Janet C
@jcutty.bsky.social
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This nuts! 😡 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This nuts! 😡 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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I think this point is far more important than we realize. The fact that we consume completely different media showing us completely different things is a huge driver of division.
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I think this point is far more important than we realize. The fact that we consume completely different media showing us completely different things is a huge driver of division.
I am a proud UCLA alum. The federal government's $1B dollar demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate @UCLA and its critical mission. #StandUpForUC to defend America’s greatest public university system and support this life-saving work. ucal.us/standupforuc
Stand Up for UC
ucal.us
August 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I am a proud UCLA alum. The federal government's $1B dollar demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate @UCLA and its critical mission. #StandUpForUC to defend America’s greatest public university system and support this life-saving work. ucal.us/standupforuc
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Bold move by Texas to say that the First Amendment only applies during daylight hours.
July 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Bold move by Texas to say that the First Amendment only applies during daylight hours.
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The story of how a father with decades in America, a wife in remission, and kids in school now fears being detained by ICE on his way home from work: thedispatch.com/article/ille...
‘Just a Normal Life’
In Los Angeles, a prayer to the patron saint of lost causes.
thedispatch.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The story of how a father with decades in America, a wife in remission, and kids in school now fears being detained by ICE on his way home from work: thedispatch.com/article/ille...
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Armed officers, frequent use of force and people grabbed on the street or at their places of work. Working with @evidentmedia.org and @calmatters.org we have monitored the LA raids, discovering recurring trends and tactics used by officers. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/07...
Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids - bellingcat
Bellingcat collected videos and images from recent immigration raids in Los Angeles, analysing trends and apparent tactics used by law enforcement.
www.bellingcat.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Armed officers, frequent use of force and people grabbed on the street or at their places of work. Working with @evidentmedia.org and @calmatters.org we have monitored the LA raids, discovering recurring trends and tactics used by officers. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/07...
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Documenting Trump’s ‘Arbitrary’ Cuts to Science
The Trump administration has canceled close to $3 billion in NIH and NSF research grants, often without much explanation. Now researchers are crowdsourcing databases of suspended grants to shed light... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3EVAtFF
The Trump administration has canceled close to $3 billion in NIH and NSF research grants, often without much explanation. Now researchers are crowdsourcing databases of suspended grants to shed light... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3EVAtFF
Documenting Trump’s “Arbitrary” Cuts to Science
The Trump administration has canceled close to $3 billion in NIH and NSF research grants, often without much explanation. Now researchers are crowdsourcing databases of suspended grants to shed light ...
bit.ly
May 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Documenting Trump’s ‘Arbitrary’ Cuts to Science
The Trump administration has canceled close to $3 billion in NIH and NSF research grants, often without much explanation. Now researchers are crowdsourcing databases of suspended grants to shed light... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3EVAtFF
The Trump administration has canceled close to $3 billion in NIH and NSF research grants, often without much explanation. Now researchers are crowdsourcing databases of suspended grants to shed light... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3EVAtFF
“I think it would be a mistake to assign any rational decision-making here,” he said. “It wasn’t like [the administration] reviewed the staff and coincidentally 50 percent of them were expendable. They had an arbitrary target delivered from the top down, and they were tasked with hitting it.”
How the Education Department Layoffs Could Affect Higher Ed
The Trump administration’s deep cuts at the department hit some offices harder than others, but the effects will likely be felt by students, families and institutions across the country.
www.insidehighered.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“I think it would be a mistake to assign any rational decision-making here,” he said. “It wasn’t like [the administration] reviewed the staff and coincidentally 50 percent of them were expendable. They had an arbitrary target delivered from the top down, and they were tasked with hitting it.”
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"Effectively immediately, race will no longer be considered as a factor in admissions decisions. In fact, to ensure we don’t promote equal access to education by accident, only applicants named 'Bradford' will be admitted to the college."
Changes Our University Is Making to Pre-Comply with Possible Future Regulations
“[T]he University of North Texas administration recently censored the content of more than two hundred academic courses, including by mandating the...
buff.ly
February 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Effectively immediately, race will no longer be considered as a factor in admissions decisions. In fact, to ensure we don’t promote equal access to education by accident, only applicants named 'Bradford' will be admitted to the college."
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"Musk has touted DOGE’s transparency. Much of its ‘transparency,’ however, is political theater. DOGE has not offered a meaningful explanation of what it is doing and why it is doing it."
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social on the lack of accuracy and transparency from DOGE.
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social on the lack of accuracy and transparency from DOGE.
Did DOGE Take Credit for Spending Cuts Related to President Carter’s Death?
Inaccuracies on DOGE’s website raise questions about DOGE’s activities and transparency.
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"Musk has touted DOGE’s transparency. Much of its ‘transparency,’ however, is political theater. DOGE has not offered a meaningful explanation of what it is doing and why it is doing it."
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social on the lack of accuracy and transparency from DOGE.
@nicholasbednar.bsky.social on the lack of accuracy and transparency from DOGE.
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NEW: We compiled and confirmed a list of some of the top people working inside the govt under the banner of DOGE. We even uncovered a DOGE-branded chatbot on one of the employees’ personal websites.
As always, reach us if you have a tip or know what’s going on. ✌️
techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/t...
As always, reach us if you have a tip or know what’s going on. ✌️
techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/t...
The people in Elon Musk's DOGE universe | TechCrunch
Meet the DOGE staffers and senior advisors in Elon Musk's inner circle, and how they got there.
techcrunch.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
NEW: We compiled and confirmed a list of some of the top people working inside the govt under the banner of DOGE. We even uncovered a DOGE-branded chatbot on one of the employees’ personal websites.
As always, reach us if you have a tip or know what’s going on. ✌️
techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/t...
As always, reach us if you have a tip or know what’s going on. ✌️
techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/t...
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A powerful piece. www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a...
Will Rogers Is on Fire
L.A. journalist Andrew Dubbins on his family’s escape from the Pacific Palisades—and the home they left behind.
www.altaonline.com
January 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A powerful piece. www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a...
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Home Inventory and Contents Claim Tips - United Policyholders
Goals: Collect the value of every personal property item that was damaged or destroyed (up to your policy limits) in the least time-consuming and painful way possible. Basic strategy: Document/list a...
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January 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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