Ann Routt
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Until you open the box, the cat is both alive and dead, or so goes physicist Erwin Schrödinger’s famous quantum paradox.
The same logic has applied for months to the Michigan House Republicans’ approach to the state budget: until they actually present a plan, their budget both exists and doesn’t.
The same logic has applied for months to the Michigan House Republicans’ approach to the state budget: until they actually present a plan, their budget both exists and doesn’t.
The Schrödinger's cat that is Michigan House Republicans' budget • Michigan Advance
Until you open the box, the cat is both alive and dead, or so goes physicist Erwin Schrödinger’s famous quantum paradox. Oddly enough, the same logic has applied for months to the Michigan House Repu...
michiganadvance.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Until you open the box, the cat is both alive and dead, or so goes physicist Erwin Schrödinger’s famous quantum paradox.
The same logic has applied for months to the Michigan House Republicans’ approach to the state budget: until they actually present a plan, their budget both exists and doesn’t.
The same logic has applied for months to the Michigan House Republicans’ approach to the state budget: until they actually present a plan, their budget both exists and doesn’t.
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Legal aid delivers. Civil legal aid provides immediate direct returns for families and taxpayers, as well as powerful indirect benefits that fuel long-term economic growth and strengthen community stability.
Learn about legal aid's ROI: lsc.gov/ROI #LegalAid #LSCMatters
Learn about legal aid's ROI: lsc.gov/ROI #LegalAid #LSCMatters
April 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Legal aid delivers. Civil legal aid provides immediate direct returns for families and taxpayers, as well as powerful indirect benefits that fuel long-term economic growth and strengthen community stability.
Learn about legal aid's ROI: lsc.gov/ROI #LegalAid #LSCMatters
Learn about legal aid's ROI: lsc.gov/ROI #LegalAid #LSCMatters
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Our newest research brief, “The Economic Case for Civil Legal Aid,” has just been released! It presents findings from a comprehensive review of 56 studies on legal aid's economic impact. Every study found a positive ROI, with an average return of $7 for every $1 invested.
Learn more: lsc.gov/ROI
Learn more: lsc.gov/ROI
April 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Our newest research brief, “The Economic Case for Civil Legal Aid,” has just been released! It presents findings from a comprehensive review of 56 studies on legal aid's economic impact. Every study found a positive ROI, with an average return of $7 for every $1 invested.
Learn more: lsc.gov/ROI
Learn more: lsc.gov/ROI
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Civil legal aid isn't just about access to justice. It's also a smart investment that delivers real economic returns.
Read LSC's new report that looks at over 50 studies conducted on #LegalAid's ROI: www.lsc.gov/roi
Read LSC's new report that looks at over 50 studies conducted on #LegalAid's ROI: www.lsc.gov/roi
April 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Civil legal aid isn't just about access to justice. It's also a smart investment that delivers real economic returns.
Read LSC's new report that looks at over 50 studies conducted on #LegalAid's ROI: www.lsc.gov/roi
Read LSC's new report that looks at over 50 studies conducted on #LegalAid's ROI: www.lsc.gov/roi
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Trump and Musk believe our country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring us to stop them. On Saturday, we're taking to the streets nationwide to fight back with a clear message: Hands off!
Please join us: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...
Please join us: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...
March 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump and Musk believe our country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring us to stop them. On Saturday, we're taking to the streets nationwide to fight back with a clear message: Hands off!
Please join us: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...
Please join us: handsoff2025.com/?SQ...
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If Sen. Gary Peters no longer has the stomach for any of this and cannot represent the people, he should step down and let the Governor appoint a replacement now. Weak tea and has left us in a much more alarming place.
March 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
If Sen. Gary Peters no longer has the stomach for any of this and cannot represent the people, he should step down and let the Governor appoint a replacement now. Weak tea and has left us in a much more alarming place.
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WTF?!? Elon Musk reposted this on X before quietly deleting it:
“Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.”
“Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.”
March 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
WTF?!? Elon Musk reposted this on X before quietly deleting it:
“Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.”
“Stalin, Mao, and Hitler didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.”
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"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
February 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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These are frightening times and frightening times call for active, courageous leadership. Every time one of us (a family member or a senator) takes a step forward in this fight, a thousand pairs of eyes watch and learn. Courage is contagious: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organi...
February 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
These are frightening times and frightening times call for active, courageous leadership. Every time one of us (a family member or a senator) takes a step forward in this fight, a thousand pairs of eyes watch and learn. Courage is contagious: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/organi...
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Continuing our Black History Month series honoring Black legal pioneers, this week we highlight Dennis W. Archer—the first African American president of the American Bar Association (2003–2004). #BlackHistoryMonth #AccessToJustice
February 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Continuing our Black History Month series honoring Black legal pioneers, this week we highlight Dennis W. Archer—the first African American president of the American Bar Association (2003–2004). #BlackHistoryMonth #AccessToJustice
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Only an idiot would think we should eliminate:
- Emergency response in natural disasters
- Education and healthcare for disabled children
- Clean air and water programs
- Gang crime investigations
- Monitoring of nursing home abuse
- Nuclear reactor regulation
- Cancer research
- Emergency response in natural disasters
- Education and healthcare for disabled children
- Clean air and water programs
- Gang crime investigations
- Monitoring of nursing home abuse
- Nuclear reactor regulation
- Cancer research
February 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Only an idiot would think we should eliminate:
- Emergency response in natural disasters
- Education and healthcare for disabled children
- Clean air and water programs
- Gang crime investigations
- Monitoring of nursing home abuse
- Nuclear reactor regulation
- Cancer research
- Emergency response in natural disasters
- Education and healthcare for disabled children
- Clean air and water programs
- Gang crime investigations
- Monitoring of nursing home abuse
- Nuclear reactor regulation
- Cancer research
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Fuck you, Marco Rubio
February 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Fuck you, Marco Rubio
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My mother was an epidemiologist and in all my years growing up, she would talk about how the CDC was the global gold standard for disease detection and prevention and how we as a nation built the best public health agency bar none.
She would weep at how we are shooting ourselves in the head.
She would weep at how we are shooting ourselves in the head.
10% of the cdc was just fired, including half of the EIS (“disease detectives”) www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-dis...
CDC's "disease detectives" halved as part of DOGE cuts at health agencies
More than 1 in 10 of the health agency's workers are being let go, including an entire new class of CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
My mother was an epidemiologist and in all my years growing up, she would talk about how the CDC was the global gold standard for disease detection and prevention and how we as a nation built the best public health agency bar none.
She would weep at how we are shooting ourselves in the head.
She would weep at how we are shooting ourselves in the head.
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UPDATE: Corewell has reversed its decision
February 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
UPDATE: Corewell has reversed its decision
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An important message from the ABA:
"We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party ... change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less."
"We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party ... change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less."
The ABA supports the rule of law
It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...
www.americanbar.org
February 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
An important message from the ABA:
"We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party ... change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less."
"We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law. It is part of the oath we took when we became lawyers. Whatever your political party ... change must be made in the right way. Americans expect no less."
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Continuing our Black History Month series honoring Black legal pioneers, this week we highlight Dennis W. Archer—former Michigan Supreme Court Justice and Mayor of Detroit. He was the first African American president of the American Bar Association. #BlackHistoryMonth
February 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Continuing our Black History Month series honoring Black legal pioneers, this week we highlight Dennis W. Archer—former Michigan Supreme Court Justice and Mayor of Detroit. He was the first African American president of the American Bar Association. #BlackHistoryMonth
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I’m going to recognize one person each day during Black History Month.
Day 1: Josephine Baker 1906-1975
Vaudeville dancer, WWII resistance spy, and one of two women speakers at the March on Washington in 1963.
Day 1: Josephine Baker 1906-1975
Vaudeville dancer, WWII resistance spy, and one of two women speakers at the March on Washington in 1963.
February 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I’m going to recognize one person each day during Black History Month.
Day 1: Josephine Baker 1906-1975
Vaudeville dancer, WWII resistance spy, and one of two women speakers at the March on Washington in 1963.
Day 1: Josephine Baker 1906-1975
Vaudeville dancer, WWII resistance spy, and one of two women speakers at the March on Washington in 1963.
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This is a great question for all of congress to think about.
Hypothetically,If FEMA goes away, what happens to home owners and other insurance rates ?
Climate change looks like it will make rates so high, home insurers will want equity in your house as a way of holding down rates
Hypothetically,If FEMA goes away, what happens to home owners and other insurance rates ?
Climate change looks like it will make rates so high, home insurers will want equity in your house as a way of holding down rates
I wonder how much the dissolution of FEMA and cancellation of flooding infrastructure programs is going to increase insurance premiums?
Especially as the population ages, inflation spikes, and a large % of housing stock is used as short term rentals in high risk areas.
Especially as the population ages, inflation spikes, and a large % of housing stock is used as short term rentals in high risk areas.
January 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
This is a great question for all of congress to think about.
Hypothetically,If FEMA goes away, what happens to home owners and other insurance rates ?
Climate change looks like it will make rates so high, home insurers will want equity in your house as a way of holding down rates
Hypothetically,If FEMA goes away, what happens to home owners and other insurance rates ?
Climate change looks like it will make rates so high, home insurers will want equity in your house as a way of holding down rates
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Bodies are still being pulled from the Potomac.
The President and extreme MAGA Republicans are blaming women and people of color for the deadly plane crash.
At the same time, they are dismantling the Federal Aviation Administration as we know it.
Disgusting.
The President and extreme MAGA Republicans are blaming women and people of color for the deadly plane crash.
At the same time, they are dismantling the Federal Aviation Administration as we know it.
Disgusting.
January 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Bodies are still being pulled from the Potomac.
The President and extreme MAGA Republicans are blaming women and people of color for the deadly plane crash.
At the same time, they are dismantling the Federal Aviation Administration as we know it.
Disgusting.
The President and extreme MAGA Republicans are blaming women and people of color for the deadly plane crash.
At the same time, they are dismantling the Federal Aviation Administration as we know it.
Disgusting.