MAGA vs. Public Health

'We're going to feel the impacts': NC Health Department blindsided by $100 million federal funding cuts, 80 jobs lost (March 28, 2025)

 

 

US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts (April 22, 2025)

 

 

HHS breaks with major U.S. medical groups in review of pediatric gender care (May 1, 2025)

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago. (May 21, 2025)

CDC's childhood lead program is still defunct, despite Kennedy's claims (May 22, 2025)

Our trans health study was terminated by the government – the effects of abrupt NIH grant cuts ripple across science and society (June 2, 2025)

Why Federal Funding for Health Care Policy Research Matters (June 5, 2025)

RFK Jr. is shrinking the agency that works on mental illness and addiction (June 6, 2025)

Health secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panel (June 9, 2025)

New England voters strongly disapprove of Kennedy’s performance and policies as health secretary, according to new Globe/Suffolk poll (June 11, 2025)

Kennedy’s new CDC panel includes members who have criticized vaccines and spread misinformation (June 11, 2025)

Signalgate (March 2025)

US officials called Signal a tool for terrorists and criminals. Now they're using it. (March 25, 2025)

 

 

The real outrage about the Yemen Signal group is that it called for an attack on a civilian home. (March 26, 2025)

 

 

 

MAGA vs. Voting Rights

Trump seeks to mandate proof of citizenship in voter registration (March 26, 2025)

 

 

Trump signs order aimed at overhauling US elections (March 26, 2025)

 

 

 

MAGA vs. Social Security

Trump allies press the White House to dial back Elon Musk's media interviews over his Social Security jabs (March 23, 2025)

 

 

Former head of Social Security says Elon Musk and DOGE are wrong about the agency (March 24, 2025)

 

 

 

Tesla Takedown

A CEO says his solar-panel company bought a new Tesla every year since 2021, but canceled his order for 15 new cars because the United States is a ‘country closing in on itself’ (March 17, 2025)

 

 

Protesters gather outside Tesla showrooms and dealerships to denounce Elon Musk and DOGE (March 22, 2025)

Tesla faces protests in Austin over Musk’s robotaxi plans (June 13, 2025)

Mahmoud Khalil, Palestine Rights Activist at Columbia University

Fundraiser:   https://chuffed.org/project/justice-for-mahmoud-khalil

 

 

Immigration agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests (March 9, 2025)

 

 

Emails Show Mahmoud Khalil Asked Columbia for Protection a Day Before He Was Detained (March 10, 2025)

 

 

Marco Rubio Personally Signed Off to Detain Mahmoud Khalil on 'Foreign Policy Grounds,' Sources Confirm (March 11, 2025)

 

 

Watch: Will arrest of Gaza protester impact campus protests? (March 11, 2025)

 

 

Bluesky Post: Jewish students at Columbia university today organized a demonstration in solidarity with anti-war student organizer Mahmoud Khalil and to denounce Trump's attacks on public education and protest. Photo via @/Columbia_psc (March 11, 2025)

 

 

Who is Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian student activist facing US deportation? (March 12, 2025)

 

 

US relies on rare foreign policy provision to try to deport Mahmoud Khalil (March 12, 2025)

 

 

 We Are Asking the Wrong Questions About Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest (March 12, 2025)

 

 

Bluesky Post: "No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions. In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment. Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism." -- Senator Bernie Sanders (March 12, 2025)

 

 

Wife of detained Palestinian Columbia student says she was naive to believe he was safe from arrest (March 12, 2025)

 

 

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil will remain in ICE detention in Louisiana after first court hearing (March 12, 2025)

 

 

DHS official defends Mahmoud Khalil arrest, but offers few details on why it happened (March 13, 2025)

 

 

Mahmoud Khalil Speaks With Attorneys for First Time Since Detention (March 13, 2025)

 

 

Can Trump Legally Deport Mahmoud Khalil? (March 13, 2025)

 

 

I Am a Jewish Student at Columbia. Mahmoud Khalil Is One of the Most Upstanding People I Have Ever Met (March 16, 2025)

 

 

Columbia University student says his detention is indicative of anti-Palestinian racism in US (March 18, 2025)

 

 

Palestinian Columbia student activist speaks out about his arrest (March 18, 2025)

 

 

Columbia apologized to Mahmoud Khalil in May 2024 for one-day suspension (March 19, 2025)

 

 

US alleges Columbia student covered up his work for UNRWA (March 23, 2025)

New Video of Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest Shows Trump Admin is Lying in Court (May 19, 2025)

Columbia University's acting president heckled with boos and shouts of 'Free Mahmoud' during graduation speech (May 20, 2025)

Detained Columbia student protester must be allowed to meet with wife, judge rules (May 21, 2025)

Mahmoud Khalil told a judge his deportation could be a death sentence. Here's why. (May 24, 2025)

Judge says Rubio 'likely' violated Constitution in ordering Mahmoud Khalil deported (May 28, 2025)

Mahmoud Khalil requests transfer from Louisiana jail after judge blocks his release (June 16, 2025)

MAGA vs. the Judiciary

Brown Medicine doctor deported despite federal court order. What we know. (March 15, 2025)

 

 

Timeline of What Appears to be Defiance of a Judicial Order: Applying the Alien Enemies Act to Venezuelans Sent to El Salvador’s Prisons Without Due Process (March 16, 2025)

 

 

Trump administration deports hundreds of immigrants even as a judge orders their removals be stopped (March 17, 2025)

 

 

US deports hundreds of Venezuelans despite court order (March 17, 2025)

 

 

DOJ refuses to answer some questions from the judge who blocked Alien Enemies Act deportations (March 18, 2025)

 

 

Tensions mount as judge demands more answers about deportation flights (March 18, 2025)

 

 

Federal judge halts further shuttering of USAID (March 18, 2025)

 

 

Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in deportation case (March 25, 2025)

 

 

US court orders White House to restore access for AP journalists (April 8, 2025)

 

 

NJ Judge: My murdered son’s name was on pizzas sent to intimidate other judges (April 13, 2025)

 

 

Maryland judge orders return of Venezuelan asylum seeker deported to El Salvador (April 24, 2025)

 

 

U.S. judge says 2-year-old apparently deported to Honduras 'with no meaningful process' (April 26, 2025)

 

 

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes Trump's attacks on judges (May 1, 2025)

US judge orders Trump administration to return wrongly deported gay man (May 24, 2025)

US federal judges consider creating own armed security force as threats mount (May 25, 2025)

Judge strikes down Trump order that targeted US law firm WilmerHale (May 27, 2025)

Trump given 10 days to rescind all tariffs after block by US federal trade court - as it happened (May 28, 2025)

Federal court keeps Trump tariffs in place — for now (May 28, 2025)

Judge says Rubio 'likely' violated Constitution in ordering Mahmoud Khalil deported (May 28, 2025)

Trump administration says it will fly migrant back to U.S. after judge rules his deportation "ignored" due process (May 29, 2025)

A federal judge delivered a beatdown to the Trump administration, in support of WilmerHale. Here’s how. (June 1, 2025)

Immigration judge rules Milford teen should be released from ICE detention (June 5, 2025)

Judge halts Trump’s proclamation to suspend new international student visas at Harvard hours after university filed amended lawsuit (June 5, 2025)

Judges bring Trump's sweeping plan to deport foreign students to a standstill (June 5, 2025)

Judge blocks Trump administration from enforcing anti-DEI orders in grant funding (June 10, 2025)

‘Have we no shame?’ Federal judge declares NIH grant terminations ‘void and illegal.’ (June 16, 2025)

Tulsi Gabbard (2025)

Tulsi Gabbard Wants Other Countries To Join the US in Attacking Yemen (March 18, 2025)

 

 

 

MAGA vs. Federal Workers

If Trump Crushes Federal Workers, We’re All Next (February 19, 2025)

 

 

An 1883 Act is protecting federal workers from DOGE's firing spree (March 23, 2025)

 

 

 

MAGA vs. Canada

'I'm a little angry': Canadian firms boycott US products (March 16, 2025) 

 

 

Blame Canada: Our warmongering, drugged-out conspiracy theory (March 16, 2025)

 

 

The Canadians and Danes boycotting American products (April 8, 2025)

 

 

 

Bluesky Posts (Miscellaneous)

I love to call my Senators' offices three times per week and try to cajole them into doing the most elementary political messaging and strategy. This is what it means to be an engaged citizen: leaving a strenuously polite voicemail for a 74yo on a more regular cadence than I talk to my parents. (March 13, 2025)

 

 

Here’s why anti-authoritarianism rally crowd size matters (March 22, 2025)

 

 

At the Mike Lawler empty chair town hall in Peekskill, 102 year old Dee in danger of losing her Medicaid, heard FDR on the radio in 1935 when he created Social Security. (March 23, 2025)

 

 

Through the "Voices of Gaza" series I attempt to center the lives of people who have become a political symbol, but who themselves are increasingly abandoned as they put together the pieces of worlds destroyed by genocide & occupation. (February 24, 2025)

 

 

Got a printer? You can start fighting fascism. Here's a thread of things you can print and distribute. (March 4, 2025)

 

 

You cannot crowdsource your ethics without condemning marginalized people. (March 30, 2025)

 

 

ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to Oklahoma City two weeks ago. (April 29, 2025)

 

 

 

Bluesky Posts by House Rep. Ro Khanna

JD Vance just lectured Europe that in DC, "there is a new sheriff in town, & under Trump's leadership we may disagree with your views, but we will fight to defend your right to offer it in the public square agree or disagree." Did Mr. Homan not get the memo? (March 12, 2025)

 

 

 

Chrstian Fascists (2025)

Robert Morris, former Texas megachurch pastor and Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes (March 12, 2025)

 

 

 

Bluesky Posts by Senator Bernie Sanders

No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions. In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment. Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism. (March 12, 2025)

 

 

64 days with no aid reaching Gaza. No food, water or medicine. Children are starving. Netanyahu’s extremist government now says it will occupy Gaza & put mercenaries in charge of distributing aid, instead of the UN and other aid groups. Despicable. No more US support for Netanyahu’s war machine. (May 5, 2025)

America is complicit in the slaughter of the Palestinian people. 2.2 million people are trapped. Disease is spreading. Children are starving to death. And we continue to provide U.S. military aid to Netanyahu. (May 15, 2025)

Trump 2.0 (March 2025)

Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo (March 5, 2025) 

 

 

USDA cuts more than $1bn in local food purchases for schools, food banks (March 11, 2025)

 

 

'We will just die in silence': US aid cuts hit Ethiopia's fragile Tigray region (March 13, 2025)

 

 

Trump administration is defying court order over anti-DEI policy, groups say (March 14, 2025)

 

 

The evil at your door: The deportation action as regime change (March 17, 2025)

 

 

Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts (March 19, 2025)

 

 

Trump wants states to handle disasters. States aren't prepared (March 21, 2025)

 

 

Trump targets 'improper ideology' at Smithsonian museums in new executive order (March 27, 2025)

 

 

 

MAGA vs. K-12 Education

Trump’s cuts are designed to ‘undermine public education,’ former secretary says (March 12, 2025)

 

 

Universities across the U.S. freeze hiring as federal funding hangs in the balance (March 12, 2025) 

 

 

Trump makes good on his 'I love the poorly educated' pledge. (March 12, 2025)

 

 

Idaho Middle School Tells Teacher Her 'Everyone Is Welcome' Poster Is Too Divisive (March 13, 2025)

Department of Education cuts expected to have 'huge impacts' on teachers (March 15, 2025)

 

 

Education Department staff cuts could limit options for families of kids with disabilities (March 16, 2025)

 

 

 

Posts from r/50501

US : Request your private data obtained by DOGE (March 12, 2025)

 

 

U.S. : Sound the Alarm! U.S. Put on Human Rights Watch List! (March 12, 2025)

 

 

USA : NO on Cloture (March 13, 2025)

 

 

USA : We are the People's Party, here are the facts, and here's what we are going to do. (March 14, 2025)

 

 

USA : Make them Fear the 99% (March 15, 2025)

 

 

People are getting killed. Do not wait for it to escalate any longer. (March 22, 2025)

 

 

 

Public Schools

State of Disrepair: Inside Idaho's Crumbling Schools (2023 - 2024)

 

 

A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse. (March 4, 2025)

 

 

 

Reproductive Rights (2025)

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. (February 20, 2025)

 

 

Texas midwife arrested for allegedly providing abortions amid state’s near-total ban (March 17, 2025)