@joanne-vinton.bsky.social
I support the Center for Biological Diversity and Wildlands Network. I live in Nevada.
@whitehouse-47.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @houserepublicans.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
Whether the American Dream is defined by economic mobility or personal freedom, many Americans feel it’s become harder to reach. A social scientist talked to scores of people about what the American Dream means to them today. buff.ly/vvthK5B
What is the American Dream, and has it become harder to achieve in recent years?
Whether the American Dream is centered in economic mobility or personal freedom, many citizens believe its achievement has grown more elusive.
theconversation.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
The IRS already knows what you need to pay in taxes – so why doesn’t it just tell you instead of putting you through a costly and tax-consuming reporting process?
Answer: Because Congress is catering to tax prep companies.
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#taxes
Answer: Because Congress is catering to tax prep companies.
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#taxes
The IRS already has all your income tax data – so why do Americans still have to file their taxes?
A tax expert explains why the US continues to use such a complex and costly income tax system.
buff.ly
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
February 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Congress increased ICE's funding from $8 billion in 2024 to $28 billion in 2025, making it the nation's most highly funded law enforcement agency. Yet the Senate has held just one public hearing on ICE since then. buff.ly/4tjognS
Congress has exercised minimal oversight over ICE, but that might change
Congress has handed ICE a blank check, dramatically increasing its funding without exercising oversight.
theconversation.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Congress is about to overhaul the drug market, but consumers may never feel it.
That's because the industry that negotiates drug prices for employers has been working overtime to stay one step ahead of any new regulations.
That's because the industry that negotiates drug prices for employers has been working overtime to stay one step ahead of any new regulations.
Congress is about to overhaul the drug market. Consumers may never feel it.
The industry that negotiates drug prices for employers has worked to stay ahead of the game.
www.politico.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
@whitehouse-47.bsky.social @houserepublicans.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov ICE is not the only problem. Border Patrol has acted with impunity for decades. nevadacurrent.com/2026/02/02/i...
ICE is not the only problem. Border Patrol has acted with impunity for decades. • Nevada Current
This article was originally published by Truthout. Ending immigration agents’ abuses requires reckoning with a long history of cruelty at the border. The idea of a “border crisis” has long been used b...
nevadacurrent.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:49 PM
@whitehouse-47.bsky.social @houserepublicans.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov ICE is not the only problem. Border Patrol has acted with impunity for decades. nevadacurrent.com/2026/02/02/i...
@whitehouse-47.bsky.social @houserepublicans.bsky.social @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov
She ran DHS. Now she’s watching it mishandle Minnesota.
Former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano gives her candid take on recent events and the path forward👇
Former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano gives her candid take on recent events and the path forward👇
She Ran DHS. Now She’s Watching It Mishandle Minnesota.
Former DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano offers a candid take on recent events and the path forward.
www.politico.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
@epw.senate.gov @naturalresources.bsky.social @hhsofficial.bsky.social @houserepublicans.bsky.social
Over 30 million people drink water from the Great Lakes, and contamination by “forever chemicals” will persist for generations. buff.ly/9tSyOb7
PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk – here’s how they get there
Some of these ‘forever chemicals’ are toxic at very low levels. They can get into water systems and bioaccumulate in fish, ultimately posing risks to people.
theconversation.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:09 PM
By no longer putting a dollar value on health benefits, the EPA’s new rulemaking approach could make air pollution easier to justify – and public health easier to ignore. buff.ly/nwg4ruC
EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public health
In the world of cost benefit analysis, if an impact isn’t monetized, it doesn’t exist. A former EPA official explains what’s changing now and why it matters.
theconversation.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:36 AM
@houserepublicans.bsky.social @rosen.senate.gov @cortezmasto.senate.gov Students and staff from Reno High School, Swope Middle School, ... AACT, North Valleys, Damonte Ranch, and schools in Sparks took to the streets to protest. www.kolotv.com/2026/01/31/s... Have to admire these brave young people.
Students and staff leave school to protest immigration crackdowns
The nationwide anti-ICE protests are prompting thousands of people, including students and teachers across the Washoe County School District, to raise concerns and frustrations about the increased imm...
www.kolotv.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:20 PM
@houserepublicans.bsky.social @rosen.senate.gov @cortezmasto.senate.gov Students and staff from Reno High School, Swope Middle School, ... AACT, North Valleys, Damonte Ranch, and schools in Sparks took to the streets to protest. www.kolotv.com/2026/01/31/s... Have to admire these brave young people.
@democrats.senate.gov "“Speaker Johnson, I won’t forget this. I got a lot of good friends in the House,” Graham said in his floor speech." Graham really doesn't get it. He thinks it's all about him. He needs to retire.
Graham was among eight Senate Republicans who would uniquely benefit from the provision, which allows senators to sue if their phone records were subpoenaed in a probe of President Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election without their knowledge.
Sen. Lindsey Graham held up shutdown deal over provision letting him and others sue DOJ
The South Carolina Republican expressed fury with House Speaker Mike Johnson for removing the provision. He was unusually critical of the White House as well.
nbcnews.to
January 31, 2026 at 3:50 PM
@democrats.senate.gov "“Speaker Johnson, I won’t forget this. I got a lot of good friends in the House,” Graham said in his floor speech." Graham really doesn't get it. He thinks it's all about him. He needs to retire.
Trump’s pick to head up the Federal Reserve is an experienced economist – but his willingness to defend the Fed against political pressure is still unknown. buff.ly/v3XaZ3H
3 things to know about Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nod for Fed chair
Trump’s pick to helm the Fed is well known in the financial world, but his monetary policy views have evolved to align more with the president’s desire for lower rates.
theconversation.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:32 PM
@epw.senate.gov Endless environmental problems and an administration that sticks its collective head in the sand.
January 31, 2026 at 3:19 PM
@epw.senate.gov Endless environmental problems and an administration that sticks its collective head in the sand.
I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how federal agents in Minneapolis are undermining basic law enforcement principles buff.ly/BFs4esi
I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how federal agents in Minneapolis are undermining basic law enforcement principles
A policing scholar and former FBI special agent lays out the established principles of policing and constitutional law that govern how federal immigration enforcement efforts should be carried out.
theconversation.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Judges across the country are rebuking ICE for defying court orders.
Judges across the country rebuke ICE for defying court orders
They are increasingly castigating what they say are systematic legal and constitutional abuses by the administration.
www.politico.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Fifty-two children have died of the flu so far this season, the CDC reports, seemingly putting pediatric deaths on track to outpace last season's record-breaking high.
Unvaccinated kids hit hard with flu as pediatric deaths rise to 52
The vast majority of children who have died of flu so far this season did not get the flu shot, the CDC reported Friday.
nbcnews.to
January 31, 2026 at 1:34 AM
@hsgac.senate.gov @rosen.senate.gov @cortezmasto.senate.gov apnews.com/article/mont...
"It didn’t take long for word to spread in the small community of about 195 people that the federal immigration agents were watching 42-year-old Roberto Orozco-Ramirez."
"It didn’t take long for word to spread in the small community of about 195 people that the federal immigration agents were watching 42-year-old Roberto Orozco-Ramirez."
Montana residents forced to reckon with national immigration policy after beloved mechanic's arrest
Community members first noticed the Border Patrol cars in early January. Though Froid — a tiny town in northeast Montana — is just 50 miles from the U.S.
apnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:24 PM
@hsgac.senate.gov @rosen.senate.gov @cortezmasto.senate.gov apnews.com/article/mont...
"It didn’t take long for word to spread in the small community of about 195 people that the federal immigration agents were watching 42-year-old Roberto Orozco-Ramirez."
"It didn’t take long for word to spread in the small community of about 195 people that the federal immigration agents were watching 42-year-old Roberto Orozco-Ramirez."
@rosen.senate.gov @cortezmasto.senate.gov Can this problem be solved as part of Homeland Security/ICE funding? "Schiltz was talking about the government’s failure to comply with nearly 100 court orders since Jan. 1" apnews.com/article/minn...
Conservative judge in Minnesota tries to keep Trump administration in check during crackdown
The chief federal judge in Minnesota has added his voice to the weekslong confrontation between the public and the Trump administration's immigration enforcement.
apnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:15 PM
@rosen.senate.gov @cortezmasto.senate.gov Can this problem be solved as part of Homeland Security/ICE funding? "Schiltz was talking about the government’s failure to comply with nearly 100 court orders since Jan. 1" apnews.com/article/minn...
@deptofinterior.bsky.social Do NOT remove or alter the exhibit.
For several years the phrases “We are still here” and “This is our Homeland” have been a part of an exhibit recognizing the Timbisha Shoshone ancestral connection to Death Valley. Trump's Interior Dept. proposes to remove the language.
Trump administration wants to delete language acknowledging tribe from Death Valley visitor center • Nevada Current
The Timbisha Shoshone exhibit at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center in Death Valley is currently under review after the Trump administration advised National Park Service officials to remove certain la...
nevadacurrent.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:44 AM
@deptofinterior.bsky.social Do NOT remove or alter the exhibit.
