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Lizzie D
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BIPOC rights are human rights. Trans rights are human rights. Women’s rights are human rights. Immigrant rights are human rights. Queer rights are human rights. Workers’ rights are human rights. Disability rights are human rights. Don’t be a nazi.
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“Tequaila Reid, a mother of five, fears a government shutdown could cut off the nutrition assistance programs that help her feed her children while she battles breast cancer.” www.13wmaz.com/article/news...
October 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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**NEW**

Today, the ACLU of South Carolina filed a lawsuit on behalf of public school students and school librarians. They're challenging the constitutionality of the state's book banning law and a memo outlining the state's content censorship policy.

bookriot.com/aclu-sc-laws...
October 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Go, Jane, go! She's rounded up hundreds of Hollywood figures to revive the First Amendment organization her father championed. Fonda, in her late eighties, is in her prime as a climate champion and a powerful voice for justice.
Jane Fonda Relaunches Committee for the First Amendment With Support of 550 Celebrities Including Pedro Pascal, Viola Davis and More
Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment with the support of Pedro Pascal, Viola Davis and more.
variety.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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In the 1990s, 85-year-old Maria Zarembska was one of a dozen embroidery artists who called Kyiv home. Now, she says, she’s the only Ukrainian folk artist remaining in her neighborhood.
The Ukrainian Artist Who Embroiders to Survive
"We won't be destroyed by anyone," said 85-year-old artist Maria Zarembska. "My people are present now and my people will be present forever."
hyperallergic.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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This is simultaneously not an especially radical theological belief and, politically speaking (especially in the U.S. context), quite a thing for Pope Leo to say. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/266859/...
September 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
October 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Another Judge Chips Away at Library Patron First Amendment Rights: bookriot.com/parnell-vs-e...
Another Judge Chips Away at Library Patron First Amendment Rights
A District Court judge rules that neither library patrons nor authors have First Amendment rights when it comes to library collections.
bookriot.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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ICE is doing forced labor and sexual assault of transgender people in their detention centers, reads a new complaint.
ICE Warden Put Transgender Detainees into Forced Labor Program: Complaint
A federal complaint accuses the warden of creating an ad hoc work program used to demean trans detainees.
www.newsweek.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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🧵Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A small human (4?) is walking along, carefully shielding his plushie dragon toy from passersby.
Frowning sternly at the world while giving Dragon a comforting pat on his furry scales.
He is Dragon's friend and he will protect him. (1)
September 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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We have actual domestic terrorists in this country, and they now control the government and have declared anyone opposed to them domestic terrorists; it's great, come to the not-so United States.
September 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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From the makers of I can’t believe it’s not butter comes I don’t think these are medical professionals and I’m pretty sure this isn’t real life
September 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Drudge this morning.
September 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Cannot escape the feeling that people would care more about the nightmare unfolding in Chicagoland if Trump had actually sent the National Guard. People hung all of their ideas about fascist escalation looks like on that. Meanwhile, agents hunt our neighbors and gas protesters here.
September 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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We should all get a Christmas bonus for making it through this year
September 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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I'm not asking people to stop talking about Kimmel or the coming repression tied to their latest martyr project—all of this is important. I am just saying, can we work in more discussion of our neighbors being hunted and protesters being gassed, beaten, and shot with pepper balls in Chicagoland?
September 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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A reminder that THIS is what a man who died telling the truth looks like.

Be in peace Anas Al Sharif.

سلام عليك يا أنس الشريف
September 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Meanwhile, on HBCU campuses, lockdowns after bomb threats and though I'm sure this won't interest most media types, it is worth noting: abcnews.go.com/amp/US/multi...
Multiple HBCUs under lockdown after receiving threats amid rising campus security concerns
At least six historically Black colleges enacted lockdowns after receiving threats, amid heightened concerns following recent campus violence at Utah Valley University.
abcnews.go.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM