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Since 2010, Secular AZ has protected the constitutional separation of church and state. We are a 501c3 that educates lawmakers and the public to ensure freedom of conscience for Arizonans of all faiths and of none. https://linktr.ee/secularaz
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Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs: Defend Public Health - Secular AZ
Join us Friday, November 14, at 12p (MST) for special guest Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs. She'll introduce Defend Public Health and discuss falling vaccination rates and the impact of both religious and philo...
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It's no secret that #science and #publichealth are under attack... what can we do about it? Join us Friday, November 14, at noon (MST) to learn about the work of @defendpublichealth.bsky.social with @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social.
Details and RSVP here: secularaz.org/single-event...
Details and RSVP here: secularaz.org/single-event...
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this isn’t an exaggeration — the SAFE act is going to devastate much of what’s left of american science. this is extremely urgent. 202-224-3121 capitol switchboard
If the SAFE Research Act makes it through reconciliation, my lab won’t be the only one that has to shut down - every scientist you know could be out of a job. There has never been an attack on science at this scale in history. Call your Senator TODAY: no SAFE Research Act in the NDAA. Please share ‼️
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 PM
this isn’t an exaggeration — the SAFE act is going to devastate much of what’s left of american science. this is extremely urgent. 202-224-3121 capitol switchboard
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more good work from Rep Ansari from AZ
Trump is demanding that GOP side with him over Epstein's victims, Rep Ansari tells me. She had a harrowing exchange with one victim who recounts how her mom had cancer and he exploited that.
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Also note her mockery of network disclaimers on Trump. More like this, Ds:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
more good work from Rep Ansari from AZ
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NIH scientist Dr. Jenna Norton was just placed on nondisciplinary leave.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
NIH scientist Dr. Jenna Norton was just placed on nondisciplinary leave.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
While ASU continues to offer LGBTQ+ programming through academic degrees and community groups, it’s also sending mixed signals about its willingness to capitulate to the Trump administration’s demands.
www.lookoutnews.org/how-federal-...
www.lookoutnews.org/how-federal-...
How Federal Policy Is Quietly Rewriting Queer Life on Campus
From altered LGBTQ+ resources to pressure over grant funding, universities like ASU are navigating a new era of political coercion that scholars say threatens decades of progress.
www.lookoutnews.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
While ASU continues to offer LGBTQ+ programming through academic degrees and community groups, it’s also sending mixed signals about its willingness to capitulate to the Trump administration’s demands.
www.lookoutnews.org/how-federal-...
www.lookoutnews.org/how-federal-...
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THIS WEEK'S WHOPPER:
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. SAYS HE GETS FAN-MAIL FROM DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS, THE LETTERS SENT TO CONGRESS ACTUALLY ASK FOR HIS RESIGNATION
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. SAYS HE GETS FAN-MAIL FROM DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS, THE LETTERS SENT TO CONGRESS ACTUALLY ASK FOR HIS RESIGNATION
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
Whopper of the Week: RFK, Jr. says he gets fan mail from scientists and doctors, the letters sent to Congress actually ask for his resignation | Defend Public Health
Physicians and scientists across the country warned Congress that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was unfit to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services. Kennedy, who has no medical or scientific training...
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
THIS WEEK'S WHOPPER:
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. SAYS HE GETS FAN-MAIL FROM DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS, THE LETTERS SENT TO CONGRESS ACTUALLY ASK FOR HIS RESIGNATION
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. SAYS HE GETS FAN-MAIL FROM DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS, THE LETTERS SENT TO CONGRESS ACTUALLY ASK FOR HIS RESIGNATION
www.defendpublichealth.org/opinion/whop...
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
It's no secret that #science and #publichealth are under attack... what can we do about it? Join us Friday, November 14, at noon (MST) to learn about the work of @defendpublichealth.bsky.social with @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social.
Details and RSVP here: secularaz.org/single-event...
Details and RSVP here: secularaz.org/single-event...
Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs: Defend Public Health - Secular AZ
Join us Friday, November 14, at 12p (MST) for special guest Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs. She'll introduce Defend Public Health and discuss falling vaccination rates and the impact of both religious and philo...
secularaz.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It's no secret that #science and #publichealth are under attack... what can we do about it? Join us Friday, November 14, at noon (MST) to learn about the work of @defendpublichealth.bsky.social with @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social.
Details and RSVP here: secularaz.org/single-event...
Details and RSVP here: secularaz.org/single-event...
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Thnx to @maryrziegler.bsky.social for MAHA's centering of men in push against contraception. "The pill isn’t right for everyone...But the renewed campaign against birth control seems to have much less to do with those risks than it does with making America manly again." slate.com/news-and-pol...
Conservatives Have a New Argument Against Birth Control. It’s About Protecting Men.
For decades, abortion opponents swore that they had created a single-issue movement and had no interest in changing access to birth control.
slate.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thnx to @maryrziegler.bsky.social for MAHA's centering of men in push against contraception. "The pill isn’t right for everyone...But the renewed campaign against birth control seems to have much less to do with those risks than it does with making America manly again." slate.com/news-and-pol...
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I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2003.
It *enrages* me that we could prevent others from experiencing life-altering autoimmune disease, but instead, Republicans in the Senate voted to confirm an anti-vaccine failson as HHS Secretary.
It *enrages* me that we could prevent others from experiencing life-altering autoimmune disease, but instead, Republicans in the Senate voted to confirm an anti-vaccine failson as HHS Secretary.
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2003.
It *enrages* me that we could prevent others from experiencing life-altering autoimmune disease, but instead, Republicans in the Senate voted to confirm an anti-vaccine failson as HHS Secretary.
It *enrages* me that we could prevent others from experiencing life-altering autoimmune disease, but instead, Republicans in the Senate voted to confirm an anti-vaccine failson as HHS Secretary.
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I’m in!
What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I’m in!
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Ryan Walters’ promised investigations into schools that didn’t honor Charlie Kirk never happened, records show.
Ryan Walters’ promised investigations into schools that didn’t honor Charlie Kirk never happened, records show
Records reveal the Oklahoma State Department of Education never launched any school investigations, underscoring a tenure marked by spectacle rather than action.
www.readfrontier.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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“50 days that over 800,000 Arizonans have been left without access to the basic services that every constituent deserves. This is an abuse of power.”
story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social
story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social
With Adelita Grijalva, Southern Arizona constituents are finally represented after a record delay
Arizona CD7 representation restored as Adelita Grijalva sworn in after 800k constituents spent eight months without voice.
azmirror.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“50 days that over 800,000 Arizonans have been left without access to the basic services that every constituent deserves. This is an abuse of power.”
story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social
story via @caitlinsievers.bsky.social
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😡 Arizona's ESA voucher program has officially hit $1 BILLION in annual spending, according to AZ Department of Education data.
😞 Meanwhile, Arizona ranks 49th in the U.S. in per-pupil funding for public schools.
pro.stateaffairs.com/az/yellow-sh...
😞 Meanwhile, Arizona ranks 49th in the U.S. in per-pupil funding for public schools.
pro.stateaffairs.com/az/yellow-sh...
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
😡 Arizona's ESA voucher program has officially hit $1 BILLION in annual spending, according to AZ Department of Education data.
😞 Meanwhile, Arizona ranks 49th in the U.S. in per-pupil funding for public schools.
pro.stateaffairs.com/az/yellow-sh...
😞 Meanwhile, Arizona ranks 49th in the U.S. in per-pupil funding for public schools.
pro.stateaffairs.com/az/yellow-sh...
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
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What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
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I love when the "states' rights" crowd proves they actually don't give a fuck.
www.jezebel.com/gop-says-dem...
www.jezebel.com/gop-says-dem...
GOP Says Dems Can Extend Americans' Health Insurance...If They Also Further Restrict Abortion
I love when the "states' rights" crowd proves they actually don't give a fuck.
www.jezebel.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I love when the "states' rights" crowd proves they actually don't give a fuck.
www.jezebel.com/gop-says-dem...
www.jezebel.com/gop-says-dem...
This is actual gender-based discrimination, privileging one man’s fragile “virtue” above a woman’s right to work.
In this toxic mindset, women are seen as “temptations,” not equals, in a world where “professionalism is impossible and where men’s paranoia dictates women’s access to opportunity.”
In this toxic mindset, women are seen as “temptations,” not equals, in a world where “professionalism is impossible and where men’s paranoia dictates women’s access to opportunity.”
Imagine thinking working alone with a woman is a moral crisis.
One HVAC tech did—following the "Billy Graham rule"—and now he’s suing his employer for firing him.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
One HVAC tech did—following the "Billy Graham rule"—and now he’s suing his employer for firing him.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...
Christian HVAC tech fired after invoking the "Billy Graham Rule" sues employer
Paul Ostapa’s beliefs reveal how faith-based sexism still poisons modern workplaces
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is actual gender-based discrimination, privileging one man’s fragile “virtue” above a woman’s right to work.
In this toxic mindset, women are seen as “temptations,” not equals, in a world where “professionalism is impossible and where men’s paranoia dictates women’s access to opportunity.”
In this toxic mindset, women are seen as “temptations,” not equals, in a world where “professionalism is impossible and where men’s paranoia dictates women’s access to opportunity.”
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Everything @friendlyatheist.com says here is right.
But one thing to add: THE VICE PRESIDENT FOLLOWING AND INTERACTING WITH A BUNCH OF LITERAL NEO-NAZIS IS A BIGGER DEAL THAN A STATE SENATOR FOLLOWING MODELS ON INSTAGRAM
But one thing to add: THE VICE PRESIDENT FOLLOWING AND INTERACTING WITH A BUNCH OF LITERAL NEO-NAZIS IS A BIGGER DEAL THAN A STATE SENATOR FOLLOWING MODELS ON INSTAGRAM
Axios tried to shame Christian U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico—and ended up exposing itself
The so-called scandal over who a progressive Christian follows on Instagram says more about lazy journalism than it does about faith or politics
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Hey #Arizona! Looking for #actions to take and #events to attend this week? Secular AZ has you covered!
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November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Hey #Arizona! Looking for #actions to take and #events to attend this week? Secular AZ has you covered!
secularaz.salsalabs.org/november-10-...
secularaz.salsalabs.org/november-10-...
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#SCOTUS Reminder: Americans support marriage equality by 2:1 margin today (65% favor, 31% oppose). Support illustrates asymmetric polarization:
Dem: 83%
Ind: 70%
Rep: 47%
Only 2 religious groups (wh evangelical, Latino Protestant) show majority opposition.
via @prri.org 2025 American Values Survey
Dem: 83%
Ind: 70%
Rep: 47%
Only 2 religious groups (wh evangelical, Latino Protestant) show majority opposition.
via @prri.org 2025 American Values Survey
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday: ONLY shop & dine at local & small businesses. No large corporations. Keep those struggling small businesses afloat with your dollars during this critical time!
#AZBoycotts #ShopLocal #LocalFirst
#AZBoycotts #ShopLocal #LocalFirst
This holiday season, we’re saying it loud and clear: We Ain’t Buying It.
For too long, corporations have profited off of us. From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we’re taking action with our wallets to demand accountability.
Visit weaintbuyingit.com for more information. #weaintbuyingit
For too long, corporations have profited off of us. From Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, we’re taking action with our wallets to demand accountability.
Visit weaintbuyingit.com for more information. #weaintbuyingit
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday: ONLY shop & dine at local & small businesses. No large corporations. Keep those struggling small businesses afloat with your dollars during this critical time!
#AZBoycotts #ShopLocal #LocalFirst
#AZBoycotts #ShopLocal #LocalFirst