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The budget bill contains tens of billions to fund an army of 10,000 more ICE agents. This is a red alert moment for our democracy.
June 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The budget bill contains tens of billions to fund an army of 10,000 more ICE agents. This is a red alert moment for our democracy.
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
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February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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They are going to target Blue cities and blue states first for three reasons one to dominate blue states, two this is not as much about deportations as it is deploying a de facto police state and three they want to collapse blue states economies to try and change the election math for governors.
JUST IN: Chicago to be ground zero for mass deportations, Trump border czar tells Illinois Republicans. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/don...
Chicago to be ground zero for mass deportations, Trump border czar tells Illinois Republicans
President-elect Donald Trump’s designated "border czar" Tom Homan started his remarks at a Northwest Side GOP “holiday party” with some light ribbing: “Chicago’s in trouble because your mayor sucks an...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:07 AM
They are going to target Blue cities and blue states first for three reasons one to dominate blue states, two this is not as much about deportations as it is deploying a de facto police state and three they want to collapse blue states economies to try and change the election math for governors.
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The Misunderestimating Trap: Many progressives think that people who vote conservative are just stupid, especially those who vote against their economic self-interest.
Some believe that if we tell them the real economic facts, they will change how they vote. 🧵
www.theframelab.org/twelve-commu...
Some believe that if we tell them the real economic facts, they will change how they vote. 🧵
www.theframelab.org/twelve-commu...
Twelve Communication Traps Democrats and Progressives Must Avoid
Dr. George Lakoff outlines the major pitfalls of political framing
www.theframelab.org
December 9, 2024 at 10:42 PM
The Misunderestimating Trap: Many progressives think that people who vote conservative are just stupid, especially those who vote against their economic self-interest.
Some believe that if we tell them the real economic facts, they will change how they vote. 🧵
www.theframelab.org/twelve-commu...
Some believe that if we tell them the real economic facts, they will change how they vote. 🧵
www.theframelab.org/twelve-commu...
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Clean air in schools would mean not just less illness among kids, teachers, and their families, but a better learning environment overall. #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsAirborne
Anytime I advocate for better covid mitigations - people assume I want to lock them in their homes forever.
In reality we could drastically limit covid transmission with the following:
- Masks in healthcare
- Clean air in public spaces
- Free vaccines, tests & respirators
- Paid time off
In reality we could drastically limit covid transmission with the following:
- Masks in healthcare
- Clean air in public spaces
- Free vaccines, tests & respirators
- Paid time off
November 23, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Clean air in schools would mean not just less illness among kids, teachers, and their families, but a better learning environment overall. #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsAirborne