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New York Times, Jan. 26, 1935.

submitted 5 hours ago • 645 comments

♿Social Security is NOT just for Seniors. It's also for people like me with Disabilities, people who receive Survivors Benefits & Veterans who receive Social Security benefits. Before I became disabled, I PAID into the program with EVERY paycheck. There are MILLIONS more like me & it is OUR MONEY!♿

submitted 7 hours ago • 209 comments

Another great suggestion found from Jessica Craven on Substack Let’s channel our embarrassment into actual support!

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Has the time come to revisit Citizens United? UMich Law Prof Leah Litman explains how the language of the opinion failed to anticipate its impact on campaign finance. New understanding of facts or law is a legitimate basis to overturn precedent.

submitted 2 days ago • 80 comments

And then there's the question of how long we'll have intelligence, in all senses, including the intelligence services one, under this stupid regime.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

I saw this good suggestion on Substack.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID. This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC. What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.

submitted 3 days ago • 479 comments

Could we call it the difference between narrow self-interest (which she voted for, as a promise of free IVF) and a commitment to the broader good (which she voted against, and turns out it included her govt. job)? Should we know that the narrower good may be too narrow for ourselves & what we love?

submitted 3 days ago • 26 comments

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts. Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

submitted 3 days ago • 433 comments

For those following the story of unidentified men violently dragging a protester from a local Idaho GOP meeting, it turns out they were from a private security firm called LEAR Asset Management. But neither the sheriff (who watched it all go down) or the GOP will take responsibility for hiring them.

submitted 6 days ago • 864 comments

The guidance for how to deal with Musk’s 5 bullets email (deadline 11:59pm tonight) is all over the place. HHS employees have received multiple conflicting emails from leadership. DOJ and State said don’t reply. SSA, GSA, Treasury, FDIC, VA were told to respond. Total mess.

submitted 6 days ago • 49 comments

i’ll take this as a Valentine’s letter to people of good will!

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments