This is the exact bill Republicans in Minnesota tried to pass: genital exams for 7 year olds to play t-ball. Absolutely sick
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
My unvaccinated brother died of COVID in 2021. I was about a year and a half into my epidemiology career. Healthcare staff did absolutely everything they could but they cannot cure ignorance. They cannot cure an anti-science belief and culture. Thats YOUR responsibility. Not Dr. Fauci’s.
The GOP is desperately trying to rewrite history, but just a reminder that Donald Trump was president during the lockdowns, and he awarded Fauci a presidential commendation for his work on COVID. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
There is a real choice in this race, and the stakes are sky-high. I'm running for U.S. Senate to make sure Minnesotans can afford their lives, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to explain my bold vision for our future. 🧵
Bernie Sanders: "People are sick and tired of the Democratic establishment and the Republican establishment ... the American people are tired of a rigged economy, a corrupt campaign finance system. They want real change. They don't want Rahm Emanuel and the establishment maintaining the status quo."
Reality doesn’t care about political talking points. This isn’t because Spain and France forgot to rake the forest. This is climate change, plain and simple, and it’s only going to get worse. 🚨 Nearly 200,000 people are running for their lives from out-of-control wildfires.
Last week, @ramirez.house.gov, @repdexteror.bsky.social, @fernandez.house.gov, and I got back from a fact-finding trip to Cuba. Cubans are suffering from a humanitarian crisis because of the decades-long American embargo and current fuel blockade.
My room temp and correct take on tipping is that if you make a comfortable living you tip servers always and you tip them well because who the fuck do you think you are
19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales died defending this country. Think about that while politicians demonize immigrants and terrorize Latino communities. Americans with names like Gonzales have always fought, bled, and died for this nation. RIP to her and Lt. Tyler Feehan. 🇺🇸
Ghoul. You HAVE to watch this clip in its entirety after 0:50. The absurd and dangerous argument Russ Vought is making injecting CRT, DEI and political opinions into life-saving research is HORRIFYING.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTINA SMITH: Researchers in MN made a breakthrough in childhood cancer in Black kids with a grant. But it seems that according to your proposed rule, this type of research wouldn't allowed bc it's 'DEI.' VOUGHT: We are against DEI policies. We have intended to rid of them whenever we possibly can.
She's five.
Joshua Eaton@joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 3w agoNEW: A 5-year-old girl spent months in federal immigration custody here in Connecticut while her family waited for her release. Her case isn’t unique, experts and court records show. My latest w/ @jrabethomas.bsky.social at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky
Iran hit a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz with a missile, causing heavy damage. They’ve announced the Strait is closed - again. The US is currently bombing Iran in response.
BREAKING: The Trump White House just ousted all three sitting members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission — hamstringing the bipartisan agency ahead of the midterms. The EAC helps state and local officials run elections, including by certifying election equipment.
Trump ousts remaining members of the Election Assistance Commission ahead of midterms
The dismissals hamstring a key bipartisan agency just months before the midterms.
nbcnews.com
Maine! Let’s go!! You have another candidate!
Andrea LaFlamme@andrealaflamme.bsky.social · 4w agoI’m ready to answer the call.
A tranche of water in the North Atlantic south of Greenland is the only place in the world to have cooled significantly since the 19th century. In fact, it has dropped by nearly 1C since 1900; ringing alarm bells in the scientific community over the last decade due to its swiftness and severity.
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf@rahmstorf.bsky.social · 4w agoBtw. I'm not aware of any models suggesting a "sudden collapse" of the #AMOC. The very serious real risk is that it soon passes a point of no return (tipping point) where it becomes unstable and it shutting down over 50-100 years becomes practically unstoppable. www.independent.co.uk/life-style/c...
I told my girl Hilary Knight I would make sure ALL the women get to go to the ESPYs. Imma take care of all travel glam wardrobe. But if any companies want to support,,, here’s another chance to Do The Right Thing 👍🏾
FLAVOR FLAV ⏰@flavorflav.bsky.social · last mo.Here we go again,,, The US Gold Medal Winning Women’s Hockey Team is nominated for Best Team at the ESPYs. The ESPYs offer ALL teams the same number of invites to rep the team at the awards,,, meaning some get left out. These women deserve to represent and celebrate together.
This sweet child should still be alive, and the circumstances of his murder *should* be shocking. But police murder people often. They lie about it often. They get caught lying about it often. Nothing changes. A handful of examples follows. It is not an exhaustive list. Not close. 1/16
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · last mo.Mississippi police shot and killed a 1-year-old child who was in the car with his mother. Autopsy reports reveal the child was shot through the side of the car, contradicting officers' claims that the car was heading towards them.
Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"
I knew record amounts of glyphosate were being sprayed in California’s forests, much of it in the wake of the megafires that have hit the state in recent years. But it was hard to fully get a sense of the scale of the destruction until I saw it from the sky.
I'd seen it from the ground, but wait until you see it from the sky
A birds-eye view of California’s Roundup-sprayed timberland.
motherjones.com
BREAKING: MIAMI (AP) — More than 100 Venezuelans deported from the US hours before earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapses.
Getting rid of well-respected high ranking members of the military in order to install loyalists is what you do when you are planning to do the wrong thing and want to make sure the military complies with your orders.
President Trump is the stupidest most humiliatingly inept rapist piece of garbage to ever set foot on the North American content. What a fucking idiot. This is all so incomprehensibly stupid. I pray the good lord calls him home very very soon.
amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · last mo.Fair is closed.
If you want to know why both corporate Democrats and Republicans are freaking out about DSA on the TV, this is why. We’ve been living under a 50 year lie that good things are not possible in our politics and it only took six months in a major American city to show that it was a bipartisan scam.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.KARL: Rs are gonna make you the poster child for the D Party MAMDANI: Let them. We don't have to ask ourselves what life looks like if a socialist wins. I won last year & over the course of the last 6 months what we've delivered for working people are the very things we were told were impossible.
Respect for your service, and solidarity in the ongoing work to build a more just and inclusive nation.
