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Lawyer Mom who wants to believe the US can hold on to its democracy. Shouting into the void like it’s a journal.
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Breaking: New @washingtonpost.com opinion piece by Jeff Bezos: The market will take care of fired government workers thanks to our new Amazon nonunion warehouse transition program. #Satire

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

Vaccination eliminated measles from the U.S. 25 years ago. But it can still spread in pockets where vaccination rates are low, like the west Texas county with a current outbreak. Here's how fast.

submitted 2 hours ago • 71 comments

When I wrote this in 2019, anti-vaxxers were still mainly on the fringe. Yesterday, an anti-vaxxer confirmed by Republicans sat in the WH & downplayed the first US fatality in more than a decade. Meanwhile, at the FDA, the meeting to update next season's flu vaccines was canceled. Call your reps ☎️

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

It's almost as if government programs working to get new people into the pipeline were intentionally developed and had an important purpose.

submitted 1 day ago • 84 comments

Abortion opponents like to pretend Doctors should risk their livelihoods and hope someone will later approve their choice, despite the lack of medical knowledge in the very law they’re forced to operate under. Leave abortion to the doctors. Stop pretending politicians know enough to be responsible.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

I laugh because it hurts so much. I’m still trying to believe that SCOTUS won’t blow this, but I can’t say any of that hope lies with this sad, damaged pretense of a Justice.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Oh wow. Mitch didn't even vote no.

submitted 8 days ago • 354 comments

Dear media: Please do not waste time hyperventilating about this dumb comment. It’s intended to be a distraction from all of the damaging actions he’s taking. Focus on those.

submitted 9 days ago • 3434 comments

Yes it is unconstitutional for Trump to refuse to execute the laws, including spending provisions, passed by Congress. I’m living in a bad Con Law exam right now.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

The Department Of Education Finally Dropped The ‘No DEI By Proxy’ Shoe We Were All Waiting For https://abovethelaw.com/2025/02/the-department-of-education-finally-dropped-the-no-dei-by-proxy-shoe-we-were-all-waiting-for/

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Federal DEI Ban Hits K-12 — See Also https://abovethelaw.com/2025/02/federal-dei-ban-hits-k-12-see-also/

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.

submitted 24 days ago • 927 comments