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To do this, anti-trans lawmakers in Kansas moved fast to change the law, overrode the governor’s veto, and pushed for the legal changes to go into effect nearly immediately. That kind of power—to void gender on official documents, to compel gender conformity—is terrifying and it will not stop here.

Our story @chicagotribune.com: Chicago teen Ofelia Torres, whose father was detained by ICE while she fought cancer, dies. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/14/c...

DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.

Seems real bad that the end point of ~25 years of War on Terror architecture is an agency of thin-skinned goons who will send armed men to your house if you email the government asking for compassion on behalf of someone else.

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Oh look, some enterprising reporter spent a bunch of time with the Taylor Rehmet campaign and wrote about it in the context of the regional, far-right politics!

Last February, the Trump administration zeroed out funding for all six Retirement and Disability Research Consortia across the country. They called them “wasteful government DEI programs.”

The total annual cost of all six centers? $15 million.

Utah reviewed its voter rolls for noncitizens. It found one. Who never voted The results sharply undercut the narrative of widespread noncitizen voting Republicans are using to promote new nationwide restrictions on voting.

NEW: In a revelation that undercuts the GOP narrative of widespread noncitizen voting in elections, a Utah audit of over 2 million voter registrations found only one apparent noncitizen on the rolls — and they never even voted.

Federal immigration enforcement near schools disrupts attendance, traumatizes students and damages their academic performance While federal immigrant agents need to produce a judicial warrant to enter a classroom, they can freely operate in public spaces at and around schools.

Trump revoked the Obama-era policy that kept ICE out of schools. Now federal agents can enter school buildings and parking lots, and some parents are keeping kids home entirely out of fear.

China Purchased No U.S. Soybeans For An Unprecedented Fifth Straight Month U.S. soybean famers look for markets other than China as the trade war with the United States continues: countries like Mexico, Egypt, Germany and Pakistan.

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You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.

State of denial: How insurance companies impact health care today YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning

Here is the CBS Sunday Morning piece for which I was interviewed about findings from my book Coverage Denied. Health insurance barriers ration health care by inconvenience, imposing hurdles to get prescribed care with administratively burdensome appeals many can’t navigate. youtu.be/SRPOoPDN-7w?...

Image of a public records request.

Last year, a new law mandated severe cuts to SNAP benefits, including by increasing work requirements on parents and older adults.

We need to know how these cuts are affecting Americans.

We filed FOIA requests for impact analyses and communications about the cuts.

Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.

Let's. Go.

Top tier joke

Has anyone told Jared?

Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

ICE pepper sprayed 1 year old gil

ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.

Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.

They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.

Another horrific story.

More details below.

After some back and forth, we're settled: 'An American Problem: How the Country Built — And the Supreme Court Broke — The Voting Rights Act' will be coming your way from Princeton University Press next fall!

It was fun to explore this with @kaitsims.bsky.social & @schaveznorgaard.bsky.social. And I’m grateful to @theconversation.com for the opportunity to share our analysis. I hope this is a conversation voters will take up soon in our state.

A Colorado guaranteed income program could help families, but the costs are high A few hundred extra dollars a month would go a long way for many Coloradans.

This autumn's disastrous government shutdown -- and the threat to SNAP coverage for millions of Americans -- have re-spurred conversations about guaranteed income, UBI, and publicly funded cash dividend programs.

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A Colorado guaranteed income program could help families, but the costs are high A few hundred extra dollars a month would go a long way for many Coloradans.

With federal safety net programs more unstable & inadequate than ever, is it time to establish an income floor for everyone? In this piece, Kaitlyn Sims, Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, & I some potential costs & benefits of creating a cash dividend program in Colorado.
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Douglas County teacher arrested by ICE leaves country with family A Douglas County teacher who was arrested by immigration authorities last month has since left the United States and returned to Peru, her former school said.

If you believed Trump would only detain and deport "dangerous criminals" and "bad people" than I hope you realize he lied to you.

This is a woman who did nothing but help children learn.

Our community is worse for losing her - and everyone like her.

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Don’t get me wrong: I love the connections, rekindled friendships, new ideas sparked through genuine conversations at receptions or over coffee. But the presentations themselves? I just keep coming back to WHY DO WE DO THIS?

These presentations are boring & formulaic. They tend to dwell on the details rather than digging into the deep questions & implications. They are rarely a true call to action. And it’s not getting findings to people who can do something with them.

I attended a scientific conference this week and as I sat through a couple 1.5 hour sessions with 5 15-20 minute presentations back-to-back, a question began speaking very loudly in my head: WHY DO WE DO THIS? It seems like an absurd way to disseminate our work.

And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.

For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:

splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app

If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.

If we still have a congress in 2026 they better vote to put every senator, rep, judge, and admin official on the second highest cost silver plan and force them to take the employer contribution part in the form of a tax credit with a whole separate schedule to fill out.

The Northern Lights made a spectacular appearance above Denver International Airport (DEN) last night #DEN #airport #avgeek 📸courtesy of DEN Operations

Despite White House pressure, Rep. Lauren Boebert stands firm on effort to release Epstein files Boebert was one of four Republicans who went around their leadership to force a vote.

Boebert was one of four Republicans who went around their leadership to force a vote.