Reposted by Jillian JalaliThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/07/2025Breaking News: The Supreme Court said the U.S. could deport eight migrants to South Sudan, even though they have no connection to the war-torn nation.trib.alSupreme Court Lets Trump Deport Eight Migrants to South SudanThe court’s order followed a broader one last month allowing removals to countries with which migrants have no connections. 78159115
Reposted by Jillian JalaliYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 30/06/2025The United States announces the approval of a $510 million sale to Israel of bomb guidance kits and related support, after Israel expended significant munitions in its recent conflict with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Via AFP 137134
Reposted by Jillian JalaliSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 18/06/2025When you are faced with the mendacity of Trump, Hegseth, & Johnson, it’s pointless to try & get clarity from them. Go to the trusted sources. If you want to understand how we got here and what Trump & Netanyahu are up to, I present to you she who knows: Christine Amanpour. Breaking. It. Down. 801866700
Reposted by Jillian JalaliNPR @npr.org · 07/06/2025NPR speaks with a British orthopedic surgeon who just returned from his fourth medical mission to Gaza. He says many people he operated on were civilians and were shot while trying to reach food aid.n.prBritish doctor says many he treated in Gaza were civilians shot trying to reach aidNPR speaks with a British orthopedic surgeon who just returned from his fourth medical mission to Gaza. He says many people he operated on were civilians and were shot while trying to reach food aid. 29936364
Reposted by Jillian JalaliErica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 06/06/2025If you ever wondered why @harvard.edu is so vigorously defending the right for international students to enroll here, just read about Magaga Enos, a new HGSE admit from Kenya. Our whole community benefits when students like him are among us. Excerpts here, full story linked below. 219248
Reposted by Jillian JalaliThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Great question 1138218975505
Reposted by Jillian JalaliProPublica @propublica.org · 16/05/2025It’s not just Gambia. We got internal cables, notes and other records that show how U.S. diplomats have intervened on behalf of Starlink in at least four other developing nations. All while the U.S. has withdrawn foreign aid from those same countries. 4831601365
Reposted by Jillian JalaliKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/05/2025It’s amazing how this 25-year-old system was working fine *right* up to the point where DOGE started fucking with it, and then it suddenly broke. They’re like arsonists who set fires so just they can rush in and save people 16144201196
Reposted by Jillian JalaliAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Honestly this is just incredible content. 317113322916
Reposted by Jillian JalaliThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29/04/2025A well-oiled machine 🫠 626159825549
Reposted by Jillian JalaliJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/04/2025I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions. 236233448269
Reposted by Jillian JalaliCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 18/04/2025Over 1,000 international students had their legal status snatched by the Trump admin—no warning, no hearing, no due process. This ain’t immigration policy. It’s a power trip.scrippsnews.comMore than 1,000 international students have had their visas or legal status revokedMore than 1,000 international students at 128 colleges and universities have had their visas revoked or their legal status terminated since mid-March. 1313096938
Reposted by Jillian JalaliMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I did not think this was real 9284471968
Reposted by Jillian JalaliNPR @npr.org · 11/04/2025The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.npr.orgMajor budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationThe agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely. 47664862809
Reposted by Jillian JalaliThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/04/2025Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine, has been captive to the hard-line immigration policies of the Trump administration for nearly eight weeks. She fears arrest if she is deported.nytimes.comShe Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed HerPresident Trump’s immigration crackdown ensnared Kseniia Petrova, a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there. 35732298
Reposted by Jillian JalaliHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 09/04/2025okay now that you all have gotten a taste of America's rational and predictable new trade policy, everyone who wants to build your new factories here just form an orderly line 404233224591
Reposted by Jillian JalaliMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Welcome to the dumbest administration 982198925299
Reposted by Jillian JalaliChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I can’t believe this is real! It’s like the worst caricature of how the right says Soros does politics. 2438238435846
Reposted by Jillian JalaliDan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator. In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”washingtonpost.comRFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientistMarks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.” 11933225113318
Reposted by Jillian JalaliAndrea González-Ramírez @andreagonram.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Police in Georgia arrested a 24-year-old woman who lost her pregnancy at 19 weeks. They then charged her with concealing the death of another person and abandonment of a dead body in a case that has alarmed reproductive-health experts and other advocates. My latest: www.thecut.com/article/why-...thecut.comA Disturbing Advance in Fetal PersonhoodAuthorities arrested a Georgia woman they acknowledge had miscarried and brought charges over how she disposed of the remains. 1214899
Reposted by Jillian JalaliCarl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 26/03/2025"Angry, disappointed, frustrated"--Scientists were making progress on vaccines and antivirals for the next pandemic--until this week, when the Trump administration abruptly told them to stop. Here's my story with @apoorvanyt.bsky.social Gift link: nyti.ms/43Xz77qnyti.msH.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics (Gift Article)Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens. 601298722
Reposted by Jillian JalaliCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 26/03/2025Them: “no ‘war plans’ were discussed” The chat: 1406253936997
Reposted by Jillian JalaliThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Apparently to be war plans you have to say “ok guys check out these War plans” 1923128626
Reposted by Jillian JalaliProPublica @propublica.org · 24/03/2025Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.propub.liTexas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban. 404101215988
Reposted by Jillian JalaliShannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Democratic leaders: What would Republicans do if a Democrat did what Hegseth did? Fucking do that. 351055219
Reposted by Jillian JalaliShane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 24/03/2025In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...theatlantic.comThe Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War PlansU.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling. 774165076440
Reposted by Jillian JalaliAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/03/2025You cannot make this shit up. Sharing this jaw-dropping story with a gift link -- give it a read.theatlantic.comThe Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War PlansU.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling. 788121374405
Reposted by Jillian JalaliEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 23/03/2025Elon Musk might be cutting government spending, but not on his own projects — billions in extra federal money is likely headed toward SpaceX, thanks to policy changes that will make the world’s richest man even richer. A NYT investigation examines the Trump-era shift toward SpaceX nyti.ms/4kPE8VJnyti.msMusk’s SpaceX Could Secure Billions in New Contracts Under Trump (Gift Article)Elon Musk’s role in the White House allows him to cancel contracts and influence policy, potentially benefiting his companies. Supporters say he has the best technology. 16526751216
Reposted by Jillian JalaliCALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Joe Gallina: If you could speak directly to Donald Trump, what would you tell him? Gov. JB Pritzker: What does Vladimir Putin have on you? 586154164504
Reposted by Jillian JalaliCenter for Constitutional Rights @ccrjustice.org · 18/03/2025Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana. 100128896337
Reposted by Jillian JalaliMark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 14/03/2025We don't spend a penny on marketing. It's all word of mouth for @costplusdrugs.com That's how we keep prices so low. Please spread the word ! 979340459079
Reposted by Jillian JalaliMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 14/03/2025The current priorities 1741239206
Reposted by Jillian JalaliBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Yo @durbin.senate.gov, no one is picking up your Senate phone and you don’t even have a voicemail. Vote no on cloture and the spending bill or I will do whatever it takes to make sure the next Senator from Illinois has basic constituent services set up during business hours. 1038428307389
Reposted by Jillian Jalalisouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 12/03/2025A lot of people who got the measles as children died or suffered lifelong disabilities as a result. The measles vaccine was a godsend to worldwide public health, and it’s an absolute scandal that this lethally ignorant dolt has any power over public health. 37184342424
Reposted by Jillian JalaliChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/03/2025truly beyond parody 2053986593
Reposted by Jillian JalaliCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 07/03/2025There is none. I just DOGEd that shit. Saved you hundreds of millions 1887198
Reposted by Jillian JalaliJim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 07/03/2025AP jaw-dropper: “In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word ”gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan” apnews.com/article/dei-...apnews.comWar heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purgeReferences to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma... 2352489741
Reposted by Jillian JalaliMike Masnick @masnick.com · 28/02/2025As I warned: it's the bullshit "Twitter files" all over again. Take uninteresting, unsurprising documents, give them to the dumbest, most gullible people... And watch them craft conspiracy theories out of their own ignorance. 191421238
Reposted by Jillian Jalalisouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23/02/2025The guy who essentially just won the next chancellorship, Friedrich Merz, has been doing a press tour for the past week or so talking about how America under Trump can’t be trusted and promising to investigate Musk for meddling in the German election. 14366071257
Reposted by Jillian JalaliThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/02/2025The Trump administration blocked key parts of the federal government’s apparatus for funding biomedical research, effectively halting progress on much of the country’s future work on illnesses like cancer and addiction despite a federal judge’s order to release grant money.nytimes.comTrump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court RulingUsing an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy. 1131184537
Jillian Jalali @jillianjalali.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I still can’t believe people elected this idiot 010
Reposted by Jillian JalaliScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 21/02/2025DOGE cuts 9/11-related cancer research funding, which FDNY commissioner calls "a tragedy for all Americans." www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...cbsnews.comDOGE cuts 9/11-related cancer research funding, which FDNY commissioner calls "a tragedy for all Americans"The Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, canceled a $275,000 contract for 9/11-related cancer research. 17432511246
Reposted by Jillian JalaliThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/02/2025A coalition of congressional Republicans from the New York area rebuked President Trump for cuts to a federal program that administers aid to emergency workers and others suffering from toxins related to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.nytimes.comDOGE Cuts 9/11 Survivors’ Fund, and Republicans Join Democrats in RebukeAfter 20 percent of the World Trade Center Health Program staff was terminated last week, Democratic lawmakers were outraged. On Wednesday, Republican lawmakers joined them. 1592423703
Reposted by Jillian JalaliRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 17/02/2025so special ed programs are getting gutted because their internal documentation used the term "transition" when talking about helping disabled kids enter the working world. they're literally striking at that word wherever they see it. 382109563502