In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/

Our Team - BURKE LAW GROUP, PLLC

Our Team

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Politico@politico.com · 19h ago

26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

I really wish election administrators in Detroit would be more transparent about what they’re doing—e.g., what they’ve counted, what remains, when they anticipate updates, and beyond—especially when counting goes into the next day.

the attorneys who inevitably defend this in court should be sanctioned

Kate Riga@kateriga.bsky.social · 21h ago

New: Missouri Secretary of State Hoskins, who dragged out his certification of a petition challenge to the state's new gerrymander until the very last day, now says the challenge is "insufficient." Not because there aren't enough signatures — there clearly are — but because it's "unconstitutional"

more deaths, destruction, and chaos caused by the absolute fucking idiots at DOGE

Philip Gourevitch@pgourevitch.bsky.social · 21h ago

Before stephensi arrived in 2013, Djibouti was on the cusp of declaring malaria eradicated. In 2012, there were just 27 cases. Two years later, cases shot up to nearly 1,700... and in 2020, there was an explosion: more than 70,000 cases. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...

Depicting Jewish people with horns is a centuries-old, dehumanizing, antisemitic trope. Democratic Gov nominee Phil Weiser is outspoken about his mother’s birth in a Nazi concentration camp, his family members killed in the Holocaust, and the threat posed by antisemitism today.

🎵 Here's the mail It never fails It makes me wanna wag my tail When it comes, I wanna wail MAAAAAAAILLLLLL 🎵

I love Talarico and hope he wins. But he’s already raised $70M On the flipside, control of critical state legislatures will come down to seats where candidates raise 0.1% of that. I’ve researched the highest leverage swing district candidates you should donate to secure.actblue.com/donate/donat...

Donate to the candidates on the front lines of the fight against MAGA gerrymandering

These are anti-MAGA state candidates in *extremely* close races

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One struggled to have sympathy for people who so obviously failed to grasp the fundamental nature of Trump.

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 3d ago

Trump “came up with a completely false quote saying I acknowledged things I never said. “My god." — Brad Karp, then the chairman of the law firm 2/2

People potentially subject to the nyc pied-à-terre tax are being treated with 1% of the administrative hostility of SNAP and Medicaid applicants, and they’re throwing 100x the fit

is the problem with the American criminal legal system that Black families are not prosecuted enough based on ambiguous theories and unclear applications of the law? if you get your news from gutter racist and total moron Matt Walsh, you might think so!

as annoying as it is that Rebecca Bradley opted for the "you can't fire me, I quit" door instead of losing re-election in a ball of white-hot rage, I will gladly celebrate her leaving the court. 🥳

The Downballot@the-downballot.com · 4d ago

Today, Chris Taylor is sworn in to replace Rebecca Bradley on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, giving liberals a 5-2 majority. As recently as 2020, conservatives had a 5-2 edge on the court, but four straight double-digit victories for liberals shifted the balance—and the court could go 6-1 next year.

Today, Chris Taylor is sworn in to replace Rebecca Bradley on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, giving liberals a 5-2 majority. As recently as 2020, conservatives had a 5-2 edge on the court, but four straight double-digit victories for liberals shifted the balance—and the court could go 6-1 next year.

yet another local elected official facing a recall election for pushing a data center

Recall election set for Mason City Council member

Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum said she's certified recall petitions against a Mason City Council member, meaning a vote will be held Nov. 3.

lansingstatejournal.com

I am less concerned with *whether* the government would have sought an indictment and much more with *how* the government got an indictment if there was no evidence

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is a clear example of the DoJ being weaponised against a member of the public to support The Dear Leader's lies. Really shameful behaviour.

staring god dead in the eye and saying you’re locked in here with me

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 5d ago

Wait does this mean you can leave hell?

WHERE are the missing Fabergé eggs

G. Willow Wilson@gwillow.me · 6d ago

What's your personal great white whale of an unsolved mystery? The thing you desperately hope is solved before you die because you need to know the answer? Mine is the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum heist. Where the hell are the Rembrandts. I need the full story

Incredibly strong language. The opinion uses an approach I don't see often. It says that, while the framers of Michigan's 1963 constitution intended to adopt the meaning of the Fifth Amendment in the state provision, they intended the meaning *AT THE TIME*, not what it would become 2 decades later.

Matthew Segal@segalmr.bsky.social · 5d ago

ATTENTION STATE CONSTITUTION APPRECIATORS: Here's a significant defense of state constitutional independence, courtesty of the Michigan Supreme Court. www.courts.michigan.gov/siteassets/c...

For anyone interested in the state constitutional law casebook that I authored with Marcus Gadson and Jon Marshfield, I'm very pleased to share that we now have a robust teacher's manual with sample class discussions! I'm also happy to share syllabuses and exams, or just talk through teaching it.

I hate the word “individual” used as a noun, especially when someone is using it to describe themselves, e.g., “I am an [adjective] individual”

Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com · 6d ago

What is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?

This is good, it would be good for a new "Independent People's Party" brand to emerge in the Mountain and Plains West where Dems are totally uncompetitive as a brand but where center-populist politics can play.

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 6d ago

NEW —> Democratic Senate candidates pursue a new strategy in rural states: Dropping out It’s happening in Nebraska & Idaho. Efforts underway to replicate in MT & SD. Dem brand is so tarnished there Ds have no shot. But independents may—in 1 on 1 vs Rs. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

the nat'l bar exam org says “the inaugural administration” of its new test on Tuesday marked a “historic milestone in legal licensure” which is...true, I suppose insofar as the maiden voyage of the Titanic was also a historic milestone in maritime transportation ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

Wi-Fi Fiasco Transforms Washington Bar Exam Into an Even Bigger Waste of Time Than Usual

Yet another reason to move beyond the legal profession’s annual hazing ritual.

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Note: from over a month ago.

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · 6d ago

Some really encouraging Senate polls… 📍Georgia 🔵 Jon Ossoff: 56% 🔴 Mike Collins: 43% 📍North Carolina 🔵 Roy Cooper: 53% 🔴 Michael Whatley: 44% 📍Ohio 🔵 Sherrod Brown: 53% 🔴 Jon Husted: 45% 📍Iowa 🔵 Josh Turek: 50% 🔴 Ashley Hinson: 46% Keep organizing. Keep fighting.

Good god, Missouri, too

Joe Patrice@joepatrice.bsky.social · last wk.

The new bar exam proved a complete disaster in multiple states. Remember how smug all these people were when California screwed up its exam? Karma!

Weird he can’t bring this kind of energy towards his colleague who is accused of beating up his daughter.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

The indifference of bar examiners about their own incompetence, stupidity, and carelessness would be shocking if so many of us didn't experience it. They *know* that they administer an exam that determines people's futures. And yet they are unconcerned about administering it well and with empathy.

Deb Golden@debgoldendc.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm thinking of all the Washington State bar takers this morning. They all deserved so much better.

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We've got a fantastic announcement: The Downballot has just released a new version of our one-of-a-kind "hexmap," which shows every congressional district as the same size. @donnermaps.bsky.social has been hard at work updating it for all 10 states with new maps. Check it out here! 🧵

The Downballot releases our latest House 'hexmap,' updated for redistricting

By making every district the same size, we eliminate that misleading sea of red

the-downballot.com

kids, i have something exciting to tell you. I just financed a cybertruck through x the everything app. also your mom left

“HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT MY GOOD FRIEND MARY PELTOLA??”

explore.org@explore.org · 2w ago

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