Costco announced they will not stock mifepristone in their pharmacies. Contrary to viral social media posts, this IS a big deal and it DOES mean that they caved to pressure from far-right MAGA anti-woman conservatives. Here I go over the evidence and what you can do skepchick.org/2025/08/cost...

well rapists and sex pests do tend to stick together

Office hours have begun at Berry Pike Cafe! Drop by, tell me what you care about, and ask any questions you may have.

And because it’s Mother’s Day tomorrow, bring your mom or kids! We’ve got roses, chocolates, and cards for the both of you. 💕

A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind.
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
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Highly recommend following the work of the Southern Environmental Law Center who have tracking this and other polluting data center projects in the South

www.selc.org/topic/data-c...

massachusettsians: call the gov & contact your assembly members, irate about the commonwealth's non-existent response to ICE.

here's what i wrote mine recently. do i think they'd do this? not really. does it matter? not really. overton window, etc.

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Worcester police claim they were "keeping the peace" here but this video clearly shows their only role was to suppress resistance to ICE.

I stayed at the Liberty Hotel last time I was in Boston and had planned to go back, but those plans are now canceled. They allowed a MALE SECURITY GUARD to barge into a women's bathroom to remove a CIS woman because she looked too masculine. Get fucked, transphobes.

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

This is not simply bending the knee - this is saying the threatened punishments are deserved

Momodou Taal left the United States. forwarding his statement from twitter:

They told us we needed 3 degrees, two parents, extracurriculars, community service, and NO JAIL RECORD...

White male republicans:

I think a dangerously large number of democrats have absolutely no "democratic" scruples or values and simply ran as Democrats in their districts because it was the best way to win. The crazier Republicans get, the harder it is to hide behind "decorum" or "bipartisanship" when you side with them.

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.

Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.

Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

INBOX: today marks the start of 40+ disciplinary hearings for Columbia and Barnard students over last spring’s occupation of “Hind’s Hall.”

per the release: “In 2024 alone, Columbia and Barnard opened 300+ disciplinary cases, suspended over 122 students, and evicted over 50 students.”

But if we abolish the police, who will shoot a guy to death in his own home while executing a stolen weedwacker search warrant on the entirely wrong person at the entirely wrong address
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