khmattson
@khmattson.bsky.social
Such warmth, such light, such love, and so much fear. #StillWithHer and her too. 💛💛 🐝 ⚖️ 🐝 💛💛
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Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
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11 Nov 2025 -- As happened at Washington State U, now Michigan State Medical Society has approved content from anti-trans hate group Genspect in its Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses intended to keep doctors up-to-date so they can maintain their medical licenses. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Michigan State Medical Society Greenlights Anti-Trans Hate Group Genspect to Teach Trans Medicine
Anti-trans rhetoric—sponsored by Moms for Liberty, and brought to you by Genspect—could be coming to a clinician near you via CME.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
11 Nov 2025 -- As happened at Washington State U, now Michigan State Medical Society has approved content from anti-trans hate group Genspect in its Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses intended to keep doctors up-to-date so they can maintain their medical licenses. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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TurningPoint USA is still growing. They’re using their billionaire donors’ money to set up chapters in schools across the country.
We can’t let them win. If you’re a young person who is ready to fight back, and organize for democracy, join @votersoftomorrow.org. 👇
votersoftomorrow.org/students
We can’t let them win. If you’re a young person who is ready to fight back, and organize for democracy, join @votersoftomorrow.org. 👇
votersoftomorrow.org/students
Students - Voters of Tomorrow
With over 11,000 members and chapters in over 25 states, Voters of Tomorrow is the country’s largest student-led political movement.
votersoftomorrow.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
TurningPoint USA is still growing. They’re using their billionaire donors’ money to set up chapters in schools across the country.
We can’t let them win. If you’re a young person who is ready to fight back, and organize for democracy, join @votersoftomorrow.org. 👇
votersoftomorrow.org/students
We can’t let them win. If you’re a young person who is ready to fight back, and organize for democracy, join @votersoftomorrow.org. 👇
votersoftomorrow.org/students
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A high school student and budding mariachi recounts the damage done to his family by two separate immigration raids, four months apart, detailing the lasting trauma federal enforcement is leaving on brown youth across the U.S.
The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r...
By Izzy Ramirez
The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r...
By Izzy Ramirez
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A high school student and budding mariachi recounts the damage done to his family by two separate immigration raids, four months apart, detailing the lasting trauma federal enforcement is leaving on brown youth across the U.S.
The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r...
By Izzy Ramirez
The full story: lataco.com/oxnard-ice-r...
By Izzy Ramirez
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Thank you, @marcelias.bsky.social !
🚨BREAKING: On behalf of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee my law firm has filed to intervene to defend the new California congressional map from attack. www.democracydocket.com/cases/califo...
🚨 Tangipa et al v. Newsom et al
Learn more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Thank you, @marcelias.bsky.social !
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My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
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NEW: Jan 6 riot defendant arrested outside a Burger King in Cicero, Illinois.
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
High-profile Jan. 6 defendant facing charges of kidnapping and sexually assaulting woman
John Banuelos' case was unique among Capitol riot prosecutions because he was the only defendant accused of pulling and firing a gun while on Capitol grounds.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
NEW: Jan 6 riot defendant arrested outside a Burger King in Cicero, Illinois.
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
Prosecutors allege a DNA test in August linked him to 2018 kidnapping and sex assault
Just filed:
www.cbsnews.com/news/high-pr...
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SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
SEATTLE!!!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
We’ve now taken the lead by 91 votes! 🤯 This thing is certainly not over! Over 1,000 ballots have been challenged, so if you haven’t tracked your ballot yet get on it! Our trusty volunteers have been working hard to "cure" ballots so they count! We're so close!
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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& instead of anyone pointing out any of this or how Thune betrayed Trump by not nuking the filibuster as he’s been repeatedly asked to beyond not controlling his MAJORITY caucus, beyond this CR not even passing yet, my feed is nonstop Schumer-bashing when he didn’t even vote for it as a heat shield.
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
& instead of anyone pointing out any of this or how Thune betrayed Trump by not nuking the filibuster as he’s been repeatedly asked to beyond not controlling his MAJORITY caucus, beyond this CR not even passing yet, my feed is nonstop Schumer-bashing when he didn’t even vote for it as a heat shield.
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The House GOP is in crisis w/ MTG is lashing out after nobody backed her for higher office & Mo Brooks(!) wrote an op-ed blasting Johnson for not swearing in Grijalva 2 entire weeks ago, the GOP budget killed the enhanced subsidies in the 1st place, & Republicans control everything…
November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The House GOP is in crisis w/ MTG is lashing out after nobody backed her for higher office & Mo Brooks(!) wrote an op-ed blasting Johnson for not swearing in Grijalva 2 entire weeks ago, the GOP budget killed the enhanced subsidies in the 1st place, & Republicans control everything…
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You’re under no obligation to publish lies just because the president said it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
You’re under no obligation to publish lies just because the president said it.
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I have discovered while grocery shopping that THREE of my previous safe foods now contains oats in an unlabeled recipe change
I am reminding you to read the ingredient list EVERY time
I am reminding you to read the ingredient list EVERY time
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I have discovered while grocery shopping that THREE of my previous safe foods now contains oats in an unlabeled recipe change
I am reminding you to read the ingredient list EVERY time
I am reminding you to read the ingredient list EVERY time
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Hakeem Jeffries has kept his caucus of 212 House Democrats in lockstep.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hakeem Jeffries has kept his caucus of 212 House Democrats in lockstep.
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two big local/state developments coming today:
1. the Utah judge who is overseeing the case over the state's congressional map had said she'd rule by today,
2. a potentially decisive update in the count for the Seattle mayoral race.
1. the Utah judge who is overseeing the case over the state's congressional map had said she'd rule by today,
2. a potentially decisive update in the count for the Seattle mayoral race.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
two big local/state developments coming today:
1. the Utah judge who is overseeing the case over the state's congressional map had said she'd rule by today,
2. a potentially decisive update in the count for the Seattle mayoral race.
1. the Utah judge who is overseeing the case over the state's congressional map had said she'd rule by today,
2. a potentially decisive update in the count for the Seattle mayoral race.
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K. Starling says that at least 4 of them are open to changing their votes, so...
🚨 Immediate Action—Call TODAY
A matter of hours may decide the healthcare of millions. It all comes down to NV, IL, ME, VA, PA, and NH.
thepeopledissent.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM
K. Starling says that at least 4 of them are open to changing their votes, so...
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All we need for the actual cloture vote is one single Democrat to change their vote, do not give up now and be so proud of the work we did today!
2/2
2/2
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
All we need for the actual cloture vote is one single Democrat to change their vote, do not give up now and be so proud of the work we did today!
2/2
2/2
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Republicans voted to originally kill the ACA subsidies in their Bad Betrayal Bill. 100% of Democrats voted against it. It still passed.
Republicans voted to completely repeal the ACA 70+ times (failing thanks to Dem solidarity).
Your healthcare costs skyrocketing is ENTIRELY due to the GOP.
Republicans voted to completely repeal the ACA 70+ times (failing thanks to Dem solidarity).
Your healthcare costs skyrocketing is ENTIRELY due to the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Republicans voted to originally kill the ACA subsidies in their Bad Betrayal Bill. 100% of Democrats voted against it. It still passed.
Republicans voted to completely repeal the ACA 70+ times (failing thanks to Dem solidarity).
Your healthcare costs skyrocketing is ENTIRELY due to the GOP.
Republicans voted to completely repeal the ACA 70+ times (failing thanks to Dem solidarity).
Your healthcare costs skyrocketing is ENTIRELY due to the GOP.
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When prices rise because *demand* is hot, wages usually follow. When prices rise because tariffs raise costs -- a *supply* shock -- there’s no reason paychecks catch up. That’s why tariff inflation hurts a whole heckuva lot more. It's a permanent reduction in living standards.
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When prices rise because *demand* is hot, wages usually follow. When prices rise because tariffs raise costs -- a *supply* shock -- there’s no reason paychecks catch up. That’s why tariff inflation hurts a whole heckuva lot more. It's a permanent reduction in living standards.
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A lot of people are conflating the ability of senate Democrats, the minority, to inflict political damage to Republicans by holding fast on the shutdown, and their ability to extract immediate and powerful policy concessions.
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A lot of people are conflating the ability of senate Democrats, the minority, to inflict political damage to Republicans by holding fast on the shutdown, and their ability to extract immediate and powerful policy concessions.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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I want to be really clear that fixing this means not only outlawing nepotism but paying legislators a wage that does not tempt them to pay their family members as staff. Underpaying our legislators is asking for corruption.
We should probably fix this.
One Oregon lawmaker’s wife made $6,000 a month working in his office at taxpayer expense, but she was not a frequent sight at the Capitol — probably because also working as a full-time fifth grade teacher at a private school
@carlosfuentes.bsky.social reports:
@carlosfuentes.bsky.social reports:
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I want to be really clear that fixing this means not only outlawing nepotism but paying legislators a wage that does not tempt them to pay their family members as staff. Underpaying our legislators is asking for corruption.
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We should probably fix this.
One Oregon lawmaker’s wife made $6,000 a month working in his office at taxpayer expense, but she was not a frequent sight at the Capitol — probably because also working as a full-time fifth grade teacher at a private school
@carlosfuentes.bsky.social reports:
@carlosfuentes.bsky.social reports:
Oregon lawmakers quietly hire their family members with taxpayer money — and little oversight
More than two dozen states ban lawmakers from hiring their own relatives. Oregon does not.
www.oregonlive.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
We should probably fix this.
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You mean the record where he turned a one-seat Senate Majority into a record-breaking Judicial Nomination machine for Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025? THAT RECORD?
How about the record where he helped get the Affordable Care Act passed?
Or the Chips ACT?
Of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill?
How about the record where he helped get the Affordable Care Act passed?
Or the Chips ACT?
Of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill?
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
You mean the record where he turned a one-seat Senate Majority into a record-breaking Judicial Nomination machine for Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025? THAT RECORD?
How about the record where he helped get the Affordable Care Act passed?
Or the Chips ACT?
Of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill?
How about the record where he helped get the Affordable Care Act passed?
Or the Chips ACT?
Of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill?