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@fluffthequeen.bsky.social

Definitely diverse over here. Unions strengthen the economy. I dabble in e-commerce. Foodie. Star Wars dweeb. I talk human rights not politics.

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What Trump did this week in D.C. is straight out of the authoritarian playbook: declare a fake emergency to seize power. It isn’t the first time. @normeisen.bsky.social and I highlight five other examples since the beginning of Trump’s second term: contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-fak...

contrarian.substack.comTrump’s Fake Emergencies are Straight Out of the Authoritarian PlaybookFive (other) instances when President Trump used baseless "emergencies" to seize unwarranted power

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Police have set up a checkpoint and appear to be stopping every single car on 14th st NW, between W+V, here in northwest DC. Some cars are being pulled over after being stopped. Some police are wearing “HSI police” vests (Homeland Security Investigations)

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Illinois will be strengthening its background checks for police officer hires made statewide through a new bill signed more than a year after a Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey inside her downstate home. to.wttw.com/3HuKESQ

to.wttw.comPritzker Signs ‘Sonya Massey’s Bill’ Into Law, Requiring Stricter Background Checks for Police HiringFormer Sangamon County sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson faces first-degree murder and other charges in Sonya Massey’s killing.

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usually if you ask experts why an empire fell they’ll say it’s nuanced and multifaceted, so i think it’s kind of cool that with America future historians will get to just say like “oh they took the idiot train to moronsville”

This is my first week working a straight 40 hrs with Sat off. I’m on the board, this never happens. They’re furloughing us out of budget constraints. Unfortunately, I’m able bodied but there’s a whole bunch of people who rely on our services directly affected. Things are turning ugly fast.

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This is absolutely devastating - the NIH hospital called ICE about a patient on a patient seeking care. Sadly, this is, yet, one of countless examples of health care settings being extensions of the carceral state. As health care workers, it our duty to do no harm, to protect our patients.

washingtonpost.comPatient seeking care at NIH hospital detained by ICENIH officials called immigration authorities after scrutinizing the patient’s identification presented to security at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.

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Members of Congress were turned away at an ICE detention center in Brooklyn today while exercising their right to conduct oversight of the facility. ICE has no power to turn them away without reason.

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The Trump admin has acted again to endanger our public health. Led by HHS Secretary RFK Jr., this administration has been eliminating research funding, removing experts from advisory roles, promoting misinformation & kicking the public out of govt decision-making. This time the focus is vaccines (🧵)

Really good thread on efficient spending for public transit

Yonah Freemark@yonahfreemark.com

Let's repeat the rules about transit investment: —Prioritize projects that will serve many people (you can do this by serving high densities of residents & jobs). —Serve those lines with frequent trains & buses. If you're not planning service every 30 min *at worst*, why are you building the line?

Trump cut my hours so here I am making lamb chops in curry masala for breakfast. Usually I start at the butt crack of dawn but now I’m going in second shift. Bro I hate this.