the state Supreme Court over a constitutional ban on gerrymandering.
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Liam belongs in daycare, not detention. He has parents. A classroom. A community. A home. DHS has the power to release Liam today. Every hour he remains detained is a choice. #BringLiamHome
Photo of Liam in Stich hat
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/01/2026
BREAKING: Republican lawmakers unveil the Make Elections Great Again Act — a new bill that would impose the most extreme federal voting restrictions in history. The measure would go beyond the SAVE Act by imposing strict voter ID to vote, mandating voter roll purges, banning mail voting and more.
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New GOP anti-voting bill may be the most dangerous attack on voting rights ever
The MEGA Act represents one of the most catastrophic proposals for democracy in the United States.
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People’s Parity Project @peoplesparity.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🏦 While public-interest non-profits filed hundreds of lawsuits to rein in Trump, “Big Law’s lobbying arms just posted their richest year on record.” It is time for #BigLaw to stop pursuing profits and start defending our democracy.⚠️ www.law.com/nationallawj...
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Big Law Firms' Lobbying Revenue Soared in 2025| Law.com
Brownstein, Akin, Holland & Knight, Squire and Hogan Lovells in 2025 all surpassed their prior annual lobbying revenues, according to LDA filings.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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