Anna M Shields

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

There is no insurrection, no riots — the LA crisis is an escalation of the crisis that has been ongoing since 2016 of Trump’s determination to exert & expand power by using all means of coercion, including always the threat and encouragement of violence to make his hellish make believe our reality.

Why are we so concerned that all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) were fired at the same time?
✅ Loss of top-notch vaccine experts
✅ Unchecked power for 🧠🪱 to appoint grifters and charlatans who will make America sicker

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Big Bird Fights Back This is the second night in a row that I’ve had a piece run longer than usual.

NPR's new lawsuit is a powerhouse, identifying multiple, independent ways the Trump administration violated the Constitution in order to take revenge on public media. Bottom line? This administration is scared of the truth & this lawsuit reveals that weakness. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …

Please highlight this story.

ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.

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ONE IF BY LAND

TWO IF BY D.C.

the north end church in boston

it’s 250 years today

@northendpage.bsky.social

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April 17 National Day of Action for Higher Education April 17 3-6pm Rally at Duke Chapel WE ARE TAKING ACTION TO DEFEND HIGHER EDUCATION AS A PUBLIC GOOD AND A SPACE FOR SOCIAL EQUITY AND DEMOCRATIC VALUES. AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THREATENS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, HIGHER ED FUNDING, AND FREE SPEECH, WE DEMAND THAT DUKE STANDS UP TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.

Hi Bluesky friends: if you are able, please help out our friend and colleague Jeff Richey, who has lost almost everything in the Kentucky floods. Anything will help! www.gofundme.com/f/helping-ou...

All excellent suggestions here. Creating your own blend a fine idea, but if you use a particularly idiosyncratic translation, credit somewhere would be helpful to the field.

Hands Off! Rally in Princeton, NJ Saturday, April 5! #HandsOff

Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.

What will you do?

This continues to be the biggest story in the country: DOGE has already squandered half a trillion dollars in 6 weeks. Not billion. half a trillion, $500 billion talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/irs-p...

From Russian state media to Trump’s lips 👄

Welcome to all our new followers! 💚

Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.

Tucson, Arizona today.

Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.

23,000 showed up.

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We had a successful Crappy Fitzpatrick's Day event at the Congressman's office today!

Over a hundred PA-01 volunteers showed up to let Brian Fitzpatrick know - with holiday themed decor and limericks - how they feel about his inadequate representation, and his unwillingness to hold town halls.

A refugees memories of Voice of America. What Trump is doing is monstrous.

Booker, Kim say they won’t vote for stopgap funding bill, raising prospect of shutdown - New Jersey Globe Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim will both vote no on a House-passed stopgap government funding bill, the two senators announced this afternoon, raising

According to the New Jersey Globe, "Kim and Booker said they’d both vote against cloture, too . . ."

[Please @booker.senate.gov @kim.senate.gov make this clear in your statements to constituents too!]

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Tucson Congressman Raúl Grijalva dies Longtime Tucson Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva died Thursday morning at age 77.

America lost a really good one today. RIP, Rep. Grijalva, and thank you for your conscience, your values, and your dedicated service. tucson.com/news/local/g...

⭐ THANK YOU! ⭐

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Our tips truck has hit the road.

This week, the Education Dept. announced it would fire about 1,300 workers. If you were affected, we'll be near the Education Dept. building, ready to meet folks where they are.

You can also reach out via Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to propublica.org/tips.

Per @aoc.bsky.social

A screenshot of the continuing resolution proposed with this text highlighted: “(b) If a sequestration is ordered by the President under section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the spending, expenditure, or operating plan required by this section shall reflect such sequestration.”

This means Trump/Musk could legally cancel funding for any program for any reason.

This is unacceptable.

A shutdown is bad. This bill is worse.

A Nation at the Crossroads “Don’t give up, don’t give in, don’t give out. Don’t get lost in a sea of despair.” --Rep. John Lewis

contrarian.substack.com/p/a-nation-a... inspirational: If John Lewis were here today he would be encouraging us “to stand up, speak up, and speak out” vs injustice. He would be reminding us that silence is compliance. He would be asserting that the Constitution begins with the words “We the people”…

NEW: Biggest Federal Employee Unions Says Shutdown is Preferable to Elon/Trump CR talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bigge...