Ossoff: "We are witnessing people drunk with power who are utterly reckless, utterly corrupt, and obviously believe that they live with impunity. They believe they're untouchable. They believe they're invincible. Let's prove them wrong."
jswaneylaw
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Criminal and juvenile defense attorney in DC, neighborhood cat lady If you want to escape the US for a while try my place in Costa Rica: airbnb.com/h/casitacieloazul
We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.
Naila would also like you to go adopt her friends at BARCS. They are in an emergency right now and were at capacity heading into the weekend so adoption fees are waived all weekend!
Naila was mistreated by her former humans. She left her cage at BARCS yesterday and moved into her forever home with me. She is getting her bearings with her new space and would like you to help our friends do the same! Naila asks you to donate to AWE to help them move into their own forever home!
A Forever Home for Asylee Women Enterprise (AWE)
We’re asking people who believe in our mission to help us reach our goal and build a permanent home for AWE and the communities we serve.
givebutter.com
The USPS can't be trusted anymore. Straight to the ballot box or polling place
ProPublica@propublica.org · 2d agoAuditors observed election mail at 14 processing facilities and 73 delivery units and found significant flaws in the handling of ballots. In some locations, management wasn’t familiar with ballot processing requirements.
DCsky found this brown pitty at 25th&K street NW. we’re taking him to the BRANDYWINE shelter. We think he may belong to one of outside neighbors but aren’t sure. Please share!
mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance
Uplifting News@upliftingnews.bsky.social · 3d agoA $50 million gift will fund Native student scholarships for the next five years and create a permanent endowment to support Indigenous students for generations.
The USPS has fallen. Vote in person or drop your ballot in a dropbox.
W/o getting drawn into the "seriously or literally" / "it'll never happen" trap, we need to stomp *hard* on the continuing effort to undermine Article 1 power of the purse by saying that this or that revenue stream makes something outside the normal budget process. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...
Lutnick says Trump’s $5,000 checks for Americans wouldn’t rely on taxpayer funds
A top White House official suggested Congress would use a budget process to fund them. Vice President JD Vance had said tariff revenues.
nbcnews.com
Anyway, here’s a section that will cut you to your core. Odds are 1-2% of the local Latino population has been deported & one community member thinks 25% have left.
In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.
Random reminder that when Republicans were raising hell about censorship on social media, it was largely companies volunteering to put some brakes on medical lies that were killing people.
Brian Stelter@brianstelter.bsky.social · 4d ago"This is not the first time you've been demoted to YouTube... Why are they so scared of you?" Here is @jimmykimmel.com's online-only sit-down with @jamestalarico.bsky.social youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
As Tupac Shakur's murderer awaits sentencing, let's revisit the rapper's enduring legacy, which was so much more than his untimely death. In his short life, he helped define West Coast hip-hop through vulnerable, introspective lyrics and Black power politics.
The revolutionary roots that inspired Tupac Shakur
Author Jeff Pearlman explains his obsession with the legendary hip-hop artist and why he set out to write a definitive biography.
revealnews.org
We've got a Muslim man running the most multicultural city in the world and making space for all the people in it. That's what cultural victory over fundamentalism looks like, it's a shame that there's a part of the population that couldn't identify a cultural victory if it slapped them in the face.
Ryan Enos@ryanenos.bsky.social · 5d agoMy take is that having a Muslim immigrant preside over ceremonies commemorating 9/11 in New York City is one of the beautiful things about America.
"In an alternate universe where Rs were held to the same standard, the Trump admin would already be saddled w/the term 'Trumpflation.' Predictably, Trump is trying to shift blame elsewhere: Biden, Canada, the Fed. But Trump owns it — & he should, because his short-sighted policies created it."
Trumpflation is here
He broke it, he bought it.
publicnotice.co
I've been dying to show you Oreo with her perfect little heart nose and now she's finally up for adoption! She's available in South Burlington, Vermont (and does not like other cats!). www.hsccvt.org/Cats#sl_embe...
Hey folks, the good people at Habeas Flight Watch have a new url for their ICE flight map. You can use this map for flight observation and for filing habeas petitions for ICE captives before they're taken south: habeasflightwatch.org
“Planting trees, cooling schools, redesigning streets, improving buildings, & expanding early warning systems are often described as climate policies. They are also public health measures, investments in local economies, & practical improvements that make cities more liveable throughout the year.”
We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question | Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego
Our three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate policies are also public health measures
theguardian.com
right now, the best hegseth can hope for is to be remembered as a staggeringly incompetent defense secretary who gutted military leadership, tried to reimpose segregation in the highest ranks, and led the military to its worst strategic defeat in at least a generation.
The Battle to Save General Donahue From Hegseth’s Army Purge
Gen. Christopher T. Donahue’s vision for fighting future wars won him powerful supporters around the world. Could they save his career?
nytimes.com
There have been six (6) versions of the Civil Rights Act & four constitutional amendments passed by Congress attempting to force the state to apply its laws & privileges equally, yet here we all are, confronting the same forces of white nationalism still shielded by that very system of governance.
I want to make sure everyone in the city is aware that SUNY Downstate operates a large and extremely skilled LGBTQ and gender affirming care clinic, and we have repeatedly reiterated our intention to go to jail before we stop.
Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2w agoBREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Friday that it reached an “agreement” with Mount Sinai Health System in which it will “cease providing” gender-affirming medical care to minors and dedicate $2 million to providing care to those “suffering harmful consequences” of such care.
This is insane. When I was in first grade my parents let me walk 3 blocks to school in the mornings, and home after it was over. The independence that I got as a child helped me so much in my life. No parent should face charges for something like this, let alone be convicted!
Reason Magazine@reason.com · 2w agoA mom of five was convicted last week of delinquency of a minor. Her offense: allowing her 5-year-old son to walk about a half-mile by himself in their gated community. The government also placed Karyann Parkinson on its child abuse and neglect registry, where she will remain for seven years.
Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.
JD Vance can rage at Abdul El-Sayed for invoking Usha all he wants, but AES's larger point is 100% correct: JD really has made craven compromises with vicious MAGA racists. For JD to submerge all that to his personal ambition really is disgraceful. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2149...
What JD Vance’s Eruption of Rage over Usha and El-Sayed Really Reveals
Vance is posing as a chivalrous defender of his wife. What he’s hiding is the craven compromises he’s made with the racist and white nationalist elements within the MAGA coalition.
newrepublic.com
Rest in power. Let us all remember one of her many important messages — “Empathy is the most radical of human emotions.”
Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
nytimes.com
Heartbreaking. He worked hard to build a future for himself -- and Trump stole it away from him.
There's literally nothing wrong with either of these posts. Nothing at all wrong with them. This is such an insane and obvious attempt to attack him because he's Muslim.
Chains around his waist dug into his wounds. Agents wouldn’t remove them or let him use the toilet “They didn’t treat us like people, like human beings” Upon arrival guards knocked him to the ground, kneeling on his stomach, his pants soaked with urine "they treated us like we were wild animals”
Deportees Sent to Liberia Recount Harrowing Details of U.S. Expulsion and Treatment by ICE (Gift Article)
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
nytimes.com
One of our constituents was deported to the Democratic Republic of the Congo earlier this year despite zero ties to the DRC and having protected status here under the Convention Against Torture. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-dep...
ICE deports Venezuelan father from Texas to West Africa: A situation "I don't wish on anybody"
Carlos Tellez Sanchez had worked at a car dealership in Dallas during the day and drove for Uber Eats at night to support his family.
cbsnews.com