June Donenfeld
@place-des-vosges.bsky.social
Writer, editor, mentor. Lover of nature, design, art, language, democracy, friends, family. And fighter of the good fight.
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250 to 250@250to250.bsky.social · last mo.A'Lelia Bundles is an award-winning journalist, Emmy-winning producer, and author of acclaimed biographies telling the stories of the civic-minded business women in her family, including her great-great-grandmother Madam C. J. Walker. #WeAreAmerica250 @aleliabundles.bsky.social
“In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission.” Speech. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against its Critics
Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.
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The far right is using the border chaos in Ceuta to manufacture a continent-wide crisis narrative. Actors immediately deploy divisive language to make voters angry as fast as possible, regardless of the facts. It is a familiar, dangerous playbook designed to stoke fear and undermine democracy.
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱@dcminx.bsky.social · 4d ago🧵 What is REALLY happening at the Ceuta border in Spain? It is not just a migration crisis—it is a textbook example of hybrid warfare, where human movement is weaponized for geopolitical leverage to destabilise Europe. Here is a breakdown of the players 👇
FFS. They will stop at NOTHING.
Jen Rice@jenrice.bsky.social · 2d agoThey're probably hoping you won't hear about this. But tomorrow in TX, Tarrant County officials meet to vote on a GOP plan to cut almost HALF of Election Day voting locations, plus 8 early voting locations, some of them on campuses. Not hard to guess why. fortworthreport.org/2026/07/30/t...
Was trying to do an annual update, but it has come to my realization that Trump wiped everything between FY2024 and FY2026 from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. @thexylom.com now has one of the last independent copies of data re: H-1B skilled workers in America's top higher education institutions.
The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions
A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate...
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The Xylom@thexylom.com · 10mo agoEXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.
Communities across Alaska are facing chronically low salmon runs, and Kenai is no exception. We have to restore our fisheries and bring abundance back to our homes.
Worse and worse. Thought the bottom of the abyss had been reached, but no.
Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 2d agoWill Susan Collins vote to confirm? Express concern?
NOTE: The lawyer/law firm that represented Trump in his Capital One money laundering lawsuit is the same lawyer Judge Williams referred to the bar for disciplinary action in the bogus Trump IRS lawsuit that resulted in the slush fund and tax immunity.
11 years ago today, Ken Paxton surrendered at the Collin County Jail on felony securities fraud charges. This is his mugshot.
Don't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
Especially as Ukrainian military officials gave them ample warning to cease and deist.
Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social · yesterdayIt's looking like the Russian military's decision to use Amazon-look alike Wildberries to provision the Russian forces in Ukraine wasn't a very smart idea. www.ft.com/content/4d9d...
Happy birthday, President Barack Obama “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
Park Service official Frank Lands seems to have played a lynchpin role in manufacturing the claim that what Trump calls "vandals" damaged the reflecting pool by cutting it, when, in fact, a highly compensated contractor hand picked by Trumpers was responsible for the debacle. 1/
Declaration of Frank Lands – #22, Att. #1 in CULTURAL LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (D.D.C., 1:26-cv-01593) – CourtListener.com
RESPONSE (Response to Plaintiffs' Supplemental Notice) by JESSICA BOWRON, DOUG BURGUM, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR re 21 Notice (Other) (Attachments: # 1 Declaration of Fran...
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"don't make enough money" is a fig leaf All those degree programs--social work, art, etc.--have disproportionately female student bodies. This is designed to make it harder for women to attend college--college education being a key factor in women's autonomy from men & left-leaning voting pattern.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
'Powerless': Indiana families describe the toll of losing Medicaid access
'Powerless': Indiana families describe the toll of losing Medicaid access • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Indiana families describe delayed care, confusion and financial strain as Medicaid coverage lapses ripple across the state's health system.
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"I covered two presidents, LBJ and Nixon, who could no longer convince, persuade, or govern, once people had decided they had no credibility, but we seem to be more tolerant now of what I think we should not tolerate." -- Helen Thomas, born #OTD 1920 share.google/VXift6T2VaXv...
Trump approval rating dealt triple blow—3 polls show all time low this week
Trump hits new lows in three polls this week — CNN, Quinnipiac and AP-NORC all find his approval at his second-term worst.
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Back in 2021, I raised serious concerns about ICE moving into this facility in Scarborough—including the lack of community input. While it may be symbolic, the town's proclamation sends a strong message. The public deserves to know who’s working there, what they’re doing, and how they’re doing it.
In addition to costing close to $50 billion, Trump's border wall is also siphoning off much of the scarce water in the US-Mexico border region. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Crews building Trump border wall in drought-hit New Mexico ordered to stop drilling wells
Residents and farmers say contractors have tapped border aquifers that threaten water supply for those nearby
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I think that everyone should watch this video. So often people blame victims. As someone who was sexually assaulted, and was a victim of child abuse, it's particularly irksome to me. There's a lot to be gained from learning about rhetoric, logic and fallacies.
James Talarico: Since taking office, Ken Paxton has become a multi-millionaire — all while most Texans’ pay has remained stagnant for decades. He now owns 15 homes, while most Texans can't afford one. We can't afford Ken Paxton's corruption.
Talarico: I've passed 60 bipartisan bills through the Texas legislature. We're told that it's a choice between people who fight and people who get things done. I think the people of Texas deserve a senator who can do both — and I've shown in the statehouse that I can do both.
Summary of Homestead Act, Narrated by @btarrington.bsky.social , part of the YouTube series “250 to 250” by @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @250to250.bsky.social @HCRHQ youtu.be/KroETCbxUr0?... Full carousel on Instagram: instagram.com/p/DbnibvRFig... #WeAreAmerica250 #heathercoxrichardson
I think I have more Capital One accounts in good standing than the Trump Organization. I definitely pay more in taxes. Do I get audit immunity or nah?
Follow @muellershewrote.com Allison doesnt just read the news, she makes it.
Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2d agoBREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: Five months ago, we learned that ICE seized drawings and letters from children in the Dilley ICE concentration camp. I sued under the Freedom of Information Act. Today, I got responsive documents. www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...
Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
"More needs to be made of this," a senior CBS News staffer tells me about the 60 Minutes story that Sharyn Alfonsi was working on about Epstein and banks that appears to have been scuttled after her firing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
