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 debt
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 re-discovered
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 speedy decline of
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
There are several different kinds of cases where the employer has an investigator’s report that they’d like to put into evidence. Employers often engage an investigator in cases where the investigation might be conducted by someone other than the supervisor and the report of that investigation forms the
My inbox is littered with anti-AI articles I have sent myself so that they are handy to share with people who are AI-curious and can be persuaded to stop using it. It's about time I created a post that where I can store my links. I'm
Apologies if you get this twice! I am still working out the kinks on having several newsletters. Trump Action Tracker Boycotts, strikes and more protests: organizers on what’s next for No Kings A frog, a lobster and a unicorn walked into a No Kings protest (Idaho) As far as
Dear Friends, Thanks for your patience as I transfer my writing to a new website. I hope you find The Bureau of Ideas to be everything you like about The Octopus and The Ant. I haven't figured out all the bells and whistles yet, but one of these
No Kings protesters estimate that over 7 million people marched yesterday, although you'd barely know that from looking at the NYT front page. Regardless, local news outlets covered a lot of the protests, especially in smaller towns and red states that would actually be purple if it weren&
Today's post is full of the regular links but I am going to do some light sorting by state when I can. I want you to be so inspired by all the surprising places that are planning No Kings protests that you decide to attend one yourself. The
Here's another semi-regular round-up of the news that shows people are standing up and fighting back. If you'd like more regular posts, check out Chop Wood, Carry Water, a daily digest of actions and news. Jess Craven reports that there are currently 2500 protests planned for
Hi folks. It's been a little more challenging to find "good" news of people and organizations fighting back against the Trump administration this week because he's absolutely flooding the zone with crazy authoritarian shit. But please don't despair! People are fighting back.
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