Mary Stapleton
@mstape.bsky.social
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June 13, 2025
June 13, 2025
Two hundred and fifty years ago, on June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress resolved “That six companies of expert riflemen, be immediately raised in Pennsylvania, two in Maryland, and two in V...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
June 14, 2025 at 4:47 AM
June 13, 2025
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US immigration officials told to largely pause raids on farms, hotels, NYT reports reut.rs/4l9z5in
US immigration officials told to largely pause raids on farms, hotels, NYT reports
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has told immigration officials to largely pause raids and arrests in the agricultural industry, hotels and restaurants, the New York Times reported on Friday.
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June 14, 2025 at 4:50 AM
US immigration officials told to largely pause raids on farms, hotels, NYT reports reut.rs/4l9z5in
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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
June 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022.
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations.
So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?
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"There's no precedent for a nationwide preemptive deployment of the military [to police protests]. That's not something that happens in the United States of America." - @lizagoitein.bsky.social
www.nationaljournal.com/s/728762/qa-...
www.nationaljournal.com/s/728762/qa-...
Q&A with Elizabeth Goitein
The co-director of the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program discusses President Trump’s use of the military in response to protests in LA.
www.nationaljournal.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
"There's no precedent for a nationwide preemptive deployment of the military [to police protests]. That's not something that happens in the United States of America." - @lizagoitein.bsky.social
www.nationaljournal.com/s/728762/qa-...
www.nationaljournal.com/s/728762/qa-...
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An analysis shows that NIH grant awards supported 407,782 jobs and $94.58 bn in new economic activity nationwide, the largest figure in the history of the report, w/ an ROI of $2.56 for every $1 in awards.
Deep cuts to NIH funding will contribute to a recession.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae... 🧪🔬
Deep cuts to NIH funding will contribute to a recession.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae... 🧪🔬
NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
www.forbes.com
June 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
An analysis shows that NIH grant awards supported 407,782 jobs and $94.58 bn in new economic activity nationwide, the largest figure in the history of the report, w/ an ROI of $2.56 for every $1 in awards.
Deep cuts to NIH funding will contribute to a recession.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae... 🧪🔬
Deep cuts to NIH funding will contribute to a recession.
www.forbes.com/sites/michae... 🧪🔬
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Who put DOGE in this position?
What will Congress do about it?
Where is the money going and why isn't it going to support research, programs, and discovery all across the U.S.?
This matters.... to our well-being, economy, and rule of law.
What will Congress do about it?
Where is the money going and why isn't it going to support research, programs, and discovery all across the U.S.?
This matters.... to our well-being, economy, and rule of law.
Scoop: DOGE now controls how grant opportunities get posted across government.
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE engineer removed users’ permissions to post to Grants-dot-gov without telling them. Now requests flow thru DOGE-controlled mailbox.
with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social + @hannahnatanson.bsky.social
DOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billions
A DOGE engineer removed users’ access to grants.gov, threatening to further slow the process of awarding thousands of federal grants per year.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Who put DOGE in this position?
What will Congress do about it?
Where is the money going and why isn't it going to support research, programs, and discovery all across the U.S.?
This matters.... to our well-being, economy, and rule of law.
What will Congress do about it?
Where is the money going and why isn't it going to support research, programs, and discovery all across the U.S.?
This matters.... to our well-being, economy, and rule of law.
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Reminder: no matter how many times Republicans say otherwise, there is *no way* they can pay for their proposed tax cuts without gutting Medicaid and other programs that millions of people rely on.
Don't believe their lies for a second.
Don't believe their lies for a second.
April 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Reminder: no matter how many times Republicans say otherwise, there is *no way* they can pay for their proposed tax cuts without gutting Medicaid and other programs that millions of people rely on.
Don't believe their lies for a second.
Don't believe their lies for a second.
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Follow the money and see where it goes. Elon Musk was just awarded a $5.9 billion taxpayer-funded SpaceX contract by Trump—the largest in a new package of space deals. Trump ensured Musk got the money, fully aware he’s facing “steep personal cost.”
April 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Follow the money and see where it goes. Elon Musk was just awarded a $5.9 billion taxpayer-funded SpaceX contract by Trump—the largest in a new package of space deals. Trump ensured Musk got the money, fully aware he’s facing “steep personal cost.”
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More than 500 law firms rally behind embattled peers, declaring that Trump’s crackdown on the legal industry poses “a grave threat to our system of constitutional governance and to the rule of law itself.” But none of the top 20 firms join. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
More Than 500 Law Firms Back Perkins Coie in Fight With Trump
The firms signed a legal brief supporting Perkins Coie, calling the president’s actions a threat “to the rule of law.” The largest firms declined to sign.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
More than 500 law firms rally behind embattled peers, declaring that Trump’s crackdown on the legal industry poses “a grave threat to our system of constitutional governance and to the rule of law itself.” But none of the top 20 firms join. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/b...
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Once again, I ask what exactly folks have seen over the last three months to make them really believe that the 2026/28 elections will be free, fair, & competitive?
Liar Greg Abbott says he has refused to set a special election to fill the seat of recently diseased Democratic Rep. Sylvester Turner because he says Harris County doesn’t do their elections properly.
April 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Once again, I ask what exactly folks have seen over the last three months to make them really believe that the 2026/28 elections will be free, fair, & competitive?
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DOGE arrived at the Peace Corps headquarters yesterday, looking for cuts to the agency’s 900-plus workforce that trains and deploys American volunteers to communities around the world. [Politico]
April 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
DOGE arrived at the Peace Corps headquarters yesterday, looking for cuts to the agency’s 900-plus workforce that trains and deploys American volunteers to communities around the world. [Politico]
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Mississippi and Kentucky are now on a path to eliminate income taxes on wages and salaries, if their economies keep growing.
No state has ended personal income taxes since 1980, but Mississippi and Kentucky may change that
About 45 years have passed since a state last eliminated its income tax on wages and salaries. Two Southern states are now on a path to do so if their economies keeping growing.
bit.ly
April 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Mississippi and Kentucky are now on a path to eliminate income taxes on wages and salaries, if their economies keep growing.
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Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
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A caution:
There is a massive difference between thoughtful reform and intention to dismantle institutions.
The ability to do medical research both within NIH and supported by NIH in labs nationwide will be harmed if HHS leaders can't tell the two apart.
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www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/a...
There is a massive difference between thoughtful reform and intention to dismantle institutions.
The ability to do medical research both within NIH and supported by NIH in labs nationwide will be harmed if HHS leaders can't tell the two apart.
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www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/a...
Why a small journal’s ‘blueprint for NIH’ may offer clues to the agency's future
A paper proposing NIH reforms is circulating in academic circles and within the agency as scientists search for hints of its direction
www.statnews.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A caution:
There is a massive difference between thoughtful reform and intention to dismantle institutions.
The ability to do medical research both within NIH and supported by NIH in labs nationwide will be harmed if HHS leaders can't tell the two apart.
a 🧵
www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/a...
There is a massive difference between thoughtful reform and intention to dismantle institutions.
The ability to do medical research both within NIH and supported by NIH in labs nationwide will be harmed if HHS leaders can't tell the two apart.
a 🧵
www.statnews.com/2025/04/03/a...
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www.cnn.com/2025/04/05/p...
Elon’s DOGE is expected to come for Homeland Security next — with cuts to critical agencies like the Secret Service and FEMA. Our national security is NOT a game, and Elon sure as hell shouldn’t be the one playing it.
Elon’s DOGE is expected to come for Homeland Security next — with cuts to critical agencies like the Secret Service and FEMA. Our national security is NOT a game, and Elon sure as hell shouldn’t be the one playing it.
DOGE expected to take aim at DHS with staffing cuts, including at US Secret Service | CNN Politics
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is expected to take aim at the Department of Homeland Security in the coming days, seeking potentially major cuts to personnel across its agencies, incl...
www.cnn.com
April 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
www.cnn.com/2025/04/05/p...
Elon’s DOGE is expected to come for Homeland Security next — with cuts to critical agencies like the Secret Service and FEMA. Our national security is NOT a game, and Elon sure as hell shouldn’t be the one playing it.
Elon’s DOGE is expected to come for Homeland Security next — with cuts to critical agencies like the Secret Service and FEMA. Our national security is NOT a game, and Elon sure as hell shouldn’t be the one playing it.
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If (only in the paragraph) you find yourself writing "He already tried, through political violence, to steal an election & he called for ending the Constitution," then perhaps you don't need to write so many words about whether he really means it or not? 🤷♂️
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/u...
April 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If (only in the paragraph) you find yourself writing "He already tried, through political violence, to steal an election & he called for ending the Constitution," then perhaps you don't need to write so many words about whether he really means it or not? 🤷♂️
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/u...
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
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It’s weird* that the president can just decide to put a huge tax on American businesses without congress even being a little bit involved.
* very unconstitutional
* very unconstitutional
April 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It’s weird* that the president can just decide to put a huge tax on American businesses without congress even being a little bit involved.
* very unconstitutional
* very unconstitutional
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Unfortunately, a lot of Americans are about to find out what happens when U.S. public health infrastructure is destroyed. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs
In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.
www.nature.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Unfortunately, a lot of Americans are about to find out what happens when U.S. public health infrastructure is destroyed. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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DOGE’s transformation of the IRS is likely to lose the agency more money than it saves—and change the way Americans view the tax system, @lorakelley.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily.
The DOGE Plan That Endangers U.S. Revenue
Recent history provides clues about how IRS cuts may lose America money.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
DOGE’s transformation of the IRS is likely to lose the agency more money than it saves—and change the way Americans view the tax system, @lorakelley.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily.
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Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.
"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥
April 1, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Thank you Senator Cory Booker. This guy truly cares about the people he represents.
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Allie and this team have worked incredibly hard to visualize job and economic losses from cuts to indirect costs alone. The total impact of cuts to health and science research are even bigger. Thank you, Allie and team!
📣 Across the U.S., cuts to federal funding for health research are projected to cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs. How will YOUR area be impacted?
Excited to share SCIMaP, a website that our team has created to communicate the impact of funding cuts. #PsychSciSky #MedicalSky
scienceimpacts.org
Excited to share SCIMaP, a website that our team has created to communicate the impact of funding cuts. #PsychSciSky #MedicalSky
scienceimpacts.org
SCiMaP
scienceimpacts.org
March 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Allie and this team have worked incredibly hard to visualize job and economic losses from cuts to indirect costs alone. The total impact of cuts to health and science research are even bigger. Thank you, Allie and team!
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If you're not already this is an excellent account to follow; @simonwdc.bsky.social 🏆
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How To More Forcefully Articulate, Denounce, And Challenge Trump's Dangerous Weakening Of America
YouTube video by Simon Rosenberg
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March 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If you're not already this is an excellent account to follow; @simonwdc.bsky.social 🏆
youtu.be/aLBSXka0jsk?...
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