Pamela Merritt
@sharkfu.bsky.social
Executive Director of Medical Students for Choice + Guttmacher Institute Board + Honorary Chair Reproaction Advisory Council + Our Bodies Ourselves Leadership Council | views = all mine
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Pamela Merritt
@sharkfu.bsky.social
· Nov 25
a woman stands on a stage in front of a large feminist sign
ALT: a woman stands on a stage in front of a large feminist sign
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I’m not trying to be mean, but I’m also not interested in being nice. This isn’t a game. Access to abortion is life or death for many Black women.
Our lives are worth all the bruised egos, ruffled feathers, and hurt feelings in the world.
We deserve reproductive justice.
Our lives are worth all the bruised egos, ruffled feathers, and hurt feelings in the world.
We deserve reproductive justice.
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We are at the point in the honoring-Charlie-Kirk's-memory cycle when faculty are being fired for posting, without comment, Charlie Kirk's words. At the behest of politicians sworn to uphold the first amendment, and in public institutions covered by first amendment protections.
September 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We are at the point in the honoring-Charlie-Kirk's-memory cycle when faculty are being fired for posting, without comment, Charlie Kirk's words. At the behest of politicians sworn to uphold the first amendment, and in public institutions covered by first amendment protections.
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Willian Gimenez was abducted by ICE yesterday in Chicago. He had been part of a lawsuit against off-duty police and Home Depot employees for abusing day laborers. Latino Union says he was targeted for advocating for his rights as a worker. @bloomekatz.bsky.social and I report.
ICE Abducts Man Suing Off-Duty Police for Abusing Day Laborers
“The Department of Homeland Security has become the department of state terror,” said Rep. Delia Ramirez.
inthesetimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Willian Gimenez was abducted by ICE yesterday in Chicago. He had been part of a lawsuit against off-duty police and Home Depot employees for abusing day laborers. Latino Union says he was targeted for advocating for his rights as a worker. @bloomekatz.bsky.social and I report.
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You do not in fact have to praise the guy who said homeless people should be murdered with lethal injections and then apologized four days later to save his job. Let's get a grip here.
Brian Kilmeade deserves praise for his apology.
Brian Kilmeade apologized for his comments about homeless people getting lethal injections this morning on Fox & Friends, saying "so many homeless people deserve our empathy and compassion."
Here's the clip of his apology 👇
Here's the clip of his apology 👇
September 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
You do not in fact have to praise the guy who said homeless people should be murdered with lethal injections and then apologized four days later to save his job. Let's get a grip here.
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People need to recognize when they’re being g threatened with violence.
It is mind blowing to hear Democratic politicians talking about the president sending the military into American cities as a “distraction.” Actually you are all now one degree away from being violently removed from power. The fact that this may not happen does not erase the fact that it may happen.
August 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
People need to recognize when they’re being g threatened with violence.
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Texas, I am rooting for y'all. The one thing all progressives down here know how to do is fucking fight. 💓 (this thread is full of actions happening up & down)
Video tweeted by News 4 San Antonio at 10:27 pm(EDT). One hour ago.
It shows the doors of the House chamber and pans over to a crowd clapping rhythmically and chanting:
Let Her Out! Let Her Out! Let Her Out!
source: x.com/News4SA/stat...
It shows the doors of the House chamber and pans over to a crowd clapping rhythmically and chanting:
Let Her Out! Let Her Out! Let Her Out!
source: x.com/News4SA/stat...
August 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Texas, I am rooting for y'all. The one thing all progressives down here know how to do is fucking fight. 💓 (this thread is full of actions happening up & down)
The US is a lawless dystopian failed state where sadists hold power and Black women in elected office face jail for refusing to honor unlawful orders.
If you don’t live here, do not come here.
If you don’t live here, do not come here.
BREAKING | Fort Worth Rep. Nicole Collier will remain in the Texas House chamber after refusing a DPS escort. Here's why she could be arrested if she leaves.
Fort Worth Rep. Nicole Collier remains on House floor after refusing escort: 'I refuse to sign away my dignity.'
State Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, has been an outspoken critic of the redistricting maps, which she argues dilute minority voting power.
www.wfaa.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The US is a lawless dystopian failed state where sadists hold power and Black women in elected office face jail for refusing to honor unlawful orders.
If you don’t live here, do not come here.
If you don’t live here, do not come here.
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BREAKING | Fort Worth Rep. Nicole Collier will remain in the Texas House chamber after refusing a DPS escort. Here's why she could be arrested if she leaves.
Fort Worth Rep. Nicole Collier remains on House floor after refusing escort: 'I refuse to sign away my dignity.'
State Rep. Nicole Collier, D-Fort Worth, has been an outspoken critic of the redistricting maps, which she argues dilute minority voting power.
www.wfaa.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
BREAKING | Fort Worth Rep. Nicole Collier will remain in the Texas House chamber after refusing a DPS escort. Here's why she could be arrested if she leaves.
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August 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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just rewatched The Last Boy Scout, a movie i cannot analyze objectively because i have loved it since childhood. But goddamn Ebert's review of it is both hard as fuck and prescient.
August 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
just rewatched The Last Boy Scout, a movie i cannot analyze objectively because i have loved it since childhood. But goddamn Ebert's review of it is both hard as fuck and prescient.
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Maybe some of us remember what happened the last time law enforcement got mad at a sex worker Trump was mad at
Columbus vice cops did so much harassment and illegal setups, entrapments, abuse and wrongful arrests when Stormy Daniels came to town that they got disbanded
Columbus vice cops did so much harassment and illegal setups, entrapments, abuse and wrongful arrests when Stormy Daniels came to town that they got disbanded
August 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Maybe some of us remember what happened the last time law enforcement got mad at a sex worker Trump was mad at
Columbus vice cops did so much harassment and illegal setups, entrapments, abuse and wrongful arrests when Stormy Daniels came to town that they got disbanded
Columbus vice cops did so much harassment and illegal setups, entrapments, abuse and wrongful arrests when Stormy Daniels came to town that they got disbanded
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The fact he seems to legitimately believe in the anti-Christ while also investing in companies and policies that would actually make his fears manifest is a modern day paradox.
August 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The fact he seems to legitimately believe in the anti-Christ while also investing in companies and policies that would actually make his fears manifest is a modern day paradox.
I hate tagging the wrong person. 🫣 Reposting to @stltoday.com
1. StL has never had a BLM chapter.
2. BLM isn’t FEMA for Black neighborhoods.
3. Multiple Black queer led StL orgs were on the ground on day one.
4. Some racist hot takes are best left at the Buffalo Wild Wings in JeffCo.
1. StL has never had a BLM chapter.
2. BLM isn’t FEMA for Black neighborhoods.
3. Multiple Black queer led StL orgs were on the ground on day one.
4. Some racist hot takes are best left at the Buffalo Wild Wings in JeffCo.
August 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I hate tagging the wrong person. 🫣 Reposting to @stltoday.com
1. StL has never had a BLM chapter.
2. BLM isn’t FEMA for Black neighborhoods.
3. Multiple Black queer led StL orgs were on the ground on day one.
4. Some racist hot takes are best left at the Buffalo Wild Wings in JeffCo.
1. StL has never had a BLM chapter.
2. BLM isn’t FEMA for Black neighborhoods.
3. Multiple Black queer led StL orgs were on the ground on day one.
4. Some racist hot takes are best left at the Buffalo Wild Wings in JeffCo.
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they deserve not a moment of peace in public life tbh
here's clips of Elise Stefanik getting brutally booed at an event today in her district
August 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
they deserve not a moment of peace in public life tbh
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I am shocked SHOCKED to find Nazis in the DHS.
The Independent has identified Eric Lendrum as the DHS PR officer responsible for a relentless flood of social media posts on DHS pages using Nazis memes, slogans and images. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
DHS speechwriter linked to hateful social accounts
‘They are not migrants. They are not ‘undocumented.’ They are an invading army. The largest invasion in American history,’ DHS speechwriter writes on X
www.independent.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I am shocked SHOCKED to find Nazis in the DHS.
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A Black women, elected by her constituents is literally being held hostage for refusing to be policed by an opponents. Let that sink in. @angelarye.bsky.social interview with Rep Collier: m.youtube.com/watch?v=hFrD...
August 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A Black women, elected by her constituents is literally being held hostage for refusing to be policed by an opponents. Let that sink in. @angelarye.bsky.social interview with Rep Collier: m.youtube.com/watch?v=hFrD...
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‼️ Austin, Texas ‼️
August 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
‼️ Austin, Texas ‼️
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If you think Gavin Newsom is fighting fascism because his comms people post, but the encampment protesters last year were out of line, or Black Lives Matter protesters went too far, or anti-ICE protesters were wrong because they flew Mexican flags, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT FIGHTING FASCISM LOOKS LIKE.
August 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
If you think Gavin Newsom is fighting fascism because his comms people post, but the encampment protesters last year were out of line, or Black Lives Matter protesters went too far, or anti-ICE protesters were wrong because they flew Mexican flags, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT FIGHTING FASCISM LOOKS LIKE.
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BIG BEAUTIFUL POD DROP 🚨 The Bigoted BS Bill is a Backdoor National Abortion Ban
❗ FBK favorite @Sharkfu.bsky.social of @MSFChoice.bsky.social drops by to explain exactly how the abominable bill will make it impossible for people who don’t own yachts to become doctors.
❗ FBK favorite @Sharkfu.bsky.social of @MSFChoice.bsky.social drops by to explain exactly how the abominable bill will make it impossible for people who don’t own yachts to become doctors.
July 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
BIG BEAUTIFUL POD DROP 🚨 The Bigoted BS Bill is a Backdoor National Abortion Ban
❗ FBK favorite @Sharkfu.bsky.social of @MSFChoice.bsky.social drops by to explain exactly how the abominable bill will make it impossible for people who don’t own yachts to become doctors.
❗ FBK favorite @Sharkfu.bsky.social of @MSFChoice.bsky.social drops by to explain exactly how the abominable bill will make it impossible for people who don’t own yachts to become doctors.
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New #FeministBuzzkills with @lizzwinstead.bsky.social & @mojilocks.bsky.social @abortionfront.bsky.social #MSWMedia 💄
Guests: @sharkfu.bsky.social of @msfchoice.bsky.social & @neginfarsad.bsky.social
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Guests: @sharkfu.bsky.social of @msfchoice.bsky.social & @neginfarsad.bsky.social
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
July 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I have nothing inspirational to offer. This is horrific and will devastate healthcare systems across the country.
The rich get rich, and the poor get poorer.
May God have mercy.
The rich get rich, and the poor get poorer.
May God have mercy.
July 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I have nothing inspirational to offer. This is horrific and will devastate healthcare systems across the country.
The rich get rich, and the poor get poorer.
May God have mercy.
The rich get rich, and the poor get poorer.
May God have mercy.
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The Capitol Rioters have had quite a lot to say since they received pardons from Donald Trump — most have no regrets, believe conspiracy theories, and remain loyal to Trump and the MAGA movement.
I'm documenting their statements, activities, and networks at Pardon Tracker. Please consider donating:
I'm documenting their statements, activities, and networks at Pardon Tracker. Please consider donating:
Pardon Tracker
Pardon Tracker is an independent investigative journalism and data visualization project, documenting the statements, activities, and networks of the individuals that received pardons charges related ...
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July 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Capitol Rioters have had quite a lot to say since they received pardons from Donald Trump — most have no regrets, believe conspiracy theories, and remain loyal to Trump and the MAGA movement.
I'm documenting their statements, activities, and networks at Pardon Tracker. Please consider donating:
I'm documenting their statements, activities, and networks at Pardon Tracker. Please consider donating:
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After Texas made performing abortions a felony, miscarriage became more dangerous. The number of blood transfusions in ED visits for first-trimester pregnancy loss shot up by 54%. My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
July 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
After Texas made performing abortions a felony, miscarriage became more dangerous. The number of blood transfusions in ED visits for first-trimester pregnancy loss shot up by 54%. My latest:
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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Yes, rural Trump voters will now have to drive three states to get to a hospital but think of all the slurs they can say freely on that road trip now.
July 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Yes, rural Trump voters will now have to drive three states to get to a hospital but think of all the slurs they can say freely on that road trip now.