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@leosparkle.bsky.social

Climate migrant, raised on the Gulf of MEXICO. 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸

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Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 5d ago

El Sayed: "When it comes to trans rights, this is the right to get the health care that you need...It’s the right not to be discriminated against by your government because of who you are. Because what tends to happen is they come for theirs, then they come for yours"

The idea that we can assent to the taking away of anybody’s rights, and think that somehow the government won’t come for all of our rights, is itself the problem. And, look, I don’t need people to understand how they use their rights. I just need people to agree that the government shouldn’t be able to take any of our rights. I put my face on the ground thirty-four times a day, David. Most people don’t understand why I do it. I don’t need them to understand. I just want to have the right to do it. And when people decide that they want to take away my right to do that, I’ve got a problem.Now, I hope that everybody’s going to show up and say, No, no, no. You can’t stop that person or that community from reflecting and praying as they choose. Similarly, when it comes to trans rights, this is the right to get the health care that you need. That’s really what it comes down to. It’s the right to be who you are. It’s the right not to be discriminated against by your government because of who you are. Because what tends to happen is they come for theirs, then they come for yours, then they come for theirs. And at some point you live in a society where rights are negotiable, and that is not the America I was born in. It’s not the America I know and love. It’s not the America I’m going to allow somebody like Donald Trump to give us.
Drop Site@dropsitenews.com · 5d ago

💢 Pres. Trump clarifies that Secretary of State Rubio’s campaign to “bring the International Criminal Court to heel” is intended to protect Israeli PM Netanyahu and others facing ICC scrutiny. Speaking at Camp David, Rubio said: “The International Criminal Court has made themselves illegitimate...

💢 President Donald Trump clarifies that Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s campaign to “bring the International Criminal Court to heel” is intended to protect Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others facing ICC scrutiny. Speaking at Camp David, Rubio said: “The International Criminal Court has made themselves illegitimate because they claim that even if you’re not a member of that court, we can come after you… They’re very arrogant. So we’ve now begun an effort to really try to bring them to heel.” Trump interjected to make Rubio’s objective clear: “He’s trying to defend Bibi and various other people.” The U.S. President said Rubio’s campaign against the ICC has nothing to do with protecting him.
SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@covid19disease.bsky.social · 5d ago

🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.

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In These Times@inthesetimes.com · 5d ago

AIPAC and allied groups have spent nearly $30 million backing Haley Stevens, while her campaign has outspent Abdul El-Sayed 12 to 1. @dannypostel.bsky.social reports on the money, coalitions and stakes in Michigan’s Senate primary.

Abdul El-Sayed Is In a Fight to Transform the Democratic Party

The Michigan Senate primary between El-Sayed and Haley Stevens is shaping up to be a proxy war in the struggle between the party’s progressive and centrist wings.

inthesetimes.com

Hunter Dunn@hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · last wk.

Amy Acton is the 3rd most evil Democratic candidate to make it past their initial primary date this cycle, after Maureen Galindo & Graham Platner. Her comments on trans people make Gavin Newsom look like Bernie by comparison. She crossed a red line — we can’t let her infect the Democratic Party

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 3w ago

2. Earlier this week, Ohio's Dem nominee for gov, Amy Acton, made headlines for calling trans girls "boys" and declaring that she would enforce Ohio's sports ban, which she cast as a matter of "fairness" and "kids' health and safety." www.erininthemorning.com/p/dem-ohio-g...

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · last wk.

Petition organizer Giovanni Galante, a Trump donor, has described Mamdani as “’a Muslim that has thoughts to get rid of all Jewish people, and to agree with 9/11.’ At another point in the interview, Galante claimed Mamdani ‘believes 9/11 should have happened to us.’”

Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · last wk.

“By Monday evening, the story had hit CBS News New York. ‘Thousands of 9/11 victims' families are asking New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani not to attend this year's solemn remembrance ceremony,’ the network reported. After Popular Information reached out for comment, that line was removed.”

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · last wk.

U.S. taxpayers spend about $2 billion every year on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees, subsidizing the companies that refuse to adequately pay hundreds of thousands of workers, or give them healthcare. /1

Taxpayers spend about $2 billion annually on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees

American taxpayers are spending billions every year providing Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees of Amazon and Walmart, a new analysis by Popular Information reveals.

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Jessica Kant@jessdkant.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is one of six anti-LGBTQ+ riders in the new national security and state department appropriations bill for 2027. Notice how the frame of opposing pediatric GAC is used to shoehorn in opposition to trans people writ large. What a weirdly concise illustration of exactly how we got here.

(e) None of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act may be made available in contravention of Executive Order 14187, relating to Protecting Children From Chemical and Surgical Mutilation, or shall be used or transferred to another Federal agency, board, or commission to fund any domestic or international non-governmental organization or any other program, organization, or association coordinated or operated by such non-governmental organization that either offers counseling regarding sex change surgeries, promotes sex change surgeries for any reason as an option, conducts or subsidizes sex change surgeries, promotes the use of medications or other substances to halt the onset of puberty or sexual development of minors, or otherwise promotes transgenderism.
David Sirota@davidsirota.com · 2w ago

As Gov. Whitmer tries to stop Abdul El-Sayed, remember: Whitmer’s dad was Blue Cross’s CEO, she appointed a Blue Cross CEO co-chair of her transition & got more Blue Cross cash than any MI candidate — as Blue Cross denies 1 in 6 claims Story at LeverNews [dot] com

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Jo Yurcaba@joyurcaba.bsky.social · 3w ago

Content warning: suicide After May Pollard died on a late-January morning, a detective asked her parents a question: Had anyone wanted to hurt her? “A lot of America,” her mother answered. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.

The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.

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Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 2w ago

Over the last few years, a handful of states have passed criminal bathroom bans that could jail transgender people. Now, Bossier City, Louisiana is on the verge of becoming the first to do so by local criminal ordinance, with 6 months in jail. The latest from our journalist, S. Baum.

Bossier Parish In Louisiana Advances Criminal Trans Bathroom Ban With Up To 6 Months In Jail

Trans people could face up to six months in prison if they use a bathroom on municipal property that differs from their sex assigned at birth.

erininthemorning.com

Drop Site@dropsitenews.com · 2w ago

🚨Israeli strike hits near journalists' gathering spot, outside hospital gate An Israeli strike hit outside the gate of Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital compound in central Gaza, next to a public workspace where journalists routinely gather. Footage captured by Drop Site contributor Mohamed Ahmed shows...

🚨 Israeli strike hits near journalists' gathering spot, outside hospital gate An Israeli strike hit outside the gate of Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital compound in central Gaza, next to a public workspace where journalists routinely gather. Footage captured by Drop Site contributor Mohamed Ahmed shows the bloody aftermath of the attack, with several wounded rushed into the hospital. "I found blood on the ground, the wounded, and martyrs. I even carried one of the injured people inside Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital," eyewitness Mohammed Ibrahim told Drop Site. "There is no safe place—not a street, not a shop, not a hospital, not a house." Journalist Amer Al-Farra, who was working in the public workspace when the strike hit, said they had been "carrying out journalistic and professional duties" when the explosion sent glass and shrapnel into their midst. "We were sitting here because we believed this was a safe place in front of a hospital," he said. "There is no safe place in the Gaza Strip." At least six Palestinians have been killed and more than 20 wounded in Israeli attacks across Gaza since this morning, according to Al Jazeera. 🎥 Mohamed Ahmed
Mike Nellis@mikenellis.bsky.social · 2w ago

Absolutely heartbreaking letter from the mother of Alex Pretti, six months after his murder by ICE agents. How is it possible that we still haven’t seen even a hint of justice for such a heinous crime?

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GarwoodStevens@garwoodstevens.bsky.social · 2w ago

Taylor Farms (the shitty lettuce people) gave more than we thought. They gave $3.8 Million in political campaign funds to Trump and MAGA politicians. With this shitty news I think it important we talk to their employees in Mexico. How much do they get paid? Any benefits? Using harmful pesticides?

Derek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 2w ago

Taylor Farms political donations + rethinking the farm safety net open.substack.com/pub/farmacti...