In case folks had any doubts about the fate of Michigan House R’s trans discrimination bill. Read the message Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks had for the children’s table (Matt Hall’s caucus). Moving on. 🏳️⚧️❤️
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In case folks had any doubts about the fate of Michigan House R’s trans discrimination bill. Read the message Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks had for the children’s table (Matt Hall’s caucus). Moving on. 🏳️⚧️❤️
LIVE SOON! Catch the C-SPAN coverage of our rally outside the Frances Perkins Building at 8am ✊
"I don't know what a constitutional crisis would look like. I don't think that we are currently in a constitutional crisis, however," [Barrett] added. "I think our country remains committed to the rule of law. I think we have functioning courts." ----- Well, the first sentence is true. Link: 1/
NEW: Deportations were supposed to target bad guys. Most ICE arrests in Michigan capture non-criminals. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p... via @detroitnews.com
Pretty amazing that Hegseth's big move is to change the DOD's pronouns.
Republicans hold the MI House and all of them voted for this bill. The Democratic-controlled Senate will not pick up the bill. Good for the Dems. To protect our children, Dems need to take back the majority in the House and keep the Senate. Otherwise, Republicans will keep on harming our kids.
Mike Rogers lived and was registered to vote in Cape Coral FL until he decided to run against Elissa Slotkin for the Senate in 2024. Only then, did he move here and register as a Michigan voter. Now he’s going to tell Detroiters what they need as he makes another Senate run. Go back to FL Mike.
To be clear this is a huge change to Medicare. Currently Medicare does not require or even do pre-approval for procedures. At all. This would not only allow them, but would incentivize companies to deny the requests all while leaving the decision about whether to approve or deny up to AI. 😬😬😬😬😬😬
The AMA strongly opposes Florida’s plan to end all vaccine mandates, and urges Florida to reconsider. This unprecedented rollback would undermine decades of public health progress and place children and communities at increased risk. spr.ly/63328ABvBq
RIGHT NOW: @LittleLobbyists families are attending the hearing in-person this morning to bear witness in protest of the HHS policies that harm our kids with complex medical needs and disabilities. Live C-SPAN coverage of HHS Sec. #RFKjrs testimony can be viewed at the link below —>
Hey Dems - please start referring to the mess this administration has made of healthcare as “Trumpcare”.
Wyden on RFK Jr: "This committee's unwillingness to swear in this witness is basically a message that it is acceptable to lie to the Senate Finance Committee about hugely important questions like vaccines."
They just keep making it worse. Republicans cut funding for Medicaid which will trigger cuts to Medicare and plan to use AI (handing private AI companies lucrative contracts) to automate the denial of care. Call Congress! 202/224-3121
Donald Trump tried to illegally fire an independent regulator who protects consumers. But she fought back, sued Trump, and won in court. Commissioner Slaughter is back on the job fighting to lower costs for families.
"kitchen table issues" has become a dogwhistle to transphobes.
September is Black Reading Month, a Detroit tradition with a growing Michigan reach michiganadvance.com/briefs/septe...
“In a city known for pizza, you went for Dominos? Tailor your jokes for the local crowd.” Right?!? Dominos…c’mon man. SMH
I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators. Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!
www.gov.uk/alerts For anyone who has a hidden phone for safety - make SURE you've turned your Government Alerts OFF for 7th September @ 15:00
If Michigan House Republicans get their way, Lake County could see a real-life “Purge” with no prosecutors and no justice. Without adequate funding, my office won’t be able to fill these critical gaps. The consequences would be serious and far-reaching. www.mlive.com/politics/202...
T-Mobile is bankrolling Elon Musk + caving to Trump’s agenda. Your dollars shouldn’t fund fascism. Join the Sept. 10 kickoff call with @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social, @teslatakedown.com and @cwaunion.bsky.social. stmp.link/tmobilecall
I’m not going to repost them all (I find them triggering), but @factpostnews.bsky.social is publishing powerful clips from today’s presentation by some of the women victimized by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
The National Guard is, in some ways, a distraction. What's going to happen in Chicago is going to be a massive ICE enforcement blitz.
If the U.S. military isn't going to release details on the justification for killing 11 civilians in a civilian boat who weren't posing a threat to anyone, then we have to conclude the "justification" is: the U.S. military is willing to kill civilians to give Trump social media content.
"Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?" [stares directly at the camera]
hey UK friends! @lollardfish.bsky.social and me will be visiting to talk about our book OATHBREAKERS at the Wantage Literary Festival in Oxfordshire - Monday 27 October at 4pm Tickets are available but limited! come see us! #medievalsky #booksky wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk
Return to Office ≠ Return to Work We’ve BEEN working. Now, some remote staff finally get cubicles in random non-CDC federal buildings… & are told to bring their own chairs? Um, no. Also — really? Gvt inefficiency at its finest: they can mandate where you sit but not provide what you sit on.
You’re welcome! I enjoyed the music!
Check out my appearance on the "MIRS Monday Podcast." We talked about the #Michigan state budget, proposed cuts to services for seniors, roads, Medicaid cuts, and rising healthcare premiums. mirsnews.podbean.com
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RFK Jr. is releasing a report on autism spectrum disorder (ASD). He claims that scientists haven’t studied the “root causes”. Defend Public Health has released our report summarizing what is known about risk factors from the 30,000+ scientific papers on this topic. Vaccines aren’t one of them.
Michigan House GOP is about to push a vote on Michigan House Bill 4024—a discriminatory bill that aims to ban transgender students from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity and allows grown men to force any girl, transgender or otherwise, to prove their sex. Call your State Rep!
#STANDWITHSURVIVORS
We need to build from the bottom up and that starts with local elections. Vote for local seats on Nov 4.
We're proud to join the PEN network in Poland this week for the Annual Congress, where PEN centers worldwide come together. This year's theme is #FreedomOfWords, #WordsOfTheFree. Follow @peninternational.bsky.social for highlights and updates from #Congress25.
ICYMI, last night a panel of the 5th Circuit joined over a dozen other federal judges to rule that the Alien Enemies Act — adopted during the Quasi-War of 1798 and only ever previously used during times of declared war — is in fact a wartime authority and can’t be used against a criminal gang.
📣 IMPORTANT: I can't stress this highly enough: 23.4% is the weighted average premium increase for *currently unsubsidized* ACA enrollees only. For most of the > 90% who currently receive federal subsidies (~21M Americans, myself included) the NET rate hikes will be higher than 23%. MUCH higher.
And that the current SCOTUS is doing comparable damage to democracy as the Taney Court. Among the lowlights of the Roberts Court that will be remembered like Dred Scott: Citizens United, Shelby County, Dobbs, and so many more including a bunch on the shadow docket without an explanation.
WOW. I missed this last week. What a disgraceful decision to bar nonprofits like the League of Women Voters from registering voters after naturalization ceremonies.
Schumer and Jeffries are doing things that advance their own goals. If you find it confounding, you are mistaken about their project.
“Adding inexperienced judges to the IJs is not the answer when our research found IJs already have a denial preference.”
it's really fucking weird to care about "low birth rates" at all unless you're really, ultimately, worried about race
Already on my calendar!
When President Trump used 32 U.S.C. § 502(f)(2) in 2020, that was to have out-of-state National Guard troops sent to D.C.—which has no sovereignty of its own. Sending the un-federalized TX National Guard into IL without the latter’s consent raises *serious* Article IV problems that 2020 … didn’t.
nʌki\'wah Graham Greene💙 He is a son of the Great Lakes basin. This one goes out in your honor RIP 🌊🌊
Read @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on how WaPo misrepresented Muriel Bowser's EO. www.lawdork.com/p/the-posse-...
Ahh! We all need to watch this 👍🐾🐕🦺🦮
“Trump is dangerously gambling our nuclear readiness in service to his political pettiness.” Charlotte clearly explains how he is doing this in her thread below.
This is a United States senator, on his official government account, publicly saying full white nationalism & great replacement theory is central to the country’s identity & the GOP platform. Also: explicitly opposing Lincoln’s message in Gettysburg Address (reference to “proposition”)
“Progress in Detroit has…been written by the people who stayed. It starts because residents invest in their neighborhoods. It grows because artists, entrepreneurs and community organizers show up every single day.” “Detroit’s future is being built by the people who believe in it most.” 💙
Ranked choice voting is still a new, unfamiliar concept for most Americans. Tell us your questions, so we can help you understand it better.
There's a lot going on, and a lot to argue about. But we should all be able to agree that the shocking levels of incompetence shown in the leadership of our federal government is both historically unmatched, and it hurts all of us.
Donald Trump has recognized the basic truth that a critical mass of Americans will cheer the more brutal you are to people they see as criminals.
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At least half a million people across the U.S. marched in more than one thousand Workers over Billionaires demonstrations on Labor Day—but you wouldn’t know it by the amount of coverage media devoted to it. trib.al/2U3225B
"They were born to be criminals." Jesus. Trump is talking about Americans this way. And let's be clear - he's talking about Black and brown people in Blue cities.
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Michiganders against Trump concentration camps! If you're in the area of Baldwin on 9/6, join this demonstration against the North Lake ICE detention center, one of the largest in the Midwest. #NoHateInMIState 👇🏻
#Michigan comments needed asap to urge the governor to exclude $50 mill earmark in 2026 budget for Copperwood Mine, protect Lk Superior & Porcupine Mntns St Pk in U.P. Plse call constituent services at 517-335-7858. #wilderness #puremichigan #hiking #nature www.michigannewssource.com/2025/08/lawm...
This is such a revealing discussion especially when it comes to the dem strategist- journalist doom loop. Keep an eye on what's happening here in Chicago to see just how wrong all of those folks are. Democrats here are fighting back & hard. Guess what? Voters like what they see & hear.
We ready, we ready, we ready for a change. Detroit ✊
I just wanted to quickly note that this piece was an all-women effort, start to finish. From the reporters to the witnesses and even the lawyer who reviewed it, seven women working in different capacities were able to bring this story of gross malfeasance to life. Proud The Handbasket can do this.
An officer briefly became the face of Trump’s brutality mandate in DC after popping up in various videos like federal Forrest Gump. @jsweetli.bsky.social and I investigated and found he’s a 26-year-old former Eagle Scout named Patrick O’Hanlon who says he was just doing his job. Our report:
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/08/out-...
Yeah, I did watch it. For starters you didn’t acknowledge that Wall Street Journal wrote an article about how successful Schumer is with blocking Trump’s judicial nominees. 1/
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One of my Supreme Court reform takes is they should be completely barred from taking any outside income (incl. publishing deals) and it should be particularly frowned upon, normatively, to be writing books. Memoirs are for writing after you retire, not five years into a lifetime appointment.
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Yes! For a family dinner last night, I made a salad with farm fresh tomatoes and grilled Michigan peaches and for a short time, all was right with the world.
“The total number of workers whose contracts Trump has trashed now exceeds one million, which comes to approximately one-fifteenth of American workers covered by a union contract.” Remember the reason for the season: Solidarity to workers past and present fighting for our basic rights. Thank you! ✊
This Labor Day we remember the workers that actually made and built America. We also stand in #solidarity with all those who organize to protect their rights, including our own @unionomaha.bsky.social players. Solidarity Forever. Happy Labor Day, friends.
Generations of workers in America bled and died to win dignity on the job. They stood together against those who refused to recognize their humanity. On Labor Day, as fascism rises again, we honor those who came before us and carry forward their spirit of solidarity & defiance. Fight like hell. ✊
This is nothing else but a hybrid war that Russia wages against Europe Let's name things as they really are:Russia has made an assassination attempt of the President of the European Commission Russia has been jamming GPS-signals over many Eastern Europe countries that are in its immediate vicinity
The children of Ukraine, Gaza, U.S. and throughout the world who are seeing and experiencing the violence that adults are enabling or carrying out against them and others will remain with those children throughout their entire lives.
Sept 1, 1939, 86 years ago, Nazi Germany invaded Poland to begin WWII. My mother was born in Warsaw & was 4 years old. Sept 17, 1939 Russia invaded Poland. My father was born in Wilno (Poland) & was 5 years old. They carried the trauma of what they saw & experienced throughout their entire lives.
Get out today, if you can! There are hundreds of Labor Day events where you can stand up for workers and against the cruelty and destruction of this billionaire-consumed regime. www.mobilize.us/aflcio/map/...
September 1, 1939 I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid As the clever hopes expire Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of anger and fear Circulate over the bright And darkened lands of the earth...
Same on the east side of the state, although I don’t think lakes Huron, Erie and St. Clair (not a Great Lake) have the same level of danger as Lake Michigan.
"(NWS) But beachgoers must remain alert to the changing weather and wave conditions, and heed the advice of park patrol and lifeguards." And there's the rub. Michigan's lifeguard chairs are empty.” Funds to hire, train and retain lifeguards are either being reduced or cut entirely from budgets.
Black women have every right to be furious. The irresponsible choices of white voters has for many of us, taken our livelihood with consequences for our homes, the education of our children, our ability to care for parents. It’s unconscionable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
I am thankful to live on Tohono O’odham land, but today my greatest thanks & respect goes to the Miccosukee tribe for shutting down Alligator Alcatraz. The photo (by Joe Raedle) is of Betty Osceola, a member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida.
Ukrainians are defending ourselves.Ukraine's main goal is to stop the war and live in a peaceful,safe country. Russia's goals are terrorism,aggression,genocide. I am thankful to everyone for supporting Any conscious decision&work have an impact.Only real actions are capable of bringing peace to 🇺🇦
We’re suing the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service for records that could shed light on Trump’s politicized use of federal power in D.C., from enforcing cruel immigration policies to deploying the military against protesters. americanoversight.org/american-ove...
"Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don't give up." ~ Anne Lamott
“The next night they (US Park Police) had so much fun. They pulled people over.” Secretary of the Department of the Interior Burgum crowing about how much fun USPP is having terrorizing people in DC.
We're back. The judge asks if Ensign has an update for her. Ensign: I have confirmed that the plan is to deplane the children and to return them to the custody of Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Sooknanan asks him to file status report when that's complete
This vile administration tried to deport children, in the middle of the night, to Guatemala. CHILDREN!
To not name and shame the rich donors Trump has pardoned when he bellows about cracking down on criminals is political malpractice.
not just that he has no constitutional authority, there isn't even any particular legal or institutional mechanism by which the president can make anyone treat this as anything other than a weird advisory opinion.
A judge ruled Friday against the Trump administration’s efforts to strip Medicaid funds from primarily Planned Parenthood-affiliated abortion providers, rejecting the DOJ’s argument that allowing Planned Parenthood to continue to bill for Medicaid would cause the government “irreparable injury.”
Today, I checked out Gladys #Books & Wine, a Black lesbian bookstore and wine shop having its second soft-opening weekend. Located at 306 Malcolm X Blvd in Bed-Stuy, this new Black queer-owned business officially opens next Saturday, Sept 6. 📚🍷 www.instagram.com/gladysbooksbk #LGBTQIA #Brooklyn #NYC
The Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the area of “Science, Technology, and Governance.” #HPS #STS #PhilJobs academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30301
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MEDIA PEOPLE TALK TO THE PROPERTY PEOPLE: what Bill Pulte has done is make a criminal referral based on the mortgage instrument filed in a public recordation database; (he has not disclosed the applications (although it is clear that they on his desk and that might violate Cook’s privacy rights).
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