Half pessimistic doom-scroller, half social progressive. Ex-librarian into rug-hooking, cats, dogs, nature, classic film, Jeopardy, US politics, climate. I try to post/repost interesting things in addition to politics.
"“You can’t get rid of 30 percent of your staff and expect to be functional,” says Traci DiMartini, the former IRS human capital officer who was one of the first high-ranking officials DOGE pushed out last year. “Things are starting to break.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The IRS is imploding.The CEO says the agency is proving it's possible to have “less people and better results.”www.motherjones.com
stephen miller killed this couple, as surely as if he'd pulled the trigger himself
Matt OrtegaStephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.
In 2022, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott launched the Group Violence Reduction Strategy. Five years later, homicides in Baltimore are at a historic low. Similar strategies failed in the 1990s and in 2014. What worked this time?
What Can Cities Learn From Baltimore’s Extraordinary Decline in Violence?A growing body of research suggests that the city’s approach to reducing shootings at scale may be one of the most effective yet.www.thetrace.org
Striking article. Missing and damaged artwork. The building left trashed. I am struck by the image of the "tangle of upended music stands." It's as if the Kennedy Center was simply evacuated of people one day...
Peter SagalSandy Weiswasser for President. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...
Monopoly runs amok. "Just four companies control 54% of the U.S. fresh-cut salad market, leaving much of the country’s supply in the hands of a small number of national companies." farmaction.us/if-it-isnt-t...
If It Isn’t Taylor Farms, Then Who?The Cyclospora investigation shows how decades of corporate consolidation have concentrated America's produce supply chain, leaving a handful of companies with an outsized role in feeding the country.farmaction.us
DOGE also causing spread of wildfires
Congresswoman Betty McCollumLast year, the Trump Administration delayed a $10 million grant meant for thinning out ~4,000 acres of dense, dry areas in the Superior National Forest. Most of the work never started. Now, it’s on fire. This is the cost of Elon Musk and the actions of DOGE. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
HUGE WIN IN KATIE PHANG’S EPSTEIN FILES LAWSUIT: Judge Emmet Sullivan is making the DOJ prove its case. Todd Blanche must now submit the unredacted Epstein Files documents for in-camera review along with evidence supporting the government’s redactions.
Katie PhangBREAKING: In my lawsuit against Todd Blanche for the Epstein Files, Judge Sullivan has just ordered Blanche to produce, in camera (in chambers), the UNREDACTED emails & documents, and Blanche must bring documentation supporting his representations the DOJ’s redactions are what he claims they are.
I've been consistently on the record saying reasonable requirements like HRT for 1-2 years for competitive play is fine. But the average cis person online cannot process that trans women who have medically transitioned are different biologically than cis men.
Parker MolloyThis post got a lot of traction on Twitter, and it's driving me nuts because this IS what "trans activists" have been saying for years and years. It's impossible to have a discussion on this topic when people refuse to acknowledge what one side is actually arguing.
