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There it is, they're trying to de-transition everyone on Medicaid. I wish I was surprised. I'm certainly appalled and deeply worried for all the trans people who rely on Medicaid.

submitted 25 days ago • 3 comments

"Apple made 'Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)' in support of Free Black Mamas DMV www.dmvbailout.org and has launched a Let Her Go Home website lethergohome.org where you can donate, find local bail funds, and learn more about court-watching." Source: pitchfork.com/news/fiona-a...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Judge Hannah Dugan, two-year-old V.L.M. They are not outliers, exceptions, or aberrations. … What we are witnessing is the Trump administration’s immigration plan in motion. Today, at Law Dork:

submitted 51 days ago • 30 comments

The extra strict privacy protections for the IRS are to ensure people pay their taxes. We interviewed folks at the IRS and this also shaped their strict culture around privacy. Ultimately, the tax system only works if people voluntarily comply.

submitted 85 days ago • 6 comments

New, from me: Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America. Here is a partial inventory. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...

submitted 93 days ago • 88 comments

@schumer.senate.gov If you vote for cloture you are a stain on this country’s history that will never go away. You are willingly passing power to a tyrant in waiting, and you are a disgrace to every oath of office any senator has ever sworn. Your legacy will be one of cowardice and contempt.

submitted 95 days ago • 944 comments

This evening, Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis came together to demand the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil. We will not be silent about this outrageous assault on free speech. We will not be silent in the face of an authoritarian takeover. #FreeMahmoud

submitted 98 days ago • 7 comments

This extreme escalation is an egregious violation of first amendment rights. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.

submitted 99 days ago • 17 comments

Mourning 18F’s elimination as a former employee but even more so as a former 18F agency customer. Unlike DOGE, 18F did the hard work of cultural transformation and sharing their methods with other Feds as they helped improve services. They weren’t just techies, they were teachers.

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people: 18f.org

submitted 107 days ago • 714 comments

Eliminating 18F is a huge loss to modernizing US federal tech

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.

submitted 110 days ago • 1227 comments

BREAKING: A federal court temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order aiming to restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under age 19 nationwide. This is a major victory for our freedom to access life-saving care.

submitted 123 days ago • 48 comments

Toasting Tish James tonight

submitted 133 days ago • 0 comments

Both a perfect & terrible time to go on vacation. Those of you feds who can: #holdTheLine #govTech

submitted 135 days ago • 0 comments

This is such a brilliant article by @willofwands.bsky.social - it perfectly illustrates that transition is unique to every trans person, that there is no one way to “be trans”, and that we absolutely should not adhere to anyone else’s ideas of gender. #TransJoy metro.co.uk/2025/01/26/t...

submitted 139 days ago • 1 comment

To my nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, and otherwise off the binary friends & siblings: You are loved, you are valued, you are important to our community, you've been here longer than the tyrants, and you will still be here when their bones are dust and the names of their false gods are forgotten.

submitted 147 days ago • 23 comments

Thoughtful piece on accessible forms by @vickytnz.bsky.social Vicky, I’m missing you already. May your memory be a blessing. 💔 accessibility-advent.lorithomson.co.uk/advent-calen...

submitted 155 days ago • 0 comments

Hey All. Bad faith lawyers Advocates for Faith and Freedom - the group targeting trans teens in Riverside - put out a call for teens to snitch to them if there is a trans athlete on their sports team. Please flood this form: faith-freedom.com/savegirlsspo...

submitted 164 days ago • 137 comments

Sentence diagramming videos melt away my anxiety My 6th grade happy place?

submitted 188 days ago • 0 comments

Just because the content comes from an API doesn’t mean it’s accurate or usable. We have to interrogate the data & translate it or improve it at the source. Feels like a battle to persuade people it’s not enough to say “that’s an API issue.” Just a #govTech thing?

submitted 191 days ago • 0 comments

I pray the pardon of Hunter Biden, which was the right thing to do, will be followed in short order by the commutation of the death sentences of every person on federal death row, and that Leonard Peltier will at long last be released. #ClearTheRow #FreeLeonardPeltier

submitted 197 days ago • 41 comments

Enough GOP pearl clutching over legal norms and Biden’s pardon. They nominated and elected a FELON. They have no credibility on the question of respect for the rule of law.

submitted 196 days ago • 376 comments

"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting. Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC

submitted 207 days ago • 963 comments

Cool. Found the setting to require alt text on images before posting. (Settings > accessibility)

submitted 216 days ago • 0 comments