Olivia Cappello
@ocappello.bsky.social
Bread, books, abortion
I have a lot of (unofficial) opinions.
I have a lot of (unofficial) opinions.
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I am begging reporters to heed @jessicacalarco.com's warning here. There is too much equivocation even in articles that highlight RFK Jr's anti-vaccine zealotry. These articles juxtapose a claim he offers, with "other experts say." It is a pernicious tic of mainstream journalism and has to stop.
It's notable that, even in an article critical of RFK Jr., the reporter hedges, saying "There’s no good evidence of serious, widespread harm from the vaccine" rather than just "vaccines are safe." RFK Jr. has made a career of exploiting the ambiguity of the former.
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-anti-v...
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-anti-v...
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
www.thebulwark.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I am begging reporters to heed @jessicacalarco.com's warning here. There is too much equivocation even in articles that highlight RFK Jr's anti-vaccine zealotry. These articles juxtapose a claim he offers, with "other experts say." It is a pernicious tic of mainstream journalism and has to stop.
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Tell your members of Congress to reject an abortion ban for people who rely on the Affordable Care Act.
Protect Abortion Coverage in the ACA
Congress is locked in negotiations over whether to make healthcare affordable or let costs skyrocket. Anti-abortion groups are trying to exploit the debate to push abortion out of reach. We must take ...
action.aclu.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Tell your members of Congress to reject an abortion ban for people who rely on the Affordable Care Act.
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Anti-abortion groups are pushing to ban abortion coverage for anyone who gets tax credits to pay for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
If Congress caves, this would be the first federal ban on private insurance coverage of abortion, and could push care out of reach for millions.
If Congress caves, this would be the first federal ban on private insurance coverage of abortion, and could push care out of reach for millions.
The big sticking point in the White House’s health care proposal
For many GOP members, an expansion of abortion restrictions in Obamacare is a must-have in any tentative health care plan.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Anti-abortion groups are pushing to ban abortion coverage for anyone who gets tax credits to pay for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
If Congress caves, this would be the first federal ban on private insurance coverage of abortion, and could push care out of reach for millions.
If Congress caves, this would be the first federal ban on private insurance coverage of abortion, and could push care out of reach for millions.
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the president admitted to sexual assault on camera and it didn't matter
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
the president admitted to sexual assault on camera and it didn't matter
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make them answer for why they care more about checking a child’s underwear than whether you can afford your electric bill!
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
make them answer for why they care more about checking a child’s underwear than whether you can afford your electric bill!
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I have watched as so-called "compromise" positions on transgender people's rights have failed over and over--in statehouses, the Biden White House, and in liberal rhetoric. There is no middle ground acceptable to the politicians, activists, and billionaires obsessed with trans people and our lives.
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I have watched as so-called "compromise" positions on transgender people's rights have failed over and over--in statehouses, the Biden White House, and in liberal rhetoric. There is no middle ground acceptable to the politicians, activists, and billionaires obsessed with trans people and our lives.
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I love DC
NEW: DC grand jurors reject more Justice Dept cases
Former DOJ attorney: “Not only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening”
www.cbsnews.com/news/d-c-gra...
Former DOJ attorney: “Not only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening”
www.cbsnews.com/news/d-c-gra...
D.C. grand jurors reject latest wave of Justice Dept. indictment requests
One former federal prosecutor said of the indictment denials by D.C. grand juries that he's "never heard of this happening."
www.cbsnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I love DC
AHEM AHEM AHEM
August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
AHEM AHEM AHEM
I am quite literally sick
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I am quite literally sick
This court could not be more unserious. Trans youth deserve the same freedom to participate in sports as their peers.
July 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This court could not be more unserious. Trans youth deserve the same freedom to participate in sports as their peers.
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"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."
The United States Is About to Embark on a Terrifying Experiment in Mass Statelessness
This scenario, until recently, might have read like a dystopian projection. But after the court’s decision on Friday, it is no longer hypothetical.
slate.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."
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Depressing time to be a human being whose entire scope of rights hinges on courts existing and being meaningful in some way
Depressing time to be a law professor whose entire job hinges on law existing and being meaningful in some way
June 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Depressing time to be a human being whose entire scope of rights hinges on courts existing and being meaningful in some way
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I was a teenager in the early aughts, and it felt out-of-step with so much mainstream opinion to speak out against war. What is happening now is cruel and sad and wrong, and you don't have to let anyone make you feel bad for thinking and saying so.
June 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I was a teenager in the early aughts, and it felt out-of-step with so much mainstream opinion to speak out against war. What is happening now is cruel and sad and wrong, and you don't have to let anyone make you feel bad for thinking and saying so.
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I want to emphasize Max's point bc the law is outrageous
It explicitly grants or withholds medical treatment based on sex
It expressly aims to force trans kids to conform to their sex assigned at birth
It's a frontal assault on trans kids and the Constitution
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/skrme...
It explicitly grants or withholds medical treatment based on sex
It expressly aims to force trans kids to conform to their sex assigned at birth
It's a frontal assault on trans kids and the Constitution
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/skrme...
June 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I want to emphasize Max's point bc the law is outrageous
It explicitly grants or withholds medical treatment based on sex
It expressly aims to force trans kids to conform to their sex assigned at birth
It's a frontal assault on trans kids and the Constitution
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/skrme...
It explicitly grants or withholds medical treatment based on sex
It expressly aims to force trans kids to conform to their sex assigned at birth
It's a frontal assault on trans kids and the Constitution
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/skrme...
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im still mad about NYT's sadly typical piece on Skrmetti
chastising trans people right now like 'ah too big for your britches eh? why would you even bring a case challenging that overtly discriminatory, life-threatening, unconstitutional law?' is SO obscene and Nicholas Confessore should be ashamed
chastising trans people right now like 'ah too big for your britches eh? why would you even bring a case challenging that overtly discriminatory, life-threatening, unconstitutional law?' is SO obscene and Nicholas Confessore should be ashamed
June 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
im still mad about NYT's sadly typical piece on Skrmetti
chastising trans people right now like 'ah too big for your britches eh? why would you even bring a case challenging that overtly discriminatory, life-threatening, unconstitutional law?' is SO obscene and Nicholas Confessore should be ashamed
chastising trans people right now like 'ah too big for your britches eh? why would you even bring a case challenging that overtly discriminatory, life-threatening, unconstitutional law?' is SO obscene and Nicholas Confessore should be ashamed
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Today’s ruling is a devastating loss for transgender people and our families, and an affront to the Constitution.
We'll continue to fight alongside trans youth in Tennessee and across the nation for the health care they deserve.
We'll continue to fight alongside trans youth in Tennessee and across the nation for the health care they deserve.
June 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Today’s ruling is a devastating loss for transgender people and our families, and an affront to the Constitution.
We'll continue to fight alongside trans youth in Tennessee and across the nation for the health care they deserve.
We'll continue to fight alongside trans youth in Tennessee and across the nation for the health care they deserve.
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@msnbc.com reporter at the 1:15 mark.
“The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings
“The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings
June 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
@msnbc.com reporter at the 1:15 mark.
“The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings
“The chaos you’re seeing is not the result of peaceful protestors, it’s the result of actions of law enforcement, specifically the Los Angeles sheriff’s department.” #nokings
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We've been in Philadelphia and in cities and towns across the United States to exercise our First Amendment rights.
We the people will not be silenced.
We the people will not be silenced.
June 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
We've been in Philadelphia and in cities and towns across the United States to exercise our First Amendment rights.
We the people will not be silenced.
We the people will not be silenced.
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Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
At the same time as we're fighting for freedom nationwide, leaders are union busting -- enough is enough.
ACLU DC suspended the bargaining chair of the employee union (my dear friend Yvonne) in the middle of negotiations. Latest in a string of union-busting BS from the local wing of the national liberal nonprofit.
Send them a letter telling them to stop helping Trump and sit down with their workers.
Send them a letter telling them to stop helping Trump and sit down with their workers.
Tell ACLU-D.C. Management to Stop Their Union-Busting Tactics!
One week before Thanksgiving, one week after a union action, and one year into bargaining our first contract, ACLU-D.C. management unlawfully laid off two union members, or nearly 15% of our bargainin...
actionnetwork.org
May 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
At the same time as we're fighting for freedom nationwide, leaders are union busting -- enough is enough.