Author: Harris L

Reagan was a bad president

The megabill's war on the poor is built on a decades-old lie. Ronald Reagan's mythic "welfare queen" turned voters against social programs. #VoteHellNo http://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb…

— š—½š—µš—¼š˜š—¼š—³š—暝—®š—ŗš—± (@photoframd.bsky.social) 2025-07-03T13:31:40.689Z

So back in the 1980ā€™s when Reagan shut down mental health care, remember the buses of homeless dumped in US Cities? This reduction in funding led to the closure of many state mental hospitals and the release of patients into communities with limited resources and support systems. It was overnight.šŸ’”

— Miaganga (@miaganga.bsky.social) 2025-07-02T11:57:56.305Z

I literally argued with a with a staunch Reagan loving republican friend in 1995 who couldn't understand why Reagan wasn't a great president. Sure, he had moments, all politicians do, but he ruined the future of America.

— Auntie Jelli (@jellibeanz.bsky.social) 2025-04-26T14:25:45.420Z

Reagan hated the "proletariatā€™s" access to education and resented the ā€œundesirablesā€™ā€ right to protest the establishment. An "educated proletariat" threatens @GOP.FREE friend link to "The Student Debt Crisis: Republican Class Warfare and Fear Politics."medium.com/armedwithrea…

— Bryan Dawson (@bryandawsonusa.bsky.social) 2025-04-27T23:10:32.880Z

Posts on EPA employees who oppose Trump policies

Roughly 140 EPA staffers who signed ā€˜dissentā€™ letter are put on leave

A group of EPA employees publish a declaration of dissent from the agencyā€™s policies under the Trump administration, saying they ā€œundermine the EPA mission of protecting human health and the environment.ā€

— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2025-06-30T14:20:06Z

Youā€™ve seen the #DeclarationofDissent from brave #EPA employees. But what does the Environmental Protection Agency actually do?Letā€™s break down some of their core actions – and what we stand to lose if itā€™s gutted.šŸ§µ(1/6)#EPA #EnvironmentalJustice #SciencePolicy #StandUpForScience

— Stand Up for Science! (@standupforscience.bsky.social) 2025-07-01T19:37:49.540Z

And we're back! šŸ’ŖOur good fed employee friends at EPA have partnered with Stand Up for Science to publish a Declaration of Dissent to Administrator Zeldin.Support EPA (and public science) by signing the dissent AND sharing everywhere! #JoinIn #RESISTwww.standupforscience.net/epa-declarat…

— Federal Workers Against DOGE (@fedsagainstdoge.bsky.social) 2025-06-30T15:26:13.852Z

NEW: Nearly 300 EPA workers have signed onto a ā€œDeclaration of Dissentā€ against the Trump administrationā€™s climate policies and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldinā€™s leadership. This is the second declaration to come out of this administration from angry federal workers.

— Walker Bragman (@walkerbragman.bsky.social) 2025-06-30T12:45:08.863Z

NEW: EPA workers who signed onto the ā€œDeclaration of Dissent,ā€ sent out Monday criticizing Administrator Lee Zeldinā€™s leadership, are facing retaliation.144 have received letters placing them on administrative leave pending an investigation.www.importantcontext.news/p/epa-worker…

— Walker Bragman (@walkerbragman.bsky.social) 2025-07-03T17:33:50.631Z

Trump’s cuts to cancer studies

As a two-time cancer survivor, I am appalled by this.

Around $170 million in cuts were for studies of cancer, which remains the second leading cause of death in the United States, claiming more than 600,000 lives each year. Cuts in cancer research will cost lives by delaying the discovery of cures and better methods…www.nytimes.com/interactive/…

— RoseMarie (@rosesbloom24.bsky.social) 2025-06-30T18:52:17.736Z

Medicaid work requirements are a bad idea

Over 60 percent of people on Medicaid who don't qualify via SSI/SSDI work full-time or part-time. Republican politicians never cite this number. http://www.politico.com/live-updates…

— Julia MĆ©traux (@juliametraux.bsky.social) 2025-06-29T18:10:58.183Z

Low enrollment, high costs, a backlog of more than 5,000 applications: Georgiaā€™s Medicaid work requirement program ā€”Ā the only one in the nation ā€” offers a window into how the GOPā€™s nationwide proposal could impact your state šŸ‘‡

— ProPublica (@propublica.org) 2025-06-28T03:15:13.628Z

#ResistanceUnitedDonā€™t fall for the straw man argument that the Big Ugly Bill will only throw people off Medicaid who donā€™t meet work requirements. Work requirements just mean more paperwork and confusion and more cost to the states. Repubs want to trip people up then blame them for falling.

— Shooti (@bambooshooti.bsky.social) 2025-06-28T22:41:10.380Z

Republicans want to add work requirements for Americans to get Medicaid. Is that a necessary step to fight "waste, fraud, and abuse" or a sneaky way of cutting the social safety net?

— NPR (@npr.org) 2025-06-26T12:28:13.632184Z

Yup. The entire point of ā€œwork reporting requirementsā€ for Medicaid is to kick as many people off the program as possible without openly admitting that thatā€™s the point.The process is deliberately as cumbersome as possible.

— Charles Gaba āœ”ļø (@charlesgaba.com) 2025-07-05T19:30:27.150Z

Medicaid cuts would cause losses in income and taxes

This is in addition to all of the terrible medical consequences.

The income lost by businesses & individuals would lead to $12.2 billion in reduced state & local tax revenuesState GDPs will fall by $154.3 billionThe ripple effect of Medicaid cuts in communities where hospitals are major employers will be cataclysmicSources: Barron's & Commonwealth Fund2/2

— Larry Tenney (@larrytenney.bsky.social) 2025-06-29T19:16:05.977Z

Billions in Medicaid Cuts Spell Trouble for Labor Markets, State GDP & Communities Where Hospitals are Major EmployersNationwide, 1.22 million jobs could be lost. That's nearly a 1% increase in the U.S. unemployment rate overall1/2

— Larry Tenney (@larrytenney.bsky.social) 2025-06-29T19:16:05.976Z

Trump administration fires more January 6th prosecutors – terrible move

They have it backwards. Trump supports the criminals and punishes the prosecutors.

Let me just get this completely straight.Pardon all the January 6 criminals.Fire all the prosecutors who secured over 1k J6 convictions?This is a criminal & corrupt administration from top to bottom. And the Supreme Court is locked in & fully corrupt.Uh huh. šŸ’©šŸ¤¢www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus…

— Steve (@stupotus.com) 2025-06-28T14:58:53.238Z

Trump’s Justice Department launches sweeping cuts targeting Jan. 6 prosecutors, FBI agents

Pam Bondi just fired more than 20 Justice Dept. employees who worked on Jan. 6 cases and Trump's handling of classified documents.The firings are part of a massive purge aimed at clearing DOJ of attorneys and staff who took part in Jack Smith's prosecution of Trump. http://www.axios.com/2025/07/12/p…

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2025-07-12T17:40:05.535Z

Law firms were wrong to cave in to Trump

They will regret it,

BREAKING via ABC News ā€œJudge permanently blocks Trump executive order that targeted the law firm Susman Godfrey, describing it as "unconstitutional from beginning to end."Law firms who have fought back are now 4/4 in securing permanent injunctions. DOJ has not yet appealed any of the rulings.ā€

— Yashar Ali šŸ˜ (@yasharali.bsky.social) 2025-06-27T22:01:52.301Z

BREAKING: The American Bar Association has sued the Trump administration on behalf of its members to put an end to Donald Trump's law firm intimidation project, calling Trump's efforts "unprecedented and uniquely dangerous to the rule of law." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us…

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) 2025-06-16T17:33:21.099Z

Glad to see thisā€”Paul Weiss deserves to go extinct after its cowardly capitulation to Trump. Every partner and associate with any integrity should flee ASAP. The firm is irredeemable. http://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/b…

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjsdc.bsky.social) 2025-05-23T22:04:14.051Z

ā€œMany clients see the deals as a weakness and, increasingly, are pulling work away from the firms that [capitulated] to the Trump administration. ā€¦ Attorneys are leaving the firms that caved to Trump, hoping to get the stink of capitulation off their resumes.ā€

— George Conway šŸ‘ŠšŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øšŸ”„ (@gtconway.bsky.social) 2025-05-09T22:26:18.966Z

The law firm caved. The lawyers didnā€™t. ā€œThe agreement now is pushing more lawyers to leaveā€¦spurred by anger that the firm capitulated to Trump instead of fighting back against an administration campaign that many in the industry believe to be unconstitutional.ā€www.wsj.com/us-news/law/…

— Lā€™Etat Cā€™est Moi (@letatcestmoi.bsky.social) 2025-05-08T22:12:08.284Z

The five big law firms that caved to Trumpā€”Kirkland, Cadwalader, A&O Shearman, Latham, and Simpsonā€”are trying to defend themselves against the indefensible.They chose to collaborate with tyranny.Any new clients are suspect too.Theyā€™ll be known as cowards always. http://www.law.com/nationallawj…

— Lā€™Etat Cā€™est Moi (@letatcestmoi.bsky.social) 2025-05-06T19:53:16.522Z

What Republican, Democratic judges said about Trumpā€™s law firm orders reut.rs/45PXNjq

— Reuters (@reuters.com) 2025-06-30T15:35:08.548Z

A shameful display of cowardice by the nation's largest law firms. This article should be required reading in every law school ethics class in the country.If you are a partner at one of these firms, know that the money will never be enough to wash away the stain. http://www.reuters.com/investigatio…

— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2025-08-03T20:53:04.072Z

ā€œIf every single immigrant who has a baby in the U.S. has to sue to obtain citizenship, we are happy to create an army of lawyers to represent those people," Mr. DiBianco saidobvi they shouldnt have to but I really appreciate people whose response to hurdles is, aight bet, watch me clear that shit

— Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie (@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social) 2025-07-22T16:12:06.340Z

ProPublica: Trumpā€™s War on Big Law Means Itā€™s Harder to Challenge the Administration