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Philanthropy, misanthropy, fandoms, housing policy, homelessness, anti-carceral, police reform, feminism, reproductive rights. Non-binary bisexual. she/her
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
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When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
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But his assertion that diversity weakens unions ignores two things. First, labor unions have a long history of multiethnic coalitions. Second, it was the capitalists and political elites who tried to *exploit* ethnic divisions to maintain power. There is only one person here trying to stop unions:
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
But his assertion that diversity weakens unions ignores two things. First, labor unions have a long history of multiethnic coalitions. Second, it was the capitalists and political elites who tried to *exploit* ethnic divisions to maintain power. There is only one person here trying to stop unions:
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Known as the Battle of Blair Mountain, this was the largest labor uprising in US history and the largest armed uprising since the Civil War. For a month, 10,000 coal miners confronted some 3,000 company guards, state soldiers, and strikebreakers. Nearly a million rounds were shot.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Known as the Battle of Blair Mountain, this was the largest labor uprising in US history and the largest armed uprising since the Civil War. For a month, 10,000 coal miners confronted some 3,000 company guards, state soldiers, and strikebreakers. Nearly a million rounds were shot.
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Senator Gallego on Trump's extrajudicial killings: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then... you come and talk to us [Congress] first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
October 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Senator Gallego on Trump's extrajudicial killings: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then... you come and talk to us [Congress] first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
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ACECO doesn't list the White House on their projects page but it's their logo on the excavator. Surely they would welcome some local feedback on their choices. 3/
acecoworld.com/projects/
acecoworld.com/projects/
October 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
ACECO doesn't list the White House on their projects page but it's their logo on the excavator. Surely they would welcome some local feedback on their choices. 3/
acecoworld.com/projects/
acecoworld.com/projects/
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DOJ WHISTLEBLOWER: “I wouldn’t be abiding by my oath if I stayed silent right now.” 🇺🇸
He says Trump’s DOJ wanted him to lie (about Kilmar being a gang member & terrorist, etc…) — and fired him when he wouldn’t.
He says Trump’s DOJ wanted him to lie (about Kilmar being a gang member & terrorist, etc…) — and fired him when he wouldn’t.
October 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
DOJ WHISTLEBLOWER: “I wouldn’t be abiding by my oath if I stayed silent right now.” 🇺🇸
He says Trump’s DOJ wanted him to lie (about Kilmar being a gang member & terrorist, etc…) — and fired him when he wouldn’t.
He says Trump’s DOJ wanted him to lie (about Kilmar being a gang member & terrorist, etc…) — and fired him when he wouldn’t.
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I'm in @newrepublic.com today, covering how Trump’s grant terminations and new ideological funding conditions are hurting survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. Cancelled grants include those for emergency housing and interpretation services for deaf and hard-of-hearing survivors.
Trump’s DOJ Cuts Are a Disaster for Sexual Violence Survivors
The administration has slashed funding and wants to implement ideological conditions on grants for programs that both support survivors and prevent these crimes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I'm in @newrepublic.com today, covering how Trump’s grant terminations and new ideological funding conditions are hurting survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. Cancelled grants include those for emergency housing and interpretation services for deaf and hard-of-hearing survivors.
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The Middle East is being conned just like America has been conned.
None of what Trump is saying about the Israel-Gaza war being over is true.
None of the agreements he claims have been made have been made, besides a single hostage deal.
He’s lying to the world, and much of the world believes him.
None of what Trump is saying about the Israel-Gaza war being over is true.
None of the agreements he claims have been made have been made, besides a single hostage deal.
He’s lying to the world, and much of the world believes him.
October 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Middle East is being conned just like America has been conned.
None of what Trump is saying about the Israel-Gaza war being over is true.
None of the agreements he claims have been made have been made, besides a single hostage deal.
He’s lying to the world, and much of the world believes him.
None of what Trump is saying about the Israel-Gaza war being over is true.
None of the agreements he claims have been made have been made, besides a single hostage deal.
He’s lying to the world, and much of the world believes him.
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NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
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Perry asks directly whether the feds started the alleged violence in Chicago.
She asks whether it matters if the inability to execute the law was "caused by the federal agents."
Hamilton: "No, your honor."
She asks whether it matters if the inability to execute the law was "caused by the federal agents."
Hamilton: "No, your honor."
October 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Perry asks directly whether the feds started the alleged violence in Chicago.
She asks whether it matters if the inability to execute the law was "caused by the federal agents."
Hamilton: "No, your honor."
She asks whether it matters if the inability to execute the law was "caused by the federal agents."
Hamilton: "No, your honor."
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Perry: "I am very much struggling to figure out where this would ever stop, because the plaintiffs really believe that it's not going to just stop with that. You haven't told me it's just going to stop with that."
October 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Perry: "I am very much struggling to figure out where this would ever stop, because the plaintiffs really believe that it's not going to just stop with that. You haven't told me it's just going to stop with that."
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The Baptist church schismed because slavers tithe more, that is the entire story. A hundred and sixty years later Doug Wilson is still trying to retcon it into an honest dispute over obscure Bible verses because he’s a liar
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The Baptist church schismed because slavers tithe more, that is the entire story. A hundred and sixty years later Doug Wilson is still trying to retcon it into an honest dispute over obscure Bible verses because he’s a liar
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“Since this new administration took office, the unemployment rate for people with disabilities has increased at triple the normal rate of unemployment."
For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.
For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.
The human costs of Trump's war on government
For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.
www.motherjones.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Since this new administration took office, the unemployment rate for people with disabilities has increased at triple the normal rate of unemployment."
For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.
For many disabled workers, federal jobs were decent, human, and accommodating: everything the president hates.
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If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.
We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.
We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.
October 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If the National Governors Association chooses to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.
We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.
We should be standing as one against the idea that Donald Trump can call up the National Guard against our will.
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If this were really about crime, there’d be warrants, hearings, charges. Instead there’s silence, smoke, and smashed doors. A long drawn out foreclosure instantly turns into a corporate asset to Wells Fargo. A community disappears. And no one in power calls it what it is, state-sponsored theft.
If this were really about crime, there’d be warrants, hearings, charges. Instead there’s silence, smoke, and smashed doors. A long drawn out foreclosure instantly turns into a corporate asset to Wells Fargo. A community disappears. And no one in power calls it what it is, state-sponsored theft.
October 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
4/7
If this were really about crime, there’d be warrants, hearings, charges. Instead there’s silence, smoke, and smashed doors. A long drawn out foreclosure instantly turns into a corporate asset to Wells Fargo. A community disappears. And no one in power calls it what it is, state-sponsored theft.
If this were really about crime, there’d be warrants, hearings, charges. Instead there’s silence, smoke, and smashed doors. A long drawn out foreclosure instantly turns into a corporate asset to Wells Fargo. A community disappears. And no one in power calls it what it is, state-sponsored theft.
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Ideology gives you a flag to cover the wound. Ideology gives you coherence without consequence. It lets people perform ethics as identity instead of as burden.
October 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Ideology gives you a flag to cover the wound. Ideology gives you coherence without consequence. It lets people perform ethics as identity instead of as burden.
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ICE/DHS will operate either way. it's a question of how heavily armed and unaccountable their backup is.
we lost in 2024. this is what that looks like.
we lost in 2024. this is what that looks like.
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
ICE/DHS will operate either way. it's a question of how heavily armed and unaccountable their backup is.
we lost in 2024. this is what that looks like.
we lost in 2024. this is what that looks like.
Still impressed that the regime has gotten this many halfway competent lawyers to continue to represent their blatantly illegal positions in court.
Hamilton has asked for a week to respond to the complaint.
Perry asks if Hamilton would be willing to hold off a week on troop deployment.
Hamilton: "I am not able to represent that we will do that."
Perry asks if Hamilton would be willing to hold off a week on troop deployment.
Hamilton: "I am not able to represent that we will do that."
October 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Still impressed that the regime has gotten this many halfway competent lawyers to continue to represent their blatantly illegal positions in court.
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Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…
October 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Holy hell. DHS just openly stated that its agents use “reasonable suspicion” to make ARRESTS. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The Supreme Court is clear that you need probable cause to arrest someone, as opposed to stop them to ask them a question or two. This is huge b/c…
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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