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We must do what the country refused to do during Reconstruction: dispossess & banish those who organized & facilitated this vile & lawless regime.

I felt I really needed to write about Rowling's essay, not because it's new, but because it's so poisonous and ugly that it felt like sanitizing her not to acknowledge it on my trans news site.

When people say it will take generations to undo Republican damage? They're right. Here's a great example. Privatized healthcare. That was NIXON. All the way back in the early 1970s. We are still feeling the effects today, harshly. VOTE.

We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

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Holy shit.

Examining red versus blue isn’t about division. It’s about objective comparison. Two major political choices. Same measurements. Side by side. Federal money. Health. Healthcare. Pay. The numbers don’t tell you what to believe. They give you information to consider. The truth is still free. 🇺🇸

New bro code: "Protect women. Respect women. Believe women." The code is accountability, human decency, human kindness, respect. It has to be.

Most TV is just this now.

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

I am a barrister who once spent time seconded to the CPS serious crimes unit making charging decisions. Today, you can pretend to be one too and work through the decision-making framework in a very serious case. The police have multiple suspects in custody and the phone just rang. 👨 👨 👨 👨 👨 📱 👮‍♀️ 🚨

Last night’s Harvest Moon over Seattle. The clouds made it feel even more dramatic as it rose above the Space Needle and the Cascades. Also called the Corn Moon, this is the full moon closest to the autumn equinox.

Every eligible voter has the right to vote without intimidation. Learn more about the work we’re doing to safeguard the right to vote this election season.

Our union of over 12,000 Starbucks workers are calling for a BOYCOTT. We're fighting for extremely reasonable improvements, like better pay, better staffing, and better protections. Thank you to @bradlander.bsky.social for standing with Starbucks workers and joining our boycott!

It’s truly bizarre to me that we have a President of the United States who used to fly to a private island to rape children, and this country is talking about anything else.

FFS. There is only one slab of granite that Americans want this guy’s name carved into.

New from me. Union nurses warn 🚨 Big Tech and Big Brother are invading our healthcare system, which was already in crisis. I speak with a panel of @nationalnurses.bsky.social from Maine, Missouri, and Illinois. This is a must-listen! @therealnews.com therealnews.com/palantir-nur...

The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:

With our kids now #BackToSchool, never forget that we ARE the traffic that we’re afraid of. If more kids walked, biked or rode transit to school, it would erase a LOT of car trips each day, and our kids would be safer, healthier and better at school as a result. HT Ian Lockwood. Spread the word.

Majesty of Flight Great Blue Heron Alki Beach: 🪶

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One of the biggest questions Democracy Docket is asked: What can I do to help? Our answer: A brand-new bulletin board community page with a list of ways you can volunteer, attend rallies, do phone banking, write petitions, and more. newsletters.democracydocket.com/fixed-you-as...

You don't have a right to safe drinking water, a US court just ruled. A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.

Nailed it.

Just another reason to check your local voting precinct regularly. Check your registration and party affiliation... Check everything ahead of Election Day. www.vote.org/am-i-registe...

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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Art but make it Jimothy.

Woah.

Everything is explicit here. ICE has been openly designated as Trump's paramilitary army in his war on blue America. The centrality of violence to all this is not disguised in the least. ICE recruitment glorifies military-style operations in urban strongholds. 5/ (h/t @lioneltrolling.bsky.social)

Somebody filmed bulldozers tearing through Big Bend National Park—and public outrage forced CBP to halt border wall construction in the Texas desert. Proof that standing up for our public lands actually works. Read the full breakdown: