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Tonight, HBO premieres "No Accident," a documentary chronicling Robbie Kaplan and Karen Dunn's legal efforts against the neo-Nazis that marched on Charlottesville, Va. in the infamous "Unite the Right" rally in 2017:
I wrote this op-ed about white supremacist and neo Nazi groups gleeful reaction to October 7 and their efforts to exploit the divisions that have ensued. Everyone should be aware.
Ok…Karen Dunn is a total legal eagle badass who sued white supremacists over the Unite the Right Rally…she wrote this…which is pretty eye opening. And she is joining me later tonight
Thanks
@jrpsaki
for inviting me to talk about the tactical use of antisemitism by the white supremacist movement in the US to catalyze violence and other forms of racial hatred. This is everyone’s problem.
.
@karenleahdunn
: "They want an all-white ethnostate in North America and as crazy as that sounds, that's actually an articulated goal of the neo-Nazi and white supremacist movement in the U.S. One of the things that helps them rally the troops is antisemitism."
He played a klansman in the movies, but he's helping us sue them in real life.
Glad to have
@TopherGrace
joining us for the big
#UniteAgainstNazis
event on 9/30 in support of our Charlottesville lawsuit.
Register:
As we approach the anniversary of 1/6, I am looking forward to joining
@IntegrityforUSA
,
@kaplanrobbie
,
@amyspitalnick
, Eric Ward, and Dahlia Lithwick to discuss all we learned in Charlottesville about violent extremism.
“The idea that he’s not going to be attending this debate because he has to report to jail almost speaks for itself. The jokes in this debate could write themselves if the candidates are willing to go on the attack.”
Debate prep specialist Karen Dunn on Trump and the debate.
Thanks to
@Morning_Joe
for having me on to talk about white supremacy, especially after neo-Nazis marched in Madison this weekend. We cannot let this become normalized.
Thank you
@MichaelBloch15
. You are all too familiar. I wish everyone could see what we saw in the Charlottesville evidence. Antisemitism is used tactically to fuel a larger movement of racial hate that hurts all of us.
Brilliant article by Karen Dunn, one of the leaders of the Charlottesville litigation, about how white supremacists are capitalizing on—and instigating—the recent surge in antisemitism.
“We allow antisemitism to surge at our own peril.”
I just love this picture with my dear friend and BSF partner, Bill Isaacson, one of the best lawyers in the country. Very grateful to him for all his support.
Here is
@karenleahdunn
after picking up her Litigator of the Year award at the
#AmericanLawyerAwards
last night (with previous year Litigator of the Year honoree Bill Isaacson).
I started two new traditions as dean. The first was to call every student we admitted. The second was to meet with each of Yale's small groups. Both remind me why I am so lucky to lead
@YaleLawSch
. Plus, how many 1Ls get an hour to cold call the dean?
Thanks to
@dealbook
for spotlighting the new Paul Weiss Center to Combat Hate. We want to bring impact litigation to show what happens when the lawlessness of hate-fueled violence runs up against the brick wall of a federal courtroom. Find us at .
In today’s DealBook:
@m_delamerced
on OpenAI’s shake-up;
@sarahfkessler
on why Google’s latest A.I. push is roiling publishers;
@el72champs
on the F.D.I.C. chief’s expected grilling today;
@laurenshirsch
on a law firm’s new take on discrimination; + more.
@RonaldKlain
defined the rare combination of qualities needed for this job long before he was in it. America is all the better for it and so are the many, many, many people for whom he has been a role model, mentor and friend.
From the moment I met Ron, I knew he was a once-in-a-generation talent with fierce intellect and heart.
Thank you, Ron and the entire Klain family, for your commitment all these years.
Our progress will be the legacy of this White House team, working under Ron’s leadership.
This was scrawled on the fence outside the MI home of
@RahmEmanuel
.
It's despicable. It's disgusting.
It's just one more flashing red light.
Stop the hate. Stop the antisemitism and Islamophobia.
We know where it leads!
#ShapiroSchool
Naomi and Micah want to know 1) does anyone refuse to respond to the census and 2) how long does the process take? Thank you,
@arishapiro
, for helping fill our days!
Thank you,
@SenBooker
, the only person on Earth who could have delivered this: . Your speaking skills are matched only by your heart and your humanity. Everyone should watch the whole thing.
The Israeli Defense Forces took CNN’s
@AndersonCooper
to visit the site of the Nova music festival, where 260 people were killed. Watch the report for
@AC360
:
Looking forward to this panel with
@kaplanrobbie
at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. If you want to help support our suit against the white supremacists responsible for violence in Charlottesville last summer --> donate at .
NO ACCIDENT is up for an Emmy. A big THANK YOU to the brave plaintiffs and dedicated legal team for letting us tell your story in a way that will live on and continue to expose the facts about white supremacy and antisemitism in our country. Thank you for the support
@HBODocs
.
What a spectacular and historic pick by
@POTUS
! Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is a brilliant jurist and a person of deep integrity who will add immensely to the Supreme Court.
I’m proud to announce that I am nominating Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court. Currently serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, she is one of our nation’s brightest legal minds and will be an exceptional Justice.
Like every nation in the world, Israel has a right and a duty to respond to these vicious attacks.
I just got off the phone with Prime Minister Netanyahu, and I told him:
If the United States experienced what Israel experienced, our response would be swift, decisive, and
The author spent years undercover w/white supremacists: “Although hate is never gone for long, it has rarely gained this much traction this fast….As an expert in this field, I can unfortunately say that this is only the beginning.” Warning signs.
A lot of reporters and pundits were very, very wrong about how Pennsylvanians would vote and how they would view recovery.
Pennsylvanians wanted a fighter. Someone who understands them, someone who would fight for them.
And they are getting one.
Senator John Fetterman. 🙏🏻