A Public Defender

A California public defender. De-carcerate. De-criminalize. Support the Constitution.

[A Public Defender @Pub_Def]

DO NOT TAKE YOUR KIDS TO THE COPS WITHOUT LEGAL REPRESENTATION EVER. And if your child is arrested, you INSIST that they say NOTHING but their name, age, and that they want a lawyer. THAT'S IT. NOTHING ELSE. Maybe even roll play with them beforehand. #ProtectChildren

[ProPublica @propublica]

Three days after the August primary, election workers in one Washington county went to check for late mail-in ballots. They expected no more than a few dozen.

Instead, there were more than 500 — each a vote that wouldn’t count.
https://t.co/lNsf0vwthF

[Film The Police LA @FilmThePoliceLA]

UPDATE: The Police union just donated another $70,000 to reelect Karen Bass.

That’s donations three days in a row for $1,070,000. Total police union donations for Bass is near $6,700,000..

They’re feeling the heat.

[A Public Defender @Pub_Def]

@realBrandonGill Repubs control the House, Senate, Presidency and Supreme Court, and this economy is the result. Americans cannot afford two more years of MAGA.

[A Public Defender @Pub_Def]

@senatorshoshana We have usually had pretty good AirBNB experiences too. It never would have occurred to me to leave dirty dishes? In Europe or Morocco, hotels might have a 2 person max per room so an Airbnb apartment makes sense for a family.

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

Naturalization grants by month:
August 2024: 64,790
August 2025: 71,866
August 2026: 15,349
@USCISJoe has illegally capped naturalization grants.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

What moronic asset manager is buying AI debt?!?!

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

In 1934, we added a gender-neutral pronoun for a single third person.

‘Thon’ was short for “that one.”

It didn’t catch on.

[Jesse Eisinger @eisingerj]

NEW: Lindsay Graham and Jim Clyburn were under FBI investigation for bribery.

Then Trump dismantled the DOJ & FBI public corruption units.

The investigation died.

We unearthed it:

[A Public Defender @Pub_Def]

@Phil_Lewis_ GOP: lifting sanctions on Russians for a pittance of oil. Imposing sanctions on… Americans? for obtaining an education…

[A Public Defender @Pub_Def]

@LonJohnson48226 And yet “vote blue not matter who!”*

*This only applies Establishment-endorsed candidates.

[Ellie Leonard🇺🇦 @RedPencilScript]

Ironic things the Trump Administration used to tweet about the Epstein Files

(A very long thread)
#EpsteinFiles

[BRASILWIRE @BRASILWIRE]

There is a fundamental lack of understanding in foreign coverage of this election about what Flávio Bolsonaro actually is, who and what he represents.

Gangsterism. Rio Militias. Organised crime.

He isn’t his Dad.
He’s actually worse.

https://t.co/0mVSvtGQ6m

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

The Trump admin is moving forward on plans to impose financial penalties on Americans in default on their federal student loans and hire private debt collectors to go after them.

The plans are unlikely to be announced until after the midterms. https://t.co/6JcL1PrAax

[A Public Defender @Pub_Def]

@FreeRangeKids Wow. So much policing of *which* kids are “permitted“ to participate in Halloween. There are not too many places kids 12 & up are welcome by themselves. Let older teens be part of a community and enjoy the spirit & excitement of Halloween…

[A Public Defender @Pub_Def]

@WhiteHouse @nytimes No. If you had actually campaigned on stopping *legal* immigration (immigrating the “right” way), many people who voted for you would have stayed home, and you would have lost the election.

[A Public Defender @Pub_Def]

@PollTracker2024 “Carville would rather Republicans win than accept the will of Dem voters” is a hellava statement.

“Corporate interests should not be held hostage by the will of the voters!” he cried.

[A Public Defender @Pub_Def]

@AriFleischer “Come on, El Sayed, it’s not fair! Our paid political operative was just doing his job!” That’s how you sound.

[A Public Defender @Pub_Def]

@TomCottonAR Omar’s citizenship was already investigated under Trump in 2019. But sure this time they might plant— I mean, find —something new, Tom “No Integrity” Cotton.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

The deforestation of the Amazon surged under Bolsonaro. Now under Lula it has fallen to the lowest on record. Bolsonaro's son, now running for president, threatens to reverse that. https://t.co/YMIm2LPYXn