The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Supreme Court will be hearing St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, brought by the Archdiocese of Denver challenging Colorado rules requiring preschools that receive public funding to accept the children of gay and transgender parents. The church argues doing so would be at odds with 1st Amendment. 010
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026NSF was founded 75+ years ago and it has spent nearly all of its budget on so-called basic research ... which has led to major advances in technology such as M.R.I.s, semiconductors and the internet. The White House wants to redirect the money to a limited set of administration priorities like AI.nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 000
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Just when you think it couldn't get any more weird ...independent.co.ukQAnon conspiracy theories continue to haunt US politics 10 years laterAmid the U.S. war with Iran, some government officials have turned to QAnon for inspiration 110
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Seriously? How scared are Republicans??? "Republicans have filed lawsuits in multiple states trying to prevent those voters, who typically support Democrats, from casting ballots. Thursday’s lawsuit contends that the administration simply made the change on its own without giving proper notice."news.wfsu.orgTrump officials changed forms for overseas voters amid a GOP push to restrict votingThe Pentagon made last-minute changes to forms that many overseas U.S. citizens use for absentee voting, removing a category of citizens that Republicans have been pushing to block from voting. 000
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026China now generates nearly as much electricity from renewables alone as the entire U.S. power system produces from all sources. This includes solar, wind, and alternative energy. The U.S. needs to diversify way beyond just drilling for more oil or mining more coal. 000
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The GOP sabotaged its own bill to stop Congress members from trading stocks. Now they will blame Democrats. What else is new?morningstar.comRepublicans sabotaged their own bill to prevent people in Congress from trading stocks. Why? 100
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026You really can't even make this stuff up!ms.nowDecades later, Trump’s DOJ to review whether Nixon was mistreated during Watergate scandalThe DOJ is taking a fresh look at whether Nixon was some kind of victim — developments that would’ve seemed unthinkable a half-century ago. 000
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Implicit in the idea of A.I. self-regulation is that we are incapable of managing risk through our democratic government. But historically we have done just that, successfully building and regulating powerful new technologies including nuclear energy.nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Wants A.I. Companies to Police Themselves. What Can Go Wrong? (Gift Article)Government enforcers have the laws and the experience to control A.I. 000
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Religious Scholars Met With Anthropic. What They Heard Stunned Them. Mr. Olah and his team at Anthropic have been on a frantic and high stakes quest to ... convince the models to abide by a moral code that will protect humanity.nytimes.comIs Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. ModelsIn a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious. 000
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Practically everyone, regardless of political affiliation, must understand by now that there simply is no evidence of widespread — significant, meaningful — voter cheating in California or anywhere else in America.nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s Most Durable Lie: Election Rigging (Gift Article)Trump’s most durable lie. 000
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. IF WE WANT TO SAVE FEDERAL MONEY, LET'S CUT ALL THE SWEETHEART DEALS BEING MADE WITH TRUMP FAMILY MEMBERS & BIG CORPS.nytimes.com‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control. 000
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Justice Dept said on Thursday it had ended its watchdog role in more than 50 cases enforcing racial desegregation in schools, mostly in the Deep South, a significant milestone in the Trump administration’s bid to overhaul civil rights enforcement in America.nytimes.comJustice Department Scraps Dozens of School Desegregation Cases (Gift Article)Critics said the changes, mostly in the South, moved the nation “back toward the Jim Crow era.” Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated. 001
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Lucy is definitely my avatar! 010
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"For the US government to have an immigration enforcement system that complies with international human rights law and standards, ICE needs to be abolished and we need to start over.""tag24.comAmnesty International calls for ICE abolition: "We need to start over"The human rights organization Amnesty International has called for the abolishment of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 001
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's time to stop the ridiculous waste of time, money, and the misuse of government agencies. Continuing to indulge the President's paranoia and to indulge the violation of the Constitution about the states controlling our voting is stupid.theguardian.comNearly 200 people wrongly identified on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizensState election officials said they reviewed 185 records homeland security sent them and confirmed they were US citizens 002
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Per "Salon": Trump stood before the UN to give a speech where he made clear that the US has now fully abandoned its last remaining fig leaf of decency and morality on the world stage... The world sees America as a threat now, and countries are making new arrangements. THIS IS HORRIFYING! 032
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sure, why teach English to possibly American-citizen children so their generation can be fully American? What is wrong with these people???latimes.comHow Trump's plan to make Head Start English-only would hit L.A. classroomsThe Trump administration wants to make Head Start English-only, altering learning for two-thirds of California children enrolled in the federal early childhood program. Critics say the plan goes again... 101
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The new child care program announced by our V.P. will give married couples with stay-at-home moms $9,000 in an annual subsidy to encourage married women not to work. The money will come from funds currently helping single moms afford child care, which the V.P. calls "crap care." 011
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Something else I wish I hadn't learned: Median household income rose 2.6% from 2024, but only for upper-income households; lower-income households had no gain. Oh, and women's wages have gone up a full 2 cents, now at $.84 of every $1.00 made by men. Are we "winning" yet? 032
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Something I wish I hadn't learned... -- The EPA is going back to a 2015 standard for emissions from power plants, and some are advocating for scrapping standards entirely. Sure, who needs to worry about pollution? Evidently not the Environmental Protection Agency. 013
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026For those who think racism is a thing of the past ...enewspaper.latimes.comVilest Texas candidate isn’t who you might thinkVilest Texas candidate isn’t who you might think 001
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It's not clear what effect the program would have. Drug companies already give Medicaid significantly lower prices than what other U.S. gov't programs receive, plus Americans covered under Medicaid already pay only a few dollars, or nothing at all, to fill their prescriptions.nytimes.comTrump Promotes Program to Reduce Medicaid Drug Prices 234
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Read the article to understand the justification for the program before you have a knee=jerk reaction to the headline.blavity.comTrump Admin Aims To Block An Illinois City From Giving Reparations To Black Residents - BlavityDonald Trump is aiming to block an Illinois city from providing reparations for Black residents. 001
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The complaint alleged in early 2025, NIH and the now-defunct DOGE 'used keyword searches related to ‘DEI’ and ‘gender identity’ to terminate thousands of projects perceived or expected to communicate viewpoints disfavored' by the Trump administration, . and eventually included climate change\.beckershospitalreview.com17 researchers sue NIH over word-screening of grantsSeventeen researchers sue NIH over grant word-screening, alleging First Amendment violations and seeking to stop the agency's term-based funding… 021
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“The overriding idea behind A.I. policy must be that the companies building the technology cannot be left to police themselves.”nytimes.comOpinion | Humanity Has Avoided Apocalypse Before. Let’s Do It Again.It is up to all of us, through our government, to shape what A.I. becomes. 010
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Nearly 3/4, 72%, of Americans believe promoting DEI should be a priority for businesses. What’s more, public faith in the bottom-line benefits of diversity is climbing as more Americans link diverse workforces to increased profitability and innovation than at any point in the past two years.usatoday.comTrump slashed DEI. Now it's making a surprising bipartisan comebackPolitical backlash put DEI on ice. Now unexpected support, even from Republicans, is driving an unexpected thaw, according to an exclusive new poll. 010
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"History and Hollywood both teach us that when you allow capitalists to dictate the terms, the people will always be secondary to profits. The labor will always be second to the bottom line." Work harder? That's if you can find work at all ....yahoo.comGranderson: The cruel politics that pit struggling Americans against each otherWhether it's race, geography, neighborhood … it doesn't really matter what divides, so long as the poor lack compassion for one another. 010
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Court did the very least it could to minimize the attack (on voting), but it is up to the people of this country who truly respect the rule of law and our democracy to vote in numbers so big Nov. 3 that he is seen as nothing but a whining baby ..." 010
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Colin Kaepernick in his memoir “The Perilous Fight": “Y’all can see a Black man get killed on camera and be like, ‘Hmm, where should we go for lunch?’ But let me not stand for the anthem and you have this visceral reaction? This is the thing that upsets you?” 011
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Maria Shriver's response to Trump's threat that unless his name is put back on The Kennedy Center he will have it closed down. His jealousy of Kennedy would be laughable if it weren't so sad. 032
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Why is the Trump administration, which is indifferent to discrimination against so many other minority groups, hypervigilant about antisemitism? (Antisemitism on the left, anyway; it's willfully blind about antisemitism on the right.) The civil rights paradigm created in the 1960s is unraveling.nytimes.comOpinion | For Trump, Jews Are Proving to Be a Very Useful Tool (Gift Article)Debates about Jews are never just about Jews. 000
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Let’s say you’re an immigrant here legally. Can you prove it? [We] discovered that immigrants who use the Freedom of Information Act to seek documents that prove their legal status are getting rebuffed or receiving heavily redacted paperwork. Lawyers say that puts their them at risk of deportation.nytimes.comImmigrants’ Lawyers Say U.S. Is Redacting Documents Proving Legal Status (Gift Article)Many noncitizens need immigration records the government has to prove their legal stay and resist deportation. The government is redacting and withholding those documents, lawyers say. 000
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Sure, what difference could this possibly make?nytimes.comE.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States. 032
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Trump was asked if he had spoken with Zelensky after his recent conversation with Russia’s Putin. He responded by calling on Zelensky to halt strikes against Russia. “Zelensky has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia …." So diesel prices are Ukraine's fault?enewspaper.latimes.comLos Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Mon, 09/14/26 121
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026You cannot possibly read this and not be appalled. That this is happening in this day and age is reprehensible, and that we do not intervene and stop it is criminal.nytimes.comOpinion | Biden and Trump Called It a Genocide and Then Turned Away (Gift Article)We know how to stop the atrocities in Sudan. There’s just too little interest in doing so. 012
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Researchers say artificial intelligence is developing faster than the systems put in place to monitor and control it. YIKES!nytimes.comWhy It’s Difficult for Tech Companies to Rein In A.I. (Gift Article)Researchers say artificial intelligence is developing faster than the systems put in place to monitor and control it. 021
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026How that war going? This from NYT: -- Now that Yemen’s Houthis have captured a strategic island in the Red Sea, Iran and its allies control two key oil shipping routes. -- As war with the United States drags on, Iran’s hard-liners are gaining more power. What the hell is the end game??? 031
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Unions’ members reasonably interpreted it as an attempt to determine the applicants’ political views, even though the Civil Service Reform Act bars making employment decisions for such jobs on the basis of political affiliation.ijr.comJudge Blocks Loyalty Questions Across 70,000 Federal JobsA federal judge blocked the Trump administration from requiring federal job applicants to answer loyalty questions about President Donald Trump, ruling the practice likely violated free-speech rights ... 054
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026WELCOME TO TEXAS' VERSION OF AMERICAN HISTORY The Texas State Board of Education voted to remove that African Americans were enslaved in this country and cut the explanation of Jim Crow laws from 1874 to the mid-1960s. No mention of the forcible separation of Native children from their families. 123
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"We’re here because we didn’t listen to the civil libertarians. It’s not too late to start."nytimes.comOpinion | Civil Libertarians Knew This Would Happen. We Should Have Listened. (Gift Article)The civil libertarians’ warnings have come true. 001
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026In a Club of Emerging Powers, China and India Vie for Influence www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/w...nytimes.comAt BRICS Summit, China and India Vie for InfluenceChina sees the BRICS group as a vehicle for challenging American power. India wants to keep the group broad enough to avoid choosing sides. 011
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Oil Hits $100 a Barrel The cost of crude has risen 40 percent since the start of the war in Iran. Are we "winning" yet??? 041
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Wow!motherjones.comYou don't have a right to safe drinking water, US court rulesA Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis. 033
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026"South Park" is changing its name to "South America." You gotta love it! 042
The Lovable Liberal Anita Rufus @lovableliberal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026What is wrong with these people? With all due respect, this is ridiculous -- a statue that shows slaves supporting the Confederacy.thereconstructionera.comConfederate Monument to Be Restored at Arlington National Cemetery - The Reconstruction EraIn another win for modern day supporters of the Confederacy, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced on Tuesday that the Confederate Monument will be restored... 242