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Colleen English Ross

@cenglishross.bsky.social
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Technical Writer, wife, mom

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23/07/2026
Donald Trump has gutted programs aimed at preventing teen pregnancy. trib.al/5DILqfu
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Trump Orders Schools to Make Chilling Change to Sex Ed Programs
Donald Trump has gutted programs aimed at preventing teen pregnancy.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Once you understand that this is a model of science written by non-scientists who hate universities but love venture capital and redirecting money to political allies, everything makes a lot more sense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
nytimes.com
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
New White House plan reimagines American science — more $$ for AI, less for universities and the “life sciences.” Written by Trump’s science adviser, who is a Silicon Valley tech guy, not a scientist. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...
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Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Basically every drug you have ever heard of had its origins in public research funding, in a field that didn't seem like it was going anywhere, because some researchers were interested in the basic science.
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Bill Prady @billprady.com · 02/07/2026
There were two entities: America 250, a bipartisan organization chartered by Congress, and Freedom 250, a Trump-backed group. Companies intending to donate to America250 were supplied routing and account numbers that directed their funds to Freedom 250. wapo.st/4fe4Whs
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Donors were misled by Trump-backed Freedom 250, House Democrats allege
The lawmakers’ report alleges that Trump allies worked to divert funds away from America250, a bipartisan effort to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial. Freedom 250 denies the allegations.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 18/05/2026
This is easily the saddest time in American history. The absolute worst people are systematically destroying the country, and our system is completely failing to stop them.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Some progressives & Democrats need to stop justifying refusing to vote or 3rd party voting by saying Biden "didn't do anything." He did a whole damn lot. Facts matter. And so does a young liberal SCOTUS justice who will protect civil rights for decades. www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fa...
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FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Administration Record | The American Presidency Project
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 09/04/2026
NEW: Trump promised to lower costs on “Day One.” A new Senate report finds the opposite — Americans are now facing an $86 BILLION annual burden as consumer safeguards disappear. 👉 meidasnews.com/news/trumps-...
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Trump hasn’t delivered on his promises to working Americans. In his 1st year, the gap in spending growth between the wealthy, middle class & poor has widened, and income growth for the rich has surpassed everyone else by the largest margin since 2015. Source: Bank of America
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
U.S. consumers will be among the hardest hit by Trump’s tariff policies & the Iran war. The OECD raised its U.S. inflation estimation for this year to 4.2% — an increase of 1.2 percentage points, the 4th largest uptick among all G20 economies. CC @oecd-ocde.bsky.social
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/03/2026
NEW: TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.
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Credit Bureaus Are Leaving More Mistakes on Frustrated Consumers’ Reports Under Trump’s CFPB
TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 06/03/2026
Trump vowed to turn the economy around, and in a way, he kept his promise. Unfortunately, as the woeful job numbers prove, that meant turning around a healthy economy and delivering an unhealthy one. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Last 14 months of Biden's term: +1.74m jobs First 14 months of Trump's term: 150,000 jobs (total! for the whole 14 months!) www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Matthew Lebo @matthewlebo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The U.S. economy lost jobs in 0 of the 48 months Joe Biden was president. It has lost jobs in 6 of the 14 months of Trump's second term.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
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EDC🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇰🇨🇦🇦🇺🇵🇹🇩🇪🇮🇹🇫🇮🇸🇪 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Repair Manifesto: If we can't fix it, we don't own it. - Repair is better than recycling. - Repair saves us money. - Repair teaches basic engineering. - Repair saves the planet. - Repair connects people and things. - Repair is sustainable. #Minimalism
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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
You’ll feel less confused if you admit to yourself that some people don’t care about the suffering of others, and some people like it.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Don't forget the Supreme Court's role facilitating ICE's brutality and racism in Minneapolis. SCOTUS lifted an injunction that limited racial profiling in immigration enforcement on Sept. 8. The federal assault on Chicago began the next day. Then came the Twin Cities. SCOTUS greenlit these horrors.
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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
If we continue to treat contending with NCII and AI-enabled sexual abuse as secondary to innovation, we will keep rediscovering the same harm- only louder, faster, and harder to undo, write WITNESS’ Bruna Santos and shirin anlen.
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The Grok Disaster Isn't An Anomaly. It Follows Warnings That Were Ignored. | TechPolicy.Press
AI developers and regulators must treat nonconsensual sexualized imagery as a design-level risk, write Bruna Martins dos Santos and shirin anlen.
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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
This is the guy Kristi Noem said was injured and had to be taken to the hospital?
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 07/01/2026
A painting of a bird beside the text "i'm gonna feel a whole lot better when i wake up from this fuckin nightmare"
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 07/01/2026
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
If you don't know your reps, may I recommend 5calls.org? Click to dial all your state and federal electeds, PLUS scripts if you don't know what to say. Pass it on. @5calls.org
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The Democratic Difference @demdifference.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
One reason: Trump's tariffs are killing the job market, as today's new ADP report confirmed.
Bar Chart: 
Jobs Created - Private Sector

Last 11 Months Before Trump
versus
First 11 Months Under Trump

Before Trump: 1.7 Million
Under Trump: 428K

Source: ADP
https://adpemploymentreport.com/
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The end goal is eugenicist. RFK and his ilk know that this will make vaccines more expensive and time-consuming — and therefore marginalized children are most likely to fall through the cracks. This is about killing kids who aren't born to privilege. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
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Center for Democracy & Technology @cdt.org · 16/12/2025
New blog from CDT’s @nullset.bsky.social, @travisrh.bsky.social, & @samircjain.bsky.social analyzes the Trump Admin’s latest AI EO which claims to preempt state AI laws—laying out a set of largely toothless directives aimed at chilling state action.
cdt.org
The Truth about Trump’s “No Rules” AI EO
Last night, the Trump Administration released an Executive Order (EO) setting forth various directives to his administration that purport to preempt state laws regarding artificial intelligence (AI). But he cannot constitutionally preempt state laws via EO, and the substance of the EO is as a result a cobbled-together set of largely toothless directives. The Administration […]
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
FEDWATCH: “.. since the Fed’s first cut in September last year, the unemployment rate has increased by 0.3 percent, CPI has increased by 0.6 percent, but GDP has decreased by 0.7 percent.”
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Colleen English Ross @cenglishross.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This is heartbreaking. I wish our government had more empathy.
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root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918
The man who is unwilling to wear a flu mask usually is of the kind who expects everybody to listen to him when he speaks
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Who’s going to tell him a president has no authority to pardon a state conviction? wapo.st/3MHuub3
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Trump asserts he has pardoned county clerk convicted in Colorado case
Trump says he has pardoned Tina Peters, a major cause for MAGA supporters. She was convicted in state court, and it’s unclear if his act has any impact.
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Colleen English Ross @cenglishross.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This is going to be very bad for all of us, particularly women and minorities. States had filled the void of lack of federal regulation. For example, there will be no state laws regulating discrimination in algorithms or about AI generated porn of teenage girls by their classmates going forward.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 04/12/2025
Musk’s Wealth 2012: $2 billion 2025: $493.8 billion Bezos’ Wealth 2012: $18.4 billion 2025: $240.9 billion Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2012: $17.5 billion 2025: $226.9 billion Federal Minimum Wage 2012: $7.25 2025: $7.25 It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
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NPR @npr.org · 04/12/2025
Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated. n.pr/4phxzwN
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Libraries and museums get federal funding back after Trump cuts
Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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John Berry @aniccia.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
A robot is only an OTA away from a behavior change, good, bad, or weird. Waymo robots have always violated some traffic laws. For >year they have been getting noticeably more aggressive as I've shown in a variety of videos. Apparently, on purpose per Ludwick who's been on this project for 15 years.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
They gobbled up all the info, destroyed so many agencies, and how did it help America and Trump's base? It didn't.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 24/11/2025
Trump’s DOGE Is Dead and We Won’t Miss It trib.al/sYWu3Ub
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Trump’s DOGE Is Dead and We Won’t Miss It
RIP, Department of Government Efficiency.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Federal election spending by the 100 wealthiest Americans is now 140x what it was in 2000. Last year they crossed $1 billion in election spending. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Bar graph showing these 100 richest americans spent a couple million in 2000, but last year crossed over 1 billion dollars in election spending
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Trump calling for the execution of elected officials who urge soldiers to follow the Constitution? This is a sick and dangerous man who needs to be removed from office.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 13/11/2025
A strategy that helped antiabortion activists in their quest to overturn Roe v. Wade could also work for campaign finance reform: enacting state "trigger laws" that challenge the legitimacy of Citizens United. bit.ly/3Xsczat
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State Legislatures Can Push Back Against Citizens United
State lawmakers can fight the influence of big money in politics by passing trigger laws that would go into effect if the Supreme Court’s misguided ruling is reversed.
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Fun fact: over 20 years ago, Charles Rossotti--then IRS commissioner--estimated that the average American was paying an involuntary, undisclosed 15% surcharge on their income taxes because the ultra-rich were engaging in mass tax avoidance like this. Imagine how much higher that surcharge is now.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
NEW: Billions of pounds of food are imported to the U.S. each year. The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices. But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low. 🧵/
propublica.org
Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
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