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You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
August 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You know how people called women hysterical for predicting the right wing would take down Roe v. Wade (which they've done) and then attack access to birth control (which they're doing)?
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
Hear me when I say that women's very right to vote is next.
www.npr.org/2025/08/09/n...
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In the male-dominated world of soccer leadership, many of the trailblazing women have come from Norway.
Euro 2025: Norway's female soccer leaders blaze a trail for equality and progress
In the male-dominated world of soccer leadership, many of the trailblazing women have come from Norway.
bit.ly
June 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
In the male-dominated world of soccer leadership, many of the trailblazing women have come from Norway.
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Voting rights groups are suing Louisiana over a new law that forces every would-be voter to provide documentary proof of citizenship, a requirement they say goes far beyond what federal law allows.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Louisiana Sued Over Vague Proof-of-Citizenship Voting Law
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Voting rights groups are suing Louisiana over a new law that forces every would-be voter to provide documentary proof of citizenship, a requirement they say goes far beyond what federal law allows.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Tonight is the #MetGala, celebrating the upcoming opening of the new exhibition "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," which was inspired by Monica L. Miller's 2009 book "Slaves to Fashion."
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May 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Tonight is the #MetGala, celebrating the upcoming opening of the new exhibition "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," which was inspired by Monica L. Miller's 2009 book "Slaves to Fashion."
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Breaking and Analysis: Federal Court–in a Ruling Likely to Be Upheld on Appeal– Holds That Judge Griffin’s Attempt to Overturn the Results of the North Carolina Supreme Court Election Violates the Constitutional Rights of Voters and Orders Certification for Justice Riggs electionlawblog.org?p=149785
Breaking and Analysis: Federal District Court--in a Ruling Likely to Be Upheld on Appeal-- Holds That Judge Griffin's Attempt to Overturn the Results of the North Carolina Supreme Court Election Viola...
You can read the detailed analysis at this link. Here is the core holding: The court concludes that the retroactive invalidation of absentee ballots cast by overseas military and civilian voters viola...
electionlawblog.org
May 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Breaking and Analysis: Federal Court–in a Ruling Likely to Be Upheld on Appeal– Holds That Judge Griffin’s Attempt to Overturn the Results of the North Carolina Supreme Court Election Violates the Constitutional Rights of Voters and Orders Certification for Justice Riggs electionlawblog.org?p=149785
“‘Much of what you have been led to believe was getting ‘recycled’ …has never been’; it has simply been shipped to remote corners of the developing world, to languish while slowly poisoning whatever rivers, forests, farms and people happen to be in the way.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/b...
The Dirty Little Secret Hiding in Your Garbage Can (Gift Article)
In “Waste Wars,” Alexander Clapp shows us in depressing detail just what our Big Junk industry is doing to the rest of the world.
www.nytimes.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
“‘Much of what you have been led to believe was getting ‘recycled’ …has never been’; it has simply been shipped to remote corners of the developing world, to languish while slowly poisoning whatever rivers, forests, farms and people happen to be in the way.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/b...
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The journey has been more challenging than usual, but Dawn Staley and defending national champion South Carolina are still getting the job done.
South Carolina returns to the NCAA title game and gets a rematch of 2022 against Bueckers and UConn
The journey has been more challenging than usual, but Dawn Staley and defending national champion South Carolina are still getting the job done.
bit.ly
April 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The journey has been more challenging than usual, but Dawn Staley and defending national champion South Carolina are still getting the job done.
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This is a big deal and also a real threat to democracy that so far has been under the radar for most Americans not paying attention to it.
I'll be writing more about this in coming days.
I'll be writing more about this in coming days.
Breaking: North Carolina Appeals Court, Over Strong Dissent, Sides with Judge Griffin in Election Contest, Gives Some Voters Chance to Cure Failure to Provide Certain Information to Election Officials (That Officials Did Not Demand) electionlawblog.org?p=149314
Breaking: North Carolina Appeals Court, Over Strong Dissent, Sides with Judge Griffin in Election Contest, Gives Some Voters Chance to Cure Failure to Provide Certain Information to Election Officials (That Officials Did Not Demand) #ELB
You can find the 2-1 opinion and dissent at this link. I’m at a meeting so no chance to read this closely right now, but it appears that the majority held that many of the ballots cast by challenged voters … Continue reading Breaking: North Carolina Appeals Court, Over Strong Dissent, Sides with Judge Griffin in Election Contest, Gives Some Voters Chance to Cure Failure to Provide Certain Information to Election Officials (That Officials Did Not Demand) →
electionlawblog.org
April 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is a big deal and also a real threat to democracy that so far has been under the radar for most Americans not paying attention to it.
I'll be writing more about this in coming days.
I'll be writing more about this in coming days.
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"as with the war, Zelensky didn’t start this Oval Office exchange. Was he supposed to tolerate an extended public denigration of the Ukrainian people, who have been fighting a war for survival for three years?” — WSJ edit board
Gift link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...
Gift link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...
Opinion | Putin Wins the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office Spectacle
Vice President Vance starts a public fight that only helps Russia’s dictator.
www.wsj.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"as with the war, Zelensky didn’t start this Oval Office exchange. Was he supposed to tolerate an extended public denigration of the Ukrainian people, who have been fighting a war for survival for three years?” — WSJ edit board
Gift link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...
Gift link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...
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1/ So everyone remembers this line of demeaning horse plop from Texas Rep. Ima Dingus, right? It was yesterday. Like many other Republicans right now, he's basically pulling the racist, Reagan-era "welfare queens" nonsense and giving it another run.
So I looked at SNAP data for his district.
So I looked at SNAP data for his district.
Rep. Fallon on cutting food stamps: "We have a message for those kind of folks: If you're able-bodied and you want to milk the taxpayer, those days are over. Get off the couch, stop eating the Cheetos, stop buying the medical marijuana and watching television. You're actually gonna contribute now."
February 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
1/ So everyone remembers this line of demeaning horse plop from Texas Rep. Ima Dingus, right? It was yesterday. Like many other Republicans right now, he's basically pulling the racist, Reagan-era "welfare queens" nonsense and giving it another run.
So I looked at SNAP data for his district.
So I looked at SNAP data for his district.
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Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13.
I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.
I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.
Predicting El Niño and La Niña is tough, but new research analyzing 20+ years of forecasts finds dynamical models outperform statistical ones, especially for El Niño. La Niña onset? That's been much harder. Read more in our new ENSO blog post! www.climate.gov/news-feature...
February 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Please enjoy my last ever post at Climate.gov/ENSO Blog. This afternoon I was fired by the Trump Administration 15 days before my 2yr probationary period ended on March 13.
I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.
I have worked at NOAA since 2010, and I'm so incredibly proud of the work I did. If anyone wants a quote, let me know.
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Just some general guidance here. We don't know all the details. But this presages taking a real hatchet to the whole social security system. Whether it's 20% of the staff or 50% who knows. But basically unsustainable cuts for a program anyway we've known it.
Here's the memo that went out short time ago from SSA HR announcing "organizational restructuring" of Social Security admin. essentially one last chance to quit before you're all fired. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/memo-...
Memo on “Organizational Restructuring” at Social Security Administration
A short time ago the Human Resources office of the Social Security...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Just some general guidance here. We don't know all the details. But this presages taking a real hatchet to the whole social security system. Whether it's 20% of the staff or 50% who knows. But basically unsustainable cuts for a program anyway we've known it.
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BREAKING: The mass firing of upwards of 1,800 workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including top climate scientists and weather forecasters, has begun.
The firings reportedly include workers at the National Weather Service.
The firings reportedly include workers at the National Weather Service.
February 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BREAKING: The mass firing of upwards of 1,800 workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including top climate scientists and weather forecasters, has begun.
The firings reportedly include workers at the National Weather Service.
The firings reportedly include workers at the National Weather Service.
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a side issue that struck me while reporting on Indiana banning student IDs for voting: how freaking strict Indiana is in tossing ballots when you make an error!
at the sole polling place on campus at IU Bloomington, 300 people cast provisional ballots in November... & every single one was rejected!
at the sole polling place on campus at IU Bloomington, 300 people cast provisional ballots in November... & every single one was rejected!
Indiana Republicans Move to Ban Student IDs for Voting - Bolts
The new restriction, paired with Indiana’s stringent voter ID rules, would make it much harder for many young people to vote in a state that already ranks near-last in turnout.
boltsmag.org
February 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
a side issue that struck me while reporting on Indiana banning student IDs for voting: how freaking strict Indiana is in tossing ballots when you make an error!
at the sole polling place on campus at IU Bloomington, 300 people cast provisional ballots in November... & every single one was rejected!
at the sole polling place on campus at IU Bloomington, 300 people cast provisional ballots in November... & every single one was rejected!
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We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm.
JFC. The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at its highest level since 2000, higher than during the Financial Crisis, higher than during COVID
February 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm.
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In a heathy democracy, the WHCA would fight this by boycotting all WH and travel events until the old system was restored.
But they’re going to roll over and do whatever it takes to maintain “access” so they can be lied to in comfort
But they’re going to roll over and do whatever it takes to maintain “access” so they can be lied to in comfort
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announces that the White House Correspondents' Association will no longer choose the pool reporter.
"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team."
"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team."
February 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
In a heathy democracy, the WHCA would fight this by boycotting all WH and travel events until the old system was restored.
But they’re going to roll over and do whatever it takes to maintain “access” so they can be lied to in comfort
But they’re going to roll over and do whatever it takes to maintain “access” so they can be lied to in comfort
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That’s Tammy Baldwin — not me. You can keep track of all the hundreds of white men but it’s the 28 women in the Senate that trips you up, Fox News?
February 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
That’s Tammy Baldwin — not me. You can keep track of all the hundreds of white men but it’s the 28 women in the Senate that trips you up, Fox News?
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Craig Strong recently installed a new, more efficient grain dryer on his farm; it was supposed to be funded, in part, by a federal program to reduce the need for fossil fuels in rural communities.
Now, he and other farmers aren't sure they'll be paid back.
(via @wskg.bsky.social)
Now, he and other farmers aren't sure they'll be paid back.
(via @wskg.bsky.social)
New York farmers continue to wait on frozen USDA funds
Many farmers already paid for equipment that the federal government said it would reimburse. Now, it’s unclear when or if they’ll get that money.
www.wskg.org
February 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Craig Strong recently installed a new, more efficient grain dryer on his farm; it was supposed to be funded, in part, by a federal program to reduce the need for fossil fuels in rural communities.
Now, he and other farmers aren't sure they'll be paid back.
(via @wskg.bsky.social)
Now, he and other farmers aren't sure they'll be paid back.
(via @wskg.bsky.social)