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Angel Padilla

@angelrafpadilla.bsky.social
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NWLC and NWLC Action Fund. Formerly at ACF/HHS, Indivisible, NILC. Comments my own.

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Today I want to talk about my favorite dummymanders. In a dummymander, the geniuses behind the map have cut margins too close, and create vulnerabilities for themselves. tl;dr: pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. Here are four states that took it too far - and where you can make a difference.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Welp, there it is. The CDC is now officially manipulating data and their count of measles deaths in 2026 now stands at ZERO. My understanding of reportable diseases is that the CDC would usually use a state health department’s determination as the final say. The new CDC Director is failing us.
inquirer.com
The CDC left two measles-associated Pa. deaths out of its latest count after RFK Jr. sparred with Gov. Shapiro
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has accused Pennsylvania of not cooperating with the CDC in its handling of a measles outbreak.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 18/08/2026
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is demanding extradition of an ICE agent facing charges in Minneapolis. trib.al/BmaKWQT
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ACLU @aclu.org · 07/08/2026
The Supreme Court already decided this issue: Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Constitution. Any executive order that tries to attack birthright citizenship will meet the same fate as President Trump's last one.
thehill.com
Trump orders limits on birthright citizenship, targets ‘birth tourism’
President Trump signed two new executive orders Thursday targeting birthright citizenship, aiming to bypass a recent Supreme Court ruling.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
CAN'T MAKE IT UP: ICE deported a man to Mexico in violation of a court order in Nov., acknowledged the error and returned him to the U.S. Then they deported him to El Salvador, in violation of court-ordered torture protection. He's currently imprisoned. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 15/07/2026
This morning, I was notified of another death in ICE custody. This is the 53th death on ICE’s watch during Trump’s second term. We must continue to fight for accountability for everyone who has lost a loved one. And it’s time to end the use of all for-profit detention centers.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14/07/2026
Susan Collins could have insisted on guardrails or measures to rein in abuses. She didn’t and now her state is being terrorized by ICE.
(over an image of Susan Collins) JUST LAST MONTH, SUSAN COLLINS VOTED FOR $38 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL ICE FUNDING
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Analilia Mejia for New Jersey @analiliafornj.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a husband and father who left for work and never returned home. He was shot and killed by ICE in Houston. ICE is a rogue agency that must be reined in. We need a full, transparent investigation, accountability, and justice. Enough is enough.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 09/06/2026
The @splcenter.org is being targeted not because it’s dangerous, but because it’s an effective civil rights org. Today’s hearing is a distraction. 55 years of civil rights work will not be undone.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
More evidence that "low IQ" just means "Black" to the president.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 03/06/2026
ICYMI: Last night, in an unsigned shadow docket decision, the Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use a blatantly racist congressional map in a dramatic expansion of last month's Callais decision that decimated the Voting Rights Act.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 02/06/2026
“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
washingtonpost.com
Woman held by ICE for 25 days, despite U.S. citizenship claim, gets a passport
Attorneys for Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales had presented a Maryland birth certificate and other documents as proof of her U.S. citizenship.
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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
I am unspeakably angry about this turnout gap figure, and it gives insight into the whole ballgame for gutting the VRA. Alito points out that Black turnout exceeded White turnout twice in 5 elections. The argument is garbage 1/x
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
New USDA data released today: H.R. 1 enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history last July. By January, more than 3 million fewer people were receiving food assistance. Nationwide, SNAP caseloads fell by more than 8% in just 6 months — despite no improvement in economic conditions.
Change in SNAP participation between January 2024 and January 2026, showing a sharp decline after H.R. 1 enactment in July 2025.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Plenty of criticism on the right of the #SCOTUS leaker and the Times’s reporting, but has anyone actually responded to the argument that Roberts’s assessment of “irreparable harm” and his refusal to balance the equities is completely inconsistent with his subsequent behavior in all the Trump cases?
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Unprecedented corruption
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
It seems we just bombed some residential buildings in an attempt to kill a former diplomat who was trying to facilitate negotiations. A civilian trying to *end* hostilities, surrounded by other civilians in their homes. We are completely lost.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/03/2026
NEW: Under AG Pam Bondi, the DOJ has dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in just the first six months of Trump’s second term.
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Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...
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Katherine the Sixth @luigithirty.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
“If you’re gay or transgender, I love you. And if anybody gives you shit, tell ‘em Charles said fuck you.”
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Charles Barkley: “If you are gay or transgender, I love you!’”
YouTube video by NBA On Fire
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This seems … not great?
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Jenn @jennburrill.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
As millions of Americans were losing their SNAP benefits the Pentagon spent: 🔹️$6.9 million worth of lobster tails🦞 🔹️$15.1 million for ribeye steak 🥩 🔹️$2 million for Alaskan king crab 🦀 🔹️ and even $98,329 on a Steinway & Sons grand piano ✏️ by @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com
Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab
The Defense Department went on a $93 billion spending spree in 2025.
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Katherine Clark @whipkclark.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This disgusting shit doesn’t belong in American society. And Republicans who support it don’t belong in Congress.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Millionaires stopped paying into Social Security for the rest of 2026 today. Billionaires stopped paying in on January 1st. You're going to pay in for 298 more days. This makes zero sense. The wealthy should pay in all year like the rest of us. Scrap the cap.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Here's the first-ever Linkedin message from this company, which seems to be a small company run by two millennials with some background in migrant shelters. Four months ago they suggest they won a contract to run a "mass care site" in Lexington, KY, but this is their first-ever federal contract.
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 08/03/2026
When companies abandon their DEI commitments, workers, consumers, and our democracy suffer. That's why we joined Color of Change and other leading organizations to call on corporations, regulators, and policymakers to stand firm in today's issue of the New York Times. bit.ly/4lilK8D
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
“A DOJ source told the Miami Herald that agents found her to be credible—and that they would not have interviewed her four times if they thought she was lying.” @jkbjournalist.bsky.social bringing it home www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
miamiherald.com
DOJ releases Epstein files with accusations against Trump
Over the course of four interviews in 2019, a woman told the FBI that Epstein and Trump sexually abused her in the 1980s.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August. He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA. The grift continues.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Want to know how broken our media is? We are in an illegal war, & reporters/anchors are getting on the phone with Trump daily & just…relaying his words to their viewers, like stenographers. No challenging questions or follow-ups, no discomforting of Trump. Try independent media: Zeteo.com/subscribe
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Subscribe to Zeteo
Zeteo is a new media organization that seeks to answer the questions that really matter, while always striving for the truth. Founded by Mehdi Hasan, Zeteo is a movement for media accountability, unfi...
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Jay Bryant @jaybryant.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
For folks who don't know, @samwang.bsky.social runs the Princeton Election Consortium, which calculates various things about US presidential elections. I've followed his writings for more than a decade now. We could really use a thoughtful person who values data in congress. Please support Sam!
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We told you Trump Rx was going to suck the day it was announced. Now it's been launched, there are barely any drugs on the platform, and most of them are cheaper elsewhere and only help a narrow group of people. www.statnews.com/2026/03/05/t...
statnews.com
A month in, TrumpRx falls short of president’s grand promises
Trump wants to focus on his efforts to lower drug prices, but the TrumpRx website is falling short of his promises.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 05/03/2026
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi Noem.
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chuckcbpp.bsky.social @chuckcbpp.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The latest Democratic affordability proposal–this one from Senator Van Hollen– was previewed in the Washington Post by @jeffstein.bsky.social this morning. While we don’t have all the details, it seems like a case of good intentions but some problematic results www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
washingtonpost.com
Democrat’s plan would eliminate federal income taxes for half of U.S. workers
Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s tax relief plan could benefit tens of millions of middle-class workers, with a focus on those making at or below a living wage.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/03/2026
Kristi Noem has done a stunning amount of damage and it’s good she’s gone. But this doesn’t change the fact that we need a complete overhaul of DHS, impartial investigations into the killings of two American citizens, and information on children that were taken from Minnesota.
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Angel Padilla @angelrafpadilla.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Now do Hegseth
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Tim Steller @timsteller.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports. tucson.com/news/local/b...
tucson.com
Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says
An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The White House has helped MAGA influencers escape the Middle East on a private jet while more than a million ordinary Americans are still trapped with no way out.
dailymail.co.uk
Trump helps MAGA influencers flee Middle East war zone on private jet
Trump adviser Alex Bruesewitz, dogwalker Sarah Daither, former lobbyist Jay Footlik, and others managed to escape on a private plane thanks to the White House.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/03/2026
wow -- Tillis goes ballistic on Noem, telling her "what we've seen is a disaster under your leadership"
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
What's scary about this story is the surveillance it hints at. This trans woman had changed her name, legally, but chose not to change her gender marker. She was apparently flagged in the DMV system as trans and her license was invalidated under a law that supposedly only concerned gender markers.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 02/03/2026
Israel & Saudi Arabia pushed the U.S. to attack Iran. Netanyahu killed 72,000 people in Gaza, mostly women & children. Saudi Arabia is a brutal dictatorship that allows no opposition. These are the leaders who want to bring “freedom” to Iran? Does anyone really believe that?
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Angel Padilla @angelrafpadilla.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
"Host has joined. We've let them know you're here."
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 27/02/2026
The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close! New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
If America still had the rule of law, this would be the easiest prosecution ever, but we all know absolutely nothing will happen.
Six accounts on Polymarket made around $1 million in profit by betting on the US to strike Iran by Feb. 28, according to analytics firm Bubblemaps SA. The accounts were all freshly created in February and had only ever placed bets on when US strikes might occur. Some of their shares were purchased, in some cases at roughly a dime apiece, hours before the first explosions were reported in Tehran.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 28/02/2026
By waging war on Iran, the president is making it more likely that other countries will develop nuclear weapons—to protect themselves from the U.S. trib.al/cifN57t
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Trump Just Made the World Much More Dangerous
By waging war on Iran, the president is making it more likely that other countries will develop nuclear weapons—to protect themselves from the U.S.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 28/02/2026
This is one of the videos the NYT has verified and links to in their reporting. NYT: "Video verified by [NYT] showed ... rescuers digging through the rubble with building cranes and shovels, and piles of bloodied, dusty backpacks." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 28/02/2026
No justification, no authorization from Congress, and no clear objective. But none of that matters to Donald Trump — and apparently neither do the safety and lives of American service members.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
hey gen z welcome to republican governance
James Franco being executed by hanging. "First time?" he asks, as though he's been hanged before.
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