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Autistic consultant and writer with a Masters in Neuroscience. white, nonbinary. they/them Opinions are my own. #SayNoToABA www.AutisticSciencePerson.com

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Thanks to RFK Jr, the USDA scuttled a plan to combat bird flu that included vaccinating chickens, because Brooke Rollins “was concerned about whether it would clash with the Health secretary’s anti-vaccine views”. Seems like a good time to deploy the word shitbirds for these government officials.
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‘It's time to get a vaccine in place’: RFK Jr.’s views helped stall bird flu plan
USDA shelved strategy for inoculating birds after the Health secretary criticized the idea.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Billions of dollars’ worth of contracts predicting oil would fall and the S&P 500 would rise were placed about 15 minutes before Trump announced a U-turn on Iran in a post on Truth Social. CFTC staff began to investigate...then were told to lay off. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades
Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 13/10/2026
when something scary happens to ilhan i think about this photo. you’d never know from how brave she is that she isn’t seven feet tall. we’ve all got to have her back, because she isn’t just some character on capitol hill, she’s a real human, with real children, who deserves to be safe in her home.
me and ilhan and i am big and she is tiny
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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
One of the worst parts of being a creator, especially a trans one, is watching disinformation about you spread from bad actors to other folks like a bad game of telephone so you see people literally judge you on shit you never said/did or is completely opposite to the point you were making.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Someone with cerebral palsy will have much higher expenses than your average person. I hate that he tried to do the right thing and protect his earnings only to have someone take advantage of him. RIP RJ. Thank you for everything you did to promote disability visibility.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
RJ Mitte was a fierce advocate for disability justice. He had cerebral palsy and his disability was a central part of his character on Breaking Bad. Despite the shows success, Mitte lost most of his earnings due to an unscrupulous business manager. The “crip tax” is real.
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RJ Mitte's Net Worth 2026: How Much Was the Breaking Bad Actor Worth?
In 2026, how much was Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte's net worth after years of memorable on-screen roles and passionate advocacy?
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/10/2026
Add another Democratic candidate who has taken an anti-trans stance this campaign. Virtually everyone missed this one. Adam Hamilton's US senate campaign in Kansas called transgender girls "boys," opposed athletics, and was in favor of a surgery ban. Haven't seen this one reported anywhere yet.
Democratic response is fractured
Although the Republican attacks are unified, Democrats’ responses are not.

Some candidates have publicly distanced themselves from Republicans’ most extreme accusations. Turek in Iowa and Talarico in Texas both said they oppose gender affirming surgeries for minors, without arguing for a broad ban on medical treatment. 

Tyson Brody, a spokesperson for Hamilton’s campaign in Kansas, said Hamilton does not think girls should “compete against boys” in sports and that gender affirming surgeries shouldn’t be performed on children.
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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Welcome to #TransTuesday! There is NO ethical consumption of Harry Potter Not the books, movies, or tv show. Not licensed games or merch. Not fanfic. Not even pirated. EVERY bit keeps the franchise alive and enables JKR's transphobia If you truly care about trans people, you need to let it die
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TERFs, PART 3: NO ETHICAL CONSUMPTION OF HARRY POTTER - Tilly's Trans Tuesdays
Welcome to Trans Tuesday! This is what it all comes down to, for trans people and the cis folks who actually care about us. Listen up, and show it to every cis person you know who does not get it. Her...
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Tim Ellis, TDSB Ward 2 candidate 🍁 @djdynamic.ca · 14/10/2026
It is very funny how the First Amendment is constantly invoked to mean "I can say whatever I want and you have to *accept what I said*" rather than what it actually means, which is closer to "I can say whatever I want and you can call me any name in the book in response"
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American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
WATCH: Andy Harris has a crash out after his constituents laugh at him for trying to blame higher gas prices on... Democrats. "You are rude!" #MD01
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/10/2026
Two months ago I reported on Amy Acton’s anti-trans turn and fears Dems would go the way of Labour. Some mocked me for it. Now that list is up to 28 major dem elected officials and entire state governments.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 13/10/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct Three years after OR passed landmark law requiring insurers to cover GAC, state regulators have quietly delayed its implementation bec of financial uncertainty under Medicaid and Trump attacks. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/10/12/o...
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Oregon retreats from enforcing landmark trans health care coverage mandate • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Regulators cited fears that the Trump administration would use state data to target providers or patients.
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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 13/10/2026
Colorado & Michigan have become the latest blue states to end Medicaid coverage for trans youth. Solidly blue Colorado will also be IMMEDIATELY shutting off care for all trans kids receiving puberty blockers—despite Trump's rule allowing a 6 month ‘tapering’ period. This is a complete betrayal.
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Colorado and Michigan Become the Latest Blue States to Quietly End Medicaid Support for Trans Youth as 12 Others Pledge Continued Coverage
In a complete betrayal, solidly Democratic Colorado will also be immediately shutting off care for trans kids currently receiving puberty blockers—despite Trump allowing a 6 month ‘tapering’ period.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/10/2026
Rather than cover the cost of gender affirming care for trans youth under medicaid, Colorado is voluntarily enacting the republican "taper and detransition" policy for youth on medicaid and dropping coverage. WTF.
Ironically, the first known violation of that law is now coming from the state itself. On September 18th, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) informed providers that “certain Physician-Administered Drug (PAD) services for the purposes of gender-affirming care will no longer be covered benefits for members under 18 years of age.” Two weeks later, HCPF released its full policy surrounding its updated coverage, and it somehow manages to be worse than the policies enacted by Arizona and Virginia. As Transitics reported last week, the federal rule allows for a 6-month ‘tapering’ period for youth currently receiving gender-affirming care where federal funds can still be used. And although HCPF does mention that stipulation in its policy, it also introduced a strange exception:

“Effective October 13, 2026, claims payment for GnRH/LHRH agents prescribed for gender-affirming care therapy for members under the age of 18 will not be allowed… Prior authorization for testosterone, estrogen, progesterone or medroxyprogesterone therapy for members under the age of 18,” the policy reads, “who are receiving and stabilized on therapy for gender-affirming care prior to October 13, 2026, may receive approval to allow for tapering and discontinuation of therapy.”

The exclusion of puberty blockers in the tapering policy isn’t accidental. The state’s prior authorization guidance that was updated the same day mirrors the policy and once again does not allow for a tapering period for trans kids receiving puberty blockers. And like Arizona and Virginia, Colorado has provided no indication that it has notified patients and their families. In doing so, Colorado is going far beyond what even the Trump administration intended—immediately cutting many trans kids’ care and leaving them scrambling for options.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 13/10/2026
You can also read the comic on our website, here!
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A Clippings Scrapbook: Conservative Media and Other Rackets - Assigned Media
A conservative reporter outs a tennis competitor, and sets in motion a chain of events that lead to trans women everywhere securing the right to play sports…a right his son–and that tennis player hers...
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 13/10/2026
A conservative reporter outs a tennis competitor, and sets in motion a chain of events that lead to trans women everywhere securing the right to play sports…a right his son–and that tennis player herself–now oppose. Read the story here in this month's Clippings by @piperbomb.bsky.social!
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 12/10/2026
Does the right of self defense come with an asterisk for trans women? @valorievandieman.bsky.social finds that a concerning implication of a decision in Tennessee to allow a man convicted of murder a new trial because he wasn't allowed to use his victim's gender identity as a defense. More here:
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Tennessee Court Allows Trans Panic Defense, Undermining Trans Safety - Assigned Media
Appellate court overturns ruling in the murder of a trans woman, opening the doors for the trans panic defense and further attacks on the safety of trans people.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
WTF. Even I am just seeing this now.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Navy board of inquiry literally wrote in its report that the Trump/Hegseth anti-trans policy “significantly limited the scope of the proceeding,“ such that it felt the need to add this information “[t]o accurately capture the totality” of the board’s findings regarding a trans service member.
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Autistic Science Person @autsciperson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
TW graphic SA details in the story Why is this not currently national news??
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Autistic Science Person @autsciperson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Reminder to check your voting registration soon! You can check at www.vote.org/am-i-registe...
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Check Your Voter Registration Status - Vote.org
It takes less than 30 seconds to check your registration status with our free 50-state tool. And if you're not registered, we'll help you take care of that too. Fast, free, secure, non-partisan.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 09/10/2026
We can still get 3k+ whistles out the door to people in need in under 24 hours and they are free.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The frequency of campus rapes, & their role in getting women to drop out of college, could be regarded as a 2nd stage in a process that starts by making it nearly twice as hard for qualified women to gain university admission compared to men. Excluding women from upward mobility is a policy choice.
Guardian headline about Japanese medical schools falsifying women applicants' test scores to avoid having to admit them.
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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Of a piece with the news that elite universities purposefully exclude qualified women both at the admissions level and by facilitating gender terrorism against them once they are admitted, understanding that many will drop out. Rape is punishment for women's ambition. bsky.app/profile/ebha...
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
a little louder for the cheap seats in the back
One of the biggest myths is that men rape by mistake. Like, "Oh, they need consent training." But research is very clear: Sexual violence is not a mistake. It is an intentionally made decision by people who know they don't have consent. They just don't prioritize consent over things like status, power, domination, and sexual gratification.
For my research, I got a certificate of confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health, so my notes couldn't be subpoenaed. One of the reasons I call them perpetrators in my work is because every single person I interviewed confessed in that context. The first question I would ask them was, "When you received that email from Title IX that you were under investigation, did you know what it was about?" Every perpetrator I interviewed said "yes." If sexual assault were a miscommunication, you would be wondering, What have I possibly done wrong? That is not the way that any of them reacted because they knew.
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Autistic Science Person @autsciperson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"What’s perhaps most striking about these pictures of trans people is just how mundane they are. The person looking at them, cis or trans, sees these images and realizes, however much they didn’t before, that trans people are not mythical creatures, or monsters, but people." - Sandy Allen
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Lots of trans guys I’ve talked to have had a Loren Rex Cameron story, and this is mine …” www.thebeliever.net/looking-for-...
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Looking for Loren Rex Cameron - Believer Magazine
Lots of trans guys I’ve talked to have had a Loren Rex Cameron story, and this is mine: Some years ago now, when I worked up the courage to confess to my spouse that I wanted top surgery—we were newly...
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Amelia Emberwing @thatwitchmia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Rape as a tool of political violence was the natural escalation point to allowing an adjudicated rapist to become President. I think I'll just start shrieking at the top of my lungs at anyone who tells me I'm overreacting from this point forward. No words, just the feral sound of unbridled rage.
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus. The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy. Full text below. 👇
Part 1 of an open letter of resignation by Arienne Childrey, stepping down as Vice Chair and member of the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) Pride Caucus. She states that party leadership treats the caucus as a recruitment and sales team rather than a representative body. She cites an incident where the ODP censored and denied permission for the caucus to post a letter by two trans leaders addressing harmful comments made by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton. The State Party Chair reportedly called the letter an "unwelcome distraction," which Childrey notes demonstrates how little party leadership values the voices and dignity of LGBTQ+ Democrats.
Since that decision, every Caucus plan, every potential post, and every path forward has been filtered through a lens of strict compliance and ODP approval. That may very well be the party's rule, but following those rules right now is a dereliction of our duty to the LGBTQ+ community.

For me, any rule that silences advocacy for the trans community during this time is an unjust rule, and I see no obligation to follow it. In alignment with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his Letter from Birmingham Jail:

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

We are living in incredibly dangerous times for the trans community. We are in an era where the GOP has so thoroughly weaponized trans lives that even some formerly self-professing allies within our own party have fallen prey to the rhetoric. Looking at the national trend towards Democratic anti-trans triangulation, as well as our own internal conversations, it is clear to me that this shift is much more than a simple coincidence.

We have to speak up—loudly, strongly, and unapologetically—or I fear what our 2028 choices may look like. The ODP would like everyone to believe they are a "big tent" party. However, their successful efforts to silence even the Pride Caucus—even in cases where we are simply begging our candidates not to trade on our lives for perceived electoral advantage—has proven otherwise. The tent hasn't gotten any bigger; it has simply shifted, leaving many trans individuals, progressives, and allies out in the rain.

I will continue to advocate, organize, and fight for our community with everything I have. But I can no longer compromise my own moral principles by remaining part of a caucus that appears more interested in party approval than in true, defiant advocacy.

Sincerely,
Arienne Childrey
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 06/10/2026
According to a new shadow docket filing with SCOTUS, the Alliance Defending Freedom is arguing that parents of cis kids have a "parental right" to forcibly out trans kids and prevent them from playing. It also seeks further Title IX restrictions in blue states. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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ADF Files SCOTUS Shadow-Docket Request Claiming "Parental Right" To Stop Trans Kids From Playing Against Cis Ones
The filing uses Title IX and “parental rights” to target trans children who may compete against their cis ones.
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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 06/10/2026
This should be considered a 5-alarm democracy fire.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 05/10/2026
ICE is arresting a record number of pregnant women and teenagers who cannot access the medical care they need, according to the reporting. At the same time, the agency appears to have lost count of how many people had miscarriages after October 2025.
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ICE Jail Policies for Pregnant People Built on Legacy of Eugenics, Critics Say
A record number of pregnant women and teenagers have been arrested by ICE. They cannot access medical care they need.
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026
This is word for word, the exact same demands Paxton made of gender affirming care providers and utilizing the same perverted interpretation of consumer protection laws. People will always let their bigotry rule over their own self-preservation.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026
Trans people have been warning y'all for years that they were perfecting tactics on us to use on everyone else. The reporter of this piece, Christina Jewett, contributed to that too. She helped fuel the moral panic over puberty blockers in trans youth. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...
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Texas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TODAY is the last day to register to vote in several states. I urge you to double check your state's deadline, verify that you are registered, and make changes to your registration if needed. Then contact three friends or family members and have them do the same. whenweallvote.org
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The next voter registration deadlines are: Missouri Oct. 7, 2026 Oklahoma Oct. 9, 2026 Delaware Oct. 10, 2026 Kansas Oct. 13, 2026 New Jersey Oct. 13, 2026 Oregon Oct. 13, 2026 West Virginia Oct. 13, 2026 Plan accordingly. 🗳️
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026
The Trump administration wanted NYC to explicitly turn away trans veterans from a shelter so NYC was forced to turn down funding for it because it would violate city and state law. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
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NYC turns down $1.3 million for homeless shelter due to dispute over transgender veterans
The city says the federal government would have required them to exclude transgender veterans from seeking shelter beds at the Borden Avenue Veterans' Residence.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Karistina Lafae 🧚‍♀️ AuDHD Bedbound Faerie Godmother @karistinalafae.northsky.social · 05/10/2026
🧵 about my harrowing experience as a wheelchair user who had to climb stairs because not a single United employee told me they should rebook me onto an accessible flight. I never should have SEEN a set of stairs. Fuck United. I would have had a glowing review if they hadn't done this to me.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 06/10/2026
An underappreciated part of the two abortion pill cases filed last week: they target not just mifepristone, but also *misoprostol.* That's the second drug in a typical regimen, but it's effective on its own. Louisiana says the cases would prevent mailing "back-up drugs" @autonomynews.co
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Three States Try Express Lane to Supreme Court Over ‘Shield’ Laws: October 5 News Roundup
Complaints filed last week target access to both mifepristone and misoprostol, a back-up abortion pill method.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pennsylvania has now reported: -At least 1004 measles cases -198 hospitalizations -Five deaths Only four of the cases had been vaccinated. Sure, we’ve got some numbers here, but the damage from RFK Jr.’s malicious treachery is actually incalculable.
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Pennsylvania measles cases reach more than 1,000. Track outbreaks in your state
Measles cases have surged in 2026, and Pennsylvania reported more than a thousand cases as of Monday.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/10/2026
Arienne Childrey resigns as Vice Chair of the Ohio Democratic Pride Caucus. The state party has censored all attempts to criticize Amy Acton and Marcy Kaptur for their anti-trans votes and/or statements.
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🇺🇸🇲🇽 The Babe with the Power @babewiththepower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Excellent point. The shaky recording of a tv, though! Here, watch it from Maher's Youtube channel. If it doesn't go right to it, it starts at 2:43. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvzP...
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Why Can't We End Homelessness? | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
YouTube video by Real Time with Bill Maher
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Autistic Science Person @autsciperson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This is a genuine must watch to really think about where we are right now politically and put into perspective: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9fR...
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what happens when Fascism wins elections | A Tragic Optimist's Guide
YouTube video by Dasia Sade
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Apologies the link in OP was the link for institutional letter. Here is the link for individual letters: actionnetwork.org/letters/acti...
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Action Alert: Urge Congress to Demand Release of Overdue HIV Research NOFOs
Overview Over the past months, there have been multiple delays in ensuring that the HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Networks (CTNs) and Centers for AIDS Research (CFAR) receive their notices to renew their ...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/10/2026
this for RFK Jr. is mission accomplished
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don’t remember anyone giving Jerome Powell a check for $100 million. Who gave it to Kevin Warsh, days before he was confirmed and why?
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