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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

submitted 11 days ago • 898 comments

The oppressive feeling of the pamir plateau

submitted 11 days ago • 181 comments

👏Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is right to oppose collecting data on the immigration status of families enrolling their children in public schools. Children should feel safe at school & not as political pawns. We'll keep working with communities to defend the right of all children to learn.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Trump is presenting himself as a born-again corruption fighter rooting out waste, fraud and abuse from all corners of the federal government — even as he is dismantling the government’s mechanisms for fighting corruption. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

submitted 10 days ago • 32 comments

From @theathletic.bsky.social: The Department of Education has rescinded Title IX guidance that stated NIL payments must be proportionate between a university’s male and female athletes. nyti.ms/40Z3Z4i

submitted 11 days ago • 351 comments

And now is the time when we see what companies REALLY gots women’s backs,,, the world is watching 👀

submitted 11 days ago • 403 comments

Incredible: Russ Vought’s daughter has cystic fibrosis and benefits from a “miracle drug” made possible by the National Institutes of Health—an agency Vought now aims to gut as part of the Project 2025 attack www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Scoop from @motherjones.com’s @metrauxjulia.bsky.social

submitted 11 days ago • 605 comments

A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.

submitted 11 days ago • 1186 comments

Okay what is going on here. Are the accounts at a private banking entity? Does the federal government have direct debit permission set up? So many questions as to how Treasury instructed this payment. (Via NY Post’s Craig McCarthy)

submitted 11 days ago • 368 comments

I wrote much of what I think about this election before it happened, so I am going to put it all together here. My book, Autocracy Inc, described the network of autocrats who seek to undermine democracy, inside their countries and ours www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...

submitted 105 days ago • 285 comments

Doing This Again is coming to a city near you! New shows have been added in London, Bensalem, and Brooklyn—and all are on sale NOW. Grab your tickets at linktr.ee/kumailnanjiani.

submitted 23 days ago • 66 comments

New: A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing an order to halt payments of federal grants, loans and other assistance

submitted 25 days ago • 27 comments

Despite living in constant limbo, #DACA recipients have contributed so much to our communities. We want to hear about your experiences — take a few moments to answer our DACA survey. ⤵️ ucsdsocialsciences.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

New York state will cooperate with federal immigration officials on cases where a person is suspected of crossing the border without stopping at an official port of entry or re-entering after being deported, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration.

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Such a timely episode. By Accident of Birth : Throughline www.npr.org/2022/06/06/1...

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Happy 54, slugger! #Guillermo

submitted 27 days ago • 508 comments

I love this time of year because people will post something super dramatic and vague like “Nooooooo” and I can’t tell if it’s about football or gestures outside window all of this.

submitted 27 days ago • 310 comments

Just reminding myself of something for future reference. Don’t mind me. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17p...

submitted 30 days ago • 25 comments

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka: ICE agents, during a warrantless raid, detained undocumented residents as well as citizens. “One of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.” www.northjersey.com/story/news/e...

submitted 30 days ago • 719 comments

The Mayor of Newark says ICE detained citizens and a military veteran in a warrantless raid there today. www.newarknj.gov/news/mayor-r...

submitted 30 days ago • 483 comments

Newark congresswoman says she's pressing for info on an ICE raid in her district, saying it happened without a warrant + swept up citizens including a military vet.

submitted 30 days ago • 40 comments

Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.

submitted 30 days ago • 363 comments

Mark Zuckerberg wants more 'masculine energy'? Sounds like somebody's insecure! My column on the translucent twit-billionaires who've wrongly and embarrassingly decided masculinity requires aggression and cruelty: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

submitted 35 days ago • 18 comments

The 5th Circuit is a renegade court. To say DACA is unconstitutional is not only cruel but way out of the mainstream of legal thinking.

submitted 36 days ago • 19 comments

Not sure anyone has the bandwidth to care. But DACA was deemed illegal by the appeals court on Friday. This means a longer legal battle. I’m scared about what’s to come. With everything happening most people are not paying attention to DACA/the ICE raids.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

NPR Exclusive: The Episcopal bishop of Washington spoke with NPR to discuss her sermon addressing President Trump and why she asked him to have mercy.

submitted 31 days ago • 274 comments

As Trump clears path for immigration arrests at schools, NYC Mayor Eric Adams takes no stance @chalkbeat.org www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

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At a sermon preached to President Trump at Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Mariann Budde asked him to "have mercy" on people who are "scared," including LGBTQ children.

submitted 32 days ago • 179 comments

I am fighting for DACA recipients. Immigrants belong in my community. They are here to stay. Join the fight unitedwedream.org/here-to-stay...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Before anything else, today is Martin Luther King Jr. day. We honor his vision, leadership, and fierce commitment to rebuilding a society with racial and economic justice as its core.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

BREAKING: The 5th Circuit has issued a decision on DACA. We are reviewing it and will share more information and guidance as we have it. To #DACA recipients around the country — we are with you in this fight for the long haul. More soon.

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

As the latest DACA decision comes to light and the details become clear, let us not forget that the only thing reason that the future of DACA is in the balance is because of Donald Trump. He tried to end the program in 2017. He’s made his intentions crystal clear.

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5th Circuit rules that the DACA program that protects Dreamers is unlawful but limits relief to Texas and puts decision on hold: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

submitted 37 days ago • 10 comments

I have kept my promise that we would get NJ’s fiscal house in order — from making full pension payments four years in a row to restoring funding for our public education system.

submitted 40 days ago • 3 comments

I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012. Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place. A thread.

submitted 39 days ago • 379 comments

Last month, State Farm — the largest home insurance provider in California — said it would drop 30,000 home insurance policies across the state. Thousands of those losing coverage are homeowners in LA County, and in the Pacific Palisades specifically. www.latimes.com/california/s...

submitted 46 days ago • 116 comments

According to Mark Zuckerberg, people who live in California are biased but people who live in Texas are objective

submitted 47 days ago • 1241 comments

i’m kind of amazed at how this is just the crudest, most obvious n****rbaiting you can imagine. “the people you don’t like, yeah, they are responsible for everything bad.” and it works!

submitted 45 days ago • 3233 comments

Zuckerberg in a race to become Elon Musk: ✔️ $1 million to Trump inaugural ✔️ Appoints Trump bestie Dana White to Meta's board. ✔️ Replaces fact-checking with "Community Notes"

submitted 47 days ago • 91 comments

“Toyota of North America is donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration, a company spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after Detroit's Ford Motor and General Motors said they would give the same amount.”

submitted 61 days ago • 278 comments

Trump plans to scrap policy restricting ICE arrests at churches, schools and hospitals. Think about the public health impact: This could discourage people from going to the hospital when they're sick. Or imagine unattended children afraid to go to school. www.nbcnews.com/investigatio...

submitted 73 days ago • 1 comment

Trump announces that billionaires no longer have to comply with environmental regulations

submitted 74 days ago • 1361 comments

Bringing my pinned Tweet along with me as I migrate here because this still matters & because we cannot normalize what Trump intends to do to DOJ. Justice should never be a political tool for presidents & their pals.

submitted 87 days ago • 716 comments

“Senator Kevin Cramer, Republican of North Dakota, said as long as nothing else came out, he was satisfied with Mr. Hegseth and planned to support his confirmation.” So all the current allegations aren’t concerning? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/u...

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Some very brief thoughts on how the shocking killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO has increasingly hit home. If you knew Luigi Mangione, please reach out — I'm at [email protected] or available by text at 650-485-1374 and continuing to report here.

submitted 75 days ago • 9 comments

Mayor Adams now says he’s exploring the idea of scaling back the city’s sanctuary laws with an executive order. My story looks at the 2014 addition in question and how it came to be passed. gothamist.com/news/eric-ad...

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