Laura Allen
@kittenshmittens.bsky.social
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woman, artist, forensic accountant, & mother of twins archiving events to prevent the whitewashing of history so that my children have the receipts of the time when we were trapped in Texas while our rights vanished.
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Them: You don't look autistic
Me: You don't see it because my autism mostly affects me. I've spent most of my life painstakingly minimizing the impact it has on others... so now it has no effect on you at all, but my life is indescribably more difficult and exhausting
Me: You don't see it because my autism mostly affects me. I've spent most of my life painstakingly minimizing the impact it has on others... so now it has no effect on you at all, but my life is indescribably more difficult and exhausting
NEW:
The @washingtonpost.com obtained a list of the 15 individuals who signed the Pentagon press policy.
The Federalist, the Epoch Times, and OAN signed it. The rest are freelancers, independent or work for media outfits based overseas.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
The @washingtonpost.com obtained a list of the 15 individuals who signed the Pentagon press policy.
The Federalist, the Epoch Times, and OAN signed it. The rest are freelancers, independent or work for media outfits based overseas.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
More than 100 people cover the Pentagon. These are the 15 who signed its new press policy.
The Federalist, the Epoch Times, and One America News signed the Defense Department’s press rules. The rest are freelancers, independent or work for media outfits based overseas.
www.washingtonpost.com
Homeland security secretary attempts to use airports for politicking over the government shutdown.
DFW and Love Not Playing Noem Video. We Have Better Ideas.
Homeland security secretary attempts to use airports for politicking over the government shutdown.
www.dallasobserver.com
new Senate HSGAC minority report dives into DOGE based on several staff visits and whistleblower complaints:
"Ranking Member Peters and staff have found that DOGE has, in fact, done little more than put Americans’ most private information at risk."
www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
"Ranking Member Peters and staff have found that DOGE has, in fact, done little more than put Americans’ most private information at risk."
www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
www.hsgac.senate.gov
Morning Ceasefire Updates:
— All 20 living Israeli hostages have been released. Hamas no longer holds any living hostages in its captivity.
— 1,968 Palestinians have been released from Israeli prisons.
— Trump’s address to the Knesset resembled one of his campaign rallies… 1/
— All 20 living Israeli hostages have been released. Hamas no longer holds any living hostages in its captivity.
— 1,968 Palestinians have been released from Israeli prisons.
— Trump’s address to the Knesset resembled one of his campaign rallies… 1/
Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.
Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education
Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.
n.pr
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The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
Miller oopsie doodled and said the quiet part out loud, talking about DT aka himself having “plenary authority”:
A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations
A plenary power or plenary authority is a complete and absolute power to take action on a particular issue, with no limitations