A thank you, after 15 years back in D.C.
A new milestone at Law Dork. Also: That rally. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
On Saturday, exactly 15 years after I arrived back in Washington, D.C., with no real clue what I was doing — or going to do — with my life, Law Dork hit a huge milestone of 2,500 paid subscribers.
I am so grateful for the trust that all of you put in me — and the money that so many of you put behind that trust — to support my independent legal journalism and help make Law Dork possible as it exists today.
I had no idea that this is where my life was going to lead me when I first went to a coffee shop on October 27, 2009 to work on my little blog, Law Dork. Looking back, though, maybe I should have known — at least a little bit.
The past 15 years have been an incredible journey of ups, downs, and everything in between. If you aren’t familiar with my work at Metro Weekly, BuzzFeed News, and elsewhere in that time, a lot happened — and I was unbelievably privileged to cover countless historic stories.
My readers have always been so amazing to me, and I just wanted you to know how much I appreciate it. Thanks to all of you who have been here since I made the move (to D.C. in 2009 and to this iteration of Law Dork in June 2022!) — and to all who have joined us since.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
The coming weeks, months, and maybe longer could be a lot. I’ll be here, doing my best to bring you my reporting on what’s happening and telling you how I see it — with the documents for you to peruse yourself if you wish (of course), when applicable.
Here’s to today and to all of you — and to us being together to traverse whatever comes next.
That rally
Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally was intended to evoke the 1939 Nazi rally that took place there, and you can tell that because every single thing that they did there on Sunday was evoking the 1939 Nazi rally.
I wrote that elsewhere, but it’s worth repeating here.
I’m not going to spend many more words on it here — at least not now — but Sunday’s display from Trump and his campaign are a marker.
The staid Associated Press led its coverage as follows:
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump hosted a rally featuring crude and racist insults at New York’s Madison Square Garden Sunday, turning what his campaign had dubbed as the event where he would deliver his closing message into an illustration of what turns off his critics.
CNN and other outlets had similar coverage, including — as Good Morning America put it — that Trump “double[d] down” on his attack on “the enemy within.”
No one has an excuse to pretend that Trump’s campaign is anything other than what it is. (Not that one did before Sunday, either, but, regardless, we’re here now.)
America will be making the choice of which America we want in nine days.
Closing my tabs
This Sunday, here are the tabs I’m closing:
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