@sweett-d.bsky.social
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🛑 H.R. 722 🛑
(intro 1/24/25)
Applies 14A equal protection to “preborn” persons.
Grants legal rights to fertilized eggs; embryos; fetuses.
Bans (effectively) abortion nationwide, even in states where protected by vote.
Call Congress Critters NO! on HR 722
#EndTheWarOnWomen
#SheShed
(intro 1/24/25)
Applies 14A equal protection to “preborn” persons.
Grants legal rights to fertilized eggs; embryos; fetuses.
Bans (effectively) abortion nationwide, even in states where protected by vote.
Call Congress Critters NO! on HR 722
#EndTheWarOnWomen
#SheShed
a poster for the handmaid 's tale shows a line of women in red robes
ALT: a poster for the handmaid 's tale shows a line of women in red robes
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🛑 H.R. 722 🛑
(intro 1/24/25)
Applies 14A equal protection to “preborn” persons.
Grants legal rights to fertilized eggs; embryos; fetuses.
Bans (effectively) abortion nationwide, even in states where protected by vote.
Call Congress Critters NO! on HR 722
#EndTheWarOnWomen
#SheShed
(intro 1/24/25)
Applies 14A equal protection to “preborn” persons.
Grants legal rights to fertilized eggs; embryos; fetuses.
Bans (effectively) abortion nationwide, even in states where protected by vote.
Call Congress Critters NO! on HR 722
#EndTheWarOnWomen
#SheShed
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We’re all going to die.
February 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We’re all going to die.
About time
NEW: Nassau County, New York settles with voters to redraw local maps to boost the voting power of communities of color. This is the first lawsuit resolved under the New York Voting Rights Act, a state law replicating many protections of the federal VRA.
Nassau County to Adopt New Legislature Map with Six Minority Districts
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:21 PM
About time
Good idea
Ope! The bill would make it “unlawful for a person to discharge genetic material without the intent to fertilize an embryo.” www.wlbt.com/2025/01/22/m...
Mississippi politician files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act’
"People can get up in arms and call it absurd but I can’t say that bothers me.”
www.wlbt.com
January 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Good idea
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Three lawsuits were filed against Trump's Department of Government Efficiency — the Elon Musk-led faux agency tasked with slashing federal programs, regulations and workforce — for violating the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972.
Elon Musk's DOGE Faces Trio of Lawsuits Following Trump’s Inauguration
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Three lawsuits were filed against Trump's Department of Government Efficiency — the Elon Musk-led faux agency tasked with slashing federal programs, regulations and workforce — for violating the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972.
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This👇
Tip from @snowjob.bsky.social
If you have a whitehouse.gov link you want to access and it is down, try replacing "www.whitehouse.gov" with "bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov"
The national archives is still doing its job for now.
If you have a whitehouse.gov link you want to access and it is down, try replacing "www.whitehouse.gov" with "bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov"
The national archives is still doing its job for now.
January 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This👇
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Trump is literally purging the federal government of Black people and women.
So the people who told us he wasn’t a racist or misogynist were full of shit.
So the people who told us he wasn’t a racist or misogynist were full of shit.
January 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Trump is literally purging the federal government of Black people and women.
So the people who told us he wasn’t a racist or misogynist were full of shit.
So the people who told us he wasn’t a racist or misogynist were full of shit.
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Never had as many govt leakers reach out as I have today. Not even close
January 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Never had as many govt leakers reach out as I have today. Not even close
Way more dangerous than immigrants. Subject matter experts are vital to the US
All those gov advisory boards just vacated will have national security consequences if not refilled with the most qualified experts for those roles.
We’ll see if party counts more than merit soon enough.
My comments for @lorenzofb.bsky.social in @techcrunch.com :
techcrunch.com/2025/01/22/t...
We’ll see if party counts more than merit soon enough.
My comments for @lorenzofb.bsky.social in @techcrunch.com :
techcrunch.com/2025/01/22/t...
Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in “horribly shortsighted” decision | TechCrunch
The Department of Homeland security told members of the Cyber Safety Review Board that their membership was terminated.
techcrunch.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Way more dangerous than immigrants. Subject matter experts are vital to the US
Good
The 11th Circuit will hear a case tomorrow challenging Georgia’s congressional and state legislature maps. Voting rights advocates say the maps unfairly diluted the political power of Black communities, in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
11th Circuit Considers Fate of Georgia Maps in High-Stakes Redistricting Case
Read more.
www.democracydocket.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Good
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Project 2025 calls for gutting the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which election experts say could have grave implications for the future of elections — and democracy.
A Little-Known Federal Agency Helps Secure Elections. Trump Wants to Gut It.
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Project 2025 calls for gutting the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which election experts say could have grave implications for the future of elections — and democracy.
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Correct
it’s becoming increasingly clear the goal of the far right is to defund and buy up every source of reliable information until there is no more objective reality to counter them
January 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Correct
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NEW: Within minutes of President Donald Trump being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — the Elon Musk-led faux agency tasked with slashing federal programs, regulations and workforce — was sued three times.
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January 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
NEW: Within minutes of President Donald Trump being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — the Elon Musk-led faux agency tasked with slashing federal programs, regulations and workforce — was sued three times.