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Ricki Duke
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Finally migrated over here from Twitter 🙌🙌🙌
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San Antonio police have walked back on a previous statement that there was no evidence of a hate crime in the killing of actor Jonathan Joss, with the police chief now calling the statement “premature.”
Police take back statement dismissing hate crime in gay actor’s killing
Jonathan Joss, who acted in “King of the Hill” and “Parks and Recreation,” was shot in San Antonio by a man who yelled “homophobic slurs” at him, his husband said.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I am honestly dreading Pride events this year - I don't know that I can say I have ever felt completely and entirely safe at these events, but I can certainly say that this year things feel particularly tense.

I accept the risk again this year to be present, and I will protect the ones I love.
March 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Serious props to Marisa here who had this before anyone else I think.
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.

Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
January 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Here's a longer post explaining all of this in a bit more detail:

www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...
120. The Impoundment Crisis of 2025
The Trump administration's Monday spending freeze is likely to provoke a crisis over the constitutionality of "impoundment"—one that the justices could well have to resolve *very* soon.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Feels like a good time to remind everyone that if you are a public servant wishing to report retaliation, acts of corruption or abuse of government power, I have a page for that on my website: www.wyden.senate.gov/whistleblowe...
January 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
January 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM