Gina birazio
@ginabirazio.bsky.social
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"The Republican Party is the only thing standing between you and tyranny. We’re the ones who can save you from those fearmongering emergency weather alerts, those tyrannical flu shots, and those woke puppets living on Sesame Street."
In Order to Stop the Radical Democrats from Rigging the Election, We Will Be Rigging the Election
“President Trump called in a new interview for the Republican Party to ‘nationalize’ voting in the United States, an aggressive rhetorical step tha...
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February 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM
"The Republican Party is the only thing standing between you and tyranny. We’re the ones who can save you from those fearmongering emergency weather alerts, those tyrannical flu shots, and those woke puppets living on Sesame Street."
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The SAVE act — another GOP effort to convert election lies into policy — would disenfranchise millions of voters. Congress is likely to vote on it this week. Sherrilyn’s article explains the urgency.
And here’s more context from the Bipartisan Policy Center: bipartisanpolicy.org/article/five...
And here’s more context from the Bipartisan Policy Center: bipartisanpolicy.org/article/five...
February 10, 2026 at 1:36 AM
The SAVE act — another GOP effort to convert election lies into policy — would disenfranchise millions of voters. Congress is likely to vote on it this week. Sherrilyn’s article explains the urgency.
And here’s more context from the Bipartisan Policy Center: bipartisanpolicy.org/article/five...
And here’s more context from the Bipartisan Policy Center: bipartisanpolicy.org/article/five...
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Pretty sure hell is just a never ending loop of weight loss ads
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Pretty sure hell is just a never ending loop of weight loss ads
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“This is un-American“ is anti-Indigenous, anti-Black gaslighting and if you find that inconvenient imagine how our colonized and enslaved ancestors felt and grow the fuck up
January 23, 2026 at 4:17 AM
“This is un-American“ is anti-Indigenous, anti-Black gaslighting and if you find that inconvenient imagine how our colonized and enslaved ancestors felt and grow the fuck up
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This dude is intense and correct
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 AM
This dude is intense and correct
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This @mcsweeneys.net piece is 10/10 no notes www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wit...
With America on My Last Fucking Nerve, I, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dissent
You know me as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Over the past three years, I’ve tried changing the system from within. I’ve wri...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This @mcsweeneys.net piece is 10/10 no notes www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wit...
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WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
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Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
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People saying flag burning is "clearly constitutional" have not met this Republican Supreme Court, a court which changes the rules of the game every day so Trump can "win."
If they *want* to make flag burning "un"consitutional, they certianly *can.*
My latest in @thenation.com
If they *want* to make flag burning "un"consitutional, they certianly *can.*
My latest in @thenation.com
Flag Burning Is Constitutional—but the Supreme Court May Burn That Too
Trump’s flag-burning order is totally preposterous—and a total set-up.
www.thenation.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
People saying flag burning is "clearly constitutional" have not met this Republican Supreme Court, a court which changes the rules of the game every day so Trump can "win."
If they *want* to make flag burning "un"consitutional, they certianly *can.*
My latest in @thenation.com
If they *want* to make flag burning "un"consitutional, they certianly *can.*
My latest in @thenation.com
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"Elite impunity is actually one of the biggest problems facing society. It turns people away from a system that fails them, sends them into the arms of demagogues who promise to make it all right." prospect.org/justice/2025...
Jeffrey Epstein Is a Policy Issue
It’s about elite impunity, the defining issue in America for more than two decades.
prospect.org
July 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"Elite impunity is actually one of the biggest problems facing society. It turns people away from a system that fails them, sends them into the arms of demagogues who promise to make it all right." prospect.org/justice/2025...
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It's a high bar, but this from @radleybalko.bsky.social might be one of the most fucked up things I've read in the new Trump era. For context, this TX lawyer had just had an informal conversation with a family caught up in ICE raids.
Seriously. Read this. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
Seriously. Read this. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
April 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It's a high bar, but this from @radleybalko.bsky.social might be one of the most fucked up things I've read in the new Trump era. For context, this TX lawyer had just had an informal conversation with a family caught up in ICE raids.
Seriously. Read this. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
Seriously. Read this. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
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Sometimes it is important to say things very clearly and directly, so I wrote this.
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
Trump Is Sending People To The Camps
“More than a prison, El Salvador’s CECOT has many if not all...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Sometimes it is important to say things very clearly and directly, so I wrote this.
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
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THREAD: The Trump administration's DOJ has removed a study from the NIJ website that found that immigrants, and particularly undocumented immigrants, commit crimes at significantly lower rates than U.S. citizens.
The study is at odds with the Trump regime's propaganda about immigrants & crime. (1)
The study is at odds with the Trump regime's propaganda about immigrants & crime. (1)
April 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
THREAD: The Trump administration's DOJ has removed a study from the NIJ website that found that immigrants, and particularly undocumented immigrants, commit crimes at significantly lower rates than U.S. citizens.
The study is at odds with the Trump regime's propaganda about immigrants & crime. (1)
The study is at odds with the Trump regime's propaganda about immigrants & crime. (1)
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Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
March 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
February 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.
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If you are at an event where someone on stage gives a Hitler salute and that person is not dragged off by security and kicked out, you are at a Nazi rally.
February 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
If you are at an event where someone on stage gives a Hitler salute and that person is not dragged off by security and kicked out, you are at a Nazi rally.
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In less than one month Republicans have acted to ban college athletes from organizing, bring back non-competes and restrictive severance agreements, outlaw public worker collective bargaining, and allow major companies to ignore their unions with no penalty.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/checking-i...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/checking-i...
Checking in on the Party of the Working Class
How are the Republicans helping workers so far?
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
In less than one month Republicans have acted to ban college athletes from organizing, bring back non-competes and restrictive severance agreements, outlaw public worker collective bargaining, and allow major companies to ignore their unions with no penalty.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/checking-i...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/checking-i...
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“If a married woman hasn’t paid $130 to update her passport —assuming she has one, which only about half of Americans do— she may not be able to vote in the next election if the SAVE Act becomes law,” @wendyweiser.bsky.social tells Glamour
The SAVE Act Could Stop Millions of Women From Voting. Here’s What You Need to Know
The bill would make it harder for women, people of color, young voters, and other marginalized groups to register to vote.
www.glamour.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“If a married woman hasn’t paid $130 to update her passport —assuming she has one, which only about half of Americans do— she may not be able to vote in the next election if the SAVE Act becomes law,” @wendyweiser.bsky.social tells Glamour
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"Seriously, I don’t care how much it costs. Take every dime I have. But know this: I would level my house to the ground before I paid slightly higher property taxes to fund infrastructure that would prevent a landslide from leveling my house to the ground."
I Will Pay Any Amount to Not Pay My Taxes
I’ve gotten myself into a bit of a jam. A series of natural disasters is barreling towards my home, and there is a severe shortage of resources and...
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January 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
"Seriously, I don’t care how much it costs. Take every dime I have. But know this: I would level my house to the ground before I paid slightly higher property taxes to fund infrastructure that would prevent a landslide from leveling my house to the ground."
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"To be sterile and sober-minded in this arena is to be, for the most part, a loser." This should be required reading for every elected Democrat, staffer, consultant and voter. @jamellebouie.net nails why Democrats fail by abandoning the spectacle of politics. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...
Opinion | What Do Democrats Need to Do? Act Like an Opposition Party. (Gift Article)
Now is not the time for surrender.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:24 PM
"To be sterile and sober-minded in this arena is to be, for the most part, a loser." This should be required reading for every elected Democrat, staffer, consultant and voter. @jamellebouie.net nails why Democrats fail by abandoning the spectacle of politics. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...