Pam Fessler
@pamelafessler
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Former correspondent, NPR News. Voting, poverty. ALSO, author of "Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice" (Liveright) https://t.co/OeM49ZiWWK
Washington, D.C
Joined May 2014
This is my husband's grandfather, Morris Koll, as a young US soldier in 1902. He contracted leprosy in the Philippines and as a result was later confined by his own government. His story was the genesis of mine.
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RT @Acyn: Reporter: Why do you want to be chairman of Kennedy Center board? Trump: Some of the shows were terrible. They were a disgrace.…
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RT @TVietor08: 810,000 people have lost money on the $Trump meme coin while the Trump family and partners made $100 million in trading fees…
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RT @benryanwriter: How the NIH cuts would decimate pediatrics research at UNC and likely undermine the hospital system: 1/2
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RT @WSJ: Some congressional Republicans who for years wanted to curb USAID’s activities are now watching its sudden collapse under Presiden…
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Key word here is “legitimate” power. It’s why we have laws and courts and, yes, judges.
If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that's also illegal. Judges aren't allowed to control the executive's legitimate power.
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What will Kari Lake do????
Wealthiest man on planet - designated by sitting president to remake government by dictate- calls for shutting down Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1/2
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Katie Britt vows to work with RFK Jr. after NIH funding cuts cause concern in Alabama
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RT @GregTSargent: Just awful: One of the inspector generals that Trump fired was examining Elon Musk's failures to meet reporting protocol…
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RT @SenWarren: Vought is giving big banks and giant corporations the green light to scam families. The Consumer Financial Protection Bure…
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RT @CarrollDoherty: Something to watch: 66% say Trump administration is not focusing enough on lowering prices for goods & services
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A reminder that this agency was created in the aftermath of 2008 financial crisis when countless middle class Americans lost their homes and savings due to unscrupulous business practices.
Trump agency head orders employees to stop work at financial watchdog CFPB
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I’d like to propose that unelected bureaucrats not be allowed to indiscriminately slash and burn government programs and destroy countless lives.
I’d like to propose that the worst 1% of appointed judges, as determined by elected bodies, be fired every year. This will weed out the most corrupt and least competent.
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RT @DeedaSeed: @pamelafessler In Utah we have a very well run vote by mail system that is about to be axed because of this.
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Yes. And I’d say “would” not “could” because it means an extra obstacle to registering and a big administrative burden for election officials. It also perpetuates the myth that noncitizen voting is a big problem.
GOP laws aimed at very rare noncitizen voting could hit eligible voters — w/ @yvonnewingett
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RT @SarahLongwell25: Elon Musk is very mad that people are realizing @BillKristol got $0 from USAID while Musk’s businesses got millions…
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RT @WalshFreedom: He was rightly investigated for trying to overthrow an American election, and now he’s going to fire the agents who were…
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RT @RachelBitecofer: The person keeping you from dying from Listeria is a federal employee. The person making sure your plane doesn’t fal…
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RT @kylegriffin1: The Trump admin's federal hiring freeze has stopped the onboarding of thousands of seasonal federal firefighters — includ…
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RT @acnewsitics: Imagine having 20 years of admirable service under your belt and a 19-year-old with no government experience decides your…
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