Here's a quick roundup. I'm trying to get into the habit of posting on Mondays and Thursdays. Not sure that'll happen on Christmas of course! Have a great week. Protest after Trump’s name added outside John F Kennedy Memorial Center ‘Everybody thinks it’
I've got some cool news. I submitted my Next Ten Amendments proposal to California Democratic Party to add to its platform, and while they declined to endorse constitutional conventions or the proposal as a whole, they did add one of the proposals: statehood votes for DC and the
Hi folks. Here's some light reading to get you ready for the week. ‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country Protests erupt outside Army-Navy game amid Trump’s attendance Church Nativity scenes add zip ties and gas masks to
Well, here we are. The worst American year is almost over. I'm seeing headlines like The Trump administration's authoritarian house of cards is starting to fall down all over the place. We survived it. We will survive it. Today I listened to Maya Rudolph on Amy
Suit to block Education Department closure expanded amid agency transfers plans After ICE took students’ parents, these teachers began rising at dawn to keep watch: ‘We said, hell no’ More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump admin’s mass detention policy The White House is fast-tracking student
Why reliance on eyewitnesses alone won't win your case I had a hearing the other day involving a bus operator who was in an accident with a cyclist. "Preventable accident" cases are among the most common cases in transit industries. At the hearing, we all watched
Hi folks, this is a highly incomplete list of all the brave and difficult things our friends, neighbors, and (occasionally) leaders are doing to push back against the Trump administration and its cronies. I am grateful to all of them. Happy Thanksgiving! Veterans lead protest and march at Portland ICE
While reading an article about The Incredible Tahakē Story, I learned about Lazarus species, which are species that were believed to be extinct but were later re-discovered. The tahakē is a bird from New Zealand that has the rare distinction of having been declared extinct twice, and then finally
It's a real fish-in-a-barrel kind of day because there are a lot of people working hard to oppose the administration's authoritarianism. I have a small hope that the height of Trump's power was November 3, and we are already see the
I've been in such a fog the last couple of weeks that I didn't even realize it's been nearly two weeks since I sent a Pushback/Rebuild newsletter. It helped that there was, for a short moment last week, a lot of really good
Hi folks, I've been a bit swamped with work but none of it has triggered any brilliant practice insights. So instead I thought I'd comment quickly on a couple of arbitration issues that have broken into the larger conversation. I have an arbitrator colleague with who
Why Is Trump Autocracy Rising? These Dems Have an Unnerving Answer. Montanans Go After ‘Citizens United’ Resisting ICE Federal Judge Orders Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino to Wear Camera, Report to Her Every Day TSF story: As special session looms, protesters explain why they protest - THE INDIANA CITIZENThis story was