@mnasca
She/her Believes that people should have autonomy over their bodies. Believes in social justice, equality & equity for all. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ Believes no one should be disappeared to a foreign country or concentration camp.
This is not true—driver’s licenses aren’t acceptable under the SAVE Act without additional proof of citizenship. The fact that they keep doing this sleight of hand should make clear that the SAVE Act is not something that “every American gets”
So, not over
Meanwhile:
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Mangled missile fragments purporting to be from the deadly strikes that hit a naval base and elementary school in southern Iran on Feb. 28 bear the markings of an American cruise missile, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
On Feb 14 2025, the day after RFK Jr was sworn in as HHS Secretary, “an unvaccinated 6-year-old girl in West Texas died from measles”
Even as measles cases & deaths rose & the outbreak spread, it took 13 mths for a MAGA/MAHA public health official to say “vaccines” are recommended
Such negligence
A recent Atlantic column claimed society is allegedly "transing" effeminate boys. For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I wrote a rebuttal using my own experience as a young, closeted trans girl. xtramagazine.com/power/identi...
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“.. a show of support on Monday at Enghelab Square in Tehran for Iran’s new supreme leader ..”
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Plus, two court filings that lay out how the FDA could restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone, the abrupt closure of a Utah adoption agency accused of helping create a “human marketplace,” and a secret state list of trans people in Kansas:
This week’s roundup also features the excerpt we were excited to publish from @amylittlefield.bsky.social’s wonderful book:
Policy experts say new SNAP changes don't address the challenges faced by single parents. They also argue that losing food assistance will only create more barriers for struggling families. n.pr/40Zw63G
This is what ecocide looks like.
Stephen Miller is a toxic substance – a 21st century American version of a Nazi.
Democrats need to make him an issue in the midterms.
My latest.
“See you at Nuremberg 2.0,” Sen. Ron Wyden posted on BlueSky, referencing the Nuremberg Trials, where Nazi leaders were prosecuted in the years after World War II.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/03/see-you-at-nuremberg-20-oregon-senator-blasts-outgoing-homeland-security-secretary.html
“.. off limits to the public.”
I keep a running list of items this Administration failed to plan for in the build-up to this War: what looms large, though, is the failure to plan for Straight of Hormuz’s vital capacity in oil transfer, an issue that President Trump identified in…2019, when he stated: www.cnbc.com/2019/06/14/t....
"The entire point of the special military operation is to flex. In Donald Trump’s mind, it’s something that plays well on the TV...The indiscriminate Iranian destruction is intended to make him appear mighty. That is not working, will not work."
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@democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov let’s start an ad campaign: lavish DoD spending while Rs cutting healthcare and SNAP benefits.
They get mad when people on SNAP want to buy soda
NEW: TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.
Kaine: "As we saw in Vietnam & Iraq & as I think we're seeing now, our troops sometimes get betrayed by poor civilian decision making. They're gonna do what we ask them to do in wonderful ways, but when civilians don't make good decisions, who suffers? Them. We've had 7 troops come home to Dover."
Abolitionist, humanitarian and U.S. Army scout, Harriet Tubman was the fearless leader of the Underground Railroad, guiding thousands of enslaved people to freedom.
#OTD, we honor her legacy by continuing the fight for justice and equality. Today, #TheMarchContinues.
@markhertling.bsky.social reflects with @stephruhle.bsky.social on the cost of war as the U.S.-Israel conflict against Iran unfolds.
"The thing that has been recurring in my mind is a lack of seriousness and understanding of what happens when you put America's sons and daughters into harms way."
oh good i was worried it was white supremacy and capitalism
Trump has unleashed something that can’t be put back in the box.
"Part of our obligation as big, powerful democracies is our ability to show a certain amount of restraint and proportionality," Sarah Longwell says in discussing the Iran war. "We shouldn't be unable to say 'no, what I'm seeing with my eyes is too far...or making us less safe.'"
Yes, it's way too early, but not too early to ask for your questions for The Will Bunch Newsletter that drops later today
If there was ever a moment for questions about what is happening in America, it would be now. so fire away
My interview with @jeremyfaust.bsky.social is now live!
We talked about instability in life as an early career scientist, the importance of policy in research, and more. Process is incredibly important for science, and the process is failing me.
I put a thread of some of my favorite clips below!
One year ago, Mahmoud Khalil was taken by ICE. He is now out.
Around the same time, Leqaa Kordia was taken and is still in ICE detention.
Her apparent crime is using America's First Amendment rights to protest for peace.
She is the last Columbia student still in detention, and Khalil wrote to her
AUTHERS: “.. all the last week has done is bring the rest of the world to heel somewhat. Asia and Europe have still outperformed the US since the election of Trump in November 2024.”
@johnauthers.bsky.social
