Angela D Sims
@drangelad.bsky.social
Womanist social ethicist, seminary president, garden hobbyist
“I find it unconscionable that someone could step up to serve, voluntarily, in our military and be willing to sacrifice their life for our country only to have their families torn apart.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/16/t...
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“They’re taking Shirly”: An Army sergeant in Houston thought his family was safe, then ICE deported his wife
For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from immigration raids.
www.texastribune.org
June 17, 2025 at 4:01 AM
“I find it unconscionable that someone could step up to serve, voluntarily, in our military and be willing to sacrifice their life for our country only to have their families torn apart.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/16/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/16/t...
Kudos to @deltaairline.bsky.social attendants on tonight’s flight 5297 from JFK to Rochester in dealing with a rude, cussing, parent
May 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Kudos to @deltaairline.bsky.social attendants on tonight’s flight 5297 from JFK to Rochester in dealing with a rude, cussing, parent
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OP/ED: Communications expert Amira Barger explains why when we’re doing our job “we don’t need to be nice. We need to show up without shrinking.”
What women — and all of us — can learn from Trump’s ‘not very nice’ remarks
OP/ED: Communications expert Amira Barger explains why when we’re doing our job “we don’t need to be nice. We need to show up without shrinking.”
on.msnbc.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
OP/ED: Communications expert Amira Barger explains why when we’re doing our job “we don’t need to be nice. We need to show up without shrinking.”
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The speed with which Congress not having the power of the purse, law and the Constitution be damned, has been normalized by the press is the most terrifying thing to me.
April 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The speed with which Congress not having the power of the purse, law and the Constitution be damned, has been normalized by the press is the most terrifying thing to me.
steady.substack.com/p/its-not-ju... “Americans would no longer be able to register online, by mail, or through voter registration drives, which accounted for 50 million registrations between 2018 and 2022, compared with 12 million in-person.”
It’s Not Just Trump Destroying Democracy
The House passes a bill that could disenfranchise millions
steady.substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
steady.substack.com/p/its-not-ju... “Americans would no longer be able to register online, by mail, or through voter registration drives, which accounted for 50 million registrations between 2018 and 2022, compared with 12 million in-person.”
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As trillions of dollars in corporate value evaporates and President Trump’s support in the business world is cracking, even Republican members of Congress are debating whether to take away the president’s power to wage a trade war.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
How Trump Wiped Out $10 Trillion in Wealth in 3 Days
A rapidly escalating trade war has socked stocks as investors weigh the fallout from President Trump’s tariff barrage.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:54 AM
As trillions of dollars in corporate value evaporates and President Trump’s support in the business world is cracking, even Republican members of Congress are debating whether to take away the president’s power to wage a trade war.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
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Reminder: We are not at war with Venezuela. The people deported are not enemies. The law in question should not apply. Among the most dangerous aspects of the SCOTUS ruling is the idea that the president and his people have the right to arbitrarily determine who our enemies are.
April 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Reminder: We are not at war with Venezuela. The people deported are not enemies. The law in question should not apply. Among the most dangerous aspects of the SCOTUS ruling is the idea that the president and his people have the right to arbitrarily determine who our enemies are.
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Trump says Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, and Susan Collins are being “unbelievably disloyal” for introducing a bill to reverse his Canada tariffs.
April 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Trump says Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, and Susan Collins are being “unbelievably disloyal” for introducing a bill to reverse his Canada tariffs.
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"It has come for science because it was never just about the Humanities, but about how we assess American progress through infrastructures of new knowledge and its application." scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/02/t...
The Humanities as Canary: Understanding this Crisis Now - The Scholarly Kitchen
The Humanities have always been the canary in the coal mine of the full knowledge industry. What information can help us understand this crisis and its implications?
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
April 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"It has come for science because it was never just about the Humanities, but about how we assess American progress through infrastructures of new knowledge and its application." scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/02/t...
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My latest: on Trump's reckless immigration villainy open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...
A Sunday Reid: the old and the reckless
In less than 40 days, Donald Trump has turned the United States into a global villain.
open.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My latest: on Trump's reckless immigration villainy open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...
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A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
March 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A friend drove two hours today for her breast cancer chemotherapy only to learn it was canceled due to NIH cuts. Clinical trial ended midstream. No treatment, no restart, no plan, no information. Her bro-in-law's chemo was also canceled.
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BREAKING: "The Trump administration is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge’s ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — an action that could delay payments to millions of beneficiaries."
Social Security Says DOGE Ruling Could Force Agency to Shut Down
The Trump administration is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge’s ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency —...
www.bloomberg.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
BREAKING: "The Trump administration is threatening to all but shut down the Social Security Administration in response to a judge’s ruling blocking activities by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — an action that could delay payments to millions of beneficiaries."
“One of the leading exceptions to this cowardly tendency, Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan University in Connecticut, forthrightly called the Trump administration & its supporters’ animosity toward higher ed “un-American” & “McCarthyite” …”
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thehill.com/opinion/educ...
thehill.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“One of the leading exceptions to this cowardly tendency, Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan University in Connecticut, forthrightly called the Trump administration & its supporters’ animosity toward higher ed “un-American” & “McCarthyite” …”
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The FDA cancelled an upcoming meeting of experts scheduled to discuss next year’s flu shots, stoking fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The FDA cancelled an upcoming meeting of experts scheduled to discuss next year’s flu shots, stoking fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
“The collapse of a democracy and its promised freedoms depends on how much injustice its people are willing to endure.”
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Trump barrage of executive orders can only impose as much injustice as we allow
(RNS) — Most startling is not the dismantling of government agencies that help others, but the public’s tolerance for these actions.
religionnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“The collapse of a democracy and its promised freedoms depends on how much injustice its people are willing to endure.”
religionnews.com/2025/02/26/t...
religionnews.com/2025/02/26/t...
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BREAKING: Office of Special Counsel Finds Many DOGE Firings Unlawful with Major Implications for the Future of the DOGE Purge and Potential Jeopardy for Those Who Executed DOGE's Orders talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-d...
BIG: DOGE Firings Found Unlawful by Office of Special Counsel
There was a very important development today, still only little noted in...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
BREAKING: Office of Special Counsel Finds Many DOGE Firings Unlawful with Major Implications for the Future of the DOGE Purge and Potential Jeopardy for Those Who Executed DOGE's Orders talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-d...
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New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out
New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out
Jonathan Capehart, Katie Phang, and Ayman Mohyeldin have all lost their shows.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out
Contact your federal representatives and senators today and ask them to take action now to stop, remove, and detain Musk and restrict DOGE staff access to all federal agencies. www.congress.gov/members
www.congress.gov
February 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Contact your federal representatives and senators today and ask them to take action now to stop, remove, and detain Musk and restrict DOGE staff access to all federal agencies. www.congress.gov/members
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Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded an FBI task force investigating foreign influence operations, including those targeting U.S. elections. Additionally, she restricted enforcement actions against individuals who fail to disclose lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.
February 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi disbanded an FBI task force investigating foreign influence operations, including those targeting U.S. elections. Additionally, she restricted enforcement actions against individuals who fail to disclose lobbying on behalf of foreign governments.