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Bill Helgi N.
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Person, father, caretaker, engineer, and many other things.
🏳️‍🌈 Fighting for my girls, partner, and our community, and trying to stay sane doing it.
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Bill Helgi N. @kb2yht.bsky.social · Nov 16
Bli mig ett tag
kb2yht.bsky.social
But vote blue no matter who....
gbbranstetter.bsky.social Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Jun 30
Today in we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas
oriana.bsky.social Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · Jun 30
NEW: Democrats have used SCOTUS rulings to galvanize their base — but they won’t do that with Skrmetti, which green lit gender-affirming care bans

One Dem said it’s now a states issue

Another said trans issues don’t poll well

A third pointed me to the Cass report
www.notus.org/democrats/tr...
June 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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jefftiedrich.bsky.social
"thank you for your attention to this matter"
June 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Iran’s stockpile dropped to 0 after Obama made the Iran Deal… until Trump pulled out of it (against the advice of his own Defense Secretary, General Mattis… because he hated Obama)

Feels pretty relevant in this moment.
June 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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erininthemorning.com
1. In the wake of Trump threats, multiple trans clinics in safe states have stopped providing care.

Parents feel abandoned as governors apply no pressure.

One therapist reported an uptick in suicidal ideation among those denied care.

The latest from S. Baum.

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Trans Care Clinics, Complying in Advance, Leave Patients Unsure of What’s Next
“Many were simply told that services would no longer be available, with little to no guidance on what to do next.”
www.erininthemorning.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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esqueer.net
The NYT decided to kick trans people in the teeth the day after Skrmetti. They wrote a hit piece blaming trans people for their own oppression and attacked the people who have fought hardest to stop this effort to eradicate us.

They turned to Brianna Wu to further their narrative.
June 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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npr.org
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Prevention Lifeline included a service that provided specialized suicide prevention support by phone and text for LGBTQ+ kids. That's ending.
Trump administration cuts specialized suicide prevention service for LGBTQ+ youth
The 988 Suicide and Crisis Prevention Lifeline included a service that provided specialized suicide prevention support by phone and text for LGBTQ+ kids. That's ending.
n.pr
June 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
The Supreme Court has sided with cruelty. Again. This time, it’s trans kids who pay the price. In this powerful piece, lawyer and democracy expert @importantmeagan.bsky.social pulls back the curtain on the new ruling upholding the TN ban on gender-affirming care, and sounds the alarm on what's next.
The Supreme Court Just Threw Trans Kids Under The Bus—Here's What Their Ruling Means
SCOTUS lands devastating blow against trans youth and their families
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Seems like a lot of people probably don’t even realize this happened.

nypost.com/2024/11/25/u...
June 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
kb2yht.bsky.social
Good quick read
gbrumfiel.bsky.social Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · Jun 17
ANALYSIS: There is a LOT of stuff in the media right now about the Massive Ordinance Penetrator-- the American bunker-buster that might get used on Iran's deeply buried site at Fordow.

Can it hit Fordow? I'm not sure.

Here's why (WITH MATH). 🧵
June 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
NEW: A California court has upheld the disbarment recommendation for John EASTMAN, the attorney who helped develop President Trump's last-ditch effort to subvert the 2020 election.

Eastman plans to appeals to CA Supreme Court.

www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
June 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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katelynburns.com
this report from media matters is fucking wild. fox news has aired 424 segments about trans athletes since feb 5.

the week democrats vetoed the GOP trans sports ban bill, they aired 59 segments.

www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
Fox News aired more than 400 weekday segments mentioning trans athletes over just four months
www.mediamatters.org
June 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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samthielman.com
what is it called when people who aren't cops and don't have a warrant drag you away, because I don't think "arrest" is the word
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court
New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander has been arrested at a federal building in Manhattan as he was trying to accompany a person out of an immigration courtroom.
apnews.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Sure #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer cuts health care for the poor while steering trillions to the rich — but hey at least it also explodes the deficit! @MarshaBlackburn @SenatorHagerty

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
June 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
REUTERS: “Israeli tanks fired into a crowd trying to get aid from trucks in Gaza on Tuesday, killing at least 59 people, according to medics, in one of the bloodiest incidents yet in mounting violence as desperate residents struggle for food.” www.democracynow.org/2025/6/17/he...
June 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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npr.org
Chesapeake Bay is at a turning point. Once severely polluted, the bay has seen major improvements in recent years. But President Trump's proposed budget would slash key programs.
Chesapeake Bay is on a rebound, but Trump's proposed budget could set it back
Chesapeake Bay is at a turning point. Once severely polluted, the bay has seen major improvements in recent years. But President Trump's proposed budget would slash key programs.
n.pr
June 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
It's pretty notable that mainstream, establishment discourse never ever ever considers giving liberal politicians credit for crime reductions. It's almost axiomatic that if crime goes down under a center-left leader it's either unremarked upon, or must be driven by something else.
June 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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golikehellmachine.com
this is one reason it’s really important to call your reps and senators and raise hell about the budget bill
June 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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burke13.bsky.social
In response to ICE raids, the Diocese of Nashville has told its congregants they’re not obligated to attend Mass on Sunday “if doing so puts their safety at risk.”

great reporting here from @mariannabac.bsky.social

www.npr.org/2025/06/13/n...
Why the Catholic bishop of Nashville told Catholics they don't have to attend Mass
The Diocese of Nashville has told Catholics that they do not have to attend Mass if they fear for their safety. That's in response immigration actions taken by the Trump administration in the city.
www.npr.org
June 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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melissagiragrant.com
That’s an arrest.
June 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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melissagiragrant.com
That’s an arrest.
June 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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kauantai.bsky.social
How many X users assume the X stands for Christ/something Christian, I suddenly stopped to wonder
June 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.”

@cbsaustin @velez_tx
June 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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hansilowang.bsky.social
NEW: In a letter to the Senate, the U.S. Postal Service says a proposal to auction off 7,200 USPS electric vehicles and rescind Inflation Reduction Act funding for more EVs would hurt its ability to deliver mail and "waste crucial funds for no reasonable purpose"
about.usps.com/who/governme...
Dear Senators: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee is currently considering a proposal as part of the budget reconciliation process that would make major and damaging changes to the U.S. Postal Service’s vehicle fleet program, potentially impacting our ability to deliver to millions of Americans. Specifically, the committee is considering a proposal that would require the General Services Administration (GSA) to take possession of all of our electric vehicles and all of those vehicles’ supporting infrastructure and then put it all up for auction. Further, the proposal would rescind any unobligated funds made available by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 for the Postal Service to acquire zero-emission vehicles and infrastructure. As a self-supporting federal establishment working to achieve financial sustainability, the Postal Service appreciates far more than most federal agencies the importance of fiscal responsibility and achieving real returns for every dollar expended. Consequently, I am writing today to alert the Congress to the real and foreseeable damage that would be caused by arbitrarily scrapping one part of our long-term vehicle strategy. Summarily removing all electric vehicles and charging infrastructure would hobble our ability to deliver to the American people, it would directly harm our ability to serve your constituents, and it would waste crucial funds for no reasonable purpose. Presently, the Postal Service has approximately 7,200 Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), which are a mix of Ford e-Transit vehicles and the specially built (uniquely right-hand drive) Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDV) procured from Oshkosh Defense and manufactured in South Carolina. As the NGDV production ramps up, the number of BEVs in our fleet will increase, and over the ten-year procurement cycle we currently plan to acquire approximately 66,000.  Replacing the current 7,200 BEVs would directly cost the Postal Service $450 million,… Removing these vehicles from our delivery would serve no purpose. The direct and accounting costs to the Postal Service to replace its BEVs would be approximately $1 billion, with another $500 million in infrastructure rendered useless. It is also important to realize that the BEV component of the NGDV program has been carefully considered from a business perspective. We are deploying BEVs to routes and delivery units where the BEVs will save us money when compared to internal combustion engines. Removing that option will make it harder over the medium and long term for the Postal Service to cost effectively serve its customers. This is a significant and costly change that will undo more than 10 years of planning and work on our delivery fleet replacement. It will cost the Postal Service $1.5 billion of funds that we desperately need in order to serve the American people, and it will seriously cripple our ability to replace an aging and obsolete delivery fleet. We urge the Senate and the committee to pause and consider the substantial harm this proposal would cause to the Postal Service and our customers, your constituents. Sincerely, Peter R. Pastre
June 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM