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A councilman in LA also says ICE went to a confidential DV shelter this week. Other domestic violence shelters are preparing for the same, especially in light of DHS guidance from the Trump administration that says they can conduct enforcement at DV shelters.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
June 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A councilman in LA also says ICE went to a confidential DV shelter this week. Other domestic violence shelters are preparing for the same, especially in light of DHS guidance from the Trump administration that says they can conduct enforcement at DV shelters.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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As I report here for @motherjones.com, a local lawmaker in LA says ICE showed up to a confidential domestic violence shelter. That’s just one of the many impacts they’ve had on shelters & survivors this past week ⬇️
"On Wednesday, LA city councilor Hugo Soto-Martinez said in a video posted to Instagram that ICE had shown up at a confidential domestic violence shelter, apparently in search of one person who was not present." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
LA's ICE raids are impacting domestic violence shelters
These programs "should be safe sanctuaries—and we can't even guarantee that anymore."
www.motherjones.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
As I report here for @motherjones.com, a local lawmaker in LA says ICE showed up to a confidential domestic violence shelter. That’s just one of the many impacts they’ve had on shelters & survivors this past week ⬇️
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“Much of the federal infrastructure that supports domestic violence programs is damaged or gone,” writes the professor Rachel Louise Snyder.
Opinion | Domestic Violence Support Is Unraveling
Funding cuts are harming domestic violence programs.
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
“Much of the federal infrastructure that supports domestic violence programs is damaged or gone,” writes the professor Rachel Louise Snyder.
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The Trump administration is "willing to not just slash and burn research that challenges their political ideology but to replace it with shoddy studies designed to support their goals, under the guise of scientific legitimacy," @katherinejwu.com writes.
‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’
The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.
bit.ly
April 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Trump administration is "willing to not just slash and burn research that challenges their political ideology but to replace it with shoddy studies designed to support their goals, under the guise of scientific legitimacy," @katherinejwu.com writes.
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Me on Independent Bookstore Day
April 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Me on Independent Bookstore Day
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April 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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If one quote from a insurance exec ever summed up the American healthcare experience, this might be that quote:
www.propublica.org/article/blue...
www.propublica.org/article/blue...
April 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
If one quote from a insurance exec ever summed up the American healthcare experience, this might be that quote:
www.propublica.org/article/blue...
www.propublica.org/article/blue...
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Very creative, San Francisco! 8647 ✊
April 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Very creative, San Francisco! 8647 ✊
Clearly the goal was never about creating safety within the US. Violence prevention efforts are critical to reducing violence, harm, and homicide prevention. Duh - it’s violence prevention the name kinda explains it.
The Trump administration is slashing jobs at the divisions responsible for studying and preventing gun violence. The CDC’s Division of Violence Prevention lost an estimated three-quarters of its staff.
CDC Teams That Study Gun Violence and Collect Data Are Decimated by Layoffs
The Trump’s administration’s cuts come after the field of gun violence research saw renewed federal support during the Biden era.
www.thetrace.org
April 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Clearly the goal was never about creating safety within the US. Violence prevention efforts are critical to reducing violence, harm, and homicide prevention. Duh - it’s violence prevention the name kinda explains it.
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The abuser’s classic playbook is to isolate you from your friends, create a sense of helplessness, make it difficult to connect with others and force you to simply think about your survival from one day to the next. We are seeing that playbook applied to the nation as a whole.
March 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The abuser’s classic playbook is to isolate you from your friends, create a sense of helplessness, make it difficult to connect with others and force you to simply think about your survival from one day to the next. We are seeing that playbook applied to the nation as a whole.
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Watch the moment history was made:
Senator Cory Booker has now broken the record for the longest Senate Floor speech, previously held by Strom Thurmond (24 hours 18 minutes).
April 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Watch the moment history was made:
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Strom Thurmond had the longest filibuster on record - to block civil rights.
@corybooker.com is about to break his record fighting for our freedom.
This is the kind of record worth breaking.
@corybooker.com is about to break his record fighting for our freedom.
This is the kind of record worth breaking.
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Strom Thurmond had the longest filibuster on record - to block civil rights.
@corybooker.com is about to break his record fighting for our freedom.
This is the kind of record worth breaking.
@corybooker.com is about to break his record fighting for our freedom.
This is the kind of record worth breaking.
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I think a lot about this quote from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944:
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
December 19, 2024 at 2:31 AM
I think a lot about this quote from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944:
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
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Billions in federal cash are gushing into Elon Musk’s businesses, and DOGE is too busy barking at the wrong fire alarm...
March 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Billions in federal cash are gushing into Elon Musk’s businesses, and DOGE is too busy barking at the wrong fire alarm...
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If we really want to “make America healthy again,” we’d have Medicare for All.
March 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If we really want to “make America healthy again,” we’d have Medicare for All.
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Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.
February 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.
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Courts *ordered* the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze
Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen
-hot meals for elderly and disabled
-groceries for those in need
-maternal & child health services
-a clinic that serves the poor
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen
-hot meals for elderly and disabled
-groceries for those in need
-maternal & child health services
-a clinic that serves the poor
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway.
Agencies continue to suspend funding, despite multiple court orders blocking the federal freeze. Experts say the Trump administration’s actions set the stage for challenges to Congress’ authority — an...
www.propublica.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Courts *ordered* the Trump admin to stop its spending freeze
Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen
-hot meals for elderly and disabled
-groceries for those in need
-maternal & child health services
-a clinic that serves the poor
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Yet ProPublica found place after place where $ is still frozen
-hot meals for elderly and disabled
-groceries for those in need
-maternal & child health services
-a clinic that serves the poor
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Seems bad when the American Bar Association has to be like, "You know what we're into, Mr. President? The law"
Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.
February 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Seems bad when the American Bar Association has to be like, "You know what we're into, Mr. President? The law"
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if i text you this just know you’re cooked
February 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
if i text you this just know you’re cooked
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Groups addressing sexual violence report not getting expected payments from grants that they depend on to keep running.
Rape crisis centers see funding delays amid Trump administration spending upheaval
Groups addressing sexual violence report not getting expected payments from grants that they depend on to keep running.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Groups addressing sexual violence report not getting expected payments from grants that they depend on to keep running.
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sign an executive order into law is not how any of this works
Fun one from today that nobody seems to be clocking amidst all the more substantive chaos. The White House comms department is now declaring that Trump can now "sign [an] executive order into law" without a bill passing Congress. Have never seen this language from a prior White House.
February 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
sign an executive order into law is not how any of this works
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2 insurrections, same President.
February 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
2 insurrections, same President.
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Literally have been telling this dude this for a very long time. Keep up, Chuck. Also: WTF are you going to do about it?
An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
February 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Literally have been telling this dude this for a very long time. Keep up, Chuck. Also: WTF are you going to do about it?
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No one elected Elon Musk.
As Donald Trump allows Musk to access people’s personal information and shut down government funding, Republicans in Washington will also own the consequences.
We must do everything in our power to push back and protect people from harm.
As Donald Trump allows Musk to access people’s personal information and shut down government funding, Republicans in Washington will also own the consequences.
We must do everything in our power to push back and protect people from harm.
February 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
No one elected Elon Musk.
As Donald Trump allows Musk to access people’s personal information and shut down government funding, Republicans in Washington will also own the consequences.
We must do everything in our power to push back and protect people from harm.
As Donald Trump allows Musk to access people’s personal information and shut down government funding, Republicans in Washington will also own the consequences.
We must do everything in our power to push back and protect people from harm.