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BREAKING: Seattle Children's Hospital successfully fought this summer to get DOJ's invasive trans care subpoena quashed.
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
The Seattle court partially unsealed the case this week.
This was the fourth, previously sealed case mentioned in this recent Law Dork report: www.lawdork.com/p/judges-doj...
December 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🎉
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This probably isn’t good.
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This probably isn’t good.
🎉🎉🎉🎉
That's a wrap on the Seattle Mayor's race: Katie Wilson wins it by 1,975 votes after the final remaining ballots were counted today.
That takes the race out of automatic recount territory as the gap is >0.5%
That takes the race out of automatic recount territory as the gap is >0.5%
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
🎉🎉🎉🎉
YASSS
UPDATE: latest round of ballots counted shows that Katie Wilson now leads Bruce Harrell in the Seattle Mayor's race by 1,346 votes.
That's currently within the 2,000 vote margin to trigger an automatic machine recount. Though there are ~1,000 ballots with signature issues that could change that.
That's currently within the 2,000 vote margin to trigger an automatic machine recount. Though there are ~1,000 ballots with signature issues that could change that.
November 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
YASSS
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My thoughts on the FDA announcement today about MHT vajenda.substack.com/p/reaction-t...
Reaction to the FDA Announcement on MHT
Removing the Black Box Warning was Served with a Side of Serious Misinformation
vajenda.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
My thoughts on the FDA announcement today about MHT vajenda.substack.com/p/reaction-t...
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Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Great piece on the FDA and menopause hormone therapy in @motherjones.com it is the most medically accurate coverage I have read from the press! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Check online to see if your ballot has been counted, and if not, see if it's possible to cure. info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
info.kingcounty.gov
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Check online to see if your ballot has been counted, and if not, see if it's possible to cure. info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
Seattle! If you haven't yet, TRACK YOUR BALLOT! If it hasn't been counted, find out what the issue is and get it solved. Volunteers are "curing" ballots. This mayoral race is so close!
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
info.kingcounty.gov
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Seattle! If you haven't yet, TRACK YOUR BALLOT! If it hasn't been counted, find out what the issue is and get it solved. Volunteers are "curing" ballots. This mayoral race is so close!
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
!!!!!!
Seattle's close mayoral race has switched leading candidates but the margins remain incredibly close.
It is possible we're headed to an automatic recount: WA state law requires a machine recount for any election within 0.5% & 2000 votes, and a hand recount for races within 0.25% & 150 votes.
It is possible we're headed to an automatic recount: WA state law requires a machine recount for any election within 0.5% & 2000 votes, and a hand recount for races within 0.25% & 150 votes.
Incredible. Progressive challenger Katie Wilson now has a 91-vote lead in Seattle’s race for mayor. She had been steadily gaining on incumbent Bruce Harrell.
There are about 8,000 ballots left to count.
There are about 8,000 ballots left to count.
November 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
!!!!!!
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I’m leaving this post up for transparency’s sake, but I just got some clarification on the federal RIF reinstatement/moratorium.
It only stops them from re-firing people until January of 2026 - I thought it was also a year.
So yeah, there’s not much of a win here. Apologies for the misread.
It only stops them from re-firing people until January of 2026 - I thought it was also a year.
So yeah, there’s not much of a win here. Apologies for the misread.
Honestly, this is likely as good of a deal as the Democrats are going to get.
Reinstates fired federal workers. Prevents admin from re-firing them. SNAP funding for a year, and an ACA vote in December.
Voters are already blaming the GOP for the ACA - make them vote against it.
Reinstates fired federal workers. Prevents admin from re-firing them. SNAP funding for a year, and an ACA vote in December.
Voters are already blaming the GOP for the ACA - make them vote against it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I’m leaving this post up for transparency’s sake, but I just got some clarification on the federal RIF reinstatement/moratorium.
It only stops them from re-firing people until January of 2026 - I thought it was also a year.
So yeah, there’s not much of a win here. Apologies for the misread.
It only stops them from re-firing people until January of 2026 - I thought it was also a year.
So yeah, there’s not much of a win here. Apologies for the misread.
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Reminder folks that the CR still has to pass the House AND IT SHOULD DIE THERE.
Make sure your rep is on board to vote NO.
Make sure your rep is on board to vote NO.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Reminder folks that the CR still has to pass the House AND IT SHOULD DIE THERE.
Make sure your rep is on board to vote NO.
Make sure your rep is on board to vote NO.
Call your Dem senators.
Made my calls to Booker and Kim.
You can leave a message even when their offices are closed.
Flood the lines.
No cave on ACA subsidies. Fund them or keep the government shut.
You can leave a message even when their offices are closed.
Flood the lines.
No cave on ACA subsidies. Fund them or keep the government shut.
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Call your Dem senators.
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Folks you can use FAXZERO to send faxes to any person on the Hill for free.
Send a message to Schumer.
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Send a message to Schumer.
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Send a fax to anywhere in the U.S. or Canada for free.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Folks you can use FAXZERO to send faxes to any person on the Hill for free.
Send a message to Schumer.
FAXZERO.com
Send a message to Schumer.
FAXZERO.com
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To all our WA Democratic leaders holding it down:
THANK YOU 💙
THANK YOU 💙
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
To all our WA Democratic leaders holding it down:
THANK YOU 💙
THANK YOU 💙
@murray.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
HOLD THE LINE
Do not give up on the ACA.
Convince your colleagues.
We are counting on you.
@cantwell.senate.gov
HOLD THE LINE
Do not give up on the ACA.
Convince your colleagues.
We are counting on you.
November 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
@murray.senate.gov
@cantwell.senate.gov
HOLD THE LINE
Do not give up on the ACA.
Convince your colleagues.
We are counting on you.
@cantwell.senate.gov
HOLD THE LINE
Do not give up on the ACA.
Convince your colleagues.
We are counting on you.
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This is the best explainer so far for why this was the best strategic move Justice Jackson could have made under these circumstances, "entirely understandable and defensible, even if I wish like hell it hadn’t come to this" as @stevevladeck.bsky.social puts it.
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 AM
This is the best explainer so far for why this was the best strategic move Justice Jackson could have made under these circumstances, "entirely understandable and defensible, even if I wish like hell it hadn’t come to this" as @stevevladeck.bsky.social puts it.
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It's worth checking with King County Elections that your ballot was counted. If not, you can probably cure ballot so that it is counted. info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
info.kingcounty.gov
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 AM
It's worth checking with King County Elections that your ballot was counted. If not, you can probably cure ballot so that it is counted. info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
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Of all the things ever instituted by mankind, moving our clocks back and forth twice a year has to be one of the stupidest.
November 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Of all the things ever instituted by mankind, moving our clocks back and forth twice a year has to be one of the stupidest.
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Emma Thompson is a queen.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Emma Thompson is a queen.
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many thanks to the non-American press for actually doing journalism on our national nightmare
It's amazing how direct the international press is on these issues as compared to US media.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Scrutiny grows over Trump competence – but can an unfit president be removed?
Impeachment and 25th amendment offer routes for removal – but experts say system is set up to protect the president
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
many thanks to the non-American press for actually doing journalism on our national nightmare
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Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.
I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.
I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.
October 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act.
I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.
I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.
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The ICE stories in this Reddit thread should shake every American, regardless of party, to their core. We no longer have a Constitution. This is fascism, pure and simple.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The ICE stories in this Reddit thread should shake every American, regardless of party, to their core. We no longer have a Constitution. This is fascism, pure and simple.
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UNDERSTAND why the government is shut down…
youtu.be/3PJWGJ8F16A
youtu.be/3PJWGJ8F16A
WHAT this SHUTDOWN means
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
UNDERSTAND why the government is shut down…
youtu.be/3PJWGJ8F16A
youtu.be/3PJWGJ8F16A
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"I don't get to draw the line" — you are a wildly influential journalist with an audience of millions, you absolutely do get to draw the line!
IMO, the most revealing part is Klein wrestling with the question of where "the line" is (between acceptable and unacceptable politics). Realizing that what he considered past the line is now the GOP mainstream doesn't make him commit harder to fighting it. He wonders if he needs to move the line.
September 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"I don't get to draw the line" — you are a wildly influential journalist with an audience of millions, you absolutely do get to draw the line!
“A senior foreign diplomat posted at the U.N. texts me,” foreign affairs journalist Ishaan Tharoor wrote, “‘This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?’”
Yes. The majority of us do.
Yes. The majority of us do.
September 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“A senior foreign diplomat posted at the U.N. texts me,” foreign affairs journalist Ishaan Tharoor wrote, “‘This man is stark, raving mad. Do Americans not see how embarrassing this is?’”
Yes. The majority of us do.
Yes. The majority of us do.