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This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
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you can’t do shit about a police investigation or how big money will spin the news. but you know what you *can* do? help the actual people this will be/is being weaponized against.
tap into the thread. make a few calls so people close to power know this *also* isn’t the time to bail on trans folks.
tap into the thread. make a few calls so people close to power know this *also* isn’t the time to bail on trans folks.
hi, cis folks!
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
NEWS: House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The legislation would prohibit taxpayer dollars for any type of gender-affirming care for transgender people. This would include programs like Medicaid
September 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
you can’t do shit about a police investigation or how big money will spin the news. but you know what you *can* do? help the actual people this will be/is being weaponized against.
tap into the thread. make a few calls so people close to power know this *also* isn’t the time to bail on trans folks.
tap into the thread. make a few calls so people close to power know this *also* isn’t the time to bail on trans folks.
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1. In an alarming move, the Trump administration has banned trans coverage for federal employees and their families, including youth and adults.
It mandates faith-based conversion therapy coverage.
It is one of the largest removals of coverage in the US.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
It mandates faith-based conversion therapy coverage.
It is one of the largest removals of coverage in the US.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trump Admin Bans Coverage For Trans Govt Employees, Mandates Conversion Therapy Coverage
The OPM memo states that all health plans for government workers must cover faith-based approaches to gender dysphoria while banning gender affirming care coverage.
www.erininthemorning.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
1. In an alarming move, the Trump administration has banned trans coverage for federal employees and their families, including youth and adults.
It mandates faith-based conversion therapy coverage.
It is one of the largest removals of coverage in the US.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
It mandates faith-based conversion therapy coverage.
It is one of the largest removals of coverage in the US.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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People in the poorest 10% earn aroud $16,000 or less annually. These are not people who have an extra $1,200 toward basic necessities.
A new CBO analysis shows Trump’s tax law cuts income for the poorest 10% by $1,200 per year.
Trump Tax Cuts Finances for Poor, Boosts Income for Wealthy
Trump’s tax and spending bill extends 2017 cuts but reduces Medicaid and food stamp benefits.
bloom.bg
August 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
People in the poorest 10% earn aroud $16,000 or less annually. These are not people who have an extra $1,200 toward basic necessities.
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NEW FROM CBO: brutal distributional analysis of House GOP "Big Beautiful Bill"
On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill
Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill
Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
June 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NEW FROM CBO: brutal distributional analysis of House GOP "Big Beautiful Bill"
On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill
Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill
Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
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That's because, before the fire, the Yus and the Lansdowns lived on a block of almost identical homes.
The tract of 28 homes, known as the Park Planned homes, was designed by the Modernist architect Gregory Ain in 1946. It has a unique place in LA's architectural history...
The tract of 28 homes, known as the Park Planned homes, was designed by the Modernist architect Gregory Ain in 1946. It has a unique place in LA's architectural history...
March 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
That's because, before the fire, the Yus and the Lansdowns lived on a block of almost identical homes.
The tract of 28 homes, known as the Park Planned homes, was designed by the Modernist architect Gregory Ain in 1946. It has a unique place in LA's architectural history...
The tract of 28 homes, known as the Park Planned homes, was designed by the Modernist architect Gregory Ain in 1946. It has a unique place in LA's architectural history...
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Ugh I’m getting so many of these
April 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Ugh I’m getting so many of these
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USIP has repeatedly told DOGE that it’s not a federal agency or part of the executive branch. But DOGE demanded access anyway. Which makes me wonder: Does DOGE want access to any org that gets federal funding?
March 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
USIP has repeatedly told DOGE that it’s not a federal agency or part of the executive branch. But DOGE demanded access anyway. Which makes me wonder: Does DOGE want access to any org that gets federal funding?
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Yo @durbin.senate.gov, no one is picking up your Senate phone and you don’t even have a voicemail. Vote no on cloture and the spending bill or I will do whatever it takes to make sure the next Senator from Illinois has basic constituent services set up during business hours.
March 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yo @durbin.senate.gov, no one is picking up your Senate phone and you don’t even have a voicemail. Vote no on cloture and the spending bill or I will do whatever it takes to make sure the next Senator from Illinois has basic constituent services set up during business hours.
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🧔🏼♂️I can't believe Trump is going to revoke the legal status of people fleeing conflict in Ukraine! That's so evil! We should fight for refugees from Ukraine!
👩🏾Yes! And Haiti!
🧔🏼♂️Huh?
👩🏾And Haiti! They already did this to Haitian refugees!
🧔🏼♂️Uh sure! Whatever! I mean of course! Haiti too! But Ukraine!
👩🏾Yes! And Haiti!
🧔🏼♂️Huh?
👩🏾And Haiti! They already did this to Haitian refugees!
🧔🏼♂️Uh sure! Whatever! I mean of course! Haiti too! But Ukraine!
Trump administration throws out protections from deportation for roughly half a million Haitians
The Trump administration is throwing out protections for roughly half a million Haitians that had shielded them from deportation.
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🧔🏼♂️I can't believe Trump is going to revoke the legal status of people fleeing conflict in Ukraine! That's so evil! We should fight for refugees from Ukraine!
👩🏾Yes! And Haiti!
🧔🏼♂️Huh?
👩🏾And Haiti! They already did this to Haitian refugees!
🧔🏼♂️Uh sure! Whatever! I mean of course! Haiti too! But Ukraine!
👩🏾Yes! And Haiti!
🧔🏼♂️Huh?
👩🏾And Haiti! They already did this to Haitian refugees!
🧔🏼♂️Uh sure! Whatever! I mean of course! Haiti too! But Ukraine!
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“De-documenting,” like “unpublishing,” is another term of the times.
March 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“De-documenting,” like “unpublishing,” is another term of the times.
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NEW: This superintendent runs a small charter school network with less than 1,000 students. He's made up to $870,000 in recent years.
Salvador Cavazos appears to be the highest-paid superintendent in Texas and among the among the top in the country. Taxpayers likely have no clue.
Salvador Cavazos appears to be the highest-paid superintendent in Texas and among the among the top in the country. Taxpayers likely have no clue.
March 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
NEW: This superintendent runs a small charter school network with less than 1,000 students. He's made up to $870,000 in recent years.
Salvador Cavazos appears to be the highest-paid superintendent in Texas and among the among the top in the country. Taxpayers likely have no clue.
Salvador Cavazos appears to be the highest-paid superintendent in Texas and among the among the top in the country. Taxpayers likely have no clue.
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One of the many astonishing things I learned from Brian's (essential) upcoming book:
Private equity snapped up extended-stay motels during the pandemic, meaning when people get evicted by their private-equity landlords, they often wind up in motels owned by the same set of firms.
Private equity snapped up extended-stay motels during the pandemic, meaning when people get evicted by their private-equity landlords, they often wind up in motels owned by the same set of firms.
One of the many astonishing revelations in @greenwell.bsky.social's (essential) upcoming book:
An analysis found that the investor takeover of Atlanta’s housing market “single-handedly caused homeownership rates among Black residents to drop by 4.2 percent.”
An analysis found that the investor takeover of Atlanta’s housing market “single-handedly caused homeownership rates among Black residents to drop by 4.2 percent.”
March 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One of the many astonishing things I learned from Brian's (essential) upcoming book:
Private equity snapped up extended-stay motels during the pandemic, meaning when people get evicted by their private-equity landlords, they often wind up in motels owned by the same set of firms.
Private equity snapped up extended-stay motels during the pandemic, meaning when people get evicted by their private-equity landlords, they often wind up in motels owned by the same set of firms.
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ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
March 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
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Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.”
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...
www.propublica.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.”
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
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February 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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February 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Anger is useful, but it burns hot. Use it before it burns up.
February 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Anger is useful, but it burns hot. Use it before it burns up.
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this action has already murdered ~14,000 adults and ~1,500 children
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February 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
this action has already murdered ~14,000 adults and ~1,500 children
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Does anyone have suggestions for a gentle de-radicalization along these lines? I wish I had more books, podcasts and YouTubers to send people drifting into the Rogan-verse
February 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Does anyone have suggestions for a gentle de-radicalization along these lines? I wish I had more books, podcasts and YouTubers to send people drifting into the Rogan-verse
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Gov. Mills showed precisely the sort of integrity in the face of political pressure that the majority of the party currently lacks. More importantly, she did so extemporaneously and without hesitation from a purple state where this isn't a universally popular position.
www.maine.gov/governor/mil...
www.maine.gov/governor/mil...
February 22, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Gov. Mills showed precisely the sort of integrity in the face of political pressure that the majority of the party currently lacks. More importantly, she did so extemporaneously and without hesitation from a purple state where this isn't a universally popular position.
www.maine.gov/governor/mil...
www.maine.gov/governor/mil...