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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 7h

There's nothing at all wrong with being Palestinian, and using "Palestinian" in this way is deeply racist against Palestinians, but it is also antisemitic, because it defines Jewishness as something that can be granted and removed for political reasons.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"

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Billy Ball @billyball.bsky.social · 8h

For my free, solo gig, instead of taking the bait and focusing on who's to blame, I wrote about who has more skin in the game.

Spoiler alert: It's the South. By a lot.

www.thelivingsouth.com/the-federal-...

The federal government shutdown hurts the South a lot more

When it comes to health care, which is what the federal government shutdown is about, some states will bleed. The South will gush.

www.thelivingsouth.com

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 10h

I think I found out about these via a post from @akivamcohen.bsky.social, so maybe he knows?

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 10h

Can anyone tell me whether there will be more books in @maryrobinettekowal.com's Lady Astronaut series? I'm halfway through book 3 and want to know if I should anticipate the story to wrap up in the new fourth book or if I should expect a cliffhanger!

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 13h

NJ is half the NYC media market and half the Philly media market. It's hard to isolate.

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🎃 public HELLth guy 🎃 @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 3d

this is already a huge problem, and it’s about to get much worse as the economy goes into recession

WORKERS AT FOOD BANKS and pantries said that the canceled deliveries add to the growing challenges they face. Many staff members said they had seen a decline in private contributions and volunteers. Grocery stores and food manufacturers, which started managing their inventories more efficiently during the pandemic, now have less leftover food to give.
Other Trump cuts have disrupted AmeriCorps, which helps staff mobile food pantries and other services, and are ending the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, which provided food from local farmers.

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 3d

What formal sanctions can be brought to bear here and in similar instances where DOJ lawyers are openly lying and/or making extremely bad-faith arguments on behalf of a bad-faith government?

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3d

you! are! a! lawyer!

I fear that the legal community will act like Trump admin's lawyers are normal lawyers--like they'll get nice firm jobs and their law schools will invite them to talk to students, etc--but the lawyers facilitating Trump's lawlessness should be professionally and socially shamed

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 4d

DOJ: CA NG is already federalized

Judge: You are an officer of the court. Do you think this is an appropriate way to deal with my order? Appropriate way of dealing with ruling you disagree with?

DOJ: Well, I'm not a policy maker

Judge: You're a lawyer

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 3d

Depends whose heat you're trying to avoid, I suppose

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 6d

This is so incredibly fucking cruel. A policy of systematic, psychological torture of children.

Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 7d

Shelters that house unaccompanied minors are bracing for "Freaky Friday," the start of an ICE operation that will first issue letters to children, seeking to pressure them to return to the countries they've fled in exchange for a cash payment. If they decline, their parents will be targeted by ICE.

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 6d

Speaking as someone who filed jointly with a green card holder, YES. Also, working people who are in the United States illegally also play plenty of (payroll) taxes.

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 6d

Gotta add a lactaid pill to the menu for true Ashkenazi authenticity

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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 6d

In the spring, Trump cut $500 million from aid to food banks.

But they had already ordered 94 million pounds of food from the program — all abruptly canceled.

People at food banks noticed. The cuts meant less meat and lighter pickups.

We visualized it:

projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

projects.propublica.org

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 8d

Note that the administration has also yanked magnet school grant funding from some large school districts for "failure to certify that they will comply with civil rights law," which means they won't backpedal on efforts to serve trans students and students from racial minority groups.

Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 8d

I just got a (poorly) targeted recruitment ad that promised a $50k signing bonus for new ICE agents. While ICE terrorizes whole communities and frightens students into staying home from school, just the ICE "signing bonus" is higher than the national average salary for a new teacher.
#priorities

Educator Pay Data 2025 | NEA

NEA's 2025 review quantifies teacher salary, education support professional pay, and student spending in every state.

www.nea.org

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 8d

The Fostering Diverse Schools grant page on USED now has a banner reading, "This page has been marked as historical and is no longer actively maintained by the Department of Education."

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8d

We are now in the domain of not just illegal impoundments, but targeted illegal impoundments to punish liberal spaces. Not different from what Trump is doing to to universities.

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 8d

OMB Director Russell Voight says that US DOT will announce that the federal government is "pausing" funding for both Gateway and the Second Avenue Subway because of "unconstitutional DEI principles" -- x.com/russvought/s...

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 8d

A new report from Bright Line Watch finds experts now rate the U.S. as a "mixed" or "illiberal" democracy. The rating is dragged down by Trump's attacks on institutions, a weak legislature, political violence, and partisan gerrymandering www.gelliottmorris.com/p/experts-no...

Experts now rate the U.S. as a "mixed" or "illiberal" democracy

Experts say political violence, Trump's attacks against non-partisan agencies and institutions, and partisan gerrymandering are their top concerns

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 9d

The President of the United States just declared “war” on millions of Americans.

That’s about as authoritarian as it gets.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9d

Trump: San Francisco and Chicago, New York, Los Angeles… We'll straighten them out one-by-one. It will be a major part for some of the people in this room. It’s a war too. It’s a war from within

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 9d

Isn't that map just SO SOOTHING?

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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 9d

I missed this yesterday but Geogetown Law's Center on Poverty and Inequality did a very nice visualization of the impact of the OBBB act on state governments. As with Medicaid, the GOP foisted a lot of costs onto states to pay for their tax cuts.

www.georgetownpoverty.org/issues/snap-...

SNAP Changes Will Upend State Budgets - Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality

SNAP is a lifeline for more than 42 million people, providing food that stabilizes families and strengthens communities, but the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) of 2025 made seismic changes to the ...

www.georgetownpoverty.org

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 9d

Remember when Republicans were opposed to "picking winners"?

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 9d

Always a good day when I have to re-google "what does autogolpe mean"

Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 9d

Oh good freaking lord

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Zahava Stadler @zahavastadler.bsky.social · 9d

In case you need reminding why Democrats (and Republicans! And everyone!) should NOT vote for the House budget bill, here's a look at the proposed education cuts. They are massive and specifically target students in poverty and English learners. www.newamerica.org/education-po...

Which Congressional Districts Would Lose the Most K–12 Funding Under the Trump and House Education Budgets

Fiscal year 2026 budget proposals from President Trump and House Republicans would substantially cut K-12 funding, especially in rural and low-income areas.

www.newamerica.org

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