Deepa Sharma
@deepasharma.bsky.social
Attorney | 1st Vice Chair of the California Democratic Party | Volunteer leader | Caregiver | Dog mom 🐾
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NEW: The CFPB has been gutted. More than 1,400 workers received RIF notices this afternoon, agency sources tell me. Around 200 employees are left. www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally-mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
NEW: The CFPB has been gutted. More than 1,400 workers received RIF notices this afternoon, agency sources tell me. Around 200 employees are left. www.wired.com/story/cfpb-h...
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Latest update from the California Dems' Asian American Pacific Islander Caucus:
- CA Dem Convention, May 30-June 1 in Anaheim
- Caucus Leadership Elections
- Membership Renewals
- Asian Dems of Los Angeles spring mixer
aapicaucus.com/2025/03/18/m...
- CA Dem Convention, May 30-June 1 in Anaheim
- Caucus Leadership Elections
- Membership Renewals
- Asian Dems of Los Angeles spring mixer
aapicaucus.com/2025/03/18/m...
March 17, 2025 Newsletter
2025 California Democratic Party Convention Anaheim Convention Center May 30 – June 1 The 2025 convention will be taking place. This convention will include party leadership elections.Registr…
aapicaucus.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Latest update from the California Dems' Asian American Pacific Islander Caucus:
- CA Dem Convention, May 30-June 1 in Anaheim
- Caucus Leadership Elections
- Membership Renewals
- Asian Dems of Los Angeles spring mixer
aapicaucus.com/2025/03/18/m...
- CA Dem Convention, May 30-June 1 in Anaheim
- Caucus Leadership Elections
- Membership Renewals
- Asian Dems of Los Angeles spring mixer
aapicaucus.com/2025/03/18/m...
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Is the Government Shutting Down? Schiff Reveals the Truth.
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
youtu.be
March 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Anti-South Asian online hate surged in extremist spaces after election, new report says.
Some rhetoric centered on Indians “stealing jobs” and threatening “white livelihood,” the nonprofit group Stop AAPI Hate says.
Some rhetoric centered on Indians “stealing jobs” and threatening “white livelihood,” the nonprofit group Stop AAPI Hate says.
Anti-South Asian online hate surged in extremist spaces after election, report says
Some online rhetoric centered around Indians “stealing jobs” and threatening “white livelihood,” the nonprofit group Stop AAPI Hate said.
www.nbcnews.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Anti-South Asian online hate surged in extremist spaces after election, new report says.
Some rhetoric centered on Indians “stealing jobs” and threatening “white livelihood,” the nonprofit group Stop AAPI Hate says.
Some rhetoric centered on Indians “stealing jobs” and threatening “white livelihood,” the nonprofit group Stop AAPI Hate says.
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“CISA will pause all elections security activities until the completion of this review,” Bean added. The agency is also cutting off funding for these activities” electionlawblog.org?p=148644
"Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work" #ELB
Eric Geller for Wired: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secur...
electionlawblog.org
February 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“CISA will pause all elections security activities until the completion of this review,” Bean added. The agency is also cutting off funding for these activities” electionlawblog.org?p=148644
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Getting rid of DEI was never about merit. For all of you MAGA women, LGBTQ, and people of color who believe that it won't affect you, think hard on this:
Dismantling it is meant to exclude people just like YOU; no matter how much experience or education you have.
Tea anyone?☕️
Dismantling it is meant to exclude people just like YOU; no matter how much experience or education you have.
Tea anyone?☕️
a teddy bear wearing a red hat is holding a red teapot in its paws .
ALT: a teddy bear wearing a red hat is holding a red teapot in its paws .
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Getting rid of DEI was never about merit. For all of you MAGA women, LGBTQ, and people of color who believe that it won't affect you, think hard on this:
Dismantling it is meant to exclude people just like YOU; no matter how much experience or education you have.
Tea anyone?☕️
Dismantling it is meant to exclude people just like YOU; no matter how much experience or education you have.
Tea anyone?☕️
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1/ A thread about why the gutting of journalism, and local news in particular, is a main reason why we are here. And what you can do—constructively—to help.
Let's start with the homepage of @dallasnews.com. Mostly sports. Almost nothing about what's happening in DC—THAT AFFECTS TEXANS
Let's start with the homepage of @dallasnews.com. Mostly sports. Almost nothing about what's happening in DC—THAT AFFECTS TEXANS
February 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
1/ A thread about why the gutting of journalism, and local news in particular, is a main reason why we are here. And what you can do—constructively—to help.
Let's start with the homepage of @dallasnews.com. Mostly sports. Almost nothing about what's happening in DC—THAT AFFECTS TEXANS
Let's start with the homepage of @dallasnews.com. Mostly sports. Almost nothing about what's happening in DC—THAT AFFECTS TEXANS
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Reminder: this is completely lawless
February 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Reminder: this is completely lawless
“I started to feel that the folks making the decisions felt less connected to the consequences that these decisions would lead to. And that is a recipe for disaster.” Words of wisdom from @billwongllc.bsky.social
"if there's meatloaf in the oven, you're not having rib roast for dinner"
open.substack.com/pub/betterto...
open.substack.com/pub/betterto...
Are you a leader, or just leader-ish?
Why current leaders can't seem to solve anything and five things we can do to grow the future leaders that can
open.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:28 AM
“I started to feel that the folks making the decisions felt less connected to the consequences that these decisions would lead to. And that is a recipe for disaster.” Words of wisdom from @billwongllc.bsky.social
People so readily accuse immigrants of not assimilating and having true loyalties to their motherlands… but not a peep for Elmo 🤔
February 4, 2025 at 6:27 AM
People so readily accuse immigrants of not assimilating and having true loyalties to their motherlands… but not a peep for Elmo 🤔
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The people who want to use the power of government to make people’s lives harder are fearless. The people who want to use the power of government to make people’s lives better are gutless. This is an unsustainable reality.
January 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The people who want to use the power of government to make people’s lives harder are fearless. The people who want to use the power of government to make people’s lives better are gutless. This is an unsustainable reality.
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Trump’s week-long blitz of executive orders, press appearances, and social-media posts is “a deliberate strategy,” several of his aides and allies told @JonLemire. It is “designed to disorient already despairing Democratic foes,” Lemire reports: theatln.tc/Y1rfoJmQ
The Strategy Behind Trump’s Policy Blitz
The flood of executive orders and news was designed to disorient the Democratic resistance. It might be working.
theatln.tc
January 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Trump’s week-long blitz of executive orders, press appearances, and social-media posts is “a deliberate strategy,” several of his aides and allies told @JonLemire. It is “designed to disorient already despairing Democratic foes,” Lemire reports: theatln.tc/Y1rfoJmQ