Ilene Feinman
@ilene-feinman.bsky.social
US social movements scholar/teacher; Commissioner, Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women;
Faculty, MPS Branding, SVA; Professor Emerita; retired Dean College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
CSUMB
Faculty, MPS Branding, SVA; Professor Emerita; retired Dean College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
CSUMB
this is horrifying..... we need to turn it around. VOTE
🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
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This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban
A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.
www.ms.now
December 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
this is horrifying..... we need to turn it around. VOTE
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
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Happy Solstice, witches
a tree with christmas lights on it against a blue sky
Alt: a tree with christmas lights on it against a blue sky
media.tenor.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Happy Solstice, witches
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Please make sure every military member you know knows this.
Trump’s promise Wednesday to pay troops a “warrior dividend” bonus is actually a military housing stipend already approved by Congress, and not a generous new White House program.
Trump claims credit for military bonus that Congress already approved
The White House’s plans for a “warrior dividend” to reward troops this holiday season are actually housing assistance funds approved this summer.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Please make sure every military member you know knows this.
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Worst jobs President in American history
December 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Worst jobs President in American history
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Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose
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While the media chums it up with Greene, reminder that she has a bill going before the House today to make it a *federal crime* to provide or advocate for healthcare for trans youth.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "What I'd like to see from the president is empathy for Americans. Donald Trump is a billionaire and he's the president. When he looks into a camera and says 'affordability is a hoax,' he's talking to Americans that are suffering and have been for many years now."
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
While the media chums it up with Greene, reminder that she has a bill going before the House today to make it a *federal crime* to provide or advocate for healthcare for trans youth.
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There’s simple reason why Republicans have no alternative to
Obamacare. (affordable care act.) THEY DON’T CARE! another way to put it: THEY DON’T CARE! No need for experts to make excuses for a party that also opposed Medicare. Now they are trying to destroy veterans health.Clear & present danger.
Obamacare. (affordable care act.) THEY DON’T CARE! another way to put it: THEY DON’T CARE! No need for experts to make excuses for a party that also opposed Medicare. Now they are trying to destroy veterans health.Clear & present danger.
December 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
There’s simple reason why Republicans have no alternative to
Obamacare. (affordable care act.) THEY DON’T CARE! another way to put it: THEY DON’T CARE! No need for experts to make excuses for a party that also opposed Medicare. Now they are trying to destroy veterans health.Clear & present danger.
Obamacare. (affordable care act.) THEY DON’T CARE! another way to put it: THEY DON’T CARE! No need for experts to make excuses for a party that also opposed Medicare. Now they are trying to destroy veterans health.Clear & present danger.
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With the latest mass shooting at Brown University, this might be a good time to mention that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban reduced mass shooting deaths by 43% - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths spiked by 239%.
It's the GUNS
-Joann Duman
It's the GUNS
-Joann Duman
December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
With the latest mass shooting at Brown University, this might be a good time to mention that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban reduced mass shooting deaths by 43% - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths spiked by 239%.
It's the GUNS
-Joann Duman
It's the GUNS
-Joann Duman
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The word “hero” gets thrown around too often, but Ahmed Al Ahmed truly fits the description.
A good guy *without* a gun who put his life on the line preventing further harm and tragedy.
May he recover quickly from his wounds and be treated with the respect he deserves.
My heart is with 🇦🇺.
🤍🙏🏽🕊️
A good guy *without* a gun who put his life on the line preventing further harm and tragedy.
May he recover quickly from his wounds and be treated with the respect he deserves.
My heart is with 🇦🇺.
🤍🙏🏽🕊️
A heroic moment in this anti-semitic tragedy.
The hero here is a 43 yo Lebanese immigrant and fruit stand owner named
Ahmed Al Ahmed who was shot twice in the arm (apparently bt the other gunman) after wrestling the gun away.
He will be fine according to a relative.
youtu.be/IUEcLiZI6sI?...
The hero here is a 43 yo Lebanese immigrant and fruit stand owner named
Ahmed Al Ahmed who was shot twice in the arm (apparently bt the other gunman) after wrestling the gun away.
He will be fine according to a relative.
youtu.be/IUEcLiZI6sI?...
December 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The word “hero” gets thrown around too often, but Ahmed Al Ahmed truly fits the description.
A good guy *without* a gun who put his life on the line preventing further harm and tragedy.
May he recover quickly from his wounds and be treated with the respect he deserves.
My heart is with 🇦🇺.
🤍🙏🏽🕊️
A good guy *without* a gun who put his life on the line preventing further harm and tragedy.
May he recover quickly from his wounds and be treated with the respect he deserves.
My heart is with 🇦🇺.
🤍🙏🏽🕊️
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hunger’s whip: why connecting US food stamps to work is outdated and ineffective
Hunger’s whip: why connecting US food stamps to work is outdated and ineffective
Hunger’s whip: why connecting US food stamps to work is outdated and ineffective
In many parts of the country, there are new work requirements to get food aid. But starving people doesn’t motivate them – despite centuries of this rhetoric
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hunger’s whip: why connecting US food stamps to work is outdated and ineffective
Hunger’s whip: why connecting US food stamps to work is outdated and ineffective
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🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world.
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
Excellent news.
Bring it on.
The Heritage Foundation is cracking
December 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Excellent news.
Most important point.
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Most important point.
this is hilarious and womp womp
Note: Trump's plummeting rating on the economy has pierced the crucial Darwin Threshhold...the point at which his approval rating on handling the economy (31 percent) is actually lower than the number of Americans who do not believe in evolution (33-37 percent), the once solid core of Trump support.
There's still room to drop further. "Trump’s handling of the economy is at its lowest point in AP-NORC polling" apnews.com/article/trum...
With CUSMA negotiations w/Canada & Mexico, as well as the renewal of the one-year tariff truce w/China in 2026, expect more market-moving new tariffs next year.
With CUSMA negotiations w/Canada & Mexico, as well as the renewal of the one-year tariff truce w/China in 2026, expect more market-moving new tariffs next year.
December 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
this is hilarious and womp womp
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Reminder that Russia is planning terrorist attacks in the US, Canada, and Europe. Also, that on the 2024 US election day Russia sent terrorist threats to primarily democrat polling stations to aid Donald Trump. It's all connected.
December 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Reminder that Russia is planning terrorist attacks in the US, Canada, and Europe. Also, that on the 2024 US election day Russia sent terrorist threats to primarily democrat polling stations to aid Donald Trump. It's all connected.
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On January 1st, 24 million Americans will see their health care premiums rise by 114% on average because Trump and the GOP won’t extend the ACA tax credits families depend on.
It is clear: our health care is not a priority for them.
It is clear: our health care is not a priority for them.
December 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
On January 1st, 24 million Americans will see their health care premiums rise by 114% on average because Trump and the GOP won’t extend the ACA tax credits families depend on.
It is clear: our health care is not a priority for them.
It is clear: our health care is not a priority for them.
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Appreciate the continued focus @atrupar.com's 'Public Notice' team on the overt racism spewing from the president of the United States. It is vile, Nazi stuff that is now permeating not just Trump's press gaggles but official US govt policy. More pundits & news orgs need to cover it, too.
New in PN: Let's call Trump's anti-Somali hate for what it is
It's not "heated" or "divisive." It's Nazi stuff.
It's not "heated" or "divisive." It's Nazi stuff.
Let's call Trump's anti-Somali hate for what it is
It's not "heated" or "divisive." It's Nazi stuff.
www.publicnotice.co
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Appreciate the continued focus @atrupar.com's 'Public Notice' team on the overt racism spewing from the president of the United States. It is vile, Nazi stuff that is now permeating not just Trump's press gaggles but official US govt policy. More pundits & news orgs need to cover it, too.
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Congressional investigations are likely the ONLY accountability this administration will face. Bondi won't arrest anyone. US officials can't be tried at the Hague. And even if we get a new AG in 2029, Trump is going to pardon everyone. These midterms are crucial for accountability.
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Congressional investigations are likely the ONLY accountability this administration will face. Bondi won't arrest anyone. US officials can't be tried at the Hague. And even if we get a new AG in 2029, Trump is going to pardon everyone. These midterms are crucial for accountability.
Horrifying.
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Horrifying.
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They cannot be given authority to forcibly remove anyone from their vehicle this way. Think about how bad actors would abuse this power.
December 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
They cannot be given authority to forcibly remove anyone from their vehicle this way. Think about how bad actors would abuse this power.
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Kressly: So let’s talk about the contagiousness of hepatitis B. It can live on surfaces, and it can be spread through touch—from someone who is shedding the virus to someone else.
So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone.
So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Kressly: So let’s talk about the contagiousness of hepatitis B. It can live on surfaces, and it can be spread through touch—from someone who is shedding the virus to someone else.
So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone.
So when we’re in situations where we can’t know 100% who is at risk, the right answer is to protect everyone.