#Federal

Austerity is Murder🌹

sdgrumbine

1. We are not on the gold standard and thus the constraints imposed are no longer in play.2. We have a sovereign, non-pegged, non-convertible fiat currency not backed by oil,

Ashleigh Weeden

ashleighweeden

I’d argue “Covid19 New Deal” projects should heavily emphasize public infrastructure, not private technosolutionism: Broadband as public utility, green infrastructure, renewable/future-oriented energy. Writing to come on this shortly #covid19rural #c

Winston Bharat

WinstonBharatMD

71 people died in a single nursing home because nobody in the federal government understood that a traveller in "quarantine" at a home with others is not actually in quarantine.

ChantelleBellrichard

pieglue

"If unchallenged it could change the way consultation and consultation cases happen in Canada, making it less meaningful for protecting our inherent, constitutionally protected Aboriginal rights," said Tsleil-Waututh chief @GWLeah

Elizabeth Goitein

LizaGoitein

You don’t have to be a legal expert to know that when unidentified federal forces wearing military fatigues snatch people off the streets into unmarked vans, it’s an abuse of

Tamarine Cornelius

Tamarine608

WI Republican legislative leaders are holding millions of dollars in federal Medicaid and unemployment benefits hostage, as legislators try to force Gov Evers to cede some of his powers to

Jon “Please Stay Inside” Wolfsthal

JBWolfsthal

It seems obvious that too many of our institutions have rested on their laurels and have been running on inertia. Our faith in them was justified before, but needs to

Elie Honig

eliehonig

Truly hope none of this comes to pass, but here's the legal and Constitutional machinery that could activate if necessary. Thread: 1) Under the 25th Amendment, the President can voluntary

Undercover Huber

JohnWHuber

A hint in Clinesmith plea. Durham could have indicted on 18 USC §1519, destruction of federal investigative records, which attracts a 20 year max sentence. Instead the plea is to

Power Coalition for Equity and Justice

PowerCoEJ

Hey! Hi, Louisiana!We are entering one of the most decisive times of this pandemic. The decisions made in the next few weeks will impact us for decades. Funding for state

Josh Marshall

joshtpm

The US is in the midst of a definitional national emergency. While COVID is in steep decline in most of Europe and East Asia, case loads are growing exponential in

NYS Department of Labor

NYSLabor

UPDATE: In order to deliver benefits to New Yorkers as quickly as possible and to avoid the technical issues experienced by our banking partner KeyBank last week, the second and

Micah Johnson

MicahTNDC

Honestly wasn't expecting it to come up at a White House press briefing on #COVID19, but for what it's worth, TVA receives no federal taxpayer funding. It supports its operations

PolySeSouvient / PolyRemembers

Polysesouvient

“Fear, especially uncertainty, drives gun purchasing for a lot of people. The #1 reason people buy&own guns (in US) is for personal protection, so when you’re seeing in the news

jenny gathright

jennygathright

I have read through the court documents re: the class action lawsuit against Hope Village/BOP/DOC and will share a few things in this thread. Some background is here, btw:https://wamu.org/story/20/04/02/prisoners-sue-d-c-s-federal-mens-halfway-house-

BEN MURPHY

thisisbenmurphy

Dear #nonprofit community, why are we not talking about the WH tying its EO restriction on #racialequity training (which, in and of itself, we should be up in arms about)