@pamherd.bsky.social
Personal Account. Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I ❤️ surveys. I 😖Administrative Burden. My views do not represent the views of my lovely employer!
Seventh Immigrant Dies in ICE Custody This Year
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🚀 I encourage those interested to apply! I received the 🎓 Clifford C. Clogg scholarship in 2017—eventually becoming a TA in 2020 & 2021—and had an incredible experience, shaping my career.
Huge thanks to my mentor & now friend, John Fox, for notifying me about this opportunity & guidance! 🙌 #ICPSR
We are off the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸
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I saw someone say you can tell the patriarchy is real because women are being arrested for having miscarriages but men aren't for sexual assault and pedophilia, and I can't stop thinking about that.
17.02.2026 14:52 — 👍 106 🔁 48 💬 0 📌 1
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published Feb. 2025)
ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.
17.02.2026 00:28 — 👍 4491 🔁 2547 💬 12 📌 210Faculty: Help us build a wish list for accommodation requests! We invite instructors to share perceptions of disability support services for students in #HigherEd. Take a short survey (IRB approved) here: uofmississippi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_.... Questions? Get in touch! #Accessibility
16.02.2026 21:15 — 👍 12 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 3HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.
They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
Their gifts provided funds for the college to continue paying salaries for professors, TAs, and internships. There really are no strict stipulations; the decision-making power comes from the college itself.
And something like THIS is what makes the people who run the Mellon Foundation amazing.
Gee this can’t have anything to do with married women needing passports to vote under the SAVE act could it?
16.02.2026 03:21 — 👍 121 🔁 40 💬 4 📌 1UTAH - Wasatch County Republican Party Chair David Johnson arrested for allegedly “waterboarding” a teen girl for not cleaning her room.
She also had bruising, and says he did it to other kids. Released on $10,000 bail.
Full: www.abc4.com/news/crimes-...
Most disability rights lawyers work for the Department of Justice or disability rights agencies. The administration wants to cut funding for these lawyers. We have the right to live in the community, but it's hard to protect our rights if we can't find lawyers. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
14.02.2026 20:01 — 👍 26 🔁 13 💬 0 📌 0
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
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CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕
(From @andertoon.bsky.social )
This sounds bonkers & it's simply a basic statement of fact. Between Covid neglect, ending USAID, & now the vaccine nonsense, it will soon be more than Jefferson Davis.
13.02.2026 04:53 — 👍 231 🔁 74 💬 4 📌 1
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
12.02.2026 19:46 — 👍 27370 🔁 11657 💬 2072 📌 1005![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
MARK KELLY,
Plaintiff,
Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL)
V.
PETE HEGSETH, et al.,
Defendants.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
February 12, 2026 [Dkt. #2]
United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and
policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement
rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these
issues.
Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military
servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental
obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary
Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over
the military. This Court will not be the first to do so!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiclbgaenrhgnor6zvmnfql4d3olwzqp7zikm3maum5ylc4m6epys4@jpeg)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MARK KELLY, Plaintiff, Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL) V. PETE HEGSETH, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION February 12, 2026 [Dkt. #2] United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these issues. Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over the military. This Court will not be the first to do so!
Worse still, Secretary Hegseth contends that this Court is not yet competent to decide the issues in this case. He and his fellow Defendants argue that military personnel 1 Case 1:26-cv-00081-RJL Document 37 Filed 02/12/26 Page 2 of 29 decisions are exempt from judicial review and, in any event, that Senator Kelly should first be required to go through the military appeals process so the military can have the first crack at adjudicating his First Amendment rights. I disagree. This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees. After all, as Bob Dylan famously said, "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." To say the least, our retired veterans deserve more respect from their Government, and our Constitution demands they receive it! Senator Kelly's First Amendment claim is not only justiciable; he is likely to succeed on the merits. He has also shown irreparable harm, and the balance of the equities fall decidedly in his favor. As such, his motion for a preliminary injunction on his First Amendment claim is hereby GRANTED.
BREAKING: Judge blocks Hegseth effort to punish Sen. Kelly.
"This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly's First Amendment freedoms and threatened the constitutional liberties of millions of military retirees."
Background: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-k...
ACA Marketplace (Obamacare) Signups Drop 1.2 million (-4.9%) in 2026, as consumers face increase in premiums siftingandwinnowing.substack.com/p/aca-signup...
12.02.2026 13:19 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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New Census Bureau data shows seniors, renters and rural Americans are struggling financially as inflation and rising costs outpace income gains.
The SAVE Act is an EXTREME POWER GRAB by Congressional Republicans who want to control our elections and LIMIT OUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
📱 202-224-3121 TODAY! Tell your members of Congress to #VoteNoOnSAVE!
#HandsOffHerVote
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
The masked armed men have to wear the masks because the woman in the bathrobe might threaten them
12.02.2026 00:09 — 👍 1236 🔁 292 💬 24 📌 6Juana Rodriguez, a U.S. citizen born in Idaho, said she was among those detained. The ACLU said in its news release that her 3-year-old son cried as officers told him to hold on to her pocket.
12.02.2026 01:43 — 👍 168 🔁 127 💬 2 📌 4Please do this!
11.02.2026 22:54 — 👍 19 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Incredible update: "This article was updated to note that CNN reports there were at least four party balloons shot down by DOD, not just one."
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James Van Der Beek’s wife has a gofundme to try and ensure her children don’t lose their home.
This is the reality of America’s for profit healthcare system.
James auctioned off Dawson’s Creek memorabilia.
Costars raised money.
His cancer still left them financially devastated:
An interesting note--One Big Beautiful Bill cut Medicaid by $1.2 trillion over the decade, which proponents said was necessary to pay for tax cuts.
But an unexpected increase in Medicare prescription drug costs basically wipes all of that away ($1T).
