maraleia
@maraleia.bsky.social
Political junkie, history, pop culture & science fiction geek. Left handed, cisgender, lesbian feminist, social justice activist & educator from Chicago.
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@maraleia.bsky.social
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Glossary of Terms: Transgender | GLAAD
For additional tips on creating stories about transgender people, please see In Focus: Transgender People If you are seeking information about how to create transgender and nonbinary characters for fi...
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I am DONE being NICE to people who refer to trans folks with slurs EVEN if they didn't mean it. The GLAAD media resource guide exists. USE IT. glaad.org/reference/tr...
Again, fuck you and your cowardly shitty behavior @mayor.lacity.gov
The organizers of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics announce that entertainment mogul Casey Wasserman will remain committee chairman amid scrutiny on his ties to Ghislaine Maxwell.
L.A. Olympics committee backs chairman Casey Wasserman amid Epstein scrutiny
The entertainment executive, under scrutiny for his email correspondence with Ghislaine Maxwell, “should continue to lead LA28,” the board said.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Again, fuck you and your cowardly shitty behavior @mayor.lacity.gov
You did this @massgovernor.bsky.social you goddamn traitor to the LGBTQ+ community.
UMass abruptly canceled bottom surgery appointments for hundreds of patients with no explanation. Some had surgery dates booked a year in advance, others were scheduled to get revisions done.
www.wgbh.org/news/health/...
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‘I’m crushed’: Transgender patients left in limbo after UMass Memorial canceled their surgeries
Some people had waited nearly a year for their appointments with a preeminent surgeon. Now, they don’t know what to do.
www.wgbh.org
February 11, 2026 at 10:02 PM
You did this @massgovernor.bsky.social you goddamn traitor to the LGBTQ+ community.
Chock and Bates deserved the Gold. Their routine was way more interesting to look at.
February 11, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Chock and Bates deserved the Gold. Their routine was way more interesting to look at.
FUCK Ice Dancing. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
February 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
FUCK Ice Dancing. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Fundie Christian Nationalist tactics.
February 11, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Fundie Christian Nationalist tactics.
You better whip ALL the @housedemocrats.bsky.social against this unconstitutional abomination called the SAVE Act @whipkclark.bsky.social
The SAVE Act blocks voting by demanding passports or birth certificates that over 21 million Americans do not have ready access to. Women, seniors, students, and low income voters pay the price.
Call your MOCs!
[202) 224-3121
#HandsOffHerVote
Call your MOCs!
[202) 224-3121
#HandsOffHerVote
February 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
You better whip ALL the @housedemocrats.bsky.social against this unconstitutional abomination called the SAVE Act @whipkclark.bsky.social
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If you saw today's headline that Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval, they did the same thing in 2018. They do it whenever Trump is president.
February 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
If you saw today's headline that Gallup will stop measuring presidential approval, they did the same thing in 2018. They do it whenever Trump is president.
More fucking vile shit.
Mississippi may soon criminalize illegal immigration under State law, with felony prison sentences for undocumented immigrants entering the state.
www.mississippifreepress.org/undocumented...
www.mississippifreepress.org/undocumented...
February 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
More fucking vile shit.
Everyone needs to boycott @gallup.com because they are fascists.
February 11, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Everyone needs to boycott @gallup.com because they are fascists.
Of the 8.3 billion people on Earth, there are about 50 million truly evil criminal people who belong in prison for the rest of their lives so they can't harm us anymore. This includes so-called leaders of multiple countries.
February 11, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Of the 8.3 billion people on Earth, there are about 50 million truly evil criminal people who belong in prison for the rest of their lives so they can't harm us anymore. This includes so-called leaders of multiple countries.
RIP James Van Der Beek.
February 11, 2026 at 7:40 PM
RIP James Van Der Beek.
Biden has always been a hypocrite.
Biden in 2021: “we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring”
Biden in 2023 and 2024: “have all the bombs you want, Bibi”
Biden in 2023 and 2024: “have all the bombs you want, Bibi”
Biden Calls Slaughter Of Armenians A Genocide, Posing Test For U.S. Ties With Turkey
The designation, which came on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, reflects an effort by Biden to set a new tone on human rights, yet adds friction to an already strained relationship with Ankara.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Biden has always been a hypocrite.
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Democrats like ICE, so they don't know what to do right now. Every single person in 2026 that isn't screaming with their whole chest a call to abolish ICE needs to never serve in an elected role ever again. These dinosaurs are enabling, compromising, even collaborating openly with fascism.
Seeing this insane ICE violence in Saint Paul, and I’m wondering where Betty McCollum is. Just the most absent congressperson of all time. Hardly any communication about what’s happening to her constituent. Not built for the moment.
February 11, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Democrats like ICE, so they don't know what to do right now. Every single person in 2026 that isn't screaming with their whole chest a call to abolish ICE needs to never serve in an elected role ever again. These dinosaurs are enabling, compromising, even collaborating openly with fascism.
Pam Bondi should be locked up in solitary confinement for the rest of her life.
Rep. Becca Balint's grandfather died in the Nazis' Mauthausen concentration camp.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
Pam Bondi just suggested Balint was antisemitic.
BONDI: You didn't ask Merrick Garland anything about Epstein
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
BALINT: Weak sauce
BONDI: And with this antisemitic culture right now, she voted against a resolution--
BALINT: You want to go there! Really? Talking about antisemitism to a woman who lost her grandfather in the Holocaust! *storms off*
February 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Pam Bondi should be locked up in solitary confinement for the rest of her life.
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The news folks is that only 181,000 jobs in 2025. Try to keep up.
Today, the January #JobsDay numbers came out and show the labor market rose with payrolls increasing by 130,000 & unemployment ticking down to 4.3%. Payroll growth was driven again by jobs in the health care sector (+82K). (1/6)
February 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The news folks is that only 181,000 jobs in 2025. Try to keep up.
I want Canada to win
They're calling it the Reverse Miracle on Ice, where the American Olympic hockey team become ambassadors for a politics that the country isn't even a little bit interested in slate.com/culture/2026...
The Olympic Hockey Tournament Is About to Get Very Trumpy
In the 1980 Olympics, it was the U.S. vs. the USSR. Now, it’s the U.S. vs. Canada.
slate.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I want Canada to win
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Good morning from Chicago’s Loop, where Marimar Martinez and her attorneys are holding a press conference to announce a civil lawsuit stemming from her shooting by a Border Patrol agent in October.
They have some of the agent’s texts blown up on posters
They have some of the agent’s texts blown up on posters
February 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Good morning from Chicago’s Loop, where Marimar Martinez and her attorneys are holding a press conference to announce a civil lawsuit stemming from her shooting by a Border Patrol agent in October.
They have some of the agent’s texts blown up on posters
They have some of the agent’s texts blown up on posters
FUCK YOU FOREVER @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social NONE of you elected Dems should attend you waste of space politician.
February 11, 2026 at 6:11 PM
FUCK YOU FOREVER @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social NONE of you elected Dems should attend you waste of space politician.
They are all fucking cowards
But seriously so many people in this state are looking around and seeing people in powerful roles doing nothing, or capitulating, so much, fuck it, I’ll do it myself energy out there.
February 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
They are all fucking cowards
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It is a little wild that you aren’t seeing More elected officials putting their bodies on the line, risking arrest, you’d think this would be the perfect time for it even if all you were worried about was fundraising and keeping your job
But seriously so many people in this state are looking around and seeing people in powerful roles doing nothing, or capitulating, so much, fuck it, I’ll do it myself energy out there.
February 11, 2026 at 6:07 PM
It is a little wild that you aren’t seeing More elected officials putting their bodies on the line, risking arrest, you’d think this would be the perfect time for it even if all you were worried about was fundraising and keeping your job
Fuck you @gallup.com for caving to that traitorous criminal Donald Trump.
Gallup ends presidential approval polling. There are plenty of alternatives but having one firm back the 1930s was a great continuity. Here is my last update of their series. RIP.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Fuck you @gallup.com for caving to that traitorous criminal Donald Trump.
I love Amber and Alysa
US Gold Medal Olympian Amber Glenn: "They Hate To See Two Woke B****es Win"
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US Gold Medal Olympian Amber Glenn: "They Hate To See Two Woke B****es Win"
Amber Glenn, referring to herself and Alysa Liu, shot back at critics on social media while holding her gold medal and wearing a progress pride pin.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I love Amber and Alysa
This is a huge deal. After years of leading in fundraising, Dem small donors are (rightly) pissed off at the spam texts and emails, as well as at congressional leadership. Meanwhile, GOP billionaire money is hitting record levels. Perfect storm.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Bondi is a vile cretin monster criminal.
Rep. Jayapal: Will you turn to the survivors, who are standing right behind you, and apologize for what your Department of Justice has done?
Pam Bondi: *refuses to answer*
Pam Bondi: *refuses to answer*
February 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Bondi is a vile cretin monster criminal.
MAGA destroys everything in their wake. They all must be put in prison for the rest of their lives.
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 5:32 PM
MAGA destroys everything in their wake. They all must be put in prison for the rest of their lives.