Kendra Salois
ksalois.bsky.social
Kendra Salois
@ksalois.bsky.social
Ethnomusicologist, parent, incorrigible lurker. Author of Values that Pay: Complicity, Sincerity, and Hip Hop in Contemporary Moroccan Life (April 2025, UC Press).
Reposted by Kendra Salois
The DOGE playbook is still being carried out by political appointees. I work at SSA and the Commissioner has repeatedly said he is a ‘DOGE guy’ and that we should embrace the DOGE ethos. And many former DOGE staffers have burrowed their way into the civil service.

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November 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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This case shows how Maryland's image as a refuge for trans people does not extend to marginalized trans women.

This April, Trans News Network reported on a lawsuit by trans women in Maryland prisons who had been tortured, intentionally placed in danger of rape, and denied hormones.
"Absolute Terror”: Lawsuit Alleges Maryland Trans Prisoners Face Rape, Medical Detransition, Defied Court Orders, Retaliation, and Torture, Despite AG Brown’s Condemnation of Trump Prison Policy
Gov. Moore's prisons defied a judge’s order to follow standards to keep a woman safe from rape, as AG Brown has mounted "vigorous" defense against her lawsuit and lawmakers sideline meaningful reform
transnews.network
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Thank you for the reminder of both of these fabulous souls
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Wheatpasted outside the Metro in #OccupiedDC
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM