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Lawfare is live talking litigation against the Trump administration executive actions. With @annabower.bsky.social @qjurecic.bsky.social @rparloff.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bGP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bGP...
Lawfare Live: Discussing Lawsuits over President Trump's Executive Actions
YouTube video by Lawfare
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Lawfare is live talking litigation against the Trump administration executive actions. With @annabower.bsky.social @qjurecic.bsky.social @rparloff.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bGP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bGP...
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Why aren’t we looking into corporate welfare? In the United States, it costs taxpayers billions each year, with estimates ranging from $92 billion to $100 billion annually. Meanwhile, USAID costs only $40 billion. Hmmm… doesn’t add up.
February 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Why aren’t we looking into corporate welfare? In the United States, it costs taxpayers billions each year, with estimates ranging from $92 billion to $100 billion annually. Meanwhile, USAID costs only $40 billion. Hmmm… doesn’t add up.
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It's incredibly difficult to make it these days as an unmarried trans journalist who is the child of two retired teachers. I depend on my Patreon to supplement my freelance income. If you appreciated these works, consider supporting my Patreon. patreon.com/katelynburns
Get more from Katelyn Burns on Patreon
creating LGBTQ journalism
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February 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
It's incredibly difficult to make it these days as an unmarried trans journalist who is the child of two retired teachers. I depend on my Patreon to supplement my freelance income. If you appreciated these works, consider supporting my Patreon. patreon.com/katelynburns
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If you're not religious, good people, you can use positive affirmations!
Put them on little slips of paper around your home. I'm serious. My dresser mirror is a bulletin board for my life: affirmations, Bible verses, 12 step stuff, reminders to pick up my prescriptions.
This, too, is self care. 💜
Put them on little slips of paper around your home. I'm serious. My dresser mirror is a bulletin board for my life: affirmations, Bible verses, 12 step stuff, reminders to pick up my prescriptions.
This, too, is self care. 💜
February 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If you're not religious, good people, you can use positive affirmations!
Put them on little slips of paper around your home. I'm serious. My dresser mirror is a bulletin board for my life: affirmations, Bible verses, 12 step stuff, reminders to pick up my prescriptions.
This, too, is self care. 💜
Put them on little slips of paper around your home. I'm serious. My dresser mirror is a bulletin board for my life: affirmations, Bible verses, 12 step stuff, reminders to pick up my prescriptions.
This, too, is self care. 💜
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“So many of these things are so wildly illegal that I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once,” said David Super, an administrative law professor at Georgetown Law School.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
U.S. government officials privately warn Musk’s blitz appears illegal
The billionaire’s DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“So many of these things are so wildly illegal that I think they’re playing a quantity game and assuming the system can’t react to all this illegality at once,” said David Super, an administrative law professor at Georgetown Law School.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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“They apparently just sort of walked past security and said: ‘Get out of my way,’ and they’re looking for access for the IT systems, as they have in other agencies,” said a former Noaa official. “They will have access to the entire computer system, a lot of which is confidential information.”
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“They apparently just sort of walked past security and said: ‘Get out of my way,’ and they’re looking for access for the IT systems, as they have in other agencies,” said a former Noaa official. “They will have access to the entire computer system, a lot of which is confidential information.”
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Why does this work? I couldn’t even get past NOAA security to make my meeting on time.
“They apparently just sort of walked past security and said: ‘Get out of my way,’ and they’re looking for access for the IT systems, as they have in other agencies,” said a former Noaa official. “They will have access to the entire computer system, a lot of which is confidential information.”
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Why does this work? I couldn’t even get past NOAA security to make my meeting on time.
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Those who cannot remember the past 48 hours are condemned to repeat it.
How are we still getting stories like this
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/w...
February 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Those who cannot remember the past 48 hours are condemned to repeat it.
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White people especially, in the media will scream about illegality, congressional approval, etc.
This is not about law. This is about power.
The full weight of America’s raw power has been used to destroy progress around the world.
And now it’s boomeranging back here.
This is not about law. This is about power.
The full weight of America’s raw power has been used to destroy progress around the world.
And now it’s boomeranging back here.
February 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
White people especially, in the media will scream about illegality, congressional approval, etc.
This is not about law. This is about power.
The full weight of America’s raw power has been used to destroy progress around the world.
And now it’s boomeranging back here.
This is not about law. This is about power.
The full weight of America’s raw power has been used to destroy progress around the world.
And now it’s boomeranging back here.
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NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites
"This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.
www.404media.co
February 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
NASA workers were told to "drop everything" and spend their time scrubbing mentions of women in leadership, indigenous people, and environmental justice from the web: www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...
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Yes, we're neither shocked or stunned.
The equivalent of that "DEI list" has been happening for more than a decade. "Last hired, first fired" never ended and no one Black has ever been "safe" in the history of this country.
The equivalent of that "DEI list" has been happening for more than a decade. "Last hired, first fired" never ended and no one Black has ever been "safe" in the history of this country.
This is a Woodrow WIlson move they're pulling by the way. And yes, I concur, pretty much every Black person I know is not shocked.
A lot of Black people I know saw this coming and have gone quiet / underground for like, a year.
From CRT/DEI, We were being purged from positions, sidelined from jobs, and under this new line of attack for the last 3-4 years at state and local levels.
From CRT/DEI, We were being purged from positions, sidelined from jobs, and under this new line of attack for the last 3-4 years at state and local levels.
February 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Yes, we're neither shocked or stunned.
The equivalent of that "DEI list" has been happening for more than a decade. "Last hired, first fired" never ended and no one Black has ever been "safe" in the history of this country.
The equivalent of that "DEI list" has been happening for more than a decade. "Last hired, first fired" never ended and no one Black has ever been "safe" in the history of this country.
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February 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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“There’s a common misconception pervading the American press that trans reporters are simply too biased to fairly cover trans issues, which means I am one of the few trans reporters who is able to actually cover national trans issues for mainstream press outlets.”
Must-read by @katelynburns.com:
Must-read by @katelynburns.com:
GUEST COLUMN: The current ‘mindf*ck’ of being a trans journalist
Katelyn Burns explains the personal and professional toll of Trump's anti-trans executive orders.
www.thehandbasket.co
February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“There’s a common misconception pervading the American press that trans reporters are simply too biased to fairly cover trans issues, which means I am one of the few trans reporters who is able to actually cover national trans issues for mainstream press outlets.”
Must-read by @katelynburns.com:
Must-read by @katelynburns.com:
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The new administration's war on what it calls "DEI" is playing out in all kinds of ways. Here's a small one: In his first term, Trump signed off on naming an observatory after Vera Rubin. Now, her biography on the federal website has undergone some pointed changes: www.propublica.org/article/vera...
The Rewriting of a Pioneering Female Astronomer’s Legacy Shows How Far Trump’s DEI Purge Will Go
The federal webpage for an observatory named for the late astronomer Vera Rubin was edited to omit any recognition of the fact that science remains a male-dominated field or that the observatory was w...
www.propublica.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The new administration's war on what it calls "DEI" is playing out in all kinds of ways. Here's a small one: In his first term, Trump signed off on naming an observatory after Vera Rubin. Now, her biography on the federal website has undergone some pointed changes: www.propublica.org/article/vera...
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NEW: ICE operations are underway in Denver and Aurora this morning, following similar operations in Chicago and New York
www.9news.com/article/news...
www.9news.com/article/news...
www.9news.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
NEW: ICE operations are underway in Denver and Aurora this morning, following similar operations in Chicago and New York
www.9news.com/article/news...
www.9news.com/article/news...
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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
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If you can read between the idiotic lines, Trump is talking about the complete ethnic cleansing of Gaza, occupation and takeover of the territory by the US (with full Netanyahu complicity) and development of the “Riviera of the Mediterranean” as luxury property.
February 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you can read between the idiotic lines, Trump is talking about the complete ethnic cleansing of Gaza, occupation and takeover of the territory by the US (with full Netanyahu complicity) and development of the “Riviera of the Mediterranean” as luxury property.
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It’s monstrous.
If you can read between the idiotic lines, Trump is talking about the complete ethnic cleansing of Gaza, occupation and takeover of the territory by the US (with full Netanyahu complicity) and development of the “Riviera of the Mediterranean” as luxury property.
February 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
It’s monstrous.
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it's been blatantly obvious to anyone with a brain for the last decade that american democracy would die at the hands of the right wing. mainstream media spent millions convincing you that the left was more dangerous than the right.
acknowledging the trump reality now is giving up the game.
acknowledging the trump reality now is giving up the game.
February 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
it's been blatantly obvious to anyone with a brain for the last decade that american democracy would die at the hands of the right wing. mainstream media spent millions convincing you that the left was more dangerous than the right.
acknowledging the trump reality now is giving up the game.
acknowledging the trump reality now is giving up the game.
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Imagine saying this about an agency that has helped millions of people around the world avoid malaria, obtain clean water, and gain access to food & health care. Especially when you’re the world’s richest man & your net worth is something like 20 times this agency’s annual budget. What a foul soul.
February 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Imagine saying this about an agency that has helped millions of people around the world avoid malaria, obtain clean water, and gain access to food & health care. Especially when you’re the world’s richest man & your net worth is something like 20 times this agency’s annual budget. What a foul soul.
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I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.
February 4, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I went to my Congressman's local office today. First off, they were surprised that I was there. They said they had been getting phone calls, but I was the first walk-in. That said, the phones were not ringing off the hook. If the DC phone lines are busy, try calling the local office.
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This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully.
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
February 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully.
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
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Thank you for reading, I’m so proud of you! 💛
We are in a literacy crisis, we have to do everything possible to encourage reading and love of books 📚
Reading is not easy, it is a challenge we are worthy & capable of conquering. When we find that one story… oh! The wonder, the magic, the joy ✨
We are in a literacy crisis, we have to do everything possible to encourage reading and love of books 📚
Reading is not easy, it is a challenge we are worthy & capable of conquering. When we find that one story… oh! The wonder, the magic, the joy ✨
February 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Thank you for reading, I’m so proud of you! 💛
We are in a literacy crisis, we have to do everything possible to encourage reading and love of books 📚
Reading is not easy, it is a challenge we are worthy & capable of conquering. When we find that one story… oh! The wonder, the magic, the joy ✨
We are in a literacy crisis, we have to do everything possible to encourage reading and love of books 📚
Reading is not easy, it is a challenge we are worthy & capable of conquering. When we find that one story… oh! The wonder, the magic, the joy ✨