Becca R
@beccaneedscaffeine.bsky.social
Anthropologist and attorney. My opinions are my own and don’t represent any of my employers.
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Many have asked how it could cost $17.5 million to confine just over 100 unhoused people to a warehouse for 90 days.
The answer? The company running the facility got a no-bid contract and has political ties to Louisiana governor Jeff Landry—who invoked emergency powers to detain these men and women
The answer? The company running the facility got a no-bid contract and has political ties to Louisiana governor Jeff Landry—who invoked emergency powers to detain these men and women
February 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Many have asked how it could cost $17.5 million to confine just over 100 unhoused people to a warehouse for 90 days.
The answer? The company running the facility got a no-bid contract and has political ties to Louisiana governor Jeff Landry—who invoked emergency powers to detain these men and women
The answer? The company running the facility got a no-bid contract and has political ties to Louisiana governor Jeff Landry—who invoked emergency powers to detain these men and women
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The Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), which tracks health data for tribes and urban Indian communities, demanded the CDC immediately restore crucial health data to its website, saying the deletions endanger Native health & violate treaty rights. nativenewsonline.net/health/cdc-d...
CDC Data Removal Threatens Native Health, Violates Treaties, UIHI Says
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stripped crucial health data from its website that tribal nations rely on to protect their citizens’ health, prompting immediate pushback from Nati...
nativenewsonline.net
February 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
The Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), which tracks health data for tribes and urban Indian communities, demanded the CDC immediately restore crucial health data to its website, saying the deletions endanger Native health & violate treaty rights. nativenewsonline.net/health/cdc-d...
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From Oct 2022 fyi. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
February 6, 2025 at 1:18 PM
From Oct 2022 fyi. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
There is no place for such claims in medicine. Racial categories are not biologically real to start with. Every time these claims have been made, they have been made to support under-treatment and suffering of minority groups.
Saying “African Americans respond differently to vaccines” follows the same sentiment as “African Americans feel less pain.” It is racist, unsupported by any credible evidence, and endangers the lives of millions of Americans. Please. Call you senators.
#stopRFK
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#stopRFK
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Senator calls RFK Jr.'s position on race and vaccines dangerous
In one of the most tense exchanges in a heated confirmation hearing, Senator Angela Alsobrooks called out past comments RFK Jr. made suggesting a different vaccine schedule for Black people.
www.npr.org
February 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
There is no place for such claims in medicine. Racial categories are not biologically real to start with. Every time these claims have been made, they have been made to support under-treatment and suffering of minority groups.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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"Tribal Nations are not special interest groups—they are sovereign governments with a unique legal and political relationship with the United States and with their own Tribal communities": Indian Country is calling on the US to live up to its treaty and trust obligations. indianz.com/NativeVote/2...
Tribal organizations unite in support of federal funding and nation-to-nation relationship
"Tribal Nations are not special interest groups—they are sovereign governments with a unique legal and political relationship with the United States and with their own Tribal communities," a letter to...
indianz.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"Tribal Nations are not special interest groups—they are sovereign governments with a unique legal and political relationship with the United States and with their own Tribal communities": Indian Country is calling on the US to live up to its treaty and trust obligations. indianz.com/NativeVote/2...
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Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
February 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
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BREAKING: CDC's top advisors demand answers and a restoration of crucial public health data. New story by me: www.statnews.com/2025/02/01/c...
CDC advisers push agency to explain data removal, say when info will be restored
Information on topics such as gender, teens' behavior, and infectious diseases was removed from the CDC's website.
www.statnews.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I don’t think SNCC Legacy Project is on here yet but here is their statement on the 65th anniversary of the civil rights sit-in movement. Happy #BlackHistoryMonth
Statement On The 65th Anniversary Of The Sit-In Movement
On this day, 65 years ago, February 1, 1960, the sit-in movement began, which led to the greatest civil rights movement in our country’s history.
sncclegacyproject.org
February 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I don’t think SNCC Legacy Project is on here yet but here is their statement on the 65th anniversary of the civil rights sit-in movement. Happy #BlackHistoryMonth
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Head of USAID (an organization that helps to spread democracy around the world) stands up for the rule of law and democracy in America, gets put on leave. via @dylanmatt.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Head of USAID (an organization that helps to spread democracy around the world) stands up for the rule of law and democracy in America, gets put on leave. via @dylanmatt.bsky.social
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#industrialpollution #spacex
FROM CNN.com: The most powerful rocket ever built exploded over a populated island. Residents are still dealing with the fallout
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/science/spacex-starship-explosion-debris-turks-caicos?cid=ios_app
FROM CNN.com: The most powerful rocket ever built exploded over a populated island. Residents are still dealing with the fallout
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/science/spacex-starship-explosion-debris-turks-caicos?cid=ios_app
The most powerful rocket ever built exploded over a populated island. Residents are still dealing with the fallout | CNN
Following the explosive failure of the Starship megarocket’s January 16 test flight, residents of the British territory were left with debris-strewn roads and beaches.
www.cnn.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
#industrialpollution #spacex
FROM CNN.com: The most powerful rocket ever built exploded over a populated island. Residents are still dealing with the fallout
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/science/spacex-starship-explosion-debris-turks-caicos?cid=ios_app
FROM CNN.com: The most powerful rocket ever built exploded over a populated island. Residents are still dealing with the fallout
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/30/science/spacex-starship-explosion-debris-turks-caicos?cid=ios_app
This will not be the only disaster with continued Trump assaults on the federal workforce.
Pete Hegseth has probably never heard of a USAF Combat Controller before (CCT), but they are FAA certified air traffic controllers. If he wanted to gain some public trust, he could study up and quickly deploy them to civilian airports to "guard the skies" while the FAA gets its shit together.
January 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This will not be the only disaster with continued Trump assaults on the federal workforce.
They are seeing what they can get away with if they just pour toxic shit everywhere. Call your representatives. Join boycotts. We have to be more tireless than them. They are coming for your jobs, your or your friends’ marriages and families, the freedom of our neighbors, our liberty to disagree.
January 31, 2025 at 3:40 AM
They are seeing what they can get away with if they just pour toxic shit everywhere. Call your representatives. Join boycotts. We have to be more tireless than them. They are coming for your jobs, your or your friends’ marriages and families, the freedom of our neighbors, our liberty to disagree.
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Despite what the Trump Administration is claiming, Head Start centers have informed us that their funding is STILL PAUSED.
We sent this letter to the Trump Administration today to demand they restore funding for Head Start immediately.
We sent this letter to the Trump Administration today to demand they restore funding for Head Start immediately.
January 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Despite what the Trump Administration is claiming, Head Start centers have informed us that their funding is STILL PAUSED.
We sent this letter to the Trump Administration today to demand they restore funding for Head Start immediately.
We sent this letter to the Trump Administration today to demand they restore funding for Head Start immediately.
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NEW DEVELOPMENT: Judge orders LSU to reinstate law professor sidelined for political comments, @piperhutch.bsky.social reports. lailluminator.com/2025/01/30/j...
Judge orders LSU to reinstate law professor sidelined for political comments • Louisiana Illuminator
A state judge has ordered LSU to allow its law professor Ken Levy to return to teaching duties. The university had removed Levy from the classroom pending an investigation into alleged criticism of Go...
lailluminator.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
NEW DEVELOPMENT: Judge orders LSU to reinstate law professor sidelined for political comments, @piperhutch.bsky.social reports. lailluminator.com/2025/01/30/j...
After this guy rather notably drove a large boat into an iceberg, we didn’t as a society declare boat captaincy off limits for white men. But somehow air tragedies must have a woman or BIPOC person to scapegoat somewhere. I would like to think most people know BS when they hear it.
January 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
After this guy rather notably drove a large boat into an iceberg, we didn’t as a society declare boat captaincy off limits for white men. But somehow air tragedies must have a woman or BIPOC person to scapegoat somewhere. I would like to think most people know BS when they hear it.
Our country has a history of creating concentration camps from the deadly forcible confinement of American Indians through that of Japanese-American citizens that most Americans now see as travesties. We don’t need to go down this path again.
January 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Our country has a history of creating concentration camps from the deadly forcible confinement of American Indians through that of Japanese-American citizens that most Americans now see as travesties. We don’t need to go down this path again.
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"Because the funding THPOs receive from the Historic Preservation Fund are grants, that funding was paused":Tribal Historic Preservation Officers can't access federal funds to protect tribal ancestors, cultural items & sacred sites, says National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers.
January 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Because the funding THPOs receive from the Historic Preservation Fund are grants, that funding was paused":Tribal Historic Preservation Officers can't access federal funds to protect tribal ancestors, cultural items & sacred sites, says National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers.
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LSU law students rally for their professor who was removed from teaching for his alleged political comments. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports. lailluminator.com/2025/01/28/l...
LSU law students rally for professor removed for alleged political comments • Louisiana Illuminator
A group of LSU students held a protest demanding their professor be reinstated following his removal from the classroom pending an investigation into alleged political comments
lailluminator.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
LSU law students rally for their professor who was removed from teaching for his alleged political comments. @piperhutch.bsky.social reports. lailluminator.com/2025/01/28/l...
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BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
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RFK Jr’s disbelief in germ theory - the foundation of modern medicine - is key to understanding his denialism around science.
‘Do you believe that germs cause disease?’ — the questions health leaders want senators to ask RFK Jr.
Kennedy, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, will face two Senate committee hearings next week
www.yahoo.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
RFK Jr’s disbelief in germ theory - the foundation of modern medicine - is key to understanding his denialism around science.
How will this affect you, reader? What safety, environmental, labor, and other regulations do you rely on being enforced to live a relatively safe life? www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
From the fednews community on Reddit: This was posted about OPM in our Union chat
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
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January 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
How will this affect you, reader? What safety, environmental, labor, and other regulations do you rely on being enforced to live a relatively safe life? www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
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At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.
Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNN
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citiz...
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.