Alyssa
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Has anyone written a coherent, good-faith argument *against* a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, or in favor of the status quo? What is the argument lawmakers use when explaining why they don't want a vote on the matter? Having trouble finding.
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Has anyone written a coherent, good-faith argument *against* a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, or in favor of the status quo? What is the argument lawmakers use when explaining why they don't want a vote on the matter? Having trouble finding.
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The mass firing of immigration judges by the Justice Department isn’t just about immigration — it’s a blueprint for replacing civil servants with political loyalists (via Bloomberg Opinion)
Firing Immigration Judges Threatens More Than Immigrants
The Trump administration’s latest outrage is firing immigration judges and replacing them with military lawyers who lack experience in immigration law. The move combines two of President Donald Trump’s signature initiatives: It’s part of his war on immigrants and also part of his effort to make civil servants obey the administration’s policies — or be fired.
bloom.bg
December 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The mass firing of immigration judges by the Justice Department isn’t just about immigration — it’s a blueprint for replacing civil servants with political loyalists (via Bloomberg Opinion)
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Nothing says racism, cruelty, hatred and weakness combined in one quite like the orange felon removing all free access to National Parks on federal holidays that honor black people whilst giving free access on his own birthday. He should’ve been sent to jail forever.
December 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Nothing says racism, cruelty, hatred and weakness combined in one quite like the orange felon removing all free access to National Parks on federal holidays that honor black people whilst giving free access on his own birthday. He should’ve been sent to jail forever.
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Trump & Republicans are quietly trying to disenfranchise millions of Americans. Submit a comment to the EAC to stop their scheme and protect voting rights: act.standupamerica.com/letters/eac-...
Submit a Comment to Protect Voting Rights
Conservative activists have found a backdoor way to implement the SAVE Act and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Submit a comment to the EAC and urge them to reject this petition to change voting ...
act.standupamerica.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Trump & Republicans are quietly trying to disenfranchise millions of Americans. Submit a comment to the EAC to stop their scheme and protect voting rights: act.standupamerica.com/letters/eac-...
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...
Reinstate Jimmy Kimmel and stop caving to authoritarian censorship!
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they ...
sign.moveon.org
September 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Kimmel wasn’t fired for his remarks on Kirk—he was fired for using his platform to expose and critique our government. Enough! We especially need large corporations, with the money and influence they have, to fight back. sign.moveon.org/petitions/ki...
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We can be morally outraged by an assassination and at the same time acknowledge that Charlie Kirk’s racism and misogyny were immoral. Whitewashing his behavior and beliefs betrays the collective by masking how we got to this place in America.
Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was
The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did.
www.thenation.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We can be morally outraged by an assassination and at the same time acknowledge that Charlie Kirk’s racism and misogyny were immoral. Whitewashing his behavior and beliefs betrays the collective by masking how we got to this place in America.
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Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
www.propublica.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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64% of Americans think racism against Black people is “widespread,” a Gallup poll shows. But what do they want to do about it? It turns out, not much.
wordinblack.com/2025/08/amer...
wordinblack.com/2025/08/amer...
Americans Say Racism Exists, but Shrug at Solutions
The persistent divide between Black and white Americans shows up in a gallup poll about racism in the U.S.
wordinblack.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
64% of Americans think racism against Black people is “widespread,” a Gallup poll shows. But what do they want to do about it? It turns out, not much.
wordinblack.com/2025/08/amer...
wordinblack.com/2025/08/amer...
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If you think about it, it's actually surprising that it took six whole months before putting a vaccine-denying, roadkill-eating, ex-junkie carnivorous dead brainworm host and loonytunes conspiracy nut in charge of the CDC destroyed the CDC.
August 28, 2025 at 12:46 AM
If you think about it, it's actually surprising that it took six whole months before putting a vaccine-denying, roadkill-eating, ex-junkie carnivorous dead brainworm host and loonytunes conspiracy nut in charge of the CDC destroyed the CDC.
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As students return to school across Massachusetts, concerns about immigration enforcement linger for some immigrant families. on.nbcboston.com/bcEKDoK
What Mass. schools are saying about immigration enforcement as students return
As students return to school across Massachusetts, concerns about immigration enforcement linger for some immigrant families.
on.nbcboston.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
As students return to school across Massachusetts, concerns about immigration enforcement linger for some immigrant families. on.nbcboston.com/bcEKDoK
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Dept. of Education—gutted. Corp. for Public Broadcasting—defunded. 500 metric tons of life saving nutrition for millions of kids around the world—incinerated. When the country is run by chaos and evil, it’s time to make Good Trouble. FIND YOURS TOMORROW! goodtroubleliveson.org @lwvus.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Dept. of Education—gutted. Corp. for Public Broadcasting—defunded. 500 metric tons of life saving nutrition for millions of kids around the world—incinerated. When the country is run by chaos and evil, it’s time to make Good Trouble. FIND YOURS TOMORROW! goodtroubleliveson.org @lwvus.bsky.social
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I talked to a NOAA colleague yesterday who told me that 75% of the federal employees of his division have left and he’s worried about their ability to get work done even if Congress funds NOAA at some level. The devastation to science will be felt for generations.
July 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I talked to a NOAA colleague yesterday who told me that 75% of the federal employees of his division have left and he’s worried about their ability to get work done even if Congress funds NOAA at some level. The devastation to science will be felt for generations.
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Can everyone share this?
July 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Can everyone share this?
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This is really good. They’re voting now if you have C-Span. Share so folks will understand what’s going on.
You may be wondering what the Senate is up to tonight… or what a rescissions bill is… or how Donald Trump is trying to gut public media and important foreign aid. Let me explain it to you.
July 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is really good. They’re voting now if you have C-Span. Share so folks will understand what’s going on.
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I want to be clear: this is what American prisons are like.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
July 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I want to be clear: this is what American prisons are like.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
I spent years posting about the humanitarian crisis in U.S. prisons. The criminal legal system consigns Americans who are incarcerated to live like this FOR YEARS. DECADES.
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“People need to understand, ICE officers and border patrol, they don’t need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain ‘em and question ‘em,” Homan said.
What does the federal government think an immigrant looks like?
https://trib.al/p8srVfO
What does the federal government think an immigrant looks like?
https://trib.al/p8srVfO
Trump Border Czar Confirms Racial Profiling Is Now Law of the Land
Tom Homan said ICE has the right to detain any individual for any reason—and that agents deliberately target people based on their “physical appearance.”
trib.al
July 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
“People need to understand, ICE officers and border patrol, they don’t need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain ‘em and question ‘em,” Homan said.
What does the federal government think an immigrant looks like?
https://trib.al/p8srVfO
What does the federal government think an immigrant looks like?
https://trib.al/p8srVfO
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Private sector lawyers are shying away from speaking out about Trump for fear of retribution against their firms. It’s up to the rest of us to call out the violations of norms.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
Aware of Trump's Desire for Retribution, Experts Appear Shy to Speak Up (Gift Article)
A New York Times investigative reporter explains how a problem he encountered while reporting reveals something important about the second Trump era.
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Private sector lawyers are shying away from speaking out about Trump for fear of retribution against their firms. It’s up to the rest of us to call out the violations of norms.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/u...
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July 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Not normal
In preparation for next week’s parade/demonstration, tanks are being moved into Washington, DC today. Unprecedented.
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
June 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Not normal
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ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.
June 8, 2025 at 2:17 AM
ICE is a much greater threat to this country than illegal immigrants. The current administration ia by far the greatest threat this country faces. The problem is not st our borders. It is in the White House.
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Today:
Tanks are being moved en masse into DC.
Trump is deploying a state national guard over a governor’s objection to police protests.
Trump threatened a major donor with “severe consequences” if they support his political opponents.
If you’re still wondering what time it is, read this again
Tanks are being moved en masse into DC.
Trump is deploying a state national guard over a governor’s objection to police protests.
Trump threatened a major donor with “severe consequences” if they support his political opponents.
If you’re still wondering what time it is, read this again
June 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Today:
Tanks are being moved en masse into DC.
Trump is deploying a state national guard over a governor’s objection to police protests.
Trump threatened a major donor with “severe consequences” if they support his political opponents.
If you’re still wondering what time it is, read this again
Tanks are being moved en masse into DC.
Trump is deploying a state national guard over a governor’s objection to police protests.
Trump threatened a major donor with “severe consequences” if they support his political opponents.
If you’re still wondering what time it is, read this again
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Trump incited attacks against law enforcement. He then pardoned the attackers. Now he says he won’t tolerate attacks against law enforcement. But what he means is he feels very comfortable using force against those who disagree with him. In fact few ideas are more core to his presidency. Thugocracy.
June 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Trump incited attacks against law enforcement. He then pardoned the attackers. Now he says he won’t tolerate attacks against law enforcement. But what he means is he feels very comfortable using force against those who disagree with him. In fact few ideas are more core to his presidency. Thugocracy.
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Re-upping this “One First” post from April asking—and trying to answer—five questions about the domestic use of the military:
142. Five Questions About Domestic Use of the Military
The federal government's authorities to use the military for domestic law enforcement are old, broad, and vague. They may soon become far more relevant than they've been for quite a long time.
www.stevevladeck.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Re-upping this “One First” post from April asking—and trying to answer—five questions about the domestic use of the military:
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I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.
May 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.