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Protector of freedom & democracy. Chair, Democratic Asian Americans of Virginia. 2024 DNC Delegate. USAF Veteran. Equal Rights for All. No DMs (unless I know you). Musicians & artists sustain us & give us hope -- support them! (she/her)
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The voting section of the U.S. Department of Justice has only three attorneys left on staff, according to an estimate provided by a group working to support the department’s remaining staff.👀 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The national security implications of this latest grift cannot be ignored. Get loud!

Virginia's maternal mortality rate is nearly 47% higher than the national average. Many of these deaths are preventable, but the Trump Administration is firing staff and dismantling CDC programs that address the maternal health crisis. My colleagues and I are demanding answers.

"A Gothamist analysis of NYPD data found a total of 1,526 crashes in the congestion zone south of 60th Street between the toll’s launch on Jan. 5 and April 21. That marks a 13% reduction, or 218 fewer collisions, compared to the same period last year." It just works. gothamist.com/news/nyc-car...

A special aspect of The Katie Phang Show is the platform it provided for AANHPI voices & issues. Our community is underrepresented, undervalued, & often overlooked. The poster contains some, but not all, of the 100+ AANHPI guests that have appeared on my show. And I’m just getting started!

BREAKING: A federal judge in Texas — appointed by Donald Trump himself — has just ruled that Trump's controversial attempt to invoke the Alien Enemies Act to carry out mass deportations is unlawful.

Swalwell says the House Judiciary republicans just voted to allow Trump to deport US Citizens. From IG:

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Had my first bike commute this week since congestion pricing went into effect and the improvement is *insane*. Totally transformative.

BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.

Mahmoud Khalil, a legal U.S. resident, has been held in an ICE detention center for over a month but has still not been charged with a crime.

OMG! I've been asked to be a part of the Not The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Sat, Apr 26 @ 9 PM ET, presented by Political Voices Network! Join us for fearless comedy that rips into media spin. Tickets are $20.26, live or on demand, at meethook.live/not. #FreeSpeech #NotTheWHCD

🚨 Meteorologists are sounding the alarm: severe weather forecasts are already slipping due to staffing cuts at the National Weather Service. Lives are on the line. 📉 Forecast quality down ⏱️ Lead times shorter ⚠️ Systems stretched thin Call Congress now—demand they fully restore NOAA.

Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —*Arrested* at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Study of 137 supervisors-subordinates during COVID finds men leaders w/ higher levels of hope used family-friendly supervision. Men w/ higher anxiety likely to use abusive supervision. Women leaders used family-friendly supervision no matter how they felt. theconversation.com/women-are-st...

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

🚨Attention Members of the DC Bar🚨 Ballots went out today for key positions in the DC bar. Please vote for: Diane Seltzer for President Amanda Molina for Treasurer Note: Seltzer is running against Pam Bondi's brother. Get your ballot and vote ASAP.

1. Major ruling: A federal court has ruled, for now, that Trump cannot take away school lunch money from hungry kids over trans students. This is Gov. Janet Mills first victory after telling Trump she would "see you in court." The latest from Mira Lazine. Subscribe to support our journalism.

On a recent flight my seatmates learned I was a writer and asked my opinion on AI. They didn't understand genAI is based on work stolen from authors, and they DEFINITELY didn't know about the energy costs. Both shocked them. People just don't know.

Keep talking about the Signal security lapse at the Pentagon. The media may have forgotten about it, but the voters have not.

Before folks overreact to headlines about the judge’s ruling in the Khalil case, please note that (1) it was an immigration judge (IJ), not a federal district court; and (2) the IJ had no power to consider Khalil’s constitutional objections. This particular decision was a fait accompli.

BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech. The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.

Hey, @schumer.senate.gov :: you better not be playing cute with your language about stopping the SAVE Act. I hope you intend to VOTE NO ON CLOTURE, as opposed to what you did with the CR when you told us you'd vote no on the bill, but still voted YES on cloture. We are in no mood for games.

I was told these people were “free speech absolutists”

Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory

WARNER: Can you explain how it helps natl security or our trade balance - I loved your fancy Greek formula which was bad math on steroids - how with a trade surplus Australia got hit with a 10% tariff as well? GREER: Australia has the lowest rate available WARNER: We have a trade surplus!

Fear has a way of being contagious. But courage is also contagious.

Confirmed cases of measles in the US. 2020: 13 2021: 49 2022: 121 2023: 59 2024: 285 Total cases: 527 (5-years) 2025: (first 90 days) 628 confirmed cases of measles, and 3 deaths.

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75% 🤬 Unconscionable they were deported without due process.

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

Is this who we are? 😳🇺🇸

Republican Senators just voted to destroy the American economy, the stock market, American businesses, and American family budgets. They voted to explode the deficit, cause a worldwide trade war against us & create a global economic depression. Both parties are not alike!

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.

Walz: It's like trump is stuck in the 80s. His music, his clothing, his thinking. I think the biggest myth perpetuated on this country that Donald Trump understands anything about business. He's bankrupted every single one he's been into, and now he's bankrupting this country

Here’s a story about a kid-a legal immigrant to the US-who Trump deported to the worst prison in the world. The kid wasn’t in a gang & didn’t have tattoos. Your federal government in action: no due process, no common sense, no decency. www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic... @texasmonthly.bsky.social

Or because they don’t want the hormones & antibiotics in our chicken & beef. For heaven’s sake we didn’t require labeling on genetically modified food until 2022. Lutnick has really turned out to be consistently ridiculous in his rhetoric.

Did you have more infections after having Covid? Turns out you aren’t alone. Huge VA retrospective analysis shows Covid associated with increased subsequent infections. Maybe we should research this more. 🤦🏼‍♀️ #medsky #idsky www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

ATTN FEDERAL WORKERS: It has come to my attention that several agencies are now offering WiFi for you to use with your PERSONAL devices. If I were you, I would NOT use that WiFi. I suspect it's a way for DOGE to monitor your personal communications.

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