Morgan Levine
@m-r-levine.bsky.social
Writer, nerd, and maker of things. Indulgent cat parent. Introverted 🏳️🌈, collector of pretty things, older than Zelda, they/them.
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ya'll, i say this with love: don't get too doom-and-gloom, okay? Native people are still here. we. are. still. here. even after everything we've been through.
if we're still here, you will be too. 🤍 have faith.
if we're still here, you will be too. 🤍 have faith.
July 2, 2025 at 2:48 AM
ya'll, i say this with love: don't get too doom-and-gloom, okay? Native people are still here. we. are. still. here. even after everything we've been through.
if we're still here, you will be too. 🤍 have faith.
if we're still here, you will be too. 🤍 have faith.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Save every human being.
Fight for every single person that you can.
AND it's all of us or none of us, truly. We must continue to fight back in all the ways that we can.
AND literally: Save every single person that you can.
There is no buffer time. It's now
Fight for every single person that you can.
AND it's all of us or none of us, truly. We must continue to fight back in all the ways that we can.
AND literally: Save every single person that you can.
There is no buffer time. It's now
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Save every human being.
Fight for every single person that you can.
AND it's all of us or none of us, truly. We must continue to fight back in all the ways that we can.
AND literally: Save every single person that you can.
There is no buffer time. It's now
Fight for every single person that you can.
AND it's all of us or none of us, truly. We must continue to fight back in all the ways that we can.
AND literally: Save every single person that you can.
There is no buffer time. It's now
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you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
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"I would like to see the baby [Hunter]."
- Literally everyone who walks in the store
#iwouldliketoseethebaby #mandalorian #huntercat #indiebookstore #pflugervilletx
- Literally everyone who walks in the store
#iwouldliketoseethebaby #mandalorian #huntercat #indiebookstore #pflugervilletx
May 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"I would like to see the baby [Hunter]."
- Literally everyone who walks in the store
#iwouldliketoseethebaby #mandalorian #huntercat #indiebookstore #pflugervilletx
- Literally everyone who walks in the store
#iwouldliketoseethebaby #mandalorian #huntercat #indiebookstore #pflugervilletx
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You use federal science every day—whether you know it or not.
Weather forecasts, food safety alerts, job reports—these are powered by federal data.
NPR just did a great piece on how deeply this science shapes our daily lives.
Weather forecasts, food safety alerts, job reports—these are powered by federal data.
NPR just did a great piece on how deeply this science shapes our daily lives.
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
www.npr.org
May 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
You use federal science every day—whether you know it or not.
Weather forecasts, food safety alerts, job reports—these are powered by federal data.
NPR just did a great piece on how deeply this science shapes our daily lives.
Weather forecasts, food safety alerts, job reports—these are powered by federal data.
NPR just did a great piece on how deeply this science shapes our daily lives.
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Why I stay. Because I work in the department that is making the rich folks/businesses pay their fair share. And I go after tax evaders that owe over 1 million in taxes.
I have broad support for my job. #whywestay.
I have broad support for my job. #whywestay.
Most Americans continue to favor raising taxes on corporations, higher-income households
Democrats are overwhelmingly supportive of raising taxes on these groups, while Republicans are more divided.
www.pewresearch.org
April 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Why I stay. Because I work in the department that is making the rich folks/businesses pay their fair share. And I go after tax evaders that owe over 1 million in taxes.
I have broad support for my job. #whywestay.
I have broad support for my job. #whywestay.
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Today is World Book Day! Celebrate your local bookstore today and support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom. Protect the future, by protecting our right to publish and read.
April 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Today is World Book Day! Celebrate your local bookstore today and support their ongoing role in safeguarding intellectual freedom. Protect the future, by protecting our right to publish and read.
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NEW PIECE: I've been working for a while on a piece on social security death notices and payment finality. Just as I was finalizing it, including with a new legal memo!- it was reported that DOGE declared four MILLION people dead. Read all about the issues here
www.crisesnotes.com/the-crisis-a...
www.crisesnotes.com/the-crisis-a...
The Crisis at Social Security Illustrates Elon Musk and DOGE’s Plan: Explode the Number and Severity of Improper Payments.
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Over the past month I needed a break to deal with organizational issues, including getting the Notes on the Crises Manhattan office(!) set up and needed time to continue a number of investi...
www.crisesnotes.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
NEW PIECE: I've been working for a while on a piece on social security death notices and payment finality. Just as I was finalizing it, including with a new legal memo!- it was reported that DOGE declared four MILLION people dead. Read all about the issues here
www.crisesnotes.com/the-crisis-a...
www.crisesnotes.com/the-crisis-a...
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THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING NONSTOP!
"Every single moment, statement, or action that slows down the backslide into authoritarianism is a good one, and we should look for and document them." www.lawdork.com/p/what-the-t...
"Every single moment, statement, or action that slows down the backslide into authoritarianism is a good one, and we should look for and document them." www.lawdork.com/p/what-the-t...
the only approach to trump that has ever made sense was “slow him down as much as possible while rallying public support to your cause” and while most politicians, pundits, and big law partners don’t get this, some do, and lawyers in particular have the tools to act on that understanding
in the spirit of self-crit: in past years I have certainly been among those who have been vocally skeptical of the role of law and lawyers in meaningfully constraining armed agents of the state. but I do think we have to hand it to lawyers at this time
April 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING NONSTOP!
"Every single moment, statement, or action that slows down the backslide into authoritarianism is a good one, and we should look for and document them." www.lawdork.com/p/what-the-t...
"Every single moment, statement, or action that slows down the backslide into authoritarianism is a good one, and we should look for and document them." www.lawdork.com/p/what-the-t...
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One of the things that will happen as this administration begins to see small victories slip through their fingers is that they will try to intimidate harder and louder to get people to stop fighting back.
April 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
One of the things that will happen as this administration begins to see small victories slip through their fingers is that they will try to intimidate harder and louder to get people to stop fighting back.
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Don't forget to stretch your hands and wrists fellow artists/gamers!
November 9, 2024 at 3:26 PM
Don't forget to stretch your hands and wrists fellow artists/gamers!
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I see a lot of people falling into the "this is pointless" trap, and I can only say it so many ways — though I suspect I will have to write something specifically about it on this front — but the bottom line is that we must expect compliance. Anything less is just making noncompliance easier.
April 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I see a lot of people falling into the "this is pointless" trap, and I can only say it so many ways — though I suspect I will have to write something specifically about it on this front — but the bottom line is that we must expect compliance. Anything less is just making noncompliance easier.
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Reminders:
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
April 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Reminders:
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
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As someone who knows how to read, I can tell you with certainty the Supreme Court did not say that.
The White House admitted it was an "administrative error" to deport Abrego Garcia and the Supreme Court called on the government to facilitate his return.
The White House admitted it was an "administrative error" to deport Abrego Garcia and the Supreme Court called on the government to facilitate his return.
Trump: The supreme court, it was 9-0?
Miller: In our favor, against the district court ruling, saying no district court has the power to compel the foreign policy
Miller: In our favor, against the district court ruling, saying no district court has the power to compel the foreign policy
April 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
As someone who knows how to read, I can tell you with certainty the Supreme Court did not say that.
The White House admitted it was an "administrative error" to deport Abrego Garcia and the Supreme Court called on the government to facilitate his return.
The White House admitted it was an "administrative error" to deport Abrego Garcia and the Supreme Court called on the government to facilitate his return.
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This is their argument. In court. Not just a theory.
From today at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-told...
From today at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-told...
April 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is their argument. In court. Not just a theory.
From today at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-told...
From today at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-told...
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Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
April 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal
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8/ This is a watershed moment, as Trump thumbs his nose at a Supreme Court ruling, gaslighting the public by pretending his won 9-0 when he lost 9-0.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
8/ This is a watershed moment, as Trump thumbs his nose at a Supreme Court ruling, gaslighting the public by pretending his won 9-0 when he lost 9-0.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
If we normalize this, there's no end. He can lock up or remove anyone. We will no longer exist in a democracy.
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🧵 time!!!! This will be long so strap in!!! The TL;DR version is simple: if you are a naturalized citizen, you need to check your status at SSA immediately and if you aren’t listed as a citizen, you need to correct that. Immediately. Ok so here’s the news article we are discussing. Let’s go. 1/?
April 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🧵 time!!!! This will be long so strap in!!! The TL;DR version is simple: if you are a naturalized citizen, you need to check your status at SSA immediately and if you aren’t listed as a citizen, you need to correct that. Immediately. Ok so here’s the news article we are discussing. Let’s go. 1/?
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If you’re at home and not on YouTube watching Lady Gaga, you’re missing the most Andrew Lloyd Webber nonsense ever beset upon Coachella and I mean that in the best way possible.
April 12, 2025 at 6:18 AM
If you’re at home and not on YouTube watching Lady Gaga, you’re missing the most Andrew Lloyd Webber nonsense ever beset upon Coachella and I mean that in the best way possible.
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We've always promoted apprenticeship as a path to the American dream.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father deported to El Salvador because of an "administrative error," was a union sheet metal apprentice. He was building a better life and a better America.
h/t @moreperfectunion.bsky.social
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father deported to El Salvador because of an "administrative error," was a union sheet metal apprentice. He was building a better life and a better America.
h/t @moreperfectunion.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
We've always promoted apprenticeship as a path to the American dream.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father deported to El Salvador because of an "administrative error," was a union sheet metal apprentice. He was building a better life and a better America.
h/t @moreperfectunion.bsky.social
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father deported to El Salvador because of an "administrative error," was a union sheet metal apprentice. He was building a better life and a better America.
h/t @moreperfectunion.bsky.social
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Historian here posting for no reason at all.
U.S. Constitution, Article II Section 4:
"The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
U.S. Constitution, Article II Section 4:
"The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
April 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Historian here posting for no reason at all.
U.S. Constitution, Article II Section 4:
"The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
U.S. Constitution, Article II Section 4:
"The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors."
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followup: how do we make the billionaires fight each other again
April 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
followup: how do we make the billionaires fight each other again
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Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.
![SpellWild110 • 2 points 17 hours ago
I just got this email too and I am a US citizen? Born and raised in the US. So confused.
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+ [-Potential_Travel_294 • 2 points 17 hours ago
Yeah, so confusing
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+ [H] ramoros1865 • 2 points 13 hours ago
I go this email last night as well and I have a green card](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreihzoewvqjpslxfzhgd2va4qwmpxhbeyh7f3yur55pdomuhmtd46da@jpeg)
![[-| ihatemensomuchursick • 2 points 10 hours ago
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Got this today at 6ame9the thing is I was born here this is the email that sent it: [automatedmessage@cbp.dhs.gov]
(mailto:automatedmessage@cbp.dhs.gov)
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+ [-| ihatemensomuchursick • 2 points 10 hours ago
Has anyone clicked the link?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifbnpl6vrxsj35d2na7bq22mw3cve6ptfxmlnw26totsic2nzotoy@jpeg)
![+ |-]PossibleLast3277 • 1 point 20 hours ago
I just got this same email right now
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+ [-JOk-Comfortable948 • 1 point 20 hours ago
Me too. I am an LPR since an year now and def concerns me seeing this. I got the email from cbpnoreply@cbp.dhs.gov and email looked legit due to its domain though, hope its a scam email. Crazy idiots not sure what they keep doing. permalink embed save parent report reply
+ |-]PossibleLast3277 • 1 point 20 hours ago
I have daca and i am wondering if i got it because I did advance parole in 2023
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+ |-] Potential_Travel_294 • 1 point 19 hours ago
I got the same email twice to my two different email adresses, I think its's a scam.
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+ [-]Ok-Comfortable948 • 1 point 19 hours ago
I got it twice to my same email.
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+ [-]Potential_Travel_294 • 1 point 19 hours ago
Yeah, me too, I got twice too to a kind of personal email address, it's even not my work email address. permalink embed save parent report reply
+ [-]thawk1986 • 1 point 11 hours ago
It's legit:
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mi
grants-cbp-one-app-legal-status-stripped-dhs/
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April 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.