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Positively Progressive. Abortion is healthcare. Retired educator. Knitter. 🧶
When ICE tells you they’re targeting the worst of the worst, this is what they mean. ICE arrested Ameaka at BWI airport, and immediately moved her out of state to a GEO facility in Louisiana. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
It's weird, when you look back on the coverage of Jackie Robinson integrating Major League Baseball, there weren't a lot of these sympathetic pieces about the fans practicing their rights of freedom of speech by screaming the N-word at him. Progress!
The Athletic@theathletic.com · 5d agoSpeaking for the first time since ralliers began assembling in support of her stance against transgender participation in women’s sports, Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham said this was an opportunity for the WNBA to uphold its values of diversity and inclusion. nyti.ms/4fHr4Qn
He will never stick with any deal. He will never accept that he has lost…anything. He sees nothing but himself. Pretty clear by this point.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoLeavitt confirms that Trump is unilaterally changing the terms of the Saudi nuclear deal via Truth Social posts without even contacting any Saudi officials
First Nations are bearing the worst of Canada's wildfire crisis. Indigenous-led organizations are leading the most grounded response on the ground. If you can give, here's where to start: → Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity: an7gc.ca/donate/ → True North Aid: truenorthaid.ca
DONATE - Anishinabek Nation 7th Generation Charity
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the real discrimination is doing anything to fight discrimination, you see apnews.com/article/eeoc...
US civil rights agency moves to end demographic data collection after 60 years
The Trump administration is seeking to toss aside a 60-year-old requirement for tens of thousands of private sector employers to submit workforce demographic reports each year to the Equal Employment ...
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The Smithsonian tells OUR STORY—the people’s story. And we are NOT 👏 GOING 👏BACK 👏! youtu.be/5c-Cuw3XYuk
Rep. Stansbury: The Smithsonian is Not Up for Rewrite
YouTube video by Rep. Melanie Stansbury
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1/ Wondering what the FBI has been doing with 2020 election materials it seized in a raid earlier this year, and how it figures into Trump’s plans for the midterm elections? Well, @ProPublica has been working to find out. 🧵👇
Nothing says "intellectual diversity" quite like a mandatory law dictating forced enrollment in a bureaucratic safe space for policed thought. Ohio lawmakers want you to think freely, or else. 👀
A bill mandates Ohio university students take a required course at 'intellectual diversity centers'
That requirement: Ohio university students must complete a three-credit hour course in American civic literacy to graduate.
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Trump has done such a massive disservice to the US football team and American fans with his intervention. He's essentially politicised the team through tainting them with his corruption. The rest of the world is now rooting for Belgium tonight for political reasons. That's not how sport should be.
Strict Scrutiny hosts breakdown the fallout from The Supreme Court’s trans women in sports decision.
Public schools should be places where all students feel welcome, not where children are pressured into religious instruction.
Texas becomes first state to mandate students read the Bible in public school
Texas' Republican-led board of education approved Bible-infused school standards on Friday, making Christianity a part of classroom instruction for 5.5M public school students.
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FIFA and the U.S. thought that by humiliating  Iran in the World Cup and making their logistics difficult, would turn the world against them. Instead, the amount of support they received throughout this tournament is unprecedented. They represented their country with dignity and humility. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
here is a link to an easy way to make a comment. thanks to the League of Women Voters www.lwv.org/take-action/...
Oppose Proposed Mail-In and Absentee Ballot Regulations | League of Women Voters
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I just sent this out to Democracy Docket premium members, but in light of the Postmasters comments this morning threatening voting by mail, I felt it is urgent to post it online for everyone. Please read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/mail...
Mail-in voting is under attack. Here's what you can do
The USPS is proposing a rule that would require states to share information about voters who request mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections.
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Good morning. We're starting the day angry. Exhibits on COVID-19 masking and health equity have been papered over at CDC's David J. Sencer Museum. This admin prefers to whitewash history. Let’s never stop telling the truth, defending evidence, and holding power accountable.
Happy Obama Appreciation Day! The President, Husband, Father and true Patriot... #ObamaAppreciationDay
I think both points can be true: - John Bolton broke the law and mishandled classified docs - Trump’s weaponized DOJ went after Bolton in the first place because the president told it to Trump effectively admitted the latter point today, saying he “helped” with the case. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Trump doesn’t do himself any favors with new comments on John Bolton’s criminal case
The president, unprompted, boasted that he “helped” with the case against his former national security advisor, “from the standpoint of encouragement.”
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A banner week for Louisiana winning court rulings that hurt its own people.
Garnet Henderson@garnethenderson.com · 3mo agoNEW: The ultraconservative Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked the 2023 rule change that allowed for telemedicine prescriptions of the abortion drug mifepristone—nationwide.
This is truly Must Read weekend reading. Important to know what's going on here. A powerful and clear explanation of apparent flaws in the Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org. By @weissmann.substack.com who was head of the Justice Department's Fraud Section.
The Poverty of the DOJ Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Former head of the DOJ Fraud Section, Weissmann discusses conspicuous gaps in the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.
Ignacio Gallup-Diaz@igallupd.bsky.social · 4mo ago"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
a spacecraft landing is literally like ALL THE SCIENCES AT ONCE textile strength is important and wind and water are important and what kind of metal they used on the outside and the trajectory of re-entry and the distribution of weight and mass inside the thing and atmospheric conditions and
Lyndall@lyndallc.bsky.social · 4mo agoNever gonna shut up about how TEXTILES are what bring astronauts home safely from the moon.