Congress has the power
“International Emergency Economic Powers Act allows the president to impose tariffs if he declares a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act
That same law allows Congress to end such a declaration of emergency.”
From HCR
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
It didn’t get a lot of attention but the Department of Energy complied with a court order on Friday and reinstated fired probationary employees. It says it’s expediting equipment and badge reissues so that they can return to work.
www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
We could be next
How not to make us great.
The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.
Don't let Trump fire us. "I work to reduce pollution around airports, keeping your air cleaner."
Don’t let Trump fire the Federal Workers keeping our air clean and healthy!
Act now to #StopTheStupidity: bit.ly/FedWorkers
#FederalWorkers #CleanAir
We will not be erased!
Read the latest Action Alert from the DFL Environmental Caucus.
dflenvironmentalcaucus.substack.com/p/dflec-legi...
There are plenty of horrors to go around, but this shit is such sheer psychopathic cruelty as to be nearly incomprehensible. They could have just… not done this.
Estimated number of people who could die within a year without American foreign aid for:
H.I.V. prevention and treatment: 1,650,000
Vaccines: 500,000
Food aid: 550,000
Malaria prevention: 290,000
Tuberculosis prevention: 310,000
No kings. Not ever.
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"Without at least the current levels of federal funding, our paraprofessional and other support staff jobs are not secure-and schools cannot run without us." — Michele Moore, Special Education Paraprofessional #ProtectOurKids
Protect our kids!
MN GOP push HF 12.
A bill designed to further marginalize and bully trans students. We are better than this. Instead of bringing a bill that addresses a real problem, they chose to manufacture a fake problem.
As Rep. Kozlowski said, “However you exist, you are valid.”
The fight for public education is now. The Trump administration’s push to cut federal funding and dismantle the Department of Education puts millions of students at risk.
On March 4, we’re taking action to demand that lawmakers protect our schools, not gut them. Join us: aft.org/ProtectOurKids
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@gregladen.bsky.social @dflprogressives.bsky.social
Join Us Tonight for Stories of Transition for a Clean Energy Future
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Watching Americans organically take action against Musk. He’s hurting people- invading their privacy, cutting funds/grants they rely on, smearing & firing people who work at agencies investigating his actions. This is a reaction to Musk’s abuse of power. actionnetwork.org/event_campai...
The Dept of Ed supports:
7.5M students with disabilities
26M kids living in poverty
12M kids in CTE programs
Protecting civil rights
Pell grants
www.aft.org/column/prote...
Some federal workers are ‘getting wealthy at taxpayer expense,’ says Elon Musk, whose companies have received at least $20 billion from the government
See here's how to do a headline.
fortune.com/2025/02/13/e...
While we're on the subject of students with learning disabilities, we have some #QuestionsForLinda.
How will states ensure consistent implementation of IEPs without federal oversight?
What mechanisms will protect students' rights to accommodations across different states?
To: Senator
Re: TPs for your cable news interview
This memo provides Talking Points for YOUR interview on cable news for Friday, Feb 14.
- All of this is against the law
- All of this puts our national security at risk
- Musk has your bank info and your tax return
- Really craving egg, but no egg
Right, Senator Hassan. IDEA guarantees students with disabilities a full education.
Here's 1 of our #QuestionsForLinda: How will schools fund specialized equipment and support staff for students with disabilities when the Trump administration wants to cut these funds for more tax cuts for the rich?
"Instead of a government of the people, by the people, for the people, we are looking at a government of billionaires, by billionaires, for billionaires." - @sanders.senate.gov in the McMahon hearing
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Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing
Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
Please talk to people in your family, coffee shops, etc., about what’s happening with federal #funding and what it means for #science 🧪, #research, and #medicine. I was chatting with folks at my gym this morning (after the 💪, of course), and they were all like 😵💫🫨 they had no idea #ScienceFunding
