Also important to note: State was already sitting on the program and not registering people for DV27 two months ago like they should. Almost as if they were just looking for an excuse to confirm their prior belief.

DHS doesn't administer the Diversity Visa program. She might as well say she's directing USCIS to pause patent examinations.

grimch

Just once, I'd like to see Dick Durbin *try* to explain the actual mechanisms by which repealing 230 will protect children from being exploited and abused. There will be hand waving about how it will "open them up to litigation" but that's not an answer.

This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.

Yikes 😬🤦

it is terrifying and awful that this passed the House with any Dem support at all (and once again, the continued leadership support for Cuellar is unconscionable) call your senators and make absolutely sure this dies in the Senate, lives are on the line trans people deserve so much better

A story I found about Haiti: In 1999, a group of Haitians were tired of political disorder and dreamed of a better life in the United States. So they built a small, 23-foot boat by hand using pine trees, scrap wood, and used nails. They called the boat "Believe in God."

The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story. Holy. Shit. www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...

Hundreds of underage girls married off and hundreds more children kidnapped as U.S. foreign aid cuts contribute to surge in violations against persecuted Rohingya children.

Not even an exaggeration

This paragraph from the NYT piece is bonkers. For an in-depth analysis of what the Trump administration can and can’t do in this area, see my @lawfaremedia.org piece from July: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...

Kudos to @jamesdator.bsky.social for writing the real story on Puka Nacua's streaming appearance. Everyone else is only talking about him criticizing the refs. The antisemitism is far more concerning. sports.yahoo.com/articles/puk...

It's wild that all these sports media outlets are reporting on Nacua's comments about the refs and not at all focusing on the antisemitic touchdown dance part of this story.

On a livestream yesterday, Puka both: - Said that the Refs throw flags that they know are bad to brag to their friends in group chats, and - Told Adin Ross that he'd do a "covetous jew" celebration on his next TD score Suspend him tbh

I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics. Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"

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Christ, what an asshole.

It would be especially terrible if people used a good VPN when interacting with this website. And if they're uploading attachments, they really shouldn't remove the file's metadata beforehand using a free site like metadata2go or exifremover. Would hate to see pranksters preserve their privacy

Trump thinks asylum seekers were released from insane asylums. Maybe this is because he just heard White Christmas being played somewhere.

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

The terrible call on Cody Williams vs Flagg followed up with a no call against Flagg on Williams was just painful favoritism for Flagg. #UtahJazz

Good to see Laurie Markkenen finally getting past the"be physical with him" scouting report. #UtahJazz

It's not.

One of the shocking things I found is that the Trump administration has begun charging a fee for a program for undcocumented, abandoned youth to obtain visas. They are literally demanding money from children - many of whom are orphans - who they know can't work. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...

If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period. This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.

ICE sprayed a one-year-old in the face with pepper spray. The child and parents are US citizens, but that doesn't even matter. These monsters pepper-sprayed a baby. We cannot allow ICE to continue this behavior, and they aren't going to reform themselves. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

This entire weekend

In late 2020 a Chinese man called Guan Heng travelled to Xinjiang with our BuzzFeed map of detention facilities to provide ground truth for our work - he provided the first corroborating evidence for many sites. He escaped to the US - then ICE detained him. www.wsj.com/world/china/...

What a flop by Wemby

someone in the replies looking up this property and realizing the price is so low because it was a meth lab is such an amazing commentary on right-wing delusion simply perfect. chefs kiss. 10/10. no notes

URGENT: I need a Minneapolis immigration attorney for a client in the hospital and likely detained by ICE. If anyone here has contacts with someone, or better yet practices in this area, please reach out to me via DM.

What happens when @malwarejake.bsky.social pokes a stick into AI during real-world situations and risk assessments. You may be surprised, and you’ll definitely be entertained: SAINTCON 2025 - Jake Williams - Findings From Real-World AI Application Assessments youtu.be/MyRIZZYFgiE

Everyone: Do something about our healthcare premiums. Senate Dems: Here is legislation that's going to fuck up the internet.

[staring directly into the ~107 year old camera]

this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw

lmao

BREAKING NEWS: Kyle Wittingham to retire as head coach of @utah.edu football: www.fox13now.com/news/local-n... via @fox13news.bsky.social #utpol #Utah

We should use this for the 2034 Olympics, tbh. #utah

Shareholders at 30 out of 30 corporations worth more than $13 trillion, including Costco, Apple, Coca-Cola, voted to reject anti-DEI proposals in 2025, most by 99-1% Trump has issued an EO aimed at dismantling shareholder democracy Shareholder voting scorecard: www.impactivize.org/2025-shareho...

This admin is obsessed with ensuring that AI generates racist output.

Brutal. But you can't shame someone without shame.

Once again we see the Trump ethos that says simply being rich makes you “the best.” You don’t need to have earned that money yourself or even done anything ethical to get it; if you’ve got cash in your bank account, that’s good enough for him to trust you and think you’re special.

Ffs 😡

So they *are* able to stop a ship in international waters and seize control of it without killing everyone on board? Huh.

Australia is currently discovering how hard this is to actually do. I'm not opposed to kids not being on social media, but this isn't the way.

the only thing that doesn’t appear to be illegal race discrimination to the conservative legal movement is actual racist discrimination

Utah people: pet adoption fees at Best Friends in Sugarhouse are being covered by SEG today. Kyle Filipowski was there earlier and there are a ton of wonderful pets available for adoption that need loving homes. Go get one! They’re open til 7.