Renée Trilling

Defund ICE (UPDATED 1/22) - SENATE VOTE THIS WEEK ⭑ 5 Calls Updates January 22, 2026: By a 220-207 vote, the House has passed H.R. 7147, the standalone DHS appropriations bill. Republican Rep. Massie (KY) voted …

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Cuts are ongoing! Some studies continue but will run out of funding, and new research isn't starting.
The US has led the world in many areas of science and health. These cuts will be devastating around the world.
We have infrastructure others can't quickly replace (but we're destroying it).

Then call senator Duckworth and inform her that you have lost faith in Schumer’s leadership. That you cannot vote for ANY Democratic senators as long as he remains in a leadership position. Explicitly link your actions to Schumer’s failure of leadership and the capitulation.

Done!

So @durbin.senate.gov is hiding from his constituents today—no one answering phones and no voicemail option last night and again this morning. Craven and feckless.

Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.

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Another shameful decision from a throughly discredited Supreme Court

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

Today is an absolute rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and a real sign that the anti-trans panic is fading.

From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.

GOTV, New Yorkers! It's Mamdani time!

Let's gooooo, Virginia!

Target Shooting Could Be Causing Brain Injuries. We Measured the Danger.

Frankly, this explains A LOT about where the US is right now.

End Trump's Dictator Rule ⭑ 5 Calls Since Inauguration Day, Trump has consistently upended our constitutional separation of powers to unilaterally control all branches of our government; …

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Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness

@tressiemcphd.bsky.social nails it:

“Real working-class politics does not assume the worst of working-class people’s impulses. It does not launder their concerns for political points. It certainly does not argue, directly or indirectly, that a little racism is a good thing for reaching them.”

The Election Assistance Commission is considering a proof-of-citizenship rule that would block millions of eligible voters, including Americans voting from abroad. Push back - submit your comment today!

#ProtectTheVote #DefendDemocracy

There is exactly one way to rapidly cut pollution at scale, save money both at the govt and household level, and do it without federal help.

The best fastest thing to do on climate is to just make cities safer for walking and biking. That's it.

Every climate person should be working on this.

Cover of the latest issue of the journal Medieval Perspectives

It’s here! Fantastic stuff in this special issue of Medieval Perspectives (including some musings by yours truly). Words matter, history matters, and philology is alive and well.

Point Reyes Blue is a world-class cheese and I will die on that hill

Today the Church of England remembers Theodore of Tarsus, second Archbishop of Canterbury, who had never set foot in these isles before being appointed, and who had to learn the local tongue on the journey here.

There would be no British Christianity without immigrants.

God, Slavery, and Early Christianity Cambridge Core - History of Religion - God, Slavery, and Early Christianity

The digital version of God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is officially out! If you're interested in ancient Mediterranean slavery's effects on Christian thought and practice, this is for you.

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Just note that if you click through and watch the video, you will see a person being thrown to the ground—and, if you have sound on, it's even more sickening.

Excessive force at a minimum.

I bought peaches at the farmers market today and it was a Good Choice

This is all he said.

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

Ta-Nehisi Coates, worth reading (as always)

"...the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."

The data on political violence have been clear for a long time.

History is cool!

Image of the first page of an article in the journal Medieval Perspectives

I'm thrilled to have a small piece in this exciting special issue of Medieval Perspectives on "Medieval Words for 2025," edited by Britt Mize and Johanna Kramer, and I can't wait to read the rest of the contributions.

Protect US Passport Holders from Political Retribution ⭑ 5 Calls Rep. Bill Mast (R-FL), the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has added a provision to H.R. 5300, the State Department reauthorization …

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Opinion | They Don’t Want to Live in Lincoln’s America

wrote about the “national conservative” vision for america