Karen Langley
@karenlangley.bsky.social
Retired nonprofit executive, grandmother, activist, foodie
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In the first half year of the Trump administration, ICE has killed more detainees than in the prior four years. The sharp spike in deaths reflects abysmal conditions in holding facilities and the wholesale authorization of extreme violence by ICE officers. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
ICE is hiring dozens of health workers as lawsuits, deaths in custody mount
Nearly as many migrants have died in detention so far this year than over the four years of the Biden administration.
www.politico.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
In the first half year of the Trump administration, ICE has killed more detainees than in the prior four years. The sharp spike in deaths reflects abysmal conditions in holding facilities and the wholesale authorization of extreme violence by ICE officers. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Now Arizona has also said "no," and Vanderbilt has indicated it will do the same. That leaves just the University of Texas, which has been placed under the control of the Texas GOP and is going through what Greg Abbott calls an "ideological test" for conformity with Texas GOP ideology.
All but 2 Universities Decline a Trump Offer of Preferential Funding
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Now Arizona has also said "no," and Vanderbilt has indicated it will do the same. That leaves just the University of Texas, which has been placed under the control of the Texas GOP and is going through what Greg Abbott calls an "ideological test" for conformity with Texas GOP ideology.
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Democrats are taking a newly combative approach to the rapidly spreading fight over election maps and redistricting.
“Fight fire with fire,” as many Democrats have recently put it.
“Fight fire with fire,” as many Democrats have recently put it.
Inside Democrats’ risky gambit to ‘fight fire with fire’ over election maps
In Texas and beyond, the party has adopted a newly combative posture following months of internal conversations. Now, they face an uphill climb.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Democrats are taking a newly combative approach to the rapidly spreading fight over election maps and redistricting.
“Fight fire with fire,” as many Democrats have recently put it.
“Fight fire with fire,” as many Democrats have recently put it.
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whatever else republican house speaker mike johnson (and the congressional republicans who serve under him) ever do in this life, this headline will last forever and ever, for their whole blessed lives.
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
July 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
whatever else republican house speaker mike johnson (and the congressional republicans who serve under him) ever do in this life, this headline will last forever and ever, for their whole blessed lives.
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
(gift link, no paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
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The Trump administration says each bed at the detention camp is expected to cost $245 a day — roughly the price of one night this week at the Intercontinental Miami hotel. GOP contractors close to Ron DeSantis are making a mint off these concentration camps. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Contracts reveal the big business of building and operating Alligator Alcatraz
The Trump administration says each bed at the detention camp is expected to cost $245 a day — roughly the price of one night this week at the Intercontinental Miami hotel.
www.miamiherald.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The Trump administration says each bed at the detention camp is expected to cost $245 a day — roughly the price of one night this week at the Intercontinental Miami hotel. GOP contractors close to Ron DeSantis are making a mint off these concentration camps. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in Republican leadership in the White House and Congress is at a record low. www.npr.org/2025/07/01/n...
Poll: Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem
76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.
www.npr.org
July 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in Republican leadership in the White House and Congress is at a record low. www.npr.org/2025/07/01/n...
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Crucial positions at the local offices of the NWS were unfilled as severe rainfall inundated parts of Central Texas on Friday, prompting some experts to question whether staffing shortages made it harder for the forecasting agency to coordinate with local emergency managers as floodwaters rose.
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Crucial positions at the local offices of the NWS were unfilled as severe rainfall inundated parts of Central Texas on Friday, prompting some experts to question whether staffing shortages made it harder for the forecasting agency to coordinate with local emergency managers as floodwaters rose.
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Are we watching yet another demonstration of the complete dysfunction of GOP ruled Texas? That's obvious.
July 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Are we watching yet another demonstration of the complete dysfunction of GOP ruled Texas? That's obvious.
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The Trump administration violated federal privacy laws when it turned Medicaid data on millions of enrollees over to federal deportation officials last month, says California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
20 states sue after the Trump administration releases private Medicaid data to deportation officials
The Trump administration has violated federal privacy laws when it turned over Medicaid data on millions of enrollees to federal deportation officials last month, says California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
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July 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The Trump administration violated federal privacy laws when it turned Medicaid data on millions of enrollees over to federal deportation officials last month, says California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
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NO WAR WITH IRAN.
Our Members of Congress need to hear from us right now. Urge them to use their constitutional authority to prevent Trump from entering a war with Iran.
Email your senators: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
Email your representative: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
Our Members of Congress need to hear from us right now. Urge them to use their constitutional authority to prevent Trump from entering a war with Iran.
Email your senators: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
Email your representative: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
Tell Your Senators: No War With Iran
The American people do not want to enter Netanyahu’s war with Iran. American involvement would not only put our troops into harm's way, but risk escalating an already volatile situation into all-out r...
act.indivisible.org
June 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
NO WAR WITH IRAN.
Our Members of Congress need to hear from us right now. Urge them to use their constitutional authority to prevent Trump from entering a war with Iran.
Email your senators: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
Email your representative: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
Our Members of Congress need to hear from us right now. Urge them to use their constitutional authority to prevent Trump from entering a war with Iran.
Email your senators: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
Email your representative: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-iran...
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A Travis County district judge has temporarily blocked rules that give Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton meticulous access to the office records of urban district attorneys, some of whom sued Paxton in May.
Judge places temporary block on rule requiring urban DAs to hand over case data to AG Ken Paxton
Over half of the district attorneys affected by the rule filed lawsuits challenging it, saying it violates state and federal law.
www.texastribune.org
June 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A Travis County district judge has temporarily blocked rules that give Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton meticulous access to the office records of urban district attorneys, some of whom sued Paxton in May.
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We are governed by a needy narcissistic man-child and if you’re a supporter or admirer of his, I pity you.
Trump: They should give me the Nobel prize for Rwanda and have you looked at the Congo? You could say Serbia. You could say a lot of them. The big one is India and Pakistan. I should have gotten it four or five times. They won't give it because they only give it to liberals.
June 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We are governed by a needy narcissistic man-child and if you’re a supporter or admirer of his, I pity you.
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Freedom looks like this.
June 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Freedom looks like this.
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“Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are on the wrong side of public opinion on this, and they’re losing badly in the court of public opinion,” says Chris Hayes. “The more they lean into the cruelty, the less popular it all is.” youtu.be/4Hl6SirHAKU
‘Gone too far’: New evidence Trump, Stephen Miller are losing the battle over ICE raids
YouTube video by MSNBC
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June 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Yes. Crowd size studies have now confirmed the initial count of 4.5 to 6 million participants, showing that unsupported NYT and WaPo claims about crowd size were a hostile effort to downplay the magnitude of the event.
Were the No Kings protests the largest single-day demonstration in American history?
Depending on who you ask, between four and six million people showed up – and according to one theory, this could be a turning point
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Yes. Crowd size studies have now confirmed the initial count of 4.5 to 6 million participants, showing that unsupported NYT and WaPo claims about crowd size were a hostile effort to downplay the magnitude of the event.
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Proud to join Reverend Barber to say:
"Trump Won't Be King - Unless We Bow"
Join us tomorrow.
No Kings.
www.newsweek.com/trump-wont-k...
"Trump Won't Be King - Unless We Bow"
Join us tomorrow.
No Kings.
www.newsweek.com/trump-wont-k...
Trump Won't Be King—Unless We Bow | Opinion
In cities and towns across America this Saturday, millions of Americans will rally to peacefully celebrate No Kings Day.
www.newsweek.com
June 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Proud to join Reverend Barber to say:
"Trump Won't Be King - Unless We Bow"
Join us tomorrow.
No Kings.
www.newsweek.com/trump-wont-k...
"Trump Won't Be King - Unless We Bow"
Join us tomorrow.
No Kings.
www.newsweek.com/trump-wont-k...
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June 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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You’ve made No Kings Day so massive that even TMZ is talking about it.
Tomorrow is going to be one of the biggest and most widespread days of peaceful protest in American history. We will see you in the streets: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #nokings
Tomorrow is going to be one of the biggest and most widespread days of peaceful protest in American history. We will see you in the streets: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #nokings
June 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
You’ve made No Kings Day so massive that even TMZ is talking about it.
Tomorrow is going to be one of the biggest and most widespread days of peaceful protest in American history. We will see you in the streets: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #nokings
Tomorrow is going to be one of the biggest and most widespread days of peaceful protest in American history. We will see you in the streets: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #nokings
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Stephen Miller: the authoritative biography
June 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Stephen Miller: the authoritative biography
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The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
June 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
Don't give them one.
Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
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Trump canceled: "a grant to Emory University and Georgia State University, where researchers had developed three potential drugs that showed promise against many RNA-based viruses, including coronaviruses, Ebola, avian influenza and measles.."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Trump canceled: "a grant to Emory University and Georgia State University, where researchers had developed three potential drugs that showed promise against many RNA-based viruses, including coronaviruses, Ebola, avian influenza and measles.."
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Trump is trying to destroy higher education in the United States—which for many is the key to economic mobility.
Trump planning to make it harder to go to college (unless you're rich) by cutting both Pell Grants and work study programs, all to give massive tax cuts to billionaires.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Trump aims to slash Pell Grants, which may limit low-income students’ college access
About 40% of undergraduates rely on Pell Grants to pay for college, and experts say if the plans are enacted, many of the lowest-income students would be forced to drop out.
www.nbcnews.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Trump is trying to destroy higher education in the United States—which for many is the key to economic mobility.
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"During a Senate hearing, Kennedy told Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester that Matthew Buzzelli is the CDC's acting director.
Kennedy called Buzzelli a public health expert.
Buzzelli's biography on the CDC website lists no public health experience..."
www.axios.com/2025/06/05/c...
Kennedy called Buzzelli a public health expert.
Buzzelli's biography on the CDC website lists no public health experience..."
www.axios.com/2025/06/05/c...
Questions swirl over who's running the CDC
Almost six months into Trump's administration, the agency has no public health official or designated point person at the helm.
www.axios.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"During a Senate hearing, Kennedy told Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester that Matthew Buzzelli is the CDC's acting director.
Kennedy called Buzzelli a public health expert.
Buzzelli's biography on the CDC website lists no public health experience..."
www.axios.com/2025/06/05/c...
Kennedy called Buzzelli a public health expert.
Buzzelli's biography on the CDC website lists no public health experience..."
www.axios.com/2025/06/05/c...
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Donald Trump incited a violent mob to attack the Capitol.
Hundreds of dangerous felons who brutally beat police officers with impunity were then pardoned by the President on his first day in office.
Don’t ever lecture America about law and order.
Hundreds of dangerous felons who brutally beat police officers with impunity were then pardoned by the President on his first day in office.
Don’t ever lecture America about law and order.
June 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Donald Trump incited a violent mob to attack the Capitol.
Hundreds of dangerous felons who brutally beat police officers with impunity were then pardoned by the President on his first day in office.
Don’t ever lecture America about law and order.
Hundreds of dangerous felons who brutally beat police officers with impunity were then pardoned by the President on his first day in office.
Don’t ever lecture America about law and order.