Donna Dale
@awoaca.bsky.social
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NEW: After an 8th Circuit panel rules private individuals don't have the right to sue to enforce the Voting Rights Act's Section 2 in 7 states, Georgia’s Houston County cites the ruling as part of a request to dismiss Black voters' claim that an at-large voting system dilutes their collective power
US v Houston County - 2025-05-19 Notice of Supplemental Authority by Houston County Board of Elections
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May 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
NEW: After an 8th Circuit panel rules private individuals don't have the right to sue to enforce the Voting Rights Act's Section 2 in 7 states, Georgia’s Houston County cites the ruling as part of a request to dismiss Black voters' claim that an at-large voting system dilutes their collective power
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Call your senators. This bill is heading to them next and they can stop it if the people speak out. (202) 224-3121
May 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Call your senators. This bill is heading to them next and they can stop it if the people speak out. (202) 224-3121
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Worth noting Heritage / Project 2025 have especially had it in for STI research, tracking, and treatment spending, on the grounds that sexually transmitted diseases are 100% due to irresponsible personal choices and govt shouldn't subsidize fornication
If you ever wonder how indiscriminate cuts affect your life, here's today's example. I consulted on a case of disseminated gonococcal infection. These isolates used to get automatically sent to cdc for testing and nationwide tracking. The lab was shut last month.
www.healio.com/news/infecti...
www.healio.com/news/infecti...
HHS closes CDC lab that tracks STIs, alarming experts
The Trump administration has shut down a CDC laboratory dedicated to tracking STIs, which experts said could weaken the country’s ability to keep an eye on drug-resistant infections, including g...
www.healio.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Worth noting Heritage / Project 2025 have especially had it in for STI research, tracking, and treatment spending, on the grounds that sexually transmitted diseases are 100% due to irresponsible personal choices and govt shouldn't subsidize fornication
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When you write a weekly column, you don’t love most of them. 😑 But I’m pretty good with this one and hope you’ll read it https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/trump-biden-election-media-coverage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Yes, the media’s Biden coverage was flawed. But its reporting on Trump was far worse | Margaret Sullivan
A new book has fueled controversy over press handling of the ex-president’s decline. But that distracts from a bigger problem
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
When you write a weekly column, you don’t love most of them. 😑 But I’m pretty good with this one and hope you’ll read it https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/17/trump-biden-election-media-coverage?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Well, the point is, you gotta support the reporters who are NOT sycophants so they can stay in place. They are not all sycophants now. And the ones who are not, need public support now more than ever.
When the reporters are all sycophants, how will we get the facts...?
May 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Well, the point is, you gotta support the reporters who are NOT sycophants so they can stay in place. They are not all sycophants now. And the ones who are not, need public support now more than ever.
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I probably should do more to let people here know about free posts on Substack. So here's today's: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-...
Attack of the Sadistic Zombies
The GOP budget is incredibly cruel — and that’s the point
paulkrugman.substack.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I probably should do more to let people here know about free posts on Substack. So here's today's: paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-...
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✨Sparky's looking mighty dapper today! We've got several kitties with the most gorgeous green eyes right now. "Yeah, but I'm the only one with white gloves," Sparky says. 😸
#cat #cats #pets #va #nova #virginia #washingtondc #maryland #GoodVibes #sundayvibes #sunday #kitty #adoptdontshop #adoptme
#cat #cats #pets #va #nova #virginia #washingtondc #maryland #GoodVibes #sundayvibes #sunday #kitty #adoptdontshop #adoptme
May 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
✨Sparky's looking mighty dapper today! We've got several kitties with the most gorgeous green eyes right now. "Yeah, but I'm the only one with white gloves," Sparky says. 😸
#cat #cats #pets #va #nova #virginia #washingtondc #maryland #GoodVibes #sundayvibes #sunday #kitty #adoptdontshop #adoptme
#cat #cats #pets #va #nova #virginia #washingtondc #maryland #GoodVibes #sundayvibes #sunday #kitty #adoptdontshop #adoptme
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Sen. Chris Murphy to NBC on Democratic opposition to the GOP mega-bill: "What we're standing in the way of is the most massive transfer of wealth from the poor and the middle class to the rich in the history of the country."
May 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Sen. Chris Murphy to NBC on Democratic opposition to the GOP mega-bill: "What we're standing in the way of is the most massive transfer of wealth from the poor and the middle class to the rich in the history of the country."
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I checked. It’s real.
May 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I checked. It’s real.
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For over half a century, the National Weather Service has operated 24/7. But after the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency pushed to shrink the federal workforce, that’s no longer possible in parts of the country.
May 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
For over half a century, the National Weather Service has operated 24/7. But after the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency pushed to shrink the federal workforce, that’s no longer possible in parts of the country.
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•••MEASLES ALERT•••
A traveler with measles was at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey for several hours while infectious this week.
Anyone who was in Newark Airport's Terminal B on Monday between 12:30 and 4:00 p.m. may have been exposed to measles — considered by health…
A traveler with measles was at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey for several hours while infectious this week.
Anyone who was in Newark Airport's Terminal B on Monday between 12:30 and 4:00 p.m. may have been exposed to measles — considered by health…
May 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
•••MEASLES ALERT•••
A traveler with measles was at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey for several hours while infectious this week.
Anyone who was in Newark Airport's Terminal B on Monday between 12:30 and 4:00 p.m. may have been exposed to measles — considered by health…
A traveler with measles was at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey for several hours while infectious this week.
Anyone who was in Newark Airport's Terminal B on Monday between 12:30 and 4:00 p.m. may have been exposed to measles — considered by health…
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The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library and a symbol of our commitment to free thought. Now, even the Library of Congress is not off limits from intervention. While personnel were recently fired, this is about power: who controls what Americans read, learn, and dream.
May 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library and a symbol of our commitment to free thought. Now, even the Library of Congress is not off limits from intervention. While personnel were recently fired, this is about power: who controls what Americans read, learn, and dream.
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Same. Our NIH research includes (or included, past tense) research on place-based risk factors for dementia, impacts of school segregation on heart disease, and health impacts of pandemic policies. The last is notably ironic: one study assesses how COVID school closures worsened kids' mental health!
All NIH and NSF grants for my entire team--and for all of Harvard, I guess?--have been terminated.
As provocative as that sounds, the practical effect is probably not much. Everything was already frozen. 🤷♂️
On the upside, it makes tracking terminated grants easier. No more guesswork at Harvard!
As provocative as that sounds, the practical effect is probably not much. Everything was already frozen. 🤷♂️
On the upside, it makes tracking terminated grants easier. No more guesswork at Harvard!
May 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Same. Our NIH research includes (or included, past tense) research on place-based risk factors for dementia, impacts of school segregation on heart disease, and health impacts of pandemic policies. The last is notably ironic: one study assesses how COVID school closures worsened kids' mental health!
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Next week's cover of @newyorker.com, out this morning.
May 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Next week's cover of @newyorker.com, out this morning.
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Calling all Pittsburgh activists: You’re invited to join us for our upcoming “Building A Future Without Gun Violence” summit in Pittsburgh.
Together, we’ll learn about ways to address the supply of guns into our communities to reduce gun violence and save lives.
Want to join? RSVP Now!
Together, we’ll learn about ways to address the supply of guns into our communities to reduce gun violence and save lives.
Want to join? RSVP Now!
BUILDING A FUTURE WITHOUT GUN VIOLENCE: PITTSBURGH
June 26, 2025
9 a.m. - 3 p.m. ET
The Pittsburgh Foundation
www.bradyunited.org
May 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Calling all Pittsburgh activists: You’re invited to join us for our upcoming “Building A Future Without Gun Violence” summit in Pittsburgh.
Together, we’ll learn about ways to address the supply of guns into our communities to reduce gun violence and save lives.
Want to join? RSVP Now!
Together, we’ll learn about ways to address the supply of guns into our communities to reduce gun violence and save lives.
Want to join? RSVP Now!
Delighted to hear @dsorennie.bsky.social on 1A this morning. Always a pleasure to hear your voice, David.
May 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Delighted to hear @dsorennie.bsky.social on 1A this morning. Always a pleasure to hear your voice, David.
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People 💙This dad said it best, about the voting against DEI in a Virginia school district!
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#DemsUnited
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#DemsUnited
May 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
People 💙This dad said it best, about the voting against DEI in a Virginia school district!
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#DemsUnited
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
#DemVoice1
#ProudBlue
#DemsUnited
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"This entire debate has been one attempt after another by Republicans to present Medicaid cuts as something other than Medicaid cuts."
On the pod, @citizencohn.bsky.social is so illuminating on how bad the GOP bill's Medicaid cuts truly are:
newrepublic.com/article/1952...
On the pod, @citizencohn.bsky.social is so illuminating on how bad the GOP bill's Medicaid cuts truly are:
newrepublic.com/article/1952...
MAGA Senator’s Stunning Admission: GOP Is Badly Screwing Trump Voters
As a staunch Trump ally openly acknowledges the truth about the House GOP’s “big, beautiful bill,” a leading health care reporter explains all the ways it will seriously hurt the Trump-MAGA working-cl...
newrepublic.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"This entire debate has been one attempt after another by Republicans to present Medicaid cuts as something other than Medicaid cuts."
On the pod, @citizencohn.bsky.social is so illuminating on how bad the GOP bill's Medicaid cuts truly are:
newrepublic.com/article/1952...
On the pod, @citizencohn.bsky.social is so illuminating on how bad the GOP bill's Medicaid cuts truly are:
newrepublic.com/article/1952...
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You can also use the link below to sign a comment in opposition to the proposed change
act.defenders.org/page/82866/a...
act.defenders.org/page/82866/a...
Act Now: Oppose the Trump Administration’s attempt to roll back ESA habitat protections!
Urge the Department of the Interior not to rescind the regulatory definition of “harm” under the ESA!
act.defenders.org
May 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
You can also use the link below to sign a comment in opposition to the proposed change
act.defenders.org/page/82866/a...
act.defenders.org/page/82866/a...
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Urgent!!! The Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects both near extinct animals and their habitat.
Trump administration is pushing to REMOVE habitat protection from the ESA to expand logging, mining, and drilling.
Public comment ends May 19!!!
Please RESIST by using the link below and repost!
Trump administration is pushing to REMOVE habitat protection from the ESA to expand logging, mining, and drilling.
Public comment ends May 19!!!
Please RESIST by using the link below and repost!
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Urgent!!! The Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects both near extinct animals and their habitat.
Trump administration is pushing to REMOVE habitat protection from the ESA to expand logging, mining, and drilling.
Public comment ends May 19!!!
Please RESIST by using the link below and repost!
Trump administration is pushing to REMOVE habitat protection from the ESA to expand logging, mining, and drilling.
Public comment ends May 19!!!
Please RESIST by using the link below and repost!
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May 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM