Chandra Wu

The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women

"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."

Former Segregationist Org Spends big on Sara Nelson Yeesh

In case you missed it -

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Shout out to the Stranger for covering this!

Not only is today’s employment report uniquely bad, but revisions to the prior months show that, on average, we have seen 35k net new jobs created for the last 3 months:

JAN: +111K
FEB: +102K
MAR: +120K
APR: +158K
MAY: +19K
JUN: +14K
JUL: +73K

No way to put lipstick on this pig.

Tonight, I will vote to block arms sales to Israel amid the famine in Gaza.

Starving children and innocent civilians to death is a moral atrocity that cannot abide the conscience of those who believe in human dignity.

The Netanyahu administration must change course.

The Big Beautiful Bill gives Meta a $15 billion check.

That’s more than our federal government spends on child care in an entire year.

If we invested that much in child care & early childhood education, we’d create stronger futures for everyone, not just Mark Zuckerberg.

don’t store your money in PayPal. put it in your traditional bank or something fdic insured. there’s no methods to reclaim your money if PayPal decides to close your account unlike any other bank

A reminder: since the 1980s, framing homelessness as a problem of mental illness or addiction has been politically manufactured to deflect attention from its *actual* causes—rising rents, stagnant wages, gutted social supports—and to justify the removal of unhoused people from public space.

We are entering a new era of Republican-driven financial catastrophe for millions of everyday people and thousands of independent institutions we all depend on.

If you have some extra dollars, right the hell now is the time to support friends, colleagues, communities, and institutions in need.

Since 2021, Mastercard has been imposing strict regulations on platforms that use the company's financial services — and Steam appears to be their latest target.

Tell Mastercard to reverse this harmful policy at action.aclu.org/petition/mas....

woke up thinking abt Plyler v Doe ‘82: Texas in 1975 withheld state funds for children not legally admitted to the US and wanted to deny enrollment too. Supr Ct said policy violated 14th Am: illegal immigrant children are people "in any ordinary sense of the term" & protected from discrimination!

Essay: I left behind an authoritarian state to move to the US. Now I see my new home falling to the same dark forces Coming from Egypt, I know a dictatorship when I see one. The same can’t be said for the white voters who brought Trump to power

And here is Trump targeting culture, education, media, judges, students, scientists, and any group or entity that poses a threat or even the potential of dissent to the regime. And I’m still waiting for the revolution. www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-i-le...

a line of heavily armed federal agents in riot gear standing in a field surrounded by tomato plants

The UFW can confirm farm workers were critically injured yesterday during chaotic raids in Ventura County, CA. Other workers, including US citizens, remain unaccounted for.

UFW staff is on the ground supporting impacted families.

Our full statement below. ⬇️
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I grew up in NYC when crime was much worse, and I never knew anyone who had been hurt on the subway. Then I moved to Maine & became car-dependent. After just 8 years there, I needed both hands to count the number of people I knew who had been badly injured or had lost family members in car crashes.

USAID cuts have caused more than 330,000 deaths worldwide, BU professor estimates - The Boston Globe As USAID offices officially close on Tuesday, Brooke Nichols's research is not alone. An international, 15-member research team also shared its own staggering estimates.

A Boston University professor estimates that the Trump administration’s cuts to USAID grants have caused more than 330,000 deaths worldwide, including 224,575 children. 😰😰

Emmy-winning Austin, TX based TV meteorologist on Facebook:

MAGA Pulls a Maritza Rivera with Lies about Medicaid Cuts

MAGA Pulls a Maritza Rivera with Lies about Medicaid Cuts

A cut is a cut, and a lie is a lie.

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Real Men Burn Stuff The manosphere and the war on renewable energy

"So while MAGA’s attempt to strangle clean energy will increase the risks of global climate catastrophe, it will also increase the risks of U.S. economic stagnation, forcing our nation to remain wedded to obsolete energy technologies while other countries march into the future."

the core idea that can radicalize people is so simple:

there is enough.

there is enough food to feed everyone. enough resources to house everyone. money and technology and medicine to stop the suffering of people around the globe.

once you accept that there's only one question:

why don't we?

When Resilience Becomes a Cage: The Weaponisation of Resilience Discourse Against Multiply Marginalised People How resilience discourse gaslights the marginalised, stabilises systemic harm, and converts survival into institutional virtue — and why we must reclaim narrative sovereignty.

Resilience is praised as virtue—but for the multiply marginalised, it's a cage. This essay critiques resilience discourse as neoliberal control, reclaiming survival as knowledge, not performance.

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"I struggled mightily with the impact on the most vulnerable in this country when you look to the Medicaid and the SNAP provisions," she said. "We do not have a perfect bill by any stretch of the imagination," she added. "My hope is that the House is going to look at this and recognize that we're not there yet."

To the surprise of no one, except possibly a senator from Alaska, the House of Representatives did not send the budget bill back with improvements

I’ve been thinking a lot about Murkowski’s vote. It contains, in one action, so much that defines our pathetic political moment:

Selfishness: I’m taking care of me and mine, the rest of you can pound sand;

Lack of accountability: I know the bill is bad, hopefully someone else will fix it;

I hope that everyone contributes to celebrating Canada Day!

It is the best country, if we can keep it

#quilts

If a bill is so bad that you have to exempt entire states from its consequences to win the votes you need—just don't pass the bill!

Why do people in Washington state deserve Medicaid & SNAP cuts, but others don't?

This is plain wrong, and it's just no way to legislate.

A sheet of a dozen homemade sourdough English muffins with one sliced open on the top to show the crumb/spongeyness

Thanks for sharing, I used their recipe too but used 100g milk+100g flour subbed with my 200g of sourdough levain and I left in rise in the PNW overnight instead of simply 2h. Turned out fluffy and delicious

Hang in there, you are seen 🤷🏼‍♀️

This bill kills community radio in rural areas. As a GenXer, I grew up on Sesame Street & Mister Rogers and any radio station I could find on my dial. We need local community connections & freedom of speech on our public airwaves more than ever - I want it maintained for future generations 🩷❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

So good to see you here! ❤️🩷❤️

kill the cop inside your mind but keep the tiny osha inspector there, they do good work

Leave the Military You're at risk of being told to betray your own values.

There are many good moral people in the military and they should get out because they are gonna be on the wrong side of what is coming.
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