Francine Lipman
@narfnampil.bsky.social
Tax law prof working at the intersection of tax, poverty, immigration & other human rights issues. Chair of Editorial Board for the Human Rights magazine of the Civil Rights & Social Justice Section of the American Bar Association. All views are my own.
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The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse.
ICE is sending a chill through the construction industry
The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse.
n.pr
November 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it worse.
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A "win" now includes a provision in a CR that requires the President to follow a law passed in 2019 to pay furloughed workers.
Oh how the Overton window has shifted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Oh how the Overton window has shifted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
A "win" now includes a provision in a CR that requires the President to follow a law passed in 2019 to pay furloughed workers.
Oh how the Overton window has shifted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Oh how the Overton window has shifted.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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BERNIE: “This senate is about to make a horrific situation even worse… health insurance premiums will double/triple/quadruple… some will pay 50% of their income… 15 million will lose insurance… 50,000 will die unnecessarily…”
#MedicareForAllNOW
#MedicareForAllNOW
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
BERNIE: “This senate is about to make a horrific situation even worse… health insurance premiums will double/triple/quadruple… some will pay 50% of their income… 15 million will lose insurance… 50,000 will die unnecessarily…”
#MedicareForAllNOW
#MedicareForAllNOW
@aba-crsj.bsky.social @nilc.org How Things Work: The Legal Edition with NAACP's Karla McKanders and University of Baltimore's Valeria Gomez. Civil Rights & ICE Raids
🏛️ How Things Work - The Legal Edition | Civil Rights Under Threat: Protecting Communities from ICE Raids. Join Valeria Gomez & Karla McKanders as they discuss ICE raids, racial profiling, and advocacy.
📺 Watch here 👉 https://ow.ly/p7xF50XmGsn
💡 Learn more: ambar.org/howthingswork
📺 Watch here 👉 https://ow.ly/p7xF50XmGsn
💡 Learn more: ambar.org/howthingswork
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
@aba-crsj.bsky.social @nilc.org How Things Work: The Legal Edition with NAACP's Karla McKanders and University of Baltimore's Valeria Gomez. Civil Rights & ICE Raids
@aba-crsj.bsky.social This is How Things Work about ICE Raids and Rights ...
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
@aba-crsj.bsky.social This is How Things Work about ICE Raids and Rights ...
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Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.
Dilbert creator taps Trump to get cancer drug. Others wish they could, too
Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.
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MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors.
MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors
Two Major League Baseball pitchers have been indicted on charges they took bribes to give sports bettors advance notice of the types of pitches they’d throw and intentionally tossed balls instead of strikes to ensure successful bets.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz were charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors.
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Starting Nov. 4, the FAA mandated airlines cut 4% of flights at 40 airports across the United States. The number of canceled flights is expected to rise.
How many flights have been canceled because of the government shutdown? Tally tops 4,000
Starting Nov. 4, the FAA mandated airlines cut 4% of flights at 40 airports across the United States. The number of canceled flights is expected to rise.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Starting Nov. 4, the FAA mandated airlines cut 4% of flights at 40 airports across the United States. The number of canceled flights is expected to rise.
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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idk who needs to hear this but the President of the United States of America is APPEALING a judges order forcing him to fully fund SNAP.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
idk who needs to hear this but the President of the United States of America is APPEALING a judges order forcing him to fully fund SNAP.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
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Shutdown Day 39. Food banks and pantries across our community need our support now more than ever.
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Shutdown Day 39. Food banks and pantries across our community need our support now more than ever.
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Noted
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Noted
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“This is more than an election, it’s a story of what’s possible when we work together to create a coalition against fascism. This multifaith, multiracial coalition is the antidote to MAGA hate.”
@bendthearc.bsky.social for Jewish action endorsed Zohran Mamdani
www.bendthearc.us/why_we_endor...
@bendthearc.bsky.social for Jewish action endorsed Zohran Mamdani
www.bendthearc.us/why_we_endor...
Why we endorsed Zohran Mamdani
Why we endorsed Zohran Mamdani
www.bendthearc.us
November 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“This is more than an election, it’s a story of what’s possible when we work together to create a coalition against fascism. This multifaith, multiracial coalition is the antidote to MAGA hate.”
@bendthearc.bsky.social for Jewish action endorsed Zohran Mamdani
www.bendthearc.us/why_we_endor...
@bendthearc.bsky.social for Jewish action endorsed Zohran Mamdani
www.bendthearc.us/why_we_endor...
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☀️ It's a long fight, but it's the only way to go. AND WE ARE WINNING. ~Bea Lumpkin, age 107, at Chicago's Oct. 18 No Kings rally
✊ Like Bea, we're in it for the long fight. We're not giving up. Ever. Who’s ready to join us on the road to winning again next November?
➡️ Go to takeactionchicago.org
✊ Like Bea, we're in it for the long fight. We're not giving up. Ever. Who’s ready to join us on the road to winning again next November?
➡️ Go to takeactionchicago.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
☀️ It's a long fight, but it's the only way to go. AND WE ARE WINNING. ~Bea Lumpkin, age 107, at Chicago's Oct. 18 No Kings rally
✊ Like Bea, we're in it for the long fight. We're not giving up. Ever. Who’s ready to join us on the road to winning again next November?
➡️ Go to takeactionchicago.org
✊ Like Bea, we're in it for the long fight. We're not giving up. Ever. Who’s ready to join us on the road to winning again next November?
➡️ Go to takeactionchicago.org
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It’s gonna freeze tonight, so
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It’s gonna freeze tonight, so
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Tuscany is a magical place — warm, sunny and earthy. I toured through this summer and fell in love with the rolling fields, white gravel roads and iconic skinny Cypress trees. Enjoy!
TUSCAN RIDE, 16x16”, Acrylic ©2025 Jim Musil
TUSCAN RIDE, 16x16”, Acrylic ©2025 Jim Musil
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Tuscany is a magical place — warm, sunny and earthy. I toured through this summer and fell in love with the rolling fields, white gravel roads and iconic skinny Cypress trees. Enjoy!
TUSCAN RIDE, 16x16”, Acrylic ©2025 Jim Musil
TUSCAN RIDE, 16x16”, Acrylic ©2025 Jim Musil
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oh please please appeal this to the supreme court
The feds have declared "no more prayer" and are banning religious gatherings outside the ICE detention center near Chicago. The fake Christians keep getting more fake.
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
oh please please appeal this to the supreme court
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My 90-second breakdown repost from IG on the SNAP benefits SCOTUS stay
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
My 90-second breakdown repost from IG on the SNAP benefits SCOTUS stay
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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friends
I gotta be real here
I’m not in a position to donate to any food banks
I’m gonna try to volunteer at the local monthly free food market that I get to sometimes
Best I can do is feed myself during this crisis WITHOUT hitting the food banks, leaving their supplies for those in more need
I gotta be real here
I’m not in a position to donate to any food banks
I’m gonna try to volunteer at the local monthly free food market that I get to sometimes
Best I can do is feed myself during this crisis WITHOUT hitting the food banks, leaving their supplies for those in more need
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
friends
I gotta be real here
I’m not in a position to donate to any food banks
I’m gonna try to volunteer at the local monthly free food market that I get to sometimes
Best I can do is feed myself during this crisis WITHOUT hitting the food banks, leaving their supplies for those in more need
I gotta be real here
I’m not in a position to donate to any food banks
I’m gonna try to volunteer at the local monthly free food market that I get to sometimes
Best I can do is feed myself during this crisis WITHOUT hitting the food banks, leaving their supplies for those in more need