Lex 🩷💛💙 (She/Her)
@it-is-not-the-end.bsky.social
Writer. Book Dragon. Mom. LGBTQIA+. Feminist. Pro-choice. Pro-humans. A safe place in a red state.
“What if we go on...only to more pain and despair? What if we go on, only to find a horrible end waiting for us?”
"Then it is not the end". (TOG)
“What if we go on...only to more pain and despair? What if we go on, only to find a horrible end waiting for us?”
"Then it is not the end". (TOG)
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In Texas, a gun license is accepted to vote, but a student ID is not.
In North Dakota, voters need an ID with a residential street address, barring some Native Americans from voting.
In Wisconsin, a mismatched address can lead to a rejected ballot.
In North Dakota, voters need an ID with a residential street address, barring some Native Americans from voting.
In Wisconsin, a mismatched address can lead to a rejected ballot.
The Real Cost of Voter ID Laws — And Who Pays the Highest Price
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
In Texas, a gun license is accepted to vote, but a student ID is not.
In North Dakota, voters need an ID with a residential street address, barring some Native Americans from voting.
In Wisconsin, a mismatched address can lead to a rejected ballot.
In North Dakota, voters need an ID with a residential street address, barring some Native Americans from voting.
In Wisconsin, a mismatched address can lead to a rejected ballot.
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This morning, ICE rolled into a Home Depot parking lot using a moving truck loaded w/agents, like a Trojan horse, to snatch up Latino workers. Whoever they could find. No idea if they were undocumented or not.
That’s not enforcement. That’s racial profiling, and violates a standing court order.
That’s not enforcement. That’s racial profiling, and violates a standing court order.
August 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This morning, ICE rolled into a Home Depot parking lot using a moving truck loaded w/agents, like a Trojan horse, to snatch up Latino workers. Whoever they could find. No idea if they were undocumented or not.
That’s not enforcement. That’s racial profiling, and violates a standing court order.
That’s not enforcement. That’s racial profiling, and violates a standing court order.
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By spring 2024, the UN had already declared a famine in parts of Gaza. And USAID sent a memo to the Secretary of State that described Israeli interference with aid efforts, including killing aid workers, bombing hospitals and turning away trucks full of food and medicine.
From our Sept. 2024 story:
From our Sept. 2024 story:
Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, Two Government Bodies Concluded. Antony Blinken Rejected Them.
Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U.S. Agency for International Development and others had…
www.propublica.org
August 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
By spring 2024, the UN had already declared a famine in parts of Gaza. And USAID sent a memo to the Secretary of State that described Israeli interference with aid efforts, including killing aid workers, bombing hospitals and turning away trucks full of food and medicine.
From our Sept. 2024 story:
From our Sept. 2024 story:
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June 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Happy Pride.
No matter who you are, how you identify, you are valid and loved.
No matter who you are, how you identify, you are valid and loved.
June 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Happy Pride.
No matter who you are, how you identify, you are valid and loved.
No matter who you are, how you identify, you are valid and loved.
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Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
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BREAKING: A federal judge blocks the Trump administration from ending $14 billion in climate grants.
Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in 'green bank' grants
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in grants awarded to three climate groups by the Biden administration.
bit.ly
March 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge blocks the Trump administration from ending $14 billion in climate grants.
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Israel has begun bombing Gaza again, at least 150 dead with hundreds more wounded in simultaneous strikes.
www.stripes.com/theaters/mid...
www.stripes.com/theaters/mid...
Israel launches new strikes at Hamas and promises ‘increasing military strength’ after talks stall
www.stripes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Israel has begun bombing Gaza again, at least 150 dead with hundreds more wounded in simultaneous strikes.
www.stripes.com/theaters/mid...
www.stripes.com/theaters/mid...
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BREAKING: Federal judge issues a nationwide preliminary injunction against the medical provider funding prohibitions in Trump's EO seeking to restrict gender-affirming medical care for those under 19 and the "gender ideology" funding restriction in his Jan. 20 "sex"-defining EO.
March 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge issues a nationwide preliminary injunction against the medical provider funding prohibitions in Trump's EO seeking to restrict gender-affirming medical care for those under 19 and the "gender ideology" funding restriction in his Jan. 20 "sex"-defining EO.
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Prime Minister Starmer humiliates Donald Trump on live television. He shut him up and fact checked him mid sentence.
Trump sat there shoulders slumped nodding his head. #StandWithUkraine
Trump sat there shoulders slumped nodding his head. #StandWithUkraine
February 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Prime Minister Starmer humiliates Donald Trump on live television. He shut him up and fact checked him mid sentence.
Trump sat there shoulders slumped nodding his head. #StandWithUkraine
Trump sat there shoulders slumped nodding his head. #StandWithUkraine
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Major breaking trans news: The ACLU has launched a lawsuit on behalf of 7 transgender people affected by Trump’s passport ban.
Incredible filing. The Trump admin is now swarmed with lawsuits over discriminatory and illegal executive orders.
Incredible filing. The Trump admin is now swarmed with lawsuits over discriminatory and illegal executive orders.
February 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Major breaking trans news: The ACLU has launched a lawsuit on behalf of 7 transgender people affected by Trump’s passport ban.
Incredible filing. The Trump admin is now swarmed with lawsuits over discriminatory and illegal executive orders.
Incredible filing. The Trump admin is now swarmed with lawsuits over discriminatory and illegal executive orders.
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US judges put a pause on Musk and Trump's ongoing crime spree.
Judge Paul A. Engelmayer has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing Treasury Department records. Meanwhile, Judge Carl Nichols has issued a temporary injunction preventing Musk and Trump from firing USAID employees.
Judge Paul A. Engelmayer has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing Treasury Department records. Meanwhile, Judge Carl Nichols has issued a temporary injunction preventing Musk and Trump from firing USAID employees.
February 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
US judges put a pause on Musk and Trump's ongoing crime spree.
Judge Paul A. Engelmayer has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing Treasury Department records. Meanwhile, Judge Carl Nichols has issued a temporary injunction preventing Musk and Trump from firing USAID employees.
Judge Paul A. Engelmayer has temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing Treasury Department records. Meanwhile, Judge Carl Nichols has issued a temporary injunction preventing Musk and Trump from firing USAID employees.
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February 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
February 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
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Happy BLACK History Month. I read Black books every month but I got two stacks for y'all.
First stack is books by Black authors I loved and the second are the ones I’m getting to.
#booksky
First stack is books by Black authors I loved and the second are the ones I’m getting to.
#booksky
February 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Happy BLACK History Month. I read Black books every month but I got two stacks for y'all.
First stack is books by Black authors I loved and the second are the ones I’m getting to.
#booksky
First stack is books by Black authors I loved and the second are the ones I’m getting to.
#booksky
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The ICE hotline is allegedly being flooded with people reporting Elon Musk to ICE.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/29/e...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/29/e...
January 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The ICE hotline is allegedly being flooded with people reporting Elon Musk to ICE.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/29/e...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/29/e...
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The ancestral difference between American indigenous, Native Americans, First Nations, Latin Americans, Hispanics, and Mexicans mostly depends on which colonizer got to them first and wrote the label on them. They are rooted by the original Americans and despite all attempts still exist today.
January 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
The ancestral difference between American indigenous, Native Americans, First Nations, Latin Americans, Hispanics, and Mexicans mostly depends on which colonizer got to them first and wrote the label on them. They are rooted by the original Americans and despite all attempts still exist today.
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A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . .
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
Auschwitz is liberated | January 27, 1945 | HISTORY
The Soviet Red Army enters Auschwitz, Poland, and liberates the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally reveals to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.
www.history.com
January 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . .
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
www.history.com/this-day-in-...
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If you are a federal employee, it is advised to set your social media accounts to private to prevent outside viewership, as reports suggest that loyalty screenings have begun.
January 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
If you are a federal employee, it is advised to set your social media accounts to private to prevent outside viewership, as reports suggest that loyalty screenings have begun.
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•sarcasm on•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
January 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
•sarcasm on•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
I have no idea what this might look like. You?
•sarcasm off•
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Not enough people are talking about how January 6th defendants who were just pardoned are gearing up to run for office this cycle.
Let's recruit strong Democrats to make sure they never get to the halls of Congress.
Let's recruit strong Democrats to make sure they never get to the halls of Congress.
January 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Not enough people are talking about how January 6th defendants who were just pardoned are gearing up to run for office this cycle.
Let's recruit strong Democrats to make sure they never get to the halls of Congress.
Let's recruit strong Democrats to make sure they never get to the halls of Congress.
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People are seeking books to teach their kids about diversity & belonging. What I hear: They're looking for books from a plethora of perspectives! Here are a few books, you & your kids may already be reading them ☺️
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January 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
People are seeking books to teach their kids about diversity & belonging. What I hear: They're looking for books from a plethora of perspectives! Here are a few books, you & your kids may already be reading them ☺️
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