Amy Gaffin
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April 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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I agree. This is a test to see if the American public will tolerate disappearances, and if we do, no one will be immune.
I asked an international human rights lawyer recently what red lines to watch for - he said, “when people start to disappear.” Well…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/us/ice-tufts-student-detained-rumeysa-ozturk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Student, Is Detained by ICE
The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students and faculty members.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I agree. This is a test to see if the American public will tolerate disappearances, and if we do, no one will be immune.
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When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, Northeast Ohio welcomed thousands of families fleeing a brutal attack. It was the right thing to do.
Trump even considering deporting Ukrainians who are here legally is appalling.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump even considering deporting Ukrainians who are here legally is appalling.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
www.reuters.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
When Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, Northeast Ohio welcomed thousands of families fleeing a brutal attack. It was the right thing to do.
Trump even considering deporting Ukrainians who are here legally is appalling.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump even considering deporting Ukrainians who are here legally is appalling.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Colorado last year *required* jails to set up voting stations so people behind bars could vote — a first for any state ever.
And how'd it go? Fantastic.
In 2022, 231 people in CO jails voted. But in 2024, 2,300+ in CO jails voted.
That's a nearly tenfold jump.
boltsmag.org/jail-voting-...
And how'd it go? Fantastic.
In 2022, 231 people in CO jails voted. But in 2024, 2,300+ in CO jails voted.
That's a nearly tenfold jump.
boltsmag.org/jail-voting-...
Jail Voting Soars in Colorado After State Mandates Polling Places in County Lockups - Bolts
Local officials had claimed they were already giving detained people ballot access, but Colorado's first-in-the-nation mandate forced their hands and increased turnout across the state.
boltsmag.org
March 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Colorado last year *required* jails to set up voting stations so people behind bars could vote — a first for any state ever.
And how'd it go? Fantastic.
In 2022, 231 people in CO jails voted. But in 2024, 2,300+ in CO jails voted.
That's a nearly tenfold jump.
boltsmag.org/jail-voting-...
And how'd it go? Fantastic.
In 2022, 231 people in CO jails voted. But in 2024, 2,300+ in CO jails voted.
That's a nearly tenfold jump.
boltsmag.org/jail-voting-...
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Rarely has so much ignorance & ahistorical BS been crammed into a single tweet. I know JD Vance & Donald Trump are busy surrendering to a KGB butcher, abandoning the cause of freedom, & destroying the security of America & her allies, but they'd do well to spend some time actually studying history.
JD Vance Goes Ballistic on Conservative Historian: 'Moralistic Garbage'
JD Vance Goes Ballistic on Conservative Historian: ‘Moralistic Garbage’
Vance unleashed a blistering response to Niall Ferguson, who invoked George H.W. Bush to condemn Trump's Ukraine stance.
bit.ly
February 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Rarely has so much ignorance & ahistorical BS been crammed into a single tweet. I know JD Vance & Donald Trump are busy surrendering to a KGB butcher, abandoning the cause of freedom, & destroying the security of America & her allies, but they'd do well to spend some time actually studying history.
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EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.
therecord.media
February 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions.
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
On @therecordmedia.bsky.social
therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
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The Trump Vance performance today was one of the great foreign policy fails in US history, the biggest Oval Office clusterfuck the public has ever had the chance to watch in real time. But it was much worse than that. Another piece from me. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-thinks...
Trump Thinks He Humiliated Zelensky. He Really Humiliated the United States
Trump’s Oval Office mob show proves he’s no Don Corleone. He’s Luca Brasi—with nukes.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The Trump Vance performance today was one of the great foreign policy fails in US history, the biggest Oval Office clusterfuck the public has ever had the chance to watch in real time. But it was much worse than that. Another piece from me. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-thinks...
Yesterday, the Oval Office—the very symbol of American strength and leadership—was turned into a stage for cowardice and betrayal.
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Yesterday, the Oval Office—the very symbol of American strength and leadership—was turned into a stage for cowardice and betrayal.
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I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:
February 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a bill that strikes gender identity from Iowa civil rights law, making the state the first to remove civil rights from a previously protected class.
Iowa governor signs bill removing gender identity from state civil rights protections
The move marks the first time a state has removed a protected class from a state law prohibiting discrimination.
www.nbcnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a bill that strikes gender identity from Iowa civil rights law, making the state the first to remove civil rights from a previously protected class.
Now a third state, many many cases, one death so far.
This disease is highly contagious, it will spread and kill more children.
We can see where this is going and our highest healthcare official is anti-vaccine.
Geez-Louise, maybe it’s time for the sane world to impose travel bans on US?
This disease is highly contagious, it will spread and kill more children.
We can see where this is going and our highest healthcare official is anti-vaccine.
Geez-Louise, maybe it’s time for the sane world to impose travel bans on US?
BREAKING HEALTH ALERT:
A case of measles has now been confirmed in the state of Kentucky.
The Kentucky Department of Public Health said the person had traveled internationally to an area with an ongoing measles transmission.
CRITICAL REMINDERS: Measles is highly, highly contagious — one of the…
A case of measles has now been confirmed in the state of Kentucky.
The Kentucky Department of Public Health said the person had traveled internationally to an area with an ongoing measles transmission.
CRITICAL REMINDERS: Measles is highly, highly contagious — one of the…
February 27, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Now a third state, many many cases, one death so far.
This disease is highly contagious, it will spread and kill more children.
We can see where this is going and our highest healthcare official is anti-vaccine.
Geez-Louise, maybe it’s time for the sane world to impose travel bans on US?
This disease is highly contagious, it will spread and kill more children.
We can see where this is going and our highest healthcare official is anti-vaccine.
Geez-Louise, maybe it’s time for the sane world to impose travel bans on US?
The world is watching. There is no way we come back from the shame of this soon or easily. How can our allies trust us again?
Traitors in the White House. Ask every Republican elected official if they side with Putin. On the record.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war
Washington’s shift on the Ukraine war marks a major break with European allies and comes as the Trump administration aims to repair relations with Russia.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The world is watching. There is no way we come back from the shame of this soon or easily. How can our allies trust us again?
I’m not saying anyone should do this … but I’m also not not saying that. I’m just saying, here’s this email address sitting here waiting to receive emails.
Send an email to hr@opm.gov
Give them a list of 5 things you did last week. Flood the server.
Send an email to hr@opm.gov
Give them a list of 5 things you did last week. Flood the server.
February 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I’m not saying anyone should do this … but I’m also not not saying that. I’m just saying, here’s this email address sitting here waiting to receive emails.
Send an email to hr@opm.gov
Give them a list of 5 things you did last week. Flood the server.
Send an email to hr@opm.gov
Give them a list of 5 things you did last week. Flood the server.
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This is a terrible move @msnbc.com. Terrible. The @joy.msnbc.com was a critical part of the evening line-up and @joyannreid.bsky.social brings trenchant political analysis that no one else in the evening line-up has brought. I urge you to reconsider this. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...
MSNBC Cancels Joy Reid’s Show in Major Shake-Up (Gift Article)
Ms. Reid’s 7 p.m. program will be replaced by a panel show co-hosted by Symone Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele.
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is a terrible move @msnbc.com. Terrible. The @joy.msnbc.com was a critical part of the evening line-up and @joyannreid.bsky.social brings trenchant political analysis that no one else in the evening line-up has brought. I urge you to reconsider this. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/b...
@MSNBC please do NOT do this! Joy Reid is smart, unflinching, and we need coverage like this. Panel shows are just a waste of time.
You have a weekday morning show that is a much more suitable target for your silly purge.
You have a weekday morning show that is a much more suitable target for your silly purge.
February 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@MSNBC please do NOT do this! Joy Reid is smart, unflinching, and we need coverage like this. Panel shows are just a waste of time.
You have a weekday morning show that is a much more suitable target for your silly purge.
You have a weekday morning show that is a much more suitable target for your silly purge.
So, I’ve been having fun getting into political and philosophical arguments with ChatGPT. It’s uncanny how real it sounds at time
But today I was asking it something about DOGE. And it kept asking me if I meant about DOJ.
And it DOUBLED DOWN when I called it out.
See screenshot below
But today I was asking it something about DOGE. And it kept asking me if I meant about DOJ.
And it DOUBLED DOWN when I called it out.
See screenshot below
February 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
So, I’ve been having fun getting into political and philosophical arguments with ChatGPT. It’s uncanny how real it sounds at time
But today I was asking it something about DOGE. And it kept asking me if I meant about DOJ.
And it DOUBLED DOWN when I called it out.
See screenshot below
But today I was asking it something about DOGE. And it kept asking me if I meant about DOJ.
And it DOUBLED DOWN when I called it out.
See screenshot below
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Mexico will take Google to court if maps shown to US-based users continue to label the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America across the entire body of water, President Claudia Sheinbaum said.
She argued Trump's order to rename it only applies to the part of the continental shelf under US control.
She argued Trump's order to rename it only applies to the part of the continental shelf under US control.
Mexico threatens to sue Google over name change of Gulf of Mexico on US maps | CNN
Mexico will take Google to court if maps shown to US-based users continue to label the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America across the entire body of water, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday, a...
www.cnn.com
February 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Mexico will take Google to court if maps shown to US-based users continue to label the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America across the entire body of water, President Claudia Sheinbaum said.
She argued Trump's order to rename it only applies to the part of the continental shelf under US control.
She argued Trump's order to rename it only applies to the part of the continental shelf under US control.
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1/ Protests are taking place at state capitols and city halls and other civic spaces today, most begin at noon local time. They have already started out East. #50501movement www.npr.org/2025/02/16/n...
Protests are set to take place on Presidents Day. Here's why
Protests against the Trump administration's actions are planned for Presidents Day. Organizers say they are responding to "the anti-democratic and illegal actions of the Trump administration."
www.npr.org
February 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
1/ Protests are taking place at state capitols and city halls and other civic spaces today, most begin at noon local time. They have already started out East. #50501movement www.npr.org/2025/02/16/n...
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1. In a sermon at the National Cathedral on Sunday, Sen. Rev. Warnock, pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist, condemned Trump's executive orders, defended Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and connected it to Scripture.
"Don't tell me you reject DEI when you live in a White House built by Black hands"
"Don't tell me you reject DEI when you live in a White House built by Black hands"
February 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
1. In a sermon at the National Cathedral on Sunday, Sen. Rev. Warnock, pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist, condemned Trump's executive orders, defended Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and connected it to Scripture.
"Don't tell me you reject DEI when you live in a White House built by Black hands"
"Don't tell me you reject DEI when you live in a White House built by Black hands"
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Republican lawmakers in Utah are advancing a bill that would allow schools to fly swastika flags and Confederate flags while banning Pride flags.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
February 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Republican lawmakers in Utah are advancing a bill that would allow schools to fly swastika flags and Confederate flags while banning Pride flags.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
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This is ballgame on the First Amendment unless there is immediate action by news media, Congress, the courts & the public to condemn & prohibt this www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/m...
The White House bans the AP indefinitely over the use of ‘Gulf of Mexico’ | CNN Business
The Trump White House said Friday that The Associated Press is banned from the Oval Office and Air Force One indefinitely.
www.cnn.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is ballgame on the First Amendment unless there is immediate action by news media, Congress, the courts & the public to condemn & prohibt this www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/m...
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What Linda McMahon is prepared to do to dismantle the Department of Education is bad enough. But even if none of that was in play, she’d still be horrendously unfit — at least by any pre-Trump standard.
www.publicnotice.co/p/linda-mcma...
www.publicnotice.co/p/linda-mcma...
Linda McMahon is much worse than you think
In a sane world, her past would be disqualifying.
www.publicnotice.co
February 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
What Linda McMahon is prepared to do to dismantle the Department of Education is bad enough. But even if none of that was in play, she’d still be horrendously unfit — at least by any pre-Trump standard.
www.publicnotice.co/p/linda-mcma...
www.publicnotice.co/p/linda-mcma...
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The April 1 election includes a Wisconsin Supreme Court race that could maintain or end the liberal majority on a court that has decided many voting rights cases, as well as an amendment that could enshrine strict Voter ID requirements into the state constitution.
Wisconsin Voters Head to the Polls Again for Crucial Election
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The April 1 election includes a Wisconsin Supreme Court race that could maintain or end the liberal majority on a court that has decided many voting rights cases, as well as an amendment that could enshrine strict Voter ID requirements into the state constitution.