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@microkris.bsky.social
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Fighting for human rights and dignity for all. Pro-science, pro-logic, pro-data, pro-evidence, and pro-bodily autonomy.🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🖤🤎❤🧡💛💚💙💜🐈‍⬛🐕
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jayapal.house.gov
Republicans are putting the lives of trans children at risk and getting in the way of families making personal decisions for their own children.

We should be HELPING these kids survive and thrive — but Republicans would prefer to use them as a political prop.
December 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
It's hard to fathom but we are now *here* on this path to fascism.
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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gelliottmorris.com
feels like a "cover-up is worse than the crime" moment for the DNC — an organization perpetually in trouble for not being transparent newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024
The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.
newrepublic.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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dirkbansch.bsky.social
Don't give up. There is a future for you.
(Dr. Jane Goodall)
kojamf.bsky.social KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · Oct 5
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
BREAKING: The Democratic National Committee will NOT release its long-awaited autopsy on Trump's 2024 win. The report is completed but Dem leaders decided it could distract from their winning streak, so it will remain secret. Not good.

Details here:
newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Dem Leaders Decide to Bury Damning Report on Why Trump Won in 2024
The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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moreperfectunion.bsky.social
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly.  We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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rainsong9.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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katmabu.bsky.social
Anyone who sees Bovino in Rogers Park, let us know. We’re doing ICE watch.

Whistles out. Be on alert. Help protect our community.
December 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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cajunblue.bsky.social
This CANNOT stand. This is an abomination. Fuck cruelty being the point! Somebody needs to stand up for what is right and against what is clearly a gross violation of children.
aclu.org ACLU @aclu.org · 2d
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.

The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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petersagal.bsky.social
As we mourn Rob Reiner, don’t skip this: he was, pretty much, personally responsible for overturning California’s Prop 8 banning same sex marriage.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin
Rob Reiner reflects on the critical role he played in getting California's gay marriage ban overturned.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
Words DO MATTER.

This is deeply moving.
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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thorbenson.bsky.social
Alright folks going forward we're going to have a "no psychopaths as president" rule. I think that would help
December 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
Instead of responding only with thoughts and prayers, Australia will respond with laws and regulations. Because, unlike the United States, it values the lives of its citizens over any sick adulation of firearms.

The 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to immediate, sweeping, bipartisan gun law reforms.
December 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
Really a devastating blow to the #scicomm community that @robinince.bsky.social has felt pressured to resign from the BBC simply because he is passionate about his political principles, including a firm belief that trans lives are precious. 🧪 #scicomm
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 6d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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oboogie.bsky.social
U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.

There are better charities out there. Much better.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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aclu.org
We documented dozens of cases of brutality — including physical and sexual abuse from guards — that show a humanitarian disaster unfolding at the Fort Bliss military base, where ICE is operating its largest detention center.

President Trump’s mass detention expansion is inhumane and dangerous.
Immigrants Detained at Fort Bliss in Texas Report Abuse and Inhumane Conditions
Detained people at largest immigration detention facility in the country report accounts of physical and sexual abuse.
www.aclu.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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boxdonkey17.bsky.social
Attention Massachusetts Resisters. Tomorrow at PCCF in Plymouth, Ma friends are protesting to get Ice out of Plymouth. Join them in this fight .
@mass50501.bsky.social
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December 13, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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brainnotonyet.bsky.social
Abolish ice is now the conservative position

Everyone in ice has to go to prison and the department must be destroyed
December 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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joshuaholland.bsky.social
If you commit murder you should definitely fear "personal legal blowback."
U.S. military members fear personal legal blowback tied to boat strikes
Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug bo...
www.npr.org
December 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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rainsong9.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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drannieandrews.com
Yes I am a candidate but I am a pediatrician first.

www.counton2.com/video/measle...
www.counton2.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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muellershewrote.com
If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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philmandelbaum.bsky.social
“She was so afraid they would take her baby”

Why?

ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women — even *during* labor…

So pregnant immigrants are skipping the doctor altogether
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM