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I'm a librarian, married to a veteran. I try to make engineers better people before they graduate.
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A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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I want the entire nation to hear me when I say this isn’t just an attack on the people of LA, this is an attack on every person in every city in this country.
Today’s ruling is not only dangerous – it’s un-American and threatens the fabric of personal freedom in the U.S.
Today’s ruling is not only dangerous – it’s un-American and threatens the fabric of personal freedom in the U.S.
September 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I want the entire nation to hear me when I say this isn’t just an attack on the people of LA, this is an attack on every person in every city in this country.
Today’s ruling is not only dangerous – it’s un-American and threatens the fabric of personal freedom in the U.S.
Today’s ruling is not only dangerous – it’s un-American and threatens the fabric of personal freedom in the U.S.
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I can't believe that nobody is talking about the optics of a bunch of mostly white, mostly male Republicans locking this woman up and refusing her freedom to walk out the door without a police escort to make sure she complies.
August 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I can't believe that nobody is talking about the optics of a bunch of mostly white, mostly male Republicans locking this woman up and refusing her freedom to walk out the door without a police escort to make sure she complies.
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My question is, did they give her the originals, or did someone have enough sense to keep a copy?
THIS IS THE ACTUAL LETTER *ON THE DOJ SERVER* WHERE BONDI ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIVING THE EPSTEIN FILES CONTAINING, AND I QUOTE, "EPSTEIN'S LIST OF CONTACTS, AND A LIST OF VICTIMS' NAMES"
I am *not* posting this because I want to get into the whole Epstein controversy (I don't). 1/2
I am *not* posting this because I want to get into the whole Epstein controversy (I don't). 1/2
July 15, 2025 at 11:16 PM
My question is, did they give her the originals, or did someone have enough sense to keep a copy?
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It's when you assemble the whole picture that you have to raise the question if the intention is to destroy this country and whether this country is in fact being destroyed.
Please Shout Fire. This Theater Is Burning
The United States is being destroyed from within, and mainstream journalism isn't making that clear. When I was a kid, there was a popular phrase--"what if they had a war and no one came?" What if we ...
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July 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It's when you assemble the whole picture that you have to raise the question if the intention is to destroy this country and whether this country is in fact being destroyed.
One of our union members was taken during the immigration raid in Camarillo yesterday. He is still missing and unaccounted for by federal and local authorities.
ktla.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
One of our union members was taken during the immigration raid in Camarillo yesterday. He is still missing and unaccounted for by federal and local authorities.
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My full statement following the ICE Raid in Carpinteria. ⬇️
July 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
My full statement following the ICE Raid in Carpinteria. ⬇️
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I went to Casitas Pass Road in Carpinteria today after learning ICE was conducting a militarized raid targeting farm workers. As a Member of Congress, I have the right to conduct oversight, but I was denied entry. Here’s what happened. ⬇️
July 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I went to Casitas Pass Road in Carpinteria today after learning ICE was conducting a militarized raid targeting farm workers. As a Member of Congress, I have the right to conduct oversight, but I was denied entry. Here’s what happened. ⬇️
What is this garbage that just came via email from the Social Security Administration?! Apparently they are now part of the government 's propaganda arm? This is shameful!
July 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM
What is this garbage that just came via email from the Social Security Administration?! Apparently they are now part of the government 's propaganda arm? This is shameful!
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1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
July 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
1) it was always fascism and fascism was the right word to use
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
2) they are building concentration camps and concentration camps are the right words to use
3) they are banning books and book bans is a fine way to describe the myriad ways they are banning them
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supporting guys like cuomo is a way for wealthy new yorkers who are actually republicans to maintain dem cred without voting against their own interests
June 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
supporting guys like cuomo is a way for wealthy new yorkers who are actually republicans to maintain dem cred without voting against their own interests
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can someone please make a chrome extension that shows how much energy searches use and displays that info in real time? so we can visualize the difference between web search and AI prompting? would be useful in the classroom, I imagine.
June 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
can someone please make a chrome extension that shows how much energy searches use and displays that info in real time? so we can visualize the difference between web search and AI prompting? would be useful in the classroom, I imagine.
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It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.
June 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It’s completely insane that US troops are illegally deployed to suppress domestic opposition and it’s not uniformly condemned by the press and political elite.
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I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I told you we’d be back
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It is National Loving Day!
Loving in general is a good thing to celebrate, but this is specifically the anniversary of the Loving vs. Virginia decision which struck down laws prohibiting interracial marriage.
Celebrate decency and fairness.
www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day...
Loving in general is a good thing to celebrate, but this is specifically the anniversary of the Loving vs. Virginia decision which struck down laws prohibiting interracial marriage.
Celebrate decency and fairness.
www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day...
NATIONAL LOVING DAY | June 12
NATIONAL LOVING DAY National Loving Day falls on June 12 each year to commemorate the anniversary of the 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision Loving vs. Virginia.
www.nationaldaycalendar.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
It is National Loving Day!
Loving in general is a good thing to celebrate, but this is specifically the anniversary of the Loving vs. Virginia decision which struck down laws prohibiting interracial marriage.
Celebrate decency and fairness.
www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day...
Loving in general is a good thing to celebrate, but this is specifically the anniversary of the Loving vs. Virginia decision which struck down laws prohibiting interracial marriage.
Celebrate decency and fairness.
www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day...
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(🧵) Friendly reminder that if you’re overwhelmed right now and feel like there’s nothing you can do, you’re wrong! Not everything requires drone footage or the national news. Real change starts at the local level and it’s powerful. (1/23)
Here’s a thread of things you CAN do.
Here’s a thread of things you CAN do.
June 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
(🧵) Friendly reminder that if you’re overwhelmed right now and feel like there’s nothing you can do, you’re wrong! Not everything requires drone footage or the national news. Real change starts at the local level and it’s powerful. (1/23)
Here’s a thread of things you CAN do.
Here’s a thread of things you CAN do.
Good reminder. Don't talk to cops.
June 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Good reminder. Don't talk to cops.
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So the Real ID is meaningless if you’re brown?
May 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
So the Real ID is meaningless if you’re brown?
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
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May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! Have you taken three minutes to save the political independence of the civil service? It’s easy! Here’s how you can do it:
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Urgent: Take Action to Protect Public Services
Photo by Katie Rodriguez on Unsplash I have something you can do in five minutes or less that can help salvage the integrity of the federal civil service,...
news.chanda.science
May 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! Have you taken three minutes to save the political independence of the civil service? It’s easy! Here’s how you can do it:
news.chanda.science/archive/urge...
news.chanda.science/archive/urge...
You would think by now he would know not to f**k with librarians.
Senior Trump officials attempted to seize control of the Library of Congress yesterday. I analyzed the constitutional and statutory issues arising from Trump's effort to name an alt-Librarian of Congress.
firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/a-constitu...
firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/a-constitu...
A Constitutional Confrontation at the Library of Congress
Monday was a tumultuous day for the Library of Congress, the broader Legislative Branch, and our system of government.
firstbranchforecast.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
You would think by now he would know not to f**k with librarians.
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Senior Trump officials attempted to seize control of the Library of Congress yesterday. I analyzed the constitutional and statutory issues arising from Trump's effort to name an alt-Librarian of Congress.
firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/a-constitu...
firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/a-constitu...
A Constitutional Confrontation at the Library of Congress
Monday was a tumultuous day for the Library of Congress, the broader Legislative Branch, and our system of government.
firstbranchforecast.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Senior Trump officials attempted to seize control of the Library of Congress yesterday. I analyzed the constitutional and statutory issues arising from Trump's effort to name an alt-Librarian of Congress.
firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/a-constitu...
firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/a-constitu...