I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

Jesse Jackson was a champion for civil rights, economic justice, and world peace. I have always remembered his moving call for moral clarity at the 1988 DNC.

www.aclu-in.org/event/hoosie... Register today, #Indiana!

The very first time I twisted my ankle ice skating—in 1986—was the last time I ever went ice skating. Meanwhile, Lindsey Vonn is pulling her ligaments out with her bare hands, draping them over a folding chair, and saying, “I’ll compete knee-less, thanks.”

In Minnesota, ICE agents are illegally racially profiling residents, drawing weapons during arrests, claiming people’s citizenship documents are fake, and leaving people with long-lasting injuries. There is no excuse for Democrats to continue funding these jackbooted thugs.

Our government functions like a rich nuclear family with an abusive dad. You don’t even have to look too deeply to see it. It’s After-School Special shit.

Anyone being murdered is a tragedy. The state murdering someone is an emergency.

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What we watch shapes us!

Oh noooo! Not our Indiana infrastructure…

Offensive, ineffective care theater. Period. Calls for increased & improved paid parental leave (paid leave period) have broad bipartisan support. This sort of gesture = avoiding doing what we know is desired, needed, beneficial, & — FWIW — a retention strategy. www.wthr.com/article/news...

Women in politics are often targeted with digitally altered content that sexualizes them without consent. In this report, our #ShareTheMicInCyber Fellow examines the harm and how to stop it. 💻 https://go.newamerica.org/a-weapon-against-women-in-politics-5

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Pretty sure I was promised bread with these circuses… *taps foot*

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Our @newamerica.org CEO @slaughteram.bsky.social in conversation with Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team at the 15th anniversary of @opentechinstitute.bsky.social

He’s not “just kidding.” It’s not funny. It’s not okay. Chicago*, we love you. *and D.C. and L.A.

Your reading list for the week!

Working at a think tank is an interesting place to be right now. I wouldn’t trade it. But my @newamerica.org colleague Mark asks the right questions: how do we do this? democracyjournal.org/arguments/th...

My beloved former employers at Lumina Foundation have launched a sustaining challenge. Indianapolis, WFYI needs YOU. Please, give what you can. Thank you! #Indiana #Indy #PublicMediaMatters donate.wfyi.org/wfyi/give?ut...

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Looking for a way to talk to everyone you know about the implications of the big bill? Look no further! #Medicaid #SNAP #Families #Bill #ReconciliationBill #NotSo #BigBeautifulBill

ICYMI from @NewAmericaOrg last month and in case—as you’re hitting the phones this weekend—you need first-person stories on some of the families who will be navigating possible #Medicaid cuts. www.newamerica.org/education-po...

The evil bill is on its way to the House. Cancelled our events at home for the week and just got to DC. I’m getting ready to debate. Please help us stop this. Link below 👇🏾 indivisible.org/stopthecuts

Welcome to #DisabilityPrideMonth! ➡️ ICYDK: Inclusive education isn’t charity—it’s a legal right. And celebrating with us in July also means celebrating year-round the policies that build systems for all learners: like early intervention services, accommodating classrooms, and a fully-funded IDEA.

If a sitting president can openly muse about arresting and disappearing someone who is likely to become mayor of the country's largest city, while also getting the funding for a massive secret police, it'd be hard to find sufficient evidence to qualify that country as a democracy.

FTR, the phrase “for truly vulnerable people” does not make me feel better about this budget bill, as I’ve seen who some folks don’t consider “vulnerable.” Or “people.”

Are you currently, or have you been, an appointed board member at a public university? If so, I'd like to talk to you for a story. Please DM me or email me at [email protected]

The “Big Beautiful Bill” is a direct attack on students of color, first-gen college goers, and low-income families. 📉 Less aid. 💸 Higher costs. 🚫 Fewer opportunities.

💬 “This bill isn’t beautiful—it’s brutal.” — Denise Forte, EdTrust CEO

The eldercare crisis was already here. Now it’s HERE HERE.

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People have no idea, not really, how this budget is about to wreck their very foundations.

*seeking Earth to scorch*

I love NPR and public media for a bajillion reasons. Today’s reason: countless hours of ‘Car Talk’ nestled in my brain when the 101-degree weather caught up with the VW. Know your vapor locks and support public media! Thanks, NPR ❤️ Indy-ites: support public media at www.wfyi.org/support

On a day when we need good news about folks working to improve our and our neighbors' lives: @newamericaorg’s Future of Land & #Housing team shares that, drawing from their proposal to establish a National Housing Loss Rate, Rep Johnny Olszewski (MD) has introduced the FIND Housing Loss Act of 2025.

The Trump administration rapidly escalated the situation in Los Angeles by deploying the National Guard without the consent of the governor. Now, Trump is deploying hundreds of active-duty Marines as a misguided show of force against American citizens and residents…

DAY 16: Another in which dad featured his boss/mentor #DavidMartinLibraryThings #LibrariesMatter #Libraries Highlighting my late dad’s artwork for the WV Library Commission 1978-98 to remind everyone to reach out to your local library to find out how you can support them m.libraryfinder.org

Yesterday I had to buy truck stop eyedrops…which is what I plan to call the act of crying to country music from now on.

Don’t look away. In Missouri, overturning the will of voters has almost become the legislature’s main business. @jeremykohler.bsky.social

While I’m talking movies: my in-good-conscience Letterboxd rating of 2.5 does not accurately reflect that this is a hilarious banger. #FinalDestination

Spouse and I have unlocked a new marital badge of honor: I wanted to see an Australian horror film and he wanted to see ‘Mission Impossible,’ so we just carpooled. THE PASSION!

An excellent, devastating, gory, beautifully acted horror film that I will never watch again and will recommend to *maybe* two of you. And as well done as it was, as their movies go, ‘Talk To Me’ was better and was a bigger surprise. #BringHerBack

DAY 15: Speaks for itself :) #DavidMartinLibraryThings #LibrariesMatter #Libraries I’m highlighting my late father’s artwork for the WV Library Commission 1978-1998 to remind everyone to reach out to your local library today to find out how you can support them. m.libraryfinder.org

DAY 14: A moment in time 🙂 #DavidMartinLibraryThings #LibrariesMatter #Libraries Highlighting my late father’s artwork for the WV Library Commission 1978-1998 to remind everyone to reach out to your local library today to find out how you can support them. m.libraryfinder.org

DAY 13: Dad had Gen X kids. It was the 80s 👻 Sometimes in his Commission pieces Dad would work in an homage to his boss/mentor/friend, Fred. Hence the beard. #DavidMartinLibraryThings #LibrariesMatter #Libraries

DAY 12: WVLC 50th anniversary #DavidMartinLibraryThings #LibrariesMatter #Libraries I’m highlighting my late father’s artwork for the WV Library Commission 1978-1998 to remind everyone to reach out to your local library today to find out how you can support them. m.libraryfinder.org