Rocketelle
@rocketelle.bsky.social
Former public librarian. Still here to help :)
Radical Outsider Left. Not a “Yes man”. Never a Democrat nor Republican. Proud Novo Collegian.
Radical Outsider Left. Not a “Yes man”. Never a Democrat nor Republican. Proud Novo Collegian.
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Like… people want affordable groceries, housing, and healthcare, *And* they want their friends and loved ones the be alive and safe and free from persecution.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
Too many news outlets & pols framing Tuesday as affordability *Instead Of* "woke"/"DEI"/whatever the fuck when Mamdani & Sherrill both *explicitly* embraced trans & other LGBTQ+ rights, VA solidly rejected Republicans' virulent anti-trans attack adz, & a PA elected their 1st trans mayor. Be serious.
Pro-Equality Candidates Win, Anti-Trans Campaigns Lose Again, in Election 2025 | GLAAD
History was made, and repeated, in the 2025 election, with significant impacts for LGBTQ Americans and candidates who campaigned to support LGBTQ people. Virginia voters elected the Commonwealth’s fir...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Like… people want affordable groceries, housing, and healthcare, *And* they want their friends and loved ones the be alive and safe and free from persecution.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
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WHAT HAPPENED?
In the multistate SNAP case, Judge Talwani will:
- keep USDA's 11/8 order that states "undo" full payments or face penalties stayed for now
- issue a TRO mirroring the RI case TRO to protect states directly
- likely address an error states say USDA made in its partial payment tables
In the multistate SNAP case, Judge Talwani will:
- keep USDA's 11/8 order that states "undo" full payments or face penalties stayed for now
- issue a TRO mirroring the RI case TRO to protect states directly
- likely address an error states say USDA made in its partial payment tables
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
WHAT HAPPENED?
In the multistate SNAP case, Judge Talwani will:
- keep USDA's 11/8 order that states "undo" full payments or face penalties stayed for now
- issue a TRO mirroring the RI case TRO to protect states directly
- likely address an error states say USDA made in its partial payment tables
In the multistate SNAP case, Judge Talwani will:
- keep USDA's 11/8 order that states "undo" full payments or face penalties stayed for now
- issue a TRO mirroring the RI case TRO to protect states directly
- likely address an error states say USDA made in its partial payment tables
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The democrats didn’t just give up leverage and millions of Americans healthcare they voted for expressly illegal and corrupt actions by the administration and their colleagues. They literally are helping materially to dismantle American democracy.
None of these people can hold power anymore.
None of these people can hold power anymore.
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The democrats didn’t just give up leverage and millions of Americans healthcare they voted for expressly illegal and corrupt actions by the administration and their colleagues. They literally are helping materially to dismantle American democracy.
None of these people can hold power anymore.
None of these people can hold power anymore.
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Oh yeah the senate democrats also voted to remove protections for thc and hemp based cbd last night. So many small businesses are about to close and so many people are going to be needlessly hit by legal actions due to this. bsky.app/profile/myta...
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Oh yeah the senate democrats also voted to remove protections for thc and hemp based cbd last night. So many small businesses are about to close and so many people are going to be needlessly hit by legal actions due to this. bsky.app/profile/myta...