Lawyer: You don't regret that people might have lost income?
Cavanaugh (DOGE): No, I think it was more important to reduce the federal deficit from two trillion dollars to close to zero.
Lawyer: Did you reduce the federal deficit?
Cavanaugh: No, we didn't.
@girmayzahilay.bsky.social these are the moments that you’ve been building all this power and support for. Imagine the legacy of ending these flights! May bold, creative action animate you and others who might end these atrocities.
tariffs happening for no reason and theyre making your life worse, secret police kidnapping people for no reason and making your life worse, firing thousands of government employees for no reason and making your life worse, going to war with iran for no reason and making your life worse
In the next 24 hours, we can stop a proposed estate tax rate repeal in the Washington State Legislsature.
Senate Bill 6347 would cost $200M in funding to early learning and childcare. Tell your state reps you don’t support balancing the budget on the backs of working families.
Let’s kill SB 6347.
Human Rights Watch says they've verified that Israel has used white phosphorus on civilian populations in Lebanon.
Gift link. “Now, he said, the country is on the verge of becoming a place where wealthy people are able to spend millions of dollars to essentially direct how the government runs — without breaking any laws.”
Congratulations and thank you!!
Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.
*Alysa Liu voice* that's what I'm fucking talking about
If other people's children are fair targets in war, then so are yours.
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
Need more proof that ensuring the ultra-wealthy pay their share in taxes is a smart idea? Take a look at how much WA over-relies on revenue sources that put the biggest squeeze on people with low & moderate incomes! (And urge your lawmaker to pass the #MillionairesTax) #WaLeg
Nothing novel but thinking this morning about the way Gaza (2023) primed the population to move on quickly (if it registers at all) from the U.S.’s obliteration-by-bomb of hundreds of children at school.
When I ride the new Link extensions, the care that Sound Transit put into elevating trains and protecting pedestrians really underlines the fact that South Seattle got screwed by Sound Transit. Feels like they don’t care if we live or die.
Congrats, SSHD, on adding someone so skilled to the team!
One of my favourite sides of politics/media.
Jayme Lawson from Sinners hit the nail on the head and said how I felt with the whole BAFTAs situation.
I will never get used to the disdain our country holds for brown and Black children.
From Palestine to Iran to Sudan, we normalize the destruction of schools and hospitals and daycares. We reduce children to death tolls and their futures to rubble with no consequence or second thought.
The U.S. is a country that is unable to handle death but is awash in it. A country with people who often can't process grief. These are terrible things.
Jesus Christ.
Snagged this today but more for self talk than organizing anybody. I mean, I guess I’m organizing myself. Heh.
Can we get to 4500 letters to NY City Council by tomorrow? It only takes 30 seconds: actionnetwork.org/letters/city... - Also if you've already signed, can you please get 4 others to do the same?
I haven't seen this reported anywhere: the Tukwila City Council is set to adopt a six month moratorium on any applications for correctional institutions or detention facilities on Monday night.
records.tukwilawa.gov/WebLink/Elec...
The life of this 59yo Cambodian refugee whose circumstances of death have *not been disclosed* matters.
The Millionaires Tax to fund schools, health care, & expand the Working Families Tax Credit is halfway to becoming law!
The lies from MAGA Republicans & their wealthy donors are in overdrive. Let's dispel some myths, explain what the Millionaires tax really is, & why working people would benefit:
Thousands of institutions abandoned programs, ended or rewrote scholarships, closed down clubs and publications, all in pre-emptive compliance.
And you know why?
Mostly because they wanted to do it if they thought they could blame someone else for it.
When the higher education sector is organized, we have the power to stop the Trump administration's campaigns against American universities
We are proud of our members and allies at UCLA who successfully blocked Trump from extracting $1.2 billion from UCLA over alleged civil rights violations.
I’m currently reading Solidarity With Children by the author of this article, and its relevance to this moment is so strong.
