Cordelia Gilligan
@delia0222.bsky.social
Nonprofit media strategist. NYC.
Reposted by Cordelia Gilligan
Trump and Elon Musk all but dismantled USAID. It took them less than a month.
It's an unprecedented test of the checks and balances at the heart of the American system of government.
The must-read inside story, from @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
It's an unprecedented test of the checks and balances at the heart of the American system of government.
The must-read inside story, from @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
In Breaking USAID, the Trump Administration May Have Broken the Law
ProPublica’s reporting provides new details about what legal risk officials were prepared to take and what laws they may have violated on their way to creating a “constitutional crisis.”
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Trump and Elon Musk all but dismantled USAID. It took them less than a month.
It's an unprecedented test of the checks and balances at the heart of the American system of government.
The must-read inside story, from @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
It's an unprecedented test of the checks and balances at the heart of the American system of government.
The must-read inside story, from @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Reposted by Cordelia Gilligan
NEW: 22 leading NYS and national organizations oppose 17 bills seeking to exempt special interests from congestion tolls or delay the program.
Basic Fairness Means Keeping Tolls Lower for the Many, No Handouts for the Few
Read the memo ⬇️
https://buff.ly/4hf4z4Z
Basic Fairness Means Keeping Tolls Lower for the Many, No Handouts for the Few
Read the memo ⬇️
https://buff.ly/4hf4z4Z
buff.ly
February 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: 22 leading NYS and national organizations oppose 17 bills seeking to exempt special interests from congestion tolls or delay the program.
Basic Fairness Means Keeping Tolls Lower for the Many, No Handouts for the Few
Read the memo ⬇️
https://buff.ly/4hf4z4Z
Basic Fairness Means Keeping Tolls Lower for the Many, No Handouts for the Few
Read the memo ⬇️
https://buff.ly/4hf4z4Z
Reposted by Cordelia Gilligan
Unfortunately the stuff that most people are consuming online to distract themselves from politics (or because they don’t care about politics at all or think politics are going swimmingly) is also a covert pipeline designed to make them more conservative. Lifestyle, entertainment, pop culture, etc
January 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Unfortunately the stuff that most people are consuming online to distract themselves from politics (or because they don’t care about politics at all or think politics are going swimmingly) is also a covert pipeline designed to make them more conservative. Lifestyle, entertainment, pop culture, etc
Reposted by Cordelia Gilligan
NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...
Illinois shut out of Medicaid after Trump administration halts federal grants and loans
The Trump administration's federal freeze has shut Illinois out of Medicaid, according to Gov. JB. Pritzker's office. The government-funded health insurance program covered about 3.9 million people in...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
NEW: My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed.
Reposted by Cordelia Gilligan
NEW: Republican Jefferson Griffin narrowly lost his race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. Now he’s asking that 60,000 ballots be thrown out based on a theory that an election denier said amounted to “voter suppression.”
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
A North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate’s Bid to Overturn His Loss Is Based on Theory Election Deniers Deemed Extreme
Republican Jefferson Griffin narrowly lost his race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. Now he’s asking that 60,000 ballots be thrown out based on a theory that an election denier said amounted to…
propub.li
December 23, 2024 at 5:09 PM
NEW: Republican Jefferson Griffin narrowly lost his race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. Now he’s asking that 60,000 ballots be thrown out based on a theory that an election denier said amounted to “voter suppression.”
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Reposted by Cordelia Gilligan
Among the bills Gov. Hochul vetoed today: A bill that would have let people who were convicted of felonies serve on juries after they complete their sentence.
December 22, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Among the bills Gov. Hochul vetoed today: A bill that would have let people who were convicted of felonies serve on juries after they complete their sentence.
Reposted by Cordelia Gilligan
“There’s no police for the ADA. The only thing that we can do is demand and then sue.”
Big subway accessibility news in The Bronx:
Big subway accessibility news in The Bronx:
Bronx Subway Station Saga Shows Long Winding Road to Accessibility
Work to bring elevators to the No. 6’s Middletown Road stop is set to begin in February, nearly a decade after a federal lawsuit said it had to be done.
buff.ly
December 20, 2024 at 3:46 PM
“There’s no police for the ADA. The only thing that we can do is demand and then sue.”
Big subway accessibility news in The Bronx:
Big subway accessibility news in The Bronx:
Reposted by Cordelia Gilligan
Scoop: Patrick Soon-Shiong's meddling at the LA Times has grown more pervasive than previously realized.
He has taken a number of previously unreported steps to curtail pieces critical of Trump, per a memo to top editor Terry Tang that I obtained.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/patrick-so...
He has taken a number of previously unreported steps to curtail pieces critical of Trump, per a memo to top editor Terry Tang that I obtained.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/patrick-so...
Meddling for MAGA
Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, has dismayed staffers as he curtails critical coverage of Donald Trump.
www.status.news
December 17, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Scoop: Patrick Soon-Shiong's meddling at the LA Times has grown more pervasive than previously realized.
He has taken a number of previously unreported steps to curtail pieces critical of Trump, per a memo to top editor Terry Tang that I obtained.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/patrick-so...
He has taken a number of previously unreported steps to curtail pieces critical of Trump, per a memo to top editor Terry Tang that I obtained.
Details in Status: www.status.news/p/patrick-so...
Reposted by Cordelia Gilligan
Trump's win confirmed once again that our information ecosystem is a total dumpster fire, and that Dems need a real answer to it.
I asked three leading candidates for DNC chair how they'd fix this.
Here's what they said. 1/
(new piece from me)
newrepublic.com/article/1891...
I asked three leading candidates for DNC chair how they'd fix this.
Here's what they said. 1/
(new piece from me)
newrepublic.com/article/1891...
Elon Musk’s Stunning $250 Million Favor to Trump Should Wake Up Dems
Musk and others helped the GOP run rings around Democrats in the info-wars. I asked three leading contenders for party chair how they’d fix this.
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Trump's win confirmed once again that our information ecosystem is a total dumpster fire, and that Dems need a real answer to it.
I asked three leading candidates for DNC chair how they'd fix this.
Here's what they said. 1/
(new piece from me)
newrepublic.com/article/1891...
I asked three leading candidates for DNC chair how they'd fix this.
Here's what they said. 1/
(new piece from me)
newrepublic.com/article/1891...
Reposted by Cordelia Gilligan
New: Trump won the popular vote narrowly. But in news deserts—counties where there are no local news sources or reporters —he won in a landslide. Latest by me and @volk_maps for Medill School’s Local News Initiative. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/1...
In news deserts, Trump won in a landslide
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu
December 5, 2024 at 7:02 PM
New: Trump won the popular vote narrowly. But in news deserts—counties where there are no local news sources or reporters —he won in a landslide. Latest by me and @volk_maps for Medill School’s Local News Initiative. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/1...
Reposted by Cordelia Gilligan
An AI “bias meter” that would flag anything but the most anodyne, status quo-affirming “civility” discourse as “biased,” make meaningful critique of power impossible, and leave the powerful unbothered by public oversight to do as they please.
We are accelerating towards a very dark place.
We are accelerating towards a very dark place.
This, courtesy of the owner of the LA Times, is the worst “tech solution for journalism” idea since the CueCat.
December 5, 2024 at 4:15 PM
An AI “bias meter” that would flag anything but the most anodyne, status quo-affirming “civility” discourse as “biased,” make meaningful critique of power impossible, and leave the powerful unbothered by public oversight to do as they please.
We are accelerating towards a very dark place.
We are accelerating towards a very dark place.
Reposted by Cordelia Gilligan
So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
November 25, 2024 at 10:30 PM
So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.