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cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by karoline leavitt’s lip fillers than the fact that congress just said, “what we should do is put any doctor or pharmacist in prison who gives lifesaving medical care to this specific kind of child we find gross.”
Bluesky tonight is neatly divided between trans people and family members appropriately angry and freaking out and everyone else who has barely noticed.
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
cis people on the skyline are genuinely more distressed by karoline leavitt’s lip fillers than the fact that congress just said, “what we should do is put any doctor or pharmacist in prison who gives lifesaving medical care to this specific kind of child we find gross.”
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it is terrifying and awful that this passed the House with any Dem support at all (and once again, the continued leadership support for Cuellar is unconscionable)
call your senators and make absolutely sure this dies in the Senate, lives are on the line
trans people deserve so much better
call your senators and make absolutely sure this dies in the Senate, lives are on the line
trans people deserve so much better
Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, and Vicente Gonzalez joined Republicans in voting to criminalize trans health care.
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
The bill passed only 216 to 214.
4 Republicans voted no. If they did too, it would have failed.
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
clerk.house.gov
December 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
it is terrifying and awful that this passed the House with any Dem support at all (and once again, the continued leadership support for Cuellar is unconscionable)
call your senators and make absolutely sure this dies in the Senate, lives are on the line
trans people deserve so much better
call your senators and make absolutely sure this dies in the Senate, lives are on the line
trans people deserve so much better
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Charging doctors is also how abortion criminalization started. If they succeed in criminalizing doctors who provide transition care to minors they’ll eventually criminalize the parents & children seeking it too
December 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Charging doctors is also how abortion criminalization started. If they succeed in criminalizing doctors who provide transition care to minors they’ll eventually criminalize the parents & children seeking it too
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it’s not legislation, it’s a pogrom.
December 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
it’s not legislation, it’s a pogrom.
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So Trump is just giving away another $2.6 billion in taxpayer money for “bonuses” that was not appropriated for that purpose by our duly elected representatives in Congress, while we are $38 trillion in debt.
December 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
So Trump is just giving away another $2.6 billion in taxpayer money for “bonuses” that was not appropriated for that purpose by our duly elected representatives in Congress, while we are $38 trillion in debt.
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The Trump administration*
December 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Trump administration*
Important reporting - making more visible much that was assumed to have occurred. www.propublica.org/article/ucla...
Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence that UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
An investigation by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Important reporting - making more visible much that was assumed to have occurred. www.propublica.org/article/ucla...
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These are powerful words from Father Michael Pfleger.
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December 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
These are powerful words from Father Michael Pfleger.
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We wanted to express our gratitude to the brave, patriotic people who are video-taping and posting the disgusting crimes that Trump’s masked goons commit every day on American streets.
History will not remember them kindly.
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History will not remember them kindly.
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December 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We wanted to express our gratitude to the brave, patriotic people who are video-taping and posting the disgusting crimes that Trump’s masked goons commit every day on American streets.
History will not remember them kindly.
Don’t forget to subscribe: www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe
History will not remember them kindly.
Don’t forget to subscribe: www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe
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Republicans failed to flip any legislative seats this year, losing ground even in New Jersey, where they had high hopes, and failing to gain several districts that Trump carried last year.
Democrats, meanwhile, flipped 25 seats.
Democrats, meanwhile, flipped 25 seats.
In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats
The party secured strong gains reminiscent of 2017, our annual review of state legislative results shows. They won multiple new seats in New Jersey, Virginia, Iowa, and Mississippi.
boltsmag.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Republicans failed to flip any legislative seats this year, losing ground even in New Jersey, where they had high hopes, and failing to gain several districts that Trump carried last year.
Democrats, meanwhile, flipped 25 seats.
Democrats, meanwhile, flipped 25 seats.
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The reason folks are focusing on DHS's refusal to honor Real IDs is that it means that the Trump regime is asserting the right to detain anyone in America, resident or visitor, without probable cause. It's an erasure of habeas corpus for all Americans.
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Add to this that HSI just filed a declaration in our case challenging these policies saying they can’t trust REAL IDs as proof of status.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
So showing your papers isn’t even enough to end the stop.
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The reason folks are focusing on DHS's refusal to honor Real IDs is that it means that the Trump regime is asserting the right to detain anyone in America, resident or visitor, without probable cause. It's an erasure of habeas corpus for all Americans.
bsky.app/profile/jare...
bsky.app/profile/jare...
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Oh this is a really great idea and generally those are "use it or lose it" so what a great way to use it!
This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.
December 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Oh this is a really great idea and generally those are "use it or lose it" so what a great way to use it!
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In 1993, Trump signed mortgages for 2 homes in Florida, claiming each as his principal residence.
He does not appear to have ever lived in either, let alone used them as a principal residence. They were investment properties & rented out.
Yet he accuses others of fraud?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
He does not appear to have ever lived in either, let alone used them as a principal residence. They were investment properties & rented out.
Yet he accuses others of fraud?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal — ProPublica
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
apple.news
December 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In 1993, Trump signed mortgages for 2 homes in Florida, claiming each as his principal residence.
He does not appear to have ever lived in either, let alone used them as a principal residence. They were investment properties & rented out.
Yet he accuses others of fraud?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
He does not appear to have ever lived in either, let alone used them as a principal residence. They were investment properties & rented out.
Yet he accuses others of fraud?
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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We’ll be at the White House tomorrow to help deliver the people’s indictment of Donald Trump. Kim Villanueva, National NOW President, will be speaking on #Trump’s history of abuses, specifically how he has subjugated #women, erased #LGBTQIA+ people, & dismantled reproductive rights!
December 13, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Donald Trump just ended a rule that required airlines to compensate you for delayed or canceled flights.
Why?
Maybe because the airlines donated big bucks to Trump. Or maybe because the Secretary of Transportation used to be an airline lobbyist.
Either way, you lose.
Why?
Maybe because the airlines donated big bucks to Trump. Or maybe because the Secretary of Transportation used to be an airline lobbyist.
Either way, you lose.
Trump just ended a rule that required airlines to compensate you for delayed or canceled flights.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Donald Trump just ended a rule that required airlines to compensate you for delayed or canceled flights.
Why?
Maybe because the airlines donated big bucks to Trump. Or maybe because the Secretary of Transportation used to be an airline lobbyist.
Either way, you lose.
Why?
Maybe because the airlines donated big bucks to Trump. Or maybe because the Secretary of Transportation used to be an airline lobbyist.
Either way, you lose.
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All of the suspected drug boat killings are murders | Kenneth Roth
All of the suspected drug boat killings are murders | Kenneth Roth
There is no rule of law if the president can deem anyone an enemy combatant and order them summarily shot
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
All of the suspected drug boat killings are murders | Kenneth Roth
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this video is worth a watch—they show how grocery stores and apps are using surveillance and AI to charge different people a huge variation in prices, even at the same time, place, and stores
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
this video is worth a watch—they show how grocery stores and apps are using surveillance and AI to charge different people a huge variation in prices, even at the same time, place, and stores
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worth noting here that the position of the conservative legal movement is that trying to remedy environmental racism is itself illegal race discrimination
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
worth noting here that the position of the conservative legal movement is that trying to remedy environmental racism is itself illegal race discrimination
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
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I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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Trump to offer bailout to a small minority of the people damaged by his tariffs www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/trum...
Trump to offer bailout to a small minority of the people damaged by his tariffs - Lawyers, Guns & Money
There’s a club and the overwhelming likelihood is that you’re not in it: President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package Monday — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their cr...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Trump to offer bailout to a small minority of the people damaged by his tariffs www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/12/trum...
