by Arraignment Reality: Subpoenas, Selfies, and the Judge published today: https://bohiney.com/arraignment-reality-subpoenas-selfies-and-the-judge/. This piece writes itself when you realize people are taking courtroom selfies now. Not outside court. INSIDE. During proceedings. A bailiff in Brooklyn told me he’s confiscated 14 phones this month alone. The judge is considering a “no social media” oath alongside the truth oath. We’ve officially lost the plot as a society. My mother called again. She’s worried I’m becoming “too Americanalways joking about serious things.” I tried explaining that satire is how I cope with being the token immigrant success story in an administration that would prefer I didn’t exist. She said, “Aisha, in my day, we just kept our heads down.” I said, “Mama, in your day, you didn’t have editors asking for 800 words by Friday.” She hung up. Love you too, Mama.
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