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If even a quarter of you who whine about how terrible Democrats are actually had the courage to run for office I would take some of these criticisms more seriously but you won’t ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Less talking, more action.

The number of people who respond to this with “filibusters do nothing” or “they have to vote no!” makes me think that way too many people do not understand current Senate rules.

JUST IN: Judge Xinis *grants* the government a partial extension ... to 11:30 AM. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

SAVE Act would make traditional voter registration drives impossible. That's the real goal of it. States can already do voter ID at the polls, many do. This requires 'proof' be presented by the voter directly to the registrar (e.g. county clerk). Which means orgs can't collect and turn in the forms.

I’m sure that won’t just end in faster automation. Seems like a silly hill to die on when flirting with anti-union fascists.

This is the top news headline on WSJ now - no punches pulled

You get it. Just a shit show.

what’s the point of access journalism if you don’t use your access to do journalism

Just a hop, skip, and a jump from canceling citizens’ SSNs

public comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit & strip care from DACA recipients ends at 23:59pm EDT tonite

if you haven't commented, it won't take long & is worth doing. context & guidance in-thread ⬇️

if you have commented, thank you💜🏳️‍⚧️

South Sudan to accept man deported from US in bid to defuse visa row - BBC News The government initially denied entry to the man, saying he was Congolese, not South Sudanese.

The US deports a foreign national to South Sudan, a country that he does not come from.

When South Sudan refuses, US cancels ALL VISAS from South Sudan.

South Sudan relents, accepts non-citizen in an attempt to calm the US, but visas are still in limbo.

GOT IT.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

punch 'em in the face

Embarrassing behavior from a former journalist who is now president of the university that administers the Pulitzer Prizes

Wow. This is the full document submitted by Rubio against Mr. Khalil invoking INA 237(a)(4)(C).

The standard in immigration court is extremely deferential; a judge must accept this so long as it is “facially reasonable and bona fide.” But this is so threadbare that it might not even satisfy that.

This lady is a GD hero. This is what can happen if we try to give a shit about eachother. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

She wrote an op-ed in her college paper. That's the pretext.

Florida teacher loses job for calling student by preferred name It’s the first known dismissal stemming from the conservative campaign to limit schools' recognition of transgender identity.

It finally happened. The first documented case of a public school teacher being fired for referring to a student by their chosen name, instead of their dead name, as required by a law signed by Ron DeSantis in 2023: www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Now what happens when people realize international students paying full tuition is sustaining cash flow?

Pretty much the same amount Republicans promise to “save” in this budget is what the IRS could have collected from tax cheats and wealthy/sophisticated filers WITHOUT RAISING A SINGLE TAX.

But instead somebody somewhere will lose out on healthcare. Stupid and cruel.

Big Law has failed to stand up to Trump and now infosec is following suit.

The effort hinges on a surprising new tactic: repurposing Social Security's "death master file," which for years has been used to track dead people who should no longer receive benefits, to include the names of living people who the government believes should be treated as if they are dead. As a result of being added to the death database, they would be blacklisted from a coveted form of identity that allows them to make and spend money.

What a grim paragraph www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

NEWS: Chief Justice John Roberts *is* aware there is a matter before him about a man who was improperly sent to a prison in El Salvador.

Per the court, Roberts has denied the request from Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers to file a sur-reply — a reply responding to DOJ's reply — in the matter.

The fear among academics and lawyers now talking on the record on just about any topic that involves the federal government or the White House is really extraordinary and worrisome, and getting worse, it seems to me, every week. Dissent by an establishment figures becoming verboten in the US

Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.

Breaking NYT:

The Trump admin is taking drastic steps to pressure certain immigrants to "self-deport" by effectively canceling the Social Security numbers they had lawfully obtained, according to docs NYT reviewed and interviews with 6 people familiar with the plans. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...

The world's richest man thinks it's hilarious to ruin the lives of people who dedicate their careers to making our country better. Let's make him cry about his poor car company #teslatakedown

Again, you can tell who the Good Guys are because they’re the ones getting caught sneaking into elementary schools, lying that the kids’ parents sent them.

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Labor Leaders Fear Elon Musk and DOGE Could Gain Access to Whistleblower Files Companies tied to Elon Musk have dozens of workplace health and safety cases open at OSHA. Unions leaders and former OSHA officials are concerned.

NEW/Exclusive:
The AFL-CIO and 3 top former OSHA officials fear the possibility of Elon Musk accessing unredacted whistleblower files that OSHA maintains. There's currently dozens of open OSHA cases across Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Exclusive: US NIH scientists barred from attending conferences on their own time and dime Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health have been told they cannot attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their own way and go during time off, three current and former NIH scientists told Reuters.

Exclusive: Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health were told they can't attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their way and go during time off, current and former NIH scientists told Reuters reut.rs/4j7rFLT

Unfortunately one of her biggest allies the UAW is pretty pro tariff for unfathomable reasons. Rock & hard place. I’m still pissed it though & think she should have come up with a good excuse to leave. Staffers need to be able to puke on demand or some shit lol. I bet he’d want them to leave then.