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Kelly Orians

@yoyokellyo

Lawyer, Clinical Prof at @uvalaw.bsky.social (visiting at @gwlaw.bsky.social ‘25-‘26), Ruth wrangler / interpreter. She / Her. All of my opinions are my own, not my employer’s, duh.

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Our baby has been alive for two deadly, illegal campaigns by the U.S. to remove a foreign leader. She’s 7 weeks old.

28.02.2026 22:18 👍 2996 🔁 573 💬 33 📌 8
Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) A brazen abuse of power & an insult to democracy. 47% of VA voted Trump. They will now get just 9% of the seats. 52% of VA voters voted Harris. Now they get 91% of the seats. (By comparison, in TX, 56% voted Trump; GOP gets 79% of the seats.)

You all started it and we fucking finished it.

07.02.2026 02:42 👍 4515 🔁 677 💬 127 📌 65

Whoever coined the expression 'don't cry over spilled milk' definitely wasn't breastfeeding at the time.

07.02.2026 12:59 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once

02.02.2026 04:31 👍 14108 🔁 4640 💬 137 📌 77

An extraordinary document. Read it.

“Attached to this order is an appendix that identifies 96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases. … ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”

28.01.2026 22:42 👍 8453 🔁 3441 💬 235 📌 208

Hey all, if you're like me, you've probably been wondering how you can help people in Minnesota. A reached out to some friends and they recommended giving money to either the Immigrant Law Center or any of the mutual aid orgs listed on Stand With Minnesota. I'll be giving to both. Links below

26.01.2026 19:38 👍 142 🔁 47 💬 2 📌 0
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Tonight our family—age range 73 years to 11 days—joined many hundreds of others in the freezing cold and dark outside ICE HQ to oppose fascism. We are going to win.

(Also, this is the “me & yoyokellyo.bsky.social had a baby” post. Meet Jasper Pauli (“JP”); she’s already sick of their BS.)

25.01.2026 02:47 👍 114 🔁 17 💬 7 📌 0
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

25.01.2026 00:43 👍 24931 🔁 12859 💬 200 📌 448
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today

24.01.2026 00:38 👍 50077 🔁 14420 💬 970 📌 853

Yay!!!! Congratulations!!!!

17.01.2026 23:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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If this is accurate (from Minnesota Star Tribune) it sounds a lot like murder.

07.01.2026 17:28 👍 22 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0
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The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent | Serena Mayeri and Amanda Shanor The bespoke agreements are full of peril for the universities, allowing the federal government to quietly exert control

This is spot-on.

The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.

A betrayal of our values.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

24.11.2025 02:20 👍 769 🔁 193 💬 17 📌 7
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Happy last class of the semester! Wrapped the term with a parole hearing for our client who has served half a century in prison - and before that, two tours in Vietnam. Special appearance by a UVa law student @kirkwolff.bsky.social who testified as an expert in veterans affairs!@gwlaw.bsky.social

19.11.2025 17:13 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

New Orleans in 2025 has had the 2nd fewest murders since 1970. fewest shootings in decades, fewest carjackings & car thefts since 2013, and fewest vehicle burglaries since before 2011.

Relative to 2022/2023 peak:
Shootings -60%
Murders -57%
Carjackings -78%
Vehicle burglaries -68%
Car thefts -67%

18.11.2025 22:44 👍 26 🔁 12 💬 3 📌 0
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A New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated won election to serve as the city’s chief criminal court record keeper, despite the state challenging his past. https://cnn.it/48iwvTi

16.11.2025 19:01 👍 1081 🔁 175 💬 14 📌 9

Hell yea, Calvin! Or should I say, Mr. Clerk of Court.

16.11.2025 03:20 👍 82 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 1

Correction. Our costume was: "ALLEGED assault with a deli weapon, AN ALLEGATION ULTIMATELY REJECTED BY A JURY OF HIS PEERS AFTER CAREFUL DELIBERATION."

06.11.2025 20:11 👍 474 🔁 75 💬 9 📌 0
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For the record: @tframpton.bsky.social and I would never had made light of this terrifying situation if we had bothered to take the time to hear from the victim.

That being said, we are available for in court reenactments.

04.11.2025 21:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Our couple’s costume this year is: “Assault with a deli weapon.”

Happy Halloween to everyone except ICE, the National Guard, and other federal law enforcement occupying our city. #FreeDC

31.10.2025 20:30 👍 95 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 1
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Parole board hrgs are tough. Esp in Virginia where your client isn’t present, & instead meets separately, w/o you. I wish all my clients had the beautiful network loving and wise women that showed up for our client today. Once again, very grateful for my @gwlaw.bsky.social student’s persistence.

20.10.2025 14:58 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Recap of the last 2 weeks: 6 visits to clients in federal prisons in 3 states, with 8 students, while 6ish months pregnant… with 3 court appearances mixed in….grateful to still have the energy for this, for @gwlaw.bsky.social for supporting the work, and for my student’s dedication and compassion.

15.10.2025 16:21 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Pictured: @uvalaw.bsky.social 3Ls Louisa Auerbach & Kyndall Walker who co-wrote a brilliant petition, and @gwlaw.bsky.social 3Ls Kenji Yamamoto & Jake Wylie who have fought relentlessly with BOP to ensure we can speak to our client, and carried the case across the finish line in court today.

09.10.2025 21:11 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A great day in court! So thrilled for our client who will get home just in time for his first Thanksgiving with his family in 16 years. And I am so proud of the 9 law students (7 at @uvalaw.bsky.social & 2 at @gwlaw.bsky.social) who worked so diligently for 2+ years to secure a sentence reduction.

09.10.2025 21:11 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1

(Also we were in Criminal Court, not Family Court, but this was the closest exit after four hours in court).

07.10.2025 20:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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So proud of the 8 law students (6 at @uvalaw.bsky.social and 2 at @gwlaw.bsky.social) who put 2+ years pursuing a sentence reduction for a client under D.C.’s Second Look Law. GW Law 3Ls Zoe Jacobs and Nick Teachenor’s professionalism and preparation during today’s 3 hour hearing was extraordinary.

07.10.2025 20:14 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1

Invite me to your health related emergencies.

28.09.2025 15:52 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

25.09.2025 18:03 👍 28049 🔁 14020 💬 5703 📌 4027

I wasn’t here looking for it (though I love it when I see it), but for people keeping track of DC federal grand jury ‘no true bills,’ I think there was just another one. I’m sitting in magistrate court on another case, no press or observers, and the AUSA just reported no true bill in U.S. vs. K.B.

18.09.2025 18:24 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

#JuryDutyIsOurDuty

07.09.2025 23:32 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you, D.C. Grand Jurors.

06.09.2025 18:55 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0