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Stephanie Baker

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She/her Higher ed policy at New America. Opinions = own. Working on fed policy re: parenting students and child care access. Opinions on lots of things. Parent/worker/baker/learner/gardener who believes in the power of the people.

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White supremacy is incompatible with democracy

15.02.2026 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

i think you can judge how free - or not - our political media is by the fact that elon musk literally did a sieg heil (twice) at a rally and it’s still seen as uncouth and overly partisan (in legacy media) to describe his politics as straightforwardly white supremacist.

15.02.2026 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2784    πŸ” 529    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 20

I don’t think this is the flex she thinks it is.

So what, Dems deport people because they (stupidly) want to win over anti immigrant voters, and Republicans deport people a little less, so they can detain more so their friends at GEO group and other contracts make more money? Both actions are evil

16.02.2026 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As if it wasn’t already hard enough for people to tell truth from fiction or lies in the media these days!

15.02.2026 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Next time ask them about Stephen Miller and Russ Vought

15.02.2026 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An uptick in mumps cases in Baltimore is just what an immunocompromised Baltimorean wants to hear 🫠

Get your MMR titers checked and get an MMR shot if needed.

15.02.2026 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Per the email, this is supposedly about law school?

My favorite part of this list is Johns Hopkins, which does not have a law school.

14.02.2026 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"In Arizona, where hundreds of thousands fewer people received SNAP in December than in July, one official called the state’s challenges with delays and backlogs as it instituted new paperwork requirements while cutting staff 'a direct consequence' of the megabill."

13.02.2026 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

14.02.2026 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 13787    πŸ” 3690    πŸ’¬ 230    πŸ“Œ 132

This does not surprise me at all and I’m begging Dems to stop being complicit in the acceleration of the destruction of our environment for technology that, on average, sucks and is wrong a lot of the time.

14.02.2026 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My whole job is asking people how policy and legislative advocacy used to work, so I can throw it all out the window and try to guess what might work now.

14.02.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.

Abolish ICE.

The Trump Administration found $38 billion to make concentration camps.

"The plan’s $38 billion budget is more than the total annual spending for 22 states, according to state budget data."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

13.02.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 371    πŸ” 178    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 9

Hot (uniformed) take from someone who really hates car washing.

It’s gonna rain Sunday, let the rain wash the salt off.

14.02.2026 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œMeta’s internal memo said the political tumult in the United States was good timing for the feature’s release.”

14.02.2026 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Steven Miller and Chris Rufo will FOIA will your chat.

14.02.2026 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. I don’t judge him for a history of substance abuse that involves snorting off toilets.

I do judge him for suggesting surviving snorting toilet seat germs means we don’t need vaccines, or is some indication of health or toxic masculinity as health

14.02.2026 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump administration drops its appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. But it ...

NEW: The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court order blocking its $1.2-billion settlement demand to UCLA over alleged campus civil rights violations: www.latimes.com/california/s...

14.02.2026 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 462    πŸ” 182    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 39

Just one reason police should have no involvement with our schools

14.02.2026 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What a perfect example of how these people are not just incompetent, they’re lazy.

14.02.2026 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1370    πŸ” 537    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 31
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Consultants Offered Epstein Access to Top N.Y. Democrats if He Donated

So much of the rot in this country stems from our failure to fund public goods and regulate private wealth. In that context, people who need your money won't care how terrible you are.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/n...

14.02.2026 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 756    πŸ” 180    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 10

More like β€œpeople who values lives” and β€œpeople who are fine with others dying from preventable illness”

14.02.2026 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren

They think they have a right to impose their delusions on your kids. They are banking on the fact that liberal parents will be too nice to be as aggressive as MAHA.

Prove them wrong. This should infuriate you and you must make sure your legislators hear that.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...

13.02.2026 22:33 β€” πŸ‘ 465    πŸ” 250    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 8
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ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.

I'm working on a guide for community opposition. There's going to be so many ways to make this impossible to materialize if people are willing to put in the work. Local community efforts dealing with zoning, building codes, etc will be vital. We must stop this

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

13.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 582    πŸ” 202    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 7
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European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women" The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."

Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.

It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

Our latest.

13.02.2026 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 11357    πŸ” 4047    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 268

Hell isn’t hot enough.

13.02.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Line graph that shows a blue line of # protests since Trump's 2nd inauguration surpassed, showing these to have exceeded 42k by the end of Jan 2026. A green line counts # of protests during the same time period in Trump's first term and just exceeds 10k.

Line graph that shows a blue line of # protests since Trump's 2nd inauguration surpassed, showing these to have exceeded 42k by the end of Jan 2026. A green line counts # of protests during the same time period in Trump's first term and just exceeds 10k.

Overall, we have tallied 4x more protests through Jan 31, 2026 than we had through Jan 31, 2018

12.02.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 848    πŸ” 296    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 28

Given that the administration has stopped trying to defend their EO pushing for more segregation, feels like VT powers that be just want to do this

13.02.2026 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 386    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
The AI Voice Blueprint shows how OPM edtech teams and higher ed use AP voice to respond faster, mature more inbound leads, and scare outreach - without adding headcount

The AI Voice Blueprint shows how OPM edtech teams and higher ed use AP voice to respond faster, mature more inbound leads, and scare outreach - without adding headcount

Tired of paying staff to convince vulnerable adult learns to hand their Pell benefits over to you? Replace them with AI!

13.02.2026 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kennedy Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schoolchildren

This isn't about choice.

It's about their desire to eliminate the "weak" in society (based on their inhumane view that the "weak" take more than they contribute and thus don't deserve life) and to profit by selling snake oil to people who reject mainstream meds.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/h...

13.02.2026 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3
"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
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Feb 12, 2026
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"Moderna's CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: 'You cannot make a return on investment if you don't have access to the U.S. market. Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.” 9:12 AM Feb 12, 2026 604.8K Views

In terms of what cures are being lost:

- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease

13.02.2026 05:44 β€” πŸ‘ 12439    πŸ” 6191    πŸ’¬ 441    πŸ“Œ 781

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