Maggie Ellinger-Locke

Movement lawyer, she/her

[Nomadic Activist | Nicole 🌎 @nomad_activist]

Reminder that Western NC was considered a “climate haven” in the US.

Don’t think the impacts of climate change won’t reach you. Asheville is over 250 miles inland and 2,000 feet above sea level.

This isn’t normal and we need to address this as a climate crisis.

[Center for Climate Integrity @climatecosts]

🚨BREAKING: California @AGRobBonta is suing ExxonMobil, the world’s largest contributor to single-use plastic waste, over its decades-long fraud to convince the public that recycling is a viable solution to the spiraling plastic waste crisis.

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

The craziest thing about this Trump drama is that the Lancet Medical Journal has just estimated that at least 186,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since October 7.

[Maggie Ellinger-Locke @ellingerlocke]

Biden Admin condemns Russian use of tear gas in Ukraine, on the same day he praised law enforcement, who used the same chemical against student demonstrators. #FreePalestine

[Lara Friedman @LaraFriedmanDC]

Hi all. Nerdy policy wonk who follows Congress closely weighing in with a thread on legislation (getting no media coverage) moving rapidly through Congress that targets US non-profit orgs, with the immediate & explicit target being orgs involved in Palestine protesting.

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[DEACTIVATED @thrasherxy]

Divestment passed the Cornel student body by 70%, & by 77% at Columbia. This isn't antisemitism. This isn't a clout chasing fad. This is a principled, moral, lucid call to divest from harm and invest in care from caring, thoughtful, multi-faith (including Jewish) student bodies

[Maggie Ellinger-Locke @ellingerlocke]

I did a podcast earlier this week discussing the impact of McKesson v. Doe on movement organizers, check it out!

[GreenRedPodcast @PodcastGreenRed]

~NEW EPISODE ~

SCOTUS recently declined to hear McKesson v. Doe, a case where a police officer is suing the organizer of a mass protest. This has the potential for chilling dissent.

@sparki1969 discussed w/ movement lawyer @ellingerlocke

🎙️: https://t.co/BufWgop0H9

[Prof Julia Steinberger @JKSteinberger]

Not entirely comfortable doing this, but Twitter is where I think my thoughts out loud, and I recently read (*) "How To Blow Up A Pipeline" by Andreas Malm, and I have ... thoughts. A 🧵, obviously.
😍 First of all, I LOVED it, which I was not expecting. It is a thoughtful ...
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[Campaign Zero @CampaignZero]

🧵:

@MayorBowser and @brookepintodc are proposing legislation that will not improve public safety in #washingtondc.

The devil is in the details ⬇️

[Maggie Ellinger-Locke @ellingerlocke]

The bureaucratic incompetence, lack of follow through, and frankly any measure of empathy has been astonishing. It's been immensely difficult to go through

[Andrew Hilary🇵🇸 @AndrewHilaryUS]

“do you think Israel has a right to exist?”

Buddy, I don’t think the United States has a right to exist.

[Sera Koulabdara @SeraKoulabdara]

YES

[Justin @JustinSolet1984]

#StopSpaceX

[Dissenters 🌊 @wearedissenters]

HAPPENING NOW: 75 anti-militarist youth organizers are blocking all entrances to Boeing manufacturing plant 598 near St. Louis, MO.

We demand Congress and Biden call for #CeasefireNow and #StopArmingIsrael

[Maggie Ellinger-Locke @ellingerlocke]

Great reporting here!

[Brett Heinz @brtthnz]

Ever notice how defense contractors seem to advertise in DC subway stops near major government institutions? I spent five weeks in the subway system to learn more. A thread 🧵:

[Zachary Foster @_ZachFoster]

Why don't Palestinians embrace non-violent resistence?

You've probably heard this question asked a lot over the past 2 weeks.

A short response. A🧵.

[Amanda Gelender🔮 @agelender]

For 🇺🇸 Jewish ppl like me who grew up going to synagogue, we were exposed to constant Zionist propaganda from a young age, even in “progressive” synagogues

Ex: I was taught that Israel is “A land without a people for a people without a land” — truly genocidal colonial erasure

[The CCR is on bsky (@ccrjustice.org) @theCCR]

NEW: There is a credible case, based on powerful evidence, that Israel is attempting to commit, if not actively committing, genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. We've released released an emergency briefing of Israel's unfolding crimes, below. 🧵

[Maggie Ellinger-Locke @ellingerlocke]

Mainstream media is going to continue to parrot the Israeli lie on the hospital attack unless people push back and start calling them on it. This is genocide and Israel would not have the power to commit these atrocities without the backing of the US.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

An Al Jazeera digital investigation found no grounds for the Israeli army's claim that the strike on the al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza was caused by a failed rocket launch.

[Azadeh Shahshahani @ashahshahani]

Anticipate heightened targeting of Palestinian and Muslim community members by the FBI in the coming weeks.

If you live in the U.S. South and are contacted by the FBI for questioning, contact us at Project South.

The National Lawyers Guild has a national hotline: [phone]