Steph Petrillo

Pete is pissed.

I'm gonna need historians to start laying out some examples of successful resistance to tyranny and authoritarianism. We need a guidebook that's more than disappointed finger wagging.

Say No to Dismantling ED: Protect Our Kids - Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. Washington DC– In response to the White House issuing an executive order (EO) calling for the Secretary of Education to develop a plan to dismantle the Department of Education (ED), Denise Marshall, CEO, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) issued the following statement:

COPAA opposes the Executive Order(EO) to dismantle the Dept of Ed. This can't be done through an EO.
We urge Sec McMahon to collaborate with/ families, students & educators to better support the 9.5 million children with w/disabilities & their families.
🔗 copaa.org/news/696568/...
#SupportED

Schumer: "Last night, President Trump plunged the country into chaos ... "

My entire job is funded by federal grants, and all the work we do is DEI. There's a Protection and Advocacy agency in every state and territory to serve people with disabilities. I knew my job could be on the chopping block but i didnt expect it this soon or swift.

But Trump has a plan:

* rolling back 1960s-era antidiscrimination policies
* unconstitutional denial of birthright citizenship
* forbidding federal contractors from acknowledging trans people
* making DEI illegal in the private sector.

Somehow, all that cruelty and bigotry will make eggs cheaper.

Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday was blistering in his criticism of Trump’s action as he granted a temporary restraining order that blocks Trump’s executive order from taking effect nationwide. “I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order,” Coughenour, an appointee of Ronald Reagan, said from the bench. “There are other times in world history where we look back and people of goodwill can say where were the judges, where were the lawyers?” Coughenour interrupted before Brett Shumate, a Justice Department attorney, could even complete his first sentence. “In your opinion Is this executive order constitutional?” he asked. Shumate said, “it absolutely is.” “Frankly I have difficulty understanding how a member of the Bar could state unequivocally that this is a constitutional order,” Coughenour said. “It just boggles my mind.”

BREAKING, via The Seattle Times: Trump's executive order to restrict birthright citizenship is blocked for at least the next two weeks by a Reagan appointee in Seattle who eviscerated the Trump lawyers present defending the order. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

I won't be returning to tiktok anytime soon so I'm gonna need yall to step up your game with cute animals, recipes, random info I should have learned years ago, and comedy skits

Jimmy Carter's life gives us a framework for living humanely in this moment The 39th president died on Sunday, at 100, in his beloved home of Plains, Georgia. His life, legacy, and lessons live on. Also, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

My reflections on Jimmy Carter’s life are here at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/jimmy-cart...

Republican Bill To End The Department Of Education Introduced A Republican congressman has introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education, which was one of President-Elect Trump’s campaign promises.

I rely on the DOE every day to fight for students with disabilities to be free from discrimination, segregation, and abuse. The DOE isn't perfect, but you can't honestly tell me that HHS, led by RFK, the man who insists autism is worse than dying from measles, has the first clue about special ed.

This is Fred aka Frederick, Freddy Boy, Fredward, wrinkle loaf, squishy face, bubby, Bubba, detective snooter butt, and many others

It's like watching one guy shoot himself in the foot over and over while the other is running around yelling yippee ki yay mf with the freaking nukes. This can't be where we are at

So after years of lying about Death Panels, republicans just went ahead and created them, only now they exist to see how close a woman is to death before she can have an abortion www.wfaa.com/article/news...

Hello BlueSky world! I'm a new member (thanks @bookowl.bsky.social) interested in connecting with other legal nerds and justice-minded folks. I'm an attorney primarily serving parents of kids in special education. I also love to read, crochet, and do anything the wrinkly boy in my profile pic wants