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a mishmash of sports, lawyering, leftism, video games, Pasifika issues, memes, & hating. they/she/elle

occupied Tongva/Kizh land
Joined January 2018
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@ailaminad
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2 years
@EoinHiggins_ If one looks carefully they are, in fact, distinct articles from different mass shootings, which makes this even more depressing.
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People are accusing students of being paid protestors, meanwhile
@PplsCityCouncil
People's City Council - Los Angeles
2 months
Zionists are currently erecting a stage across from the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. We are expecting a large group of them to show up today.
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@jdtaylorgang @DeJuan__ “PPS we sanitist the pencil” 😭😭😭
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7 months
@DiabolicalSpuds @adequatelyjed What a blessing he found you!
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@KayAyDrew Keep it up. I was convinced my mom wasn’t Santa bc his handwriting was atrocious
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3 years
@BossWard43 You compared cancer to bad diets & cigarettes. Even though you can’t write, we can read.
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3 years
@JuanTequila2 @moonautomaton @gregkellyusa It is, because his previous tweet was complaining that the bus was stopping every block
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@ailaminad
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7 months
I get that BigLaw attorneys are stressed when they have big deals or deadlines or whatever, but let me tell you. As a nonprofit criminal & immigration attorney-turned-staff at a Big Law Firm, the stress is just not comparable. No one’s life is in your hands. End of story.
@UnionSaltBae
ALJ Dredd
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"Oh but big law is stressful!" I work a lot less than biglaw attorneys but I'm pretty sure none of them regularly take client meetings in settings that smell like piss where people are screaming and blatant rights violations are occurring in front of their eyes, so
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3 years
Y’all see this? #immigrationtwitter
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4 years
@millyrock54 @AndrewMannix Literally, the point ran right up to him & smacked him but he still can’t see it
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8 months
@SaeedDiCaprio @saiffalasteen Tbf you should do that anyway
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@ailaminad
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1 year
Life Update: I am surprisingly really, really excited to share that I put my law license in “Inactive” status & I am starting a non-lawyer job on Monday.
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3 years
@JuanTequila2 @moonautomaton @gregkellyusa or like… talk to another human & ask how to request a stop… /:
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@ailaminad
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5 years
@Popehat Michael Avenatti is definitely not searching his own name on Twitter & is definitely not mad, Exhibit A:
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3 years
@tiredbutchaotic @bocxtop guarantee it’s bc that’s the default & he was trying to move the image with one finger but drew lines instead
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@ailaminad
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4 years
Free advice @JoeBiden : Call on the people who have been doing the work & are already doing the work. Acknowledge them. Follow their lead.
@jacobsoboroff
Jacob Soboroff
4 years
Here’s the new Biden/Harris family separation ad, if you haven’t seen it, calling for the creation of a federal task force to reunite on day one if they win. Multiple current career government officials told me today they would join immediately if asked.
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4 months
Taking @metrolosangeles to the Bad Bunny concert tonight. Don’t let people who don’t ride metro tell you to be afraid of it!
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7 months
@AuthorLMDavis @melloftheball Oh AND you’re racist? YIKES
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3 years
I’m declaring all white attorneys who do immigration sus
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@ailaminad
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5 years
Lest MA unblock me, see that I have done this, & accuse me of...letting him live rent-free in my head(?), I will note that my evening commute is 1.5 hours by bus
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3 years
ALL attorneys need to examine their tendencies toward saviorism & centering themselves, & critically examine their perpetuation of elitist, white supremacist systems & institutions. This couldn’t be truer for immigration attorneys, & the vast numbers of white imm attorneys.
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4 years
stoked for when people find out the ACLU isn’t the only org doing [insert cause here] work
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5 years
@NYPDTransit @PopChassid What made the witness credible? Cuz clearly they weren’t.
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3 years
This got sent to me 3 times in a 5 minute span because lawyers all have the same nightmare
@lawrencehurley
Lawrence Hurley
3 years
“I’m here live, I’m not a cat,” says lawyer after Zoom filter mishap “I can see that,” responds judge
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4 years
Not a white man texting me “I get it now” the day after the insurrection 😩
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6 months
Unbelievable moment. I’m so grateful to be an Arizona fan. #BearDown !
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4 years
@ProjectLincoln Very smart people here donating to republicans to support democrats
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4 years
ICE IS LYING ABOUT NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY AREN’T TESTING. ICE IS LYING ABOUT NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY AREN’T TESTING. ICE IS LYING ABOUT NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY AREN’T TESTING. ICE IS LYING ABOUT NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY AREN’T TESTING. ICE IS LYING ABOUT NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY AREN’T T
@mollymotoole
Molly O'Toole
4 years
Incredibly significant: Video appearing to show Guatemala health official saying deportation flight from US had between 50-75% of people test COVID-19+ -given @ICEgov packs flights, 100+ people *one flight* would be nearly as many cases as ICE has confirmed in custody *right now*
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5 years
@Popehat Exhibit B:
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3 years
COURTS WILL NOT SAVE US
@SCOTUSblog
SCOTUSblog
3 years
SCOTUS rules 9-0 against non-citizens who entered the U.S. without authorization in the 1990s, were allowed to remain in the country for humanitarian reasons under the "temporary protected status" program, and now seek green cards under the "adjustment of status" process.
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Week after week, Jedd Fisch NEVER stood up & said, “Noah Fifita is our quarterback.” He NEVER said, “I choose Noah.” Props to Lev for saying what we all noticed, because the silence was telling.
@MichaelJLev
Michael Lev
6 months
OK, not a big toot-my-own-horn guy, but @ArizonaFBall fans are gonna want to read this one. On Noah Fifita and Tetairoa McMillan cementing themselves as Wildcat legends (and me getting something off my chest)
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4 years
I just filed my first G-28 as an attorney. This shit is heavy.
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@Popehat He’s blocking all of law twitter, someone please post the screenshots of all his replies
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6 years
So I started an hour (?) ago reading @BlairBraverman ’s thread about chicken-training her dog, then rode along on her thread about racing 440 miles in Alaska, & landed on this thread by @JeffSharlet about border crossing bc she has a dog named after him. You should read them all.
@JeffSharlet
Jeff Sharlet
6 years
What do you tell your kids about borders? Crossing into Canada a few days ago, I warned my 9-yr-old, Saira (not her real name), not to giggle. Crossing was a breeze. Coming back, I said, would take longer...
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@Popehat Exhibit C:
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3 years
I want to thank people like @prisonculture @terisasiagatonu @s_phia_ @n_th_n_ @sheabutterfemme & so many more for challenging my beliefs about prison & policing. I have grown so much in the past year. Thank you for the work you do.
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2 years
“We are not above criticism” *turns replies off*
@dsa_losangeles
DSA-LA 🌹
2 years
We understand that there are problems with our organization, and that we are not above criticism. Making people feel unsafe reduces and eliminates the common ground we need to work through our disagreements.
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4 years
JUST. FUCKING. RELEASE. THEM.
@TweetBottNBC
Michael Bott
4 years
Aerial footage of tent structures going up right now at San Quentin to address the surging COVID-19 outbreak at the prison. First reported by @akhan1437 as far as I can tell
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Karen Bass has turned out no different than your standard fash
@PplsCityCouncil
People's City Council - Los Angeles
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says she will work with the City Attorney to create a mask ban for protestors. This is absurd and must be pushed back against!
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4 years
Good example of ICE’s evasiveness. The number of people REFERRED for hysterectomies does not necessarily equal the number who RECEIVED them. In fact, those numbers are almost certainly not equal—the latter is almost certainly greater. That is why ICE is talking about the former.
@Haleaziz
Hamed Aleaziz
4 years
NEW: ICE sent a statement to congressional staffers today about the allegations of mass hysterectomies at a facility in Georgia — they say since 2018 two individuals were referred for hysterectomies.
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3 years
I realized the other day that I’ve been single for 6 years. I was in a 4.5-year relationship before that. I’m pretty impressed that I’ve been “”alone”” for so long. After the breakup I said I wanted to be selfish in my 20s & focus on me, & I’ve done that.
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@chrissyteigen Leaving this here for everyone coming over from ESPN
@chrissyteigen
chrissy teigen
6 years
I’m at a small embroidery shop in downtown LA and lebron is here with a blank Lakers jersey? Trying to get a pic
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@vschicho1 @georgegriffiths 🤣🤣🤣 I’m obsessed with this response
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3 years
@CBSLA Who botched the detonation?
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@AnnaLovesYouX0 @IwriteOK You just sent me straight to hell with the laugh I let out 😫
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4 years
Went on Instagram & people are in Hawai’i? What the fuck is wrong with people
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2 years
@ColinsTweets123 @hahnscratch @Wired2Jam Nothing that made him deserve this treatment, that’s for damn sure.
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3 years
Shout out to the LA attorney who did this at the Immigration Court at 606 South Olive like two years ago
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2 months
I am so fucking disgusted. @UCLA capitulated, calling the encampment the problem & ignoring that adults from Beverly Hills have been coming every night to torment them. What do you call this, Zionists? Peacefulness? Righteousness?
@PplsCityCouncil
People's City Council - Los Angeles
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Zionists continue to launch fireworks into the UCLA encampment
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@BAAQ_ @gwuapbby She looks like she’s wearing a mask
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2 years
@londonsgirl Why steal a tweet and crop it when you could just RT it?
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3 years
8 pm west coast 11 pm east coast but IMMIGRATION TWITTER IS AFIRE
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The Fever photoshopped out the trans flag colors to appeal to their base, who are … *checks replies* … still threatening them over the flag anyway👍
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3 years
Who are the people who were working with this admin on immigration? I want my money back.
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6 years
I’m swearing in to the CA bar today!
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3 years
🗽Please 🙏🏼 wait ✋🏼🛑. We’re studying 🧐🔍 Trump’s 🤡 policies 📑 cuz what if 🤔 they’re not 🚫 that bad?🤷🏼 I don’t 🙅🏽 make new 🆕 laws📜. I end 🔚 bad ❌ policies 📝. Meanwhile⏳ kids 🚼👯‍♀️ stay in cages⛓, families👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 are separated✂️ by the border 🚧⛔️, & people🤱🏿 are deported✈️.
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wait I know people aren’t crediting cindy mccain for flipping arizona. fuck y’all, it was organizers, activists, canvassers, phone bankers, etc etc
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@lyzl Is she um single?
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4 years
🏆Public Acknowledgment of @G_Padraic : a kind-hearted tweep I have never met IRL, who responded to a frenzied DM & set off a chain of events that got a client off the sex offender registry & into an in-patient mental health facility. A life changed bc of Twitter. Thank you Guy!🏆
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I was a GCU supporter because go every Arizona school that isn’t ASU, but I have been informed that they are a for-profit institution, & for-profits are shittier than ASU could ever be
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If he’s found guilty, then we lose to mass incarceration & narratives that the “justice” system “works.” If he’s found not guilty, then we lose to misconceptions of “innocence” & police hearing they have carte blanche to murder. There will be no good, no justice, done today.
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6 years
I AM DONE WITH THE CALIFORNIA BAR EXAM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@Dave_Ferguson My job pays for it, so I feel okay about it.
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@WomensHealthMag You could be speaking on health issues that disproportionately affect Black women but you’re doing this instead?
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@joycemarieh66 @llswrth @NickKristof Support him! He’s @djblp & he’s wonderful.
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4 years
so we could have started wearing masks in feb bc we knew it was airborne & deadly but a guy named bob wanted to publish a book?
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3 years
Matthew Kolken blocked me but he always brags about his “near-perfect record on asylum.” That tells me he only takes guaranteed winner cases, & given his location, he’s probably only helping the same type of client over & over again. Wow, what an incredible feat.
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@Popehat Oh wait I’m not blocked on my other account skajsksk hold please
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5 years
Aloha, Twitter! I don’t usually do this but I took time off from my big girl job to go to Hawaii. Alone. 😄 #SelfCare
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. @s_phia_ is a model of radical zealous lawyering. I’m tryna get like her & y’all should too. 💪🏼
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4 years
WOW what a shitty immigration news day
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5 years
A crowd of friends & supporters rallied to be here when Nora & her daughter arrived. ✊🏼 @AlOtroLado_Org
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4 years
Yo, where all the pink pussy hat liberals at?
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3 years
That’s weird, my deported veteran client living in Mexico doesn’t feel very saved by his 1996 conviction for selling a dime bag to an undercover in Venice
@cerisecastle
Cerise Castle 🌈
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Sheriff Villanueva says that Prop 47 destroyed their ability to arrest people for drug offenses. He says that arresting people for drug offenses saves them. "Do I want to be in Venice? Of Course not."
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@Mr_Coffee_PV @_karenjgonzalez I just wanna acknowledge the men pulling aside other men here 👏
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Hello network! Do I know (or do you know) anyone who does civil suits against prisons? In this case, client did 39 months on a 21-month sentence. Instead of crediting him 18 months toward the 21, as clearly instructed, the prison added 18. #lawtwitter
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@eugenegu Okay. I’ll play. What are the facts and evidence that made it a good idea for you to fly from the mainland to Hawai’i?
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3 years
@FamilyKabs Do you need a babysitter? Tutor? Person to hold Mali’s purchases while she shops?
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4 years
I wanted to be an appellate litigator. I lovingly ran my hand over the podium at SCOTUS & said I’d be there one day. But I’m not sure that work is compatible with rebellious / movement lawyering,* so I’ve been thinking long & hard on whether it’s still my goal.
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@FilmThePoliceLA Let me get this straight… she tagged you bc you follow her, looking for support? And then you turned around & held her accountable for the grift? Lmaoo what is this woman thinking
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BREAKING: #CA9 has overruled Duenas-Alvarez & held that Cal. Vehicle Code § 10851(a) is categorically overbroad & indivisible. Thus—never an aggravated felony. Congrats @ImmDef ! #immigrationlaw #immigrationtwitter #immigrationlawtwitter
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There is no better time than now to reflect on your practice. For ex: every single one of us is perpetuating harms against the communities we work with by participating in illegitimate systems, thereby legitimating them. That’s just a fact.
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To reiterate: LAPD & LASD currently have the following detained in UCLA Lot 2: ☑️ students who presented IDs ☑️ @NLG_LosAngeles legal observers ☑️ Press, including @FilmThePoliceLA & @ACatWithNews ☑️ Former mayoral candidate @GinaViolaPeake
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I’m officially 2-0 on PCR. Both agreed to by the DA. One dismissed altogether, the other re-pled to an immigration-safe plea that makes the LPR client no longer removable. Feeling pretty damn good.
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@JingerJake @SophiaOlszewsk6 @peachlybeloved Not sure why you had to diminish current mental health issues… I hope you don’t care for adolescents
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I didn’t expect to wake up to people defending themselves as white immigration attorneys in my mentions, but here we are. If you’re upset I said it because it’s about you, I hope you take some time to reflect on why you’re personally offended.
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3 years
For people outside of LA, this is the asshole who’s tweeting about “safety” as the LAPD officers he sent out start brutalizing residents
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@BorderIrene
Irene Armendariz-Jackson
3 years
After 24 years, today will be my husband’s last day serving as a Border Patrol agent. Due to Biden’s tyrannical vaccine mandate, he has had to take an early retirement. He has served El Paso & America well — he truly loved his job. This is a sad day for our family.
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I JUST PAID OFF THE LAST OF MY CREDIT DEBT 🥳
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Dani ✨
4 years
Btw, I drove back to LA because my job wants me to quit in person. 🙃 Fine. Because I am so much lighter now & am actually looking forward to work for the first time since I graduated law school. I can’t wait for my next chapter. 😭
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3 years
There is a white man on the National Immigration Project of the NLG listserv saying he left the NLG because............ reverse racism.
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3 years
I’m safely in my aunt’s home in CA with a gourmet meal provided by Baker’s (YUM) & pet friends providing love. Tomorrow is my first ever criminal evidentiary hearing. Please send strength, calm, & quick thinking! And some luck too. 🤞
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