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This week on the House floor I sent a message to Luna, a 6-year-old who has recently been bullied for being different, that she belongs and she is valued. We must teach our children that differences are not deficits, but paths to empathy and connection. Our world could use a little more of that.
Tedious to point this out, but: - When a tongue-tied Biden said "President of Mexico" instead of "Prez of Egypt," it was a several day story. -Hours after Trump says whoever appointed J Powell made a big mistake (it was him), the episode appears not to merit a story on any national-media sites.
Freedom from kings. Freedom from fascism. Power to the people forever. ♥️ Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
This needs to be much bigger news! This is a clear violation of 1974 Privacy Act, which provided guidelines for government accountability over our data. We need to pay attention.👇
This is a real issue that not enough Dems are talking about - violation of Privacy Act of 1974 - which is all about government accountability over the data they collect on individuals. 👇
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The GOP is trying to defund Medicaid and SNAP to make billionaires even richer. It's time to get loud. Use our toolkit to help us raise awareness about Trump’s Tax Scam: docs.google.com/docu...
All the noise about Alcatraz, Gulf of America, 3 dolls… all distractions from what’s really happening.
With content feeds so algorithm-driven, it boggles the mind that these guys preach freedom of speech. What has always felt true for me is DiResta’s piece about freedom of speech vs freedom of reach - www.wired.com/story/free-s...
Pritzker: Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research…
⚠️ First, Trump targets sites like ActBlue that help fund his opponents. ⚠️ Next, it’ll be the voters themselves. And we better take that seriously.
"We in the philanthropic community must not wait like sitting ducks. We must prepare and unite to defend our freedom to support the millions of people who rely on charitable foundations to build stronger, healthier communities and opportunities for all." - @guitarwatson.bsky.social
Collective Call to Action for the arts community! www.linkedin.com/posts/damode...
An analysis from Consumer Reports finds that companies aren’t trying very hard to give you control over your personal data. Some aren’t complying with your opt-outs. And they may not even be complying with the law. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
100000% 👇 Though that’s not like to happen at the Fed level sorting this administration. So, it’s up to the states.
Dismantling the Dept. of Ed isn’t enough. This is a continuation of whitewashing going back centuries. From the 1830’s House gag rule on slavery to rewriting textbooks for the “Lost Cause,” this will silence truth and reverse 80yrs of progress in democracy and equality. thehill.com/homenews/edu...
Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC
Mainstream media, do your job today and cover the American people as we protest the fascist Trump regime #HandsOff #Protests @msnbc.com @cnn.com @apnews.com @politico.com @bbc.co.uk.web.brid.gy @wsj.com @time.com @cbsnews.com @nytimes.com @npr.org
AMPLIFY this and don’t let Americans forget. This will seem a distant, unrelated thing when it starts hurting.
Today’s the day! Where are you protesting the terrible policies of the Trump/Musk regime? Find an action near you: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/ #HandsOff2025 #SaveSocialSecurity #SaveMedicaid #SaveMedicare #TeslaTakedown #FireMusk www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
We are in AWE of you. Thank you. 🙏
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
Trump and Elon are killing off Meals on Wheels. No, really. 👇 Agency for older adults and people with disabilities to be shuttered under HHS cuts. www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
This did not age well for Pete.
The more coverage a story gets, the more important readers think it is. So it matters when the NYT inflates flimsy Dem ‘scandals’ while downplaying real, criminal ones from Trump and Republicans. It’s not just bad judgment — it shapes public perception.
Thank you 🙏
Weingarten: If you think this is unprecedented. You’re not crazy. It is. It is. We have never faced the kind of assault on people that has happened in the last 60 plus days.
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
Today I am joining seniors and advocates for a rally to oppose the severe cuts to Social Security staff and offices across the country. Social Security is not a Ponzi scheme, as Elon Musk calls it. It is an earned benefit Americans pay into their whole lives.
"Why isn’t he doing everything possible to fight back against this constitutional crisis that we’re facing? Your interview was the first time I’ve actually gotten a clear answer to that: And it’s because he doesn’t believe it’s yet a constitutional crisis." - @ezralevin.bsky.social on Sen. Schumer
So many reasons why privacy matters👇
Independent journalists can often be more honest with audiences about their views and reporting processes, but are also less protected legally and financially. My conversation with @jossfong.bsky.social @underthedesknews.bsky.social and Jessica Yellin. www.youtube.com/live/tZGVYBD...
Support Ukrainians yourself ↘️ u24.gov.ua
We found the real fraud.
President Trump questions Ukraine’s commitment to peace while Russian missiles and drones fall daily on civilian targets. Congress has provided significant funding to help Ukraine’s fight for freedom and democracy. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Statement of State Senator Shelley B. Mayer on President Zelenskyy's Meeting with White House
Crowdsourced data map of impact of DOGE cuts. Will go live next week. Link takes you to submission to share your org’s story www.linkedin.com/posts/abigai...
Without strong health data privacy laws, those seeking reproductive & gender-affirming care risk being criminalized based on digital data. Gov. Hochul, protect New Yorkers and sign A.2141/S.929.
The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card. Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available." www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...
Received this from my Congressman, @repglatimer.bsky.social , who asked us to please share and amplify. So many experienced, dedicated people in crucial positions losing their jobs.
AMPLIFY this reality. Messaging to the American people needs to be crystal clear and consistent. These are the consequences.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @kenmartin.bsky.social Appealing to Dem leadership here - do not let up on messaging 👇👇👇
Every click, search, and step leaves a digital trail that could criminalize those seeking healthcare. New York can lead in protecting health data. Governor Kathy Hochul, sign A.2141/S.929 today!
If the Dems are capable of opposition a LARGE national ad buy about Republicans stripping Medicaid expansion from the working class would be a good start.
Republicans just voted to take your money and give it to billionaires. It’s not enough that House Republicans are enabling Trump and Elon Musk’s outrageous power grab. Now they’re selling out everyday Americans so that Trump, Musk, and their billionaire allies can get even richer.
Tonight House Republicans are forcing a vote on a budget that betrays middle- and working-class Americans, all to pay for giveaways to billionaires. Here’s what is at stake for NY-16:
You caught me! Thank you for the reminder.
New from me: Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed: www.propublica.org/article/face...
Please go on Fox and other news shows to let folks know.
Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid. So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
"You don’t select a bomb-throwing podcaster who has declared that ‘owning the libs’ is his sole focus in life to help run the FBI if you’re aiming for an impartial bureau.”
Wait- you got one of these too? 🙄 Unbelievable.
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Rep Raskin has been great. Rep Ocasio-Cortez has been great. And Rep Frost and Rep Crockett. Senator Murphy. Maybe no one knew exactly what to do. But such people laid down a clear marker. Let’s respect these and other elected federal representatives who stood out these first few weeks.
UPenn political scientist Rogers Smith says it's hard to see how Trump "could win a challenge to Musk’s appointment without Senate approval,” but if the Court “rules for Trump or stands aside, or if Trump ignores it, constitutional democracy in America will be in serious, perhaps fatal jeopardy.”
Please go on Fox and let the viewers know this is happening.
The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
"Elon Musk’s US DOGE Service is seeking access to a heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service system that includes detailed financial information about every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country, according to three people familiar with the activities, sparking alarm within the tax agency."
Alondra Nelson is spot on. And has been for years. The goal of unrestrained dominance of this US administration truly frightens me.
"It's like assembling a school of fish where, all of a sudden, everybody assembles in a particular direction. The social cues that bounce from person to person, that's what social media is for...Then you see the realization that these are tools of power." www.youtube.com/shorts/S8lwu...
Pay attention to the SAVE Act. 👇
#USAID freeze is impacting: 52,000+ US voters across 42 states! Join the cause to stop the stop! USAIDStopWork is showing how the unprecedented (and cruel) USAID hashtag#StopWorkOrder is impacting thousands of American citizens:
Help us send love to our local veterans this Valentine’s Day! Join our staff at Grinton I. Will Library in Yonkers on Friday, February 14 from 12 to 2 p.m. for a fun afternoon of Valentine card creation, or drop off your own cards by Thursday, February 13.
Please join me, local elected officials, and community leaders for a press conference and rally AGAINST Con Edison’s rate increases and outrageous utility bills. Space is limited, so please RSVP! tinyurl.com/noloveforconed
Welcome! As has been said, we need your sanity and perspective.
DOGE—an organization led by Elon Musk that advises President Trump—directed the Treasury Dept. and Office of Personnel Management to disclose vast stores of personal information to unauthorized individuals. EPIC is responding to the risks posed by that breach, including in the articles below. ⬇️
Chuck Schumer's staff were no shows! Constituents trying to get the message across. #Schumer #NoVought @moveon.org @indivisible.org @workingfamilies.org
Block unanimous consent. Force full roll-call votes on everything! That's what #FlatChuck would do! @schumer.senate.gov come on!! #NoVought @workingfamilies.org @moveon.org @indivisible.org @schumer.senate.gov @indiviswestchester.bsky.social
If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it. Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice. But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word. They aren’t firing for a reason.
Statement from Senator Shelley B. Mayer On President Trump’s “Pause” of Federal Funds
This is the kill nonprofit (and the people who work for them and they serve) order.
Meals on Wheels America spox on OMB pause: "the uncertainty right now is creating chaos for local Meals on Wheels providers not knowing whether they should be serving meals today. Which unfortunately means seniors will panic not knowing where their next meals will come from."
I am so sorry for your loss. We got to know Crouton and the animal and human members of your wonderful farm family watching your videos. It is a place to turn to celebrate goodness - instead of scrolling the news. We are sending you and everyone at the farm peace and love.
"What cannot be forgotten is that these men—who for years have behaved as if they answer to no one—appear to stand for little more than the accrual of wealth and power, regardless of what it means for the people who use their products. Today, they bent the knee." - @dlb.bsky.social
A new completely open reasoning model out of China, Deepseek-R1, is now available. The benchmarks show it at parity with the likes of o1 and Sonnet In some informal tests on non-code problems, it is really good, not o1-pro level but surprisingly capable (and incredibly small & fast!). Big advance.
Just what I needed today!
Hillary’s email server would like a word
Agreed. We are deep into surveillance capitalism, and only to become more so with big tech having such influence on the incoming administration. We hand over do much data to these “free” products— we are the product.
What a weekend. Before he's even inaugurated, President-elect Donald Trump has all the major tech platforms under his thumb. • Musk a MAGA henchman • Zuckerberg, Bezos vassels • Google in DOJ antitrust cross hairs • TikTok regards Trump as savior
Thank you for Bodega Cats. With the world so nuts out there, and only bound to get worse, Bodega Cats provides moments of needed serenity. 🐈🐈
Agree 💯. At the Fed level (and 31 states with no privacy regs) US doesn’t uphold an individual’s *right* to privacy and ownership/control over personal information. But this is a good discussion to have.
Robert Kennedy Jr. is a notorious conspiracy theorist who has spent years spreading dangerous misinformation about vaccines and public health. Tell your senators that confirming RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary would endanger millions of Americans: act.indivisible.org/sign/oppose-...
The @eff.org says a phone spying device known as a cell-site simulator was lielly deployed at the Democratic National Convention last year, based on data gathered on site by @dmehro.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/2024-d...
L.A. Fires Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Cope With Climate Change ... excellent informative piece www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/c...
“Surveilled”: Ronan Farrow on the Spyware Technology the Trump Admin Could Use to Hack Your Phone STORYJANUARY 01, 2025 www.democracynow.org/2025/1/1/sur...
Every year, I compile a list of my favorite tech projects, and honor them in a column called the Good Tech Awards. This year, I was excited to feature LLMs for genomics, AI brain mapping, open-source maintainers, the NASA heroes who saved Voyager 1, and more. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/t...
Punchbowl's @benbrodydc.bsky.social got a copy of FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson's pitch to be chair under Trump:
This week's Tech Policy Press cartoon accompanies a piece by Alex Turvy and Rebecca Scharlach, "The TikTok Ban Paradox: How Platform Restrictions Create What They Aim to Prevent." www.techpolicy.press/the-tiktok-b...
Folks are going to get disillusioned with Trump 2.0 very quickly — and it’s our job to use that disillusionment to break up the fragile GOP coalition and rebuild ours: indivisible.org/guide
I highly recommend this for any nonprofit worker or friend of nonprofits who is heading into the upcoming year with fear and dread. It is indeed time to lean in to resilience 🌳
My son Elijah died from pediatric brain cancer in 2017, right after I met Obama at the WH and he pledged to support the cancer moonshot. These evil, soulless people are ok with kids dying from cancer, and they deserve to be haunted until the end of their days. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Thanks to Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Republicans cut $190 million for pediatric cancer research from the funding bill. Congrats to DOGE on their first victory.
Looking forward to collaborating with @techsoup.bsky.social and my wonderful Colleague Joshua Peskay to deliver this new and very updated this 6-part course on AI, targeted to the needs of nonprofits!
Just donated. Sorry to hear your facing financial stress. ❤️❤️❤️ to all of you at Sqirrelwood!
Trump says he plans to sue Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register over Selzer's poll showing Trump losing just days before the election
Happy birthday, Crouton! 🎂
From @gtak.bsky.social a blog post with definitions and analysis about the Kill Nonprofit Bill nonprofitlawblog.com/h-r-9495-som...
Your ASL interpreters are spot on!