Valerie Horowitz
@valeriehorowitz.bsky.social
Retired law book editor, retired journalist’s wife, analyst’s mother. Proud old school liberal. Loves music, classic mystery novels & museums. Author, The Unsigned Essays of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story and Cinnamon Girl: A Village Cooks Mystery.
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🎉We’re thrilled to unveil our latest interactive #chart that dives into how the federal #budget is distributed across agencies!
Take a full tour of who spent federal dollars and how those agencies are structured — both within themselves & the entire government. #DataViz usafacts.org/visualizatio...
Take a full tour of who spent federal dollars and how those agencies are structured — both within themselves & the entire government. #DataViz usafacts.org/visualizatio...
How is the federal budget distributed across agencies? | USAFacts
Explore how federal money flowed through the executive, legislative, and judicial branches in FY 2024.
usafacts.org
June 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🎉We’re thrilled to unveil our latest interactive #chart that dives into how the federal #budget is distributed across agencies!
Take a full tour of who spent federal dollars and how those agencies are structured — both within themselves & the entire government. #DataViz usafacts.org/visualizatio...
Take a full tour of who spent federal dollars and how those agencies are structured — both within themselves & the entire government. #DataViz usafacts.org/visualizatio...
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This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous.
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prospect.org/justice/crie...
Cries of Defiance and Songs of Joy in Los Angeles
The protesters are being called unspeakably violent by the Trump administration. I mostly saw clergy sit-ins and Tejano bands.
prospect.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous.
prospect.org/justice/crie...
prospect.org/justice/crie...
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
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May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people
May 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people
I wish Al Franken would join the MSNBC evening lineup. He was great on Air America Radio. Since we can’t have him as a Senator, we need his input again.
March 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I wish Al Franken would join the MSNBC evening lineup. He was great on Air America Radio. Since we can’t have him as a Senator, we need his input again.
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -The best-known member of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bra…
March 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -The best-known member of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support to a cybercrime gang that bra…
Samantha Power will be Rachel Maddow’s guest tonight. 9pm EST. MSNBC
February 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Samantha Power will be Rachel Maddow’s guest tonight. 9pm EST. MSNBC
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Trump White House told the three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign by tomorrow or be fired. Ousting them would paralyze the independent, bipartisan watchdog agency.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
Trump Seeks to Paralyze Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Watchdog
The Trump White House has told three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign or be fired, which would stop the independent agency from functioning.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Trump White House told the three Democratic-selected members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to resign by tomorrow or be fired. Ousting them would paralyze the independent, bipartisan watchdog agency.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
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This is what Lawrence Tribe said
January 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is what Lawrence Tribe said
Judge Howell!
January 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Judge Howell!
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I never in my life thought I would see a sitting member of the U.S. Congress gleefully call our nation "the dominant predator." This is sick.
WATCH: Rep. Andy Ogles says he introduced a bill to let Trump annex Greenland because “we are the dominant predator”
Reagan’s GOP: 🇺🇸 = “shining city on a hill”
Today’s GOP: 🇺🇸 = “dominant predator”
Sounds about right.
Reagan’s GOP: 🇺🇸 = “shining city on a hill”
Today’s GOP: 🇺🇸 = “dominant predator”
Sounds about right.
January 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I never in my life thought I would see a sitting member of the U.S. Congress gleefully call our nation "the dominant predator." This is sick.
Garth Hudson has passed on. RIP. Last member of The Band. Terrible news. Today we lost Jules Pfeiffer too. Good Lord. RIP again. I think we have one of his books that I picked up at an exhibit of his work. I’ll look for it tomorrow.
January 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Garth Hudson has passed on. RIP. Last member of The Band. Terrible news. Today we lost Jules Pfeiffer too. Good Lord. RIP again. I think we have one of his books that I picked up at an exhibit of his work. I’ll look for it tomorrow.
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Donald Trump, poet laureate of self-aggrandizement, reprises his "American Carnage" Inaugural Address with a heavy dose of me, me, me vindication.
my column is up @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
my column is up @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Donald Trump’s Inaugural Day of Vindication
The reëlected President reprised his “American Carnage” address, with repeated jabs at America’s “decline” under Joe Biden, but his central theme, as always, was himself.
www.newyorker.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Donald Trump, poet laureate of self-aggrandizement, reprises his "American Carnage" Inaugural Address with a heavy dose of me, me, me vindication.
my column is up @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
my column is up @newyorker.com: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
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President Trump has reversed an executive order by former President Joe Biden that calls for federal agencies to promote voter registration.
Trump revokes Biden's order for federal agencies to promote voter registration
President Trump has reversed an executive order by former President Joe Biden that calls for federal agencies to promote voter registration.
www.npr.org
January 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
President Trump has reversed an executive order by former President Joe Biden that calls for federal agencies to promote voter registration.
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Pope Francis called plans by President Donald Trump for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants a “disgrace,” signaling the return of the rocky relationship that defined the pontiff’s ties with the first Trump White House.
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Read more: wapo.st/3PIRZi9
January 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Pope Francis called plans by President Donald Trump for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants a “disgrace,” signaling the return of the rocky relationship that defined the pontiff’s ties with the first Trump White House.
Read more: wapo.st/3PIRZi9
Read more: wapo.st/3PIRZi9
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President Trump's move to pardon nearly all of the 1,600 rioters charged with storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 would effectively undo years of efforts by federal investigators to seek accountability for the mob assault on the peaceful transfer of power after Trump's loss in the 2020 election.
Trump Grants Broad Clemency to Jan. 6 Rioters
The extraordinary pardons and commutations extended to those who committed both violent and nonviolent crimes on Jan. 6, including assaulting police officers and seditious conspiracy.
nyti.ms
January 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
President Trump's move to pardon nearly all of the 1,600 rioters charged with storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 would effectively undo years of efforts by federal investigators to seek accountability for the mob assault on the peaceful transfer of power after Trump's loss in the 2020 election.
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The CBP One app has provided nearly 900,000 people with asylum appointments since January 2023, contributing to a drop in illegal border crossings.
Migrants left in despair at the border as asylum system shuts down
The CBP One app has provided nearly 900,000 people with asylum appointments since January 2023, contributing to a drop in illegal border crossings.
www.npr.org
January 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The CBP One app has provided nearly 900,000 people with asylum appointments since January 2023, contributing to a drop in illegal border crossings.
What’s Trump gonna do about housing prices? Why isn’t anyone asking about that?
January 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What’s Trump gonna do about housing prices? Why isn’t anyone asking about that?
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Under Biden, thousands of workers who experienced wage theft and other abuses have been granted protection from deportation and authorization to work so they can participate in labor investigations.
These immigrant workers shined a light on labor abuse. Will Trump let them stay?
Under Biden, thousands of workers who experienced wage theft and other abuses have been granted protection from deportation and authorization to work so they can participate in labor investigations.
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January 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Under Biden, thousands of workers who experienced wage theft and other abuses have been granted protection from deportation and authorization to work so they can participate in labor investigations.
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Food companies have two years to get red dye No.3 out of their products. But other synthetic dyes have also raised concerns, because of behavioral issues in kids. Here's what parents need to consider.
Beyond red dye No. 3: Here's what parents should know about food colorings
Food companies have two years to get red dye No. 3 out of their products. But other synthetic dyes have also raised concerns, because of behavioral issues in kids. Here's what parents need to consider...
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January 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Food companies have two years to get red dye No.3 out of their products. But other synthetic dyes have also raised concerns, because of behavioral issues in kids. Here's what parents need to consider.
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January 18, 2025
January 18, 2025
Shortly before midnight last night, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its initial findings from a study it undertook last July when it asked eight large companies to turn over information a...
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January 19, 2025 at 5:33 AM
January 18, 2025
“We told the truth. We obeyed the law. We kept the peace.”- From the late Walter Mondale’s Jimmy Carter eulogy, as read by his son at President Carter’s funeral.
January 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“We told the truth. We obeyed the law. We kept the peace.”- From the late Walter Mondale’s Jimmy Carter eulogy, as read by his son at President Carter’s funeral.