Kate Royce
@kate-royce.bsky.social
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Fired CFPB attorney, Jamaica Plain resident, dog lover. Opinions entirely my own.
THAT'S MY SUPERVISOR
www.npr.org/2026/01/17/n...
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The CFPB experienced an exceptionally turbulent year. Here's why
It's been a challenging year for the consumer watchdog agency, as the Trump administration has tried to deny it funding and lay off most of its staff.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/17/nx-s1-5676021/the-cfpb-experienced-an-exceptionally-turbulent-year-heres-why
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"because of angles, metes, and bounds" seems tailor-made to drive me specifically (geometry teacher, extremely average property law student) up the wall
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4 days ago
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wait what was "DHS" supposed to stand for again
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Weapons cited on one side: snow shovels, broom handles, snowballs, fireworks. Weapons cited on the other: guns, tear gas, chemical agents. And yet side 2 is the only one that gets the self-defense justification!
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
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Federal Agent Shoots Man in Minneapolis, Prompting Tense Protests
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/us/minneapolis-federal-agent-shooting-immigration.html
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7 days ago
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Adam Serwer
7 days ago
Congratulations to Brett Kavanaugh
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
13 days ago
"...the more one relies on vice signaling as a style of action and communication, the less relevant and powerful the in-group’s moral compass is as a practical constraint on anyone’s behavior." latest for
@bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/emp...
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Empire of Vice
In a perverse twist on virtue signaling, the Trump administration is training Americans in the politics of raw domination.
https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/empire-of-vice/
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So this is probably as good a spark as any to write down what I've been thinking about the ICE murder. 1/
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13 days ago
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Erika Uyterhoeven
13 days ago
Please join us tonight. We are all deeply mortified, traumatized, and enraged that an ICE agent murdered Renee Nicole Good right before our eyes yesterday. It’s incumbent upon all of us to do everything in our power to stop this violence. See you tonight.
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Jay Willis
18 days ago
What I am saying here is every self-righteous Federalist Society type who is not loudly calling for the president’s impeachment is a bootlicking little bitch whose opinions about the law and the Constitution you never need to take seriously again
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A very small thing I can't get past: "narco terrorism," in addition to being a terrible justification for an illegal war, is...not actually a thing! People sell drugs to make money, not incite terror. It's just two scary-sounding words smashed together to sound even scarier!
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hey if we abolished ICE I bet there'd be room in the budget for big Democratic donors as well 👀
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Tyler Creighton
about 1 month ago
The White House is continuing to boast about “halting operations at the CFPB” as a 2025 accomplishment despite being under a court order prohibiting stop work orders at the CFPB.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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CFPB Union
about 1 month ago
📣📣 TOMORROW 📣📣 Rally to Protect Your Wallet from CFPB Grinch Russ Vought! ❎🤢❎🤢❎🤢❎🤢❎ Wear RED🧣❤️❗ Featuring speakers from CFPB Union members + allies, and a visit from Mr. Grinch himself 👀 RSVP for reminders here:
www.mobilize.us/cfpbunionnte...
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Hamilton Nolan
about 2 months ago
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
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Micah
about 2 months ago
as a Massachusetts native it is my duty to wish you all a happy Alice’s Restaurant day wherever you are remember: you can get anything you want, at Alice’s Restaurant (excepting Alice)
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Really enjoyed this one (especially the last sentence!):
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
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Opinion | Has Marjorie Taylor Greene Really Seen the Light?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/opinion/marjorie-taylor-greene-resignation-republican.html
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Had a wonderful (if rainy) time canvassing JP with
@jpprogressives.bsky.social
spreading the word about what to do if ICE shows up! Special thanks to the two 20-something roommates who were leaving their unit just as I showed up and asked "want an anti-ICE flyer" to which they said "FUCK YEAH WE DO"
about 2 months ago
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not two-thirds of the MA delegation voting to condemn socialism 🫠
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🧨 primary everybody 🧨 🌻
2 months ago
I think we should reallocate all of ICE’s funding to the CFPB, and throw Russ Vought in jail
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Karen Attiah
2 months ago
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism. Got it.
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Bill Grueskin
2 months ago
Larry Summers (Nov. 10): The trustees need to investigate the Harvard Crimson! Harvard Crimson (Nov. 16): Mr. Summers, while we have your attention...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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Ayanna Pressley
2 months ago
Ellen is my constituent and a dedicated federal worker who has literally helped feed our neighbors. We cannot allow Trump and USDA to fire her just for speaking out and exercising her right to free speech. She must be reinstated and allowed to continue her essential work.
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I am SO PROUD of my Boston FUN co-chair Ellen!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/m...
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‘Squashing people’s voices’: Boston federal worker who decried SNAP cuts on MSNBC now faces firing by Trump administration - The Boston Globe
A USDA employee in Boston says the Trump administration is retaliating against her for speaking out.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/14/metro/snap-worker-boston-firing/
2 months ago
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WBUR
3 months ago
Commentary: I am a primary care physician in Boston, taking care of particularly sick and structurally marginalized patients in the heart of the city, writes Divya Manoharan. Many of the patients I worry most about are currently living with their families in emergency assistance shelters.
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Housing is a public health imperative
At first glance, limiting emergency assistance shelter looks like it will save the state money, writes Divya Manoharan. But forcing people – especially those with uncontrolled illness – back into home...
https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2025/11/06/boston-homelessness-health-care-emergency-assistance-shelter-divya-manoharan
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
3 months ago
Federal workers ensure your heat is on, your families are fed, your childcare needs are met, & more. They deserve dignity & respect. But under the Trump-Republican shutdown, they are losing both their livelihoods and their ability to serve our communities. Shameful.
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As government shutdown drags on, furloughed federal workers feel the pain
Two IRS workers in New England say they are furloughed as the government shutdown drags on and are concerned about their livelihoods. "It about time that we stop being used as pawns in this situation,...
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/10/24/government-shutdown-federal-workers-furlough-trump
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David Beard
3 months ago
The cooking oil she needed was too expensive. The 65 yo woman “had $52 of her $289 monthly food benefit left, and little hope that her card would be reloaded on Sunday as scheduled.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/u...
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‘I’m Going to Stretch It’: Anxiety Over SNAP Leads to Hard Choices
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/us/im-going-to-stretch-it-anxiety-over-snap-leads-to-hard-choices.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yE8.KtRu.xzundKJTb58q&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Liam
3 months ago
It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
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Hakeem Jefferson
3 months ago
A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
is unmatched. Read her latest piece—and everything else she writes.
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🚂!
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/27/a...
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For this MBTA-loving youngster, all trains go to Wonderland - The Boston Globe
Makai King, 10, loves the T and has gathered a small but fiercely supportive following on TikTok with videos about his adventures.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/27/arts/makai-king-mbta-superfan/
3 months ago
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Boston Federal Unionists were out in force at No Kings! Thank you to the two lovely people who independently brought us snacks 🥹
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Quinta Jurecic
3 months ago
After 2024, pundits brushed off the Resistance as cringe. I submit: Yes, it was. And cringe is good. Cringe, in fact, will save democracy.
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Resistance Is Cringe
But it’s also effective.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/no-kings-protest-good-cringe-resistance/684595/?gift=DWZS7XsWkZZzV_Qd7Q3wdXB7yxq0ag8cTzjSgS6aUSc&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Boston DSA
3 months ago
Marcos Candido is a union organizer, native son of Lowell, & Democratic Socialist running to fight for the working class. He placed first in his preliminary and is poised to dethrone an incumbent with a far bigger war chest. Join us for a canvass & donate today!
bdsa.us/helpmarcos
marcos4council.com
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This is a fascinating and scary read—chat, is it good when almost half the country's consumer purchases are made by the richest 10%?
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li
3 months ago
what's actually happening is in the first instance a war for narrative control, not physical control. blinding a troop with a laser, to use a technical term, "looks bad" to normies. being normal and peaceful at masked thugs "looks good" to normies.
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How to Win a Rigged Game
The Civil Rights Movement is worth studying not just because they were right, but because they won.
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/how-to-win-a-rigged-game/
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"Thirty-six percent interest on food should be illegal." Glad this article mentioned the CFPB *was* looking into it!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/m...
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They Got to Live a Life of Luxury. Then Came the Fine Print.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/magazine/buy-now-pay-later-klarna-affirm-shopping.html?unlocked_article_code=1.r08.xc0c.-0LEbwoWUkVm&smid=url-share
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Julia Carrie Wong
4 months ago
"It feels as if everything has vanished. Not only the tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza erased without graves, without records, as if they had never existed – so many other things have been hollowed out: basic conceptions of morality, decency, compassion, humanity, hope, future."
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Disappearing people, disappearing morals – how two years has changed Gaza and Israel | Orly Noy
There can be no healing until the world stares into and acknowledges the void torn open by this conflict, says Israeli journalist Orly Noy
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/07/how-two-years-has-changed-gaza-and-israel-conflict
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Just got my first ICE ad on Youtube--"if you are an illegal immigrant, self-deport now"--and I would like to take this opportunity to say: 1) abolish ICE and DHS 2) put Kristi Noem in jail (after, of course, a fair trial!) 3) nice job on the microtargeted ads, morons
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"The government is unable to care for all Americans right now, not just the richest ones"--our Boston FUN co-chair Ellen telling no lies on MSNBC!
www.msnbc.com/chris-jansin...
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Furloughed federal worker: We are feeling ‘angry at being treated as political pawns’
42,000 federal workers at the USDA are in limbo, and future funding remains uncertain for critical food assistance programs like SNAP and WIC with no end in sight for the government shutdown. Furlough...
https://www.msnbc.com/chris-jansing-reports/watch/furloughed-federal-worker-we-are-feeling-angry-at-being-treated-as-political-pawns-248938053768
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Fondly remembering the ethics training I attended...eleven months ago...that said IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that if I even wore a political T-shirt to work it would be a fireable offense
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Jonathan Cohn
4 months ago
"An attorney for a building trades union told me that a witness in a wage theft case in another state was recently targeted and deported by ICE. The union believes the employer encouraged ICE to target the worker, in a bid to undercut the wage theft case. "
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How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor
While Chicago sees a surge of ICE detentions, workers are facing retaliation as immigrants when they advocate for their rights.
https://prospect.org/labor/2025-10-01-how-ice-terror-campaigns-are-used-to-discipline-labor/
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The Onion
4 months ago
Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice
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Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice
Share This Editorial
https://theonion.com/letter-to-congress/#editorial
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Noah Berlatsky
4 months ago
wrote about Comey, arguably the first capitulator in advance. trying to palliate trump led to the destruction of basically everything he was trying to preserve. it feels like we should learn from that.
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Comey and the lesson of pre-capitulation
He tried to palliate bad faith Republicans. Now we're all paying the price.
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/comey-indictment-trump-doj-weaponization
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he continues to be the Most Divorced Man Alive (last word debatable tbh)
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4 months ago
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Also a good chuckle at Leonhardt's nonexistent understanding of averages ("most Americans are left of center on economics")
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unfortunately there is no such thing as a "democrat-leaning billionaire"
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Heinous but also incredibly dumb—what do you get in return for saying "yeah I am a-OK with martial law from a party that would happily put me in jail if given the chance"
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Joel S.
4 months ago
The chief judge of the Rwandan genocide tribunal has concluded, after studying the evidence exhaustively, that the Israeli government and military are committing genocide in Gaza:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
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Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/opinion/un-palestinians-israel-gaza-genocide.html
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Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya, as my grandmother would have said (My grandmother also hated billionaires)
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