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Emily Grant

@emilymg91.bsky.social

lawyer & LA Public Library superfan. reading, thinking (and maybe writing) about a progressive Jewish future, civil rights, courts, and where justice, spirituality, and belonging intersect. plus literary fiction. views are mine.

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Emily Grant@emilymg91.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is actually the very framing I dislike (besides, obv, anti-choice right wingers). AOC is not "seizing control" of her fertility -- she is making an informed choice about how she wants to treat her body and her fertility right now. When we use the world "control," to talk about our bodies . . .

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5d ago

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Until now, female candidates for president “have all been well past their reproductive years,” Rhonda Garelick writes. But Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, “the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, is at the dawn of a new age, and she knows it.”

Jeff Abbott@palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 5d ago

One year ago today Camp East Montana officially opened as a detention camp for immigrants. The site is the largest detention center in the U.S. and it's first year has been marked by death, abuses, and a served as a symbol of corruption and mismanagement. Here is my story looking back:

Camp East Montana: A year of deaths, controversy and management woes

Camp East Montana is marking one year of operation on Fort Bliss in El Paso. The year has been marked by criticism and calls for its closure.

elpasotimes.com

Dhruv Mehrotra@dmehro.bsky.social · 4d ago

NEW: I spent months trying to understand why a cop who spoke out against Flock faced five internal affairs investigations and was pushed out of his job—only to find himself at the center of an unlikely political fight uniting parts of the American right and left. www.wired.com/story/the-co...

The Cop Who Took On Flock

After Noel Pichardo called out his city's embrace of Flock surveillance cameras, he was subjected to five internal affairs investigations in less than two years.

wired.com

Jack Mirkinson@jackmirkinson.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today in @thenation.com: a harrowing piece written from inside the Dilley ICE detention center by Maryam Tahmasebi, a green card holder who's been locked up along with her husband and son for months despite none of them committing any crime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

One Woman’s Message From the Hell of ICE Detention

My husband, son, and I have been locked up for months—despite being permanent residents with no criminal record. It is an unendurable, unending nightmare.

thenation.com

Alex Burness@burness.bsky.social · 2w ago

Maine has no parole, meaning that people with life sentences are almost guaranteed to die in prison. Janet Mills has blocked parole reform for years. This could all change soon, as Maine elects a new governor. Incarcerated voters are paying attention: boltsmag.org/maine-prison...

Maine Prisoners Organize to Protect Their Rare Right to Vote - Bolts

Maine is one of the only places in the country where prisoners keep their right to vote. But logistical barriers to voting still contribute to their larger exclusion from the political process.

boltsmag.org

Emily Grant@emilymg91.bsky.social · 2w ago

Is this a thing? I thought it was a joke but this is now the second public place (RANDOM public place to be clear, not giving NYT vibes) playing jack johnson. It really does transport you.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w ago

“Before you try to spike my cortisol, just know that I’m having a Jack Johnson summer.” The singer-songwriter Jack Johnson’s frozen-in-time anthems, odes to going with the flow, are the soundtrack to a summer of “hopecore.”

Alma Katsu (pre-order INCARNATE now!)@almakatsu.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here's the full list of @NYT's top 50 thrillers.Congrats to buds @blacktopkid.bsky.social @jeanhanff.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social @stephcha.bsky.social for making the list (and looking askance at some really deplorable picks) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The 50 Best Thriller Books of the 21st Century (Gift Article)

Hundreds of novelists, librarians, editors and other book lovers voted. See how their ballots stack up.

nytimes.com

Jon Seidel@jonseidel.bsky.social · 2w ago

A few additional highlights from the feds’ Broadview 6 filing: U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros was emailed a transcript of the 10/9 grand jury session in October but says he didn’t review it and problematic conduct was not brought to his attention until late April:

As to the other grand jury issues, the United States Attorney informed the Court that he first learned of the “vouching” and ex parte conversations in late April 2026.9 Id. at 51-53. The United States Attorney noted that he moved to dismiss the indictment based on his discovery of the vouching and ex parte communications because “we wanted to moot whatever had taken place in the grand jury.” Id. at 51-53, 57-58. Since that time, the AUSAs on the trial team as well as Experienced AUSA 1 have self- reported this Court’s comments—and the entirety of this matter—to the Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility (“OPR”), which is the component of the Department responsible for conducting an independent review of allegations of misconduct. 28 C.F.R. § 45.12; Justice Manual § 1-4.200, et. seq. Moreover, as discussed in detail below, the United States Attorney conducted a root cause analysis of the underlying issues giving rise to the dismissal of the indictment and information in this case and has taken numerous remedial steps to help ensure that the missteps that occurred here do not happen again. 9 The United States Attorney was emailed a copy of the transcript from the October 9, 2025, grand jury presentation on October 14, 2025, but has no recollection of reviewing the transcript at that time, and is quite certain he did not review the transcript at that time. The United States Attorney did not receive a copy of the October 16 or October 23, 2025, transcripts until late April 2026, shortly before the Government moved to dismiss the indictment. At that time (late April 2026), the United States Attorney reviewed relevant portions of all three transcripts. Irrespective, no one ever brought the vouching or ex parte issues to the United States Attorney’s attention until late April 2026, nor was the United States Attorney aware of the vouching or ex parte issues until late April 2026.
Jon Seidel@jonseidel.bsky.social · 2w ago

New overnight: Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros’ office says the “Broadview Six” prosecutors have self-reported the events of the tainted prosecution to the DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility as it argues against a special counsel. Full filing: cst.brightspotcdn.com/98/58/82c837...

Emily Grant@emilymg91.bsky.social · 3w ago

I often feel astonished at the times we live in, but then feel equally (?) grateful (?) that Shaul Magid -- among other Jewish scholars -- can bear witness and language to the absurdities. A very worthwhile read on absurd and worrisome times. shaulmagid.substack.com/p/the-hate-a...

The Hate at the “United Against Hate” Jewish anti-Mamdani Rally, NYC, Sunday July 26: A First-Hand Reflection

When anger turns to hate it knows no borders: The impermissible becomes permissible

shaulmagid.substack.com