Aurora Dawn
@dawnhenry.bsky.social
LGBTQI+ mom and ally. she/her. writer/editor. traveller. researcher. dog-mom.
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Trump’s complaint about ‘too many non-working holidays’ is part of a nasty history.
Not only does Juneteenth deserve celebration — there are many more reasons for Americans to have many more days off.
Not only does Juneteenth deserve celebration — there are many more reasons for Americans to have many more days off.
Trump’s complaint about ‘too many non-working holidays’ is part of a nasty history
Not only does Juneteenth deserve celebration, there are many more reasons for Americans to have many more days off.
www.msnbc.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Trump’s complaint about ‘too many non-working holidays’ is part of a nasty history.
Not only does Juneteenth deserve celebration — there are many more reasons for Americans to have many more days off.
Not only does Juneteenth deserve celebration — there are many more reasons for Americans to have many more days off.
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It’s so on brand Trump Republicans claim CA is under siege WHILE the RNC hosts its Summer Retreat…IN L.A. 🤣 Rumored to be at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons Hotel. It’s all so ridiculous. L.A…Safe enough for the RNC but not Angelenos 🤣🤷♀️ At least it’s not at a landscaping company this time
June 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
It’s so on brand Trump Republicans claim CA is under siege WHILE the RNC hosts its Summer Retreat…IN L.A. 🤣 Rumored to be at the Beverly Hills Four Seasons Hotel. It’s all so ridiculous. L.A…Safe enough for the RNC but not Angelenos 🤣🤷♀️ At least it’s not at a landscaping company this time
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Trump is like a kid insisting he should win the science fair for not microwaving the hamster.
June 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Trump is like a kid insisting he should win the science fair for not microwaving the hamster.
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I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.
It's mind-blowing how little attention this extraordinary statement has received. It's briefly mentioned in a couple news articles, but this MSNBC opinion piece is the only extended discussion of it I've seen: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
June 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I know there's a lot going on, but the Secretary of Homeland Security declaring that federal troops are in California and Los Angeles to "liberate" the state and city from its duly-elected leaders really is a fourteen-alarm fire.
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assassinations, handcuffing a senator at press conference, marines detaining a civilian, and a military parade for the president’s birthday. rough week for democracy.
Governor Waltz has now confirmed that Hortman and her husband were killed in the attack.
June 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
assassinations, handcuffing a senator at press conference, marines detaining a civilian, and a military parade for the president’s birthday. rough week for democracy.
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This is your ongoing reminder that anti-migrant (“illegals”) and anti-trans politics (“gender ideology”) are current anchors of several authoritarian governments. People who tolerate, even selectively, such politics are facilitating the rise of fascism. This is why solidarity is key to oppose this.
April 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This is your ongoing reminder that anti-migrant (“illegals”) and anti-trans politics (“gender ideology”) are current anchors of several authoritarian governments. People who tolerate, even selectively, such politics are facilitating the rise of fascism. This is why solidarity is key to oppose this.
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The Department of Homeland Security is NOT making our country safer.
They're ignoring immigration laws.
They're handcuffing moms, zip tying children and disappearing them without hearings or due process.
They're weaponizing DHS to purge people from the population.
They're hiding their faces.⬇️
They're ignoring immigration laws.
They're handcuffing moms, zip tying children and disappearing them without hearings or due process.
They're weaponizing DHS to purge people from the population.
They're hiding their faces.⬇️
June 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The Department of Homeland Security is NOT making our country safer.
They're ignoring immigration laws.
They're handcuffing moms, zip tying children and disappearing them without hearings or due process.
They're weaponizing DHS to purge people from the population.
They're hiding their faces.⬇️
They're ignoring immigration laws.
They're handcuffing moms, zip tying children and disappearing them without hearings or due process.
They're weaponizing DHS to purge people from the population.
They're hiding their faces.⬇️
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“Most of that grant money is appropriated by Congress for the National Institutes of Health to disburse to fund biomedical research after a lengthy application process by individual scientists, work that is not typically done at trade schools…”
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump considers redirecting $3 billion in Harvard grants to US trade schools
President Donald Trump said he is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money for scientific and engineering research away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools.
www.reuters.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“Most of that grant money is appropriated by Congress for the National Institutes of Health to disburse to fund biomedical research after a lengthy application process by individual scientists, work that is not typically done at trade schools…”
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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top adviser to director of national intelligence ordered a senior analyst to redo an assessment of the relationship between Venezuela’s government & a gang after intelligence findings undercut the White House’s justification for deporting migrants www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...
Trump Appointee Pressed Analyst to Redo Intelligence on Venezuelan Gang
www.nytimes.com
May 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
top adviser to director of national intelligence ordered a senior analyst to redo an assessment of the relationship between Venezuela’s government & a gang after intelligence findings undercut the White House’s justification for deporting migrants www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...
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BREAKING: We just won on behalf of domestic violence and sexual assault survivors.
A judge ruled that the Trump administration wrongly retaliated against the American Bar Association by canceling their grants to train lawyers who work with survivors.
A judge ruled that the Trump administration wrongly retaliated against the American Bar Association by canceling their grants to train lawyers who work with survivors.
The Justice Department canceled grants used to train lawyers who work with survivors of domestic violence & sexual assault. So we're suing on behalf of the American Bar Association.
This blatant act of retaliation against @americanbar.org is unconstitutional & we will hold DOJ accountable in court.
This blatant act of retaliation against @americanbar.org is unconstitutional & we will hold DOJ accountable in court.
May 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
BREAKING: We just won on behalf of domestic violence and sexual assault survivors.
A judge ruled that the Trump administration wrongly retaliated against the American Bar Association by canceling their grants to train lawyers who work with survivors.
A judge ruled that the Trump administration wrongly retaliated against the American Bar Association by canceling their grants to train lawyers who work with survivors.
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Wait til they hear about some of the stuff Jesus said
May 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Wait til they hear about some of the stuff Jesus said
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CBP quietly revoked protections for at-risk people in custody—including pregnant women, infants, the elderly, and those with serious medical conditions—calling them “misaligned” with enforcement priorities. The rules required basics like diapers, formula, and water.
www.wired.com/story/cbp-re...
www.wired.com/story/cbp-re...
US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants
CBP's acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency's custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly.
www.wired.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
CBP quietly revoked protections for at-risk people in custody—including pregnant women, infants, the elderly, and those with serious medical conditions—calling them “misaligned” with enforcement priorities. The rules required basics like diapers, formula, and water.
www.wired.com/story/cbp-re...
www.wired.com/story/cbp-re...
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Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb.)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb.)
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and…
www.propublica.org
May 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb.)
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb.)
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is “decommissioning” a Department of Justice office that been at the center of dismantling transnational organized crime networks, drug cartels and human trafficking rings.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Team Set to Dissolve Reagan-Era Transnational Crime Unit
Task forces that specialize in fighting organized crime, drug cartels and human traffickers were told to shut down by Sept. 30, according to documents and people familiar with the matter
www.bloomberg.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration is “decommissioning” a Department of Justice office that been at the center of dismantling transnational organized crime networks, drug cartels and human trafficking rings.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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A reminder that debating Stephen Miller — who is not a lawyer and is not making legal arguments, he is spouting propaganda — is a win for him.
May 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A reminder that debating Stephen Miller — who is not a lawyer and is not making legal arguments, he is spouting propaganda — is a win for him.
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Germany: Never again.
USA: How about now?
USA: How about now?
May 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Germany: Never again.
USA: How about now?
USA: How about now?
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Trump’s DOJ has revoked funding for nearly 400 nonprofits, including organizations that:
-Advocate for non-English speaking crime victims
-Support victims of child abuse, hate crimes, and human trafficking
-Work to reduce school shootings
Devastating.
-Advocate for non-English speaking crime victims
-Support victims of child abuse, hate crimes, and human trafficking
-Work to reduce school shootings
Devastating.
Justice Department halts funds for programs for victims of hate crimes, child abuse, school violence and more
At least two of the 365 grants have since been restored. Nonprofits call it a "devastating blow."
www.cbsnews.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump’s DOJ has revoked funding for nearly 400 nonprofits, including organizations that:
-Advocate for non-English speaking crime victims
-Support victims of child abuse, hate crimes, and human trafficking
-Work to reduce school shootings
Devastating.
-Advocate for non-English speaking crime victims
-Support victims of child abuse, hate crimes, and human trafficking
-Work to reduce school shootings
Devastating.
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
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I have really good news to announce to everyone.
Because of our reporting and many readers contacting Planned Parenthood of Arizona, the organization will NOT over comply with Trump, and is restarting its trans adult care.
Good work everyone.
Because of our reporting and many readers contacting Planned Parenthood of Arizona, the organization will NOT over comply with Trump, and is restarting its trans adult care.
Good work everyone.
April 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I have really good news to announce to everyone.
Because of our reporting and many readers contacting Planned Parenthood of Arizona, the organization will NOT over comply with Trump, and is restarting its trans adult care.
Good work everyone.
Because of our reporting and many readers contacting Planned Parenthood of Arizona, the organization will NOT over comply with Trump, and is restarting its trans adult care.
Good work everyone.
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Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
April 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Quite literally whitewashing the purpose of the Underground Railroad www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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Reminder:
All
People
Had
To
Do
Was
Fill
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Little
Oval
Next
To
The
Smart
Black
Lady’s
Name.
All
People
Had
To
Do
Was
Fill
In
A
Little
Oval
Next
To
The
Smart
Black
Lady’s
Name.
April 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Reminder:
All
People
Had
To
Do
Was
Fill
In
A
Little
Oval
Next
To
The
Smart
Black
Lady’s
Name.
All
People
Had
To
Do
Was
Fill
In
A
Little
Oval
Next
To
The
Smart
Black
Lady’s
Name.
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All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.
April 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.
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when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for
April 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
when people say "this isn't what I voted for" they should be forced to list what they DID vote for
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Where is our humanity?
April 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Where is our humanity?