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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
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The Trump admin has an obligation to consult with Congress on refugee admissions. Today, they ignored that requirement even as they slash refugee admissions to their lowest levels in our country’s history.
My full statement with @raskin.house.gov, @durbin.senate.gov, and @padilla.senate.gov:
My full statement with @raskin.house.gov, @durbin.senate.gov, and @padilla.senate.gov:
November 20, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The Trump admin has an obligation to consult with Congress on refugee admissions. Today, they ignored that requirement even as they slash refugee admissions to their lowest levels in our country’s history.
My full statement with @raskin.house.gov, @durbin.senate.gov, and @padilla.senate.gov:
My full statement with @raskin.house.gov, @durbin.senate.gov, and @padilla.senate.gov:
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview.
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
“They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”
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Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
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This is nuts. And we would like to know more about these "guided missile warheads."
Good reporting via @juddlegum.bsky.social / @popular.info
Good reporting via @juddlegum.bsky.social / @popular.info
ICE’s spending on weaponry has soared more than 700 percent this year
The $71.5 million spent so far has paid for guns and armor, chemical munitions, “guided missile warheads," and "explosive components.”
www.motherjones.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is nuts. And we would like to know more about these "guided missile warheads."
Good reporting via @juddlegum.bsky.social / @popular.info
Good reporting via @juddlegum.bsky.social / @popular.info
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Jay Brown, HRC:
LGBTQ+ people live in every zip code and are from every background.
We were born here and we immigrated here.
We come from red families and from blue families.
And we are here to say that this is our America too.
LGBTQ+ people live in every zip code and are from every background.
We were born here and we immigrated here.
We come from red families and from blue families.
And we are here to say that this is our America too.
October 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Jay Brown, HRC:
LGBTQ+ people live in every zip code and are from every background.
We were born here and we immigrated here.
We come from red families and from blue families.
And we are here to say that this is our America too.
LGBTQ+ people live in every zip code and are from every background.
We were born here and we immigrated here.
We come from red families and from blue families.
And we are here to say that this is our America too.
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Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.
October 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Hero’s of the day - In a small town of Beckley, WV, Kendra Sullivan staged a one-woman No Kings protest. She was confronted, had the police called on her, but stood her ground. She was physically threatened. Police came more than once and protected her right to protest. This is how we do it.
#NoKingsPittsburghSouthHills
Mt. Lebanon and other Pittsburgh suburbs representing.
Mt. Lebanon and other Pittsburgh suburbs representing.
October 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
#NoKingsPittsburghSouthHills
Mt. Lebanon and other Pittsburgh suburbs representing.
Mt. Lebanon and other Pittsburgh suburbs representing.
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NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
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It only took 256 days to reach the “zip tying little kids at 2am on the street” stage of this administration.
October 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It only took 256 days to reach the “zip tying little kids at 2am on the street” stage of this administration.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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alert: potential ban on federally-funded hospitals providing any trans health care is in the house hhs funding bill
NEWS: House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The legislation would prohibit taxpayer dollars for any type of gender-affirming care for transgender people. This would include programs like Medicaid
September 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
alert: potential ban on federally-funded hospitals providing any trans health care is in the house hhs funding bill
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Not giving a shit about the poor
is the quickest way to determine
that a Christian doesn’t give a shit about Jesus.
is the quickest way to determine
that a Christian doesn’t give a shit about Jesus.
JD Vance on homelessness: "I don't know why we accepted that it was reasonable to have crazy people yelling at our kids. You should not have to cross the street in downtown Atlanta to avoid a crazy person yelling at your family. Those are your streets."
August 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Not giving a shit about the poor
is the quickest way to determine
that a Christian doesn’t give a shit about Jesus.
is the quickest way to determine
that a Christian doesn’t give a shit about Jesus.
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May James Dobson burn and rot below for all eternity. A cruel, venal man who caused grave harm with every breath he took.
August 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
May James Dobson burn and rot below for all eternity. A cruel, venal man who caused grave harm with every breath he took.
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The White House’s official X account has a long thread in which they’ve posted pictures of people arrested during the feds’ occupation of the city. Every single person in the thread is a person of color.
August 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The White House’s official X account has a long thread in which they’ve posted pictures of people arrested during the feds’ occupation of the city. Every single person in the thread is a person of color.
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The White House Twitter feed is now basically the old “black crime” tab from mid-2010s Breitbart. The editor of Breitbart back then was Steve Bannon, and a young senate staffer named Steven Miller was feeding him content from white nationalist sites. www.splcenter.org/resources/gu...
Stephen Miller: The Breitbart Emails
Before the 2016 election, White House senior adviser Stephen Miller regularly emailed Breitbart News editors. Hatewatch evaluated more than 900 of those correspondences. This series includes Hatewatch...
www.splcenter.org
August 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The White House Twitter feed is now basically the old “black crime” tab from mid-2010s Breitbart. The editor of Breitbart back then was Steve Bannon, and a young senate staffer named Steven Miller was feeding him content from white nationalist sites. www.splcenter.org/resources/gu...
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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Our community has overcome hurdles before and we will certainly do it again. Our existence will not be silenced or erased by a court, a Congress, or a president.
Join our organizing call on Monday, June 23 at 8 pm ET for more on what comes next: hrc.im/scotuscall
Join our organizing call on Monday, June 23 at 8 pm ET for more on what comes next: hrc.im/scotuscall
June 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Our community has overcome hurdles before and we will certainly do it again. Our existence will not be silenced or erased by a court, a Congress, or a president.
Join our organizing call on Monday, June 23 at 8 pm ET for more on what comes next: hrc.im/scotuscall
Join our organizing call on Monday, June 23 at 8 pm ET for more on what comes next: hrc.im/scotuscall
Our Pittsburgh suburb community of Mt. Lebanon held a separate #NoKings protest so folks could also attend our community Pride earlier in the day. We had over a 1,000 people adding to the Downtown Pittsburgh events earlier in the day.
June 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Our Pittsburgh suburb community of Mt. Lebanon held a separate #NoKings protest so folks could also attend our community Pride earlier in the day. We had over a 1,000 people adding to the Downtown Pittsburgh events earlier in the day.
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I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
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I love this so much
they wanted a big counterprotest sooooo bad so they would have an excuse to do some violent bullshit and instead they are just squeaking their way down empty silent streets looking like huge losers. NO ONE CAME TO HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY. he is going to lose his mind
they wanted a big counterprotest sooooo bad so they would have an excuse to do some violent bullshit and instead they are just squeaking their way down empty silent streets looking like huge losers. NO ONE CAME TO HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY. he is going to lose his mind
The parade is neither a roaring call to patriotism or tyrannical show of might. It's something much worse--boring
June 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I love this so much
they wanted a big counterprotest sooooo bad so they would have an excuse to do some violent bullshit and instead they are just squeaking their way down empty silent streets looking like huge losers. NO ONE CAME TO HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY. he is going to lose his mind
they wanted a big counterprotest sooooo bad so they would have an excuse to do some violent bullshit and instead they are just squeaking their way down empty silent streets looking like huge losers. NO ONE CAME TO HIS BIRTHDAY PARTY. he is going to lose his mind