@bieberb1.bsky.social
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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The thing is we've known that housing the homeless is cheaper than neglect, we've known that Ubi is effective at eliminating poverty, we've known that heavily subsidized housing and education leads people into the middle class, we've known all of these things in some cases for 70 years.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The thing is we've known that housing the homeless is cheaper than neglect, we've known that Ubi is effective at eliminating poverty, we've known that heavily subsidized housing and education leads people into the middle class, we've known all of these things in some cases for 70 years.
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The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
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Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment
steady.page
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election. They are only obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment.
As the piece is partially behind a paywall, I’ll share some key thoughts:
🧵
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What are we doing? 🇺🇸
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
What are we doing? 🇺🇸
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Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
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Trump Admin Terrorist Designations Show Latest Attempt to Target Domestic Enemies talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
Trump Admin Terrorist Designations Show Latest Attempt to Target Domestic Enemies
When Secretary of State Marco Rubio added four European anti-fascist groups to...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Trump Admin Terrorist Designations Show Latest Attempt to Target Domestic Enemies talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data, TPS ends for thousands of Burmese war refugees, plus Kristi Noem explainer video.
migrantinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
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A quick thread on everything covered in this week's newsletter.
First, a look at how Tracklib illustrates the use of samples in pop music. 1/5
www.howtoreadthisch.art/ample-exampl...
First, a look at how Tracklib illustrates the use of samples in pop music. 1/5
www.howtoreadthisch.art/ample-exampl...
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A quick thread on everything covered in this week's newsletter.
First, a look at how Tracklib illustrates the use of samples in pop music. 1/5
www.howtoreadthisch.art/ample-exampl...
First, a look at how Tracklib illustrates the use of samples in pop music. 1/5
www.howtoreadthisch.art/ample-exampl...
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I get it.
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I get it.
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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The New Apostolic Reformation is “the greatest threat to US democracy you’ve never heard of.”
Christian nationalists dream of taking over America. This movement is actually doing it.
The New Apostolic Reformation is "the greatest threat to US democracy you've never heard of."
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The New Apostolic Reformation is “the greatest threat to US democracy you’ve never heard of.”
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I feel for the hardworking public health professionals of the CDC
Betrayed by leadership.
Shot at by right-wing terrorist.
Targeted by DOGE.
Watching their career’s work be destroyed.
Those that stay in the hope of rebuilding have my respect. Those that can’t stay like this have my understanding 😢
Betrayed by leadership.
Shot at by right-wing terrorist.
Targeted by DOGE.
Watching their career’s work be destroyed.
Those that stay in the hope of rebuilding have my respect. Those that can’t stay like this have my understanding 😢
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog, and the agency's employees are not happy about it.
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog, and the agency's employees are not happy about it.
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I feel for the hardworking public health professionals of the CDC
Betrayed by leadership.
Shot at by right-wing terrorist.
Targeted by DOGE.
Watching their career’s work be destroyed.
Those that stay in the hope of rebuilding have my respect. Those that can’t stay like this have my understanding 😢
Betrayed by leadership.
Shot at by right-wing terrorist.
Targeted by DOGE.
Watching their career’s work be destroyed.
Those that stay in the hope of rebuilding have my respect. Those that can’t stay like this have my understanding 😢
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🚨Teenager goes to lunch in the middle of his school day, gets stopped by ICE, tells ICE he is an American citizen and ICE responds with, “I don’t care.” He was arrested and taken to Portland’s detention center. He was later released. 1/2
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
🚨Teenager goes to lunch in the middle of his school day, gets stopped by ICE, tells ICE he is an American citizen and ICE responds with, “I don’t care.” He was arrested and taken to Portland’s detention center. He was later released. 1/2
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What Rand Paul is doing is what Jim Jordan did to Stanford Internet Observatory. Under the pretext of “oversight“ he can make sweeping requests —w/the intent to harass & chill.
The universities can fight. But most are afraid of broader attacks so they quickly comply.
www.wired.com/story/senato...
The universities can fight. But most are afraid of broader attacks so they quickly comply.
www.wired.com/story/senato...
Senators Want Extremism Researchers to Surrender Documents Linked to Right-Wing Grudges
The Senate homeland security committee's chair has asked researchers to turn over troves of documents related to the January 6 attack, vaccines, and more, according to a letter reviewed by WIRED.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
What Rand Paul is doing is what Jim Jordan did to Stanford Internet Observatory. Under the pretext of “oversight“ he can make sweeping requests —w/the intent to harass & chill.
The universities can fight. But most are afraid of broader attacks so they quickly comply.
www.wired.com/story/senato...
The universities can fight. But most are afraid of broader attacks so they quickly comply.
www.wired.com/story/senato...
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Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
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Folks, this is VERY important. This means that there will be a decrease of nurses in the field and their access to student loans will be severely restricted. There is already a serious shortage of nurses, this is only going to make it worse. Nurses are the backbone of healthcare.
Nursing has been excluded as a “professional degree” by the Trump administration as the Department of Education prepares to make massive cuts to providing students loans. Also excluded are NP’s, PA’s, PT’s. This comes when there as an extreme nursing shortage and $20K sign on bonuses for nurses. 😡
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Folks, this is VERY important. This means that there will be a decrease of nurses in the field and their access to student loans will be severely restricted. There is already a serious shortage of nurses, this is only going to make it worse. Nurses are the backbone of healthcare.
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As a dad with two kids in a Title I public school, I am furious.
Trump is ripping apart the Education Department and handing off billions in critical programs to agencies that have no expertise in educating our most vulnerable kids.
Trump is ripping apart the Education Department and handing off billions in critical programs to agencies that have no expertise in educating our most vulnerable kids.
Trump administration takes major step toward dismantling the Education Department
The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
As a dad with two kids in a Title I public school, I am furious.
Trump is ripping apart the Education Department and handing off billions in critical programs to agencies that have no expertise in educating our most vulnerable kids.
Trump is ripping apart the Education Department and handing off billions in critical programs to agencies that have no expertise in educating our most vulnerable kids.
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New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New from me: I talked to CDC staffers about the new vaccines and autism page. They said things like:
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
“I think people are starting to see that we can’t fulfill our mission here.”
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CHICAGO TEACHER: "This morning at 7:45, I marked a junior student absent—not because he was sick or overslept. ICE had snatched him up on his way to school. His main priority was getting his reading done for English class." (H/T @CTULocal1)
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
CHICAGO TEACHER: "This morning at 7:45, I marked a junior student absent—not because he was sick or overslept. ICE had snatched him up on his way to school. His main priority was getting his reading done for English class." (H/T @CTULocal1)
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Yes, the president of the United States endorsed hanging senators and representatives.
Trump endorses hanging Democratic members of Congress
"Their words cannot be allowed to stand."
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Yes, the president of the United States endorsed hanging senators and representatives.
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President Trump is building a “shadow budget” outside of Congressional control. @scott-levy.bsky.social explains why it is unlawful and how Congress should respond:
www.justsecurity.org/125302/shado...
www.justsecurity.org/125302/shado...
How to End Shadow Budget, Protect Congress’s Power of Purse
Unless Congress reasserts control over federal spending, the balance the framers designed could collapse into a self-financing presidency.
www.justsecurity.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
President Trump is building a “shadow budget” outside of Congressional control. @scott-levy.bsky.social explains why it is unlawful and how Congress should respond:
www.justsecurity.org/125302/shado...
www.justsecurity.org/125302/shado...
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NEW: Research shows that SNAP work requirements have little effect on employment. The GOP's big, brutal bill includes them anyway — and will cause 2.4 million people to lose food benefits in an average month.
IPS scholar @reyannaj.bsky.social:
IPS scholar @reyannaj.bsky.social:
Even with the Shutdown Ending, Millions Will Lose Food Aid - OtherWords
The GOP budget bill passed earlier this year includes the largest cuts to SNAP in history. And those cuts are starting now.
otherwords.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NEW: Research shows that SNAP work requirements have little effect on employment. The GOP's big, brutal bill includes them anyway — and will cause 2.4 million people to lose food benefits in an average month.
IPS scholar @reyannaj.bsky.social:
IPS scholar @reyannaj.bsky.social:
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Founded in 1957, the Civil Rights Division focused initially on ensuring that Black Americans in the South had access to the ballot.
Under Trump, it’s working to dismantle gun restrictions.
Under Trump, it’s working to dismantle gun restrictions.
At the Justice Department, civil rights now means gun rights
The Civil Rights Division was created to protect the disempowered. Under Trump, it’s working to dismantle gun restrictions.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Founded in 1957, the Civil Rights Division focused initially on ensuring that Black Americans in the South had access to the ballot.
Under Trump, it’s working to dismantle gun restrictions.
Under Trump, it’s working to dismantle gun restrictions.
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In email announcing new schedule for some data delayed by shutdown, BEA says some more statistics are being discontinued. These data relate to foreign investment in the US -- which Trump loves to claim he's boosting.
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In email announcing new schedule for some data delayed by shutdown, BEA says some more statistics are being discontinued. These data relate to foreign investment in the US -- which Trump loves to claim he's boosting.