labor lawyer & movement idealist in Oregon; against the genocide of Palestinians and all violence against civilians; the rule of law and human rights matter; big fan of education; Abolish ICE is the moderate position
For working families already facing high costs and uncertainty, these numbers aren’t just statistics, they reflect real stress, lost hours, and fewer employment opportunities. Meanwhile, we keep hearing about how great the economy is. Great for who, exactly?
Admirable clarity @science.org
David RobertsWhew, the editors of @science.org are getting real.
40% of disabled cancer patients die during the wait period to enroll in medicare — and the rate is rising
Stacie DusetzinaGood reminder of how hard it is to access health insurance for people who are disabled by their conditions but in the waiting period for coverage for SSDI/Medicare. The mortality during the wait period for people with cancer (neoplasms) is nearly 40%. www.healthaffairs.org/doi/epdf/10....
One way to understand the second Trump administration is two wildly divergent perspectives on administrative burdens: insiders, tech and finance are exempted; enemies and the vulnerable are targeted. bsky.app/profile/nath...
Nathan TankusBREAKING @crisesnotes.bsky.social from @juanhanes.bsky.social and I: HUD is planning to add "special conditions to grant awards” that will require grantees to submit all invoices & individual payment information from themselves, "subrecipients" AND contractors www.crisesnotes.com/breaking-hud...
NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for HimFederal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.www.nytimes.com
WHAT KIND OF POWER? UNION POWER!
Amee VanderpoolNEW: Paramount has stipulated (formally agreed) to a judge's recent order not to close the merger with Warner Bros. Discovery until June 1, 2027, or until shortly after the merits of lawsuits brought by state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America are resolved.
🧐 Shipping people to far-off lands without a trial is something that the tyrant King George III did. It’s right here in this document 👀
Kyle CheneyCAN'T MAKE IT UP: ICE deported a man to Mexico in violation of a court order in Nov., acknowledged the error and returned him to the U.S. Then they deported him to El Salvador, in violation of court-ordered torture protection. He's currently imprisoned. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
🚨BREAKING: The DOJ appealed the dismissal of its lawsuit seeking Kentucky's unredacted voter data to the 6th Circuit. The move comes after a three-judge panel affirmed a lower court dismissal in its Michigan lawsuit, which it asked the full circuit court to rehear. The DOJ stands at 0-17.
HAPPENING NOW: Rep. @sylviagarcia.house.gov is hosting a congressional oversight forum with other members, Houston DA Sean Teare, Ronaldo Salgado, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Jr, and others over the shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston by an ICE officer
Renewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies
Workers at the Wikimedia Foundation ask for voluntary recognition for their union in another sign of growing tech worker unionization. The union is part of an international network of workers for the global foundation that powers Wikipedia.
CWAToday, Wiki Workers United US/CWA demanded voluntary recognition from the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia and sister projects! We are hopeful that the Wikimedia Foundation will honor their stated values and quickly come to the table.
Oh look. Texas also made voter registration errors. They were caught and fixed, all without needing the SAVE act or a national voter roll database. CRAZY. www.kxxv.com/news/local-n...
Election errors found in Texas voter database ahead of November electionA campaign worker found errors in Texas's voter database. Here's what it means for McLennan County voters ahead of the November election.www.kxxv.com
My great-grandfather was among the first Jews sent to Dachau, but it had operated for 8 years prior. He arrived to find a concentration camp already full of communists and other leftist dissidents. The public's acceptance of their incarceration paved the road for his own.
Noah Berlatskyfascists use anti leftism to build power and co opt centrists and liberals. they are doing this right now! this is what all the gibberish anti communist rhetoric is about!
Prosecutor Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes and Claims of Torture Was Murdered in Ecuador open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
Prosecutor Investigating U.S. Boat Strikes and Claims of Torture Was Murdered in EcuadorNew evidence has emerged of U.S. Coast Guard activity in the aftermath of two strikes, further corroborating survivor testimony.open.substack.com
“Who lost the Iran war? The American voter.” Hard to argue with that. Trump was already president, let Iran out of nuclear restrictions in exchange for nothing, admired violent authoritarians, got aggressive with Iran, hooked up Netanyahu, and advocated war crimes. Then a plurality voted for him.
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret DevereauxIn short, there are valuable lessons we can learn about drones & interceptors & magazine depth & mine-sweepers, etc. But the key lesson is: no amount of tactical excellence can salvage strategic incompetence. Who lost the Iran War? The American voter did, that damn fool. And he ought to feel it.
Some news outlets, major international ones, cancelled their scheduled interviews with me after they saw the Trump v Barbara vote count. One emailed saying "the danger has passed." Other journos and analysts saw the coming long fight. We're in for many years of slogging w/ birthright citizenship.
patrick mcneil (he/him)BREAKING: The Senate just confirmed Trump loyalist Benjamin Flowers to the 6th Circuit, marking the 50th lifetime confirmation of Trump's second term. Flowers' record is appalling and should have been disqualifying, but now — at 39 years old — he'll serve for decades on a powerful appellate court.
‼️ ICE goons kidnapped a U.S. citizen in Passaic, NJ ‼️ Prior to this video being taken, he was confronting ICE for trying to kidnap his neighbors. Video from 8:25am on 7/23/26
In a footnote in a labor case, a senior Republican-appointed judge on the D.C. Circuit blasts the Supreme Court about an embarrassing error in its landmark ruling overturning the Chevron case, which unsettled four decades of administrative law precedent. media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...
The not-so-invisible hand guiding the marketplace of ideas
Christopher McKnight NicholsFacing low enrollment, Ohio may mandate university civics center courses www.axios.com/local/columb...
