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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Big Tech tax breaks could’ve funded benefits for millions, Senator Warren finds www.theverge.com/news/816267/...
Big Tech tax breaks could’ve funded benefits for millions, Senator Warren finds
Big Tech benefits.
www.theverge.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Big Tech tax breaks could’ve funded benefits for millions, Senator Warren finds www.theverge.com/news/816267/...
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Emergency Press Conference:
Update on the government shutdown and health care from Senator Gary Peters.
Update on the government shutdown and health care from Senator Gary Peters.
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Emergency Press Conference:
Update on the government shutdown and health care from Senator Gary Peters.
Update on the government shutdown and health care from Senator Gary Peters.
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For the second time in a little over a week, ICE officers reportedly shot someone in Los Angeles. This time, it was a US citizen who ICE officers shot from behind while he was driving a car, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.
Report: ICE shot a US citizen trying to help kids
According to his lawyer, immigration officers shot Carlos Jimenez after he warned them that children would soon gather for the bus where they had pulled over a vehicle.
www.motherjones.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
For the second time in a little over a week, ICE officers reportedly shot someone in Los Angeles. This time, it was a US citizen who ICE officers shot from behind while he was driving a car, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times.
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Halloween Gatsby party at #MaraLago with #Trump amid #governmentshutdown
…with complimenting headlines.
…with complimenting headlines.
November 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Halloween Gatsby party at #MaraLago with #Trump amid #governmentshutdown
…with complimenting headlines.
…with complimenting headlines.
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NEW: A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity.
Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.
Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity.
Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.
Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say they feel targeted just going about their lives.
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"The removal eliminated a passage that read, “Our founders established ADL with the clear understanding that the fight against any one form of prejudice or hate cannot succeed without countering hate of all forms.”"
ADL removes ‘Protect Civil Rights’ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The removal took place after FBI Director Kash Patel said he would cut ties with the ADL, though it is unclear if that has happened.
www.jta.org
October 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"The removal eliminated a passage that read, “Our founders established ADL with the clear understanding that the fight against any one form of prejudice or hate cannot succeed without countering hate of all forms.”"
People keep saying how they feel helpless to everything going on. One thing that is at least a step away from trying to convince and unconvinceable administration is to convince the enablers. www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...
Legal experts condemn Apple bowing to White House's request to remove ICE tracking app
It's the latest example of tech giants bowing to pressure from the Trump administration. Legal experts say the developer of the app has free speech rights that may have been violated.
www.npr.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
People keep saying how they feel helpless to everything going on. One thing that is at least a step away from trying to convince and unconvinceable administration is to convince the enablers. www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...
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The clips and conversations I’m hearing about the SNAP (food stamp) cuts should be above the fold everywhere. It’s a scary time for a lot of people.
Families are already hanging by a thread, but the sad truth is it’s about to get a lot worse when SNAP benefits don’t go out in November.
It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.
It’s time to find our local food banks and help out with donations and volunteer hours if you are able.
October 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The clips and conversations I’m hearing about the SNAP (food stamp) cuts should be above the fold everywhere. It’s a scary time for a lot of people.
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Our analysis, which shows that more women nearly bled to death during miscarriage after Texas banned abortion, adds to a growing body of reporting revealing that maternal outcomes have gotten worse under bans.
(Published July)
By @andreasuozzo.com, Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser
(Published July)
By @andreasuozzo.com, Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser
Miscarriage Is Increasingly Dangerous for Women in Texas, Our Analysis Shows. Here’s How We Did It.
Using seven years of hospital discharge data, we found that the number of blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriage shot up by 54% since Texas banned abortion.
www.propublica.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Our analysis, which shows that more women nearly bled to death during miscarriage after Texas banned abortion, adds to a growing body of reporting revealing that maternal outcomes have gotten worse under bans.
(Published July)
By @andreasuozzo.com, Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser
(Published July)
By @andreasuozzo.com, Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser
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Construction workers ripped the face off the East Wing to begin building President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom. nyti.ms/43oS9T1
October 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Construction workers ripped the face off the East Wing to begin building President Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom. nyti.ms/43oS9T1
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Judge Illston’s temporary restraining order against the shutdown layoffs is scathing.
“It is also far from normal for an administration to fire line-level civilian employees during a government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party …” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“It is also far from normal for an administration to fire line-level civilian employees during a government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party …” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Those who have received RIF notices cannot prepare for their upcoming terminations because the
human resources staff who would typically assist them are also furloughed. One union president
representing workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention described how human
resources staff were brought back into the office last weekend to work on issuing RIF notices, and
then, once they had completed this work, were told “to issue RIF notices to themselves.”2 Dkt. No.
47-3 (“Jacobs Decl.”) ¶¶ 2, 7. Unions are hearing from members who have serious health conditions
or are in the late stages of pregnancy, and who worry that their health insurance will be impacted by
the RIFs, but there is no one in the office who can answer their questions during the shutdown. Id.
¶¶ 9, 14; Gittleman Decl. ¶ 16; Robinson Decl. ¶¶ 6, 12.
It is also far from normal for an administration to fire line-level civilian employees during a
government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party. But this is precisely what
President Trump has announced he is doing, by taking to social media on the second day of the
shutdown to post: “I have a meeting today with Russ Vought,[3] he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to
determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he
recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can’t believe
the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity.” Dkt. No. 15 (“Am. Compl.”)
¶ 176; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), Truth Social (Oct. 2, 2025, at 4:59 a.m.),
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115304455138824245 (last visited Oct. 15,
2025). The memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget that appears to have initiated
the shutdown RIFs says the same. See Dkt. No. 15-1, Am. Compl., Ex. A (“OMB Lapse Mem.”)
(directing agencies to “use this opportunity” of the shutdown to consider RIF notices, including in
those areas that are “not consistent with the Pr…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiadismecme4vmfqclakasxc2aib2stqhuzofeouxssssbvroju3sy@jpeg)
October 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Judge Illston’s temporary restraining order against the shutdown layoffs is scathing.
“It is also far from normal for an administration to fire line-level civilian employees during a government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party …” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“It is also far from normal for an administration to fire line-level civilian employees during a government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party …” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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A huge and consequential argument in the SCOTUS tomorrow. Is SCOTUS hell-bent in gutting the Voting Rights Act?
The Two Section Twos
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
The Two Section Twos
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
The Two Section Twos
The Protection Against Racial Gerrymandering in Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is Constitutional. Just Read Section 2 of the 14th Amendment.
open.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:59 AM
A huge and consequential argument in the SCOTUS tomorrow. Is SCOTUS hell-bent in gutting the Voting Rights Act?
The Two Section Twos
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
The Two Section Twos
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?
Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.
Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.
October 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?
Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.
Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.
What no one is talking about is how the GOP and Trump administration had already shutdown the government beginning on January 20th.
October 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What no one is talking about is how the GOP and Trump administration had already shutdown the government beginning on January 20th.
Military rule. Evey American should be learning more about this.
MORE: Immergut issued a stark warning that the efforts by Trump to make a bad-faith justification to call up the guard risked plunging the country into a form of unconstitutional military rule.
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October 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Military rule. Evey American should be learning more about this.
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MORE: Immergut issued a stark warning that the efforts by Trump to make a bad-faith justification to call up the guard risked plunging the country into a form of unconstitutional military rule.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
MORE: Immergut issued a stark warning that the efforts by Trump to make a bad-faith justification to call up the guard risked plunging the country into a form of unconstitutional military rule.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/s...
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/s...
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Chicago, Illinois, 2025:
"They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van."
"They was bringing the kids down, had them zip-tied to each other."
"I kept asking, 'What is the morality?' One of them laughed. He said, 'Fuck them kids.'"
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
"They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van."
"They was bringing the kids down, had them zip-tied to each other."
"I kept asking, 'What is the morality?' One of them laughed. He said, 'Fuck them kids.'"
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground
ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.
abc7chicago.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Chicago, Illinois, 2025:
"They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van."
"They was bringing the kids down, had them zip-tied to each other."
"I kept asking, 'What is the morality?' One of them laughed. He said, 'Fuck them kids.'"
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
"They had the Black people in one van, and the immigrants in another van."
"They was bringing the kids down, had them zip-tied to each other."
"I kept asking, 'What is the morality?' One of them laughed. He said, 'Fuck them kids.'"
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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This is insane.
NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.
Version of original on left, updated on right:
Version of original on left, updated on right:
October 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is insane.
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Trump news at a glance: Shutdown a chance to ‘get rid of a lot of things we didn’t want’, says president
Trump news at a glance: Shutdown a chance to ‘get rid of a lot of things we didn’t want’, says president
Senate Democrats voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown. Key US politics stories from 30 September 2025
Donald Trump has blamed Democrats for stalled talks that have made a US government shut down all but certain, and has threatened to punish the party and its voters during any stoppage by targeting progressive priorities and forcing mass public sector job cuts.
Late on Tuesday Senate Democrats voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday for the first time in almost seven years. Democrats refused to vote for the bill unless it included a series of concessions centred on healthcare. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Trump news at a glance: Shutdown a chance to ‘get rid of a lot of things we didn’t want’, says president
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Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."
Illinois: ICE rams through a group of protesters with a vehicle; lobs tear gas grenades; assaults officials www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/t...
At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans
Federal agents hurled tear gas and pepper spray into a crowd of about 100 protesters who attempted to block vans from entering and exiting a U.S. Immigration and Customs holding facility in Broadvi…
www.chicagotribune.com
September 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Illinois: ICE rams through a group of protesters with a vehicle; lobs tear gas grenades; assaults officials www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/t...
This government is turning the country into a military state one city at a time. Will Americans stand by?
Trump announces he's sending the National Guard into Memphis and says "we're gonna be doing Chicago probably next"
September 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This government is turning the country into a military state one city at a time. Will Americans stand by?