Kenzie
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You can recite facts at these people—that the homeless are a result of policy choices, that they are more likely to be the victims of crime than to commit it—but none of that can erase these guys’ real grievance against the homeless, which is that their suffering provokes a sense of guilt.
August 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
You can recite facts at these people—that the homeless are a result of policy choices, that they are more likely to be the victims of crime than to commit it—but none of that can erase these guys’ real grievance against the homeless, which is that their suffering provokes a sense of guilt.
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The Department of Transportation relies on advisory committee experts to keep passengers and workers safe. The Trump administration just fired them all. From James Baratta:
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Transportation Department Quietly Disbands Advisory Committees
Labor groups representing railroaders worry the move could muzzle frontline worker voices and make it easier for industry to shape regulation.
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August 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Department of Transportation relies on advisory committee experts to keep passengers and workers safe. The Trump administration just fired them all. From James Baratta:
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There’s no question about it, Trump has damaged American democracy. But perhaps from that rubble we can form a more perfect union. From Paul Starr, a guide to reform in post-Trump America.
https://trib.al/elqE8bd
https://trib.al/elqE8bd
The Premature Guide to Post-Trump Reform
American history offers three general strategies of repair and renewal.
trib.al
July 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
There’s no question about it, Trump has damaged American democracy. But perhaps from that rubble we can form a more perfect union. From Paul Starr, a guide to reform in post-Trump America.
https://trib.al/elqE8bd
https://trib.al/elqE8bd
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Check out what Medicaid covers in Maine.
#mepolitics
Source for this and other graphs: files.kff.org/attachment/f...
#mepolitics
Source for this and other graphs: files.kff.org/attachment/f...
June 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Check out what Medicaid covers in Maine.
#mepolitics
Source for this and other graphs: files.kff.org/attachment/f...
#mepolitics
Source for this and other graphs: files.kff.org/attachment/f...
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DOGE’s intense scrutiny of federal spending is forcing employees to spend hours justifying even the most basic purchases.
New rules mandating review and approval by political appointees are leaving thousands of contracts and projects on ice for months.
New rules mandating review and approval by political appointees are leaving thousands of contracts and projects on ice for months.
DOGE vowed to make government more ‘efficient’ — but it’s doing the opposite
New procedures and requirements — some implemented in the name of improving operations — are slowing down federal agencies.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
DOGE’s intense scrutiny of federal spending is forcing employees to spend hours justifying even the most basic purchases.
New rules mandating review and approval by political appointees are leaving thousands of contracts and projects on ice for months.
New rules mandating review and approval by political appointees are leaving thousands of contracts and projects on ice for months.
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Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
May 31, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
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“It’s hard to think of a more anti-conservative figure than President Donald Trump or a more anti-conservative movement than MAGA,” writes Peter Wehner. “The Trump administration is a thugocracy, and the Republican Party he controls supports him”:
The Unconstitutional Conservatives
Not too long ago, Republicans believed in the rule of law, limiting the power of government, and protecting individual liberty. Then came Donald Trump.
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May 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“It’s hard to think of a more anti-conservative figure than President Donald Trump or a more anti-conservative movement than MAGA,” writes Peter Wehner. “The Trump administration is a thugocracy, and the Republican Party he controls supports him”:
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Great, good public servants lost their careers, poor people across the world lost their lives, our most vulnerable lost needed care, kids lost a kinder future because A DRUG FUELED MANIC ADDICT was given power to rip our society asunder.
#resist #mepolitics #VoteBlue
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
#resist #mepolitics #VoteBlue
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On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Great, good public servants lost their careers, poor people across the world lost their lives, our most vulnerable lost needed care, kids lost a kinder future because A DRUG FUELED MANIC ADDICT was given power to rip our society asunder.
#resist #mepolitics #VoteBlue
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
#resist #mepolitics #VoteBlue
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$2 a year.
That’s how much Americans pay in taxes for PBS and NPR.
The President just signed an Executive Order to stop *all* federal funding of these public services.
Once again, the Administration is illegally cancelling funding approved by Congress. It’s flagrantly unconstitutional. (1/2)
That’s how much Americans pay in taxes for PBS and NPR.
The President just signed an Executive Order to stop *all* federal funding of these public services.
Once again, the Administration is illegally cancelling funding approved by Congress. It’s flagrantly unconstitutional. (1/2)
May 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
$2 a year.
That’s how much Americans pay in taxes for PBS and NPR.
The President just signed an Executive Order to stop *all* federal funding of these public services.
Once again, the Administration is illegally cancelling funding approved by Congress. It’s flagrantly unconstitutional. (1/2)
That’s how much Americans pay in taxes for PBS and NPR.
The President just signed an Executive Order to stop *all* federal funding of these public services.
Once again, the Administration is illegally cancelling funding approved by Congress. It’s flagrantly unconstitutional. (1/2)
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"Maine Lawyers for the Rule of Law..."
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April 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"Maine Lawyers for the Rule of Law..."
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Endlessly seeking to debate “is this x a y” is the dreary, facile discourse of someone with the shallowest understanding of the vast vibrant beauty that confronts us briefly in this world.
April 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Endlessly seeking to debate “is this x a y” is the dreary, facile discourse of someone with the shallowest understanding of the vast vibrant beauty that confronts us briefly in this world.
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fighting tears
April 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
fighting tears
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‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
As a young photojournalist living in Gaza, Fatima Hassouna knew that death was always at her doorstep. As she spent the past 18 months of war documenting airstrikes, the demolition of her home, the endless displacement and the killing of 11 family members, all she demanded was that she not be allowed to go quietly.
“If I die, I want a loud death,” Hassouna wrote on social media. “I don’t want to be just breaking news, or a number in a group, I want a death that the world will hear, an impact that will remain through time, and a timeless image that cannot be buried by time or place.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
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🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
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All people on American soil -- whether they are citizens or not -- have constitutional rights. Disturbing video of agents smashing the windows of a car to get at occupants they wanted to arrest are raising questions about whether the 4th Amendment is being violated by officers. bit.ly/42sWJjr
New Bedford arrest video raises questions about constitutional violations
Law enforcement agents smashed the back window of a man’s car and indicated in Spanish they did not have an immigration order before they detained him, a video recorded by the man’s wife shows.
bit.ly
April 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
All people on American soil -- whether they are citizens or not -- have constitutional rights. Disturbing video of agents smashing the windows of a car to get at occupants they wanted to arrest are raising questions about whether the 4th Amendment is being violated by officers. bit.ly/42sWJjr
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I will once again be dragged for this, but I am once again begging you to stop advocating for illegal actions on social media
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April 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I will once again be dragged for this, but I am once again begging you to stop advocating for illegal actions on social media
www.wired.com/story/massiv...
www.wired.com/story/massiv...
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This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in
AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...
www.gazettenet.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
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Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
April 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Trump to Bukele: "Home-growns are next. The home-growns. You gotta build about five more places. It's not big enough."
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Exclusive: Trump officials have the private goal of deporting at least 1 million immigrants this year. Analysts say that's unrealistic.
‘One million.’ The private goal driving Trump’s push for mass deportations.
Immigration officers and analysts are increasingly skeptical the Trump administration can deport that many immigrants in a single year.
wapo.st
April 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Exclusive: Trump officials have the private goal of deporting at least 1 million immigrants this year. Analysts say that's unrealistic.
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Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
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This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
IRS Predicts DOGE Lost Half a Trillion Dollars for the USA
The Post reports today that the IRS’ internal projections estimate that the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...
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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
cbsn.ws
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
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Last year, students protesting at Brown University took officials associated with the school to task. Although some professors were rattled, Xochitl Gonzalez writes, “these were students in America doing what students in America should do.”
Students Yelled at Me. I’m Fine.
All Americans should defend campus protesters.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Last year, students protesting at Brown University took officials associated with the school to task. Although some professors were rattled, Xochitl Gonzalez writes, “these were students in America doing what students in America should do.”
I love what Booker is doing and I want to see it every day. I don't care if it is useless I want to know we went down fighting at least.
I also think that these things are 'useless' into they aren't and the domino's fall so keep pushing everywhere
I also think that these things are 'useless' into they aren't and the domino's fall so keep pushing everywhere
April 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I love what Booker is doing and I want to see it every day. I don't care if it is useless I want to know we went down fighting at least.
I also think that these things are 'useless' into they aren't and the domino's fall so keep pushing everywhere
I also think that these things are 'useless' into they aren't and the domino's fall so keep pushing everywhere
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Musk has been given more power over the federal government than any other private individual since the founding. This is the world that the Supreme Court’s campaign-finance deregulation efforts have created.
Elon Musk Is Demolishing the Rationale for Citizens United
The Supreme Court said in 2010 that the decision wouldn’t damage Americans’ faith in democracy. Whoops.
newrepublic.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Musk has been given more power over the federal government than any other private individual since the founding. This is the world that the Supreme Court’s campaign-finance deregulation efforts have created.