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NEW: Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a broadly-supported #txlege bill from two Texas GOP lawmakers that sought to increase local oversight of unaccompanied migrant child detention centers. Advocates said the legislation was necessary amid reports of abuse and neglect. www.statesman.com/story/news/p...

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Moyers' work was fact checked but clearly conveyed wrong + right, says ex-staffer @johnalight.bsky.social "We didn't find these things to be in tension. What's true often does not fall neatly into the political center; it rarely maps neatly onto politics at all" talkingpointsmemo.com/news/bill-mo...

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I wrote about my former boss, Bill Moyers.

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🚨In its fourth decision, the Supreme Court holds that parents who object to LGBTQ books in the classroom have a First Amendment right to "opt out" their children from seeing those books. Alito writes for the 6-3 majority, with all three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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The Supreme Court clearly believes that lower courts will act to block the birthright citizenship EO through other means (including class actions) in the next 30 days, and therefore feels like it's okay partially staying these injunctions. But man, they are playing with fire.

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the way calling for the deportation of any visible non-white person is rapidly becoming normalized is a huge cause for concern.

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Houston is getting ready to ban people from sleeping on the sidewalk at any time, day or not -- because city officials claim it will help keep homeless people safe from the dangers of sleeping on the street... www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

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@joshkovensky.bsky.social: "A new app dares to pose a question that nobody has thought to ask: what happens when you combine right-wing fervor over hunting down undocumented immigrants, cryptocurrency speculation, and Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio?" talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/ic...

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NEW: A WIRED investigation of 911 calls placed from ICE detention sites across the US show a system inundated by life-threatening crises, delayed treatment, and overcrowding. By me & @dmehro.bsky.social. Free to read:

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For my first story at @talkingpointsmemo.com, I talked to a former NIH employee who left the DMV because of DOGE cuts. She's part of a trend experts are watching: public servants impacted by DOGE leaving the Beltway – a potential blow to the DC-area economy talkingpointsmemo.com/news/musk-do...

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Newly jobless federal workers are afraid of not having healthcare or being able to find new roles. Paying for a home is another area being upended by DOGE's “reduction-in-force” initiative More from @laylaayanna.bsky.social talkingpointsmemo.com/news/musk-do...

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Jake Sherman is reporting that the Medicaid gender affirming care ban has been removed from the reconciliation bill! Huge news!

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"If people are shocked Mamdani could win, it’s because we’re so used to people’s votes not counting, and to powerful establishment politicians winning no matter what happens." Read politics editor @leximcmenamin.com's full op-ed here ⤵️

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For @teenvogue.com's Group Project series, I spoke to 5 young people working across industries + across the country about how joining unions helped them find community and changed their relationship with work: www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to...

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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place before all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

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In New York, Democratic voters rejected a former governor who left office following a bombshell 165-page report overseen by the New York attorney general’s office that found he had sexually harassed 11 women, including some state employees. @gracepanetta.bsky.social via @19thnews.org

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what’s funny is that if pro-cuomo centrist democrats were less myopic they might see that mamdani was running the kind of campaign that could help rebuild the party brand — accessible with an outsider persona and a focus on “kitchen table” issues.

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I'm filling in this week for @davidkurtz.bsky.social on @talkingpointsmemo.com's Morning Memo. Give it a read! talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil to be RELEASED from ICE detention

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1000% agree w/all of this "Subways bring people together. Subways are a vital public good. Subways open the city to everyone. Subways make New York City livable for regular people, who do not own cars. Subways are good." www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...

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Fear of the New York City subway is a mark of low moral character. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...

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I wrote an article adapting some of my archival research on trans care for Teen Vogue! With the US v. Skrmetti decision coming out today, the publication of this piece hits a lot harder than I expected. Trans youth: you deserve so much better.

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For MAGA influencers (both in and out of office), right-wing violence doesn't exist. When those on the right commit it, they are either secretly liberal (Minnesota shooter), it wasn’t actually violence (Jan. 6 “tourists”) or their victims deserved what they got (the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi).

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These recent events are part of an ongoing story, the ominous demonization of First Amendment-protected protest by Republicans in power, both implicitly via the Trump administration’s National Guard overreach, and explicitly via statements from local sheriffs and GOP governors alike.

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Roberts wrote that Tennessee's ban on gender affirming care is somehow not discrimination against trans people, and that it doesn't trigger heightened legal scrutiny. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...

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“We’re done pretending that a cubicle is more empowering than a countertop”: inside the TPUSA Young Women’s Leadership Summit, where abortion is murder, trans people are dangerous, and teen girls are encouraged to drop out of school, get married, and have babies www.thecut.com/article/turn...

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In light of SCOTUS's ruling in Skrmetti, @brittneymac15.bsky.social asked doctors what trans youth and their families need to know about navigating this. @teenvogue.com experts advise continuing to talk to affirming healthcare providers if you have them and exploring options for care out-of-state.

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Justice Sotomayor's dissent in Skrmetti (which she's now reading from the bench) is deeply pained, accusing her colleagues of abandoning "transgender children and their families to political whims" and badly damaging "bedrock" principles of equal protection. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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new @teenvogue.com in our Overlooked History series: in 1995 Rusty Mae Moore and Chelsea Goodwin bought a house together in Park Slope, inspired by the 1970s S.T.A.R. House. Transy House became a shelter for trans people for 13 years. Sylvia Rivera lived there at the time of her death in 2002.

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Today, the Supreme Court upheld state bans on gender-affirming care. Before the ruling came down, @evanurquhart.bsky.social spoke to trans youth and their parents about why they sought this care, and how this decision could jeopardize their safety. www.teenvogue.com/story/skrmet...

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Breaking: Transgender people lose Skrmetti, SCOTUS rules that Tennessee's law banning gender affirming care is not subject to heightened scrutiny. I'll be reading and reporting more fully today. Terrible day for transgender people. Full decision here: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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I spoke to some experts about related issues for a Teen Vogue column & a point I keep thinking about is that the wages many young people have are so low, it’s impossible to pay bills, buy a car, etc. Throw in “5 years of experience for an entry-level job” and it feels impossible to make headway.

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When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman. -Free school breakfast and lunch -Restoring voting rights for felons -Paid leave Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social 19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...

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Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

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so glad we were able to run this from @evanurquhart.bsky.social of @assignedmedia.org on the hoops trans youth and their families are forced to go through to access gender- and life-affirming care. a ruling in Skrmetti, the SCOTUS case that could ban this care nationally, may come down any moment.

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Kai was 15 when she came out to her parents as trans. That night, when her mom checked in on her, Kai was dancing around her room — buoyant, light. “I'd never seen her smile like that." Really loved working with @evanurquhart.bsky.social on this beautiful story. www.teenvogue.com/story/skrmet...

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BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

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Ahead of this month's U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding gender-affirming care, Evan Urquhart writes tenderly, lyrically and persuasively about the courage of those parents who have already risked everything for the highest wellbeing of their trans children. www.teenvogue.com/story/skrmet...

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Floridas’s child-welfare agency — in a reversal of a 30-year policy — is now willing to turn minors over to ICE. This 17-year-old was taken from his foster home in handcuffs and shackles. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

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