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Good new news from me at @motherjones.com: The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that families no longer have to prove that schools acted in "bad faith or gross misjudgment" in any circuit when suing for disability discrimination. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

submitted 6 hours ago • 1 comment

always struck by how everyone who screams “we’re full” citing the strain on services is also viciously opposed to the safety net

submitted 2 days ago • 212 comments

The band is Los Jornaleros del Norte (yes, they are actually day laborers)! I’d recognize their cool truck anywhere — they drove ahead of the ICE Out of CA march in Sac last December. Highly recommend listening to their albums and/or blasting them at your local actions: losjornalerosdelnorte.com

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

“Ninety-two percent of the targeted Medicaid recipients already work, are in school, have family caregiving responsibilities or have disabilities.” The proposed work requirements have nothing to do with waste, they are designed to cut enrollment through paperwork. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...

submitted 3 days ago • 14 comments

THIS is how you fight for democracy: “There were three of us that said we are fed up, three individuals… who said, ‘We want to do the right thing, and we want to do something,’

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

The WH budget proposes to cut the Pell grant max award by more than a fifth. A third of all college students use Pell grants to pay for college. This is an attack both on colleges AND on economic mobility. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...

submitted 12 days ago • 8 comments

Democrats have been saying it for months And here it is-in black and white for all to see Republicans want to cut $715 billion from Medicaid Ripping away insurance from 13.7 million Americans Just to give billionaires like Elon Musk another tax break Don't Mess With Medicaid

submitted 30 days ago • 83 comments

So we are at the "let's resegregate schools again" stage of reactionary politics

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

something about Trump's DOJ announcing that it was ending its desegregation case against Plaquemines Parish School Board felt off to me, even beyond the obvious reasons, so I did some digging sure enough, it's even more fucked up than it appears on the surface ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

submitted 31 days ago • 27 comments

“If you’re not used to fighting, and losing battles, then don’t become a lawyer ... Our job is to stand up for people who can’t do it themselves.” “Right now ... we can’t lose the battles we are facing.” - Justice Sonia Sotomayor

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NEW: If you want to know how the Trump administration is dismantling civil rights enforcement in schools, and how that affects families, read this story from @jsmithrichards.bsky.social and @jodiscohen.bsky.social of @propublica.org. www.propublica.org/article/educ...

submitted 41 days ago • 4 comments

This is how we all should feel about all trans people. Unconditional love and support. It's no big deal.

submitted 41 days ago • 4 comments

they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...

submitted 42 days ago • 570 comments

Republicans won’t raise the federal min wage of $7.25 because they Claim it will tank the economy—hasn’t budged since 2009. California raised it to $16.50 statewide, $20/hour for fast food—and in cities like West Hollywood, it’s $19.61. No collapse. No chaos. Just the 4th biggest economy on Earth.

submitted 47 days ago • 149 comments

there's a county in Alabama where Black people are literally getting sick because the government doesn't provide a working sewer system, and Trump's Justice Department is trying to keep it that way apparently Black people with indoor plumbing is "illegal DEI" ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

submitted 52 days ago • 61 comments

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

submitted 70 days ago • 951 comments

Cory Booker as he breaks Strom Thurmond's speaking record: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people are more powerful."

submitted 71 days ago • 188 comments

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submitted 80 days ago • 489 comments

The Department of Education, among other things, is what funds special education for children with disabilities. Trump’s executive order will hurt kids and parents in virtually every school district in the country.

submitted 82 days ago • 234 comments

It took decades to make gains in disability rights and desegregation in public education in this country. Even if the adverse effects are not immediate, you can't break Humpty Dumpty and easily put him back together again either. #DisabilityRightsAreCivilRights www.copaa.org/news/696568/...

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

"The way I was taught is, if your family were immigrants to this country and came for a better life, the price you pay for that is you can never say that 'no one else is welcome.' That is what America was built on," said the Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey.

submitted 83 days ago • 73 comments

A few weeks ago, I argued in the Post that the Trump administration was ushering in a new era of re-segregation. Now, here we are. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

submitted 85 days ago • 47 comments

As Trump attempts to re-segregate America, never lose sight of the fact that Elon Musk stands to financially benefit from the federal government no longer enforcing anti-segregation laws. My latest in @thenation.com

submitted 85 days ago • 44 comments

THREAD: There’s a dire situation in Vietnam, at the largest Agent Orange spill in the country. When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/

submitted 86 days ago • 77 comments

this administration is speed running us into multiple disasters, some of which may be catastrophic

submitted 89 days ago • 131 comments

Every lawyer should be required to read this. commons.stmarytx.edu/cgi/viewcont...

submitted 95 days ago • 306 comments

SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education. I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”. Here is a portion:

submitted 100 days ago • 725 comments

It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.

submitted 103 days ago • 333 comments

Once again, we are being embarrassed on the international stage. While Americans are busy blaming "woke liberals" and going "grr, immigrants bad" – Ukraine is fighting for its survival. My grandfather fought fascists in Europe, this is shameful #StandWithUkranie talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

That press conference was choreographed for an audience of one and he sits in Moscow. Once, we fought tyrants. Today Trump and Vance are bending America’s knee. And that weakens us.

submitted 104 days ago • 284 comments

This news truly breaks my heart. We are calling on HHS to take immediate action. Secretary Kennedy needs to bring back weekly measles tracking from the CDC, rehire the health experts, and roll out a serious vaccine campaign. Our kids' safety is on the line! abcnews.go.com/Health/1st-m...

submitted 105 days ago • 1474 comments

This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote. There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.

submitted 106 days ago • 1211 comments

Much gratitude to Rep. Brittany Petterson & @repkevinmullin.bsky.social for showing up under challenging personal/family/health circumstances to vote against the cruel, corrupt House GOP budget. More of this, please @housedemocrats.bsky.social - the fight has only just begun!

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment

Rep Brittany Petterson flew with her newborn to vote against this bullshit, because they denied new mothers the ability to vote remotely. Patriot. Hero.

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments