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leahcastella.bsky.social
lawyer. policy maker. progressive. political wonk. voracious reader. foodie. wanderer. former policy debater. kindness is my north star. not aspiring to be humble.
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At this point it's just blatant market manipulation. The regime's cronies make billions while trillions are lost in retirement and pension funds.

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WATCH: Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park react to Monday's 5.2 magnitude earthquake that shook San Diego County. The elephants formed an "alert circle" meant to protect the young and the entire herd from any threats, according to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.

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In addition to being incompetent, they are just crooks. How much money do you think these fuckers made when they delayed tariffs today? It's all just a big fucking grift at the expense of the entire world.

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Friends, my very good friend, @mikesacks.bsky.social, is running for Congress in the NY-17th (Putnam Valley area). I vouch for him personally, and while we hardly agree on everything, he is a true believer Supreme Court reformer. And his opening ad is fire. :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=20U5...

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This should be obvious!

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That didn’t take long

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John Keker of Keker, Van Nest & Peters’ message to big firms wavering or scared: Stand up. Don’t just be scared for yourself—be scared for the entire situation, for the rule of law, and for the role of lawyers in this democracy.

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The deafening silence of most law firms is deeply disappointing.

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In addition to the massive national security breach, the content revealed that this regime thinks anything that helps our European allies is a bad idea. Which is also deeply fucked up.

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My latest Substack post. open.substack.com/pub/leahcast...

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The week started off grim but ended with some glimmers of hope open.substack.com/pub/leahcast...

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My outlet for managing the daily dose of dystopian news is to try my hand at a regular Substack newsletter focused on action. Check it out if you like. open.substack.com/pub/leahcast...

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www.joanwestenberg.com/your-world-i...

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One thing we should all be doing every day is to call our representatives to register concern with the current state of affairs. This app makes it easy. 5calls.org

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Spread this far and wide. There may not be anything I can do to help fight these devastating fires, but I can do something to fight the shitstorm of lies from conservative media and the new regime. gavinnewsom.com/california-f...

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These are words I needed. Perhaps you need them too. "Optimists are the punks of progress, refusing to bow to the wreckage and daring to imagine something better." medium.com/westenberg/r... Make today's act of fuck you optimism a donation to the Women's Debate Institute shorturl.at/Vde46

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Can Democrats just stop the hand wringing over the Hunter Biden pardon? It's the latest example of the circular firing squad that dooms Dems. It's also an absolute waste of the energy needed to prepare for and push back against what's coming.

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Maybe I've just curated my feed badly, but so far this is just folks trying to out clever one another with an occasional smidge of authentic content. It's occasionally amusing but not particularly useful for news -- which is ironic since the threads hate is because they throttle news.

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My rage at the election is almost eclipsed by my rage at the tiresome and predictable attempt to make the election about something the democrats did wrong as opposed to owning that it's 💯 the result of the racist and misogynist rot at the heart of America.

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Anyone good with app development? I'd like to create something that lets people "gift" donations to progressive orgs to Trumpers in their life that sends an email to the "honoree" saying x dollars donated to y org to offset your role in undermining rights.

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