Rebecca Newman
@rebeccanewman.bsky.social
Professor/Defender of higher education. Blue dot in deep red Florida. Fan of books and beaches. Former fantasy football champ. Fan of freedom and democracy for all.
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Republican goal: "Shelter men from women’s economic competition, revert to the regressive cultural modes of an imagined past & impose a narrow vision of the capacities, aspirations, talents & desires of half of the American ppl." @moiradonegan.bsky.social
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Republicans are attacking childcare funding. Their goal? To push women out of the workforce | Moira Donegan
The right wants American women to bear more children and withdraw from full participation in society
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May 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Republican goal: "Shelter men from women’s economic competition, revert to the regressive cultural modes of an imagined past & impose a narrow vision of the capacities, aspirations, talents & desires of half of the American ppl." @moiradonegan.bsky.social
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You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
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"He repels people." #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous says he tried to install (newly elected congressman) Randy Fine as the president of FAU because Fine's fellow state lawmakers wanted to get rid of him. (If I worked at FAU, I'd be PO'd.) www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/04/02/d... via @sun-sentinel.com
DeSantis says he tried to install Randy Fine at FAU because state lawmakers wanted to get rid of him
Gov. Ron DeSantis says he tried to install Congressman-elect Randy Fine as president of Florida Atlantic University because members of the state Legislature, where Fine served at the time, disliked…
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April 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"He repels people." #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous says he tried to install (newly elected congressman) Randy Fine as the president of FAU because Fine's fellow state lawmakers wanted to get rid of him. (If I worked at FAU, I'd be PO'd.) www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/04/02/d... via @sun-sentinel.com
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Just thinking about a fellow school parent who told me they “don’t do politics” but they own a car dealership.
April 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Just thinking about a fellow school parent who told me they “don’t do politics” but they own a car dealership.
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Anti-gay protesters invade #Florida churches and interrupt services, shouting “synagogue of sin” to the majority LGBTQ+ congregation. “They actually came inside our sanctuary and spewed hate from our safe space." www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/23/a...
‘A new level of anger’: Demonstrators disrupt worship, protest at Orlando churches
The pastors at the targeted churches are gay, and the protesters say run a “synagogue of sin.”
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March 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Anti-gay protesters invade #Florida churches and interrupt services, shouting “synagogue of sin” to the majority LGBTQ+ congregation. “They actually came inside our sanctuary and spewed hate from our safe space." www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/23/a...
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In news that will surprise absolutely no one: New research confirms that states with abortion bans are losing OB-GYNs.
Post-Dobbs Changes in OBGYN Clinical Workforce
This case-control study compares the availability of women’s health care clinicians in states that enacted highly restrictive abortion policy after the Dobbs Supreme Court decision vs states that esta...
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March 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In news that will surprise absolutely no one: New research confirms that states with abortion bans are losing OB-GYNs.
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Yes, 💯 this! ♥️
March 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Yes, 💯 this! ♥️
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Remember when America had friends?
Like a month ago?
Like a month ago?
February 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Remember when America had friends?
Like a month ago?
Like a month ago?
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Alabama Republicans want to require all K-12 PUBLIC schools to recite a Judeo-Christian prayer each morning after the Pledge of Allegiance.
If they don’t, they will lose twenty-five percent of their state funding.
𝙏𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙮-𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩.
This is extortion and religious indoctrination.
If they don’t, they will lose twenty-five percent of their state funding.
𝙏𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙮-𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩.
This is extortion and religious indoctrination.
February 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Alabama Republicans want to require all K-12 PUBLIC schools to recite a Judeo-Christian prayer each morning after the Pledge of Allegiance.
If they don’t, they will lose twenty-five percent of their state funding.
𝙏𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙮-𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩.
This is extortion and religious indoctrination.
If they don’t, they will lose twenty-five percent of their state funding.
𝙏𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙮-𝙛𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩.
This is extortion and religious indoctrination.
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#Florida legislator files resolution to lower threshold to pass constitutional amendments from current 60% to the old threshold of 50% floridaphoenix.com/briefs/flori... via @mitchperry.bsky.social
Florida Democrat files resolution to lower threshold to pass constitutional amendments to 50% • Florida Phoenix
A Democratic lawmaker wants to give Florida voters the chance to repeal a constitutional amendment that led to popular proposals on the 2024 statewide ballot to legalize recreational cannabis and rest...
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February 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
#Florida legislator files resolution to lower threshold to pass constitutional amendments from current 60% to the old threshold of 50% floridaphoenix.com/briefs/flori... via @mitchperry.bsky.social
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Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-“woke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.
Wokeness Is Not to Blame for Trump
How a misdiagnosis of the 2024 election has calcified into self-defeating conventional wisdom.
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February 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-“woke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.
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As always, @rtraister.bsky.social is right. nymag.com/intelligence...
February 18, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As always, @rtraister.bsky.social is right. nymag.com/intelligence...
My former j-student now reporting in Gainesville, FL. Here first story was on gun violence prevention. 🥺❤️
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$500,000 grant to help Gainesville curb regional gun violence, focus on tech hubs
A collaborative initiative with Alachua County will allocate a $500,000 grant toward preventative programs, including the creation of technology hubs.
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February 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My former j-student now reporting in Gainesville, FL. Here first story was on gun violence prevention. 🥺❤️
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The most surreal and maddening feature of the campaign was that everyone agreed that high prices were the main issue but the guy explicitly, consistently running on a platform of raising everyone’s prices won voters most concerned about high prices.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
February 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The most surreal and maddening feature of the campaign was that everyone agreed that high prices were the main issue but the guy explicitly, consistently running on a platform of raising everyone’s prices won voters most concerned about high prices.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
We hammered this time and time again and yet.
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CNN: The House Ethics Committee secretly voted earlier this month to release its report into the conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz before the end of this Congress, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/p...
In reversal, key House panel votes to release Matt Gaetz ethics report | CNN Politics
The House Ethics Committee secretly voted earlier this month to release its report into the conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz before the end of this Congress, according to multiple sources with knowle...
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December 18, 2024 at 2:32 PM
CNN: The House Ethics Committee secretly voted earlier this month to release its report into the conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz before the end of this Congress, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/p...
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Orlando, this morning, I will be filing to run as your next Mayor. I am honored for the opportunity to lead our incredible City Beautiful into the future!
For press– we’ll be holding a media gaggle at 8:30am outside the steps of City Hall. Onward!
For press– we’ll be holding a media gaggle at 8:30am outside the steps of City Hall. Onward!
December 16, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Orlando, this morning, I will be filing to run as your next Mayor. I am honored for the opportunity to lead our incredible City Beautiful into the future!
For press– we’ll be holding a media gaggle at 8:30am outside the steps of City Hall. Onward!
For press– we’ll be holding a media gaggle at 8:30am outside the steps of City Hall. Onward!
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Why is it called gerrymandering instead of cheating?
December 5, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Why is it called gerrymandering instead of cheating?
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It’s hard to have faith in a legal system led by an accused rapist, who was nominated by an adjudicated rapist, and surrounded by subservient yes men who care more about their perceived loyalty than the law.
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Trump's corruption of the DOJ goes much deeper than Gaetz
It's John Yoos all the way down.
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November 20, 2024 at 1:09 PM
It’s hard to have faith in a legal system led by an accused rapist, who was nominated by an adjudicated rapist, and surrounded by subservient yes men who care more about their perceived loyalty than the law.
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Patiently indulging someone while they justify why they knowingly voted for a serial sexual predator will never change hearts and mind. It just normalizes their lies and makes them think it's okay.
Zero accountability is how we brought about the horror show we've got today.
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Zero accountability is how we brought about the horror show we've got today.
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November 19, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Patiently indulging someone while they justify why they knowingly voted for a serial sexual predator will never change hearts and mind. It just normalizes their lies and makes them think it's okay.
Zero accountability is how we brought about the horror show we've got today.
10/10
Zero accountability is how we brought about the horror show we've got today.
10/10
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Responding to the comment pictured. 1) I'm not suggesting you cut out everyone who voted differently. I'm suggesting accountability. Let's try removing the election from the equation to see if I can explain. Imagine if a friend from your knitting group started spreading lies about your child.
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November 19, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Responding to the comment pictured. 1) I'm not suggesting you cut out everyone who voted differently. I'm suggesting accountability. Let's try removing the election from the equation to see if I can explain. Imagine if a friend from your knitting group started spreading lies about your child.
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“The ability to commit crimes — even sex crimes — and get away with it is part of the allure of Trumpism,” writes @amandamarcotte.bsky.social. www.salon.com/2024/11/19/a...
Sex abuse allegations against Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth only make Trump like them more
Republicans complain nominees weren't "properly vetted," but don't get that accusations are a feature, not a bug
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November 19, 2024 at 2:21 PM
“The ability to commit crimes — even sex crimes — and get away with it is part of the allure of Trumpism,” writes @amandamarcotte.bsky.social. www.salon.com/2024/11/19/a...
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I remember a time* when having sex with an underage girl at a drug-infested house party would torpedo your nomination to be the United States Attorney General.
*today, in the Biden administration.
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*today, in the Biden administration.
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Lawyer Says His Client Testified That She Saw Gaetz Having Sex With Underage Girl
The lawyer told multiple news outlets about the testimony, before the House Ethics Committee, in which the client described witnessing Matt Gaetz having sex with the girl at a party in 2017.
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November 19, 2024 at 2:22 PM
I remember a time* when having sex with an underage girl at a drug-infested house party would torpedo your nomination to be the United States Attorney General.
*today, in the Biden administration.
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*today, in the Biden administration.
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So I live in Floriduh and have been thinking how Matt Gaetz could’ve been stopped long ago when he was a state rep in Tally playing virgin roulette at FSU sorority houses. But no. 😡🤬
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Matt Gaetz's Florida sex game included a 'Harry Potter' challenge and 'extra points' for sleeping in sorority houses, a female Republican tells Insider
Gaetz is accused of participating in a sex "game" where politicians scored bonus "points" for sleeping overnight at sorority houses.
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November 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM
So I live in Floriduh and have been thinking how Matt Gaetz could’ve been stopped long ago when he was a state rep in Tally playing virgin roulette at FSU sorority houses. But no. 😡🤬
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