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AM Rehagen
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Designer/artist/writer living in KCMO. Queer/bi w/a trans partner & lefty politics. I'm not on here very often.
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Against Hopepunk — Locust Review
Salvagepunk and hopepunk share an antipathy for many of the so-called “realisms” that have come to dominate our culture.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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kcur.org
“I want to be able to see democracy live after my entire life and not be threatened by some person," said Myka Lawson, who brought her 15-year-old daughter to her first protest on Saturday. "I want to see my kids be able to do this kind of thing.” https://loom.ly/Q8oGvhI
Thousands gather in Kansas City area for 'No Kings' protest against the Trump Administration
People gathered by the hundreds in cities across the U.S. on Saturday as part of a nationwide day of protest to coincide with a military parade in Washington celebrating 250 years of the United States Army. Kansas City and other cities in the area saw thousands take to the streets.
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June 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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We've created a tracker that covers all executive orders affecting LGBTQ folks along with federal and state legislation.

We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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A screenshot of a multi‐column table listing several U.S. presidential Executive Orders relating to LGBTQ+ rights and antidiscrimination policies. Each row has columns for “Origin” (POTUS), “Number/Identifier” (e.g., EO 13988), “Title” (such as Preventing and Combating Discrimination…), “Action Type” (e.g., Broad Nondiscrimination, Military Nondiscrimination), “Summary” (key points of each order), and “Date Signed.” The listed orders span from early 2021 through early 2025, covering topics like preventing discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation, banning conversion therapy, rescinding prior harmful EOs, and restricting or expanding DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives. A spreadsheet at the top shows columns tracking anti‐LGBTQ bills by status and year: total bills (334), 2025 bills (327), 2024 rollovers (7), how many passed committees (3), passed one chamber (5), passed both chambers (0), enacted (1), vetoed (0), failed (3), and carried forward (0). Below that, another header row lists different types of anti‐LGBTQ legislation (e.g., gender‐affirming care bans, pronoun bans, “Don’t Say Gay,” drag bans, bathroom bans) with the total count of each category (e.g., 55 for gender‐affirming care bans, 20 for pronoun bans, 14 for “Don’t Say Gay,” etc.). A color‐coded U.S. map spans the lower half, with states shaded from light orange to deep red according to how many anti‐LGBTQ bills they contain. Texas appears in the darkest red (46 bills), with lighter shades indicating fewer bills in other states. A note at the bottom right explains that the map shows total tracked bills per state, which does not necessarily reflect each bill’s likelihood of passage.
January 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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jamellebouie.net
i think this should be factored into how states, counties, localities and hospitals respond to these executive orders. "we will investigate you if you teach DEI." okay, with what agents, specifically? with what state capacity?
qjurecic.bsky.social Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · Feb 1
NYT reported that the number of potentially affected agents is as high as 6k. The bureau has about 13.7k agents total
joshtpm.bsky.social Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · Jan 31
What a hideous headline. Folks calling the shots here are just corrupt banana republic trash.
February 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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margaret.bsky.social
if you, for whatever reason, decided to start some basic home preparedness today, and can only get to a few stores, here's what I'd tell you to get:

-walkie talkies for everyone in your family
-little portable power packs, one per phone
-a print road atlas
[...]
February 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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margaret.bsky.social
i work with @tangledwilderness.bsky.social and we publish a zine every month. We pay authors ($200 or so) for 2-5k word essays and stories, and we welcome reprints. If you've got a short story you've already been paid for and want to get paid again, submit it.
www.tangledwilderness.org/submissions
Submissions — Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness
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January 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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kcur.org
A group of 50 Kansas City activists and other residents braved frigid temperatures to protest the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

The crowd at Ilus W. Davis Park in front of City Hall chanted, “No hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here” and “The people, united, will never be defeated.”
Trump’s inauguration greeted by protest in Kansas City: 'Nothing is inevitable'
Protesters in downtown Kansas City emphasized the importance of coming together to oppose President Donald Trump's policies, which they fear will disproportionately affect vulnerable communities.
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January 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM