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erininthemorning.com
1. In a new leaked memo, Pam Bondi is directing the DOJ to go after trans care providers under "anti-FGM" laws.

She also has directed the investigation of HRT manufacturers.

She calls transgender people "infectious."

The latest from S. Baum.

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“Infected an Entire Generation”: AG Bondi Targets Trans-Affirming Health Care in Leaked Memo
The memo isn’t law, but it is the latest escalation in Trumpian efforts to wage war on trans people.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
an entire people is being deliberately starved to death
josiegz.bsky.social Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · Apr 24
In Gaza, World Central Kitchen @wck.org is among the last organizations still able to cook meals. The IDF has shut all crossings to shipments, including humanitarian relief. We are now nearing the end of our supplies—and the limits of what’s possible.

mailchi.mp/wck/4-23-25-...
GAZA UPDATE | WCK among last organizations still cooking
mailchi.mp
April 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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self.agency
Dems expected to help the GOP pass the zombie bill that makes criticism of Israel a civil rights violation
Senate HELP committee to vote on Antisemitism Awareness Act next Wednesday
The committee will also vote on the Protecting Students on Campus Act
jewishinsider.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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jeffcmays.bsky.social
“I have spent my life making government work and getting results for people,” Andrew Cuomo says, listing his experience, including 11 years as governor. A woman yells out, “you resigned in disgrace!”
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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starshine.bsky.social
god this shit is blood boiling
Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia moves to safe house after DHS posts address online
Homeland Security shared copy of protective order from 2021 revealing family’s address on social media
www.independent.co.uk
April 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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truthout.org
Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir and top Republican leaders agreed in a meeting that Israel should continue bombing humanitarian aid in Gaza, Ben-Gvir has said — effectively admitting that he is getting express support from top U.S. leaders to commit war crimes and genocidal acts.
Israeli Minister Says GOP Leaders Agree That Gaza “Aid Depots Should Be Bombed”
Experts have said that Israel’s withholding and targeting of humanitarian aid amount to genocidal acts.
buff.ly
April 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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amaramarasingam.bsky.social
1. This executive order - if implemented (which is a big IF) - would fundamentally weaken the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose.  A
www.whitehouse.gov
April 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
Walz: An hour by hour day by day basis, the President has chosen, chosen to throw our economy into turmoil.

We are talking about a guy that slapped a 10% tariff on an island populated only by penguins. It would be funny as hell if it wasn't true and stupid.
April 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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jamellebouie.net
there really is no alternative to tearing up CBP and ICE root and branch
nycsouthpaw.bsky.social southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Apr 23
A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
Tricia McLaughlin & @TriciaOhio 0... The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully. He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family. This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo's own actions and statements. In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'. 's account was false. According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency. After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying. He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson. "You" re not from here. Do you have your papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer, "New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested. Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read. According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name. Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade. The officer also signed the document, which said Hermosillo "read" the document or had it read to him. But Hermosillo said no one read him the document. Other documents created by the officer have inaccuracies. For example, the criminal complaint says that Hermosillo was detained "at or near Nogales, Arizona." But Hermosillo was detained in Tuscon, which is more than 70 miles from Nogales. John Mennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol, said that it was an "unintentional" error. Hermosillo said he was detained with about 15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because "they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.
April 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
Tricia McLaughlin & @TriciaOhio 0... The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully. He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family. This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo's own actions and statements. In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'. 's account was false. According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency. After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying. He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson. "You" re not from here. Do you have your papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer, "New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested. Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read. According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name. Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade. The officer also signed the document, which said Hermosillo "read" the document or had it read to him. But Hermosillo said no one read him the document. Other documents created by the officer have inaccuracies. For example, the criminal complaint says that Hermosillo was detained "at or near Nogales, Arizona." But Hermosillo was detained in Tuscon, which is more than 70 miles from Nogales. John Mennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol, said that it was an "unintentional" error. Hermosillo said he was detained with about 15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because "they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.
April 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
Really need journalists to push back on this bullshit. When they say this, just ask them point blank: "Are you saying that because one Latino man committed a murder, another Latino man deserves a life sentence? Do you think all Latino men interchangeable?"
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 23
Homan on Abrego Garcia: "He got more due process than Laken Riley got."
April 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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mondoweiss.net
Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel is starving Palestinians in Gaza.
April 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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katmabu.bsky.social
Jan Schakowsky, the incumbent in my race, will reportedly not seek re-election. So it seems like a good time to reintroduce myself —

I’m Kat Abughazaleh and I’m running for Congress.
katmabu.bsky.social Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Mar 24
I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress.
April 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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aclu.org
An autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse.

It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
RFK Jr’s autism study collecting Americans’ private medical records
The National Institutes of Health claims it is fulfilling RFK’s promise to find cause of autism by September
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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tomaskenn.bsky.social
To everyone that said Democrats like Van Hollen were making a political mistake in defending due process, you were wrong, and we shouldn’t even need a poll to tell us that.
April 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
I am honored that the people who make this city run trust me to run this city.

We are on a mission to lower the cost of living for working class New Yorkers, and with the support of the city’s largest municipal union, we are ready to win.

Thank you @dc37nyc.bsky.social
Graphic of Zohran holding his fist up in a crowd of people with text: “DC37, New York City’s largest public employee union, endorses Zohran.”
April 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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glcarlstrom.bsky.social
The Israeli soldiers who killed Palestinian medics last month "fired continuously for three and a half minutes – even from point-blank range – reloading their ammunition multiple times, despite attempts by the aid workers to identify themselves." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Killing of Gaza aid workers: IDF troops fired indiscriminately for over three minutes
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www.haaretz.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
lovelandcryptid.bsky.social
Album cover of My Chemical Romance’s ‘Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge’. The cover is hand drawn by lead Gerard Way, depicts a couple in profile monochrome black and white, splattered with red blood. The couple is almost kissing.
April 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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dansheehan.bsky.social
Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
April 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
SCOOP — The US sent Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen to Rwanda via new diplomatic relationship in which they've agreed to act as a "third country" for deportees unable to be safely returned to their country of origin, per cables reviewed by me.

This is first reported instance. Cable indicates more to come.
US “relocates” Iraqi refugee to Rwanda via new diplomatic arrangement
A State Department cable indicates at least 10 more people will be subjected to the same.
www.thehandbasket.co
April 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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propublica.org
It’s unclear exactly how many citizens have faced the Trump administration’s dragnet so far.

The government does not release such figures.

Neither Border Patrol nor ICE would tell ProPublica how many Americans have been mistakenly detained.
Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in…
www.propublica.org
April 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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premthakker.bsky.social
The Trump administration has released a letter (dated March 28) that it sent to the House & Senate justifying increased military operations in Yemen.

Trump says he moved more US combat forces into the region to, among other things, provide "capabilities for air and missile defense of Israel."
March 28, 2025 Dear Mr. Speaker: I write to apprise you of developments in Yemen and the broader Middle East region. Houthi militants operating from bases in Yemen have perpetrated piratical aggressions against shipping and have continued to threaten and attack United States forces in the airspace and waters in and around Yemen. I will no longer allow this band of pirates to threaten and attack United States forces and commercial vessels in one of the most important shipping lanes in the world. We will act to keep Americans safe. Consistent with my commitment to defend United States forces and to uphold navigational rights and freedoms, I directed the Department of Defense to take several actions concerning the Houthis in Yemen, described below. First, I directed the Department of Defense to move additional forces equipped for combat into the Middle East to enhance the defensive capabilities available to United States forces and facilitate necessary military actions. These forces include capabilities for air and missile defense of Israel and of locations hosting United States forces as well as fighter, support, and reconnaissance aircraft to enable strikes on Houthi targets. The additional forces have deployed to countries in the Middle East region as detailed in the attached classified annex. Second, at my direction, forces under United States Central Command have commenced large-scale strikes in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen to eliminate the capabilities the Houthis use for attacks on United States forces and commercial ships in the Red Sea and surrounding waters. United States Navy ships and aircraft, along with United States Air Force bombers, fighters, and unmanned aircraft, operating in and around Yemen, have participated in these strikes. Targets have included Houthi leadership and equipment, command and control facilities, and munitions storage facilities. We will continue these decisive military operations until the Houthi threat to United States fo…
April 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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montrealmuffin.bsky.social
3,500 students were arrested for protesting on college campuses under him and 4.4 million people were removed from the country.

All under Genocide Joe.

Who did a genocide.
April 23, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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gbrockell.bsky.social
This is a more accurate (if boring) summary of my writing on Lee, with links, similar to derivative work or search engine result.

But ChatGPT shouldn’t put my byline on smtg I didn’t write, EVEN IF IT IS ASKED TO! It won’t give me naked pics of your mom if I ask it to, it shouldn’t do this either.
A screenshot of a post from @addisonroberts.bsky.social reading: I mean, obviously this sucks. Because people who don't know how chat gpt works use chat gpt all of the time and they assume it is reliable. It isn't. For what small comfort it is worth, it looks like it isn't confused about your views on Lee. Screenshot of a ChatGPT prompt: what was staff writer Gillian Brockell's opinion on Robert E Lee as it related to Lee's personal views on slavery Gillian Brockell, a staff writer for The Washington Post, has critically examined the commonly held belief that Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was personally opposed to slavery. In her article titled "Let's get real about Robert E. Lee and slavery," she challenges the narrative that Lee was a reluctant participant in the institution of slavery. The Washington Post +3 Brockell highlights that Lee's actions and writings suggest a more complex and complicit relationship with slavery than often portrayed. She notes that Lee managed the Arlington estate, which relied on enslaved labor, and that he was involved in the punishment of enslaved individuals who attempted to escape. Furthermore, she points out that Lee's correspondence reveals a belief in the supposed benefits of slavery for Black people, indicating that he viewed the institution as a means of civilizing and Christianizing them. Brockell's analysis underscores that the portrayal of Lee as a benevolent figure who was personally against slavery is a revisionist narrative that overlooks the realities of his actions and beliefs. She argues that acknowledging the full extent of Lee's involvement in and support for slavery is essential to understanding his legacy and the broader history of the Confederacy. Sources
April 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM