@profsararankin.bsky.social
Law professor, social justice warrior, homeless rights and housing advocate, rescue dog fanatic. Posts mine, not my employer’s, but my work matters to me: t.co/1cWHLWyao2 and http://ssrn.com/author=1572922
“I personally was pretty surprised, actually, at how efficient the government was,” Sahil Lavingia told NPR's Juana Summers.
Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
My latest comic for @realchangenews.bsky.social - new issue out today! Given the recent police violence towards LGBTQ+ rights protestors in the park named after him, telling Cal Anderson’s story felt imperative. #calanderson #calandersonpark #gayrightsmovement #pride🌈 #seattlehistory
Congratulations!!!
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
Start every day with this reality:
EVERY HOUSE SEAT and 33 Senate seats are up for election in 2026. THAT must be the focus. Let’s get disciplined.
#LeaveNoPowerOnTheTable
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Demonizing homeless people isn't some sort of heroic truth-telling.
It's a political tactic meant to divert attention from the poverty wages, unaffordable housing, and engineered neglect that created America's homelessness crisis.
just so we’re all clear: the reason they keep using dolls as their example is because they’re trying to frame caring about material stuff as feminine and thus inherently shameful
“Education” Secretary Linda McMahon writes with the skill of a rabid toddler
The 2 best— er, 3 best things
This whole thread made my day
Perhaps you caught this televised Sperm Race last week: www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Beautiful! Gasp worthy
YES! Same here as of over a year ago now. I don’t even think of it now. Congratulations
Ok I am completely broken by this. The Hague and UN need to see this.
#Texas
Caring for each other, and finding space and support for self care, really is healing.
Although technically the first burn was the British troops;) www.aoc.gov/explore-capi...
Come visit Seattle. We got you covered.
This one saved me from despair and is still my heart.
National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day is on April 30. To bring awareness to the day, the Up First newsletter is sharing some stories from readers about how their pet has impacted their lives.
“Rich Rule”
THIS. The law always has been and always will be what we mightily flawed human beings make it. The law is always about power and often NOT about justice.
He and his horrid snark doesn’t matter. You are an inspiration. Congratulations!!
Seeing claims about the judge "hiding" the defendant. Read the complaint, folks (written by DOJ). The guy was literally in the public area where the agents were. I guess he got on an elevator before they could get to him. The complaint says after letting the defendant exit she came back to the bench
THEY HAVE DEPORTED A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD BIRTHRIGHT CITIZEN
This is why I have no patience anymore for people playing games with this stuff.
BREAKING: The constitutional crisis has arrived. We knew it was coming, just not when.
New Trump rules for homeless service providers: no help for undocumented people, no funds for orgs that practice “gender ideology.” It’s not about shelter or services, it’s about punishing already marginalized people. Depravity as policy.
Sadly, if he follows the United States’ cruel lead, criminalization will thrive, even though it’s the most expensive and least effective response to homelessness. The compulsion to purge visible homelessness is so strong and growing in popularity
