Lefty, ally, loves music and dogs. Data and Policy Analyst. Union member. Law junkie. Reads a lot. Cooks a lot. Trying not to lose my shit on a daily basis. Mostly succeeding.
GAME CHANGER: Montana just found the "exit ramp" to kill Citizens United. They aren't waiting for the Supreme Court—they’re going around them. 74% of voters are on board and corporate lawyers are PANICKING. This is how we win. 🏔️💸 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/army-secretary-tells-hegseth-no-montana
🧵Missed diagnoses, delayed treatment and poor medical care are driving record deaths in ICE custody.
@kolyncheang.bsky.social and I spent months investigating the deaths of ICE detainees across the US. Over and over again, we found lapses in treatment that proved fatal.
BREAKING: JURY FINDS PROFESSOR CARAVELLO NOT GUILTY!
While some justice was restored by the jury’s decision, the beatings, the surveillance, and the trauma that John and others across the state and nation have had to endure cannot be ignored. #ICEOUT
When I read cases like this, it doesn’t incentivize me to be cooperative with law enforcement. It has the exact opposite effect and makes me want to tell them to go fuck themselves.
CBS News has a bombshell interview with a U.S. soldier who survived the deadly attack in Kuwait on the first day of the way -- he says Pete Hegseth is lying about the attack and that the base "was unprepared to provide any defense for itself." www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-war-kuwait-drone-attack-survivors-us-army/
The reason rules like this exist is to prevent employers from intentionally understaffing and making people do extra work outside their job description. If you've ever waited tables and been asked to clean the bathroom, you know why unions bargain for these punitive measures.
From DACA recipients, to Green Card holders, to students on a visa, to foreign nationals, to legal residents, to citizens, to the international community, just think of how much trust and faith in the US has been irreparably harmed by one man and his enablers.