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Feeling gutted for those laid off at WaPo today, among them some of the most dedicated, hard-nosed journalists in the biz. Wanted to share some openings we have at @BostonGlobe🧵 Sports investigative reporter: globe.rec.pro.ukg.net/BOS150… Medical reporter: globe.rec.pro.ukg.net/BOS150…
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Sling it, @AshleyRParker "Lewis, who has already earned a reputation for showing up late to work when he showed up at all, did not join the Zoom." theatlantic.com/politics/202…

The Murder of The Washington Post

Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.

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Amidst fear and capitulation from big law, big media, and universities, here is the story of ordinary moms and federal employees who are defending their agencies, good government, and American democracy Meet the people behind Instagram's alt accounts: motherjones.com/politics/202…

Meet the posters behind Instagram’s federal agency alt accounts

How to defend the work of government, one meme at a time

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For the first time since graduating law school ~15 years ago I have a new employer! Excited to announce that I have begun work at the Institute for Progress (IFP) as a Senior Technology Policy Fellow. A thread on IFP and what I’ll be doing there. 🧵 1/7
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I wrote about what it was like growing up as a child in the Bosnian civil war, where food was extremely scarce. I didn't have much, but at least UNICEF was there to help keep me alive. Congress just defunded it, putting lives at risk around the world. huffpost.com/entry/trump-cut…

Republicans Gutted A Program That Saved Millions Of Kids. I Know Because I’m One Of Them.

Congress this week voted to eliminate funding for the United Nations Children's Fund — an organization that has been proven to save lives — including my own.

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In the midst of Trump battling his MAGA base over the Jeffrey Epstein case, the State Department gutted its office dedicated to combating human trafficking. State officials said the cuts targeted "outdated" and "parochial interests." motherjones.com/politics/202…

The State Department guts its office combating human trafficking

The cuts come as Trump reels from MAGA anger over sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

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Been thinking about this from @pemalevy Watched it the other day & again today. Really spot on. The What: Trump's tariffs will raise costs on everything you buy The Why: Trump is power hungry & wants absolute control. Reward and punishment.
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There's a dark truth behind Trump's tariffs: Absolute control.
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Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration. @lukeobrien reports: motherjones.com/politics/202…

The shocking far-right agenda behind the surveillance tech used by ICE and the FBI

Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.

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I’m at the protest in DC today, talking to protestors. Here are the personal stories I learned the most from:
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“The in person social interactions will go away w/o small businesses. It will cause isolation… that’s how the fascism starts… force everyone into their own bubble.” I hadn’t grappled with this yet: small businesses are what make the community but will suffer most with tariffs
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Claudia, 77, from DC made a prediction we should be thinking harder about: “change will come from people like me who have nothing to lose.” Indeed, the billionaires, even some law firms and universities, seem to think they have too much to lose to stand up to Trump
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As the Trump admin urges government employees to snitch on DEI programs, let's revisit @pemalevy's report on how the GOP increasingly depends on everyday citizens to spy on one another. motherjones.com/politics/202…

In the GOP's new surveillance state, everyone's a snitch.

From abortion to schools, conservatives are depending on everyday citizens to spy on one another.

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I think I figured out John Roberts' plan to allow bans on gender-affirming care and ignore the Constitution's equal protection clause motherjones.com/politics/202…

John Roberts has a plan to deny transgender rights

Conservative justices suggest the science is too hard—and that they'll let states sidestep the Constitution.

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It's not just the state election board. Election deniers in Georgia have take over county boards and GOP organizations ow.ly/j58a50TXlVt

How election deniers took over Georgia’s election system

Trump's MAGA allies are spreading disinformation and laying the groundwork to challenge the election results.

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"As Trump’s campaign promises a return to a patriarchal society, his is not a vision of an equal society, where both sexes benefit from equal rights" writes @pemalevy. "Instead, it’s a zero-sum contest where one sex prevails." motherjones.com/politics/202…

In 2024, women’s futures are on the ballot like never before

Will the post-Dobbs abortion struggle "change everything"?

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"Autocrats learn from their mistakes. Folks whose primary goal is to concentrate power learn how to do it." motherjones.com/politics/202…

Will democracy survive another Trump win?

"Autocrats learn from their mistakes,'' warns one expert.

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Texas' SB8, the bounty-hunter abortion ban, went into effect on 9/1/2021. Within 8 days, one woman was dead (that we know of). She had a miscarriage that doctors refused to treat. propublica.org/article/josse…
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