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Snarky dog lover, Pro-choice grandmother, Author of God-Optional Judaism - available from me (I have a half a box of author’s copies) or digital copy from iishj.org. Find me at secularjewishweddings.com.
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People, give money to ProPublica.

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This is why we cannot leave education and voting rights to the states.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

My new favorite quote from the brilliant Joyce Vance: I’m from Alabama. I know a poll tax when I see it.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

550 Jewish clergy agree: law should be a tool of justice, not a weapon of cruelty. From deporting hundreds without due process to cancelling residents’ social security numbers, the Trump admin is actively weaponizing & eroding laws with the goal of instilling terror and distrust across the country.

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"For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law"

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...

submitted 6 days ago • 418 comments

I don’t care who the next pope will be. Whoever it is, no matter how “liberal,” will not believe you own your own body, which is the most basic human right.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Been a little minute since we heard anything about Greenland or the Panama Canal Zone.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

[email protected] Would super suck if that inbox was flooded with as much bullshit as their task force represents.

submitted 7 days ago • 32 comments

This made my stomach drop. How can anyone support a system that includes this?

submitted 7 days ago • 55 comments

Pretty much, the only people I can think of who need to carry $3,000 in cash are drug dealers.

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A few weeks ago, chemical lobbyists asked the Trump administration to shut down an EPA website showing the locations of thousands of dangerous chemical facilities. The EPA just took it down.

submitted 8 days ago • 26 comments

Frengel Reyes Mota, a 24yo father raising his 9 year-old stepson as his own was abducted by Trump & sent to a Salvadoran torture mill. “I need help for my father. My father is very, very good people.” "He’s the most beautiful person. If you need something, he’ll be there for you," said his wife.

submitted 8 days ago • 20 comments

Francisco shares: I've worked 20+ yrs at the Muranaka Co. under a UFW contract harvesting parsley, cilantro, leeks & radishes. Having a contract means we get pensions, holidays, bonuses + we can speak up. It's a huge difference from working for a labor contractor. #WeFeedYou

submitted 8 days ago • 11 comments

Now it’s Wendy Brito. New Orleans mother taken by ICE. Wife, mother, school volunteer. Legal resident. No charges. No criminal record. No explanation. Routine ICE check-in & she never came home. 3 weeks detained. No reason given. No answers. This is not due process. #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

submitted 8 days ago • 87 comments

I’ll be at the Bothwell in Livermore - Saturday/Sunday

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"We are ruled by fathers who have never changed diapers" is becoming my go-to description of the present crisis.

submitted 9 days ago • 6 comments

OMG. “After DOGE gained access to NLRB’s systems, there was an increase in attempted logins from locations outside the US, including a user with a Russian IP address. The person with the Russian IP address appeared to have a correct username and password, created minutes earlier by DOGE engineers.”

submitted 11 days ago • 145 comments

The US government illegally renditioned an immigrant to the gulag in El Salvador while he was still waiting for his hearing in immigration court & then at the hearing, the judge ordered him deported from the US because he failed to attend his court hearing.

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www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n... topics ordered to be struck: -Involuntary or coercive medical/psychological practices -Arbitrary or unlawful interference w/privacy -Serious restrictions to internet freedom -Extensive gender-based violence -Violence or threats of violence targeting people w/disabilities

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