Lauren Coffee
@lfcoffee.bsky.social
Co-Director of Policy and Advocacy @ACLUTX. Hockey fan. #TexasHockey. But always Mitch Marner’s #1 fan. Alum of: @GinaOrtizJones, @HillaryClinton, @BarackObama
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For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump administration's workforce cuts are now throwing that sense of stability up in the air.
Federal work shaped a Black middle class. Now it's destabilized by Trump's job cuts
For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump administration's workforce cuts are now throwing that sense of stability up in the air.
www.npr.org
April 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump administration's workforce cuts are now throwing that sense of stability up in the air.
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I will just put this out there. If all the senators who are saying they want to block this bill really wanted to badly enough they could force Schumer's hand. This isn't 'if Mike Pence has courage'. A leader doesn't buck the overwhelming majority of his caucus. Doesn't happen.
March 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I will just put this out there. If all the senators who are saying they want to block this bill really wanted to badly enough they could force Schumer's hand. This isn't 'if Mike Pence has courage'. A leader doesn't buck the overwhelming majority of his caucus. Doesn't happen.
Watching Hakeem Jeffries on the morning shows is a great reminder that the Democratic Party basically is starting from scratch.
February 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Watching Hakeem Jeffries on the morning shows is a great reminder that the Democratic Party basically is starting from scratch.
And by “drugs” they mean vaccines and anti-depressants right?
Trump: "We're gonna spend hundreds of millions of dollars advertising how bad drugs are so that kids don't use them."
February 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
And by “drugs” they mean vaccines and anti-depressants right?
The mixing of activist leaders and elected Democrats is doing this argument a disservice. Activist leaders have to think about the safety of those they are leading. And frankly I’m not seeing a lot of elected officials showing the courage that would make me think they have our backs.
If you claim to be a leader but are too scared to lead, fine -- sit down and let someone else take your place. It is easy to be bold when there is no threat.
Now is a time for courage.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
Now is a time for courage.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
February 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The mixing of activist leaders and elected Democrats is doing this argument a disservice. Activist leaders have to think about the safety of those they are leading. And frankly I’m not seeing a lot of elected officials showing the courage that would make me think they have our backs.
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Using a two-month-old photo of Musk because he's with his kid and it makes him look loving or cute is a choice by an unnamed Washington Post editor who is working on behalf of Jeff Bezos to soften the image of a fascist takeover
February 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Using a two-month-old photo of Musk because he's with his kid and it makes him look loving or cute is a choice by an unnamed Washington Post editor who is working on behalf of Jeff Bezos to soften the image of a fascist takeover
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BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:
BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:12 AM
BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:
Just learned there are puffins in Ireland
December 3, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Just learned there are puffins in Ireland
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UPDATE: At SCOTUS on Dec. 4, SG Elizabeth Prelogar and Chase Strangio from the ACLU will be arguing against Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. Tenn SG Matthew Rice will be defending the ban. This was the expected lineup, but the hearing list formally came out today.
November 25, 2024 at 9:17 PM
UPDATE: At SCOTUS on Dec. 4, SG Elizabeth Prelogar and Chase Strangio from the ACLU will be arguing against Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. Tenn SG Matthew Rice will be defending the ban. This was the expected lineup, but the hearing list formally came out today.
Next time he goes on a heater I’m going to need everyone to not say anything.
SKATE SHAVINGS — News and Notes from Caps’ Morning Skate — Caps forge ahead without Ovechkin for next 4-6 weeks, Thompson starts vs. Avs, more: www.nhl.com/capitals/new...
SKATE SHAVINGS -- News and Notes from Caps' Morning Skate | Washington Capitals
Caps forge ahead without Ovechkin for next 4-6 weeks, Thompson starts vs. Avs, more
www.nhl.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Next time he goes on a heater I’m going to need everyone to not say anything.
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Say hello to the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues NHL Winter Classic jerseys:
November 20, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Say hello to the Chicago Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues NHL Winter Classic jerseys:
I have Jeremy Swayman and Freddie Andersen as goalies on my fantasy team, in case you wondered how things were going this year. 😭
November 19, 2024 at 1:27 AM
I have Jeremy Swayman and Freddie Andersen as goalies on my fantasy team, in case you wondered how things were going this year. 😭
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A few details would be very telling, like if the racial targeting was actually highly accurate. How do you acquire the phone numbers & how do you know people are Black? The first questions I would ask every single one of these people is whether they’ve ever had a Twitter account.
The FBI says it is aware of racist text messages being sent to African American and Black communities around the country, and that recipients "have now expanded to high school students, as well as both the Hispanic and LGBTQIA+ communities." www.fbi.gov/news/press-r...
FBI Statement Regarding Offensive Text Messages | Federal Bureau of Investigation
The FBI is aware of the offensive and racist text messages sent to African American and Black communities around the country and is in contact with the Justice Department and other federal authorities...
www.fbi.gov
November 17, 2024 at 9:15 PM
A few details would be very telling, like if the racial targeting was actually highly accurate. How do you acquire the phone numbers & how do you know people are Black? The first questions I would ask every single one of these people is whether they’ve ever had a Twitter account.
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Dems already did this on immigration and got painted as open border communist globalists anyway. This simply does not work. Dems need to have a back bone and actually argue from their differences with conservatives rather than bending over and adopting conservative lite positions because of polls.
growing chorus of “throw trans people to the wolves” from high profile libs is not shocking but it is certainly nerve-wracking lol
November 17, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Dems already did this on immigration and got painted as open border communist globalists anyway. This simply does not work. Dems need to have a back bone and actually argue from their differences with conservatives rather than bending over and adopting conservative lite positions because of polls.
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"The developments in this report lead the Special Committee to conclude that the policies and practices of Israel during the reporting period are consistent with the characteristics of genocide"
- from the UN Special Committee that, ignored by our media
documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...
- from the UN Special Committee that, ignored by our media
documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...
documents.un.org
November 17, 2024 at 3:29 AM
"The developments in this report lead the Special Committee to conclude that the policies and practices of Israel during the reporting period are consistent with the characteristics of genocide"
- from the UN Special Committee that, ignored by our media
documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...
- from the UN Special Committee that, ignored by our media
documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...
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PASSION overload on this celly
November 17, 2024 at 2:52 AM
PASSION overload on this celly
How long until we get blue sky “main character of the day”. I miss arguing about a guy only feeding your daughter beans
November 16, 2024 at 3:49 PM
How long until we get blue sky “main character of the day”. I miss arguing about a guy only feeding your daughter beans
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New in PN: "Black women have long had to navigate being twice as good to get half the amount of credit. Kamala Harris’s presidential run was evidence of this." -- @itsafronomics.bsky.social
Kamala Harris’s hidden barrier
Her rise and fall illustrates the Glass Cliff.
www.publicnotice.co
November 16, 2024 at 3:09 PM
New in PN: "Black women have long had to navigate being twice as good to get half the amount of credit. Kamala Harris’s presidential run was evidence of this." -- @itsafronomics.bsky.social
I have zero faith this number won’t dwindle to nearly zero by the time they vote. 🙃
New from NBC News: More than half of Senate Republicans, including some in senior leadership positions, are privately saying they don't see a path for Matt Gaetz to be confirmed as Attorney General and would not support him to lead the Department of Justice. @MSNBC
November 16, 2024 at 2:57 PM
I have zero faith this number won’t dwindle to nearly zero by the time they vote. 🙃