Golda Velez
@goldavelez.org
60% earnest 10% snark and the rest is random tree pics and stuff
volunteer human rights- RaisetheVoices.org
earned governance startup- LinkedTrust.us
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earned governance startup- LinkedTrust.us
signal: @minty.53
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This is why I’m pushing for a state escrow account that holds federal funds before sending them on to Washington. If Trump wants to steal our tax dollars that were legally appropriated by Congress, then we should just be paying ourselves.
“Minnesota, New York, California, Illinois and Colorado will be cut off from around $7 billion in funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which provides cash assistance to households with children, according to two people familiar with the matter.”
Monstrously cruel.
Monstrously cruel.
Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
This is why I’m pushing for a state escrow account that holds federal funds before sending them on to Washington. If Trump wants to steal our tax dollars that were legally appropriated by Congress, then we should just be paying ourselves.
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Walz: "What Trump tweeted the other night put the Hortman children at risk. They have to look at security. Put my family at risk again. What he's doing the Somali community is unconscionable ... for God's sake, the kids of a murdered Speaker. And [Rs] can't speak up and say 'this is wrong. stop it'"
January 6, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Walz: "What Trump tweeted the other night put the Hortman children at risk. They have to look at security. Put my family at risk again. What he's doing the Somali community is unconscionable ... for God's sake, the kids of a murdered Speaker. And [Rs] can't speak up and say 'this is wrong. stop it'"
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What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
What do these companies have in common?
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
-Cigna
-Comcast
-General Mills
-Allstate
-Marriott
-Hilton
-Walmart
-Amazon
-Microsoft
-Meta
All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And all have broken that promise.
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Big: Wyoming supreme court just struck down abortion ban.
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
How Attacks Against Obamacare Turned Into Tools to Protect Abortion Access - Bolts
Explore our ongoing Bolts series, Abortion Rights in State Constitutions. A decade ago, when conservatives were attacking President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act as government encroachment in hea...
boltsmag.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Big: Wyoming supreme court just struck down abortion ban.
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
Love @adrianfontes.bsky.social - proud of Arizona actually right now between him and @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice sued Arizona and Connecticut Tuesday, expanding its unprecedented campaign to force states to turn over their unredacted voter rolls.
The two new lawsuits bring the DOJ’s tally to 23 states and Washington D.C. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
The two new lawsuits bring the DOJ’s tally to 23 states and Washington D.C. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
'Put me in jail': Arizona sec. of state pledges defiance as DOJ sues more states over voter rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Love @adrianfontes.bsky.social - proud of Arizona actually right now between him and @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
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Got paid AND his job back, lmao. Keep fighting these dweebs
January 6, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Got paid AND his job back, lmao. Keep fighting these dweebs
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I know people believe that the Democrats are in the minority and can't do anything. I would encourage you to read about how, in fact, minority parties can be disruptive. If they want to be. You don't even have to read. You can just see how the Republicans acted during the Obama years.
January 6, 2026 at 11:46 PM
I know people believe that the Democrats are in the minority and can't do anything. I would encourage you to read about how, in fact, minority parties can be disruptive. If they want to be. You don't even have to read. You can just see how the Republicans acted during the Obama years.
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The lesson of January 6th is that it does absolutely no good to prosecute the the violent foot soldiers if you're not going to prosecute the leaders and hold them accountable for their sedition under the full force of the law.
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The lesson of January 6th is that it does absolutely no good to prosecute the the violent foot soldiers if you're not going to prosecute the leaders and hold them accountable for their sedition under the full force of the law.
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Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa has died.
Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress last night.
A special election in Texas on Jan. 31 will put in another Democrat in office.
Mike Johnson's House majority is almost non-existent. Next month, he can only lose one vote.
Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress last night.
A special election in Texas on Jan. 31 will put in another Democrat in office.
Mike Johnson's House majority is almost non-existent. Next month, he can only lose one vote.
January 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa has died.
Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress last night.
A special election in Texas on Jan. 31 will put in another Democrat in office.
Mike Johnson's House majority is almost non-existent. Next month, he can only lose one vote.
Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress last night.
A special election in Texas on Jan. 31 will put in another Democrat in office.
Mike Johnson's House majority is almost non-existent. Next month, he can only lose one vote.
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Decided to put some thoughts on paper for this "anniversary" of January 6th
Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn was on the front lines of January 6. Five years later, he warns the greatest threat isn’t just what happened—but the lies rewriting it. “January 6 was not legitimate political discourse.” Read his powerful piece: www.meidasplus.com/p/history-be...
January 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Decided to put some thoughts on paper for this "anniversary" of January 6th
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this is how every outlet should refer to X
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
this is how every outlet should refer to X
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The aftermath of Jan 6 is a story of power protecting power and a deep-seated reluctance to holding elites accountable.
America has constructed two justice systems: one offering extraordinary leniency for the elite, the other operating with swift severity for the disadvantaged.
America has constructed two justice systems: one offering extraordinary leniency for the elite, the other operating with swift severity for the disadvantaged.
An Exceptional Failure of Democratic Accountability: How American Institutions Protected Power While Global Democracies Upheld Justice
How Elite Deference Eroded America's Rule of Law, Defying the Global Norm.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM
The aftermath of Jan 6 is a story of power protecting power and a deep-seated reluctance to holding elites accountable.
America has constructed two justice systems: one offering extraordinary leniency for the elite, the other operating with swift severity for the disadvantaged.
America has constructed two justice systems: one offering extraordinary leniency for the elite, the other operating with swift severity for the disadvantaged.
oh yeah Jan 6, didn't something happen on that day one time...
January 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
oh yeah Jan 6, didn't something happen on that day one time...
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Put me in the pre-mortem section of this article please
January 5, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Put me in the pre-mortem section of this article please
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I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.
I am not a Section 230 expert but being that Twitter is creating and publishing these photos I wonder if they actually have any civil legal protection? @kenwhite.bsky.social ? @akivamcohen.bsky.social ?
What X is allowing Grok to do is unlawful or regulatory-illegal in multiple jurisdictions, creates clear DSA violations, and continues despite regulator scrutiny. The images do not need to be pornographic, non-consensual sexualised or intimate depictions are enough.
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.
hm making expensive reservations for kids graduation...maybe will check w execs on this policy before not making w Hilto
The Hilton Hotel that refused reservations from DHS officials has now backpedalled and said it will accommodate them. Came after DHS X account posted emails. For years the right coalesced around businesses being able to refuse customers of certain demographics
www.404media.co/hilton-hotel...
www.404media.co/hilton-hotel...
Hilton Hotel That Refused DHS Reservations Backpedals
The hotel told 404 Media in a statement “We are in touch with the impacted guests to ensure they are accommodated.”
www.404media.co
January 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
hm making expensive reservations for kids graduation...maybe will check w execs on this policy before not making w Hilto
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okey actually published this one
@atproto/tap@0.1.0
@atproto/tap@0.1.0
January 6, 2026 at 12:30 AM
okey actually published this one
@atproto/tap@0.1.0
@atproto/tap@0.1.0
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The US is sanctioning judges among whose assignments is the legal reckoning with genocide.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:51 AM
The US is sanctioning judges among whose assignments is the legal reckoning with genocide.
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
if you want the Senate to do something, Senate Republicans must do something.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
People are dunking on this but I'm not really sure what plays Schumer has other than to try to peel off Rs.
Schumer: "Republicans must -- if there was ever a time, they must step up to the plate. This is the time. And if they don't, they're gonna feel the heat from their constituents."
January 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM
IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
am teaching like all the nontechie women i know how to make their ideas in claude code, its just like when i used to do intro with javascript - same loop, once you get them to the modify-view-modify iterative loop they are golden
i like to do with a ci-cd so its all thru github, just edit-add-push
i like to do with a ci-cd so its all thru github, just edit-add-push
January 6, 2026 at 12:30 AM
am teaching like all the nontechie women i know how to make their ideas in claude code, its just like when i used to do intro with javascript - same loop, once you get them to the modify-view-modify iterative loop they are golden
i like to do with a ci-cd so its all thru github, just edit-add-push
i like to do with a ci-cd so its all thru github, just edit-add-push
suggestions for making #atmosphere 2026 friendly to remote attendees who can't get to Vancouver!
Also, maybe scheduled virtual hallway times where remote folks can hop in or out of video rooms just to chat? And let remote attendees know upfront how they can contribute (questions via chat, voting on topics, etc.) so they don't feel like passive viewers.
January 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
suggestions for making #atmosphere 2026 friendly to remote attendees who can't get to Vancouver!
so glad someone has not forgotten, in the whirlwind. One thing all autocrats have in common is the need to disappear people. we can fight this as a universal principle, by raising cases.
On Ekpar Asat’s 41st birthday, I’m calling for his immediate and unconditional release after years of unjust imprisonment by the Chinese Communist Party. He has spent nearly a decade in prison, including years in solitary confinement, for a fabricated crime.
Risch, Coons Statement on the 41st Birthday of Ekpar Asat | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) released the statement below on the 41st birthday of Ekpar Asat, a Uyghur...
www.foreign.senate.gov
January 5, 2026 at 9:58 PM
so glad someone has not forgotten, in the whirlwind. One thing all autocrats have in common is the need to disappear people. we can fight this as a universal principle, by raising cases.
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Very excited by @standard.site. IMO, every news organization should be publishing story metadata to the site.standard.document lexicon at publish time. Immediately, the ATmosphere would have a competitor to Open Graph that actually makes sense. Might write a WordPress plugin for it.
January 5, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Very excited by @standard.site. IMO, every news organization should be publishing story metadata to the site.standard.document lexicon at publish time. Immediately, the ATmosphere would have a competitor to Open Graph that actually makes sense. Might write a WordPress plugin for it.
"release the political prisoners" is the test any leader needs to pass in #Venezuela
Rocío San Miguel
Javier Tarazona
Eduardo Torres
Carlos Julio Rojas
Kennedy Tejera
Enrique Márquez
Freddy Superlano
These folks are in heightened danger right now.
en.cibercuba.com/noticias/202...
Rocío San Miguel
Javier Tarazona
Eduardo Torres
Carlos Julio Rojas
Kennedy Tejera
Enrique Márquez
Freddy Superlano
These folks are in heightened danger right now.
en.cibercuba.com/noticias/202...
Edmundo González calls for the release of political prisoners and respect for the "will of the Venezuelan people."
Edmundo González Urrutia urges the release of political prisoners in Venezuela and calls for a democratic transition, emphasizing the importance of national unity and respect for the will of the peopl...
en.cibercuba.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
"release the political prisoners" is the test any leader needs to pass in #Venezuela
Rocío San Miguel
Javier Tarazona
Eduardo Torres
Carlos Julio Rojas
Kennedy Tejera
Enrique Márquez
Freddy Superlano
These folks are in heightened danger right now.
en.cibercuba.com/noticias/202...
Rocío San Miguel
Javier Tarazona
Eduardo Torres
Carlos Julio Rojas
Kennedy Tejera
Enrique Márquez
Freddy Superlano
These folks are in heightened danger right now.
en.cibercuba.com/noticias/202...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:07 PM
bees.to based in Austin is finding jobs for Palestinian talent and handling the legal & admin paperwork as well. If you have a role you want to offer reach out to them (or tell me and I can connect you directly)!