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Kindness is a valid form of resistance.
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President Donald Trump’s shocking defense of a champion boxer who raped a teenage girl has resurfaced as the president faces intense scrutiny of his relationship with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Trump’s Vile Take on Teenager’s Rape Goes Viral as Epstein Woes Deepen
Old footage of the president defending convicted rapist Mike Tyson has resurfaced as speculation mounts that the president may pardon Ghislaine Maxwell.
trib.al
August 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
President Donald Trump’s shocking defense of a champion boxer who raped a teenage girl has resurfaced as the president faces intense scrutiny of his relationship with accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, voted for cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but he’s also routed more than 800 of his constituents’ complaints to the agency — the most of any current lawmaker from either party, ProPublica found.
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social
These GOP Lawmakers Referred Constituents to the CFPB for Help. Then They Voted to Gut the Agency.
Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards,…
www.propublica.org
August 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, voted for cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but he’s also routed more than 800 of his constituents’ complaints to the agency — the most of any current lawmaker from either party, ProPublica found.
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social
By @joeljacobs.bsky.social
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#ICYMI: We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies.
The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
W/ @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
W/ @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public
We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is…
www.propublica.org
August 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
#ICYMI: We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies.
The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
W/ @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
W/ @kutnews.bsky.social @texastribune.org
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Our parks are in survival mode and they need more staff!
WA hiker’s viral video shows overgrown trails, full toilets in national park
www.fox13seattle.com
August 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Our parks are in survival mode and they need more staff!
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Hi, former Foreign Service Officer here
The Secretary of State might be interested to learn that visa requirements and terms are generally reciprocal. We do it to them, they do it to us.
The Secretary of State might be interested to learn that visa requirements and terms are generally reciprocal. We do it to them, they do it to us.
The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.
U.S. may require visa applicants to post bond up to $15,000 to enter country
The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.
buff.ly
August 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Hi, former Foreign Service Officer here
The Secretary of State might be interested to learn that visa requirements and terms are generally reciprocal. We do it to them, they do it to us.
The Secretary of State might be interested to learn that visa requirements and terms are generally reciprocal. We do it to them, they do it to us.
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More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
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From a report today on @npr.org: People held at Alligator Auschwitz have no legal path out. ICE says they're held on state charges, so Federal immigration judges can't hear cases for bond or anything else. The state hasn't charged them, so state judges can't hear the case because there's no case. 1/
August 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
From a report today on @npr.org: People held at Alligator Auschwitz have no legal path out. ICE says they're held on state charges, so Federal immigration judges can't hear cases for bond or anything else. The state hasn't charged them, so state judges can't hear the case because there's no case. 1/
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Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT
Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released…
www.propublica.org
August 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
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We now have a concentration camp in Florida.
Stop pretending any of this is normal.
If you claim to be a good person and you're not outwardly opposing this regime, you're not a good person.
Be human.
Stop pretending any of this is normal.
If you claim to be a good person and you're not outwardly opposing this regime, you're not a good person.
Be human.
July 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
We now have a concentration camp in Florida.
Stop pretending any of this is normal.
If you claim to be a good person and you're not outwardly opposing this regime, you're not a good person.
Be human.
Stop pretending any of this is normal.
If you claim to be a good person and you're not outwardly opposing this regime, you're not a good person.
Be human.
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Dear federal workers, if you need a paper from a scientific journal for which RFK Jr. has just cancelled your subscription, I’m happy to send it to you as a professional courtesy. My email is in my bio.
July 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Dear federal workers, if you need a paper from a scientific journal for which RFK Jr. has just cancelled your subscription, I’m happy to send it to you as a professional courtesy. My email is in my bio.
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“In the last week, more than 200 veterans have volunteered to attend immigration hearings with Afghans who worked with U.S. forces during the 20-year war in Afghanistan…”
Hundreds of veterans volunteer to attend asylum hearings with Afghans
The effort began after a former Afghan interpreter was detained after his San Diego asylum hearing this month.
www.kpbs.org
July 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“In the last week, more than 200 veterans have volunteered to attend immigration hearings with Afghans who worked with U.S. forces during the 20-year war in Afghanistan…”
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
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Chris Murphy: "This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted on in my entire time in Congress."
June 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Chris Murphy: "This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted on in my entire time in Congress."
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This was a partly-line vote, meaning every single GOP senator felt good about GOP staffers effectively hiding from the parls, refusing to debate 312 usage, because they knew she’d say they couldn’t do this - so when they did it anyway w/out asking her, they could pretend they weren’t ignoring her
POO to stop deficits fails
For the 1st time, reconciliation’ll be used to enact huge permanent deficits, in violation of the Byrd rule
The method was the presiding officer asserting there was no point of order, w/out consulting the parls, to pretend Rs weren’t ignoring her
No going back from this
For the 1st time, reconciliation’ll be used to enact huge permanent deficits, in violation of the Byrd rule
The method was the presiding officer asserting there was no point of order, w/out consulting the parls, to pretend Rs weren’t ignoring her
No going back from this
June 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This was a partly-line vote, meaning every single GOP senator felt good about GOP staffers effectively hiding from the parls, refusing to debate 312 usage, because they knew she’d say they couldn’t do this - so when they did it anyway w/out asking her, they could pretend they weren’t ignoring her
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If the bill passes this week, it will give ICE enough money to become, by 2029, the nation's largest federal interior law enforcement agency with enough funding to become the nation's largest jailer.
With ICE poised to receive a massive infusion of cash courtesy the Republican spending bill, I figured it was worth documenting what they've been doing with the money they've currently got. Gift link: wapo.st/4lv53Wh
Opinion | This is what ICE is doing with the tax dollars you already provide it
Immigration and Customs Enforcement stands to see a sharp increase in its funding under the Republican budget bill.
wapo.st
June 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
If the bill passes this week, it will give ICE enough money to become, by 2029, the nation's largest federal interior law enforcement agency with enough funding to become the nation's largest jailer.
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WATCH: “They’re using magic math.”
Senator Patty Murray says Republicans never cared about the debt, they only care about trillions in tax cuts for the rich.
Senator Patty Murray says Republicans never cared about the debt, they only care about trillions in tax cuts for the rich.
June 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
WATCH: “They’re using magic math.”
Senator Patty Murray says Republicans never cared about the debt, they only care about trillions in tax cuts for the rich.
Senator Patty Murray says Republicans never cared about the debt, they only care about trillions in tax cuts for the rich.
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US environment agency employees say Trump administration undermining mission reut.rs/4leZ1JW
US environment agency employees say Trump administration undermining mission
Nearly 300 current and recently terminated employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a declaration of dissent on Monday, outlining five major concerns about how the Trump administration's politicization of science and severe job cuts were undermining the agency's mission.
reut.rs
June 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
US environment agency employees say Trump administration undermining mission reut.rs/4leZ1JW
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Guardian: DOJ issues orders to begin civil proceedings to strip naturalized American citizens of their citizenship for certain offenses. And because it’s civil, there’s a lower burden of proof, and the deportees don’t get a lawyer. There’s 25 million naturalized citizens in this country.
June 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Guardian: DOJ issues orders to begin civil proceedings to strip naturalized American citizens of their citizenship for certain offenses. And because it’s civil, there’s a lower burden of proof, and the deportees don’t get a lawyer. There’s 25 million naturalized citizens in this country.
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If one of these people is your senator, it is incredibly important that you call them today.
Urge them to vote NO on the Senate budget bill that would make most Americans poorer to give billionaires a tax cut they don't even need.
Urge them to vote NO on the Senate budget bill that would make most Americans poorer to give billionaires a tax cut they don't even need.
June 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If one of these people is your senator, it is incredibly important that you call them today.
Urge them to vote NO on the Senate budget bill that would make most Americans poorer to give billionaires a tax cut they don't even need.
Urge them to vote NO on the Senate budget bill that would make most Americans poorer to give billionaires a tax cut they don't even need.
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The Trump admin has freed Jose Hernandez Reyes because he can testify against Abrego Garcia.
Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:
—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.
Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:
—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.
Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.
wapo.st
June 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The Trump admin has freed Jose Hernandez Reyes because he can testify against Abrego Garcia.
Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:
—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.
Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:
—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.
Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
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The concern here extends beyond the ruling itself. SCOTUS picks the cases it wants to hear. It's had numerous opportunities to address the constitutionality of nationwide injunctions. So why this case? What does it foreshadow? open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Week Ahead
June 29, 2025
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June 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
The concern here extends beyond the ruling itself. SCOTUS picks the cases it wants to hear. It's had numerous opportunities to address the constitutionality of nationwide injunctions. So why this case? What does it foreshadow? open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...