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They are children.
The Trump administration filed a motion to end the decades-old legal ruling that established basic standards for the treatment and release of migrant children.
“The fact that the government refuses to be held accountable to even these most basic standards to keep children safe speaks volumes.”
“The fact that the government refuses to be held accountable to even these most basic standards to keep children safe speaks volumes.”
Trump is trying to scrap basic protections for unaccompanied immigrant children
It's not the first time his administration has gone after the Flores settlement.
www.motherjones.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
They are children.
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The Trump administration filed a motion to end the decades-old legal ruling that established basic standards for the treatment and release of migrant children.
“The fact that the government refuses to be held accountable to even these most basic standards to keep children safe speaks volumes.”
“The fact that the government refuses to be held accountable to even these most basic standards to keep children safe speaks volumes.”
Trump is trying to scrap basic protections for unaccompanied immigrant children
It's not the first time his administration has gone after the Flores settlement.
www.motherjones.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Trump administration filed a motion to end the decades-old legal ruling that established basic standards for the treatment and release of migrant children.
“The fact that the government refuses to be held accountable to even these most basic standards to keep children safe speaks volumes.”
“The fact that the government refuses to be held accountable to even these most basic standards to keep children safe speaks volumes.”
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A video circulating on Reddit shows ICE officers wrestling a Hispanic construction worker to the ground while he repeatedly says that he is a US citizen.
He was reportedly detained for hours until he was eventually released.
He was reportedly detained for hours until he was eventually released.
His family said that ICE agents did release him after he was finally given the opportunity to prove he was a U.S. citizen—but only after many hours.
This construction site in Foley, Alabama was forced to shut down for at least the day. How many other businesses were affected?
This construction site in Foley, Alabama was forced to shut down for at least the day. How many other businesses were affected?
May 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A video circulating on Reddit shows ICE officers wrestling a Hispanic construction worker to the ground while he repeatedly says that he is a US citizen.
He was reportedly detained for hours until he was eventually released.
He was reportedly detained for hours until he was eventually released.
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There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to SNAP, the federal program that provides food assistance to millions of low-income Americans.
May 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to SNAP, the federal program that provides food assistance to millions of low-income Americans.
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Today, I wrote about the NIH's abrupt move to cancel the Safe to Sleep program, which has reduced infant SIDS deaths by 50 percent. And about how RFK Jr. has promoted the false notion that vaccines cause SIDS. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Trump administration canceled a program that reduced SIDS. Enter the anti-vaxxers.
RFK Jr. has promoted the false claim that vaccines cause Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
www.motherjones.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today, I wrote about the NIH's abrupt move to cancel the Safe to Sleep program, which has reduced infant SIDS deaths by 50 percent. And about how RFK Jr. has promoted the false notion that vaccines cause SIDS. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“Department of Homeland Security officers, who are posted outside the woman's Tucson Medical Center hospital room, are refusing to let the new mother speak to a lawyer, as she's requested.”
Fucking scum.
Fucking scum.
Guatemalan woman who just gave birth in Tucson faces rapid deportation
The woman will be given the choice of whether she wants to take her newborn, a US citizen born Wednesday, with her when she is deported, CBP says.
tucson.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
“Department of Homeland Security officers, who are posted outside the woman's Tucson Medical Center hospital room, are refusing to let the new mother speak to a lawyer, as she's requested.”
Fucking scum.
Fucking scum.
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The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy.
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
April 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy.
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.
If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?
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I was particularly struck by this quote from a woman who asked to be identified only by her first name, Kara, because she is worried about harassment if colleagues find out about her diagnosis. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/w...
April 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I was particularly struck by this quote from a woman who asked to be identified only by her first name, Kara, because she is worried about harassment if colleagues find out about her diagnosis. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/w...
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🚨 The Supreme Court is hearing a case on Monday that could end free preventive care—like cancer screenings, statins and HIV-prevention medications—for 150 million Americans.
Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obamacare rule on free preventive care
The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to cover a range of preventive services, including cancer screenings, statins and HIV-prevention medications.
www.nbcnews.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🚨 The Supreme Court is hearing a case on Monday that could end free preventive care—like cancer screenings, statins and HIV-prevention medications—for 150 million Americans.
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New — ICE will release the mother and children they shackled and unlawfully abducted from Sackets Harbor, NY in late March after relentless pressure from the town.
I write how the incredible outcome of this horrifying story should give fuel us to fight back: www.thehandbasket.co/p/sackets-ha...
I write how the incredible outcome of this horrifying story should give fuel us to fight back: www.thehandbasket.co/p/sackets-ha...
April 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
New — ICE will release the mother and children they shackled and unlawfully abducted from Sackets Harbor, NY in late March after relentless pressure from the town.
I write how the incredible outcome of this horrifying story should give fuel us to fight back: www.thehandbasket.co/p/sackets-ha...
I write how the incredible outcome of this horrifying story should give fuel us to fight back: www.thehandbasket.co/p/sackets-ha...
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This is what the Senate and House Republicans could make come to pass through budget reconciliation; an increase in ICE's budget for detention from $3.4 billion to $45 billion. It would be enough to detain hundreds of thousands of people at a time, potentially more than in all federal prisons.
This is a stunning find, and a glimpse at the Death Star scale of "mass deportation" spending foreseen in the reconciliation bill moving through Congress.
By comparison, "In the last fiscal year, D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE."
By comparison, "In the last fiscal year, D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE."
April 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is what the Senate and House Republicans could make come to pass through budget reconciliation; an increase in ICE's budget for detention from $3.4 billion to $45 billion. It would be enough to detain hundreds of thousands of people at a time, potentially more than in all federal prisons.
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NEW: “Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants.
“I can’t have this on my conscience,” one told ProPublica.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
“I can’t have this on my conscience,” one told ProPublica.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say
“Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants. “I can’t have this on my conscience,”…
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April 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
NEW: “Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants.
“I can’t have this on my conscience,” one told ProPublica.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
“I can’t have this on my conscience,” one told ProPublica.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
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Then we got news that the Ed Dept sent state leaders a letter warning that if they don’t lose DEI programs, they could risk losing Title I funding. The federal govt. only sends schools about 10% of the funds they rely on, but schools in rural and low-income areas...
www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
April 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Then we got news that the Ed Dept sent state leaders a letter warning that if they don’t lose DEI programs, they could risk losing Title I funding. The federal govt. only sends schools about 10% of the funds they rely on, but schools in rural and low-income areas...
www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...
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New — Here is a running list of Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) offices that have either been fully eliminated or gutted into non-functionality as a result of today's mass firings (provided to me directly by a CDC staffer):
April 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
New — Here is a running list of Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) offices that have either been fully eliminated or gutted into non-functionality as a result of today's mass firings (provided to me directly by a CDC staffer):
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The 24-year-old was found unconscious and bleeding near her apartment building. She was arrested and charged with “concealing the death of another person” and “abandonment of a dead body.”
www.jezebel.com/georgia-poli...
www.jezebel.com/georgia-poli...
Georgia Police Jailed Woman for Miscarriage and Performed Autopsy on Her Miscarried Fetus
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
www.jezebel.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The 24-year-old was found unconscious and bleeding near her apartment building. She was arrested and charged with “concealing the death of another person” and “abandonment of a dead body.”
www.jezebel.com/georgia-poli...
www.jezebel.com/georgia-poli...
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NEW: The Trump administration pulled funding for research to protect pregnant women from domestic violence, citing it as a “DEI” initiative.
Trump Admin Pulls Research Funding To Protect Pregnant Women From Domestic Violence
Homicide by an abusive partner is the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S. – and researchers are gutted by the sudden cuts.
www.huffpost.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
NEW: The Trump administration pulled funding for research to protect pregnant women from domestic violence, citing it as a “DEI” initiative.
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Children with disabilities are facing a double threat from federal cuts to support systems they need every day. Medicaid covers costs for more than 6,600,000 of them and the Dept. of Ed protects their rights at school.
Tell Congress: Hands off Medicaid ➡️ actionnetwork.org/letters/medi...
Tell Congress: Hands off Medicaid ➡️ actionnetwork.org/letters/medi...
March 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Children with disabilities are facing a double threat from federal cuts to support systems they need every day. Medicaid covers costs for more than 6,600,000 of them and the Dept. of Ed protects their rights at school.
Tell Congress: Hands off Medicaid ➡️ actionnetwork.org/letters/medi...
Tell Congress: Hands off Medicaid ➡️ actionnetwork.org/letters/medi...
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This administration has apparently taken DEI to mean the existence of, or provision of any services to, women and non-white people.
www.jezebel.com/trump-planni...
www.jezebel.com/trump-planni...
Trump Planning to Freeze Grants for Birth Control, Cancer Screenings to Investigate 'DEI'
This administration has apparently taken DEI to mean the existence of, or provision of any services to, women and non-white people.
www.jezebel.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This administration has apparently taken DEI to mean the existence of, or provision of any services to, women and non-white people.
www.jezebel.com/trump-planni...
www.jezebel.com/trump-planni...
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23andMe’s bankruptcy is concerning, and I am urging New Yorkers to take action to safeguard their data from being sold.
New Yorkers can follow these steps to delete their data or destroy any DNA samples held by 23andMe. ⤵️
New Yorkers can follow these steps to delete their data or destroy any DNA samples held by 23andMe. ⤵️
March 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
23andMe’s bankruptcy is concerning, and I am urging New Yorkers to take action to safeguard their data from being sold.
New Yorkers can follow these steps to delete their data or destroy any DNA samples held by 23andMe. ⤵️
New Yorkers can follow these steps to delete their data or destroy any DNA samples held by 23andMe. ⤵️
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The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration admits he retaliated against the entire population of Maine—mostly newborn babies and their parents—because he thought the state’s governor had been rude to Trump in a White House meeting. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
March 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration admits he retaliated against the entire population of Maine—mostly newborn babies and their parents—because he thought the state’s governor had been rude to Trump in a White House meeting. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
Exclusive: NIH officials have advised scientists to remove reference to mRNA vaccines from their grant applications, in expectation the Trump administration intends to abandon most research in the field.
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
By @arthurallen202.bsky.social
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
Scientists Say NIH Officials Told Them To Scrub mRNA References on Grants - KFF Health News
Two senior scientists say National Institutes of Health officials advised them to remove references to mRNA vaccines in grant applications, and they fear the Trump administration will abandon a promis...
kffhealthnews.org
March 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.
MAHA?
The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, halting more than $1 billion in federal spending. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.
www.politico.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
MAHA?
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there’s this very american idea that everything we do to fight facism must be “productive” and “results-driven” in order for it to be meaningful as if the act of calling out injustice is not worthwhile on its own.
March 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
there’s this very american idea that everything we do to fight facism must be “productive” and “results-driven” in order for it to be meaningful as if the act of calling out injustice is not worthwhile on its own.
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I have an essay in this week’s @bloomberg.com Weekend Edition about ticket stubs and memory and how the ways we catalog our own pasts have been changed by the internet. I’m really proud of it and I hope you’ll read it. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What We Lose When Our Memories Exist Entirely in Our Phones
The act of putting something aside is an exercise in remembering.
www.bloomberg.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I have an essay in this week’s @bloomberg.com Weekend Edition about ticket stubs and memory and how the ways we catalog our own pasts have been changed by the internet. I’m really proud of it and I hope you’ll read it. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...