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The Golden Penny
@goldenpenny.bsky.social
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Tall human, un-Orthodox, linguistics-ist, trans(lator/gender), lawyer, vegan.
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esqueer.net
The Republican sponsor of Minnesota's trans sports ban was arrested for allegedly soliciting a minor.

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State Sen. Justin Eichorn arrested in Bloomington on suspicion of soliciting minor
A Republican state senator was arrested in Bloomington on Monday on suspicion of soliciting an underage girl for sex, police say.
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March 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
Thank you Governor Walz
“We see it now; the hate has shifted to the trans community. They see that as an opportunity. If you’re watching any sporting events right now, you see that Donald Trump’s closing arguments are to demonize a group of people for being who they are,” Walz said. He continued, “We’re out there trying to make the case that access to healthcare, a clean environment, manufacturing jobs, and keeping your local hospital open are what people are really concerned about. They’re running millions of dollars of ads demonizing folks who are just trying to live their lives.”
October 17, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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gothamgirlblue.com
Kind of wild that the Republican Party turned itself into a crime syndicate and then convinced everyone that prosecuting them for their crimes would be partisanship
October 3, 2024 at 6:18 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Biden: Right now, lies and hate are being spread about Haitian Americans in Ohio. It is wrong, it is simply wrong, and it must stop. There are those who want a country for some of us but not for all of us.
September 16, 2024 at 6:12 PM
goldenpenny.bsky.social
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #783,288!
September 16, 2024 at 11:14 PM
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damienmarieathope.bsky.social
As if life is what matters to them, it doesn't. They are just pro-birth, not pro-life.
September 10, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Federal minimum wage in:

2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25

Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
September 1, 2024 at 11:04 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
It's truly hilarious that the Dems' biggest issue this week is that they have so many powerful, beloved leaders that we go late every night with just top-tier names.

The RNC was brief, except for Trump's rant. And no former leaders to speak, b/c virtually none support him.
August 21, 2024 at 3:21 AM
goldenpenny.bsky.social
Is it just me or does anyone else on this platform pronounce it like it were a last name of Polish origin? Blu-EH-ski
*Only in my head, I wouldn't dare utter it.
#Bluesky
August 18, 2024 at 2:14 AM
goldenpenny.bsky.social
BUILD THE WALZ
BUILD THE WALZ
BUILD THE WALZ
August 7, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Steve Bannon is in prison for contempt and Rudy Giuliani just lost his N.Y. law license, but John Roberts insists that invisible ink in the Constitution prevents Donald Trump, the ringleader, from facing charges for virtually anything that Trump can claim was an official act.
July 2, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
It is Disability Pride Month - the perfect time to learn about ALT text and start using it! www.perkins.org/resource/how...
ALT text copied and pasted from the linked website: An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”
July 2, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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jonathancohn.bsky.social
Glad to see some members of Congress taking the issue seriously.
July 1, 2024 at 8:30 PM
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meanwhileua.bsky.social
Day 850 of the Russian three-day war. Western air defense will not matter if the Russians shoot down their own aircraft 😉
June 22, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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civilwarmemory.bsky.social
(Ann Telnaes/The Washington Post)
June 20, 2024 at 1:30 AM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
The Supreme Court does not get a gold star for refusing to bless a ludicrous legal theory that anti-abortion judges shamelessly embraced as part of their lawless rampage against women's health care. With @dahlialithwick.bsky.social: slate.com/news-and-pol...
On Thursday, the Supreme Court did the bare minimum necessary to operate like an actual court of law, unanimously throwing out an absurd and dangerous lawsuit against medication abortion. The justices do not deserve extra credit for refusing to embrace this deeply unserious litigation, and they should earn no gold stars for maintaining the legal status quo on abortion pills. They merely acted as minimally responsible adults in a room of sugared-up preschoolers, shutting down the lower courts’ lawless rampage over all known rules of standing in desperate pursuit of an anti-abortion agenda. It is chilling to the bone that activist lawyers and judges were able to wreak as much havoc as they did before SCOTUS put them in timeout. And this bad joke of a case isn’t even over: A lower court has already teed up a do-over that could once again jeopardize access to reproductive care in all 50 states. Don’t call this decision a victory. It is at best a reprieve
June 13, 2024 at 6:57 PM
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meanwhileua.bsky.social
Together we are stronger💪💙💛

If you want to support our team, you can treat us to a coffee: bmc.link/meaninuak
June 12, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that Florida’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors and many of its restrictions on similar adult care are unconstitutional. More to come at Law Dork. www.lawdork.com
XIV. Conclusion Gender identity is real. Those whose gender identity does not match their natal sex often suffer gender dysphoria. The widely accepted standard of care calls for appropriate evaluation and treatment. For minors, this means evaluation and treatment by a multidisciplinary team. Proper treatment begins with mental-health therapy and is followed in appropriate cases by GRH agonists and cross-sex hormones— referred to in this order as gender-affirming care. Florida has adopted a statute and rules that ban gender-affirming care for minors even when medically appropriate. The ban is unconstitutional. The statute and rules restrict the manner in which gender-affirming care can be provided when not banned. Some of the restrictions are constitutional; others are not.
June 11, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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tusk81.bsky.social
From the new Cyndi Lauper documentary 🏳️‍🌈
I want to implore you Not to pray to god to change your kid Pray to god to change your heart So you can love and help your kid
June 9, 2024 at 11:42 PM
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sygnin.com
I already said Happy Pride earlier… but wanna say it again esp. for my straight-passing peers.

For us who didn’t get a chance to grow up with all the choices, for whom the choices came too late, or for whom the choice is to just look not-Queer for whatever reason - Happy Pride too ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎
June 2, 2024 at 1:01 AM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
Pretty cool that Jimmy Carter got to see this
May 30, 2024 at 10:41 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
Anyway the most recent former President of the United States has been found guilty of felonies and now there’s a substantial chance people are going to die because his followers are freaks and the so-called “mainstream” GOP will just shrug and blame woke or something.
May 30, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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thetattooedprof.bsky.social
I hope that Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Raymond Santana Jr., and Korey Wise are having absolutely delightful evenings, wherever they might be.
May 30, 2024 at 11:26 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Donald Trump has been found guilty on all counts in New York, per @klasfeldreports.bsky.social.
May 30, 2024 at 9:12 PM