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Stars & Stripes: VA files notice to immediately revoke disability rating rule after backlash from veterans

Let’s be clear: Secretary Collins’ decision to finally rescind this disastrous rule is a direct result of the VSOs and the more than 20,000 Veterans who filed public comment and called him on his bullshit.

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The Toll Working Multiple Jobs Takes on Young People “Rat race,” “chaos,” “stressful”: these are just a few ways young people are describing days stuffed with side projects, shift schedules, and Google Calendars color-coded by job. Illustration Credit: ...

For Everything is Political, I reported on young people working multiple jobs. It's about more than side hustles—factors like worker exploitation & lack of opportunities to break in have impacted multiple generations. Now, some young adults say working only one job has never felt viable.

It’s Kent Nishimura. He’s one of the best photojournalists of this era. Please use his name.

Trump's DOJ seeks examples of 'egregious' judges for Congress to review President Donald Trump's administration ramped up its pressure on the U.S. judiciary on Tuesday, with the Justice Department saying it has asked federal prosecutors to supply it with the "most egregious examples" of judges impeding his agenda so Congress could take action against them.

President Donald Trump's administration ramped up its pressure on the U.S. judiciary, with the Justice Department saying it has asked federal prosecutors to supply it with the "most egregious examples" of judges impeding his agenda so Congress c...

TAT: [Suppressing Dissent | Undermining Democracy]

Border Patrol agent's texts after he shot a Chicago woman five times will be released, judge rules The government dropped its case against Marimar Martinez but her lawyers say it has refused to correct the record after calling her a “domestic terrorist.”

A Border Patrol agent shot her five times—then bragged about it to his buddies.
 
Today, a federal court ruled those texts must be released.
 
The American people deserve transparency just as much as Marimar deserves justice.

Hey, literally everyone in the lefty media... you do not have to give it to rightwing shitheads like Tillis or MTG who occasionally say something critical of Trump but agree with him on literally every other policy.

Tillis is a POS who ran on scaring people over voter suppression. Fuck him.

"I do not feel safe in the country": international developers are skipping GDC because of Trump's border chaos:

aftermath.site/i-do-not-feel-...

I recently shared some of my experiences attending GDC and travelling to the US with @lukeplunkett.com at @aftermath.site. They form part of this thoughtful and detailed discussion on the future of people visiting the country for video game events, as well as what this means for us personally.

We’re in court challenging ICE’s denial of access to legal counsel to people held at the detention center cruelly dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz."

Access to an attorney is a right, not a privilege.

This you, Rubio?

Why is Douglas Collins choosing 60-day VA mental health waits? Unacceptable.

He's starving @deptvetaffairs.bsky.social to privatize it, but we won't let them break the VA.

Stop the sabotage!

#VANotForSale #CommonDefense

Duckworth’s third letter to DHS and DOJ Inspectors General calling on the offices to heed the public outcry and finally launch a joint task force to investigate the horrific pattern of brutality from Trump’s DHS, Border Patrol and ICE agents, including the killing of Alex Pretti.

Duckworth’s third letter to DHS and DOJ Inspectors General calling on the offices to heed the public outcry and finally launch a joint task force to investigate the horrific pattern of brutality from Trump’s DHS, Border Patrol and ICE agents, including the killing of Alex Pretti.

Duckworth’s third letter to DHS and DOJ Inspectors General calling on the offices to heed the public outcry and finally launch a joint task force to investigate the horrific pattern of brutality from Trump’s DHS, Border Patrol and ICE agents, including the killing of Alex Pretti.

Duckworth’s third letter to DHS and DOJ Inspectors General calling on the offices to heed the public outcry and finally launch a joint task force to investigate the horrific pattern of brutality from Trump’s DHS, Border Patrol and ICE agents, including the killing of Alex Pretti.

Here it is. For the third time.

I'm calling on DHS and DOJ's IGs to heed the public outcry and finally launch a joint task force to investigate the horrific pattern of brutality from Trump's agents, including the public execution of Alex Pretti.

We demand accountability. Now.

Clearly, the Trump Administration cannot be trusted to investigate their own agents' pattern of brutality that has led to them murdering two Americans.

I’m leading the effort to force independent investigations into this lawlessness.

Americans deserve the truth. No more lies.

CBS News: Federal government watchdogs deny Duckworth's request for joint probe of immigration agents' use of force

Our independent watchdogs are failing the American people.

ICE has attacked citizens, cops and kids in Chicago.

They are killing people in Minneapolis.

Then turn around and lie to our faces.

If this pattern of abuse doesn't warrant a joint investigative task force, what does??

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti.

“Please get the truth out about our son.”

Alex Pretti, a VA ICU nurse, was killed by ICE while trying to protect a woman being assaulted.

Trump calls him a “monster” and “domestic terrorist.”

Trust your own eyes. Unlike Trump, the video doesn’t lie.

CBS: Trump leaves NATO allies "dumbfounded" and "disgusted" with remarks dismissing sacrifices in Afghanistan

More than 1,000 troops from NATO allies died alongside American servicemembers in Afghanistan.

The only time Article V has ever been invoked was after 9/11, and NATO came to our aid without hesitation.

To minimize the sacrifice of our allies' fallen heroes is disgusting.

BRIEF: Arizona Redistricting Law is Part of Long Tradition of Citizens Regulating State Elections A new Brennan Center brief argues that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Arizona legislature would undermine the ability of citizens to combat the problem of gerrymandering.

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.

Thousands outside Terminal 1 at the Minneapolis airport now.

Immediate punishment for speaking out against the regime.

🚨"There is a fear in this city, people are scared to go out; I have friends sending me their locations that are minorities because they're worried ICE is gonna come and take them—good positive working people. We are being invaded in our state—we're tired of it!" LIVE NOW ⬇️

Judd Legum and Samantha Maldonado win Nyhan Prizes - The Shorenstein Center

I won a prize from the Harvard Shorenstein Center for my newsletter, Popular Information.

“Legum has built a model of journalism that combines meticulous investigative reporting with clear, accessible explanations of how power operates—and who benefits."

Nuclear defense is why we built a base on Greenland in 1951. We had this idea 75 years ago. The base has been there since then. You don’t have to invade a country where you already have everything. Invasion just destroys what you have and much else besides.

Unilever: Stop silencing Ben & Jerry’s ice cream NOW! Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong. Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's...

Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong.

Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's petition & be entered in a raffle to win a free pint of his pro-ceasefire sorbet! sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...

Imagine spending $125 million to try to look badass instead of using money to say, oh idk...

Feed 55,000 hungry Veterans.

🚨BREAKING: We're on scene in Minneapolis as shots were reportedly fired by ICE. One resident tells us ICE "shot a kid that was trying to run away from them...they start shooting kids now!"

This is unconfirmed and we don't have all the details of what happened yet. LIVE NOW ⬇️

Rep. Craig: A special education teacher had her windows smashed in her school parking lot. She was detained for 12 hours. We are hearing reports of immigrant communities who are refusing to come to school, whether they're citizens or not, because they are afraid. Every American should be outraged

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.