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MLiS, MaPS, JD, Blerd, Librarian, recovering academic and legal impurist, monger of references to movies, songs, games, novels and comics no one remembers or needs to. Mastadon/Bluesky @[email protected]
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Cut services for the poorest in order to give tax breaks to billionaires. Spend decades complaining about the deficit then vote to triple it to afford those tax cuts. I’m curious how this will get spun come election time #politicsky #politics

#andor season 2 is too on the mark. You start thinking its an analogy for fascism in the 30’s, as you keep watching you see its a modern reflection that hits too close to home.

Planes falling out if the sky, but you saved 0 dollars in taxes. Was it worth it? #politicssky

First Canada now Australia.

O Canada 🍁 🇨🇦 Carney WINS!!

Arresting Judges for rightfully telling federal officers obstructing her lawful judicial process that they need a judicial warrant not an administrative warrant? Its testing the waters to see if the administration can outright arrest judges who rule against them.

Another article claiming the only thing driving up costs is lack of supply when price ratcheting caused by new denser devs has a bigger tie. If it were just supply we’d see costs in upzoned areas reduced/stabilized. The reverse is true. Vancvr & Trnto learned this 10 yrs ago. #housingsky #seattlesky

It's a strange irony that the narrative from those who opposed the RFA went from "We're much wealthier than the poors in MLT and Lynnwood, why should we join them?" to "This is too expensive for us humble, poor Edmonds folks, we can’t afford it!" #edmonds myedmondsnews.com/2025/04/edmo...

Happy to see this challenge to the remaining Black member Lynnwood city council by a well known ‘Make America Great Again’ advocate fell through #blacksky #snohomishcounty #lynnwood

It was never about citizenship

Eugenics isn't dead—it's thriving in tech

“America is an Anglo [meaning white in contemporary and historic American speech] country” - The Vice President of the United States of America to the PM of Britain yesterday. American media response: crickets. My god #politicssky #blacksky #newsky www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Canadians frequently stop by an American town for some staples that tend to be cheaper across the border. But the trade and diplomatic fight President Trump has picked with America’s northern neighbor is causing more Canadians to stay home.

Being a #BIPOC #wsu grad, I absolutely agree you have to do what you can to protect students. I disagree with the idea it’ll avoid putting a target on #bipoc students backs by the admin. It’s already there. Eventually the demand will be dismiss minority & lgbtqia students/staff or lose federal $

Happy that #harvard is standing upto the administration, but it’s still frustrating to see MSM outlets quote the admin’s version of whats racially discriminatory without so much as a one word rebuttal from actual Minority organizations. #blacksky #politicsky

#easternwashington rep wants to hand over control of the #NCAA to 47 and role back the NIL out of frustration teams like #Gonzaga (and my own #WSU to be fair) can’t fairly compete. Hmm, change an inequitable system to balance for inequality? Getting mixed messages from that crowd #blacksky

#electricstate is not bad at all. I really enjoyed it. Its an ode to #90’s teenagers

Right out of #Project2025 playbook - Do all you can to erase that slavery and jim crow ever happened, and erase the existence and contributions of African Americans as if we never existed. #blacksky

the trump administrative is actively pro housing discrimination and wants to encourage it by non enforcement www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/b...

Canada Makes Washington 11th Province: tinyurl.com/yc58xxwj

Yet again, leadership acts for the short term choosing avoiding blame instead of doing what's right. And of course they get publicly dunked on by POTUS for doing so. Stopping a shutdown wont matter if your bill allows the opposition to fire most of the government. #politicssky #USsenate

If SCOTUS declares 47 can void key foundations of constitutional amendments by executive order without say of congress, it renders the whole constitution as nothing more than an advisory document w/ POTUS as the sole basis for all law. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

I'm appalled by the USDA's decision to pause funding to the University of Maine System. This will hurt our farmers, halt critical research, and impact students throughout Maine. Once again, our state is being targeted for retribution—all because our officials are standing up for the rule of law.

www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... It's odd that the author implies Clinton was "successful" at triangulation when with only 1 exception, his big policy "wins" were purely advocated by his opposition. And they still impeached him after getting almost everything they wanted. #seattlesky #pnesky

Perkins Coie, which helped defeat Trump's attempts to subvert the 2020 election, fights Trump's order targeting the firm as a violation of the 1st, 5th and 6th Amendments and the separation of powers. "Perkins Coie cannot allow its clients to be bullied." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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