I will be cursing now …

Holy fucking hell

#DOJ bars its #attorneys from participating in #AmericanBarAssociation events

US Dpty AG [& fmr #trump #criminal defense atty] #ToddBlanche on Wednesday banned #Justice Dept attys from traveling to or speaking at #ABA events, in a memo seen by Reuters that accused the ABA of engaging in "activist causes" contrary to the government's interest.

#law
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-justice-dept-bars-its-attorneys-participating-american-bar-association-events-2025-04-09/

Kudos to the American Bar Association (#ABA, @abaesq) for condemning Donald #Trump's efforts to intimidate and control lawyers and law firms.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/business/paul-weiss-trump-reaction.html

Kudos to the hundreds of associates at corporate law firms calling on their employers to do the same and disavow the obsequious example of #PaulWeiss.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18ojmZhk6XmYM_gQJhl1KAhDecdcerly9EvmxJu8A5rI/edit

Kudos to Rachel Cohen for her conditional public resignation from her firm if it did not act.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rachelxcohen_i-just-put-in-conditional-notice-at-skadden-activity-7308686339435044864-gmb9?rcm=ACoAACPEcqwBiNGFvpUWqN2ktHkTvmcrqG3_n5g

This is a good video from Forrest Valkai knocking down a "let's protect conversion therapy" bill in Oklahoma, and criticizing conversion therapy in general.

But I have to say, it always bothers me that we see so many straight allies denouncing queer conversion therapy (which is a good thing), but I can't remember ever seeing even a single allistic person denounce ABA that way. Queer conversion therapy and ABA are the same thing, created by the same person, just done on different groups. It sucks that somehow being queer is worthy of people standing up for you, but being autistic is not. So we have to do it all ourselves without any help from allistics.

Every time I see someone stand up against conversion therapy, I want to reply NOW DO ABA! What will it take for people to care about us the way they care about everyone else?
#ActuallyAutistic #ABA #ConversionTherapy #StopTheShock

https://youtu.be/qxFhiJn9wRU

“The #AmericanBarAssociation is calling out efforts by the Trump administration to undermine the US justice system as…#Trump ally, Elon #Musk, has repeatedly attacked #judges who issue rulings against the government.… [the #ABA] said it "will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the #legalprofession into something that rewards those who agree with the government & punishes those who do not." | UPI.com https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/03/04/American-Bar-Association-condemns-Trump-effort/3831741143297/ See the #ABA statement: https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/03/aba-rejects-efforts-to-undermine-courts-and-legal-profession/

#Amazon now has a portal for #Canadian goods.

A pretty good sign that #BuyCanadian actions are having a measurable, tangible effect. Keep it up, fellow Canucks.

( of course, Amazon should be skipped entirely if possible, or at least until the 17th if you believe in such things ).

Anything but American! :) #ABA

American liquor back off the shelf in #Newfoundland. Maybe shouldn't go back for a while, regardless of what happens.

#ABA

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/trump-tariffs-nl-furey-response-1.7473953

Almost forgot about these.

Cancelled all the Amazon 'subscribe and save' subscriptions this evening.

[ #Amazon #Canada #ABA ]

Our 'Anything but American' (#ABA) campaign continues, with the cancellation of 'Amazon Music Unlimited'.

Made a little bit easier by continued price increases, and well, being pretty expensive in the first place.

[ #Amazon #AmazonMusic ]

“The American Bar Association on Feb. 11 filed a lawsuit with 7 co-plaintiffs, a broad array of US Agency for International Development & US Department of State grantees & contractors, challenging the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign assistance funding… Through its partnership with #USAID, the US Department of State, & other agencies, the #ABA trains #lawyers & #judges around the world in their efforts to create functioning & fair justice systems.” | ABA https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/02/aba-files-legal-challences-against-federal-govt/

The #ABA - 'Anything but American' - campaign continues in our household.

Kind of hard to root out sometimes. Sorry, #CanadaDry, despite your name, labelling, and history.. as American owned, off the grocery list, for example. Sneaky. Thankfully, my favourite hot sauce is from #Belize, no worries there.

Sorry America. If Canada still exists, we'll be here for you if you can make it through. Until then.

[ #BuyCanadian #BuyLocal #BuyEuropean #Canada #USA ]

The American Bar Association issued a statement on recent #Trump admin "attacks on constitutionally protected #BirthrightCitizenship, the dismantling of #USAID & the attempts to criminalize" #diversity initiatives as "wide-scale affronts to the rule of #law itself."

#TrumpCoup #democracy #autocracy #authoritarianism #SeparationOfPowers

Full #ABA statement:

I’ve been listening to these CHC podcasts. I’m increasingly concerned these are too focused on fixing children. I want to give my son tools to survive the world, but sometimes I’m not sure when it veers into conversion therapy.

What do you think after listening to this?

https://podcasts.chconline.org/episodes/everyday-strategies-for-executive-functioning/

#ActuallyAutistic
#ADHD #AuDHD
#AutisticParenting #ParentingWhileAutistic #ABA #ableism #CBT #poll #support @actuallyautistic

If you are an #ABA member, please consider adding your name to the Urgent Call for the American Bar Association to Take a Clear Stand Against the Lawless Actions of the Trump Administration

https://bsky.app/profile/omrimarian.bsky.social/post/3lhjs6gvi6c2j

Die #GWUP befeuert den #Kulturkampf. Ob #ABA, #Trans-Rechte, Critical Race Theory. oder einfach die #woke|n
Dass sie den Mimikama-Artikel geteilt haben ist kein Zufall.

Wer richtig tief in die Seuchegrube hineinsteigen will, sucht sich eine funktionierende #Nitter-Instanz und schaut sich die Reaktionen dort auf #X #Twitter an. Die GWUP bekommt da Zuspruch bis hin zu #Impfgegner-Kreisen.

Und dann überlegt ob ihr einer der 4000 Follower sein wollt, die dem Laden auf #Mastodon Relevanz geben.