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The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.

1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS

Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows

How did the city do it?

Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue

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#resist #GenZ

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes herself heard, prompting a rebuke - The Boston Globe Despite writing the fewest majority opinions, her voice resonated nonetheless, in an unusually large number of concurring and dissenting opinions, more than 20 in all.

KBJ is a fucking national treasure, and don’t you forget it. If we make it through as a democracy, we’ll be reading about her heroism in the history books
#resist
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/05/n...

The enchanted car park: how a ruined multi-storey became a garden paradise loved by lizards and dog-walkers Once a hangout for sex workers and drug addicts, a parking lot in Medellín, Colombia, has been reborn as a green haven for all. We meet the ‘social urbanists’ credited with reducing crime – and even t...

More of this, please
#whatreallyworks
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

The New Authoritarianism This isn’t single-party rule, but it’s not democracy either.

“When organizations work together ... they share the costs of defiance. The government cannot attack everyone all at once. When the costs of defiance are shared, they become easier for individuals to bear.”
#resist #organize #nokings

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

More Kids Are Dying From Firearms in States With Less Restrictive Gun Laws Excess mortality observed after 2010 Supreme Court decision applied Second Amendment to states

More guns --> more deaths (DUH)
tl;dr: "There were 6,029 excess pediatric firearm deaths in states with the most permissive gun laws compared with -55 excess deaths in states with strict laws."
www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/g...

Georgia's Experience Raises Red Flags for Medicaid Work Requirement Nationwide Applicants and beneficiaries have faced technical glitches

Work requirements for health care do only one thing well: Ensure that fewer people get health care.
#whatreallyworks
www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

It would be terrible if the FBI tip line got flooded with useful info like "my cat is probably the one who ate that snack you left on the table" and "Jimmy Hoffa is the one who's responsible. You people need to track him down"
#resist
thehill.com/policy/healt...

Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard The government already has canceled more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants for the Ivy League school.

Administration goals: Punish people we don't like. Kill science and education, because they say things that make us look stupid.
apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump pardoned tax cheat after mother attended $1 million dinner - The Boston Globe Paul Walczak’s pardon application cited his mother’s support for the president, including raising millions of dollars and a connection to a plot to publicize a Biden family diary.

Another major administration goal: Grifting
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/27/n...

RFK Jr.’s Cuts to Anti-Tobacco Agencies Slammed by Health Groups Recent cutbacks at the Department of Health and Human Services will hurt, or even reverse, decades of progress in reducing the use of addictive tobacco products, more than 80 public health organizatio...

Money is the most important thing in the world.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Pledged to “Make America Healthy Again,” Then Cut a Program Many Tribes Rely on for Healthy Food The USDA has ended a program that dozens of tribal food banks say has helped them provide fresh, locally produced food that is important to their traditions and cultures.

Because that way the weak ones will die off faster
www.propublica.org/article/trib...

RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.

Censorship and projection - two of this administration's great strengths
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

RFK Jr. says COVID shots no longer recommended for kids, pregnant women Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. announced that CDC recommendations for COVID vaccines will no longer include healthy pregnant women and healthy children.

Because that way the weak ones will die off faster www.npr.org/sections/sho...

The Gordon Parks Foundation Gala Celebrated the Enduring Power of Storytelling Honoring Bethann Hardison, Rashid Johnson, Anna Wintour, and Ambassador Andrew Young, the gala placed the spotlight on storytelling and activism through the arts.

At a time when equity and justice are under attack from the most powerful office in the United States, spaces rooted in real community and solidarity are more important than ever. The Gordon Parks Foundation Gala offered just that, placing the spotlight on storytelling and activism through the arts.

Updated estimate from @budgetmodel.bsky.social on the bill that ultimately passed the House yesterday. Average person in bottom quintile gets 15% poorer next year. Average person in top 0.1% get 3% (~$400,000) richer budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2025/...

Distributional Effects of Selected Provisions of the House Reconciliation Bill (Preliminary)

House budget bill would lead bottom income quintile to lose ~4% of their income on average ($800), but top percentile would see their incomes rise 4% (nearly $70,000).
If tariffs remain in place, the overall impact on families would be even more regressive.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/dis...

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Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out.

Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it.

This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights.

Take it here:

Concentration Camps and the Machinery of Repression: Lessons for Saving Democracy – Ash Center Governments throughout history have used detention as a tool to silence dissent, isolate marginalized groups, and punish with impunity – often targeting people based on race, status, or supposed affil...

Get in, skeeters. We're going to save democracy. Seriiously. Join the extraordinary resistance researcher Erica Chenoweth, former Kamala Harris policy advisor Ami Fields-Meyer, and me. June 11 at noon. Registration is free. We're going to let you know what's happening and what you can do.

Brilliant
#resist

This is a very good thread, and highlights how important it’s going to be for us to work at the state and local level to mitigate some of the disaster Republicans are forcing on this nation.

This passed 215-214. We're going to lose our healthcare because 3 senior Dems have died this year. We lost Roe because Ginsburg didn't retire. We lost the election because Joe ran for reelection.

Our country is being destroyed because geriatric Dems can't retire and let go of power.

Speaker Pro Tempore: It is important for the decorum of the institution for you to do the same.

Jeffries: Every time I'm interrupted, it's going to add another 15 minutes to my remarks

BYD Beats Tesla in Europe for First Time With 169% Sales Surge BYD Co. sold more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla Inc. for the first time, overtaking the American brand that long led the continent’s EV segment.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

These Colleges Are Shuttering Their Women’s and LGBTQ+ Centers Here’s what to know.

Since August 2023, at least 31 gender- and sexuality-based resource centers have shuttered across 23 college campuses. Sixteen of those were LGBTQ+ centers, eight were women’s centers

Here's what we know: www.teenvogue.com/story/colleg...

It’s not over yet. Call your representatives, especially those you live in red districts! 👇

Trump treats laws as obstacles, not limits − and the only real check on his rule-breaking can come from political pressure The most meaningful check on presidential power in the Trump era will be political. That’s because courts rely on the broader political system for enforcement.

We need "elected officials speaking out . . . Congress using its oversight and funding powers to uphold court rulings; bureaucrats refusing to implement unlawful directives; and a press and public that demand compliance."
theconversation.com/trump-treats...

Loneliness is Inflaming Our Bodies—And Our Politics Medical research shows that social isolation is a serious chronic stressor. You can say something similar about its impact on our political system

100%. tl;dr: "Loneliness happens when there are no shared objective facts and no potential collective action to solve shared challenges. It’s a state of being where you can’t trust others. [It] . . . inflames the connective tissues of a society."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/lone...

Mass folks - you can use this form to tell your reps to get ICE the hell out of our state. Takes less than a minute.

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