Maddy
@maddyshere.bsky.social
Lawyer at Democracy Forward (views my own). When not working you can find me at Washington Spirit games, on my bike, or petting cats. 🏳️🌈
These texts are disgusting, and I'd much rather have a big tent party that includes trans people and feminists than one that accepts this hateful crap. @gallego.senate.gov
1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men."
Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men.
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Dem. Senator Gallego's Leaked Texts Echo Far-Right Gender Panic And Misogyny
Last week, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego's texts leaked, where he lamented that Democratic "women look like men and men look like women."
www.erininthemorning.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
These texts are disgusting, and I'd much rather have a big tent party that includes trans people and feminists than one that accepts this hateful crap. @gallego.senate.gov
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BREAKING: Federal court just GRANTED our court order to block Trump admin from shutting down SNAP. Order also issued in state AG case. Hope millions can breathe a sigh of relief. Incredible work to @democracyforward.org and our co-counsel.
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
BREAKING: Federal court just GRANTED our court order to block Trump admin from shutting down SNAP. Order also issued in state AG case. Hope millions can breathe a sigh of relief. Incredible work to @democracyforward.org and our co-counsel.
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BREAKING: A federal court blocked the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to cut off food assistance for 42 million people during the ongoing government shutdown.
We'll keep fighting to ensure that federal programs serve their lawful purpose: to help, not harm, people and communities.
We'll keep fighting to ensure that federal programs serve their lawful purpose: to help, not harm, people and communities.
October 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
BREAKING: A federal court blocked the Trump-Vance administration’s attempt to cut off food assistance for 42 million people during the ongoing government shutdown.
We'll keep fighting to ensure that federal programs serve their lawful purpose: to help, not harm, people and communities.
We'll keep fighting to ensure that federal programs serve their lawful purpose: to help, not harm, people and communities.
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The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight
October 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight
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Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."
October 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social Please reconsider. Extending this curfew, when the Feds are using every tool possible to occupy our city, is neither a smart move nor supportive of our community. DC, and our Ward 6 neighbors, deserve so much better.
Maybe everyone spoke too soon? The D.C. Council just went into recess after some harried on-the-dais lobbying between Mendelson, Pinto, McDuffie, and Parker. Bowser's chief liaison to the council is also down in the chambers. The curfew extension may come back.
NEWS: The D.C. Council just rejected an emergency bill that would have extended the summer's expanded youth curfew for another three months. The votes against came from Trayon White, @robertwhitedc.bsky.social, @brianneknadeau.bsky.social, @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social, and @chenderson.bsky.social.
October 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
@cmcharlesallen.bsky.social @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social Please reconsider. Extending this curfew, when the Feds are using every tool possible to occupy our city, is neither a smart move nor supportive of our community. DC, and our Ward 6 neighbors, deserve so much better.
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All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.
October 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.
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NEW: We just released The People’s Guide to the 2025-26 U.S. Supreme Court Term.
This resource includes info about upcoming decisions that will shape the future of free speech, rights of LGBTQI+ & immigrant communities, election integrity, and checks on presidential power.
Learn what’s at stake ⬇️
This resource includes info about upcoming decisions that will shape the future of free speech, rights of LGBTQI+ & immigrant communities, election integrity, and checks on presidential power.
Learn what’s at stake ⬇️
The People’s Guide to the U.S. Supreme Court: 2025-2026 - Democracy Forward
As the Supreme Court begins its 2025–2026 term, this People’s Guide unpacks the key cases to help the public understand what’s at stake and why it matters.
democracyforward.org
October 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
NEW: We just released The People’s Guide to the 2025-26 U.S. Supreme Court Term.
This resource includes info about upcoming decisions that will shape the future of free speech, rights of LGBTQI+ & immigrant communities, election integrity, and checks on presidential power.
Learn what’s at stake ⬇️
This resource includes info about upcoming decisions that will shape the future of free speech, rights of LGBTQI+ & immigrant communities, election integrity, and checks on presidential power.
Learn what’s at stake ⬇️
I don't care how difficult it is to square DC's budget, we should never be cutting health care for low-income residents and immigrants, our neighbors who have a right to health care. @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social there's plenty to cut that doesn't harm those most vulnerable at this moment.
Advocates say the elimination of DC Health Care Alliance, which insures 26,000 low-income residents, could have disastrous consequences.
The first round of cuts to the program go into effect next week.
The first round of cuts to the program go into effect next week.
DC phases out Health Care Alliance, impacting thousands
Advocates say the elimination of DC Health Care Alliance, which insures 26,000 low-income residents, could have disastrous consequences.
51st.news
September 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I don't care how difficult it is to square DC's budget, we should never be cutting health care for low-income residents and immigrants, our neighbors who have a right to health care. @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social there's plenty to cut that doesn't harm those most vulnerable at this moment.
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Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again.
That's the revolution.
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The @newrepublic.com actually does very useful and helpful REPORTING. How about @propublica.org? Excellent. The @51st.news is doing excellent actual reporting. So is @thetriibe.com in Chicago.
There are so many other places to get actual useful news.
There are so many other places to get actual useful news.
September 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The @newrepublic.com actually does very useful and helpful REPORTING. How about @propublica.org? Excellent. The @51st.news is doing excellent actual reporting. So is @thetriibe.com in Chicago.
There are so many other places to get actual useful news.
There are so many other places to get actual useful news.
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As ICE continues to threaten, harm, and arrest people across the nation, we’re suing:
⚖️To keep ICE out of courtrooms
⚖️To keep ICE out of houses of worship
⚖️To keep Americans’ data safe from ICE
⚖️To keep ICE out of courtrooms
⚖️To keep ICE out of houses of worship
⚖️To keep Americans’ data safe from ICE
September 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
As ICE continues to threaten, harm, and arrest people across the nation, we’re suing:
⚖️To keep ICE out of courtrooms
⚖️To keep ICE out of houses of worship
⚖️To keep Americans’ data safe from ICE
⚖️To keep ICE out of courtrooms
⚖️To keep ICE out of houses of worship
⚖️To keep Americans’ data safe from ICE
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It’s illegal for the Trump-Vance admin to share immigrants’ tax return data with DHS — and the former Chief Privacy Officer of the IRS agrees.
That’s why we’re in court today to protect taxpayers’ data.
That’s why we’re in court today to protect taxpayers’ data.
Former IRS Executive Calls Immigrant Tax Data Deal ‘Illegal’ | Tax Notes
Tax Notes is the first source of essential daily news, analysis, and commentary for tax professionals whose success depends on being trusted for their expertise.
www.taxnotes.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It’s illegal for the Trump-Vance admin to share immigrants’ tax return data with DHS — and the former Chief Privacy Officer of the IRS agrees.
That’s why we’re in court today to protect taxpayers’ data.
That’s why we’re in court today to protect taxpayers’ data.
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Looks to me our DC Mayor and Council Chair have gotten absolutely nothing with their capitulation and complacency. What monumental cowards. Or they’re just bad people. Who knows - the consequences for everyone else are the same either way.
September 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Looks to me our DC Mayor and Council Chair have gotten absolutely nothing with their capitulation and complacency. What monumental cowards. Or they’re just bad people. Who knows - the consequences for everyone else are the same either way.
Proud to call DC home, proud to be neighbors with the people standing up for this city.
The people standing up for all of us (spoiler alert: it’s not Mayor Bowser) www.thenation.com/article/acti...
The DC Night Patrols Are Showing Cities How To Fight Trump’s Occupation
With only their cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their rights, volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital.
www.thenation.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Proud to call DC home, proud to be neighbors with the people standing up for this city.
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Residents are finding all sorts of ways to fight ICE: They're recording and reporting. They're wheatpasting and sharing know-your-rights materials. And they're stepping up to care for each other, from delivering groceries to walking kids to school. 51st.news/dc-residents...
With cellphone cameras and tip lines, D.C. residents find small ways to fight ICE
How neighbors and school communities are organizing against the immigration crackdown.
51st.news
August 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Residents are finding all sorts of ways to fight ICE: They're recording and reporting. They're wheatpasting and sharing know-your-rights materials. And they're stepping up to care for each other, from delivering groceries to walking kids to school. 51st.news/dc-residents...
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I've lived through two epidemics (HIV in the US in the 80s/90s and in South Africa in the 2000s) and through COVID with the rest of us. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing has been as terrible as what is happening now. 8/
August 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I've lived through two epidemics (HIV in the US in the 80s/90s and in South Africa in the 2000s) and through COVID with the rest of us. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing has been as terrible as what is happening now. 8/
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In a statement responding to @mayorbowser.bsky.social’s comments today on the ongoing presence of federal agents in the city, @freedcproject.bsky.social says: “D.C. needs these federal forces out immediately. Every hour that they are still here is an hour that people in D.C. are in danger.”
August 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
In a statement responding to @mayorbowser.bsky.social’s comments today on the ongoing presence of federal agents in the city, @freedcproject.bsky.social says: “D.C. needs these federal forces out immediately. Every hour that they are still here is an hour that people in D.C. are in danger.”
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For folks not in DC:
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
August 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
For folks not in DC:
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
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After Watergate, Congress passed laws to protect sensitive taxpayer information. Now, the Trump-Vance administration is unlawfully facilitating mass sharing of taxpayer data with ICE.
So we’re suing on behalf of tax experts and advocates.
So we’re suing on behalf of tax experts and advocates.
August 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
After Watergate, Congress passed laws to protect sensitive taxpayer information. Now, the Trump-Vance administration is unlawfully facilitating mass sharing of taxpayer data with ICE.
So we’re suing on behalf of tax experts and advocates.
So we’re suing on behalf of tax experts and advocates.
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NEW: A federal judge in Maryland struck down two nationwide directives issued by the Trump administration, that sought to rewrite civil rights law and censor classrooms in an effort to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in public schools. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal Court Blocks Trump’s Effort to Censor Schools, End Equity Programs
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
NEW: A federal judge in Maryland struck down two nationwide directives issued by the Trump administration, that sought to rewrite civil rights law and censor classrooms in an effort to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in public schools. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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"Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that the Trump admin’s attempt to require school districts to censor lessons, abandon student support programs, and certify their compliance with the administration’s unlawful interpretation of civil rights is unconstitutional."
August 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ruled that the Trump admin’s attempt to require school districts to censor lessons, abandon student support programs, and certify their compliance with the administration’s unlawful interpretation of civil rights is unconstitutional."
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BREAKING: In a win for public schools & educators, a court rejects Trump-Vance admin’s assault on public education as unconstitutional.
This decision in our case proves the admin's attempt to weaponize federal funding & require compliance w/ their flawed interpretation of civil rights is unlawful.
This decision in our case proves the admin's attempt to weaponize federal funding & require compliance w/ their flawed interpretation of civil rights is unlawful.
August 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
BREAKING: In a win for public schools & educators, a court rejects Trump-Vance admin’s assault on public education as unconstitutional.
This decision in our case proves the admin's attempt to weaponize federal funding & require compliance w/ their flawed interpretation of civil rights is unlawful.
This decision in our case proves the admin's attempt to weaponize federal funding & require compliance w/ their flawed interpretation of civil rights is unlawful.
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More (?) importantly, this is the exact reasoning that John Roberts used to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors in June.
The right says there's an issue; the NYT writes about it; lawmakers "debate" it; it becomes law; and Roberts says, "Well, there is a debate!"
The right says there's an issue; the NYT writes about it; lawmakers "debate" it; it becomes law; and Roberts says, "Well, there is a debate!"
I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy
Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines
As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
More (?) importantly, this is the exact reasoning that John Roberts used to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors in June.
The right says there's an issue; the NYT writes about it; lawmakers "debate" it; it becomes law; and Roberts says, "Well, there is a debate!"
The right says there's an issue; the NYT writes about it; lawmakers "debate" it; it becomes law; and Roberts says, "Well, there is a debate!"
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the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back
August 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back