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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · Jun 13

Seems important: "FBI ‘Escorted’ Him To Trump DHS Presser They Claim He Crashed"

Padilla says he "didn’t “barge” into the presser, he was signed in and escorted, and was listening in the room for 10 minutes before he tried to ask a question"

www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...

PADILLA: So the … whole time, right, we’re, the whole time, being escorted in this federal building by somebody from the National Guard, somebody from the FBI. I’ve gone through screening. This is a federal building. And so tell them, let’s go listen to the press conference. They escort me over to that room. And I’m sitting in the back of the room, behind the cameras, behind the reporters, listening, listening. And at one point, it was just too much to take. Not the first, but the second attack on the political leadership of California and this notion that Donald Trump and Kristi Noem have to come in and rescue the people of Los Angeles from Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass? It was too much. And so I spoke up. I introduced myself and said I had a question.

Look, they said I wasn’t wearing my pin, my polo says “United States Senate.” There was no threat. There was no lunging. I raised my voice to ask a question. And it took, what, maybe half a second before multiple agents were on me.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Apr 16

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards

Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Joanna @meanwhileramble.bsky.social · Apr 11

Bloomington faculty support Big Ten defense against legal, political issues

Indiana University Bloomington Faculty Council members passed a resolution Tuesday calling on Big Ten colleges to join against political attacks and pool resources.

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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · Mar 21

Nearly 300 Venezuelan men whom Trump targeted and deported to El Salvador from the United States now face permanent detention in a prison system rife with human rights abuses.

Families of the imprisoned deportees and their lawyers fear for the safety and futures of these men.

The men…

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Mar 15

“There’s gonna be a big presence in DC, but it’s not just DC — I want to see this in rural areas, in suburban areas, in urban areas, in red states, purple states, blue states. It’s going to take all of us.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social

We’re taking to the streets nationwide on April 5: handsoff2025.com

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Laura Briggs @ljbriggs.bsky.social · Mar 6

Al Green's cane in the air is the perfect reply to Preston Brooks' caning of Charles Sumner, nearly killing him for an anti-slavery speech in the Senate in 1856.

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Laura Briggs @ljbriggs.bsky.social · Feb 15

Love this.

Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · Feb 11

My latest for @inquest.bsky.social ...and yes, we can ultimately win, if we are willing to work in transformative ways. It will require the best we have in ourselves, but along the way, we may become quietly courageous in ways that will surprise and energize us. inquest.org/this-is-how-...

This Is How You Win the Culture Wars | Kay Whitlock | INQUEST

Faced with violence and authoritarianism, survival demands prioritizing relationship building over reactivity and solidarity over silence.

inquest.org

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Laura Briggs @ljbriggs.bsky.social · Feb 15

Y’all. The dems are doing 5 press conferences a week. The problem is getting them covered.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · Feb 15

Some transgender Americans report they’ve been refused a passport altogether — with any gender marker — in recent weeks. “The goal is to make life untenable”: www.vox.com/politics/399...

Trump’s new passport rules are trapping transgender Americans in bureaucratic limbo

“Can I leave the country, and how can I leave the country?”

www.vox.com

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Kay Whitlock @kwhitlock.bsky.social · Feb 11

My latest for @inquest.bsky.social ...and yes, we can ultimately win, if we are willing to work in transformative ways. It will require the best we have in ourselves, but along the way, we may become quietly courageous in ways that will surprise and energize us. inquest.org/this-is-how-...

This Is How You Win the Culture Wars | Kay Whitlock | INQUEST

Faced with violence and authoritarianism, survival demands prioritizing relationship building over reactivity and solidarity over silence.

inquest.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 8

Reminder: this is completely lawless

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · Feb 5

Hearing reports that Musk’s cronies are targeting NOAA — infiltrating key systems and locking out career employees.

NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives.

My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.

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Geo Resists 🇺🇸 @geo-resists.bsky.social · Feb 5

Resisting Trump and Project 2025 in Austin, TX
Please SHARE because the MSM is mostly silent on these protests
abcnews.go.com/live/video/s...

Video Protest against Pres. Trump and Project 2025 in Austin, TX

Protest against Pres. Trump and Project 2025 in Austin, TX

abcnews.go.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Feb 5

Do you like hurricane and tornado warnings? Do you not want them privatized and edited by Trump's sharpie? Well, Musk is breaching NOAA, an agency that's trustworthiness is more critical than ever before: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

DOGE invades NOAA, sparking fear of cuts and privatization

Elon Musk's minions reportedly sought access to IT systems at an agency Project 2025 called "harmful to US prosperity."

www.motherjones.com

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Laura Briggs @ljbriggs.bsky.social · Feb 4

If only Biden could have gotten Mexico to mobilize 10,000 troops! Oh wait, he did. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Mexico doubles migrant detentions with troop surge, White House says

Mexico has doubled its detentions of migrants with a deployment of 10,000 troops to its southern border, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Monday, as Washington leans on regional governments to help slow arrivals at the U.S. border.

www.reuters.com

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Laura Briggs @ljbriggs.bsky.social · Feb 3

This is it. The start of the new J6 but much worse this time.

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · Feb 2

Bloomberg: Musk said DOGE was shutting down payments by the US Department of Health and Human Services to Lutheran Family Services, a faith-based charity that has been providing social services to refugees. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Musk Says DOGE Is ‘Rapidly Shutting Down’ Treasury Payments

Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at...

www.bloomberg.com

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Laura Briggs @ljbriggs.bsky.social · Feb 3

The F2 coup is going much better than the J6 one did 4 years ago. It was amateur hour fr9m the start

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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · Feb 2

Bloomberg: Musk said DOGE was shutting down payments by the US Department of Health and Human Services to Lutheran Family Services, a faith-based charity that has been providing social services to refugees. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Musk Says DOGE Is ‘Rapidly Shutting Down’ Treasury Payments

Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at...

www.bloomberg.com

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · Feb 2

DOGE is a criminal organization.

Lock them up.

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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · Feb 2

Elon Musk is not a Federal employee or a political appointee. DOGE is not a real department. None of their activities are legal. This is a coup. The Republicans in Congress are willing participants in it. At what point do Democrats in DC get that and start acting like it? It’s not the price of eggs!

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · Feb 2

Another FBI leader standing up for the rule of law

“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy."

James Dennehy, FBI NY Field Office

Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency

James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said the F.B.I. was in a “battle of our own.”

www.nytimes.com

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · Feb 2

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.

Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover

Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

www.wired.com

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Feb 1

16 Democratic senators recently voted to confirm the Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary who just gave Musk’s team access to a Treasury payment system that disburses trillions and holds mass quantities of personal information. Food for thought. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jan 31

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.

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Laura Briggs @ljbriggs.bsky.social · Jan 30

Am I the only one worrying that we are going to find out that the plane crash over the Potomac was a political murder? That’s just paranoid, right? Too much thinking about Russia, or Rwanda?

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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · Jan 21

The school voucher situation is not one of those “critics say” vs “supporters claim” debates.

There’s 20+ years of data that show what actually happens.

The larger the voucher system, the worse the results.
www.brookings.edu/articles/res...

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Laura Briggs @ljbriggs.bsky.social · Jan 21

Putinesque. I guess Trump figures that dozens of others have paid for their own security against Trump’s people, so Bolton shouldn’t get it for free?
www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...

Trump terminates John Bolton’s security detail within hours of taking office | CNN Politics

Within hours of taking office, President Donald Trump terminated the Secret Service detail that was assigned to his former national security adviser John Bolton, Bolton confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.

www.cnn.com

Laura Briggs @ljbriggs.bsky.social · Jan 13

It is apparently still possible to write about Greenland without reference to the US or Trump (note to the US press). Check out this fabulous piece on coercive Danish use of the IUD in Kalaallit Nunat (Greenland) targeting Inuit girls. #ReproductiveJustice
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Colonial Reproductive Coercion and Control in Kalaallit Nunaat: Racism in Denmark’s IUD Program

In 1967, Denmark launched an intrauterine device (IUD) program in Kalaallit Nunaat targeting Kalaallit girls and women for reproductive control under the banner of “family planning”. Soon, thousand...

www.tandfonline.com

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Laura Briggs @ljbriggs.bsky.social · Jan 12

Biden’s big miscalculation on the economy was thinking that the press would give him credit for the massive numbers of working class jobs he created. So far as I can tell, historians understand it quite well. But not so much other people.

wapo.st/3WeLQ0Q

Biden’s agenda had a big impact. Will history give him credit?

As construction cranes rise above Trump-friendly towns, the trillions injected into the economy by Biden’s policies did little to boost his party’s fortunes

wapo.st

The Verge @theverge.com · Jan 9

Elon Musk and Donald Trump spread disinformation as wildfires rage in the LA area

“DEI means people die,” Musk wrote.

buff.ly

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