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Robbie Kaplan

@robbiekaplan.bsky.social
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Mother, wife, lawyer. Won congestion pricing in NYC. Won E. Jean Carroll. Won Charlottesville. Won Windsor. Founding partner of Kaplan Martin LLP. All views expressed are my own.

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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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Opinion | If Only My Father Could Choose to Deny the Holocaust
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
msmagazine.com/series/on-th... Had so much fun speaking with @ejeancarroll.bsky.social and @michelegoodwin.bsky.social on this podcast. If you listen, I'm sure you will see the point of the saying that laughter is the best revenge. E Jean makes our team here at Kaplan Martin LLP laugh all the time.
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On the Issues with Michele Goodwin Archives - Ms. Magazine
On The Issues With Michele Goodwin at Ms. magazine is a show where we report, rebel and tell it like it is. On this show, we center your concerns about rebuilding our nation and advancing the promise ...
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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
It was such a joy & honor to help produce this episode. #OnTheIssuesPod @ejeancarroll.bsky.social @michelebgoodwin.bsky.social @robbiekaplan.bsky.social "Robbie and I are here to show you he can be beaten...I’m an old, 81-year-old woman, and we beat him twice. It can be done..." - E. Jean Carroll
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'Not My Type': How Two Women Took Down Trump on Sexual Assault (With E. Jean Carroll and Roberta Kaplan)
Background reading: 'The False Tropes About Rape We Must Destroy' — Amy L. Bernstein LISTEN: 'Fifteen Minutes of Feminism—The Trump Indictments: Unpacking the E. Jean Carroll Litigation (with Moira Do...
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E. Jean @ejeancarroll.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I am still in shock. I still can't QUITE believe this miracle! And it is thanks to you! My readers have more oomph and pizzazzzz than any readers on Earth. So that's Champagne I'm shooting out the water pistols. (KIDDING. It's water, but the great photographer, Elinor Carucci got the shot!!)
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Couldn't be more thrilled for @ejeancarroll.bsky.social whose new book about is number 2 on NYT bestseller list. You no longer have to take my word for it. "Not My Type" is the best book ever written about what it's actually like to be a plaintiff on trial. open.substack.com/pub/ejeancar...
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HOLY SHIT!!!
Thank you!
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
We are living in scary times. But that only makes it more important to celebrate the moments of pure joy and progress. So here, on the twelfth anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Windsor, is a photo of Edie Windsor hugging/being hugged by my son and his cousin.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
@ejeancarroll.bsky.social: “I beat Trump twice.” I sit down with my good friend, the inimitable E. Jean Carroll, to talk about her new book, “Not My Type”, including wild details on her trials against Trump. youtu.be/nbKUEuLqsZA
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E. Jean Carroll on STRIKING BACK With NEW Warnings Trump CAN’T SPIN
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
As the lawyer who told @ejeancarroll.bsky.social not to use words that are more than three syllables (frankly, would have preferred two), I can confirm that her new book is just as good as the NYT says it is. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/b...
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In ‘Not My Type,’ E. Jean Carroll Gets the Last Gab About the Trump Trials
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
While I am definitely biased, I cannot recommend more highly @ejeancarroll.bsky.social's new book, "Not My Type." It is a great read that gives you a sense of what it was really like at our two jury trials against Donald Trump. youtu.be/mGsCvxyT7n8?...
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E Jean Carroll explains why 'Not My Type' was a 'top-secret job'
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
So proud to be able to call @ejeancarroll.bsky.social my dear friend and bravest client. open.substack.com/pub/ejeancar...
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A Little Personal News
My Beauteous and Most Wonderful Reader,
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.” Doechii at the #BETAwards
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous. prospect.org/justice/crie...
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Cries of Defiance and Songs of Joy in Los Angeles
The protesters are being called unspeakably violent by the Trump administration. I mostly saw clergy sit-ins and Tejano bands.
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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Trump uses fear as a weapon. He spread it effectively for two months with his shock and awe/flood the zone barrage. But in recent weeks as he’s faced a series of defeats, the people have grown less afraid. So he needs to make a power move to reinstill fear. Don’t let him have that effect.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
At the World Pride fair, we're giving away free books. Parents were kept coming up and thanking me for all the work we do with parents to help kids.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I can't believe we have to say this, but RFK Jr has it all wrong on autism. aftvoices.org/rfk-jr-has-i...
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RFK Jr. has it all wrong on autism
Beyond stripping money away from special education — funding that’s required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and…
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o... “Put another way, when the sick and lame approached Jesus, he did not say, “Depart from me, for thou shalt die anyway.” He healed the sick and fed the hungry and told his followers to do the same.”
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Opinion | Selfishness Is Not a Virtue
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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There Should Be Social Penalties For Lying
What happens to a society when the truth is optional?
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
From @dahlialithwick.bsky.social: “It may have taken 100 days to fully metabolize that the Trump administration has no regard for the rule of law. But 100 days have also shown that small acts of defiance and principle are replicable and scalable and effective.” slate.com/news-and-pol...
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I Think the Tide Is Finally Turning
In just the past few weeks, all kinds of people, from judges to protesters, have taken a stand.
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
“Historians should remember this. Stalin’s team were like Komodo dragons: whether they kiss you or bite you, you die of their poison.” www.theguardian.com/books/2016/a...
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On Stalin’s Team by Sheila Fitzpatrick review – Soviet bunglers and sadists
A superbly researched book details the incompetents and priapic murderers whom Stalin selected to carry out his atrocities
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
As others have noted, it’s truly wild to see Terry Doughty write this. He is one of the most extreme MAGA judges appointed in Trump’s first term, author of many wacky, hard-right rulings reversed on appeal. When even he is appalled by an illegal deportation—it’s a sign of something. Wow.
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Time and again, in these deeply troubling (even scary) times, women lawyers, judges and officials are scoring points for courage, along with a no-nonsense application of the rule of law.
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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Part @robbiekaplan.bsky.social greatness as a litigator is that she fights the procedural stuff with the same vigor as she fights the grand points of law. She got the Trump Administration to agree that the issue of congestion pricing won’t be decided for 6 months. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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MTA, feds reach agreement that could keep NYC congestion pricing tolls in place into the fall
The MTA and the Trump administration have reached an agreement that could keep New York City congestion pricing in place into the fall.
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
www.espn.com/womens-colle... GO UCLA & CORI CLOSE!
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Women's Final Four predictions: A unanimous favorite (South Carolina-Texas) and a split decision (UConn-UCLA)
No. 1 seeds UCLA, South Carolina and Texas are bound for Tampa, as well as 2-seed UConn. Who will reach the title game?
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
coreyrobin.com/2025/03/26/i... This book by Nadezhda (which means "hope") Mandelstam had a huge influence on me as a freshman studying Russian history many years ago in college. Explains a lot about how I still see the world. But I'm not ready to lose hope. And the antidote to fear is courage.
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It’s the Only Face I Have
One of the big mistakes we make when we think about fear is to oppose fear to hope. Hope against fear, that’s the credo. And it’s badly mistaken. Nadezdha Mandelstam was one of the great writers on St...
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
While Paul Clement and I were adversaries in U.S. v. Windsor concerning the constitutionality of DOMA, there is no attorney I respect more. Paul practices law in accordance with the highest ideals of our profession. And no one is a better advocate. news-api.bloomberglaw.com/v1/link?id=d...
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Bloomberg Law
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
My colleagues and I at Kaplan Martin LLP could not be prouder to represent clients who stand up, especially the force of nature named @ejeancarroll.bsky.social.
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
My law firm Kaplan Martin LLP could not be prouder to represent so-called "enemies" of the Trump administration like the force of nature, @ejeancarroll.bsky.social. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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At a Time When Lawyers Feared Defending Government Enemies, One Law Firm Stood Up
A scrappy law firm decided to represent federal workers accused of disloyalty and survived to become a legal behemoth.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
This is a really important point. Trump is losing most of the cases he's losing because no statute directly authorizes what he's doing. Instead of complaining about judges doing their jobs, congressional Republicans could, you know, *pass legislation* to give Trump the authorities he's claiming.
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
It's almost like giving bullies your lunch money encourages them to shake you down tomorrow.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I don’t see how, unless our entire profession stands shoulder-to-shoulder in unity, we successfully push back against this effort to break our profession and our democracy. Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUBJECT:      Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court Lawyers
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
A personal note about the @katiephangshow.bsky.social:
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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The War Trump Chooses
That wasn't Trump against Zelens'kyi. It was Americans against reason
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
So honored to be taking on this fight with my colleagues at Kaplan Martin to defend congestion pricing, which, in only a month, has shortened the daily commute, improved foot traffic in lower Manhattan, and even increased the number of people seeing Broadway shows. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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E. Jean Carroll lawyer takes another swing at Trump, this time over NYC tolls
Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer who won sexual abuse and defamation lawsuits for the writer E. Jean Carroll, is also representing the transit agency fighting to keep congestion pricing.
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/n.... Along with my colleagues at kaplanmartin.com, we are so proud to represent the MTA in defending congestion pricing program in NYC.
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Trump Administration Moves to End New York’s Congestion Pricing Tolls
The transportation secretary said he would revoke federal approval for the program, citing the cost to motorists; the Metropolitan Transportation Authority quickly filed a lawsuit to stop the move.
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch... So beautiful and true.
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Do It For Gilda
The too-short life of a comedy genius is a reminder to the rest of us to make good use of the time we are given.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
BREAKING: Early this morning a federal judge issued an injunction stopping Musk team’s access to Treasury. The showdown is about to happen. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/n...
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Judge Halts DOGE Access to Treasury Payment Systems
The order came in response to a lawsuit filed by 19 attorneys general accusing the president of failing to faithfully execute the nation’s laws when he let DOGE comb through federal computer systems.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/02/2025
a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
slate.com/news-and-pol... Spot on by @dahlialithwick.bsky.social
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Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Defeat Is Even Bigger Than It Looks
It's critical that this attack on birthright citizenship got resoundingly smacked down early on.
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I loved and admired this woman. She was one I would follow into battle. A true fighter and ally in every way. God bless you Cecile Richards. Rest in Peace and Power. www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/u...
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Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president, has died | CNN
Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood, has died, her family said Monday in a statement.
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Dahlia Lithwick @dahlialithwick.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
heartbreaking Rest in Power Cecile Richards 19thnews.org/2025/01/ceci...
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Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president and feminist activist, has died
Richards died Monday of an aggressive brain cancer. She was 67.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 20/01/2025
Looks like Haaretz isn't mincing words about Musk's gesture:
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
www.latimes.com/environment/... Makes so much sense.
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Why hydrants ran dry as firefighters battled California's deadly fires
Firefighters in Pacific Palisades and Altadena have repeatedly been hampered by low water pressure and dry hydrants, revealing limitations in local water systems designed to supply neighborhoods.
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
davidlat.substack.com/p/corporate-... Very proud of our incredible team of lawyers at Kaplan Martin (especially my partner Brandon Trice who works on both matters) and these important wins for our clients, @ejeancarroll.bsky.social and @mta.info!
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Judicial Notice (01.05.25): Brave New World
A filing requirement lawyers need to know about, Biglaw bonus reversals, Kirkland’s continuing conquest, and the trailing off of Trump litigation.
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia... “The word dropped like a stone on my still living breast . . . “
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The Parable of Anna Akhmatova
Who is more powerful, the artist or the dictator?
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
gothamist.com/news/nyc-con... So incredibly proud of the teams of lawyers at Kaplan Martin and Sive Piaget that succeeded in beating back multiple attempts by multiple plaintiffs in multiple courts to stop congestion pricing. Today was a good day for NY.
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NYC congestion pricing expected to start Sunday over NJ objections
A judge tossed out New Jersey’s last-minute request to pause the toll on Manhattan drivers.
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
bittersoutherner.com/the-new-porn.... This is brilliant.
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The New Pornographers — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
It’s a TikTok world, creative and sprawling and strange and anarchic and tedious and gross and you can’t stop scrolling and you can’t stop looking and you just want more. So what’s the problem?
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Robbie Kaplan @robbiekaplan.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
From last Saturday's NYT crossword puzzle. This would have made Edie Windsor (and Thea Spyer) very proud.
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