Wendy Nevett Bazil
@wendynevbaz.bsky.social
Planning PhD student and lifelong learner. Lawyer. Activist. Cook. It’s all connected.
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Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
August 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
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And just like that, the world can no longer rely on American economic reports.
August 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
And just like that, the world can no longer rely on American economic reports.
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If it hasn't been done yet, this could be a fun & pretty straightforward empirical exercise for, say, MPP or MUP students looking for capstone projects. Which AV would be happy to fund!
July 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If it hasn't been done yet, this could be a fun & pretty straightforward empirical exercise for, say, MPP or MUP students looking for capstone projects. Which AV would be happy to fund!
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The headline is deeply misleading. You can’t suspend habeas corpus just “for migrants.” As we’ve seen, ICE will pick *anyone* up. If you have legal status but no right to habeas corpus, you’ll have no ability to challenge your detention or deportation. Suspension for some is suspension for all.
May 10, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The headline is deeply misleading. You can’t suspend habeas corpus just “for migrants.” As we’ve seen, ICE will pick *anyone* up. If you have legal status but no right to habeas corpus, you’ll have no ability to challenge your detention or deportation. Suspension for some is suspension for all.
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Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
U.S. Texts Barnard Employees and Asks if They Are Jewish
A questionnaire from a federal commission also inquired about whether professors and other college staff members had been harassed.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...
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Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Happy Jackie Robinson Day. It is important to remember our history. All of it. He who forgets the past is doomed to repeat it.
April 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Happy Jackie Robinson Day. It is important to remember our history. All of it. He who forgets the past is doomed to repeat it.
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Our correspondent @lelanargi.bsky.social was reporting on a $3 billion USDA climate program when the program abruptly went dark, leaving many thousands of farmers devastated.
Lela wrote about a story transforming midway through — turning into something much more sad.
ambrook.com/research/leg...
Lela wrote about a story transforming midway through — turning into something much more sad.
ambrook.com/research/leg...
Everything I Never Learned About USDA’s Climate-Smart Commodities Program - Ambrook Research
Midway through reporting on a $3.1 billion program for farmers and researchers, the trail went cold.
ambrook.com
April 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Our correspondent @lelanargi.bsky.social was reporting on a $3 billion USDA climate program when the program abruptly went dark, leaving many thousands of farmers devastated.
Lela wrote about a story transforming midway through — turning into something much more sad.
ambrook.com/research/leg...
Lela wrote about a story transforming midway through — turning into something much more sad.
ambrook.com/research/leg...
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The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
April 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The last day on which a majority of the Supreme Court’s justices had been appointed by Democratic presidents was May 14, 1969.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
One of the things we do in the legal academy is support our claims with facts.
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the boys when it turns out Strom Thurmond and Elon Musk are having to devour feculence on the same night
a man in a marching band uniform has the letters lm on it
Alt: Mr. Milchick and the Lumon marching band dancing
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April 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
the boys when it turns out Strom Thurmond and Elon Musk are having to devour feculence on the same night
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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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March 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
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NEW: In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
The October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal Bureaucracy
Historians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead. That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story ...
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March 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
NEW: In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
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Am I takin crazy pills? Where is the Comptroller General of the United States in all this? The GAO is part of the legislative branch, precisely because only that branch has the power of the purse. This is Schoolhouse Rock level civics, but it's completely absent from literally all the coverage.
February 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Am I takin crazy pills? Where is the Comptroller General of the United States in all this? The GAO is part of the legislative branch, precisely because only that branch has the power of the purse. This is Schoolhouse Rock level civics, but it's completely absent from literally all the coverage.
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v proud to have played a big role in this 🙏
HB 489/SB 436 is a fantastic bill, which makes sense seeing as it was written by @ggwash.org: mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/L... ggwash.org/view/98163/w... (Linking to @justupthepike.bsky.social's fantastic piece explaining why the bill's necessary, especially to grow Md.'s housing stock)
February 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
v proud to have played a big role in this 🙏
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Trump accuses #SouthAfrica of "land confiscation" and "treating certain classes of people very badly", threatening to cut aid as he dismantles #USAID. Couldn't be farther from the truth. I've seen firsthand the hard work negotiating land returns in SA; tough, inspiring & measured
February 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Trump accuses #SouthAfrica of "land confiscation" and "treating certain classes of people very badly", threatening to cut aid as he dismantles #USAID. Couldn't be farther from the truth. I've seen firsthand the hard work negotiating land returns in SA; tough, inspiring & measured
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hearing that DOGE is now reviewing the Federal Rules of Evidence to eliminate any references to 'prejudice'
February 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
hearing that DOGE is now reviewing the Federal Rules of Evidence to eliminate any references to 'prejudice'
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Judges actually can determine the limits of executive power. They always have and always will as long as we continue to be a nation of laws.
February 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Judges actually can determine the limits of executive power. They always have and always will as long as we continue to be a nation of laws.
This is giving ‘90s simulation game like when my kid put all the people in an amusement park pool w/ no ladders and flooded it “just to see what would happen.” Luckily, he did not turn out a psychopath! But those in charge now are, & they’re playing games with the lives and well being of real people
February 3, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is giving ‘90s simulation game like when my kid put all the people in an amusement park pool w/ no ladders and flooded it “just to see what would happen.” Luckily, he did not turn out a psychopath! But those in charge now are, & they’re playing games with the lives and well being of real people
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Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated another government agency: the General Services Administration.
His former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access GSA's tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more:
His former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access GSA's tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more:
Elon Musk's Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency
Elon Musk’s former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access General Services Administration tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more, sources…
wrd.cm
January 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Elon Musk's friends have infiltrated another government agency: the General Services Administration.
His former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access GSA's tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more:
His former employees are trying to use White House credentials to access GSA's tech, giving them the potential to remote into laptops, read emails, and more:
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“This administration believes that the moon is made of cheese. This administration feels that there are 103 states. This administration asserts that penguins are communists. This administration thinks that Mickey Mouse did 9/11. This administration holds that mangoes are the real racists. This …”
Leavitt: This administration believes that birthright citizenship is unconstitutional
January 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“This administration believes that the moon is made of cheese. This administration feels that there are 103 states. This administration asserts that penguins are communists. This administration thinks that Mickey Mouse did 9/11. This administration holds that mangoes are the real racists. This …”
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Pretty soon a good number of voters who thought they were voting for someone to repair a few outlets and tune up the furnace to make it more efficient will wake up to realize that a swarm of workers spent a week taking their house down to the studs and then disappeared, never to be seen again.
January 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Pretty soon a good number of voters who thought they were voting for someone to repair a few outlets and tune up the furnace to make it more efficient will wake up to realize that a swarm of workers spent a week taking their house down to the studs and then disappeared, never to be seen again.
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We’re doubling down on our coverage of government agencies and federal policy. With your help, we can dig deeper.
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January 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
ProPublica reporters are dedicated to investigating government agencies and federal policy. Concerned public servants are some of our most important sources.
We appreciate the difficult situations people weigh as they decide whether to reach out. Here's how to securely get in touch.
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More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”
The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”
DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review
DoJ report acknowledges attack ‘was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence’
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January 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”
The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”
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Spent the day talking to Europeans, and nobody can think of any precedent for what Musk just did to the US Congress. There is no businessman with that much power, the power to stop a routine spending bill, anywhere else in the democratic world.
December 19, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Spent the day talking to Europeans, and nobody can think of any precedent for what Musk just did to the US Congress. There is no businessman with that much power, the power to stop a routine spending bill, anywhere else in the democratic world.