Ernestine
@decency.bsky.social
Interests include human and civil rights, social justice, technology and music. Still hopeful for humanity and the planet. Not a mind reader.
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Call to Action: DC Protest, July 4th. If you are in the DC area we ask for all hands on deck.
Gather at 2 PM at Logan Circle, culminating in a march to the White House. #3E #RefuseFascism #NoKings
Gather at 2 PM at Logan Circle, culminating in a march to the White House. #3E #RefuseFascism #NoKings
July 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Call to Action: DC Protest, July 4th. If you are in the DC area we ask for all hands on deck.
Gather at 2 PM at Logan Circle, culminating in a march to the White House. #3E #RefuseFascism #NoKings
Gather at 2 PM at Logan Circle, culminating in a march to the White House. #3E #RefuseFascism #NoKings
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HHS apparently declined to comment.
This article is from NPR, which is also being defunded-- if you valued this news, consider giving them a click and/or a donation at the bottom of the article, even if all the info you needed was in my summary.
It's tough out there these days, folks.
This article is from NPR, which is also being defunded-- if you valued this news, consider giving them a click and/or a donation at the bottom of the article, even if all the info you needed was in my summary.
It's tough out there these days, folks.
June 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
HHS apparently declined to comment.
This article is from NPR, which is also being defunded-- if you valued this news, consider giving them a click and/or a donation at the bottom of the article, even if all the info you needed was in my summary.
It's tough out there these days, folks.
This article is from NPR, which is also being defunded-- if you valued this news, consider giving them a click and/or a donation at the bottom of the article, even if all the info you needed was in my summary.
It's tough out there these days, folks.
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Imagine being so fragile that inclusion feels like a threat, but authoritarianism—just another Sunday.
June 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Imagine being so fragile that inclusion feels like a threat, but authoritarianism—just another Sunday.
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Politically active and powerful women are the greatest threat to guys like this and the power they wield.
I say we need more women in power. Guys like this think they are the only reason anything exists. Their willful ignorance is pathetic and outdated.
I say we need more women in power. Guys like this think they are the only reason anything exists. Their willful ignorance is pathetic and outdated.
June 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Politically active and powerful women are the greatest threat to guys like this and the power they wield.
I say we need more women in power. Guys like this think they are the only reason anything exists. Their willful ignorance is pathetic and outdated.
I say we need more women in power. Guys like this think they are the only reason anything exists. Their willful ignorance is pathetic and outdated.
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This isn’t over—we can still stop the GOP bill. I’m staying in the fight for every baby who shouldn’t go hungry. Every senior who shouldn’t get kicked out of a nursing home. Every American who shouldn’t lose their health care.
Now is the time to call your senators.
Now is the time to call your senators.
Look Up Your Senators' Numbers
Call your senators today and demand that they vote NO on this bill.
ewar.ren
June 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This isn’t over—we can still stop the GOP bill. I’m staying in the fight for every baby who shouldn’t go hungry. Every senior who shouldn’t get kicked out of a nursing home. Every American who shouldn’t lose their health care.
Now is the time to call your senators.
Now is the time to call your senators.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson predicts that executive power in the United States will become completely uncontainable that our constitutional republic will cease to exist.
I couldn’t agree more with her. Fuck you to everyone who voted for the US version of North Korea.
I couldn’t agree more with her. Fuck you to everyone who voted for the US version of North Korea.
June 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson predicts that executive power in the United States will become completely uncontainable that our constitutional republic will cease to exist.
I couldn’t agree more with her. Fuck you to everyone who voted for the US version of North Korea.
I couldn’t agree more with her. Fuck you to everyone who voted for the US version of North Korea.
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Millions of people gathered on Sunday for the New York City Pride March, the largest of its kind in the U.S. Attendees said that filling the streets was now more important than ever as the rights of LGBTQ people come under increasing attack.
New York City Pride March Arrives Amid Growing National Backlash
www.nytimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Millions of people gathered on Sunday for the New York City Pride March, the largest of its kind in the U.S. Attendees said that filling the streets was now more important than ever as the rights of LGBTQ people come under increasing attack.
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💰 WATCH: “How is that happening?” 🤷🏼♂️
@aoc.bsky.social informs a confused RFK Jr. that his own HHS is stuffing the pockets of insurance companies by doubling the rates taxpayers pay them even as they defraud us. 🤔
@aoc.bsky.social informs a confused RFK Jr. that his own HHS is stuffing the pockets of insurance companies by doubling the rates taxpayers pay them even as they defraud us. 🤔
June 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
💰 WATCH: “How is that happening?” 🤷🏼♂️
@aoc.bsky.social informs a confused RFK Jr. that his own HHS is stuffing the pockets of insurance companies by doubling the rates taxpayers pay them even as they defraud us. 🤔
@aoc.bsky.social informs a confused RFK Jr. that his own HHS is stuffing the pockets of insurance companies by doubling the rates taxpayers pay them even as they defraud us. 🤔
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If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge.
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
Why Are Federal Agents Wearing Masks? It’s a Threat to American Democracy
Masked Federal Agents Are Undermining Trust—and Democracy
adamkinzinger.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge.
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden.
This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy.
It’s not America.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...
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A CONTROVERSIAL “APPEAL to Heaven” flag that has recently become associated with the “Stop the Steal” movement and Christian nationalism was flown above the Small Business Administration (SBA) agency last week in Washington, DC.
Things continue to go great.
(Killer scoop from @telliotter.bsky.social @leahfeiger.bsky.social for @wired.com)
www.wired.com/story/far-ri...
(Killer scoop from @telliotter.bsky.social @leahfeiger.bsky.social for @wired.com)
www.wired.com/story/far-ri...
Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Seen at Jan. 6 Riot Flown Above Government Agency in DC
The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.
www.wired.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
A CONTROVERSIAL “APPEAL to Heaven” flag that has recently become associated with the “Stop the Steal” movement and Christian nationalism was flown above the Small Business Administration (SBA) agency last week in Washington, DC.
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It is kinda funny to me when the segregationists are like 'you need to be focusing on BUSINESS not diversity' and a company responds 'we've actually found that diversity is good for business 🤷🏾♀️' and then the segregationists are like wait no
💥 NEWS: McDonald's shareholders voted Tues. to reject an anti-DEI proposal, 99-1 percent. McDonald's Board said the proposal "unduly interferes" with the company's "flexibility and judgment." MCD: "Our success in the future builds on our history of embracing diversity as a competitive advantage."
May 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
It is kinda funny to me when the segregationists are like 'you need to be focusing on BUSINESS not diversity' and a company responds 'we've actually found that diversity is good for business 🤷🏾♀️' and then the segregationists are like wait no
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Read it and shiver.
I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
May 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Read it and shiver.
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A convicted criminal who has had endless trials wants to make it so he can imprison or kill anyone he wants without a trial.
May 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A convicted criminal who has had endless trials wants to make it so he can imprison or kill anyone he wants without a trial.
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having just spent two months researching & writing on this exact topic, i agree! it seems relatively under explored in both academic and journalistic writing but there’s a deep well there. i devoted 7 straight episodes of my show to it & could easily do a dozen more.
based on some reading i'm doing at the moment, there is a book to be written — if it already hasn't been — on defense of apartheid south africa as the great international cause of the american right
May 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
having just spent two months researching & writing on this exact topic, i agree! it seems relatively under explored in both academic and journalistic writing but there’s a deep well there. i devoted 7 straight episodes of my show to it & could easily do a dozen more.
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The lead of a local Active Club was previously identified as Ryan Drago, a former NSM nazi who was in prison for murdering a Latino teenager in 2006. Drago and his neo-Nazi gang have clear ties to Patriot Front and have marched alongside and organized events with PF repeatedly.
NEW, from me: I found Patriot Front trying to boost recruitment by secretly controlling a large part of the active clubs network according to audio messages and a leaked document I reviewed.
www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
www.splcenter.org/resources/ha...
Patriot Front is hidden hand behind dozen active clubs
The white nationalist hate group is trying to boost recruitment by secretly controlling a large swath of the active clubs network.
www.splcenter.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The lead of a local Active Club was previously identified as Ryan Drago, a former NSM nazi who was in prison for murdering a Latino teenager in 2006. Drago and his neo-Nazi gang have clear ties to Patriot Front and have marched alongside and organized events with PF repeatedly.
Yes, this REALLY happens.
May 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Yes, this REALLY happens.
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Want to understand how we got a celebrity president and a cabinet filled with cable news jockeys?
I highly recommend: “The American Mirage: How Reality TV Upholds the Myth of Meritocracy” by @eunjikim.bsky.social
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
I highly recommend: “The American Mirage: How Reality TV Upholds the Myth of Meritocracy” by @eunjikim.bsky.social
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
May 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Want to understand how we got a celebrity president and a cabinet filled with cable news jockeys?
I highly recommend: “The American Mirage: How Reality TV Upholds the Myth of Meritocracy” by @eunjikim.bsky.social
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
I highly recommend: “The American Mirage: How Reality TV Upholds the Myth of Meritocracy” by @eunjikim.bsky.social
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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One key aspect of the immigration crackdown is that it’s seemingly based on lies. There wasn’t a “migrant crime wave,” Biden didn’t allow 20M undocumented into the country, etc. But has anybody published an accurate assessment of immigration under Biden?
I found this:
www.cato.org/commentary/b...
I found this:
www.cato.org/commentary/b...
Biden's Plan to End the Border Crisis Is Already Working
The border is still a mess, but the president’s recent immigration actions have already produced meaningful results.
www.cato.org
May 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
One key aspect of the immigration crackdown is that it’s seemingly based on lies. There wasn’t a “migrant crime wave,” Biden didn’t allow 20M undocumented into the country, etc. But has anybody published an accurate assessment of immigration under Biden?
I found this:
www.cato.org/commentary/b...
I found this:
www.cato.org/commentary/b...
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I feel this video should be shared...
Laws w/ women's reproductive freedom & bodily autonomy are F***ed up 🤬
♀️💙🗽
#WomensRights #AbortionRights #ReproductiveFreedom #BodilyAutonomy
Laws w/ women's reproductive freedom & bodily autonomy are F***ed up 🤬
♀️💙🗽
#WomensRights #AbortionRights #ReproductiveFreedom #BodilyAutonomy
May 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I feel this video should be shared...
Laws w/ women's reproductive freedom & bodily autonomy are F***ed up 🤬
♀️💙🗽
#WomensRights #AbortionRights #ReproductiveFreedom #BodilyAutonomy
Laws w/ women's reproductive freedom & bodily autonomy are F***ed up 🤬
♀️💙🗽
#WomensRights #AbortionRights #ReproductiveFreedom #BodilyAutonomy
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Scoop from @juliannemcshane.bsky.social: Elon Musk's DOGE has abruptly killed millions of dollars in congressionally mandated grants to support women in trades and STEM.
DOGE killed dozens of grants that supported women workers
Advocates say the cancellations, which Mother Jones is first to report, will lock women out of construction and manufacturing jobs—and may violate the law.
www.motherjones.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Scoop from @juliannemcshane.bsky.social: Elon Musk's DOGE has abruptly killed millions of dollars in congressionally mandated grants to support women in trades and STEM.
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Exclusive: Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show. By @propublica.org's @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executiv...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Exclusive: Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show. By @propublica.org's @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...