Rax
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30s, MI. Politics, Taylor Swift, and rediscovering my love of sports. 🏈 Lions, Chiefs 🏀 Fever, Pistons 🏒 Fleet, Red Wings ⚾️ Tigers ⚽️ DCFC
If even a quarter of you who whine about how terrible Democrats are actually had the courage to run for office I would take some of these criticisms more seriously but you won’t ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Less talking, more action.
Less talking, more action.
April 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If even a quarter of you who whine about how terrible Democrats are actually had the courage to run for office I would take some of these criticisms more seriously but you won’t ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Less talking, more action.
Less talking, more action.
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The number of people who respond to this with “filibusters do nothing” or “they have to vote no!” makes me think that way too many people do not understand current Senate rules.
Calling my senators and telling them to filibuster the SAVE act.
April 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The number of people who respond to this with “filibusters do nothing” or “they have to vote no!” makes me think that way too many people do not understand current Senate rules.
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JUST IN: Judge Xinis *grants* the government a partial extension ... to 11:30 AM. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
JUST IN: Judge Xinis *grants* the government a partial extension ... to 11:30 AM. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This is the top news headline on WSJ now - no punches pulled
April 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
This is the top news headline on WSJ now - no punches pulled
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what’s the point of access journalism if you don’t use your access to do journalism
Not one reporter asked about the Executive Orders targeting Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor during today’s Cabinet press conference. Not one. A president using DOJ to punish those who spoke out? That’s banana republic territory. I waited. The question never came.
Why? Has the fear already taken hold?
Why? Has the fear already taken hold?
April 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
what’s the point of access journalism if you don’t use your access to do journalism
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Just a hop, skip, and a jump from canceling citizens’ SSNs
The Trump administration is now canceling people's Social Security Numbers, treating them as if they are legally dead. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
April 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Just a hop, skip, and a jump from canceling citizens’ SSNs
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public comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit & strip care from DACA recipients ends at 23:59pm EDT tonite
if you haven't commented, it won't take long & is worth doing. context & guidance in-thread ⬇️
if you have commented, thank you💜🏳️⚧️
if you haven't commented, it won't take long & is worth doing. context & guidance in-thread ⬇️
if you have commented, thank you💜🏳️⚧️
hi, cis folks!
if we *are* going to talk ACA, RFK's HHS proposed a rule to remove *all trans care* from ACA essential health benefit status.
~25mil people are insured by ACA & if 1% are trans, that's 250,000 people who'd lose access to care.
that's bad! take 2 minutes to stand with trans people.🧵
if we *are* going to talk ACA, RFK's HHS proposed a rule to remove *all trans care* from ACA essential health benefit status.
~25mil people are insured by ACA & if 1% are trans, that's 250,000 people who'd lose access to care.
that's bad! take 2 minutes to stand with trans people.🧵
April 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
public comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit & strip care from DACA recipients ends at 23:59pm EDT tonite
if you haven't commented, it won't take long & is worth doing. context & guidance in-thread ⬇️
if you have commented, thank you💜🏳️⚧️
if you haven't commented, it won't take long & is worth doing. context & guidance in-thread ⬇️
if you have commented, thank you💜🏳️⚧️
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The US deports a foreign national to South Sudan, a country that he does not come from.
When South Sudan refuses, US cancels ALL VISAS from South Sudan.
South Sudan relents, accepts non-citizen in an attempt to calm the US, but visas are still in limbo.
GOT IT.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
When South Sudan refuses, US cancels ALL VISAS from South Sudan.
South Sudan relents, accepts non-citizen in an attempt to calm the US, but visas are still in limbo.
GOT IT.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
South Sudan to accept man deported from US in bid to defuse visa row - BBC News
The government initially denied entry to the man, saying he was Congolese, not South Sudanese.
www.bbc.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The US deports a foreign national to South Sudan, a country that he does not come from.
When South Sudan refuses, US cancels ALL VISAS from South Sudan.
South Sudan relents, accepts non-citizen in an attempt to calm the US, but visas are still in limbo.
GOT IT.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
When South Sudan refuses, US cancels ALL VISAS from South Sudan.
South Sudan relents, accepts non-citizen in an attempt to calm the US, but visas are still in limbo.
GOT IT.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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punch 'em in the face
COMPARE: the results of fighting back to the results of not fighting back
April 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
punch 'em in the face
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Embarrassing behavior from a former journalist who is now president of the university that administers the Pulitzer Prizes
Within days of assuming top role, CU trustee-president Claire Shipman personally intervenes to terminate the appeal process of disciplined students and workers, including Grant Miner, shattering any illusion of due process.
April 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Embarrassing behavior from a former journalist who is now president of the university that administers the Pulitzer Prizes
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Wow. This is the full document submitted by Rubio against Mr. Khalil invoking INA 237(a)(4)(C).
The standard in immigration court is extremely deferential; a judge must accept this so long as it is “facially reasonable and bona fide.” But this is so threadbare that it might not even satisfy that.
The standard in immigration court is extremely deferential; a judge must accept this so long as it is “facially reasonable and bona fide.” But this is so threadbare that it might not even satisfy that.
April 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Wow. This is the full document submitted by Rubio against Mr. Khalil invoking INA 237(a)(4)(C).
The standard in immigration court is extremely deferential; a judge must accept this so long as it is “facially reasonable and bona fide.” But this is so threadbare that it might not even satisfy that.
The standard in immigration court is extremely deferential; a judge must accept this so long as it is “facially reasonable and bona fide.” But this is so threadbare that it might not even satisfy that.
This lady is a GD hero. This is what can happen if we try to give a shit about eachother. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
April 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This lady is a GD hero. This is what can happen if we try to give a shit about eachother. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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She wrote an op-ed in her college paper. That's the pretext.
NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk says she's had 4 painful asthma attacks in ICE custody, and not only is her asthma going untreated but a nurse tore off her hijab, saying, "You need to take that thing off your head." www.aclum.org/sites/defaul...
April 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
She wrote an op-ed in her college paper. That's the pretext.
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It finally happened. The first documented case of a public school teacher being fired for referring to a student by their chosen name, instead of their dead name, as required by a law signed by Ron DeSantis in 2023: www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Florida teacher loses job for calling student by preferred name
It’s the first known dismissal stemming from the conservative campaign to limit schools' recognition of transgender identity.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It finally happened. The first documented case of a public school teacher being fired for referring to a student by their chosen name, instead of their dead name, as required by a law signed by Ron DeSantis in 2023: www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Now what happens when people realize international students paying full tuition is sustaining cash flow?
“The announcement of the revocation of student visas also came at the University of Texas at Dallas, Texas A&M University and other campuses across the country.”
www.keranews.org/texas-news/2...
www.keranews.org/texas-news/2...
Update: 27 UNT international students see visas revoked, TWU reports four
Twenty-seven University of North Texas students have reportedly had their visas revoked. The North Texas Daily reported that Faculty Senate Vice Chair William Joyner read from an email from UNT admini...
www.keranews.org
April 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Now what happens when people realize international students paying full tuition is sustaining cash flow?
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Pretty much the same amount Republicans promise to “save” in this budget is what the IRS could have collected from tax cheats and wealthy/sophisticated filers WITHOUT RAISING A SINGLE TAX.
But instead somebody somewhere will lose out on healthcare. Stupid and cruel.
But instead somebody somewhere will lose out on healthcare. Stupid and cruel.
April 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Pretty much the same amount Republicans promise to “save” in this budget is what the IRS could have collected from tax cheats and wealthy/sophisticated filers WITHOUT RAISING A SINGLE TAX.
But instead somebody somewhere will lose out on healthcare. Stupid and cruel.
But instead somebody somewhere will lose out on healthcare. Stupid and cruel.
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Big Law has failed to stand up to Trump and now infosec is following suit.
Yesterday the Trump administration took aim at @thekrebscycle.bsky.social and @sentinelone.com over Trump's longstanding beef with Krebs saying the 2020 election was legitimate. So @raphae.li asked more than 30 major cybersecurity firms and trade groups what they had to say. Here's how it went:
Cybersecurity industry falls silent as Trump turns ire on SentinelOne
The cybersecurity industry has gone mostly quiet after President Donald Trump took action against one of its prominent members.
www.reuters.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Big Law has failed to stand up to Trump and now infosec is following suit.
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What a grim paragraph www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
April 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
What a grim paragraph www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
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NEWS: Chief Justice John Roberts *is* aware there is a matter before him about a man who was improperly sent to a prison in El Salvador.
Per the court, Roberts has denied the request from Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers to file a sur-reply — a reply responding to DOJ's reply — in the matter.
Per the court, Roberts has denied the request from Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers to file a sur-reply — a reply responding to DOJ's reply — in the matter.
April 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NEWS: Chief Justice John Roberts *is* aware there is a matter before him about a man who was improperly sent to a prison in El Salvador.
Per the court, Roberts has denied the request from Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers to file a sur-reply — a reply responding to DOJ's reply — in the matter.
Per the court, Roberts has denied the request from Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers to file a sur-reply — a reply responding to DOJ's reply — in the matter.
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The fear among academics and lawyers now talking on the record on just about any topic that involves the federal government or the White House is really extraordinary and worrisome, and getting worse, it seems to me, every week. Dissent by an establishment figures becoming verboten in the US
April 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The fear among academics and lawyers now talking on the record on just about any topic that involves the federal government or the White House is really extraordinary and worrisome, and getting worse, it seems to me, every week. Dissent by an establishment figures becoming verboten in the US
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Breaking NYT:
The Trump admin is taking drastic steps to pressure certain immigrants to "self-deport" by effectively canceling the Social Security numbers they had lawfully obtained, according to docs NYT reviewed and interviews with 6 people familiar with the plans. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
The Trump admin is taking drastic steps to pressure certain immigrants to "self-deport" by effectively canceling the Social Security numbers they had lawfully obtained, according to docs NYT reviewed and interviews with 6 people familiar with the plans. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers
By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Breaking NYT:
The Trump admin is taking drastic steps to pressure certain immigrants to "self-deport" by effectively canceling the Social Security numbers they had lawfully obtained, according to docs NYT reviewed and interviews with 6 people familiar with the plans. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
The Trump admin is taking drastic steps to pressure certain immigrants to "self-deport" by effectively canceling the Social Security numbers they had lawfully obtained, according to docs NYT reviewed and interviews with 6 people familiar with the plans. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
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The world's richest man thinks it's hilarious to ruin the lives of people who dedicate their careers to making our country better. Let's make him cry about his poor car company #teslatakedown
According to a source, when Musk privately messages associates and confidants about reports from federal staffers about how their lives have been wrecked, the Tesla CEO is known to react with laugh-crying emojis.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The world's richest man thinks it's hilarious to ruin the lives of people who dedicate their careers to making our country better. Let's make him cry about his poor car company #teslatakedown
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Again, you can tell who the Good Guys are because they’re the ones getting caught sneaking into elementary schools, lying that the kids’ parents sent them.
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Plainclothes agents. Trying to question elementary-aged kids. And lying that they had parents permission to do so.
April 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Again, you can tell who the Good Guys are because they’re the ones getting caught sneaking into elementary schools, lying that the kids’ parents sent them.
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