Paulaj
@pjm59.bsky.social
Mom, dog lover, former political junkie, tired of assuming people are smarter than they are, loving the kindness here. Please do not add me to lists. No DM’s.
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Brilliant and powerful piece by my friend @willbunch.bsky.social. A must read:
This is the secret the Trump regime tried so hard to keep about the Dallas ICE shooting
The names of the dead and wounded
Jose Andres Bordones-Molina
Miguel Ángel García-Hernandez
Norlan Guzman-Fuentes
Fight Trump's dehumanization. Say their names. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dall...
The names of the dead and wounded
Jose Andres Bordones-Molina
Miguel Ángel García-Hernandez
Norlan Guzman-Fuentes
Fight Trump's dehumanization. Say their names. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dall...
What the Trump regime doesn’t want you to know about Dallas ICE shooting
The Trump regime's refusal to say the names of the Dallas ICE victims exposes the inhumanity of American fascism.
www.inquirer.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Brilliant and powerful piece by my friend @willbunch.bsky.social. A must read:
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KAT ABUGHAZALEH Illinois congressional candidate was thrown to the ground by armed troops during a peaceful protest outside Broadview ICE facility‼️If anyone threw a woman on the ground like that before 2025 they would be condemned, and arrested‼️
September 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
KAT ABUGHAZALEH Illinois congressional candidate was thrown to the ground by armed troops during a peaceful protest outside Broadview ICE facility‼️If anyone threw a woman on the ground like that before 2025 they would be condemned, and arrested‼️
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DOJ has now scrubbed its website of a study that found domestic terrorism is far more likely to come from the RIGHT than the LEFT. We need Democrats that are ready to counter this bullshit narrative from Sen Eric Schmitt (R-MO). They’re coming for freedom of speech, fight back‼️
September 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
DOJ has now scrubbed its website of a study that found domestic terrorism is far more likely to come from the RIGHT than the LEFT. We need Democrats that are ready to counter this bullshit narrative from Sen Eric Schmitt (R-MO). They’re coming for freedom of speech, fight back‼️
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With the very real prospect of Republicans losing the midterms thanks to President Trump’s widely unpopular policies, he and his allies are already working to sway the ballot before a single vote is cast.
And they’re only just getting started.
And they’re only just getting started.
Project 2026: Trump's plan to rig the next election
From nationalizing voter suppression to flooding the streets with federal agents, the president and his allies are using all the tricks in the authoritarian playbook to tilt the midterms in their…
www.motherjones.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
With the very real prospect of Republicans losing the midterms thanks to President Trump’s widely unpopular policies, he and his allies are already working to sway the ballot before a single vote is cast.
And they’re only just getting started.
And they’re only just getting started.
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The Trump administration plans to end a $7 billion Biden-era program that helps low-income households get solar power.
EPA plans to end a program that makes solar power available to low-income Americans
The Trump administration plans to end a $7 billion Biden-era program that helps low-income households get solar power.
n.pr
August 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Trump administration plans to end a $7 billion Biden-era program that helps low-income households get solar power.
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Some light evening reading - on the extremists who are in charge on the Right and the escalating siege mentality that has fueled their rise.
It’s a long piece - but it comes with an added audio version (read by me, not some AI garbage) to make it more accessible, hopefully.
It’s a long piece - but it comes with an added audio version (read by me, not some AI garbage) to make it more accessible, hopefully.
Why the Extremists Took Over on the Right
Fear of a pluralizing America is fueling a radicalization out of a sense of weakness and besiegement
thomaszimmer.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Some light evening reading - on the extremists who are in charge on the Right and the escalating siege mentality that has fueled their rise.
It’s a long piece - but it comes with an added audio version (read by me, not some AI garbage) to make it more accessible, hopefully.
It’s a long piece - but it comes with an added audio version (read by me, not some AI garbage) to make it more accessible, hopefully.
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‘Horrific’: report reveals abuse of pregnant women and children at US Ice facilities | US immigration | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Horrific’: report reveals abuse of pregnant women and children at US Ice facilities
Report from senator Jon Ossoff’s office found 510 credible reports of human rights abuses since Trump’s inauguration
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
‘Horrific’: report reveals abuse of pregnant women and children at US Ice facilities | US immigration | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The wages of ignorance is death.
U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread
Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The wages of ignorance is death.
U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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I've known and admired J.B. Pritzker for years. He is a true warrior for democracy. I think you will enjoy watching this conversation as much as I did recording it. youtu.be/wwxFVHCTvAA
"People Are Going to Die Because of This Bill" | Gov. JB Pritzker on Democracy, the GOP's Budget
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
July 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I've known and admired J.B. Pritzker for years. He is a true warrior for democracy. I think you will enjoy watching this conversation as much as I did recording it. youtu.be/wwxFVHCTvAA
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It's very obvious that the NYT has put people in editorial positions who view it as part of their job to upset the left. This is, in the bizarro, insular world of US elites, seen as a way to restore balance & regain the trust of the right.
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
July 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It's very obvious that the NYT has put people in editorial positions who view it as part of their job to upset the left. This is, in the bizarro, insular world of US elites, seen as a way to restore balance & regain the trust of the right.
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
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I read a lot of conservative media and have yet to see a profile of an able-bodied American who's sponging off taxpayers to get free medical care.
But we are told that are a lot of them are out there! So they shouldn't be hard to find!
Have any of you seen a credible piece along these lines?
But we are told that are a lot of them are out there! So they shouldn't be hard to find!
Have any of you seen a credible piece along these lines?
CNN: You talked about how people are living paycheck to paycheck. How do you explain this?
ZINKE: Living paycheck to paycheck is on the premise that you're working. If you're an able-bodied male & you choose to sit on the couch & you're getting Medicaid, that's taking from someone else who needs it
ZINKE: Living paycheck to paycheck is on the premise that you're working. If you're an able-bodied male & you choose to sit on the couch & you're getting Medicaid, that's taking from someone else who needs it
June 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I read a lot of conservative media and have yet to see a profile of an able-bodied American who's sponging off taxpayers to get free medical care.
But we are told that are a lot of them are out there! So they shouldn't be hard to find!
Have any of you seen a credible piece along these lines?
But we are told that are a lot of them are out there! So they shouldn't be hard to find!
Have any of you seen a credible piece along these lines?
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Just awful: A 75-year-old man just died in ICE custody, ICE has revealed in a notice to Congress.
But here's the rub: This man, a Cuban national, was first paroled into the US in 1966—nearly 60 years ago! They were set to deport him anyway.
Details in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1974...
But here's the rub: This man, a Cuban national, was first paroled into the US in 1966—nearly 60 years ago! They were set to deport him anyway.
Details in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1974...
Why Did a 75-Year-Old Man in Poor Health Just Die in ICE Custody?
Isidro Perez came to the United States from Cuba nearly 60 years ago. This is who Stephen Miller is going after now?
newrepublic.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Just awful: A 75-year-old man just died in ICE custody, ICE has revealed in a notice to Congress.
But here's the rub: This man, a Cuban national, was first paroled into the US in 1966—nearly 60 years ago! They were set to deport him anyway.
Details in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1974...
But here's the rub: This man, a Cuban national, was first paroled into the US in 1966—nearly 60 years ago! They were set to deport him anyway.
Details in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/1974...
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With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
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Johnny Noviello moved from Canada to Daytona Beach when he was 10 years old. He grew up in Florida and became a lawful permanent resident.
On Monday, June 23, he died at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami, after six weeks in immigration detention.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
On Monday, June 23, he died at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami, after six weeks in immigration detention.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Canadian man awaiting deportation dies at detention facility in downtown Miami
The cause of death for the 49-year-old man is still under official investigation.
www.miamiherald.com
June 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Johnny Noviello moved from Canada to Daytona Beach when he was 10 years old. He grew up in Florida and became a lawful permanent resident.
On Monday, June 23, he died at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami, after six weeks in immigration detention.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
On Monday, June 23, he died at the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami, after six weeks in immigration detention.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Be sure to sit down with @nhannahjones.bsky.social’s latest piece in the NYT magazine. It’s a sobering reality that we should be shouting from the rooftops. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
www.nytimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Be sure to sit down with @nhannahjones.bsky.social’s latest piece in the NYT magazine. It’s a sobering reality that we should be shouting from the rooftops. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
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wapo.st/3GjK8qn This reporting needs to be repeated everyday. Policies of sociopaths. Don’t let anyone tell you differently.
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
wapo.st
June 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
wapo.st/3GjK8qn This reporting needs to be repeated everyday. Policies of sociopaths. Don’t let anyone tell you differently.
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Perhaps the most remarkable thing from the last few weeks is that is the official position of the White House and President that this bill does NOT cut Medicaid. And we all pretend somehow this is normal and that Trump remains fit to serve.
🚨 BREAKING: New CBO score reveals GOP Senate bill slashes $930 BILLION from Medicaid — the largest cut in history.
That means 10M+ could lose coverage.
💸 Earlier GOP plan: $700B
📉 New plan: $930B
This is a full-scale attack on America’s most vulnerable. #KillTheBill
That means 10M+ could lose coverage.
💸 Earlier GOP plan: $700B
📉 New plan: $930B
This is a full-scale attack on America’s most vulnerable. #KillTheBill
June 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Perhaps the most remarkable thing from the last few weeks is that is the official position of the White House and President that this bill does NOT cut Medicaid. And we all pretend somehow this is normal and that Trump remains fit to serve.
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Important point: rank all 5 slots to block Cuomo!
And then after you rank Mamdani and Lander, please be sure to fill out the rest of your ballot with three other candidates who are NOT Cuomo! Gotta fill out ALL FIVE slots to block Cuomo!
I'm listing Adrienne Adams, Blake, and Myrie.
I'm listing Adrienne Adams, Blake, and Myrie.
June 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Important point: rank all 5 slots to block Cuomo!
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I feel like “Current Republican Speaker of the House threatens political opponent with third degree burns and torture” should get more media attention than it will
Speaker Mike Johnson declines to say whether or not he thinks California Gov. Gavin Newsom should be arrested: "That's not my lane. I'm not going to give you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom should be arrested. But he ought to be tarred and feathered, I'll say that."
June 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I feel like “Current Republican Speaker of the House threatens political opponent with third degree burns and torture” should get more media attention than it will