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Environmental Lawyer at Conservation International, Adjunct Professor of International Environmental Law at GW Law, small-d democrat, sad Mets/Islanders fan. Views are my own.
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Cruel and disgusting on so many levels.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

“For every new regulation, we must eliminate 10 old regulations.” Can’t get any more arbitrary and capricious than that. #SOTU @earthjustice.bsky.social @nrdc.org @sierraclub.org please cite this in your briefs.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

@oagmaryland.bsky.social @democracyforward.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social @acluofmaryland.bsky.social @aclu.org if Elon Musk goes into NOAA (in Maryland) and violates state privacy laws, can he be criminally prosecuted in Maryland?

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

So the President just endorsed ethnic cleansing. And an unelected man-child is abolishing Congressionally created agencies. 250 years of order, progress, and values down the drain in 2 weeks. Our Democracy is a Five-Alarm Fire right now.

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

These are legislatively created departments. They can only “legally” be dismantled legislatively. The executive branch has begun an unconstitutional power grab. By the time this is addressed in the courts, the damage done will be astronomical. This is a constitutional crisis. It is a coup.

submitted 47 days ago • 18 comments

Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...

submitted 48 days ago • 615 comments

I suspect USAID is first because it's "foreign aid" and fewer Americans will object. But once the precedent is established, expect unilateral dismantling of domestic institutions too

submitted 48 days ago • 212 comments

If you’re angry that Congress is idly standing by while Trump seizes absolute authority through brazenly illegal power grabs—restructuring the entire government around his own cruel and arbitrary whims by executive decree—you should call your representatives and tell them: 202-224-3121

submitted 50 days ago • 60 comments

Seems like a good first tweet

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments