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"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."
Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.
www.motherjones.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The Educational Choice for Children Act opens the door to waste, fraud, and abuse www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
The Educational Choice for Children Act opens the door to waste, fraud, and abuse
Jon Valant examines how the proposed federal tax-credit scholarship program can be plagued by fraud and discriminatory practices.
www.brookings.edu
June 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The labor market case for early childhood education www.brookings.edu/articles/the...
The labor market case for early childhood education
Free early childhood education boosts parental labor force participation and income, providing lasting benefits for families and the economy.
www.brookings.edu
May 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Pro-Life Republicans in Congress do not care if children have food or medical care. They’d rather give big tax cuts to billionaires and corporations. Is that really “pro-life”?
May 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Show us the fraud. Show us the corruption. We need more than your word. We demand proof. #HandsOff until you provide receipts.
April 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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March 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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March 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY #2 🇺🇸

(From @adamzyglis.bsky.social )
March 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Huge and passionate crowd at the #TeslaTakedown in Pasadena,CA today, with a super-enthusiastic response from the passing cars. I would estimate about 1000 people at peak, at least double the number from last week! We were live on TV on channel 9, Australia!
March 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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If 3.5% of the US population rise up in nonviolent protest we can create change. This
threshold has proven 2 never fail to bring about change. Nonviolent protest is 2x more effective than violent ones. Summer of protest is coming but it has to be nonviolent or we'll give🏌️‍♂️what he wants=martial law. ✊
March 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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“We’re Americans” 🇺🇸 😕
March 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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March 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Trump is golfing today, costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Why doesn’t DOGE cut Trump’s golf trips?
March 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Unkind men so often whither in the face of unkindness.
March 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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This 👇🏽
March 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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USA to coal miners - Drop Dead. Literally. And take your towns with you

www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge
For federal safety inspectors, the urgent call to their sprawling mining office near Pittsburgh was bleak: Man crushed in the rubble of an aging mine in...
www.post-gazette.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Finally decided to delete my X account and got this message. I suppose they want me to work for this but I won’t give up. Get Elon out of our government.
March 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.
March 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Imagine calling yourself the master race and have to resort to erasing the achievements of minorities to make yourself feel better.
March 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Mar 20 | Judge Hollander Orders DOGE To Purge Social Security Data:

Court Blocks Musk, DOGE’s Social Security Data Grab In First-Of-Its-Kind Order Requiring Musk and DOGE to “Disgorge” and “Delete” Any Personal Data.

democracyforward.org/updates/ssa-...
March 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM