I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.

Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.

To whom are you apologizing, SPS? — Seattle Council PTSA It is time for everyone to join DHH families and say “saying sorry isn’t enough. We need change. The Safe and Welcoming Environments guardrail means nothing if it does not apply to everyone. Policy 00...

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Trump's approach to everything is to dismantle systems and make people negotiate with him personally. For everything. Even with tariffs, which loves for some reason, the main goal isn't necessarily the tariffs, but to become the single veto point through which all policy flows.

Image of Louise, a Samoyed, holding a skein of yarn. Background is cluttered , and you can sort of see a wheelchair.

I was reading the news, and Louise apparently noticing my stress levels, started bringing me skeins of yarn.

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How Trump Plans to Seize the Power of the Purse From Congress The second-term president likely will seek to cut off spending that lawmakers have already appropriated, setting off a constitutional struggle within the branches. If successful, he could wield the po...

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Welcome! I'm still figuring this all out too.

Immigrant Youth and Family Resources — Legal Counsel for Youth and Children

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Louise, a white Samoyed with biscuit markings, looking brightly at the camera as she insists she no longer has an eye infection and therefore would like it to be known that she no longer needs eye drops. Behind her is a very full bookshelf.

Louise says hello Bluesky. We're still figuring this thing out, just as we're still figuring out a lot of things.

A 13-Year-Old With Autism Got Arrested After His Backpack Sparked Fear. Only His Stuffed Bunny Was Inside. Disability rights advocates said kids like Ty should not be getting arrested under Tennessee’s school threats law. And they tried to push for a broader exception for kids with other kinds of disabilities. It didn’t work.

“I think they thought an actual bomb was in my backpack,” Ty told @ProPublica.org and @WPLN.bsky.social

But he didn’t have a bomb.

“It was just this, right here,” he said, holding his plush bunny Bonnie.

“And they still took me to jail.”

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'Horror and heartbreak': WA trans community braces for Trump's return Washington offers several protections for trans people, but advocates say state rights could prove vulnerable against an empowered second Trump administration.

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