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Megan Bailey

@501meg.bsky.social

(She/Her/Y’all) | Southern — Arkanspicy. #arleg #arpx #arnews

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BREAKING: We just filed an amicus brief challenging a new Arkansas law that would require all people to verify their ages with a photo ID or biometric data in order to use social media.

This law threatens our rights to free speech and privacy.

28.01.2026 20:31 — 👍 725    🔁 192    💬 17    📌 8
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Stop ICE's Attack On Our Communities An ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. This news is devastating. ICE must immediately withdraw its 2,000 agents from Minnesota and Congress must block any new funding to immigr...

The Senate votes tomorrow on giving ICE a blank check to continue its abusive and unconstitutional actions.

ICE already has massive funding — and a long record of abuse. No more taxpayer dollars for cruelty.

Tell your Senator: Vote NO. Protect our communities.

action.aclu.org/send-message...

28.01.2026 21:20 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

TONIGHT. Join us online!

26.01.2026 23:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stop ICE's Attack On Our Communities An ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. This news is devastating. ICE must immediately withdraw its 2,000 agents from Minnesota and Congress must block any new funding to immigr...

Federal agents have killed three people in less than three weeks. This isn’t an accident — it’s the result of unchecked ICE violence.

Sign the petition and demand Congress stop funding these raids. Now.

action.aclu.org/send-message...

25.01.2026 21:41 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Resisting the Abuse of Power: Standing Together Against Authoritarianism - ACLU of Arkansas Stand up against ICE in our communities.

When the state normalizes fear and militarization, communities lead the resistance.

Our latest blog looks at the abuse of power we’re seeing nationwide — and how solidarity, accountability, and collective action push back.

www.acluarkansas.org/news/resisti...

26.01.2026 23:09 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Rose Bud tried to stop direct democracy — ACLU-AR said nope. Regnat populus, Arkansas.

15.01.2026 18:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Law professors signing amicus briefs is normal. Politicians punishing them for it is not.

15.01.2026 18:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

No more lives should be needlessly lost at the hands of police.

12.01.2026 22:11 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force Renee Nicole Good is the latest victim of ICE’s and Border Patrol’s deadly force and threats, from Minneapolis to Chicago and Texas to California.

Renee Nicole Good wasn't the first person killed by ICE — but she must be the last.

12.01.2026 17:38 — 👍 474    🔁 144    💬 12    📌 4
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This high school sophomore is aiming for a Supreme Court upset in transgender sports case | CNN Politics This high school sophomore is aiming for a Supreme Court upset in transgender sports case

Trans youth like Becky Pepper-Jackson deserve the right to participate in school sports without facing discrimination.

Tuesday, we'll be at the Supreme Court defending Becky and other trans kids' right to play.

11.01.2026 18:39 — 👍 685    🔁 131    💬 9    📌 7

The ongoing expansion of these tactics raises serious concerns about our rights to be free from unreasonable searches. We should all be paying attention.

12.01.2026 22:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Little Rock police track you with 116 license plate readers citywide. We mapped them all. - Arkansas Times If you live in Central Arkansas and drive a vehicle, you’ve likely been photographed hundreds of times by your local police department as you go about your daily life.

Mass surveillance without transparency is not public safety. Arkansans deserve real safeguards, clear limits, and accountability when powerful tracking technologies are used — not systems that quietly log our lives and share our data far beyond our communities. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

12.01.2026 20:52 — 👍 6    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

Eat ice cream and defend civil liberties? Win/win!

01.12.2025 17:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Regnat populus! #arpx

20.11.2025 02:42 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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When officials sent Gregory Holt (Abdul Maalik Muhammad) 1,000 miles away in retaliation for his civil rights work, we sued — and after a two-day trial, the state agreed to bring him home.

The message is clear: incarcerated people still have constitutional rights.

ow.ly/r9wx50XrhsB

13.11.2025 21:06 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

No troops in our streets.

02.09.2025 21:02 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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(1/6) Arkansas’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth is imminent after a recent court ruling.
🧵 Here’s what you need to know:

02.09.2025 18:55 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Public schools are not Sunday schools. #arpx #arnews

29.08.2025 01:08 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Heartbroken for trans youth and their families today. Courts should be protecting kids — not taking away the care they need to survive. We’ll keep fighting, alongside them, every step of the way. #arpx #arleg #arnews

12.08.2025 21:10 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Arkansas' law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools is unconstitutional — and a federal court agrees.

07.08.2025 14:53 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1

We sent a letter to all superintendents in Arkansas warning them not to display the Ten Commandments in schools after a federal judge this week ruled that a state law requiring the displays is “obviously unconstitutional.”

Every school district has an obligation to abide by the First Amendment.

06.08.2025 16:21 — 👍 2451    🔁 617    💬 42    📌 23
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Civil Rights Groups Warn Arkansas School Districts Not to Implement Ten Commandments Law After Federal Court Ruling Today, four civil rights organizations sent a letter to public school superintendents across Arkansas, warning school districts not to implement Act 573.

New: We sent letters to Arkansas superintendents warning the Ten Commandments law is unconstitutional. The injunction covers four districts, but all schools must uphold students' constitutional rights.

Parents: See posters? Contact us: bit.ly/3UMq03D
Read the letter + release here: bit.ly/4mrxFjA

05.08.2025 20:29 — 👍 10    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0

Public schools are not Sunday schools. This is a win for Arkansas families and religious freedom. #arnews #arpx #arleg

05.08.2025 01:42 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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📣 WE’RE HIRING: Operations Specialist
📍 Little Rock | Full-Time

Are you a detail-loving, spreadsheet-wielding, logistics master who thrives behind the scenes? Join the ACLU of Arkansas and help power the fight for civil liberties from the inside out.

Learn more and apply: acluarkansas.org/careers

25.07.2025 17:28 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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📢 WE’RE HIRING: Supporter Engagement Specialist
📍 Little Rock | Full-Time

Join the ACLU of Arkansas to engage supporters, build trust, and help power real change. Be the link between our mission and the people who make it possible.

Learn more and apply now: acluarkansas.org/careers

25.07.2025 17:30 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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Federal judge orders expedited bench trial for ‘jailhouse lawyer’ case over inmate transfer | Arkansas Democrat Gazette An Arkansas Department of Corrections inmate who is fighting his transfer last month to a federal prison in West Virginia is set to have his case heard before the end of the year after a federal judge...

No one should be punished for exercising their constitutional rights. The retaliation against Mr. Muhammad is a threat to free speech, access to justice, and the right to hold government accountable.

Read about the case and what’s next: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/ju...

29.07.2025 19:49 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Judge allows groups to intervene in lawsuit challenging Arkansas direct democracy laws | Arkansas Advocate A federal judge on Wednesday permitted two ballot question committees to join an existing lawsuit from the League of Women Voters of Arkansas that challenges the constitutionality of new direct democr...

A federal judge has granted our motion to intervene in a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’s ballot suppression laws, and our clients will have their day in court. Grassroots groups are stepping up to defend our right to organize, speak out, and shape the laws that govern us.

Read more: bit.ly/4o6qhvP

24.07.2025 17:07 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Join our growing team!

25.07.2025 19:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Come work with me!

25.07.2025 19:08 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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A community in Arkansas, called Return to the Land, wants to establish a whites-only town. Sky's Tom Cheshire went to visit.

Sky's Niall Paterson also speaks with far-right expert Dr Heidi Beirich about the community's ideology and the rise of white nationalism.

🎧 trib.al/KEofGvk

22.07.2025 16:37 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 9    📌 2

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