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moso.bsky.social
@moso.bsky.social
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Was @weirdnj_1 on the thing.
Respectability in politics got us here.
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susanrinkunas.com
Yes, this is an interim CEO of a Planned Parenthood, a nonprofit organization, reportedly not understanding how restricted grants work:
susanrinkunas.com Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 3d
Employees had already made several explosive allegations public, like that Akposé said in a meeting that “we talk about abortion too much.” But sources tell me she was alarmingly open to slashing abortion services:
www.autonomynews.co/embattled-pl... @autonomynews.co
screenshot 1/2 with some text highlighted in blue, denoted by two asterisks: More alarmingly, Akposé suggested cutting abortion services. In Georgia—the only state in PPSE’s territory where abortion isn’t totally banned—PPSE had only offered medication abortion for some time. However, thanks to a grant, it resumed procedural abortions in early 2024, Cameron said. But after Akposé became interim CEO, Cameron recalled her asking, **“Why was it that we were able to stop procedures before? Why are we able to do them again? What's our return on investment for that?” Staff explained several times that if the affiliate halted the care, it would need to repay the grant, which was worth several hundred thousand dollars.** That was just one example of Akposé not seeming to understand how restricted grants work, a basic detail for a nonprofit administrator. screenshot 2/2 with some text highlighted in blue, denoted by two asterisks: In early 2025, Akposé also expressed that she would stop abortions if given the chance, in order to limit what she viewed as potential legal risk from providing the care. “She said that, **if there were such a time that PPFA would allow the affiliates to sign a waiver to not do abortion care, that she would sign it because she wouldn't want to take that risk on,”** Cameron recalled. Autonomy News was first to report the existence of such waivers in June. They would have allowed affiliates to halt abortions in order to remain in the Medicaid program under a federal budget provision “defunding” large abortion providers like Planned Parenthood. PPFA initially declined to confirm this reporting, only to say in September that waivers had been discussed but were now moot because of legal technicalities.
December 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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perchorin.bsky.social
This is some scary shit you guys. Two pillars of the community—middle aged white guys no less—arrested because some off duty cop bastard sitting several booths away in a restaurant claims to have heard them “plotting against law enforcement.” We’re in the “ears everywhere, trust no one” stage of it.
November 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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taniaspencer.bsky.social
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For anyone living with #LongCOVID who does not live in the US & is therefore not eligible for the Scripps trial - if you can manage to scrape together the funds to try this yourself -

www.wired.com/story/weight...
Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid
GLP-1s are being studied for a wide range of conditions. Now, scientists will test whether their anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate symptoms of long Covid.
www.wired.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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thehighsign.bsky.social
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:

In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.

“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”

www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
6d Listen to this article Congregants of an east Charlotte church scattered into the woods Saturday when masked federal agents arrived and detained one of their members, according to witnesses. About 15 to 20 church members were doing yard work on the property off Albemarle Road while their children played games and their spouses cooked meals. Agents parked just outside a closed gate leading to the church parking lot and ran into the yard, said the pastor, who did not want to identify himself or his church. The agents asked no questions and showed no identification before taking one man away, whose wife and child were inside at the time, the pastor said. They attempted to grab others, too. "Right now, everybody is scared. Everybody," he said. "One of these guys with immigration, he say he was going to arrest one of the other guys in the church. He pushed him." Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken. Some yard workers fled into the surrounding woods when officials arrived, including 15-year-old Miguel Vazquez.
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.

by Megyn Kelly
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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riseandresist.bsky.social
📣 Elevator Maintenance Rally!
📆Wednesday, November 19
⏰8:45AM
📍2 BROADWAY (MTA Headquarters)

We rally every month to let the MTA know that a broken elevator is a useless elevator. 42 elevators were out of service on 10/27/25.

rise-and-resist.squarespace.com/elevator-act...
WHY DO WE RALLY AT THE MTA? ELEVATORS ARE FOR EVERYONE! 35 YEARS AFTER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT - WHY ARE SO MANY STATIONS STILL INACCESSIBLE? MORE ELEVATORS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED (YAY!) BUT THEY NEED TO BE MAINTAINED. WE WANT ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE - AND TIMELY AND ACCESSIBLE NOTIFICATIONS.
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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steadystatevets.bsky.social
You don’t need to watch Seth Meyers to see the danger here. Presidents in democracies don’t demand that critics be fired, and federal regulators don’t amplify those demands. It undermines editorial independence and chills dissent.
November 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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kleinekin.bsky.social
I'm not religious, but this Pope seems like a really good dude.
ground.news/article/pope...
Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past
The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture in the Americas. Pope Le...
ground.news
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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theguardian.com
Two-thirds of English councils have not prosecuted a single landlord in past three years
Two-thirds of English councils have not prosecuted a single landlord in past three years
Exclusive: Councils prosecuted just 64 landlords despite receiving 300,000 complaints from tenants in unfit homes Two-thirds of councils in England have not prosecuted a single landlord in the past three years, despite receiving 300,000 complaints from desperate tenants living in unfit homes. From 2022 to 2024, nearly half of local authorities responsible for housing did not fine a landlord, while more than a third did not issue any formal action against people letting out homes unlawfully in the private rental sector. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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melindadeslatte.bsky.social
Full SNAP benefits will return to Louisiana. Some will get extra, Gov. Jeff Landry says. www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/... via @theadvocatebr.bsky.social #lalege
Full SNAP benefits will return to Louisiana. Some will get extra, Gov. Jeff Landry says.
With the end of the federal shutdown, those who get Louisiana SNAP benefits will see their full benefit amount. The elderly and disabled will see a little extra in November.
www.theadvocate.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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mattortega.com
Right-wingers used to manufacture images like this with AI or cartoons to claim Christianity was "under attack" in America "because of Democrats."

Here they are making it real over punitive, inhuman treatment of immigrants.
jackjenkins.me Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 25d
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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kashana.blacksky.app
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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unavaleable.bsky.social
so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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wearequeeraf.com
"Catastrophic" potential as 'Brit Card' Digital IDs could out Trans+ people, campaigners warn 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/catastrophic-potential-as-brit-card-digital-ids-could-out-trans-people-campaigners-warn
"Catastrophic" potential as 'Brit Card' Digital IDs could out Trans+ people, campaigners warn
LGBTQIA+ campaigners speak to QueerAF about how mandatory IDs could out Trans+ people
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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murshedz.bsky.social
🚨🚨🚨The eight Sen Dems. according to @prospect.org who are looking to surrender to Trump:

- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Elissa Slotkin (D-MI).

May want to call their offices.
murshedz.bsky.social Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · Nov 4
“How can Democrats make a spending deal with someone who won’t honor it?

I guess the answer is: by getting a pinky swear.” - @ddayen.bsky.social on how Sen Dems are about to pull “defeat from the jaws of victory” prospect.org/2025/11/04/t...
“So on a political level, Democrats have succeeded (with Trump’s help) in painting Republicans as mean and unfeeling stewards of American decline, with no plans for how to reverse the slide. But that doesn’t translate into policy success. And here’s where I must tell you about how Democrats in Washington are pulling defeat from the jaws of victory. The SNAP showdown was indicative of the whole reason the government is shuttered right now: Donald Trump doesn’t respect the laws of the country, and has repeatedly violated them to nullify the constitutional directive that Congress controls the power of the purse. He got caught doing this with SNAP and meekly changed his position. But outside of that, hundreds of billions of dollars have been withheld, and agencies have been illegally dismantled. How can Democrats make a spending deal with someone who won’t honor it? I guess the answer is: by getting a pinky swear. For the past week, rank-and-file Democratic senators have been huddling with Republicans to reach agreement on fiscal year 2026 spending bills, as a crowbar to force open the government. There are eight Democrats in the gang, enough to break a filibuster on a funding bill.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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katstafford.bsky.social
According to Lex below:

No longer any Black women at Teen Vogue.

No longer any trans staffers.
lexmcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · Nov 3
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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dexanderson.com
Reminder that in Minnesota, you have the right to vote on the same day you register. We are not a voter ID state. You can vote if you've lived in Minnesota for 20 days and are old enough: www.sos.mn.gov/elections-vo...

Your neighbor/friend can also vouch for you.
Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State
Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State
www.sos.mn.gov
November 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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lexmcmenamin.com
as my fellow Teen Voguers come over here I’ll be sharing their accounts, throw them a follow, offer them work, and we’ll be launching a gofundme/something similar soon!
aiyanaish.bsky.social Aiyana Ishmael @aiyanaish.bsky.social · Nov 3
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.

At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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lexmcmenamin.com
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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propcazhpm.bsky.social
PLEASE READ DATE OF THE QUOTED POST & ARTICLE.

[SHE RESIGNED AFTER PRINT VERSION WAS SHUTTERED DESPITE HUGE INCREASE IN BOTH PRINT & ONLINE READERSHIP THAT SHE ACHIEVED.]

THE AIM OF THE OP & QP WAS TO SHED LIGHT ON THE BLACK WOMAN EDITOR WHO LAUNCHED THE POLITICAL COVERAGE AT TEEN VOGUE.
- THX
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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propcazhpm.bsky.social
They are eliminating the outstanding political coverage when we need it the most.
lexmcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · Nov 3
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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propcazhpm.bsky.social
They are destroying what SHE built.

#TeenVogue
propcazhpm.bsky.social Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · Jan 28
Elaine Welteroth, former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue and youngest editor of Condé Nast ever, and the 2nd African American to hold this position, changed Teen Vogue to be more politically conscious.

Traffic to TeenVogue.com: 2.7M to 9.2M visitors a year, print subscriptions jumped 535%
Ex-Teen Vogue editor Elaine Welteroth: ‘The headlines implied I was a token black hire’
Welteroth was just 29 when Anna Wintour made her editor-in-chief. Months later, the magazine shut down. What did she do next?
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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404media.co
When you book a flight through major travel sites, a data broker owned by U.S. airlines will sell details about your flight—your name, credit card used, and where you’re flying to the government.

We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out…
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM