Jessica Ladd

Mom, charity lawyer, booknerd (she/her)

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Don’t let anyone or anything stop you from making your voice heard in this election. If you have any questions or concerns, call a voter protection hotline. These folks are standing by to make sure your vote is counted. So make sure you vote! https://t.co/2ogKA9sy3H

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

I wish republicans took as much issue with guns in schools as they do with tampons.

[Orion Magazine @Orion_Magazine]

In this new introduction to Jeff VanderMeer’s Acceptance, Helen MacDonald explores the unique way Area X worms its way into the reader’s mind, “answering questions and posing new ones almost daily in a way that exegesis or theoretical speculation cannot.”
https://t.co/7QIKom5VQO

[Greater Boston Legal Services @BostonLegalAid]

GBLS immigration attorney Anne Georges is quoted in this article, highlighting GBLS' free legal clinics for TPS-eligible Haitian immigrants to register for the new 18-mo eligibility period. If you are interested, please call 617.299.0958. https://t.co/YfEXUZxQ2O via @BostonGlobe

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

So now that Trump is the oldest person running for President — is that going to be the top news story from the media for the next several months? Or no?

[Jessica Ladd @JJladd9]

@jeffvandermeer One of my favorites being read by a favorite living author💗

[Elie Mystal @ElieNYC]

@Redistrict The case is submitted. I think it's 9-0 Trump on the ballot. I'm going to scream into the void and then write.

Thank you all for joining me on yet another journey of "How Democracies Die" that took an unexpected detour into "Why Democrats Fail"

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

From 2010 to 2019, the IRS’s audit rate for millionaires dropped by over 70%. For big corporations, over 50%.

That wasn’t an accident—Republicans starved the IRS of enforcement funding in a boon to wealthy donors.

But now we’re making the rich and powerful pay what they owe.

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

Thread. I've never sent out a request like this before, but we need your support at Civil Rights Corps as the year ends. Our work challenging injustice and authoritarianism in the U.S. legal system is more important than ever. Here are some amazing examples:

[Jessica Ladd @JJladd9]

@jeffvandermeer I am incredibly excited to read this! May need to reread the prior three in anticipation!

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

THREAD. If you want to do some volunteering or if you're retired, a great thing to do is watch court. Join your local courtwatch program, or organize together with your community to start one. It will blow your mind, make you new friends, and make the right kind of enemies.

[The Boston Globe @BostonGlobe]

The number of homeless families in Massachusetts’ emergency shelter system hit a state-imposed limit Thursday, officials said, realizing a long-feared — and expected — development since Governor Maura Healey said the program was running out of resources. https://t.co/Oq1LU0ZmPy

[Jesse Mermell @jessemermell]

I know very few women who haven’t lived this, myself included. It was an honor to care for my Dad - and now to help my Mom - but the financial and career impacts are real. And that matters on every level, from individual to societal. https://t.co/pyauZ3fUdR

[Riverhead Books @riverheadbooks]

James McBride's THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE is one of @MaureenCorrigan's most anticipated summer reads.

Hear what she had to say on @NewsHour at the link below👇https://t.co/aKmC7bHQCC

[Helen Flannery @HelenofIPS]

We're still combing through the avalanche of nonprofit tax returns just released by the IRS.

Hot off the presses: we found $2.6B in grants going from private foundations to national donor-advised funds (DAFs) in 2021 alone.

A🧵.

[Ed Markey @SenMarkey]

Trans rights are human rights.

[Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer]

Hey, folks. I don't ask y'all for much, but our new @FloridaRewild nonprofit is gearing up to make an impact in land conservation and environmental education. North FL is a vital biodiversity hotspot in the US. Please consider donating and a RT! Thanks!

https://t.co/KeOF5T0pLQ

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

A bone-chilling development in Atlanta just now: heavily militarized police just arrested bail support and legal defense workers who are providing charitable support to protestors arrested for opposing CopCity in Atlanta. Police are calling "financial crimes."

[For Purpose Law Group (FPLG) @forpurposelaw]

New Treasure Trove of EO Guidance https://t.co/ZRJk3Z2yKa

[Scott Hadland, MD @DrScottHadland]

Research shows that laws against LGBTQ people are linked to teen suicides -- on the order of 100s of 1,000s of attempts. Let's be clear that anti-trans legislation results in the loss of young lives. We see these harms play out daily in our clinic. 🧵 1/3 https://t.co/QxS4SsGtUd