Amy Atchison
@dratchison.bsky.social
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Maisie’s human, women & politics and women & academia scholar. <insert standard disclaimers here>
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dratchison.bsky.social
If you don’t want to open the news article, here’s the link to the notice

www.regulations.gov/docket/FS-20...
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dratchison.bsky.social
AARP has historically had considerable political influence (relative, of course) in the US context. Do advocacy orgs for older adults have similar pull elsewhere? Age UK? BAGSO in Germany? National Seniors Australia?
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bakerdphd.bsky.social
Here Vox's explainer for just what is going on at the Department of Education which includes me saying I don't have faith in financial aid disbursement next year and, oh yea, I think we're in a constitutional crisis

www.vox.com/policy/40233...
Screenshot of the article that reads: It’s not just children. In addition to bolstering underfunded K-12 schools and protecting the rights of kids with disabilities, the department also manages the federal financial aid process for college students. “I am not certain whether or not students will be able to get financial aid next year,” Dominique Baker, a professor of education and public policy at the University of Delaware, told Vox. Screenshot of the article that reads: While students and families are the most directly impacted by changes at the Education Department, those changes have also inspired a broader concern. Some of the programs terminated by DOGE are congressionally mandated, and if the president or Musk can simply stop them, “that means that Congress no longer actually functions,” Baker said.

“There are no longer checks and balances for the executive branch,” Baker said. “A significant part of this goes beyond education and speaks to a constitutional crisis that shapes the future of our country.”
dratchison.bsky.social
I googled so you don’t have to: Nix v. Hedden. (A tariff case.)
Screenshot of a tweet from October 2022 by @Arial_Comedy. “Tomatoes are the most patriotic plant. Because botanically, tomatoes are a fruit. But according to an 1893 Supreme Court ruling, they’re a vegetable. And there’s nothing more American than a court ruling that disagrees with science.
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dratchison.bsky.social
A recent Lancet article calls PEPFAR “one of the most successful global health initiatives ever undertaken.” It had to be a huge success to have ANY hope of redressing the many injustices done to the Global South wrt HIV/AIDS. And now PEPFAR is being abandoned b/c of racism & xenophobia.
Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support
www.nytimes.com
dratchison.bsky.social
A recent Lancet article calls PEPFAR “one of the most successful global health initiatives ever undertaken.” It had to be a huge success to have ANY hope of redressing the many injustices done to the Global South wrt HIV/AIDS. And now PEPFAR is being abandoned b/c of racism & xenophobia.
Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support
www.nytimes.com
dratchison.bsky.social
Mine would be most loyal fan (singular), except Maisie doesn’t have thumbs & can’t read.
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mcopelov.bsky.social
Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented constitutional crisis in 🇺🇸 history, & then, well, here it is, all in one post:
jamellebouie.net
illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president
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weratedogs.com
This is Faye. She wanted to bring a little sunshine into your life. Heard it can help with the happiness. 14/10 thank you so much Faye
dratchison.bsky.social
The Guard doesn’t have official activation orders yet, so no official duty status (or pay). I don’t know if that matters, but I hope absence of orders + court ruling would give enough cover to their TAG to tip his reaction in California’s favor.
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Guard Soldiers Deployed in Trump's LA Crackdown Aren't Getting Paid Yet
According to more than a dozen Guardsmen across four units who spoke to Military.com, none has received formal activation orders, the critical paperwork that not only authorizes their duty status, but...
www.military.com
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murray.senate.gov
This is a lie. We all saw the video. The Senator clearly identified himself, and he did not "lunge" toward anyone.
 
If these miserable propagandists will lie to you about roughing up a U.S. Senator in a room full of reporters, what won't they lie to you about?
dratchison.bsky.social
Rest. Your brain needs it.
dratchison.bsky.social
May his memory bring you comfort.
dratchison.bsky.social
I really have GOT to stop thinking they can’t go lower. They always can and always will.
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jonfasman.bsky.social
I have to admit that I did not have “The Defense Department under a Republican administration resurrects Socialist Realism three decades after the USSR’s collapse” on my bingo card.
joshtpm.bsky.social
They’ve set up a meme combatant command basically.

interesting he’s there at the border fence with what some gangbangers and 60s fidelista types. Where the peer military he’s going to tangle with?