Laura Briggs
@ljbriggs.bsky.social
Queer feminist historian of reproductive politics. Author of Taking Children. (they/them).
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Seems important: "FBI ‘Escorted’ Him To Trump DHS Presser They Claim He Crashed"
Padilla says he "didn’t “barge” into the presser, he was signed in and escorted, and was listening in the room for 10 minutes before he tried to ask a question"
www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...
Padilla says he "didn’t “barge” into the presser, he was signed in and escorted, and was listening in the room for 10 minutes before he tried to ask a question"
www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...
June 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Seems important: "FBI ‘Escorted’ Him To Trump DHS Presser They Claim He Crashed"
Padilla says he "didn’t “barge” into the presser, he was signed in and escorted, and was listening in the room for 10 minutes before he tried to ask a question"
www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...
Padilla says he "didn’t “barge” into the presser, he was signed in and escorted, and was listening in the room for 10 minutes before he tried to ask a question"
www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...
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meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology
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Local news coverage of Indiana University-Bloomington's Faculty Council endorsing a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC).
Faculties of three state flagships so far have called for a united front: Rutgers (whole system), IU-Bloomington, UMass-Amherst.
Michigan starts voting this week
Who's next?
Faculties of three state flagships so far have called for a united front: Rutgers (whole system), IU-Bloomington, UMass-Amherst.
Michigan starts voting this week
Who's next?
April 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Local news coverage of Indiana University-Bloomington's Faculty Council endorsing a Mutual Academic Defense Compact (MADC).
Faculties of three state flagships so far have called for a united front: Rutgers (whole system), IU-Bloomington, UMass-Amherst.
Michigan starts voting this week
Who's next?
Faculties of three state flagships so far have called for a united front: Rutgers (whole system), IU-Bloomington, UMass-Amherst.
Michigan starts voting this week
Who's next?
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“There’s gonna be a big presence in DC, but it’s not just DC — I want to see this in rural areas, in suburban areas, in urban areas, in red states, purple states, blue states. It’s going to take all of us.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
We’re taking to the streets nationwide on April 5: handsoff2025.com
We’re taking to the streets nationwide on April 5: handsoff2025.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“There’s gonna be a big presence in DC, but it’s not just DC — I want to see this in rural areas, in suburban areas, in urban areas, in red states, purple states, blue states. It’s going to take all of us.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
We’re taking to the streets nationwide on April 5: handsoff2025.com
We’re taking to the streets nationwide on April 5: handsoff2025.com
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UPDATE: ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt reports that certain individuals Trump recently deported to El Salvador have been returned to the U.S. It was discovered these individuals either weren't Venezuelan or were women. Therefore, the Salvadoran government declined to take them.
Nearly 300 Venezuelan men whom Trump targeted and deported to El Salvador from the United States now face permanent detention in a prison system rife with human rights abuses.
Families of the imprisoned deportees and their lawyers fear for the safety and futures of these men.
The men…
Families of the imprisoned deportees and their lawyers fear for the safety and futures of these men.
The men…
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
UPDATE: ACLU attorney Lee Gelernt reports that certain individuals Trump recently deported to El Salvador have been returned to the U.S. It was discovered these individuals either weren't Venezuelan or were women. Therefore, the Salvadoran government declined to take them.
Love this.
My latest for @inquest.bsky.social ...and yes, we can ultimately win, if we are willing to work in transformative ways. It will require the best we have in ourselves, but along the way, we may become quietly courageous in ways that will surprise and energize us. inquest.org/this-is-how-...
This Is How You Win the Culture Wars | Kay Whitlock | INQUEST
Faced with violence and authoritarianism, survival demands prioritizing relationship building over reactivity and solidarity over silence.
inquest.org
February 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Love this.
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Some transgender Americans report they’ve been refused a passport altogether — with any gender marker — in recent weeks. “The goal is to make life untenable”: www.vox.com/politics/399...
Trump’s new passport rules are trapping transgender Americans in bureaucratic limbo
“Can I leave the country, and how can I leave the country?”
www.vox.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Some transgender Americans report they’ve been refused a passport altogether — with any gender marker — in recent weeks. “The goal is to make life untenable”: www.vox.com/politics/399...
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Reminder: this is completely lawless
February 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Reminder: this is completely lawless
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Do you like hurricane and tornado warnings? Do you not want them privatized and edited by Trump's sharpie? Well, Musk is breaching NOAA, an agency that's trustworthiness is more critical than ever before: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
DOGE invades NOAA, sparking fear of cuts and privatization
Elon Musk's minions reportedly sought access to IT systems at an agency Project 2025 called "harmful to US prosperity."
www.motherjones.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Do you like hurricane and tornado warnings? Do you not want them privatized and edited by Trump's sharpie? Well, Musk is breaching NOAA, an agency that's trustworthiness is more critical than ever before: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.
Hearing reports that Musk’s cronies are targeting NOAA — infiltrating key systems and locking out career employees.
NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives.
My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.
NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives.
My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.
February 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The U.S. #NationalWeatherService, housed within #NOAA, is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. It costs only ~$3/yr per taxpayer, & yields ~10:1 return on investment--saving economy 10s-100s of billions, not to mention thousands of lives.
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Resisting Trump and Project 2025 in Austin, TX
Please SHARE because the MSM is mostly silent on these protests
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Please SHARE because the MSM is mostly silent on these protests
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Video Protest against Pres. Trump and Project 2025 in Austin, TX
Protest against Pres. Trump and Project 2025 in Austin, TX
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February 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Resisting Trump and Project 2025 in Austin, TX
Please SHARE because the MSM is mostly silent on these protests
abcnews.go.com/live/video/s...
Please SHARE because the MSM is mostly silent on these protests
abcnews.go.com/live/video/s...
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Maybe I'm crazy, but when the new authoritarian leader is executing a blitzkrieg to consolidate power and demolish the pillars of our democracy, maybe the opposing party shouldn't vote for his bootlicking nominees who were selected for their blind fealty. I'm crazy, right?
16 Democratic senators recently voted to confirm the Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary who just gave Musk’s team access to a Treasury payment system that disburses trillions and holds mass quantities of personal information. Food for thought. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Maybe I'm crazy, but when the new authoritarian leader is executing a blitzkrieg to consolidate power and demolish the pillars of our democracy, maybe the opposing party shouldn't vote for his bootlicking nominees who were selected for their blind fealty. I'm crazy, right?
If only Biden could have gotten Mexico to mobilize 10,000 troops! Oh wait, he did. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Mexico doubles migrant detentions with troop surge, White House says
Mexico has doubled its detentions of migrants with a deployment of 10,000 troops to its southern border, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Monday, as Washington leans on regional governments to help slow arrivals at the U.S. border.
www.reuters.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If only Biden could have gotten Mexico to mobilize 10,000 troops! Oh wait, he did. www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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Another FBI leader standing up for the rule of law
“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy."
James Dennehy, FBI NY Field Office
“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy."
James Dennehy, FBI NY Field Office
Top F.B.I. Agent in New York Vows to ‘Dig In’ After Removals at Agency
James E. Dennehy, the highly respected leader of the largest and most important field office in the bureau, said the F.B.I. was in a “battle of our own.”
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Another FBI leader standing up for the rule of law
“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy."
James Dennehy, FBI NY Field Office
“Today, we find ourselves in the middle of a battle of our own, as good people are being walked out of the FBI and others are being targeted because they did their jobs in accordance with the law and FBI policy."
James Dennehy, FBI NY Field Office
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DOGE is a criminal organization.
Lock them up.
Lock them up.
February 2, 2025 at 10:12 PM
DOGE is a criminal organization.
Lock them up.
Lock them up.
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Bloomberg: Musk said DOGE was shutting down payments by the US Department of Health and Human Services to Lutheran Family Services, a faith-based charity that has been providing social services to refugees. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk Says DOGE Is ‘Rapidly Shutting Down’ Treasury Payments
Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at...
www.bloomberg.com
February 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Bloomberg: Musk said DOGE was shutting down payments by the US Department of Health and Human Services to Lutheran Family Services, a faith-based charity that has been providing social services to refugees. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This is it. The start of the new J6 but much worse this time.
Bloomberg: Musk said DOGE was shutting down payments by the US Department of Health and Human Services to Lutheran Family Services, a faith-based charity that has been providing social services to refugees. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk Says DOGE Is ‘Rapidly Shutting Down’ Treasury Payments
Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at...
www.bloomberg.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This is it. The start of the new J6 but much worse this time.
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The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
www.wired.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Elon Musk is not a Federal employee or a political appointee. DOGE is not a real department. None of their activities are legal. This is a coup. The Republicans in Congress are willing participants in it. At what point do Democrats in DC get that and start acting like it? It’s not the price of eggs!
February 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Elon Musk is not a Federal employee or a political appointee. DOGE is not a real department. None of their activities are legal. This is a coup. The Republicans in Congress are willing participants in it. At what point do Democrats in DC get that and start acting like it? It’s not the price of eggs!
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
Am I the only one worrying that we are going to find out that the plane crash over the Potomac was a political murder? That’s just paranoid, right? Too much thinking about Russia, or Rwanda?
January 30, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Am I the only one worrying that we are going to find out that the plane crash over the Potomac was a political murder? That’s just paranoid, right? Too much thinking about Russia, or Rwanda?
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The evidence against vouchers also has the markers of a good scientific literature:
1) Clear identifiable pattern (larger, newer voucher systems —> worse results)
2) Replicated by: multiple research labs (teams) and in multiple field sites (states).
3) Results hold over time.
1) Clear identifiable pattern (larger, newer voucher systems —> worse results)
2) Replicated by: multiple research labs (teams) and in multiple field sites (states).
3) Results hold over time.
The school voucher situation is not one of those “critics say” vs “supporters claim” debates.
There’s 20+ years of data that show what actually happens.
The larger the voucher system, the worse the results.
www.brookings.edu/articles/res...
There’s 20+ years of data that show what actually happens.
The larger the voucher system, the worse the results.
www.brookings.edu/articles/res...
January 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The evidence against vouchers also has the markers of a good scientific literature:
1) Clear identifiable pattern (larger, newer voucher systems —> worse results)
2) Replicated by: multiple research labs (teams) and in multiple field sites (states).
3) Results hold over time.
1) Clear identifiable pattern (larger, newer voucher systems —> worse results)
2) Replicated by: multiple research labs (teams) and in multiple field sites (states).
3) Results hold over time.
Putinesque. I guess Trump figures that dozens of others have paid for their own security against Trump’s people, so Bolton shouldn’t get it for free?
www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...
Trump terminates John Bolton’s security detail within hours of taking office | CNN Politics
Within hours of taking office, President Donald Trump terminated the Secret Service detail that was assigned to his former national security adviser John Bolton, Bolton confirmed to CNN on Tuesday.
www.cnn.com
January 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Putinesque. I guess Trump figures that dozens of others have paid for their own security against Trump’s people, so Bolton shouldn’t get it for free?
www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...
It is apparently still possible to write about Greenland without reference to the US or Trump (note to the US press). Check out this fabulous piece on coercive Danish use of the IUD in Kalaallit Nunat (Greenland) targeting Inuit girls. #ReproductiveJustice
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Colonial Reproductive Coercion and Control in Kalaallit Nunaat: Racism in Denmark’s IUD Program
In 1967, Denmark launched an intrauterine device (IUD) program in Kalaallit Nunaat targeting Kalaallit girls and women for reproductive control under the banner of “family planning”. Soon, thousand...
www.tandfonline.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It is apparently still possible to write about Greenland without reference to the US or Trump (note to the US press). Check out this fabulous piece on coercive Danish use of the IUD in Kalaallit Nunat (Greenland) targeting Inuit girls. #ReproductiveJustice
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Biden’s big miscalculation on the economy was thinking that the press would give him credit for the massive numbers of working class jobs he created. So far as I can tell, historians understand it quite well. But not so much other people.
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Biden’s agenda had a big impact. Will history give him credit?
As construction cranes rise above Trump-friendly towns, the trillions injected into the economy by Biden’s policies did little to boost his party’s fortunes
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January 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Biden’s big miscalculation on the economy was thinking that the press would give him credit for the massive numbers of working class jobs he created. So far as I can tell, historians understand it quite well. But not so much other people.
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