Interesting article in the News & Observer. Immigration detainees at local sheriff facilities get picked up by ICE at a rate less than 20%. Why doesn't ICE pick up more of these detainees?
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Yes! Let's call it the Friday Afternoon Reset. Grab a cocktail and FAR into the weekend 🍻
So betrayed
Trump is trying to kill solar power. @billmckibben.bsky.social has a plan to fight back.
Go get'em Attorney General Ford! from a fellow Ohio State University MA Mathematics Ed public school teacher
The immensity of this reporting cannot be overstated.
@propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador.
Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.
In depth article from ProPublica on Metric Media's purchase of small town newspapers for outside interests to drive policy and campaigns presenting misinformation as "news". Well worth your time.
UPDATE: The rural Ohio solar project that fossil fuel interests fought hard against (in part by using the local newspaper) was approved by the state today. Frasier Solar can move forward. Here's our previous story about the fight for reference. www.propublica.org/article/ohio...
Now we're zip tying seniors in wheelchairs for speaking out against Trump's deadly budget bill??? www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX37...
Strange that Stephen Miller would encourage ICE to raid Home Depot. 70% of the funds spent by the Home Depot PAC go to Republicans.
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The Big Ugly: Stephen Miller Uses His War on Home Depot to Invade California.
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Vouchers are a billionaire scheme to pay tuition for wealthy families—but are education’s predatory lending for the rest.
All part of today’s disinvestment from schools, Medicaid, Social Security & more.
I sat down with @nymag.com to discuss in this lengthy interview
nymag.com/intelligence...
Imported shrimp are sold at much lower prices because these countries use cheap labor and antibiotics (banned in the US).
Last month, bipartisan legislation was introduced to halt federal funds from going to foreign shrimp farms.
Read more at: coastalreview.org/2025/04/tari...
The Southern Shrimp Alliance supports the use of tariffs to offset unfair trade, tariffs are not a long term fix.
In the past 10 years, the US Treasury has funded aquaculture programs through international financial institutions. Billions of dollars has flowed to foreign aquaculture projects.
Thank you, Senator Booker
#RaiseTheCap
Good news in the world of climate change research! I attended a presentation by Dr. Jaclyn Cetiner of Hourglass Climate. This non-profit organization is executing a first-of-its-kind carbon removal project deployed off the coast of Duck, NC.
Read more at: hourglassclimate.org/nearshore-en...
Democrats in Washington have been reactive - not proactive - in creating a strategy to counter the Trump agenda. We can’t continue to be caught flat-footed.
I’ve got a solution. Check out my first Substack below.
open.substack.com/pub/wileynic...
One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.
The Democratic party needs to immediately appoint and support Shadow Cabinet Secretaries able to give press conferences and issue statements every single day.
Meetings at my house.
The DOGE Czar’s Plan to Loot Medicare
prospect.org/health/2025-...
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Here’s one very specific thing Democrats should do to organize our opposition to Donald Trump’s attack on our Democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
The fight is never done. I may be tired and I don't punch as hard as I did but I'm not done fighting. Here's to a new day.
Changed careers in 1996. I was now a math teacher. Found out that I would not be receiving my social security benefits I earned as an accountant. Finally, 28 years later, they will be reinstated.
Senior year in college, interviewed with the Big 8 accounting firms. Deloitte was interested in me but they were only hiring a person from my college. They chose a male classmate. Deloitte came back to me a few days later with an offer. I had already accepted one from Peat Marwick.
