Eileen E. Schell
@eeschell.bsky.social
Professor, activist, community writing group leader, parent, runner, triathlete
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Any experts on how this might violate the law or customary limits on military intervention into domestic matters?
Trump is developing a #deportation hub at Fort Bliss TX that could hold up to 10,000 undocumented immigrants. They aim to develop more facilities on military sites across the country to hold potentially thousands more people. @indivisible.org @aclu.org
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...
Trump Plans to Use Military Sites Across the Country to Detain Undocumented Immigrants
The move would be a drastic escalation by the White House to militarize immigration enforcement.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Any experts on how this might violate the law or customary limits on military intervention into domestic matters?
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Good for these federal workers, concerned about the sabotage of a functioning, safe park, for us and for nature. www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
Photos: ‘Distress flag’ towers over Yosemite to protest cuts as crowds view firefall
Saturday’s protest sought to bring attention to the thousands of federal job cuts made by President Donald Trump’s administration this month.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good for these federal workers, concerned about the sabotage of a functioning, safe park, for us and for nature. www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
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Reposted by Eileen E. Schell
That’s the ticket. Show up in court, with your Bar licenses on the line, and answer a judge’s pointed and specific questions on how this deal went down.
February 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
That’s the ticket. Show up in court, with your Bar licenses on the line, and answer a judge’s pointed and specific questions on how this deal went down.
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A federal judge issued an emergency order early Saturday prohibiting Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service from accessing personal and financial data on millions of Americans kept at the Treasury Department, noting the possibility for irreparable harm.
Federal judge blocks Musk’s DOGE from access to Treasury Department material
The judge also ordered Musk and his team to “immediately destroy any and all copies of material downloaded from Treasury Department’s records and systems, if any.”
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A federal judge issued an emergency order early Saturday prohibiting Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service from accessing personal and financial data on millions of Americans kept at the Treasury Department, noting the possibility for irreparable harm.
Facebook took down my post today from the Oklahoma Farm Report about the USAID situation. I was reprimanded for circulating "spam" and "harmful content". Ooooohhhh scary Oklahoma Farm Report! Here's the link and a brief blurb from it:
www.oklahomafarmreport.com/okfr/2025/02...
www.oklahomafarmreport.com/okfr/2025/02...
Ranking Member Angie Craig Statement on Hostile Takeover of USAID, Disruption of U.S. International Food Programs - Oklahoma Farm Report
Yesterday, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig released the following statement regarding the unelected billionaire Elon Musk’s barrage of attacks on the U.S. Agency for Internation...
www.oklahomafarmreport.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Facebook took down my post today from the Oklahoma Farm Report about the USAID situation. I was reprimanded for circulating "spam" and "harmful content". Ooooohhhh scary Oklahoma Farm Report! Here's the link and a brief blurb from it:
www.oklahomafarmreport.com/okfr/2025/02...
www.oklahomafarmreport.com/okfr/2025/02...
Hmmmmm.....
www.startribune.com/usaid-shutte...
www.startribune.com/usaid-shutte...
Shuttering of USAID could mean the end of millions in income for Midwest farm operations
Frozen by Elon Musk’s DOGE personnel, the USAID program purchased $70 million in commodities in 2024 from Minnesota vendors.
www.startribune.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Hmmmmm.....
www.startribune.com/usaid-shutte...
www.startribune.com/usaid-shutte...
Legislation to be introduced to stop unlawful DOGE take-over in the Treasury Dept.
www.c-span.org/video/?c5152...
www.c-span.org/video/?c5152...
Sen. Schumer on "Shadow Government" Targeting Treasury Funds
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says he plans to introduce legislation to prevent Elon Musk from meddling with the Treasury Department's payment system. The system contains about $6 trilli...
www.c-span.org
February 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Legislation to be introduced to stop unlawful DOGE take-over in the Treasury Dept.
www.c-span.org/video/?c5152...
www.c-span.org/video/?c5152...
Let's keep this one on the table. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Opinion | How Trump’s Deportation Plans Could Blow Up the Food System and Increase Migrant Labor
Instead of cutting back on undocumented immigrants, the new administration will be forced to provide more visas to keep food flowing to stores.
www.politico.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Let's keep this one on the table. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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California DOE fires back against Trump's executive order:
"It does nothing"
"It is against federal law for the White House to dictate what educators can and cannot teach"
Will not comply.
"It does nothing"
"It is against federal law for the White House to dictate what educators can and cannot teach"
Will not comply.
January 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
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Know your immigration rights. You have guaranteed rights under the U.S. Constitution, regardless of your immigration status.
Visit ACLU for more info: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
#immigration #knowyourrights #constitution
Visit ACLU for more info: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
#immigration #knowyourrights #constitution
February 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Know your immigration rights. You have guaranteed rights under the U.S. Constitution, regardless of your immigration status.
Visit ACLU for more info: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
#immigration #knowyourrights #constitution
Visit ACLU for more info: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
#immigration #knowyourrights #constitution
AAUP's Statement "Against Anticipatory Obedience" is important and much-needed for all of my academic friends in this moment. www.aaup.org/report/again...
Against Anticipatory Obedience
The statement that follows, prepared by a joint subcommittee of the Association’s Committee on College and University Governance and Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, was approved for public...
www.aaup.org
February 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
AAUP's Statement "Against Anticipatory Obedience" is important and much-needed for all of my academic friends in this moment. www.aaup.org/report/again...
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Hmmmmmm......https://www.theroot.com/folks-in-red-states-google-searched-how-to-change-my-vo-1851696397
Wait... What? Folks In Red States Google Searched 'How To Change My Vote' In Droves After Trump's Victory
Iowa had the highest number of people searching how to change their votes.
www.theroot.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Hmmmmmm......https://www.theroot.com/folks-in-red-states-google-searched-how-to-change-my-vo-1851696397