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Class action & privacy lawyer at Lockridge Grindal Nauen. Reproductive rights, debate access, & Mac Groveland St. Paul neighborhood volunteer. West Wing & Feminist T-Shirt Friday lover. she/hers
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What drives me crazy about the anti-DEI rhetoric is everyone wants to be judged on merit. But you can't be judged on merit if you can't even get in the door because you don't fit some prejudiced definition of who is capable and who isn't

submitted 3 days ago • 606 comments

The horrors persist, but I just purchased a weiner dog raincoat because Daisy Mae is so close to the ground that puddles get her all dirty so that's hilarious.

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court GRANTS sweeping nationwide injunction against Trump DEI executive orders finding that they violate First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. A huge victory for @democracyforward.org and its clients. A stinging loss for Trump. Visit www.democracydocket.com for details.

submitted 6 days ago • 986 comments

I find Hawley to be decidedly unpleasant but I am glad he is saying this publicly

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Trans kids are not a bargaining chip. Being trans isn’t a culture war. Not giving an inch in my support for trans and nonbinary people of all ages to live freely and openly, and neither should you. Gender is what we make of it, and that’s what they’re afraid of.

submitted 30 days ago • 35 comments

My pro bono name change applicant's motion was just granted!!!!!!!!!! Go VLN Queer Legal Clinic!!

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Common sense and correct ruling, and also excellent lawyering by LGN attorneys.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Finally, I'd like to post this poem by @clintsmithiii.bsky.social: When pople say "we've made it through worse before..." "...we are not all left standing after the war has ended. Some of us have become ghosts by the time the dust has settled."

submitted 39 days ago • 4 comments

i’m actually stunned joe biden did this. good on him for this one, genuinely. there were people who supported obama in 2007 asking him to do this and he never did

submitted 39 days ago • 43 comments

Responding to the TikTok ban, @aoc.bsky.social hits the nail on the head. This is exactly why the EU has consumer protection legislation like GDPR and DSA. But no, people’s right to privacy is considered “stifling innovation” in the US.

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

I am literally in tears. Thank god.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

i think it’s unfair to expect regular people to know precisely how journalism works so i will say the answer to “why did they sit on that story for so long” is often “because of lawyers”

submitted 46 days ago • 28 comments

I ordered $500 in gift cards on 10% off day at Target (12/8) and was told they shipped 12/10 & would be delivered 12/19. 12/19 seemed really long for an envelope, but okay? Then they didn't show up 12/19, & they didn't show up 12/20, & I didn't have them for the gift deadline I was hoping. 1/8

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

One consequence of 900 million debate tournaments this year is that I still have two books to go on my reading goal for the year.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

We can be helpful. We can devote our lives to service. We can build things. We can be constant and faithful in our love and in our daily discipline. We can be earnest but imperfect then have a radiant second half. We can leave the planet better than we found it. We can. We should. RIP Jimmy Carter.

submitted 60 days ago • 6 comments

Dirty Dancing teaches that abortion rights are good and you should never date a guy who reads Ayn Rand, which is 90% of what you need to get through life

submitted 63 days ago • 64 comments

My favorite debater killed it (semifinals! Top 4 out of 93 teams!!) at my favorite debate tournament wearing an outfit shouting out my favorite former Blake debater and also I first took her to that tournament 16 years ago as a BABY so wow does time fly. ❤️🐳🖤

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

I am still caught up on my time entries on December 11, which is a minor miracle.

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Maybe Dr. Oz owning $550,000 in UnitedHealth stock and seeking to run the agency that oversees UnitedHealth's biggest cash cow (Medicare Advantage) should get more attention www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

submitted 79 days ago • 77 comments

It’s always funny when I’m walking faster than anyone in Manhattan because my general speed is plodding midwestern mom.

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments

I asked more than three dozen tech companies that sell, possess, or help analyze personal data whether they would help facilitate Trump's promised mass deportation operations—Only six responded, and only one said no theintercept.com/2024/12/02/l...

submitted 88 days ago • 41 comments

Pretty sure stuffing is a complete meal when made with sausage.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments