genevieve caruncho-simpson

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Today in MN is a perfect example of why I ask y'all to subscribe to my human rights advocacy.

Corporate media knew MN interfaith leaders were coordinating a historic protest with thousands of Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus & non-believers working TOGETHER.

And none showed up.

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Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.

"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."

Beveridge Curve check-in: Relationship between unemployment and openings is pretty much back to its prepandemic trend, which implies further declines in openings (if we get them) will bring faster increases in unemployment. Also true if we use quits instead of openings.

“It’s dead on arrival,” Gene Fidell, an expert on the Uniform Code of Military Justice who teaches at Yale Law, told me. “If this ever gets in front of a judge, the judge is going to say, ‘Fuck you.’” The attack on Kelly may have a much broader aim, which is to silence other service members who might speak out about the Trump administration’s actions by threatening their financial well-being. Veterans who lack Kelly’s platform, influence, and social connections may feel that their pension isn’t worth the risk of saying something critical of the president.

The Trump administration’s lawless attack on Senator Mark Kelly is part of a much broader project to turn the US military into a partisan militia and silence veterans who might speak out against that by threatening their pensions www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

russia’s second front is our fifth risk.

the most dangerous front in europe is shifting to a hybrid war between russia and nato.

nato will start to push back on russia's gray-zone operations.

and all sides grow more risk acceptant.

ChatGPT needs to have one of those “For Entertainment Purposes Only” labels, like a Magic 8 Ball.

This is definitely a big part of why. It’s corporate Gamergate from the world’s richest man, with the victims almost entirely women and kids. The response of the largely male high-capitalist system…is to invest www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/e...

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“.. a modern version of the law of the jungle, where might-equals-right determines which power wins. That’s a game China knows how to play all too well.”

@bloomberg.com
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The reason the Trump regime is trying to demolish the entire international order built after World War II is that they think the wrong side won that war.

Oil.

Health Affairs Journal

Oregon Community Benefit Reform Influenced Not-For-Profit Hospitals’ Charity Care And Medical Debt Write-Off | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

Holy fucking shit!! The East Wing is gone. It’s fucking gone.

Several of my sources say they will never go back to the federal government -- at least, not under this admin -- after being terminated for no reason. Other sources still in the admin are thinking daily about leaving because morale is so low.

KHOSLA: “.. This isn’t your usual bubble mania. Most valuations are bonkers ..

“.. capital concentration is extreme. .. there will only be a few winners.” 👀

@theinformation.com
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When stocks at all-time highs aren’t enough. 😞

(via RenMac)

“.. democracy often erodes slowly at first .. But with each concession, autocrats become bolder.. and reversal becomes harder. Responses that, early on, can feel pragmatic—waiting it out, remaining silent, cutting a deal—only embolden ..”

@dziblatt.bsky.social
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There aren't many stories that prompt gasps at our editors' daily budget meeting. But this was one.

Gov. Shapiro says Pennsylvania "got screwed" in the reconciliation bill signed into law. • Pennsylvania Capital-Star Gov. Josh Shapiro is criticizing Pennsylvania Republicans who voted in favor of the reconciliation bill signed into law late last week by President Donald Trump, saying the commonwealth “got screwed.”

Gov. Shapiro says Pennsylvania “got screwed” in the reconciliation bill signed into law. penncapital-star.com/briefs/gov-s...

Rural hospitals brace for financial hits or even closure under Republicans' $1 trillion Medicaid cut States and rural health advocacy groups are sounding the alarm that Congress’ slashing of Medicaid will devastate already financially fragile rural hospitals.

Republican bill slashing Medicaid could cause rural hospitals across the US to close | AP News apnews.com/article/medi...

The Texas Floods Were Made Worse by Climate Denialism Elected officials must be held accountable, now and in the future, for the lives lost in disasters brought on by increasingly extreme weather.

BLOOMBERG: ".. Not every life can be spared from climate change, unfortunately, but many more could be saved if elected officials stopped pretending that they’re powerless to do anything about it."

@opinion.bloomberg.com
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London IPO fundraising falls to 30-year low Companies raise just £160mn in first half amid growing fears over waning attractiveness of UK markets

London IPO fundraising falls to 30-year low https://on.ft.com/4nMgf2W

Black women’s unemployment is rising. Economists say it’s a warning sign. New data released Thursday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics marked the third straight month of high unemployment rates for Black women.

Good morning, it's Jobs Day. Reports today will likely focus on the modest job growth we saw in June and a fairly low unemployment rate.

But I want to once again *turn your attention to Black women,* where the story is very different.
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The pain of Election Day was not knowing how bad it could get. The fury of today is knowing how bad it will get.

Big Bill not popular

A $1 Trillion Medicaid Cut Is THIS Close to Happening. Here’s What It’d Look Like. Republicans are about to slash a lifeline for the needy. In North Carolina, people are preparing for chaos and calamity.

A $1 Trillion Medicaid Cut Is THIS Close to Happening. Here’s What It’d Look Like. www.thebulwark.com/p/medicaid-c...

Interesting peek into how tariffs may shorten the lifespan of Social Security — by requiring higher cost-of-living adjustments and suppressing the number of jobs/workers who pay into the fund.

(A lower birth rate doesn’t help.)

@nytimes.com
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And as we saw yesterday, the health care industry is starting to awaken and mobilize against these massive Republican cuts to Medicaid.

The hospital industry, in particular...they have a lot to lose.
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