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Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Is there actually a benefit to leaving a VM now vs getting a staffer on Monday? Can do both but just curious
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
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It's VERY important to call reps in red districts re: Venezeula. Trump is far weaker than he was 6 months ago and we've seen many cracks in GOP solidarity. Attacking Venezuela was only polling at 25% WITHOUT the illegal surprise aspect. Script below, use @resist.bot or @5calls.org
Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please.
Script.
Script.
January 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
It's VERY important to call reps in red districts re: Venezeula. Trump is far weaker than he was 6 months ago and we've seen many cracks in GOP solidarity. Attacking Venezuela was only polling at 25% WITHOUT the illegal surprise aspect. Script below, use @resist.bot or @5calls.org
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Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
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T’was the night before New Year’s and all through the town not a creature was stirring and especially not a graphic designer.
January 1, 2026 at 12:40 AM
T’was the night before New Year’s and all through the town not a creature was stirring and especially not a graphic designer.
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Apps are open for our spring session of the Cross-Reference Coalition! We're exploring Search & Discovery! "Our journey will encompass the history of exploration + cartography, legacies of inquiry, tools of discovery, theories of curiosity, and counter-algorithmic means of 'finding things out.'"
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Apps are open for our spring session of the Cross-Reference Coalition! We're exploring Search & Discovery! "Our journey will encompass the history of exploration + cartography, legacies of inquiry, tools of discovery, theories of curiosity, and counter-algorithmic means of 'finding things out.'"
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I highly recommend this book.
It’s about a seemingly unimportant museum curator named Rose Vallund who infiltrated Nazi leadership to save so.many.pieces of art. Art described as degenerate art by Hitler. Art we all enjoy today.
#resistance
It’s about a seemingly unimportant museum curator named Rose Vallund who infiltrated Nazi leadership to save so.many.pieces of art. Art described as degenerate art by Hitler. Art we all enjoy today.
#resistance
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I highly recommend this book.
It’s about a seemingly unimportant museum curator named Rose Vallund who infiltrated Nazi leadership to save so.many.pieces of art. Art described as degenerate art by Hitler. Art we all enjoy today.
#resistance
It’s about a seemingly unimportant museum curator named Rose Vallund who infiltrated Nazi leadership to save so.many.pieces of art. Art described as degenerate art by Hitler. Art we all enjoy today.
#resistance
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Happy FSTL day to all who celebrate
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Happy FSTL day to all who celebrate
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“…, a group of U.S. data scientists published a list of “dearly departed” datasets that have been axed, altered or had topics scrubbed since President Donald Trump returned to the White House earlier this year.”
apnews.com/article/cens...
apnews.com/article/cens...
Data scientists perform last rites for 'dearly departed datasets' in 2nd Trump administration
A group of U.S. data scientists has published a list of federal datasets that have been altered or removed since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“…, a group of U.S. data scientists published a list of “dearly departed” datasets that have been axed, altered or had topics scrubbed since President Donald Trump returned to the White House earlier this year.”
apnews.com/article/cens...
apnews.com/article/cens...
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NEW: THREAD: Just a small collection of propaganda emails sent by the regime to federal employees who have sent them to me on the condition of anonymity. First, we all saw the HUD banner from Tuesday morning. 1/
October 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
NEW: THREAD: Just a small collection of propaganda emails sent by the regime to federal employees who have sent them to me on the condition of anonymity. First, we all saw the HUD banner from Tuesday morning. 1/
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Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
October 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
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Washington, DC has more people than Wyoming or Vermont, and pays far more federal taxes per head than any state. But its inhabitants live in a bitter paradox, with no representation in Congress
How Washington became Donald Trump’s chew toy
The politics are particularly potent today, but their origins are older than the republic itself
econ.st
August 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Washington, DC has more people than Wyoming or Vermont, and pays far more federal taxes per head than any state. But its inhabitants live in a bitter paradox, with no representation in Congress
here’s a more detailed breakdown
August 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
here’s a more detailed breakdown
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Bulwark confirms that Andry José Hernández Romero, the gay stylist deported to CECOT, survived and is back in Venezuela.
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE NOW: EMERGENCY LIVESTREAM: Andry Released To Venezuela From El Salvador
The Bulwark on Substack
open.substack.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Bulwark confirms that Andry José Hernández Romero, the gay stylist deported to CECOT, survived and is back in Venezuela.
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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Earlier this year, my office secured $16.75 million from DoorDash for misleading its delivery workers out of their hard-earned pay.
I'm urging Dashers in New York to file a claim now to get their money back before the deadline on September 30, 2025.
I'm urging Dashers in New York to file a claim now to get their money back before the deadline on September 30, 2025.
Home - NY AG v DoorDash Settlement
You may be eligible to claim a benefit in a class action settlement. Find out if you are eligible & visit our website to file a claim today!
www.nydoordashsettlement.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Earlier this year, my office secured $16.75 million from DoorDash for misleading its delivery workers out of their hard-earned pay.
I'm urging Dashers in New York to file a claim now to get their money back before the deadline on September 30, 2025.
I'm urging Dashers in New York to file a claim now to get their money back before the deadline on September 30, 2025.
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A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Republican President Donald Trump's administration from eliminating union bargaining for hundreds of thousands of federal workers at 21 agencies.
Trump cannot end union bargaining for federal workers, judge rules
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Republican President Donald Trump's administration from eliminating union bargaining for hundreds of thousands of federal workers at 21 agencies.
reut.rs
June 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Republican President Donald Trump's administration from eliminating union bargaining for hundreds of thousands of federal workers at 21 agencies.
“The absence of any reasoning made it impossible to understand the majority’s thinking.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Supreme Court Allows Trump to Deport Migrants to Third Countries
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“The absence of any reasoning made it impossible to understand the majority’s thinking.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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NEWS: Senate Parliamentarian says GOP scheme to limit federal court preliminary injunctions by requiring plaintiffs challenging government actions to post large bonds cannot be part of reconciliation bill.
A victory for Democrats, rule of law and the courts and a defeat for Trump and the GOP.
A victory for Democrats, rule of law and the courts and a defeat for Trump and the GOP.
June 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
NEWS: Senate Parliamentarian says GOP scheme to limit federal court preliminary injunctions by requiring plaintiffs challenging government actions to post large bonds cannot be part of reconciliation bill.
A victory for Democrats, rule of law and the courts and a defeat for Trump and the GOP.
A victory for Democrats, rule of law and the courts and a defeat for Trump and the GOP.
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182. – April 21, 2025 – Trump announced that undocumented immigrants should not be entitled to trials and insisted that his administration should be allowed to deport them without appearing before a judge. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: April 2025: Atrocities 134-207
Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
buff.ly
June 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
182. – April 21, 2025 – Trump announced that undocumented immigrants should not be entitled to trials and insisted that his administration should be allowed to deport them without appearing before a judge. #LestWeForgetTheHorrors
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Obama is the best of ‘em!
June 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Obama is the best of ‘em!
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With apologies to @tomgauld.bsky.social, this is now the life of an American scientist.
June 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
With apologies to @tomgauld.bsky.social, this is now the life of an American scientist.
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Essential “No Kings Day” reading from my PhD advisor T.H. Breen.
George Washington specifically rejected a military parade like the one Trump is having tomorrow. What seems to a king like a sign of strength should be seen by citizens as a loss of liberty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
George Washington specifically rejected a military parade like the one Trump is having tomorrow. What seems to a king like a sign of strength should be seen by citizens as a loss of liberty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump’s Un-American Parade
What looks like an excess of strength may really be a deficit of liberty.
www.theatlantic.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Essential “No Kings Day” reading from my PhD advisor T.H. Breen.
George Washington specifically rejected a military parade like the one Trump is having tomorrow. What seems to a king like a sign of strength should be seen by citizens as a loss of liberty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
George Washington specifically rejected a military parade like the one Trump is having tomorrow. What seems to a king like a sign of strength should be seen by citizens as a loss of liberty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Last month I toured the miles-long "national defense areas" Trump invented along the US-MX border, supposedly giving the military the authority to detain people for "trespassing." I wrote: "What if he starts declaring them throughout the country?" Well, look at LA.
www.huffpost.com/entry/milita...
www.huffpost.com/entry/milita...
I Got A First Look At What A Nightmare America Could Become
Trump has given soldiers the authority to detain migrants for domestic criminal violations. In person, it’s overwhelming.
www.huffpost.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Last month I toured the miles-long "national defense areas" Trump invented along the US-MX border, supposedly giving the military the authority to detain people for "trespassing." I wrote: "What if he starts declaring them throughout the country?" Well, look at LA.
www.huffpost.com/entry/milita...
www.huffpost.com/entry/milita...
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As a parade rolls through Washington, DC, on Saturday – President Donald Trump’s birthday – millions are expected to take to the streets to form what organizers believe will be the strongest display of opposition to the administration since the president took office in January. cnn.it/4l5Ufhk
June 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
As a parade rolls through Washington, DC, on Saturday – President Donald Trump’s birthday – millions are expected to take to the streets to form what organizers believe will be the strongest display of opposition to the administration since the president took office in January. cnn.it/4l5Ufhk