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
@maraleia.bsky.social
· Dec 24
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...
This has to be fucking stopped.
From @wired.com: “Federal records reveal ICE is secretly expanding into 150+ facilities across nearly every state — many near schools, medical offices, and places of worship… DHS asked the General Services Administration to hide lease listings and bypass normal procedures…”🤔
February 12, 2026 at 4:41 AM
This has to be fucking stopped.
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feels like i should re-post this every few weeks
NEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them.
Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
February 12, 2026 at 4:17 AM
feels like i should re-post this every few weeks
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
I just read that the piece of shit John Fetterman is supporting the save act. What the fuck? @schumer.senate.gov You have to stop this crap from him. Do your goddamn job.
February 12, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I just read that the piece of shit John Fetterman is supporting the save act. What the fuck? @schumer.senate.gov You have to stop this crap from him. Do your goddamn job.
Further proof that most TV actors that you know are not rich.
Yet another indictment of the United States health system that James Van Der Beek’s wife and six kids need a gofundme because his unsuccessful cancer treatment destroyed them financially
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support for James Van Der Beek's Family, organized by Jason K
James Van Der Beek was a beloved husband, father, and friend who touched the lives of … Jason K needs your support for Support for James Van Der Beek's Family
www.gofundme.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Further proof that most TV actors that you know are not rich.
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The Trump you never see in the NY Times
Trump, slurring: I'm proud to officially name the...undishpu..the...jshhhh...whendidthiscomeout
February 11, 2026 at 11:48 PM
The Trump you never see in the NY Times
It costs almost $200 to get a passport when you factor in getting all your documents in order and a picture taken to send everything in. The SAVE Act is a fucking unconstitutional POLL TAX.
More than 21 millions Americans do not have documentation proving their citizenships, and would be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act the GOP just passed through the House. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Millions of Americans Don’t Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily Available
Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process.
www.brennancenter.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:43 AM
It costs almost $200 to get a passport when you factor in getting all your documents in order and a picture taken to send everything in. The SAVE Act is a fucking unconstitutional POLL TAX.
These fucking MAGAt fascists want to make all of us stateless.
Meanwhile, many libraries that used to offer passport services were recently told by the Federal government they can’t do that anymore. Probably a coincidence!
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 AM
These fucking MAGAt fascists want to make all of us stateless.
The United States of America is a fucking joke.
February 12, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The United States of America is a fucking joke.
Pay attention Texas Dems and do something about this.
Furious that Henry Cuellar voted to pass the SAVE Act and put your right to vote at serious risk? Then channel that anger into supporting one of his primary candidates. Dem primaries in Texas are less than 3 weeks away, so if you want him gone, now is the time to act.
Interested in getting Henry Cuellar out of office?
He has two primary opponents: Andrew Vantine & Ricardo Villarreal.
If Cuellar wins the primary, the Green Party is running Marlon Duran.
Campaign sites are in the alt text.
Primary is March 3rd
He has two primary opponents: Andrew Vantine & Ricardo Villarreal.
If Cuellar wins the primary, the Green Party is running Marlon Duran.
Campaign sites are in the alt text.
Primary is March 3rd
February 12, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Pay attention Texas Dems and do something about this.
I absolutely hate my country. We are trash.
February 12, 2026 at 12:01 AM
I absolutely hate my country. We are trash.
This vile unconstitutional bill would prevent my MOM, her friends and THREE of my friends from voting because they took their husbands last name. FUCK THESE MAGATS FOREVER.
Breaking: House passes new version of SAVE Act, worst voter suppression bill considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The GOP’s “show us your papers” bill Is the latest effort to help Trump take over elections
“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted"
www.motherjones.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:54 PM
This vile unconstitutional bill would prevent my MOM, her friends and THREE of my friends from voting because they took their husbands last name. FUCK THESE MAGATS FOREVER.
Fuck you for backing Cuellar @pelosi.house.gov you traitorous piece of garbage.
NEW: House passes SAVE America Act
218-213; Rs + 1 Dem (Cuellar) vote yes.
Revised Trump-backed bill requires showing proof of citizenship "in person" to register and slaps photo ID rules to vote.
Now it goes to the Senate. No path to 60. THUNE promises a vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
218-213; Rs + 1 Dem (Cuellar) vote yes.
Revised Trump-backed bill requires showing proof of citizenship "in person" to register and slaps photo ID rules to vote.
Now it goes to the Senate. No path to 60. THUNE promises a vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate
The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Fuck you for backing Cuellar @pelosi.house.gov you traitorous piece of garbage.
Fuck these MAGAt GOP House members. They all belong in prison.
Breaking: House passes new version of SAVE Act, worst voter suppression bill considered by Congress. Could disenfranchise:
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-21 million Americans w/out access to citizenship papers
-69 mil married women who took partner’s name
-21 mil w/out valid drivers license
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The GOP’s “show us your papers” bill Is the latest effort to help Trump take over elections
“If the SAVE Act were to pass, it would be the worst voter suppression law that Congress has ever enacted"
www.motherjones.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Fuck these MAGAt GOP House members. They all belong in prison.
You are a vile person @laurafine4congress.bsky.social for not denouncing this.
Chicago Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth has sent a cease and desist to the dark money Super PAC Elect Chicago Women for including her imagine on a pro-Laura Fine mailer last week
Manaa-Hoppenworth has endorsed State Rep. Hoan Huynh in #IL09
Manaa-Hoppenworth has endorsed State Rep. Hoan Huynh in #IL09
February 11, 2026 at 11:40 PM
You are a vile person @laurafine4congress.bsky.social for not denouncing this.
Again, fucking NAZI Stasi shit from this MAGAt regime.
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Again, fucking NAZI Stasi shit from this MAGAt regime.
Jeffrey Katzenberg can go fuck himself.
Deadline reporting that LA28 board member Jeffrey Katzenberg went to bat for Wasserman, but "even before the board’s vote of support today, the consensus was that Wednesday’s LA28 board meeting would likely not see Wasserman out or a new chair installed"
Casey Wasserman Survives Epstein Scandal For Now With LA28 Board Backing; “Mr. Wasserman Should Continue To Lead LA28 & Deliver A Safe & Successful Games”
Casey Wasserman will remain as the head of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, says the LA28 Board.
deadline.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Jeffrey Katzenberg can go fuck himself.
Fucking criminal.
Epstein files: AG Pam Bondi appeared to have Rep. Jayapal's DOJ database search history at hearing
Epstein files: AG Pam Bondi appeared to have Rep. Jayapal's DOJ database search history at hearing
Attorney General Pam Bondi at a House Judiciary Committee hearing seemed to have a printout of Rep. Jayapal's search history related to Epstein.
cnb.cx
February 11, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Fucking criminal.
Manchester United fans are fascists.
Jim Ratcliffe, co-owner of Manchester United Football Club, has praised Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and claimed the U.K. is being “colonized by immigrants.”
www.politico.eu/article/manc...
www.politico.eu/article/manc...
Manchester United owner praises Farage during anti-migration diatribe
Prime Minister Keir Starmer criticized businessman Jim Ratcliffe’s claims that Britain has been “colonized by immigrants.”
www.politico.eu
February 11, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Manchester United fans are fascists.
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Epstein list (that didn’t exist)….
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Epstein list (that didn’t exist)….
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Fuck these people.
Trump receives a trophy of a coal miner that resembles him with a plaque that reads "The Undisputed Champion of Clean Coal"
February 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Fuck these people.
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.
nbcnews.to
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/...
www.wgbh.org/news/health/...
‘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.