Ceilidh "Kay-Lee"

Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.

“I have far more at stake to lose than any other source in this piece” -- Wesley Lowery.

If those were the last words he ever gets published this side of a newsletter, they are fitting. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.

Some of y’all noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically offline. This is why, and I remain on leave for a few weeks to handle a PTSD relapse. CJR was dogged in its pursuit of my story. Because of what I do and who I am, I felt that I had to answer their questions honestly.

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One thing that’s striking to be about this (excellent) account is that Lowery was confronted privately about how his conduct made his victims feel MULTIPLE times and did not commit to changing his behavior until he started to see professional consequences

Lol would you believe I am the first person to use BOTH of these hashtags

I'd tag Carr but I think he's on his buddy's site #GoldTrumpBroach #SimpsForElon

Thanks for the photo Cheryl 😀 As always, the chats after the event are just as worthwhile as the panels - it was so valuable to talk about how we can do more effective #coalitionwork against corporate power in telecom and media! Let's #DeleteDeleteDelete the industry lies in these FCC dockets 😤

Working with Civil Rights Allies to Protect the Independence of the FCC We're proud to join a letter with civil rights allies in calling on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to urgently act to protect the FCC's independence.

NEW LETTER: We joined @civilrightsorg.bsky.social & @weareunidosus.bsky.social to demand the Senate delay Olivia Trusty’s FCC confirmation until assurance from the Trump admin that the agency remains fully staffed. FTC firings are a warning—independent agencies must be protected!

Expecting Big Law firms that are tightly intertwined with and enriched by concentrated corporate power not to cave assumes that they were on the side of human liberty and equality to begin with. I don't think they were.

“Attack plans” and “war plans” are very different according to @SecDef, because apparently, it doesn’t matter if anyone in the world finds out about attack plans.

Whenever our troops are going into harm’s way, info security matters. Resign.

Mahmoud Khalil's Attorney: ICE Arrest Illegal, Unconstitutional | Opinion If the government can deem certain ideas illegal, our right to free speech becomes conditional. The fight to free Mahmoud Khalil is a fight for all of us.

"The Trump administration is seeking to deport Mr. Khalil simply because he is a dedicated Palestinian human-rights defender who has spoken out against Israel's assault on Gaza, and against the U.S. and Columbia University's complicity. " — Samah Sisay

These are two great public servants!

Consumer Bureau Seeks to Undo Settlement and Repay Mortgage Lender The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to return a $105,000 penalty it collected last fall when it resolved a discrimination lawsuit.

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

Commissioner Gomez speaks at a SHLB press conference in support of USF.

For decades, the Universal Service Fund has stood as a promise to the American people that no community will be left behind in the digital age.

We must honor that promise.

The stakes are too high to turn back now. #ProtectUSF

A judge-issued temporary restraining order stopping the Trump administration from detaining Yunseo Chung — a 21-year-old Columbia student & legal permanent resident who the Trump administration is trying to deport for participating in pro-Palestine protests.

A judge-issued temporary restraining order stopping the Trump administration from detaining Yunseo Chung — a 21-year-old Columbia student & legal permanent resident who the Trump administration is trying to deport for participating in pro-Palestine protests.

New: A judge has issued a temporary restraining order stopping the Trump administration from detaining Yunseo Chung — a 21-year-old Columbia student & legal permanent resident who the Trump administration is trying to deport for participating in pro-Palestine protests.

Well, they lied. Obviously.

Our NABET President, Charlie Braico, Jodi Fabrizio-Clontz, Senior Campaign Lead, along w. retired staff member, Bill Murray & John Ziller, President NABET 26 joined others to rally outside of NPR in Wash, D.C.

Standing strong for our rights and making our voices heard!

Photos from today!

Exclusive: Trump fires both Democratic commissioners at FTC, sources say President Donald Trump fired the two Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, two sources familiar with the situation said, in another major test of the independence of regulatory agencies.

Is this a nation of laws? I wind up asking this question daily, and it is not rhetorical. Trump has just attempted to fire two democratic Federal Trade Commission Commissioners. The FTC is an important consumer protection agency.
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I'm listening this morning to the case being heard in St. Paul - Zimmer v. FCC - the case challenging the FCC's decision to maintain broadcast rules to promote localism and competition.

The Birthright Citizenship Clause Means Exactly What It Says: The Textual and Historical Implausibility of Alternative Interpretations Offered by the Trump Administration and Conservative Commentators... UC Davis Law professor Vikram David Amar and Illinois Law professor Jason Mazzone discuss the scope and original intent of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, particularly in response to a....

it is truly wild that, as the authors here note, every argument against the plain text reading of the citizenship clause requires twists, turns, contortions and leaps that would make simone biles look like an amateur

There’s bipartisan agreement that reliable, affordable broadband is a necessity, networks should be resilient and keep up with demand, and no community should be left behind.

But building broadband networks to meet those goals is complicated. We have to do it right.

House Republicans are pro-listeria.

They added a rider to the Agriculture spending bill that would impede the FDA from issuing a new rule or guidance to prevent listeria from contaminating our food.

Congress must remove all the poison pills from any final spending package.

Catch this great thread from @agomezfcc.bsky.social !

FCC chair opens probe into diversity practices at Verizon Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr on Thursday opened a probe into diversity practices at Verizon and raised the telecommunications company's ongoing effort to purchase Frontier Communications .

Verizon has a merger pending before the #FCC. Chair Carr already explicitly announced that private companies must pledge ideological fealty to this administration if they want to get a merger approved.

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#protectpublicmedia

What Can House Republicans Cut Instead of Medicaid? Not Much. The math of the G.O.P.’s goals makes the move almost unavoidable.

Republicans are lying when they say their budget does not cut Medicaid.

It directs our Committee to cut at least $880 billion, and 98% of what’s available to cut is either Medicare or Medicaid.

Trump says not to touch Medicare, so cuts have to come from Medicaid.
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Aviation’s first responders save lives. Listen to your Flight Attendants.

CWA President Claude Cummings: Let me make one thing clear: @cwaunion.bsky.social has your back. We're going to #FightLikeHell to protect the Postal Service!

UPTE-CWA members are on strike! ✊

“[F]reedoms of speech and of the press are among the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained except by despotic governments.”
-George Mason

I offered an amendment to ensure Energy & Commerce protects free speech and press from FCC overreach.

Republicans voted no.