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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 6h

Trump's $30 billion in cuts targeting Democrats will harm the entire economy, hitting women and people of color the hardest

"Time to stiffen our spines and demand that we only fund a government that obeys the law.”

- Senator @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

Reports @rollingstone.com

Trump Is Using the Shutdown to Supercharge His War on Equity

Donald Trump's $30 billion in shutdown cuts targeting Democrats will harm the entire economy, hitting women and people of color the hardest.

www.rollingstone.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 13h

Sure sounds like they are on the path to make taking Tylenol while you're pregnant a crime?

Imagine our jails filled with pregnant women, with the State having the power to take your baby away at birth 🤔

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 1d

DOJ lawyer says it's a complicated case, but was able to indict Comey within days of Lindsey Halligan being hired by Trump to prosecute his enemies

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 9h

“Trump is taking the US in an extreme direction, attacking freedom of speech, having masked secret police kidnapping people in broad daylight and cracking down on institutions and the courts.

When the president is this volatile and authoritarian, of course we have to be prepared for anything”

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 21h

Lea County asking judge to confirm it has a say in who Geo Group can take on as a client because the county owns the land the prison sits on

The 400,000 sq ft prison in Hobbs run by the GEO Group says it has a "new corrections client" but isn't saying who

All eyes 👀 point to ICE

Legal battle could be brewing over future of recently vacated Hobbs prison

A battle could be brewing over the future of a now-empty prison whose owners have expressed interest in contracting with ICE.

www.santafenewmexican.com

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 13h

Healthcare audit of Albuquerque jail found its still providing unconstitutionally poor health care:

🔹️patients waiting 72+ hours for care
🔹️ not properly triaging severe sick calls
🔹️ not keeping track of those with chronic illness
🔹️ people withdrawing from drugs are not “routinely” checked on

Metropolitan Detention Center still providing unconstitutionally inadequate medical care, report shows

The Metropolitan Detention Center’s biannual health care audit found that the jail is still providing an unconstitutionally poor quality of health care for inmates and that “progress is slowing.”

www.abqjournal.com

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Search finds evidence a foreign government hacked John Bolton's computer raising questions about his handling of classified documents

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 9h

I'm OK with not calling people immigrants and telling the GOP they are just people moving here

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 9h

Conservative influencer Benny Johnson posted a video from the roof, referring to Noem looking onto the “army of Antifa”

People stood on the street below, looking up at Noem. The small crowd was mostly photojournalists and a few people holding signs. A man wearing a chicken costume stood out.

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Snarkchasm @eiming.bsky.social · 1d

I just heard "mansplaining" defined as "correctile dysfunction." I spat out my coffee.

a man in a suit and tie is drinking from a blue mug that says good on it

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is drinking from a blue mug that says good on it

media.tenor.com

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 9h

So the military takes priority over healthcare 🤔

Included in the 17 proposed amendments are:

🔹️ votes on National Guard deployments & roles in assisting law enforcement 🔹️ proposal blocking funding for Trump to retrofit a gifted Qatari jet
🔹️ proposal to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization

Stephen @wa3zgt.bsky.social · 9h

www.politico.com/live-updates...

Senate strikes deal to vote on defense bill, breaking impasse

www.politico.com

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 9h

Here is the indictment of Leticia James

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 9h

“Trump is taking the US in an extreme direction, attacking freedom of speech, having masked secret police kidnapping people in broad daylight and cracking down on institutions and the courts.

When the president is this volatile and authoritarian, of course we have to be prepared for anything”

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 9h

It's time to shake things up

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 9h

I'm terrified as soon as the hostages are released they are going to level all of Palestine

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 1d

Expect crime to go up...

¼ of FBI agents are now assigned to immigration enforcement, that's 3,000 FBI agents

Agents were pulled from duties related to cybercrimes, drug trafficking, terrorism, & counterintelligence leaving agents in those investigations stretched thin

Reports @washingtonpost.com

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

www.washingtonpost.com

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