Reposted by Abby LouiseJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The clearest and most succinct expression I've read of how, beyond the clear fascist rhetoric, the Prairieland prosecutions have terrifyingly expanded federal legal power, beyond the point many feds even wanted to go. 7328153
Reposted by Abby LouiseACLU @aclu.org · 05/10/2026• What can I do to safeguard my vote? • What are my rights if I face election interference? • What if bad actors try to disrupt the election? Our experts answered your most pressing questions about the midterms.aclu.orgYour 2026 Midterm Voting Questions AnsweredIs voting by mail still safe? Can the president cancel an election? ACLU experts answer your questions about voting in the 2026 midterms. 3206104
Reposted by Abby LouiseACLU of Arizona @acluaz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Today is the last day to register to vote in the General Election this November! Check your voter registration now at My.Arizona.Vote 032
Reposted by Abby LouiseACLU of Arizona @acluaz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026¡El 5 de octubre es el último día para registrarse para votar en las elecciones generales de noviembre - visite My.Arizona.Vote! 012
Reposted by Abby LouiseChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 839197046205
Abby Louise @arizonaabby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Good. Now someone besides the DOJ, which is complicit in these attempts, can decide the legality of these claims. And then throw them out. Make them prove they did nothing wrong. They can't & they won't. 001
Reposted by Abby LouiseQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency. 298152493603
Reposted by Abby LouiseAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 27/09/2026@rikiwilchins.bsky.social With Reps in battleground states running on trans issues, CNN poll finds once again that it runs dead last in voters' concerns after elections, crime, tariffs, etc. Good for them for finally positing a question other pollsters still ignore. [Live screen grab] 18924
Reposted by Abby LouiseRiki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026@rikiwilchins.bsky.social With Reps in battleground states running on trans issues, CNN poll finds once again that it runs dead last in voters' concerns after elections, crime, tariffs, etc. Good for them for finally positing a question other pollsters still ignore. [Live screen grab] 081
Reposted by Abby LouiseSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 25/09/2026#BREAKING: #SCOTUS once again freezes the lower federal courts’ rulings in the Missouri redistricting case—and affirms that, as the Missouri Supreme Court held earlier this month, Missouri will use the 2022 map in the November elections. There were no public dissents. 412226512
Reposted by Abby LouiseBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you are a lawyer, and want to help defend our democracy, your way for you to get involved.  219784
Reposted by Abby Louise🌸Bibi🌸♿ @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale. I sell pins, compression gloves, artist gloves, back braces, knee braces, wrist braces, compression socks, cute bags & more! Store: Bibipins.com 25840970
Reposted by Abby LouiseKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 22/09/2026"That's why dipshit establishment Dem consultants see an ad like above and think it's "killer," even as it's a house of cards built on lies. "Actually, I think it would be quite informative for the good people of Texas to see the full, unedited HRC video." www.burnsnotice.com/this-republi...burnsnotice.comThis Republican Super PAC Attack Ad is Lying to YouTexas PAC has bought $64 million in attack ads against Democrat James Talarico and it features menacingly edited segments of an otherwise innocuous Human Rights Campaign video. 15314
Reposted by Abby LouiseAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17/09/2026We're not going to sign on and vote to eliminate ourselves from society. I don't give a shit if they're in a red state. I'd rather they lose. You can't threaten us with, it would be worse under Republicans when Dems would pass the same exact policies nationally. 1061674
Reposted by Abby LouiseJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026...Assumption #2 is "Trans people are a brand-new minority group, so you just need to be patient until the rest of society is finally ready to accept you." even though this is completely untrue, many cis ppl sadly seem to believe it... juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... 130545
Reposted by Abby LouiseJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026...Assumption #1 is that trans ppl are "overreacting" to Talarico, Turek, et al.'s recently announced anti-trans positions... juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... 628742
Reposted by Abby LouiseJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026...all the animosity hurled towards trans ppl the last few days is completely misplaced. this is a *cisgender problem*: cis ppl need to decide whether you want us to be part of the anti-MAGA coalition or not. if you do, then call out the Dems pushing us out... juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... 337787
Reposted by Abby LouiseJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🧵 of excerpts from my latest essay “On Democrats Who Cave in Response to Anti-Trans Attack Ads.” it makes several points I haven't seen others making. here's a main one: many cis reactions reveal they don't actually view trans ppl as part of their coalition... juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... 340092
Reposted by Abby LouiseAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026So when a Dem says they agree with any of this, they are taking a position that is against what trans people ALREADY HAD just 5 years ago. That's why trans people won't accept it. It's not about progress, it's about preventing a managed decline in civil rights agreed to by Democrats. 121588307
Reposted by Abby LouiseJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I hate that I have to re-up this today. as I detail in this piece, abandoning trans rights is not only immoral, but it's also BAD POLITICS for Dems, as it will turn away their own pro-LGBTQ base without winning over a single new voter: www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...bostonreview.netTrans rights aren’t tanking the Democrats.Julia Serano responds in a forum on “How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism.” 10934302
Reposted by Abby LouiseJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🚨 BEWARE of VoteSafe.org 🚨 While it bills itself as a “safe” way to register to vote, it is actually a digital surveillance machine created by Elon Musk’s super PAC. 7345123687
Reposted by Abby LouiseRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Corporations spend more than $1.5 billion a year on union-busting. That’s $1.5 billion they could have spent on higher wages, better benefits, and improving workplace safety. Remember: if they weren’t so scared of worker power, they wouldn’t fight so hard against unions.epi.orgU.S. employers spend more than $1.5 billion annually on union avoidanceKey takeaways Many U.S. employers hire union avoidance consultants to keep their workers from organizing and bargaining 278106184520
Reposted by Abby LouiseEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This is a story about men harassing women. It's being sold to the public as a story about conservatives protecting women, but it's the opposite of that. 8377104
Reposted by Abby LouiseSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 30/08/2026To anyone writing about or thinking about the so-called "deal" with Venezuela for its oil reserves: It's theft, an "agreement" at the barrel of a gun. Please don't sanitize it. open.substack.com/pub/america/...open.substack.comCan America Ever Regain Its Honor?A Saturday Prompt 866120834047
Reposted by Abby LouiseMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣) 557241386664
Reposted by Abby LouiseDebi Jackson @the-debijackson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Over a fourteen-day stretch in August, four things came out of the federal government: a "fraud" report on gender-affirming care written almost entirely by advocacy staff rather than researchers...debijackson.substack.comSo You Want to Talk About Grooming?Two "reports," a podium full of lies, and a nursery rhyme — all in fourteen days, all built to make trans folks and their allies the villain. 264
Abby Louise @arizonaabby.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Such a sad passing. My world will never be the same without Dolly. 010
Reposted by Abby LouiseAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/08/2026We are unquestionably sending people to their deaths, all because the President and his appointees are making policy based on pure racism and bigotry. 291301529
Reposted by Abby LouiseCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 15/08/2026These gloves don't cause neuromuscular incapacitation the way that a taser does. In fact, they only work when applied directly to bare skin. These aren't made for apprehending anyone. These have one and only one use: causing extreme pain to already-restrained captives. In plain language: torture. 8761152638
Reposted by Abby LouiseACLU @aclu.org · 13/08/2026NEW: Flock just announced several operational changes to try to stem the nationwide backlash against its mass surveillance system — but we aren't fooled. This is nothing more than putting lipstick on a pig. Automatic license plate readers are always a threat to our privacy and our leaders must act.aclu.orgFlock's Cameras Remain Civil Liberties Threat Despite UpdatesACLU responds to surveillance company Flock's announcement of changes to license plate reader system. 24609223
Reposted by Abby LouiseSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 10/08/2026“The idea wasn’t just to retroactively protect ‘the babies of slaves’; it was to prospectively forestall future efforts to deny citizenship based on whatever other non-sovereignty-based criteria might be politically popular in any given moment.” Me on why Trump’s new EO is *still* unconstitutional:stevevladeck.com243. Birthright Citizenship, ReduxPresident Trump's new attempt to cabin birthright citizenship is a lot narrower than the one the Supreme Court struck down in June. Its key provisions are still unconstitutional. 322118555
Reposted by Abby LouiseEliza Orlins @elizaorlins.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Fuck. At 4:31AM. By a vote of 50-49. Todd Blanche—Donald Trump’s personal defense attorney—now runs the Justice Department. Before dawn, in a nearly empty chamber. That’s how you confirm someone you can’t defend in daylight. 1051379445
Reposted by Abby Louise Maurice Mitchell 🐺 @mauricewfp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The calculus for how to win in swing districts has changed. The days of the “safe middle” are dead. People want fighters who will challenge powerful interests, even if that ruffles party leaders. workingfamilies.org/wp-content/u...workingfamilies.org 0136
Reposted by Abby LouiseKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 27/07/2026polling shows trans athletes are possibly the lowest salience issue amongst most voter groups and those that want to vote for the most anti-trans candidate aren't persuadable by democrats. 261205216
Reposted by Abby LouiseWorking Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 11/07/2026Billionaires getting richer while the majority of people struggle to make rent isn't just "the way things are." It's a system they built. We can build something different. 37851251
Reposted by Abby LouiseACLU @aclu.org · 11/07/2026Our voting rights are facing unprecedented attacks — but we won't let politicians undermine our democracy. Join the first training in our new Know Your Rights series on Monday, 7/13 at 8pm ET, where we’ll break down how to defend our voting rights this election season with Good Trouble Lives On.mobilize.usACLU Know Your Voting Rights: Good Trouble Lives On · American Civil Liberties UnionAbout this event Our voting rights are facing unprecedented attacks. They want us to feel discouraged and confused. But that’s not who we are. We’re honoring the courage, sacrifice, and struggle o... 6404174
Abby Louise @arizonaabby.bsky.social · 09/07/2026"If your version of progressivism means ignoring someone else’s pain because it contradicts your narrative or interferes with what you hope to achieve, it’s not true progressivism .... That means the oppression of all, not just those whom the dominant group deems worthy." 030
Reposted by Abby LouiseMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026First opinion is U.S. v. Hemani. The Supreme Court UNANIMOUSLY holds that a man who uses marijuana several times a week has a Second Amendment right to own a firearm, blocking his federal prosecution. Gorsuch writes for the majority. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p... 1554497
Reposted by Abby LouiseSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026ICYMI, this is the next milestone in the criminalization of dissent. If you thought DHS was trying to be lowkey post-Minnesota, they were just buying time for cases like this. Subscribe to FOREVER WARS for journalism like this — what you need to know to stay free.forever-wars.comThe Next Step in Criminalizing ICE Protests Is HereFirst came Prairieland. Now an indictment treats mutual aid and road-blocking as a criminal conspiracy 3451155
Reposted by Abby LouiseCrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 17/06/2026"This is the latest turn of the ratchet in criminalizing resistance to ICE. If you thought the convictions of the anti-ICE demonstrators in Prairieland, Texas were egregious, this time, the Justice Department isn't even alleging any actual act of violence. " www.forever-wars.com/the-next-ste... 4235120
Reposted by Abby LouiseKaren (yes, yes, I know 😈) @karkin64.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Yes, but that was before FIFA became the corrupt paedophile supporting organisation. It is today.😒😒 15549661292
Reposted by Abby LouiseChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13/06/2026BREAKING: Judge Angel Kelly blocks Interior Sec. Doug Burgum's “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” Order as "a dangerous precedent of censorship and sanitization" and orders DOI to "restore and reinstall" removed materials "forthwith." ORDER: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 13978305
