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Measles Cases Hit Record High, 25 Years After U.S. Eliminated the Disease

August 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM

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Measles Cases Hit Record High, 25 Years After U.S. Eliminated the Disease www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/w...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down 1849 Abortion Ban

July 9, 2025 at 3:59 PM

Amy Hawk

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“In one of the most astonishing political transformations in the history of democracy,” Hitler destroyed “a constitutional republic through constitutional means,” writes Timothy W. Ryback. Read about how Hitler overcame democracy in just 53 days:

July 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM

Amy Hawk

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down 1849 Abortion Ban www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...

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July 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM

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‘I’m an American, Bro!’: Latinos Report Raids in Which U.S. Citizenship Is Questioned

June 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM

Amy Hawk

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‘I’m an American, Bro!’: Latinos Report Raids in Which U.S. Citizenship Is Questioned www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...

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June 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM

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Migrant deported to El Salvador after DPS labeled him a member of Tren de Aragua without evidence, lawyer says

June 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM

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🚨🚨The White House is pissed off about this ad so you know what to do, share it everywhere! ICE is disappearing people just because of the color of their skin! No Warrant! No Due Process! This is not who we are as Americans! #MAGAKidnappers want an all white America, fuck that‼️

June 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM

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Chris Geidner

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BREAKING: Judge Myong Joun, who previously issued an injunction blocking the Education Department's department-wide RIF, issues a related injunction today — blocking the RIF specifically as to the Education Dept's Office of Civil Rights. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Plaintiffs-two students and their parents who have pending investigations with the OCR, and a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the legal
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needs of victims of sexual and gender-based violence filed suit alleging that they are likely to
suffer irreparable harm because the RIF has made it impossible for OCR to meet its statutory
duties. More specifically, student Plaintiffs A.J. and T.R., who have experienced severe race-based and disability-based harassment in school, have seen their OCR investigations stall due to the RIF, and allege, alongside their parents, that the RIF will make it impossible for OCR to timely resolve their complaints and for them to return to school. Plaintiff Victim Rights Law Center ("VRL"), who relies on OCR's processes, alleges that the RIF has made it more difficult for VRLC to accomplish its primary mission: providing legal recourse for victims of sexual and
gender-based violence.

I first note that Plaintiffs' suit is related to an action brought by 20 states and the District of Columbia, school districts, education non-profits, and labor unions challenging the RIF as it applied to the Department of Education's (the "Department") functions in their entirety, see New York v. McMahon, No. 25-cv-10601-MJJ (the "Lead Case"). On May 22, 2025, I granted a preliminary injunction in the Lead Case, enjoining the RIF and ordering that the Department be returned to the pre-RIF status quo. See New York v. McMahon, No. 25-cv-10601-MJJ, 2025 WL
1463009 (D. Mass. May 22, 2025). I found that Consolidated Plaintiffs were likely to succeed in their claims that the mass terminations hamstring the Department's ability to meet its statutory functions and that the RIF effectively eliminates the Department without Congressional approval, in violation of the APA and the Constitution.

Like the Lead Case, Plaintiffs here move for a preliminary injunction, seek enjoinment of
the RIF, and request a return to the status quo. Although the cases are related, I find that
Plaintiffs' case warrants a separate decision to address the unique harms they are suffering. As further elucidated below, Plaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits of
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their APA and ultra vires claims, as well as a likelihood that they will suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an injunction. Thus, Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction, [Doc. No. 181, is GRANTED.

June 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM

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ProPublica

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28-year-old Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo, who has no known criminal record, was accused by Texas police of being in a Venezuelan gang because they found a photo of him posing with another man with tattoos, his lawyers say.

From ProPublica partner @texastribune.org:

Lawyers for Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo deny he is a gang member and say the DPS accusation hinges on a photo they found of him standing next to a man with tattoos.

www.texastribune.org

June 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM

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June 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM

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suesliberal 💙☮️🧿🧷🏳️‍🌈

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She’s right 😉

June 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM

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Hillary Rodham Clinton

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Republicans in Congress really want to take food out of the mouths of hungry children and medicine away from the sick to fund tax cuts for people who don't need them.

Tell your Senators: Vote NO on the Trump budget.

A chart showing that Medicaid and SNAP cuts could be avoided by eliminating proposed tax cuts for those making over $500k

May 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM

Amy Hawk

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I sounded the alarm in 2015. Many of us doubted he could win. But he gave me that chill on the back of your neck like when you meet someone you instinctively don’t trust around your children.

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