@priscillaphelps.bsky.social
Walking in DC is already taking your life in your hands. We can't let the Feds make it worse!
What the Politico story got wrong about automated traffic enforcement, and what it got right: ggwash.org/view/102005/...
What the Politico story got wrong about automated traffic enforcement, and what it got right: ggwash.org/view/102005/...
What the Politico story got wrong about automated traffic enforcement, and what it got right
USDOT, and a major outlet, are framing DC’s automated traffic enforcement program as a cash grab. The cameras are essential tools for keeping people safe on our streets from scofflaw drivers. But the ...
ggwash.org
January 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Walking in DC is already taking your life in your hands. We can't let the Feds make it worse!
What the Politico story got wrong about automated traffic enforcement, and what it got right: ggwash.org/view/102005/...
What the Politico story got wrong about automated traffic enforcement, and what it got right: ggwash.org/view/102005/...
Who's NOT against this? Why is being against this a problem? MAGA, please explain. #makeAmericaAmericaagain, #fascism
October 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Who's NOT against this? Why is being against this a problem? MAGA, please explain. #makeAmericaAmericaagain, #fascism
We should listen to the voice of experience.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | We weren’t prepared for Katrina. We’re not prepared now.
FEMA should be its own Cabinet-level agency. Emergency management is a mission on its own, not a part-time function of Homeland Security.
www.msnbc.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
We should listen to the voice of experience.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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It is insane to me that the government can find money to pay ICE agents increasingly larger sums of money, yet teachers have to buy their own pencils.
August 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It is insane to me that the government can find money to pay ICE agents increasingly larger sums of money, yet teachers have to buy their own pencils.
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Please watch this in its entirety
Trump has installed dozens of men who follow this ideology into the highest levels of his administration, including Pete Hegseth, who leads the Department of Defense.
This is the doctrine Republicans want all Americans to live by.
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Trump has installed dozens of men who follow this ideology into the highest levels of his administration, including Pete Hegseth, who leads the Department of Defense.
This is the doctrine Republicans want all Americans to live by.
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August 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Please watch this in its entirety
Trump has installed dozens of men who follow this ideology into the highest levels of his administration, including Pete Hegseth, who leads the Department of Defense.
This is the doctrine Republicans want all Americans to live by.
🧵
Trump has installed dozens of men who follow this ideology into the highest levels of his administration, including Pete Hegseth, who leads the Department of Defense.
This is the doctrine Republicans want all Americans to live by.
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Don't think Donald Trump and Stephen Miller aren't asking themselves whether they could get away with this. Just listen to Trump's comments about Mamdani’s primary win.
3 Turkish mayors reported arrested as crackdown on opposition continues
Saturday’s arrests come four months after the mayor of Istanbul, considered Erdoğan’s main political opponent, was jailed over corruption allegations.
www.politico.eu
July 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Don't think Donald Trump and Stephen Miller aren't asking themselves whether they could get away with this. Just listen to Trump's comments about Mamdani’s primary win.
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1/7🧵
When You See Masked Individuals Detaining Someone, Document Relentlessly.
*Record everything.
*Get badge numbers, license plates, and van descriptions... if possible.
*Stream in REAL-TIME so footage can’t be seized and erased.
Videos must flood the internet before the spin machine activates
When You See Masked Individuals Detaining Someone, Document Relentlessly.
*Record everything.
*Get badge numbers, license plates, and van descriptions... if possible.
*Stream in REAL-TIME so footage can’t be seized and erased.
Videos must flood the internet before the spin machine activates
June 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
1/7🧵
When You See Masked Individuals Detaining Someone, Document Relentlessly.
*Record everything.
*Get badge numbers, license plates, and van descriptions... if possible.
*Stream in REAL-TIME so footage can’t be seized and erased.
Videos must flood the internet before the spin machine activates
When You See Masked Individuals Detaining Someone, Document Relentlessly.
*Record everything.
*Get badge numbers, license plates, and van descriptions... if possible.
*Stream in REAL-TIME so footage can’t be seized and erased.
Videos must flood the internet before the spin machine activates
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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
@stevevladeck.bsky.social , please put audio on your Substack posts so we visually impaired can enjoy them! You don't let non-subscribers comment, so I'm trying @bsky.app
@stevevladeck.bsky.social , please put audio on your Substack posts so we visually impaired can enjoy them! You don't let non-subscribers comment, so I'm trying @bsky.app
Bonus 161: Why the Court Needs to Explain Itself
The continuing fallout from Monday afternoon’s ruling in the third-country removals case is an object lesson for why the justices should be providing explanations when they grant emergency relief.
open.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
@stevevladeck.bsky.social , please put audio on your Substack posts so we visually impaired can enjoy them! You don't let non-subscribers comment, so I'm trying @bsky.app
@stevevladeck.bsky.social , please put audio on your Substack posts so we visually impaired can enjoy them! You don't let non-subscribers comment, so I'm trying @bsky.app
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
"Since Hegseth joined the administration in January, he has had successes.
He expunged diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs from the Pentagon and the military services."
#NBC, get an editor. Most of your readers would not consider this success.
"Since Hegseth joined the administration in January, he has had successes.
He expunged diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs from the Pentagon and the military services."
#NBC, get an editor. Most of your readers would not consider this success.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/white-house-struggles-find-qualified-people-willing-work-pete-hegseth-rcna211602"Successes
June 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
"Since Hegseth joined the administration in January, he has had successes.
He expunged diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs from the Pentagon and the military services."
#NBC, get an editor. Most of your readers would not consider this success.
"Since Hegseth joined the administration in January, he has had successes.
He expunged diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs from the Pentagon and the military services."
#NBC, get an editor. Most of your readers would not consider this success.
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📌NOTE: DEI is about FAIRNESS not favoritism.
That's not said near enough.
That's not said near enough.
June 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
📌NOTE: DEI is about FAIRNESS not favoritism.
That's not said near enough.
That's not said near enough.
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We should send this to every Republican’s emails! #notofascism #democracy
May 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
We should send this to every Republican’s emails! #notofascism #democracy
Encouraging all my fellow Cornell University alums to sign this letter. #Cornell @cornelluniversity.bsky.social
sites.google.com/view/we-must...
sites.google.com/view/we-must...
Home
March 20, 2025
Dear Presidents, Chancellors, and Boards of Trustees of the 60 Universities that received a March 10th warning letter from the U.S. Department of Education:
You are on the frontlines ...
sites.google.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Encouraging all my fellow Cornell University alums to sign this letter. #Cornell @cornelluniversity.bsky.social
sites.google.com/view/we-must...
sites.google.com/view/we-must...
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"No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue."
-- Harvard President Alan Garber
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
-- Harvard President Alan Garber
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
The Promise of American Higher Education
No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue
www.harvard.edu
April 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue."
-- Harvard President Alan Garber
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
-- Harvard President Alan Garber
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
And so the worship of the uber-wealthy and their satorial habits continues....
Beige Is the Color of Money www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/s...
Beige Is the Color of Money www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/s...
Beige Is the Color of Money (Gift Article)
Neutral hues have overtaken St. Moritz and other moneyed enclaves. “The ultrawealthy don’t want to show off,” says one luxury designer.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
And so the worship of the uber-wealthy and their satorial habits continues....
Beige Is the Color of Money www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/s...
Beige Is the Color of Money www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/s...
Beautiful piece of writing! Thank you, General McChrystal.
Be Not Afraid www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...
Be Not Afraid www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...
Opinion | Be Not Afraid (Gift Article)
America has always known fear. But today’s fear is different. It has been cultivated.
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Beautiful piece of writing! Thank you, General McChrystal.
Be Not Afraid www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...
Be Not Afraid www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...
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STAND and DEMAND the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
April 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
STAND and DEMAND the immediate return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
BRING HIM HOME!
Abrego Garcia is a SMART Local 100 first-year apprentice who was working full-time to support his young family — before he was brutally abducted and illegally deported to El Salvador.
SMART General President…
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Our government has gone INSANE.
April 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Our government has gone INSANE.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
This is not going to get any better in the next 4 years. Only in the U.S. do we treat mothers like this.
This is not going to get any better in the next 4 years. Only in the U.S. do we treat mothers like this.
Opinion | Chappell Roan doesn’t need to be a parent to see that raising kids can be hell
We’re sleep deprived and dead-eyed because raising another human being is hard but also because ours is a country that only pays lip service to mothers.
www.msnbc.com
April 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
This is not going to get any better in the next 4 years. Only in the U.S. do we treat mothers like this.
This is not going to get any better in the next 4 years. Only in the U.S. do we treat mothers like this.
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