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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
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Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
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We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.
August 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.
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Our new training series Organizing to Protect Democracy gives you the tools you need to join the fight for civil liberties in your community.
RSVP today for our next training this Thursday, August 7 at 8pm ET.
RSVP today for our next training this Thursday, August 7 at 8pm ET.
ACLU People Power Series: Organizing to Protect Democracy Session 2
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August 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Our new training series Organizing to Protect Democracy gives you the tools you need to join the fight for civil liberties in your community.
RSVP today for our next training this Thursday, August 7 at 8pm ET.
RSVP today for our next training this Thursday, August 7 at 8pm ET.
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I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
July 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
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I have thought on it and prayed about it, and I have decided: I am running to be the next U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
July 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I have thought on it and prayed about it, and I have decided: I am running to be the next U.S. Senator from North Carolina.
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It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
July 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
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I just held a rally in Plano, TX — a red part of the state — and 1,000 people showed up.
Many said it was their first political rally ever.
There’s something happening in Texas…
Many said it was their first political rally ever.
There’s something happening in Texas…
July 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I just held a rally in Plano, TX — a red part of the state — and 1,000 people showed up.
Many said it was their first political rally ever.
There’s something happening in Texas…
Many said it was their first political rally ever.
There’s something happening in Texas…
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ADVISORY: Statement, media avail. from unjustly detained U.S. veteran George Retes
Ventura County, CA—
Wed 7/16 at 3 pm PT, George Retes, U.S. citizen and Army veteran unjustly detained by federal agents during last week’s raid will hold a virtual press availability. 1/
Ventura County, CA—
Wed 7/16 at 3 pm PT, George Retes, U.S. citizen and Army veteran unjustly detained by federal agents during last week’s raid will hold a virtual press availability. 1/
July 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
ADVISORY: Statement, media avail. from unjustly detained U.S. veteran George Retes
Ventura County, CA—
Wed 7/16 at 3 pm PT, George Retes, U.S. citizen and Army veteran unjustly detained by federal agents during last week’s raid will hold a virtual press availability. 1/
Ventura County, CA—
Wed 7/16 at 3 pm PT, George Retes, U.S. citizen and Army veteran unjustly detained by federal agents during last week’s raid will hold a virtual press availability. 1/
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TODAY is the deadline to vote in ILSSA elections!
All students affiliated with @islsnews.bsky.social / @islsilssa.bsky.social are eligible to vote...so vote!
🗳️ Ballots can be accessed via your email (for ISLS members), the ILSSA Discord, or by emailing ilssacommittee@gmail.com 🗳️
All students affiliated with @islsnews.bsky.social / @islsilssa.bsky.social are eligible to vote...so vote!
🗳️ Ballots can be accessed via your email (for ISLS members), the ILSSA Discord, or by emailing ilssacommittee@gmail.com 🗳️
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July 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
TODAY is the deadline to vote in ILSSA elections!
All students affiliated with @islsnews.bsky.social / @islsilssa.bsky.social are eligible to vote...so vote!
🗳️ Ballots can be accessed via your email (for ISLS members), the ILSSA Discord, or by emailing ilssacommittee@gmail.com 🗳️
All students affiliated with @islsnews.bsky.social / @islsilssa.bsky.social are eligible to vote...so vote!
🗳️ Ballots can be accessed via your email (for ISLS members), the ILSSA Discord, or by emailing ilssacommittee@gmail.com 🗳️
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🔥 Congress just issued a letter to EPA Admin Zeldin demanding an end to what they call “illegal retaliation” against the #EPA139 for signing the #DeclarationofDissent.
These civil servants warned that EPA leadership was endangering public health, abuse of authority, & gross mismanagement.
(1/2)
These civil servants warned that EPA leadership was endangering public health, abuse of authority, & gross mismanagement.
(1/2)
July 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🔥 Congress just issued a letter to EPA Admin Zeldin demanding an end to what they call “illegal retaliation” against the #EPA139 for signing the #DeclarationofDissent.
These civil servants warned that EPA leadership was endangering public health, abuse of authority, & gross mismanagement.
(1/2)
These civil servants warned that EPA leadership was endangering public health, abuse of authority, & gross mismanagement.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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“Congress” didn’t pass this murder budget.
Republicans did it.
Republicans did it without a single Democratic vote in the House, without a single Democratic vote in the Senate.
Be precise and give, uh, credit where credit is due
Republicans did it.
Republicans did it without a single Democratic vote in the House, without a single Democratic vote in the Senate.
Be precise and give, uh, credit where credit is due
July 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“Congress” didn’t pass this murder budget.
Republicans did it.
Republicans did it without a single Democratic vote in the House, without a single Democratic vote in the Senate.
Be precise and give, uh, credit where credit is due
Republicans did it.
Republicans did it without a single Democratic vote in the House, without a single Democratic vote in the Senate.
Be precise and give, uh, credit where credit is due
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IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW
DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES
CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB
Scripts here: 5calls.org
DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES
CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB
Scripts here: 5calls.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW
DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES
CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB
Scripts here: 5calls.org
DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES
CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB
Scripts here: 5calls.org
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All you need is: "Hello, my name is [your name] in zip code [your zip code], and I oppose the funding bill that cuts funding for Medicaid and adds billions to ICE [or other parts of the bill you hate]."
That's it, you can do it in 60 seconds.
That's it, you can do it in 60 seconds.
IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS PLEASE MAKE A CALL RIGHT NOW
DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES
CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB
Scripts here: 5calls.org
DOES NOT MATTER IF YOUR VOICE SHAKES
CALL AND SAY YOU OPPOSE BBB
Scripts here: 5calls.org
July 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
All you need is: "Hello, my name is [your name] in zip code [your zip code], and I oppose the funding bill that cuts funding for Medicaid and adds billions to ICE [or other parts of the bill you hate]."
That's it, you can do it in 60 seconds.
That's it, you can do it in 60 seconds.
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Private equity is destroying hospitals, housing markets, the media, and other vital parts of our communities.
The industry thrives off the "carried interest loophole" — which Trump promised to eliminate.
Guess what his budget doesn't eliminate? The carried interest loophole.
The industry thrives off the "carried interest loophole" — which Trump promised to eliminate.
Guess what his budget doesn't eliminate? The carried interest loophole.
July 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Private equity is destroying hospitals, housing markets, the media, and other vital parts of our communities.
The industry thrives off the "carried interest loophole" — which Trump promised to eliminate.
Guess what his budget doesn't eliminate? The carried interest loophole.
The industry thrives off the "carried interest loophole" — which Trump promised to eliminate.
Guess what his budget doesn't eliminate? The carried interest loophole.
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My kid did two years of research at U.C Berkeley on gene therapy to cure blindness in mice and the results have just been published for other researchers to build upon for a human cure. This is the kind of research Trump’s budget cuts are killing. rdcu.be/eulAo
July 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My kid did two years of research at U.C Berkeley on gene therapy to cure blindness in mice and the results have just been published for other researchers to build upon for a human cure. This is the kind of research Trump’s budget cuts are killing. rdcu.be/eulAo
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I hope Harvard’s administration heeds the strong case @ryanenos.bsky.social and @stevelevitsky.bsky.social make in this piece.
To give in to the demands of an authoritarian government would risk the university’s credibility and make it complicit in the erosion of American democracy.
To give in to the demands of an authoritarian government would risk the university’s credibility and make it complicit in the erosion of American democracy.
June 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I hope Harvard’s administration heeds the strong case @ryanenos.bsky.social and @stevelevitsky.bsky.social make in this piece.
To give in to the demands of an authoritarian government would risk the university’s credibility and make it complicit in the erosion of American democracy.
To give in to the demands of an authoritarian government would risk the university’s credibility and make it complicit in the erosion of American democracy.
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Washington Post publishes an op-ed by Kristi Noem attacking Harvard. I wonder which of the two pillars--"personal liberties and free markets"--Jeff Bezos would say this supports.🤔
If you want independent pro-democracy news, information and analysis, sign up for Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
If you want independent pro-democracy news, information and analysis, sign up for Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
June 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Washington Post publishes an op-ed by Kristi Noem attacking Harvard. I wonder which of the two pillars--"personal liberties and free markets"--Jeff Bezos would say this supports.🤔
If you want independent pro-democracy news, information and analysis, sign up for Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
If you want independent pro-democracy news, information and analysis, sign up for Democracy Docket. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
ktla.com/news/local-n...
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June 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”
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One major problem with "viewpoint diversity" is that it's only ever applied to predominantly left wing professions. No one is calling for politicians, judges, the military, the police, or the business world to be more ideologically diverse.
June 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Saying there are “too many non-working holidays” on Juneteenth is so on brand for a man who is actively trying to erase Black history.
This from the same man who’s wasted over $26 million in taxpayer dollars and spent more than 30 days golfing since January 20, 2025? Please.
This from the same man who’s wasted over $26 million in taxpayer dollars and spent more than 30 days golfing since January 20, 2025? Please.
June 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Saying there are “too many non-working holidays” on Juneteenth is so on brand for a man who is actively trying to erase Black history.
This from the same man who’s wasted over $26 million in taxpayer dollars and spent more than 30 days golfing since January 20, 2025? Please.
This from the same man who’s wasted over $26 million in taxpayer dollars and spent more than 30 days golfing since January 20, 2025? Please.
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Whoa. Spicy footnote from Justice Jackson, dissenting in the ADA case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
![The majority’s contention that I reject “ ‘pure textualism’ [a]s insuf
ficiently pliable to secure the result [I] seek,” ante, at 10, stems from an
unfortunate misunderstanding of the judicial role. Our interpretative
task is not to seek our own desired results (whatever they may be). And,
indeed, it is precisely because of this solemn duty that, in my view, it is
imperative that we interpret statutes consistent with all relevant indicia
of what Congress wanted, as best we can ascertain its intent. A method
ology that includes consideration of Congress’s aims does exactly that—
and no more. By contrast, pure textualism’s refusal to try to understand
the text of a statute in the larger context of what Congress sought to
achieve turns the interpretive task into a potent weapon for advancing
judicial policy preferences. By “finding” answers in ambiguous text, and
not bothering to consider whether those answers align with other sources
of statutory meaning, pure textualists can easily disguise their own pref
erences as “textual” inevitabilities. So, really, far from being “insuffi
ciently pliable,” I think pure textualism is incessantly malleable—that’s
its primary problem—and, indeed, it is certainly somehow always flexi
ble enough to secure the majority’s desired outcome.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f4d76fjna5nxqsy2fu6cgmp3/bafkreicg7mx5lddzyvnoguvadwnojtm7xcu2sf34hhizuapfesk46w7kli@jpeg)
June 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Whoa. Spicy footnote from Justice Jackson, dissenting in the ADA case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...