Career public defender • Survivor & Amazing Racer • Fueled by rage at injustice • she/herhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3mz34eyjrok2p5 days out from the midterms, New Yorkers dropped banners across the city to show we won’t stand by while the Trump administration threatens our elections. From a Queens overpass to the Brooklyn Bridge to Trump Tower, the message was clear: we’re going to be ready. https://youtube.com/shorts/e2p7PhATC2030 Oct 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz34eyjrok2phttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3myzsxsbsns2vVladimir Izmailov says he watched ICE officers throw his wallet and belt in the trash when they detained him at a checkpoint in Texas. 🧵 youtu.be/sOWDtDo48Eo https://youtu.be/sOWDtDo48Eo29 Oct 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzsxsbsns2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3myyg7wj2g22kCongratulations, Brewers!!! After 57 seasons in Milwaukee, they just won their first World Series, and 3 years ago this city was on track to lose them the way it lost the Braves to Atlanta. 🧵 https://youtube.com/shorts/2QAxqCCZO9Q?feature=share29 Oct 2026 04:23 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3myyg7wj2g22khttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3myxtxhq5v22pLife doesn't have to be this way. At 2:55 in the morning on election night 2024, I made a promise to the people I love, and I'm keeping it. ICE agents have shot and killed 6 people during this crackdown, and at least 57 more have died inside ICE detention since Jan 2025. https://youtube.com/shorts/vPB8rEwVnPo?feature=share28 Oct 2026 22:56 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3myxtxhq5v22phttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3mykpt4dsjc2eWhen the Census Bureau asked registered voters why they skipped the 2022 midterms, 9.9 million said they were too busy or had to work or go to school. So on November 3, we’re treating Election Day like a holiday anyhow. youtu.be/uCQyLHFb4Ew https://youtu.be/uCQyLHFb4Ew23 Oct 2026 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mykpt4dsjc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3myeffm5ll22uVivek Ramaswamy’s campaign made an ad starring Amy Acton’s mother calling her a liar, and he’s putting $4 million behind it. Amy says her mother’s husband sexually abused her from age 9 to 12, and by her mother’s own account, she stood by him in court, then left town with him. youtu.be/tTzeT_9OvQ0 https://youtu.be/tTzeT_9OvQ021 Oct 2026 05:15 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3myeffm5ll22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3myfvu32ugc2aAI Billionaires Are Spending $50 Million to Sell You Data Centers https://youtube.com/shorts/iqO5DblUe8w?feature=share21 Oct 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3myfvu32ugc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3myfvu32ugc2aAI Billionaires Are Spending $50 Million to Sell You Data Centers https://youtube.com/shorts/iqO5DblUe8w?feature=share21 Oct 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3myfvu32ugc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3myeffm5ll22uVivek Ramaswamy’s campaign made an ad starring Amy Acton’s mother calling her a liar, and he’s putting $4 million behind it. Amy says her mother’s husband sexually abused her from age 9 to 12, and by her mother’s own account, she stood by him in court, then left town with him. youtu.be/tTzeT_9OvQ0 https://youtu.be/tTzeT_9OvQ021 Oct 2026 05:15 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3myeffm5ll22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3my4ebhnolk2iHoward Lutnick says he cut Jeffrey Epstein off in 2005. In 2018 he was emailing Epstein’s assistant about a museum blocking “our park views” and asking what they should do about it. https://youtube.com/shorts/cN9AFrNAfA8?feature=share18 Oct 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3my4ebhnolk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3my4ebhnolk2iHoward Lutnick says he cut Jeffrey Epstein off in 2005. In 2018 he was emailing Epstein’s assistant about a museum blocking “our park views” and asking what they should do about it. https://youtube.com/shorts/cN9AFrNAfA8?feature=share18 Oct 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3my4ebhnolk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3mxz7xjbz4k22OMG THIS WAS SO FAST. PS SHE IS STILL NOT A LAWYER.16 Oct 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxz7xjbz4k22https://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3mxyzrkfr722jRep. Ryan Mackenzie's communications director, Arnaud Armstrong, was in a college group chat where members posted Hitler memes, Holocaust jokes, and racist images. https://youtube.com/shorts/eY1VmNYSNXQ?feature=share16 Oct 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxyzrkfr722jhttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3mxu275ckwk2pRep. Rob Bresnahan ran on banning congressional stock trading, then sold off his AppLovin stock the day before and the day of the reports accusing the company of serving sexually explicit ads to girls as young as 7 and illegally tracking kids. https://youtube.com/shorts/xBqKd2z5PJM?feature=share14 Oct 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxu275ckwk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3mxrwhscrb22eI was starving earlier and really wanted pizza. The place I stopped only had one slice left, and it had pineapple on it, which I don’t particularly like on my pizza. My other option was a raw chicken breast they’d left sitting on the counter all afternoon.13 Oct 2026 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxrwhscrb22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3mxhrvhz2ac2ePete Hegseth's Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter.09 Oct 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxhrvhz2ac2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3mxg6z4axek23An ICE agent fired into a man's car in Marble Hill this afternoon with a 5-year-old in the backseat. DHS released his arrest record and blamed sanctuary politicians, and never said what led an agent to open fire. ICE's own investigators are handling the case. youtu.be/ZhaotE2PuJU https://youtu.be/ZhaotE2PuJU09 Oct 2026 05:01 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxg6z4axek23https://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3mxdah43dvs2cIf you're an American living overseas, you haven't been able to give on ActBlue since 2025, and that just ended. https://youtube.com/shorts/UkDMLqolmvY?feature=share08 Oct 2026 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdah43dvs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/elizaorlins.bsky.social/post/3mwvwedcgqs2pI asked Senator Mark Kelly to choose between food poisoning and a day with RFK Jr. He chose RFK Jr. and offered to cancel his whole schedule for it. We also talked about his new AI bill. Full conversation here: youtu.be/NPtRLFXmg0w https://youtu.be/NPtRLFXmg0w02 Oct 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:yrjwxtjw2fmtmbaulddo7ec6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvwedcgqs2p