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@lauraalicecan.bsky.social
new yorker, once a journalist, always a journalist, producer, local politics nerd, art-lover, culinarily-motivated, muppets enthusiast, the cat distribution system chose me
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kennedy is going to kill a lot of people
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
kennedy is going to kill a lot of people
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"Indeed, the keenest horror is that there’s now such a clear financial incentive to be in the deportation business. ... Already investors can see that the potential fiscal returns for exploiting human suffering are higher than they’ve been in over 150 years."
Opinion | How ICE’s massive cash infusion is poised to transform America
Republicans gave $45 billion to help ICE detain hundreds of thousands of immigrants — and another $100 billion to further supercharge Trump’s mass deportations.
www.msnbc.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Indeed, the keenest horror is that there’s now such a clear financial incentive to be in the deportation business. ... Already investors can see that the potential fiscal returns for exploiting human suffering are higher than they’ve been in over 150 years."
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With funding cuts to the National Park Service they’re not able to mow (mowing contracts require funds in the budget), the tick population is exploding.
By early next summer, as they search for a second blood meal to fuel their nymphal life stage, these ticks will pose a danger to human health.
How Lyme Disease Became Unstoppable
There was nothing inevitable about the Lyme epidemic. Then humans disrupted the environment and fueled an era of tick-borne diseases.
www.thenation.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
With funding cuts to the National Park Service they’re not able to mow (mowing contracts require funds in the budget), the tick population is exploding.
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Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.
July 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.
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I try to mostly keep to writing in this space, but we all need to speak out against the cruelty of this administration. I stand in solidarity with those in LA and around the country who are standing up and speaking out.
June 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I try to mostly keep to writing in this space, but we all need to speak out against the cruelty of this administration. I stand in solidarity with those in LA and around the country who are standing up and speaking out.
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Time for a big book rec: Bad Company, by old friend @greenwell.bsky.social. It comes out today. Hand to heart, I would've read this book cover to cover even if I didn't know the author at all. It's legit. bookshop.org/p/books/bad-...
Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream
bookshop.org
June 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Time for a big book rec: Bad Company, by old friend @greenwell.bsky.social. It comes out today. Hand to heart, I would've read this book cover to cover even if I didn't know the author at all. It's legit. bookshop.org/p/books/bad-...
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CNN reporter Jason Carroll was detained on live TV and his security team arrested in Los Angeles. Is this democracy, press freedom, free speech?
June 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
CNN reporter Jason Carroll was detained on live TV and his security team arrested in Los Angeles. Is this democracy, press freedom, free speech?
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Los Angeles Unified School District
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
June 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Los Angeles Unified School District
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho didn't hold back when expressing his anger and "contempt" after agents with Homeland Security attempted to gain access to two elementary schools earlier this week.
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San Diego. Minneapolis. The urgency is showing and I’ve never been this confident that the people will win. I’ve never been this proud to be an American. From the bottom-up is how we fix this. We walk in fear but we walk together. Thank you. We have a role to play where we can. We all get to choose.
June 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
San Diego. Minneapolis. The urgency is showing and I’ve never been this confident that the people will win. I’ve never been this proud to be an American. From the bottom-up is how we fix this. We walk in fear but we walk together. Thank you. We have a role to play where we can. We all get to choose.
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I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
June 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.
Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
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Last night, Hillsborough County Public Schools held its first school board meeting since letters from state officials ordered books off shelves.
Two parents made particularly poignant statements that must be heard.
You can watch the whole meeting here: www.hillsboroughschools.org/Page/6365
Two parents made particularly poignant statements that must be heard.
You can watch the whole meeting here: www.hillsboroughschools.org/Page/6365
June 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Last night, Hillsborough County Public Schools held its first school board meeting since letters from state officials ordered books off shelves.
Two parents made particularly poignant statements that must be heard.
You can watch the whole meeting here: www.hillsboroughschools.org/Page/6365
Two parents made particularly poignant statements that must be heard.
You can watch the whole meeting here: www.hillsboroughschools.org/Page/6365
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New from me: Trump promised his followers that he would deport criminals. For Stephen Miller ‘criminal’ always meant anyone here he doesn’t like, regardless if they committed a crime or not
Opinion | Stephen Miller always planned on deporting immigrant moms
Trump's supporters were told mass deportations would focus on criminals. His homeland security adviser has always had his own definition of "criminal."
www.msnbc.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
New from me: Trump promised his followers that he would deport criminals. For Stephen Miller ‘criminal’ always meant anyone here he doesn’t like, regardless if they committed a crime or not
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end the kidnappings
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/03/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/03/i...
ICE Turns Required Check-Ins Into Arrest Dragnet in Lower Manhattan
Reporters for THE CITY witnessed vehicles hauling away 16 people in handcuffs from an office where immigrants in deportation cases were summoned to sudden appointments.
www.thecity.nyc
June 4, 2025 at 2:43 AM
end the kidnappings
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/03/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/03/i...
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Bluesky is really dunking on popularism right now (cool). But let me offer a corollary challenge to primary election voters: endorse and support candidates who inspire you, not who you think will inspire a theorized median voter
May 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Bluesky is really dunking on popularism right now (cool). But let me offer a corollary challenge to primary election voters: endorse and support candidates who inspire you, not who you think will inspire a theorized median voter
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FYI to media outlets, you're misleading your readers if you repeat this at face value.
There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.
There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.
May 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
FYI to media outlets, you're misleading your readers if you repeat this at face value.
There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.
There's no lawful way for him to redirect these grants elsewhere. It's a lie to distract from how the GOP budget guts educational funding, including Pell Grants at trade schools.
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I don’t mean to alarm anyone but I think I did a bird watching today? Like I saw a bird and I was like “Ooh I think that’s an Oriole” and I googled it and it WAS an Oriole and then I just sat there and watched it for a while until it flew away and honestly 10/10 no notes at all
May 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I don’t mean to alarm anyone but I think I did a bird watching today? Like I saw a bird and I was like “Ooh I think that’s an Oriole” and I googled it and it WAS an Oriole and then I just sat there and watched it for a while until it flew away and honestly 10/10 no notes at all
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New from me: I wrote about how dangerous it is to have a loaded weapon like DHS in the hands of a secretary who has no idea how to operate it but will point it at whomever the White House tells her
Opinion | Kristi Noem is making the homeland less secure
The former governor is overseeing a vast machine dedicated to encroaching on rights that she may not even know Americans have.
www.msnbc.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New from me: I wrote about how dangerous it is to have a loaded weapon like DHS in the hands of a secretary who has no idea how to operate it but will point it at whomever the White House tells her
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New from me: The House GOP moved ahead with its plans to slash SNAP spending in the sneakiest way possible. By shifting costs to states but delaying it until after the midterms, they’re hoping to get credit for cutting spending with none of the backlash
Opinion | The GOP wants to cut SNAP benefits in a most cowardly way
The House Agriculture Committee approved $300 billion in cuts to SNAP benefits in order to pay for a massive tax cut for the wealthy.
www.msnbc.com
May 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
New from me: The House GOP moved ahead with its plans to slash SNAP spending in the sneakiest way possible. By shifting costs to states but delaying it until after the midterms, they’re hoping to get credit for cutting spending with none of the backlash
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. (Gift Article)
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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“Meanwhile, the real threat to college campuses are people like the FSU shooter, who, a fellow student told NBC, had been kicked out of a campus debate club over his white supremacist views.” — @leximcmenamin.com
www.teenvogue.com/story/fsu-sh...
www.teenvogue.com/story/fsu-sh...
Radicalized White Men Like the FSU Shooter Are the Real Threat to College Campuses—Not Peaceful Student Protesters
"The alleged gunman is a quintessentially American school shooter."
www.teenvogue.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“Meanwhile, the real threat to college campuses are people like the FSU shooter, who, a fellow student told NBC, had been kicked out of a campus debate club over his white supremacist views.” — @leximcmenamin.com
www.teenvogue.com/story/fsu-sh...
www.teenvogue.com/story/fsu-sh...
I think about this grim but iconic line an unhealthy amount.
April 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I think about this grim but iconic line an unhealthy amount.
My dad to me: “there’s this thing called blue-ski?”
Me, laughing: “oh you mean blue sky!”
My dad, laughing: “oh that’s what it’s called!”
Me, laughing: “oh you mean blue sky!”
My dad, laughing: “oh that’s what it’s called!”
April 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My dad to me: “there’s this thing called blue-ski?”
Me, laughing: “oh you mean blue sky!”
My dad, laughing: “oh that’s what it’s called!”
Me, laughing: “oh you mean blue sky!”
My dad, laughing: “oh that’s what it’s called!”