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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Hmmm...read the source document.

Apart from directly calling biological males females and biological females males, NMAH also praises activism that blurs the lines between the two genders, whether it be women embracing more masculine dress and hair styles, or participating in traditionally “male-dominated” academic fields and sports. For example, one didactic in the Girlhood exhibit, entitled “Dangerous Girls,” praises how girls “made new gender-bending ideas—such as bobbing their hair—popular” and “upended ideas about female respectability.”

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The White House attack on the Smithsonian is nuts. It slams an 11 YO girl, calls Toni Morrison "an anti-white activist," and criticizes an exhibit that mentions women "bobbing their hair" for encouraging women to embrace "more masculine dress and hair styles." www.whitehouse.gov/releases/202...).

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 06/07/2026

Trump is preparing to fire the leadership of the Smithsonian Institution, one of America's most prestigious scientific and historical research and education organizations. He wants in particular to censor the Smithonian's American History exhibits:

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White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted

The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council comes in the midst of Trump’s aggressive campaign to overhaul some of Washington's most sacred cultural and hist...

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

No one signed the report, which makes sense, because it is so absurdly sloppy that even the white nationalists who drafted it are probably embarrassed. The table of contents alone rebuts any suggestion that the authors speak for meritocracy.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Doh. So so many in my yard. Scary many. Not good.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Here's the reflecting pool at 6:30 pm. Totally all done.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Also, what the what is he installing up both sides of the Mall? My pictures suck, but plywood with little doors cut out, put in front of tents as a plywood facade painted to look kinda like his imaginary ballroom. W real doors installed. And it goes on for blocks. What the actual what?

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Here's what the pool looked like at about 7 pm. Which, that's the final coat? Cause its not blue. And there are about 14 people out there walking in a line doing something that does not look like done.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I was already in a mood, because I saw this post, which gee, I dunno, I was thinking probably not true. So I walked over to the Mall. And it looks like a disaster zone.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The Willis née Sears Tower is taller than Empire State unless you count the antenna on Empire State and DON'T count the antenna on the Sears Tower. Which everyone, from Chicago at least, knows. We also know how to spell dumb. Dude can't tell the truth about anything.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

DOJ sent journalists a DRAFT superseding indictment before they sent anything to defense counsel. Or unsealed it. I can't even.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

DOJ sent journalists a DRAFT superseding indictment before they sent anything to defense counsel. Or unsealed it. I can't even.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I commend Liz Oyer for her clarity. bsky.app/profile/lawy...

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Liz Oyer @lawyeroyer.com · 19/05/2026

The $1.776B “anti-weaponization fund” announced today is a theft of our tax dollars and a fraud on the American people. Congress needs to step up and block this settlement before Trump helps himself to the rest of our tax dollars. Please share and help sound the alarm. youtube.com/shorts/4bnF4...

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Trump’s $1.8B “anti-weaponization fund”

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Pretty sure you don’t need to quote ethics experts to say the $1.8bn slush fund is corrupt.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

It has come to my attention that you must be from the Chicagoland area. Chicago is the best, except from October to May. And I must be all kindsa TdA, because respect. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTsG...

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1990 Chicago Bulls Starting Lineup (Tommy Edwards Edition)

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

But you never did it! They show you the file path and everything on ECF before you file. We all have litigation nightmares(like opp counsel filing motion to compel when they know I'm in ICU w my Dad, which happened). But I'm not gonna accidentally file legal advice that I'm simultaneously ignoring.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

I don't know Counselor Sandoval-Moshenberg personally, but word on street is we should have given him a DC Bar award or something long ago, for just doing his job, whether its headline news or not.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Could be anything, but that's plausible. The government's discovery responses were totally inadequate, but the government did say their position had changed since reading the Fourth Circuit opinion from Judge Wilkinson. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69777...

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Plaintiffs may have consented so they could depose people after the government complies with it's written discovery obligations. But under seal, so got me.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Well, at least one person in that room was ready to defend the Constitution.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Also, while this is in many ways the least of our problems, come the eff on Defense Secretary Hegseth. You put a makeup room in your office? So you could look pretty? Way to live the warrior ethos dude. I'd like to know how many Sephora points he has. www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

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Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Lawyers make lawyer jokes too! When the Republic is again safe and sound we should do a standup night.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Thank you @sarakropf.bsky.social! Again, you set a great example. And I'm absolutely blown away by everyone working at our local federal courts. The DDC & DMd court staff, judges, clerks, everyone, are putting in heroic hours. And I'm so sorry for anything I eff up filing that creates more work.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I really was clinging "to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos." Order at 6. And they would heed Judge Wilkinson's call to "summon the best that is within us while there is still time." But no.

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

As Judge Wilkinson, a Reagan appointee, wrote, rejecting Trump admin’s request to stay a lower court order to facilitate the return of Abrego Garcia, this case is about whether our executive branch obeys the law.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I concur on Judge Wilkinson's remarkable decision. And said some things along those lines last night on CNN. The full decision is well worth reading. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Au...

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Rebecca LeGrand spoke about due process with CNN's Omar Jimenez

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

They are scared that once they say it, the damage is done. But not saying it, oof, guys, that is not going to work.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

So much lying. And not saying this is the crux of things. But in my experience, in Prince George's County, Maryland, where I live, "top MS-13 members" do not hang out in front of my local Home Depot trying to get honest low paying work. Because real MS-13 members do not think that is cool.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Here's hoping that at least five Justices have similar courage.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Quinn Emmanuel pulled some punches, which I understand strategically, but as a normal citizen and lawyer I keep wandering around screaming basically this in my head, though less artfully. Maybe it'll get bounced for some reason or another, but I feel better having read your work, thank you.

The Government’s purported interpretation of this Court’s order is nonsense.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Sigh. I am self-censoring. I hate self-censoring.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Not sure about that, but I am so with you on the Oxford comma. Long sentences are complicated, help a girl out with a comma when you can!

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

We've never been perfect, but there's so much reason for faith. Bad actors with loud voices don't speak for all of us. I see so much kindness everyday, despite everything. And you aren't giving up.

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Banned: "The underground girls of Kabul: in search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan." Because criticizing the Taliban is too woke now I guess. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

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Rebecca LeGrand @rlegrand.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Banned: "The underground girls of Kabul: in search of a hidden resistance in Afghanistan." Because criticizing the Taliban is too woke now I guess. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 11/04/2025

NEW from judge in Maryland immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case: "For the reasons discussed during today’s status conference, the Court finds that the [Trump admin] have failed to comply with this Court’s Order..." Next hearing: Tuesday, April 15 at 4 pm storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

For the reasons discussed during today’s status conference, the Court finds that the Defendants have failed to comply with this Court’s Order at ECF No. 51. In advance of the conference, the Court had directed Defendants to file a supplemental declaration from an individual with personal knowledge, addressing the following: (1) the current physical location and custodial status of Abrego Garcia; (2) what steps, if any, Defendants have taken to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s immediate return to the United States; and (3) what additional steps Defendants will take, and when, to facilitate his return. ECF No. 51. Defendants made no meaningful effort to comply. Instead, they complained that the Order is “unreasonable and impracticable,” and involves “sensitive country-specific considerations wholly inappropriate for judicial review.” ECF No. 59 at 2.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Before folks overreact to headlines about the judge’s ruling in the Khalil case, please note that (1) it was an immigration judge (IJ), not a federal district court; and (2) the IJ had no power to consider Khalil’s constitutional objections. This particular decision was a fait accompli.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

There are some very bad stories going around about the Mahmoud Kahlil case. The hearing today was before an immigration judge — which is located within the Justice Department. They are NOT a "federal judge" in the sense that anyone reading at least one nationwide story saying so thinks of it.

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Greg Lipper @theglipper.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

"Gone is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Maya Angelou’s transformative best-selling 1970 memoir chronicling her struggles with racism and trauma. Two copies of “Mein Kampf” by Adolf Hitler are still on the shelves." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

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Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?

An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.

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