A photo of Judy Heumann smiling with text overlaid as a quote: "Our anger was a fury sparked by profound injustices. Wrongs that deserved ire. And with that rage we ripped a hole in the status quo." The quote is attributed to Judy Heumann, Disability rights activist and author. An ACLU logo and text reading "Women's History Month" are at the bottom of the graphic.
Judy Heumann was the first person who used a wheelchair to teach in New York City. She spent her life advocating for landmark disability rights legislation, including the historic Americans with Disabilities Act.
We honor her lifelong advocacy this Womenβs History Month.
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She looks like Dolores Umbridge.
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Judge Rules Trump Canβt Fire Head of Federal Watchdog Agency Without Cause
A federal judge said that the presidentβs efforts to remove Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, were unlawful.
A federal judge in Washington on Saturday blocked the Trump administration from ousting the top official at a federal watchdog agency, finding that its efforts to do so were unlawful.
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Spineless bastard, how dare you defend the ridiculous bullying that went on. DJT and JDV were an embarrassment to our country and you now sucking up to them is just sycophantic. You are all making this country look like Putin's puppets. You should be ashamed of yourselves!
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everyone seeing how when you takeaway the DEI the planes start falling out of the sky
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Les MisΓ©rables Epilogue Scene Performed at the White House Governors Ball by the US Army Chorus
I think the Army Choir had a message for the Trumpists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIQh...
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Just a reminder that what he's talking about is the private information about every American and business, and there are laws against this access. "Transform the way the government works" by doing what? Targeting opponents? Microtargeting political ads so Republicans never lose?
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This. Especially Senate Republicans.
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Itβs Time to Worry About DOGEβs AI Plans
Welcome to the end of the human civil servant.
DOGE reportedly plans to integrate AI with federal-government systems while purging civil servantsβpotentially granting the president a level of power that hasn't previously been known, Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders write.
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DOGE-Backed Halt at CFPB Comes Amid Muskβs Plans for βXβ Digital Wallet
Government-efficiency teamβs initial βread-onlyβ access expanded quickly to encompass closely guarded data, internal emails say.
It's time to stop pretending DOGE is about efficiency and trimming expenses. The difference between a haircut and a visit to the guillotine matters, and this is all going to be very expensive for all of us (if not for them). Notably gutting CFPB. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Trump Signals He Might Ignore the Courts
Yesterday, the president said that no judge βshould be allowedβ to rule against the changes his administration is making.
βThe Trump administration is not refusing to share power with an opposing party. It is refusing to follow the constitutional limits of a government that its own party controls completely,β Jonathan Chait argues.
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Itβs easy to become overwhelmed with the information overload of the second Trump administration.
The SPLC's Learning for Justice program is offering the Civics for Democracy series to develop the civic knowledge and skills necessary to meet this moment: www.splcenter.org/resources/ho...
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Is the bandaid where they inserted the chip into him so he would obey all the rules, regardless of the consequences?
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Interestingly, I tried to post this on fb and I got the spinny wheel of doom. It never posted.
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Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
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Approximately 20 members of Elon Muskβs staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
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also illegal
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I agree!
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