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Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state’s congressional delegation that the Senate GOP’s planned Medicaid cuts “would be historic in their devastation.”
Louisiana hospitals warn Mike Johnson of 'devastation' from megabill
www.politico.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state’s congressional delegation that the Senate GOP’s planned Medicaid cuts “would be historic in their devastation.”
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Careful listeners might notice that he says the shower and bath facilities are specifically for staff.
Ron DeSantis on his new camp for migrants: "We've got showers. There you see the shower and bath facilities."
June 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Careful listeners might notice that he says the shower and bath facilities are specifically for staff.
Fuck ice
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Fuck ice
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The governor is rejecting $450 mil meaning that 3.8 million Texas children will go hungry. He’s not acting alone. In Congress, Republicans are jeopardizing food assistance programs that help hard working Texas families put food on the table. It’s shameful. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
Abbott vetoes summer food aid program, forgoing $450M in federal funds
Texas is one of a dozen states that doesn't participate in the Summer EBT program that gives low-income children meals when school is out.
www.houstonchronicle.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The governor is rejecting $450 mil meaning that 3.8 million Texas children will go hungry. He’s not acting alone. In Congress, Republicans are jeopardizing food assistance programs that help hard working Texas families put food on the table. It’s shameful. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
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2.977 people died on 9/11.
The daily quote for ICE is 3000.
I think putting it in terms like that puts it into perspective.
They want one 9/11 every day.
The daily quote for ICE is 3000.
I think putting it in terms like that puts it into perspective.
They want one 9/11 every day.
June 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
2.977 people died on 9/11.
The daily quote for ICE is 3000.
I think putting it in terms like that puts it into perspective.
They want one 9/11 every day.
The daily quote for ICE is 3000.
I think putting it in terms like that puts it into perspective.
They want one 9/11 every day.
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ICE is a terrorist organization.
Video shows federal agents blast their way into Huntington Park home
A resident described a harrowing morning during a raid at her home. Lauren Coronado reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Friday June 27, 2025.
www.nbclosangeles.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
ICE is a terrorist organization.
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A new study found that the United States was responsible for 55 percent of the pollution emitted by private jets globally.
Private jets polluted more than all flights from Heathrow, study finds
A new study found that the United States was responsible for 55 percent of the pollution emitted by private jets globally.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A new study found that the United States was responsible for 55 percent of the pollution emitted by private jets globally.
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So, this made me cry. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
A Minnesota Lawmaker and Her Husband Are Lying in State. Next to Them: Their Golden Retriever.
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
So, this made me cry. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u...
4th of July canceled because of fascist secret police
LA Times - Several communities in Los Angeles County have called off or postponed their previously scheduled Independence Day and July events, citing resident safety amid ongoing immigration enforcement raids.
Fear of immigration raids force the cancellation of several July festivities in Los Angeles
Here are some of the July festivities that have been canceled in Los Angeles out of fear over immigration raids.
www.latimes.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
4th of July canceled because of fascist secret police
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The rise of people like Lander and Walz, whose ideologies don't exactly match mine but have the exact right combination of "love thy neighbor" and "fuck you, asshole" attitudes, is massive positive for people who care about left of center politics
June 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The rise of people like Lander and Walz, whose ideologies don't exactly match mine but have the exact right combination of "love thy neighbor" and "fuck you, asshole" attitudes, is massive positive for people who care about left of center politics
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ICE/CBP 🧨 use explosives to blast their way into a US citizens home in LA while she was with her 2 young kids
June 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
ICE/CBP 🧨 use explosives to blast their way into a US citizens home in LA while she was with her 2 young kids
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The right are now saying that the 14th amendment has a shelf life, as it was only made for the children of slaves and isn’t applicable anymore. Nowhere in the wording does it say this. And ask them if the 2nd only applies to flintlock muskets and see what their answer is…
June 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The right are now saying that the 14th amendment has a shelf life, as it was only made for the children of slaves and isn’t applicable anymore. Nowhere in the wording does it say this. And ask them if the 2nd only applies to flintlock muskets and see what their answer is…
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There are only three political positions in America today
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
June 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There are only three political positions in America today
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
1) I like the fascism
2) I'll acquiesce to the fascism (reasons for this one vary: cowardice, access, denial, misguidedly thinking that acquiescence is savvy, etc)
3) I oppose the fascism
The rest is details
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911 call for kidnapping - turns out it was ICE.
This should happen all across the country.
6abc.com/post/los-ang...
This should happen all across the country.
6abc.com/post/los-ang...
Los Angeles police responded to a kidnapping call but instead found an ICE operation
When Los Angeles Police Department officers went racing toward a potential kidnapping call downtown this week, callers indicated a true kidnapping was underway, according to police.
6abc.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
911 call for kidnapping - turns out it was ICE.
This should happen all across the country.
6abc.com/post/los-ang...
This should happen all across the country.
6abc.com/post/los-ang...
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and there will plausibly be very bad consequences for doing so, since it matters quite a bit whether or not some of those babies are citizens right now even in the good scenario where they are all citizens later
law professors have been unable to understand why people are actually concerned about this case. it’s not about nationwide injunctions per se, it’s about a court that waited until the issue hurt the GOP, and then intervened on behalf of one of the most egregious constitutional violations we’ve seen
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called yesterday's decision about nationwide injunctions "an existential threat to the rule of law."
She's mistaken.
My latest in @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
She's mistaken.
My latest in @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
June 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
and there will plausibly be very bad consequences for doing so, since it matters quite a bit whether or not some of those babies are citizens right now even in the good scenario where they are all citizens later
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The purpose of a democratic political system is to channel the will of majorities and limit the rise of tyranny.
But, our system channels the rise of tyranny and limits the expression of majorities.
Authoritarianism is here because our system failed. The system is the foundation of the problem.
But, our system channels the rise of tyranny and limits the expression of majorities.
Authoritarianism is here because our system failed. The system is the foundation of the problem.
June 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The purpose of a democratic political system is to channel the will of majorities and limit the rise of tyranny.
But, our system channels the rise of tyranny and limits the expression of majorities.
Authoritarianism is here because our system failed. The system is the foundation of the problem.
But, our system channels the rise of tyranny and limits the expression of majorities.
Authoritarianism is here because our system failed. The system is the foundation of the problem.
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The Rogue Court vs Modern Democracy
I wrote this two years ago, after the Court effectively abolished affirmative action. It’s even more obvious now: America can accept the Roberts Court as legitimate and its rulings as the final word - or it can have democracy in a pluralistic society.
Not both.
I wrote this two years ago, after the Court effectively abolished affirmative action. It’s even more obvious now: America can accept the Roberts Court as legitimate and its rulings as the final word - or it can have democracy in a pluralistic society.
Not both.
The Rogue Court vs Modern Democracy
America can accept this Supreme Court as legitimate and its rulings as the final word - or it can have true democracy and a functioning state. But not both.
thomaszimmer.substack.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Rogue Court vs Modern Democracy
I wrote this two years ago, after the Court effectively abolished affirmative action. It’s even more obvious now: America can accept the Roberts Court as legitimate and its rulings as the final word - or it can have democracy in a pluralistic society.
Not both.
I wrote this two years ago, after the Court effectively abolished affirmative action. It’s even more obvious now: America can accept the Roberts Court as legitimate and its rulings as the final word - or it can have democracy in a pluralistic society.
Not both.
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Assassinations and bombing plots against Democrats just aren’t as newsworthy as a Democrat proposing a pilot program of city-run grocery stores, sorry.
This is 100% true, just as the press spent ZERO time on the attempted mass assassination of the entirety of democratic leadership through pipe bombs just a few years ago. It’s literally never even discussed! A MAGA terrorist tried to kill all of the leading dems!
I can't tell if it's because I'm too NYC focused but does it feel like the news cycle spent more time crashing out on the fact that NYC picked a brown Muslim dude as is primary candidate then it did on a right wing extremist who shot 2 Minnesota legislators killing one, her husband and dog?
June 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Assassinations and bombing plots against Democrats just aren’t as newsworthy as a Democrat proposing a pilot program of city-run grocery stores, sorry.
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to make a finer point: if the issue of nationwide injunctions reached the Court maybe half a dozen times in a few years, and they let them stand every time but one, is the rule *really* that nationwide injunctions are disfavored?
law professors have been unable to understand why people are actually concerned about this case. it’s not about nationwide injunctions per se, it’s about a court that waited until the issue hurt the GOP, and then intervened on behalf of one of the most egregious constitutional violations we’ve seen
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called yesterday's decision about nationwide injunctions "an existential threat to the rule of law."
She's mistaken.
My latest in @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
She's mistaken.
My latest in @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
June 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
to make a finer point: if the issue of nationwide injunctions reached the Court maybe half a dozen times in a few years, and they let them stand every time but one, is the rule *really* that nationwide injunctions are disfavored?
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![We're in such a weird position right now where members of the business community are now thinking that they're gonna throw their weight behind Adams again. What do you think of that?
[Lander laughs for about five seconds.
Catches breath.]
I genuinely find this hilarious. Like, they lit $20 million on fire, and all it did was boost Zohran's numbers. And in no small part because they corrupted their own souls by supporting a person they know to be a corrupt, abusive asshole.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6yde3jzbwuuxqmp2ibtrbo3e/bafkreidktjtuygib3kwdu36e4l6uz3fyc3hzo4ifps4lvbmcim7yp57jci@jpeg)
June 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Yo wtf
Miami just canceled its November election & pushed it to 2026. No public vote, just canceled.
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
June 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Yo wtf
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I can't tell if it's because I'm too NYC focused but does it feel like the news cycle spent more time crashing out on the fact that NYC picked a brown Muslim dude as is primary candidate then it did on a right wing extremist who shot 2 Minnesota legislators killing one, her husband and dog?
June 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I can't tell if it's because I'm too NYC focused but does it feel like the news cycle spent more time crashing out on the fact that NYC picked a brown Muslim dude as is primary candidate then it did on a right wing extremist who shot 2 Minnesota legislators killing one, her husband and dog?
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It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins