Natalie Reitz
@nataliejreitz.bsky.social
Videographer, photographer, media maker in Philadelphia, PA. All views expressed are my own.
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1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills.
While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
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While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Powerful Speeches From Trans Dems Flip 29 Republicans, Anti-Trans Bills Die In Montana
Transgender Reps Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell delivered powerful speeches on the Montana House floor on Thursday. Republicans defected en masse to join them in voting against anti-trans bills.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
1. Today, powerful speeches from trans representatives in Montana SJ Howell and Zooey Zephyr flipped 29 Republicans, killing anti-trans bills.
While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
While some Dems like Newsom abandon trans people, these reps show the power of representation.
Watch their speech.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero"
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
when Elon Musk started recruiting for DOGE last November, he said the work would be “tedious” and “compensation is zero"
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
now it turns out some DOGE operatives are earning six-figure salaries, one as high as $195,200, as much as a civil servant can legally make
www.wired.com/story/doge-g...
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1. Happening now, the United States Senate is considering S9, a bill that would ban transgender people from playing sports of their gender identity from chess to darts and everything in between.
It could result in genital exams and more.
I'm covering live.
Watch:
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
It could result in genital exams and more.
I'm covering live.
Watch:
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
March 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
1. Happening now, the United States Senate is considering S9, a bill that would ban transgender people from playing sports of their gender identity from chess to darts and everything in between.
It could result in genital exams and more.
I'm covering live.
Watch:
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
It could result in genital exams and more.
I'm covering live.
Watch:
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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this is actually more interesting (in the they are dumb liars sense) than what I guessed (they didn’t cut the defense budget so ofc there’s no impressive savings)
Oh cool it’s almost as if “cutting waste” wasn’t the point at all and the point is to gut then privatize the entire government
Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings
Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that President Donald Trump’s administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save the government any money,...
apnews.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
this is actually more interesting (in the they are dumb liars sense) than what I guessed (they didn’t cut the defense budget so ofc there’s no impressive savings)
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They’re the same picture
February 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
They’re the same picture
Extremely satisfying #beforeandafter, I found a cast iron lying around outside. I'm currently seasoning it
February 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Extremely satisfying #beforeandafter, I found a cast iron lying around outside. I'm currently seasoning it
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NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones.
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare.
Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
LGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge
"They’re not asking people ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?'"
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
NEWS: In USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials, according to interviews with workers and a document reviewed by Mother Jones.
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
+ similar in the Department of the Interior
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Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees.
ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.
ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.
DOGE’s Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines…
propub.li
February 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Musk called DOGE “maximally transparent,” but it has refused to release info about its spending and operations — including the names of its employees.
ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.
ProPublica has identified 46 of them, including 12 new names we've just added.
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this is an act of unspeakable violence. it benefits no one, it doesn’t move a number on a balance sheet. it only guarantees that every one of these incarcerated transgender people will be tortured.
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this is an act of unspeakable violence. it benefits no one, it doesn’t move a number on a balance sheet. it only guarantees that every one of these incarcerated transgender people will be tortured.
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#BREAKING: ICE detainees will be confined at the federal jail in Center City. They are expected to arrive "soon" to the reserved unit with up to 120 beds.
Philadelphia’s federal detention center will house ICE detainees
Philadelphia's Federal Detention Center will dedicate up to 120 beds for ICE detainees.
inquirer.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#BREAKING: ICE detainees will be confined at the federal jail in Center City. They are expected to arrive "soon" to the reserved unit with up to 120 beds.
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📢 ATTENTION EVERYONE 📢
Trump and the republicans are planning deep cuts to medicaid. Medicaid provides healthcare for millions of Americans including children, pregnant people, people with disabilities, and nursing home residents.
☎️ Call your representatives now!
5calls.org/issue/protec...
Trump and the republicans are planning deep cuts to medicaid. Medicaid provides healthcare for millions of Americans including children, pregnant people, people with disabilities, and nursing home residents.
☎️ Call your representatives now!
5calls.org/issue/protec...
Protect Medicaid Funding ⭑ 5 Calls
Medicaid is a health insurance program serving 72 million low-income and disabled Americans that is jointly funded and administered by …
5calls.org
February 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
📢 ATTENTION EVERYONE 📢
Trump and the republicans are planning deep cuts to medicaid. Medicaid provides healthcare for millions of Americans including children, pregnant people, people with disabilities, and nursing home residents.
☎️ Call your representatives now!
5calls.org/issue/protec...
Trump and the republicans are planning deep cuts to medicaid. Medicaid provides healthcare for millions of Americans including children, pregnant people, people with disabilities, and nursing home residents.
☎️ Call your representatives now!
5calls.org/issue/protec...
Absolutely bonkers and exactly where I want my tax dollars going, not y'know anything useful 🫠
"While Elon Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across the federal government, funding for their agency — the Department of Government Efficiency — has soared to nearly $40 million"
"While Elon Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across the federal government, funding for their agency — the Department of Government Efficiency — has soared to nearly $40 million"
New:
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE's spending has been secret.
No longer.
My colleagues have uncovered it.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Absolutely bonkers and exactly where I want my tax dollars going, not y'know anything useful 🫠
"While Elon Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across the federal government, funding for their agency — the Department of Government Efficiency — has soared to nearly $40 million"
"While Elon Musk and his underlings demand budget cuts and layoffs across the federal government, funding for their agency — the Department of Government Efficiency — has soared to nearly $40 million"
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Americans who rely on social media as their main news source are more likely to encounter conspiracy theories, according to a technology professor. Here are some tips for information literacy on #TikTok (and here):
@anneo.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social #misinformation
@anneo.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social #misinformation
‘For You’: What to know about news on TikTok
A social media researcher explains how to analyze your news feed in terms of content, circulation and consumption.
buff.ly
February 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Americans who rely on social media as their main news source are more likely to encounter conspiracy theories, according to a technology professor. Here are some tips for information literacy on #TikTok (and here):
@anneo.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social #misinformation
@anneo.bsky.social @uconn.bsky.social #misinformation
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February 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see
How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see
Several groups are working to preserve webpages, tools and data – some of which have already gone missing from government webpages since the start of the Trump administration.
theconversation.com
February 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see
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A lovely opportunity to tell someone to eat shit for removing the T from LGBT. Click the link, do a quick scroll (so quick), when asked 'Was this helpful?" click "no" then describe with whatever flourish brings you the most joy, what is wrong with the page (namely, dropping the T).
This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
(Scroll down.)
(Scroll down.)
Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
www.nps.gov
February 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A lovely opportunity to tell someone to eat shit for removing the T from LGBT. Click the link, do a quick scroll (so quick), when asked 'Was this helpful?" click "no" then describe with whatever flourish brings you the most joy, what is wrong with the page (namely, dropping the T).
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UVA has some very good librarians
The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later.
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
LibGuides: Government Information Data Rescue: Home
A guide linking to trusted repositories that have rescued U.S. government data
guides.lib.virginia.edu
February 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
UVA has some very good librarians
"Mom, I'm technically not licking the dishes"
February 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"Mom, I'm technically not licking the dishes"
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As childhood vaccinate rates drop in the U.S. outbreaks of measles are rising. In his new book Booster Shots, Dr. Adam Ratner makes the case that this is a bad sign for public health.
As measles cases rise, a new book warns parents not to underestimate the disease
As childhood vaccination rates drop in the U.S., outbreaks of measles are rising. In his new book, Booster Shots, Dr. Adam Ratner makes the case that this is a bad sign for public health.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
As childhood vaccinate rates drop in the U.S. outbreaks of measles are rising. In his new book Booster Shots, Dr. Adam Ratner makes the case that this is a bad sign for public health.
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NEW: The Department of Education told employees late Friday that they must review and terminate all programs, contracts and policies that affirm the existence of transgender people.
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
The Department of Education Told Employees to End Support for Transgender Students
The directive, which continues the Trump administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental health services and support for homeless students.
propub.li
February 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
NEW: The Department of Education told employees late Friday that they must review and terminate all programs, contracts and policies that affirm the existence of transgender people.
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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Dear workers who have not previously organized in a hostile workplace:
1) Do not use your company's messaging system to talk to your coworkers
2) Do not use company hardware (laptops, phones) to talk to your coworkers.
3) Do not sign up to receive organizing msgs with your company email address
1) Do not use your company's messaging system to talk to your coworkers
2) Do not use company hardware (laptops, phones) to talk to your coworkers.
3) Do not sign up to receive organizing msgs with your company email address
February 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Dear workers who have not previously organized in a hostile workplace:
1) Do not use your company's messaging system to talk to your coworkers
2) Do not use company hardware (laptops, phones) to talk to your coworkers.
3) Do not sign up to receive organizing msgs with your company email address
1) Do not use your company's messaging system to talk to your coworkers
2) Do not use company hardware (laptops, phones) to talk to your coworkers.
3) Do not sign up to receive organizing msgs with your company email address
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Good piece from @anandwrites.bsky.social
USAID fought apartheid. Musk is killing it
The makings of an unelected coup
the.ink
February 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Good piece from @anandwrites.bsky.social
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Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.
January 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Bryan MacCormack, the executive director of a New York-based immigrant rights group, was pulled over by CBP with two undocumented passengers in the vehicle. He knew his rights, refused to acknowledge their "warrant", and despite CBP threatening him, the agents eventually were forced to let him go.