Lauren Dula
@laurendula.bsky.social
Asst Professor @binghamtonu.bsky.social & IU SPEA Alum. Studying nonprofit and public governance, philanthropy, gender and racial equity, and intersectionality. Cultivating a strong civil society. Wife, mom, lover of cats and lightning bugs. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
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Lauren Dula
@laurendula.bsky.social
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Here Vox's explainer for just what is going on at the Department of Education which includes me saying I don't have faith in financial aid disbursement next year and, oh yea, I think we're in a constitutional crisis
www.vox.com/policy/40233...
www.vox.com/policy/40233...
March 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Here Vox's explainer for just what is going on at the Department of Education which includes me saying I don't have faith in financial aid disbursement next year and, oh yea, I think we're in a constitutional crisis
www.vox.com/policy/40233...
www.vox.com/policy/40233...
Man I’ve been saying this forever. Not just scotus, but the administration and all of congress too. The only way their behavior makes any sense is if actual elections are over. I don’t for the life of me understand how one could come to any other conclusion.
Everything SCOTUS is doing makes the most sense if they believe that they can successfully keep a Democrat from ever taking office again
July 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Vile language and weaponization of gender norms are deeply unethical.
Doctors swear an oath to do no harm. A doctor who doesn’t want to provide gender-affirming care can find another specialty. It’s that simple.
If you can’t bear to use a patient’s pronouns, you need to reflect on why that is.
Doctors swear an oath to do no harm. A doctor who doesn’t want to provide gender-affirming care can find another specialty. It’s that simple.
If you can’t bear to use a patient’s pronouns, you need to reflect on why that is.
July 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Vile language and weaponization of gender norms are deeply unethical.
Doctors swear an oath to do no harm. A doctor who doesn’t want to provide gender-affirming care can find another specialty. It’s that simple.
If you can’t bear to use a patient’s pronouns, you need to reflect on why that is.
Doctors swear an oath to do no harm. A doctor who doesn’t want to provide gender-affirming care can find another specialty. It’s that simple.
If you can’t bear to use a patient’s pronouns, you need to reflect on why that is.
This is just unacceptable. They get tax exemption for helping the public and the trade off is that their electioneering is limited. And THIS only allows religious orgs to do so. What about the 1.8 million other nonprofit organizations? Afraid food banks are not going to go Republican?
Holy shit, a real masks-off moment. Trump's IRS says churches can continue to claim tax benefits as a nonprofit even while explicitly endorsing candidates.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is just unacceptable. They get tax exemption for helping the public and the trade off is that their electioneering is limited. And THIS only allows religious orgs to do so. What about the 1.8 million other nonprofit organizations? Afraid food banks are not going to go Republican?
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'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
July 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
So everyone brown goes first, but they’re already laying the foundations for the elderly and disabled. The poor are an obvious target, but trans people and the rest of the rainbow will be sandwiched somewhere in there. My family needs to decide when to get out. Protect yourselves.
July 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
So everyone brown goes first, but they’re already laying the foundations for the elderly and disabled. The poor are an obvious target, but trans people and the rest of the rainbow will be sandwiched somewhere in there. My family needs to decide when to get out. Protect yourselves.
God, is EVERYONE CAVING TO THIS MONSTER? This is heartbreaking. Just abusing trans people to humor their hate.
JUST IN: UPenn will strip a trans swimmer, Lia Thomas, of her records and ban trans athletes in women’s sports, caving to Trump admin demands.
Trans swimmer Lia Thomas' records revoked in UPenn deal with Trump admin
Thomas was the first transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I title in 2022.
www.axios.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
God, is EVERYONE CAVING TO THIS MONSTER? This is heartbreaking. Just abusing trans people to humor their hate.
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Anti-facial recognition make-up and how it works
CV Dazzle
CV Dazzle is a computer vision camouflage strategy developed in 2010. Unlike disruptive-pattern material, CV Dazzle is bright and bold, and evades detection by breaking weaknesses in automated pattern...
adam.harvey.studio
June 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Anti-facial recognition make-up and how it works
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New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is usin...
www.404media.co
June 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
Silence will not save us. SPEAK. UP. Loudly.
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"...sample of about 1,500 residents of the U.S. I found that while 45% of the respondents were worried about expressing their views to members of their immediate family, this percentage ballooned to 62% when it came to speaking out publicly in one’s community."
theconversation.com/self-censors...
"...sample of about 1,500 residents of the U.S. I found that while 45% of the respondents were worried about expressing their views to members of their immediate family, this percentage ballooned to 62% when it came to speaking out publicly in one’s community."
theconversation.com/self-censors...
Self-censorship and the ‘spiral of silence’: Why Americans are less likely to publicly voice their opinions on political issues
Nearly half of Americans say they feel less free to speak their minds.
theconversation.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Silence will not save us. SPEAK. UP. Loudly.
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Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.
June 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.
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This isn't a stalled gender revolution. It's a gender counter-revolution. And the most troubling part is that it's younger men and boys the leading charge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/o...
June 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This isn't a stalled gender revolution. It's a gender counter-revolution. And the most troubling part is that it's younger men and boys the leading charge.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/o...
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Pretty egregious error from this book: The authors say Swedish deaths fell by 2.3% during the pandemic, proving that the country's lax lockdown strategy worked.
But they misread their source: Mortality is only down if you remove the COVID deaths.
research.abo.fi/ws/portalfil...
But they misread their source: Mortality is only down if you remove the COVID deaths.
research.abo.fi/ws/portalfil...
June 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Pretty egregious error from this book: The authors say Swedish deaths fell by 2.3% during the pandemic, proving that the country's lax lockdown strategy worked.
But they misread their source: Mortality is only down if you remove the COVID deaths.
research.abo.fi/ws/portalfil...
But they misread their source: Mortality is only down if you remove the COVID deaths.
research.abo.fi/ws/portalfil...
Just WOW.
Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
May 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Just WOW.
I’ve had two miscarriages: one while living in NC, one in IN. I would have been arrested given my circumstances.
No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss
May 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I’ve had two miscarriages: one while living in NC, one in IN. I would have been arrested given my circumstances.
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Massively good news: The provision that would have let the trump administration strip the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit organization they wanted simply by declaring them to be a "terrorist supporting organization" has been removed from the budget bill. Pushing back against these people works.
Nonprofit Killer Provision Quietly Disappears From Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”
The infamous “nonprofit killer” provision quietly disappeared from Donald Trump’s "Big, Beautiful Bill" as it winds its way through Congress.
theintercept.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Massively good news: The provision that would have let the trump administration strip the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit organization they wanted simply by declaring them to be a "terrorist supporting organization" has been removed from the budget bill. Pushing back against these people works.
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Is it too much to ask for an IRS Commissioner who understands the law?
May 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Is it too much to ask for an IRS Commissioner who understands the law?
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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
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Shoutout to the pundits who insisted Trump wouldn’t actually jail his political opponents, when less than six months in he’s now arrested a sitting judge, the mayor of New Jersey’s largest city, and a member of Congress.
May 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Shoutout to the pundits who insisted Trump wouldn’t actually jail his political opponents, when less than six months in he’s now arrested a sitting judge, the mayor of New Jersey’s largest city, and a member of Congress.
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If you encounter what seems like an implausible survey finding, ask:
1. Were survey respondents selected randomly or was this an opt-in poll?
2. Could the results, especially for young adults, be driven by bogus respondents?
Keep this post in mind: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
1. Were survey respondents selected randomly or was this an opt-in poll?
2. Could the results, especially for young adults, be driven by bogus respondents?
Keep this post in mind: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
May 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If you encounter what seems like an implausible survey finding, ask:
1. Were survey respondents selected randomly or was this an opt-in poll?
2. Could the results, especially for young adults, be driven by bogus respondents?
Keep this post in mind: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
1. Were survey respondents selected randomly or was this an opt-in poll?
2. Could the results, especially for young adults, be driven by bogus respondents?
Keep this post in mind: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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@cignahealthcare.bsky.social - do the right thing!
Please cover this man's lung transplant and medical treatment.
Reverse your decision.
Do not deny his coverage.
This is life or death!
#HealthcareIsAHumanRight
#HealthcareForAll
abc7chicago.com/post/cigna-l...
Please cover this man's lung transplant and medical treatment.
Reverse your decision.
Do not deny his coverage.
This is life or death!
#HealthcareIsAHumanRight
#HealthcareForAll
abc7chicago.com/post/cigna-l...
Insurance denies man life-saving lung transplant as he was preparing for procedure at Northwestern
A California man battling stage 4 lung cancer was preparing to fly across the country to Chicago for a life-changing double-lung transplant when his insurance company denied him coverage.
abc7chicago.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
@cignahealthcare.bsky.social - do the right thing!
Please cover this man's lung transplant and medical treatment.
Reverse your decision.
Do not deny his coverage.
This is life or death!
#HealthcareIsAHumanRight
#HealthcareForAll
abc7chicago.com/post/cigna-l...
Please cover this man's lung transplant and medical treatment.
Reverse your decision.
Do not deny his coverage.
This is life or death!
#HealthcareIsAHumanRight
#HealthcareForAll
abc7chicago.com/post/cigna-l...
THIS IS NOT NORMAL
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl's face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
#immigration
‘Harrowing': Video shows Worcester police hold girl's face on ground during ICE operation
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl’s face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
www.nbcboston.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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I want to remind you that yesterday, Trump's Secretary of Transportation went on Fox to say he can't get in touch with Trump's Pentagon to prevent plane crashes.
May 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I want to remind you that yesterday, Trump's Secretary of Transportation went on Fox to say he can't get in touch with Trump's Pentagon to prevent plane crashes.
Ever wonder about how much power philanthropic foundations have? Check out my new integrative literature written with Dr. Laurie Paarlberg and Imoleayo Adeyeri on just that. There is hope in modern philanthropy! #NVSQ #nonprofitsky doi.org/10.1177/0899...
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May 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Ever wonder about how much power philanthropic foundations have? Check out my new integrative literature written with Dr. Laurie Paarlberg and Imoleayo Adeyeri on just that. There is hope in modern philanthropy! #NVSQ #nonprofitsky doi.org/10.1177/0899...