Kentucky Women's Network
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The goal of the Kentucky Women’s Network Inc is to establish and manage a citizen network to educate, motivate, advocate, and activate Kentuckians in support of democratic principles. https://www.kywomensnetwork.com #democracy #constitution
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BREAKING: Just before midnight a federal court issued a preliminary injunction in our case to protect the federal workforce - the largest and most significant challenge to date!
May 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
BREAKING: Just before midnight a federal court issued a preliminary injunction in our case to protect the federal workforce - the largest and most significant challenge to date!
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Utah has not only eliminated its grace period for late-arriving mail-in ballots but it will also stop its long-standing practice of automatically sending mail ballots to all registered voters. Read more ⤵️
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New Target in GOP War on Voting: Mail Ballot Grace Periods
Read more here.
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May 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Utah has not only eliminated its grace period for late-arriving mail-in ballots but it will also stop its long-standing practice of automatically sending mail ballots to all registered voters. Read more ⤵️
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Harvard is under siege by the Trump administration.
DHS is threatening student visas, demanding protest footage, and targeting academic freedom.
Here’s what’s really going on—and why it matters.
#Harvard #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #Authoritarianism #AndrewWeissmann
DHS is threatening student visas, demanding protest footage, and targeting academic freedom.
Here’s what’s really going on—and why it matters.
#Harvard #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #Authoritarianism #AndrewWeissmann
The Trump Administration’s War On Academia
YouTube video by Andrew Weissmann
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May 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Harvard is under siege by the Trump administration.
DHS is threatening student visas, demanding protest footage, and targeting academic freedom.
Here’s what’s really going on—and why it matters.
#Harvard #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #Authoritarianism #AndrewWeissmann
DHS is threatening student visas, demanding protest footage, and targeting academic freedom.
Here’s what’s really going on—and why it matters.
#Harvard #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #Authoritarianism #AndrewWeissmann
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We wrote this piece partly in response to RFK and Dr Oz claiming that "work requirements work."
That is flat out wrong. It is also appalling that two people charged with protecting the health of Americans would engage in such a misleading claim.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-we-wr...
That is flat out wrong. It is also appalling that two people charged with protecting the health of Americans would engage in such a misleading claim.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-we-wr...
What we wrote in the New York Times about Medicaid cuts
Republicans want to make it impossible for eligible clients to access the safety net
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We wrote this piece partly in response to RFK and Dr Oz claiming that "work requirements work."
That is flat out wrong. It is also appalling that two people charged with protecting the health of Americans would engage in such a misleading claim.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-we-wr...
That is flat out wrong. It is also appalling that two people charged with protecting the health of Americans would engage in such a misleading claim.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-we-wr...
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From @pamherd.bsky.social & I @nytimes.com: How Republicans plan to use administrative burdens to kick eligible people off of Medicaid, all to pay for a regressive tax cut.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...
Opinion | Republicans Will Use Paperwork to Kick Americans Off Health Care
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
From @pamherd.bsky.social & I @nytimes.com: How Republicans plan to use administrative burdens to kick eligible people off of Medicaid, all to pay for a regressive tax cut.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...
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If you were following along with the budget bill hearing early this morning, the Democrats were correct. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office confirms: The GOP budget would increase the deficit by $2.3 trillion in a decade, help the rich & lower the income of the lowest 10%.
1/ Tonight at 1am ET/12pm CT/10pm PT, cowardly Republics go into a middle-of-the-night session to take up Trump's "Big, Beautiful" budget (also, ironically called the skinny budget) in hopes no one will pay attention. I'm up, making popcorn, & will let you know if anything interesting happens.
May 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
If you were following along with the budget bill hearing early this morning, the Democrats were correct. The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office confirms: The GOP budget would increase the deficit by $2.3 trillion in a decade, help the rich & lower the income of the lowest 10%.
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NEW: President Donald Trump and the GOP have launched a new offensive in their long-running war on voting. Their latest target? Ballots that were postmarked by Election Day, but arrive after.
From @jenrice.bsky.social:
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
From @jenrice.bsky.social:
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New Target in GOP War on Voting: Mail Ballot Grace Periods
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
NEW: President Donald Trump and the GOP have launched a new offensive in their long-running war on voting. Their latest target? Ballots that were postmarked by Election Day, but arrive after.
From @jenrice.bsky.social:
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
From @jenrice.bsky.social:
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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The SAVE Act has drawn the ire of election officials from both parties because it would upend the way voters are registered in all 50 states.
A Pivotal Time for Voting Rights
The SAVE Act and a new executive order represent some of the worst federal voting policies in U.S. history.
www.brennancenter.org
May 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The SAVE Act has drawn the ire of election officials from both parties because it would upend the way voters are registered in all 50 states.
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As I wrote for TIME this morning, the recent ruling in the NC Supreme Court election contest reaffirms ahead of 2026 that while federal courts have let us down on voting rights a lot lately, they won't be used as tools to subvert election outcomes after the fact: time.com/7287238/nort...
What North Carolina Can Teach us About the 2026 Elections
Sean Morales-Doyle argues that a recent ruling in North Carolina draws an important line in the sand about elections.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
As I wrote for TIME this morning, the recent ruling in the NC Supreme Court election contest reaffirms ahead of 2026 that while federal courts have let us down on voting rights a lot lately, they won't be used as tools to subvert election outcomes after the fact: time.com/7287238/nort...
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The International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) doesn't give US president authority to impose tariffs. Admin policy is unlawful: new Brennan Center amicus brief in CA v. Trump.
Amicus Brief in State of California et al., v. Trump et al.
On May 20, 2025, the Brennan Center for Justice filed an amicus brief in State of California et al., v. Trump, in support of plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction and opposing the government...
www.brennancenter.org
May 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA) doesn't give US president authority to impose tariffs. Admin policy is unlawful: new Brennan Center amicus brief in CA v. Trump.
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Straight-up misogyny is the explanation for 2024 that accords best with the actual vote shifts. But for some reason if you mention it a ton of people rush out of the woodwork to go “no no no! it’s inflation and Harris’s policy choices! Which for some reason only men cared about!”
May 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Straight-up misogyny is the explanation for 2024 that accords best with the actual vote shifts. But for some reason if you mention it a ton of people rush out of the woodwork to go “no no no! it’s inflation and Harris’s policy choices! Which for some reason only men cared about!”
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Harmeet K. Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights division, announced the decision days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death at the hands of officers in Minneapolis in 2020, which helped set off worldwide racial justice protests that summer.
Justice Dept. to drop police reform deals with Minneapolis, Louisville
Harmeet K. Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights division, announced the decision days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Harmeet K. Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department’s civil rights division, announced the decision days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death at the hands of officers in Minneapolis in 2020, which helped set off worldwide racial justice protests that summer.
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44% of all American children benefit from Medicaid or SNAP.
Republicans' budget guts both programs.
Yes: the so-called "party of family values" is putting 34 MILLION kids' health care access and food security at risk.
Republicans' budget guts both programs.
Yes: the so-called "party of family values" is putting 34 MILLION kids' health care access and food security at risk.
May 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
44% of all American children benefit from Medicaid or SNAP.
Republicans' budget guts both programs.
Yes: the so-called "party of family values" is putting 34 MILLION kids' health care access and food security at risk.
Republicans' budget guts both programs.
Yes: the so-called "party of family values" is putting 34 MILLION kids' health care access and food security at risk.
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Permitting Texans to bring guns to the polls would increase the risk of violence in a state where election workers are already worried about their physical safety.
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What Could Go Wrong? Texas May Allow Guns at the Polls
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May 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Permitting Texans to bring guns to the polls would increase the risk of violence in a state where election workers are already worried about their physical safety.
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I’m sorry to take us back to oral argument in the birthright citizenship case, but this was one of the most chilling parts of the argument.The SG would not commit to respecting decisions by federal circuit courts WITHIN THE CIRCUIT.Justice Barrett was so taken aback she even invoked Cooper v Aaron.
May 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I’m sorry to take us back to oral argument in the birthright citizenship case, but this was one of the most chilling parts of the argument.The SG would not commit to respecting decisions by federal circuit courts WITHIN THE CIRCUIT.Justice Barrett was so taken aback she even invoked Cooper v Aaron.
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Over public dissents from Justices Sotomayor and Jackson (the latter of whom wrote separately), #SCOTUS *grants* emergency relief to a Maine legislator who is challenging her censure by the legislature for public comments about transgender athletes:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
May 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Over public dissents from Justices Sotomayor and Jackson (the latter of whom wrote separately), #SCOTUS *grants* emergency relief to a Maine legislator who is challenging her censure by the legislature for public comments about transgender athletes:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
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JUST IN: Attorneys for Burmese and Vietnamese migrants accuse the Trump administration deporting them to South Sudan in violation of a court order.
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May 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
JUST IN: Attorneys for Burmese and Vietnamese migrants accuse the Trump administration deporting them to South Sudan in violation of a court order.
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And now, an emergency motion for a temporary injunction to keep the government from deporting people in another case to South Sudan. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
May 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
And now, an emergency motion for a temporary injunction to keep the government from deporting people in another case to South Sudan. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Republicans are spreading lies about the Medicaid work requirements in their budget bill. Here are the facts:
-The majority of Medicaid recipients who can work are already working
-Work requirements do not increase employment
-Access to affordable healthcare, like Medicaid, does
Know the truth.
-The majority of Medicaid recipients who can work are already working
-Work requirements do not increase employment
-Access to affordable healthcare, like Medicaid, does
Know the truth.
May 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Republicans are spreading lies about the Medicaid work requirements in their budget bill. Here are the facts:
-The majority of Medicaid recipients who can work are already working
-Work requirements do not increase employment
-Access to affordable healthcare, like Medicaid, does
Know the truth.
-The majority of Medicaid recipients who can work are already working
-Work requirements do not increase employment
-Access to affordable healthcare, like Medicaid, does
Know the truth.
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Trump's budget is back on track after Speaker Johnson made concessions to GOP hardliners on Sunday.
The holdouts demanded the bill's devastating Medicaid cuts — already the largest in history — be made even deeper and faster.
Their priorities couldn’t be clearer.
The holdouts demanded the bill's devastating Medicaid cuts — already the largest in history — be made even deeper and faster.
Their priorities couldn’t be clearer.
After 'Backroom Deal' to Make Medicaid Cuts Even Worse, GOP Passes Budget Bill Out of Committee | Common Dreams
"The only reason this vote passed tonight is because they've plotted behind closed doors to hurt even more families."
www.commondreams.org
May 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Trump's budget is back on track after Speaker Johnson made concessions to GOP hardliners on Sunday.
The holdouts demanded the bill's devastating Medicaid cuts — already the largest in history — be made even deeper and faster.
Their priorities couldn’t be clearer.
The holdouts demanded the bill's devastating Medicaid cuts — already the largest in history — be made even deeper and faster.
Their priorities couldn’t be clearer.
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Trump Republicanism in action at your social security administration:
"field offices are finding a dire situation: no more paper, no more printers, and no ability to shred documents, or pay phone bills..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"field offices are finding a dire situation: no more paper, no more printers, and no ability to shred documents, or pay phone bills..."
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How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring
The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s disruptive cost-cutting team.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Trump Republicanism in action at your social security administration:
"field offices are finding a dire situation: no more paper, no more printers, and no ability to shred documents, or pay phone bills..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"field offices are finding a dire situation: no more paper, no more printers, and no ability to shred documents, or pay phone bills..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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in which president donald trump screws up social security for every single American because his top campaign donor may not be totally solid on the meaning of the words "forty percent":
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none
Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to likely be fraudulent, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov/FCW...
www.nextgov.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
in which president donald trump screws up social security for every single American because his top campaign donor may not be totally solid on the meaning of the words "forty percent":
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
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The bottom 60% of US households can’t afford the basic costs of living.
How do Trump and Republicans respond?
Cutting Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP.
For Trump, tax cuts for billionaires are more important than Americans being able to afford the basics.
How do Trump and Republicans respond?
Cutting Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP.
For Trump, tax cuts for billionaires are more important than Americans being able to afford the basics.
Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.
www.cbsnews.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The bottom 60% of US households can’t afford the basic costs of living.
How do Trump and Republicans respond?
Cutting Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP.
For Trump, tax cuts for billionaires are more important than Americans being able to afford the basics.
How do Trump and Republicans respond?
Cutting Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP.
For Trump, tax cuts for billionaires are more important than Americans being able to afford the basics.
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There are only three attorneys left in the DOJ’s voting section, a watchdog group estimated, as the department pivots from protecting voting rights to investigating voter fraud. One former DOJ attorney calls it a “decimation” of civil rights enforcement.
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DOJ Voting Section Has Just Three Lawyers Left, Watchdog Estimates
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
There are only three attorneys left in the DOJ’s voting section, a watchdog group estimated, as the department pivots from protecting voting rights to investigating voter fraud. One former DOJ attorney calls it a “decimation” of civil rights enforcement.
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