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Barbra Taylor

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Kerry Kennedy @kerrykennedy.bsky.social · 8h
What an incredible film! FOLLOWING HARRY is out now. Harry Belafonte was my dear friend & a lifelong champion of justice. His courage & unwavering commitment to human rights continue to inspire me every day. 🔗 I hope you’ll watch this beautiful tribute to his life and legacy: www.followingharry.org
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Cat Neilan @catneilan.bsky.social · 8h
The only shocking thing about this is that Musk considers European consumers at all
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Beth Andres-Beck @beth4ma.bsky.social · 8h
I am horrified by the attempted attack on a Hindu temple in Aurora. Everyone should be safe in their houses of worship. We must stop selling people the guns that turn bigotry into mass murder. And we must update Section 230 to hold platforms accountable when they get rich promoting bigotry.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11h
I know of a mother who was snatched up by ICE as she was boarding a plane to go to her son’s graduation from a military academy. She was not undocumented, had no criminal record, and had been here for decades. She was expelled to a country in Africa she’d never been to before.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 8h
I’m proud to have earned the endorsement of the @tampabaytimes.bsky.social for U.S. Senate! We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us, and I’m ready to get to it! #AngieforFlorida www.tampabay.com/viewpoints/2026/10…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/10/2026
Dr. Debby Day said her bosses at Cigna gave her a stark warning: Work faster, or the company might fire her. She said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers.” (Published April 2024 w/ @capitolforum.bsky.social)
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A Doctor at Cigna Said Her Bosses Pressured Her to Review Patients’ Cases Too Quickly. Cigna Threatened to Fire Her.
Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That’s ho...
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 8h
“The student, who prosecutors did not name, and another unnamed student were drugged in a college residence hall in Manhattan in March” nbcnews.to/4edtNRG
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New York City college student dead after being drugged with fentanyl and raped in her dorm room, prosecutors say
Another student was also drugged in the Fashion Institute of Technology dorm room but survived. Two men have been arrested and charged in the incident.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 14h
Investigative journalist Daphne Galizia reported on government corruption, allegations of money laundering & more in #Malta. A "one-woman WikiLeaks." Known internationally for her investigation of the Panama Papers, she was assassinated by a car bomb in #OTD in 2017. 🧵 #Journalism #PressFreedom
A black-and-white portrait of the prominent Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia (1964–2017), who gained international acclaim for exposing political corruption and money laundering tied to the Panama Papers before her tragic assassination. She faces the camera directly with a subtle, composed, and knowing smile, her warm eyes conveying intelligence and resilience. Her dark, straight hair is parted down the middle, framing her face and cascading over her shoulders. She wears prominent, ornate, drop-style dangling earrings that feature concentric circular designs, catching the light. Her blouse is light-colored and adorned with delicate, patterned floral embroidery along the neckline. The background is softly blurred and indistinct, focusing all attention on her powerful presence. The overall mood is dignified and reflective, serving as an impactful historical testament to press freedom and courage.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 8h
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time devoted to education about the importance of screenings and check-ups, as well as honoring all those impacted by breast cancer worldwide. Get screened, self-examine, and schedule an appointment with your doctor.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 8h
@cidrap.bsky.social: In Alaska, unvaccinated kids were 26x more likely to develop pertussis than vaccinated children. Pertussis is sometimes called whooping cough, or "the 100-day cough," which is caused by a bacterial infection. www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-healt...
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Alaska study finds pertussis vaccine is extremely protective during statewide outbreak
The odds of a laboratory-confirmed pertussis case were approximately 26 times higher in unvaccinated children compared with those who were vaccinated.
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Reveal @revealnews.org · 8h
“There are people who are openly white supremacists who are consolidating power at record speed...If that don’t move you, it ain’t nothing that I can say that can move you.” LaTosha Brown from the @blackvotersmatterfund.org joins us on this week's More To The Story:
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Voter suppression is happening in the South. This organizer fights it.
Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown mobilizes minority communities as voting rights come under assault.
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Elizabeth D. Leonard @noisyfearless.bsky.social · 8h
Susan Collins tells Mainers she thinks RFK Jr, who is destroying public health in America, is just swell, during a heated Maine Senate debate.
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 8h
Who is safer when America forcibly detains a woman who has called this country home since she was 6, is a mom to four citizens, and is a military spouse? This is a disgrace and we need to force a change with our voice and our votes.
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He Joined the Military. They Reported His Wife to ICE.
When a soldier’s wife went to pick up her military ID at a base in Texas, ICE officers showed up.
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Laura Webster @lauraewebster.bsky.social · 8h
Many people in tears at the Friends of Palestine Fringe event at SNP conference. Unbelievably harrowing stories about Gazans having to access surgeries without anaesthetic, of people expelled from their homes and never allowed to return, even to be buried.
Standing room only at the SNP conference Fringe event on Palestine
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 8h
Measles is absolutely tearing through unvaccinated communities. There were more new cases of measles in the US in the past seven days (330) than we had in ALL of 2024 (285). A total 4,410 cases this year, which everyone agrees is an undercount. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-m...
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US measles cases grow by 8% in one week for a total of 4,410 cases
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 12h
Yes, this. “While there is so much debate about what AI can and cannot do for humans, there is too little talk about what it’s doing to humans.”
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Ariana Figueroa @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social · 8h
Immigrants from Ukraine, Sudan could soon lose protected status www.newsfromthestates.com/article/immi...
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Immigrants from Ukraine, Sudan could soon lose protected status
WASHINGTON — More than 100,000 Ukrainians and roughly 2,000 Sudanese immigrants are bracing for the possibility they’ll lose their humanitarian protections by Monday.Homeland Security Secretary Markwa...
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 8h
Ok bluesky fam we need to support these women as they try to unionize. Let’s go.
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Katherine Locke @katherinelocke.bsky.social · 8h
I think, authors and fellow creatives, this applies to us too if you have a "professional" account on IG, Facebook, or Threads.
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Cerise Castle @cerisecastle.bsky.social · 10h
In LA, police and federal agents are shooting out the eyes of people protesting ICE. I detailed the accounts of 5 young men who lost their eyes after protesting for @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/he-went-to-d...
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He Went to Document an Anti-ICE Protest. He Left Without an Eye.
Since federal agents surged into L.A. last year, at least five people have been shot in the eye at protests, with lasting consequences.
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Rosa DeLauro @delauro.house.gov · 8h
If the settlers will do this to an American journalist on camera, in broad daylight, imagine what Palestinian families face when no one is watching. Those responsible for this attack must be held accountable.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 10h
NEW: The SNP have announced that the Scottish Government will increase the financial support available to help women leave abusive relationships 👇 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 8h
"Saturday’s demonstrations will be different, focusing on voter-participation drives..." www.latimes.com/california/s...
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How this Saturday's ‘No Kings Day’ protests will be different
Thousands of 'No Kings' rallies are scheduled to take place Saturday aimed at getting people to vote in the November midterm elections.
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 8h
y’all aren’t gonna believe this shit* www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Unsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt Authors
Newly unsealed comments made in briefs filed by Open AI and Microsoft reveal that executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI generated books would lik...
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Sabrina Vourvoulias @followthelede.bsky.social · 8h
"Cameras with facial recognition, video analytics, biometric databases, digital IDs, social media monitoring, Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) systems, and public service platforms are gradually merging into a single infrastructure of control." globalvoices.org/2026/10/15/h...
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How authoritarian states are building an international market for digital surveillance
Digital authoritarianism is not developing in isolation, but through the international exchange of technologies, standards, and practices.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 8h
From @cidrap.bsky.social: When Maurice Kurtz, 73, woke on September 19, he felt like a minivan had hit him. ‘I ached so much.’ Man describes bout with dengue, aka "breakbone fever," contracted during Florida’s outbreak, which has led to 324 cases and 1 death. www.cidrap.umn.edu/dengue/i-ach...
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‘I ached so much’: Man describes bout with dengue fever contracted during Florida’s outbreak
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This detail from the NYT obit of disgraced and resurrected televangelist Jim Bakker, and his oldest pivot in the book www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/u...
The new ministry was low-key compared with that of the Bakkers’ high-flying PTL days. Its focus was different, too. The end of days was nigh, Mr. Bakker now preached, and he offered viewers what he said they would need to ride out the Apocalypse: long-lasting food, 10 buckets of it for $600 plus shipping costs. His message had a bluntly conservative political cast. “God has called” Donald J. Trump, he said. Barack Obama “sounded like the representative for Antichrist,” he said in 2016, and Hillary Clinton was “a bride of Satan.”
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Fierce Reads @fiercereads.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
PEN reports that SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson was the second most banned book in the 2025-2026 school year. 📣 SPEAK UP for banned books during #BannedBooksWeek by sharing what books changed your life and pledge your support for the Freedom to Read here ➡️ vist.ly/5m532
A flier showing a copy of SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson, along with an image of the author. The text reads: "Speak up for banned books!" with a quote from Laurie, "Censorship is the child and fear and the father of ignorance."
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Jessica Killin @killinforco.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Virginia Giuffre was one of Epstein’s victims, and she died last year. Her family, Sky and Amanda Roberts, have been fighting for justice. Jeff Crank voted to cover up the Epstein files and ignored their requests to meet with him, even though they live in our community and are his constituents.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/10/2026
Jessica Killin, a Democrat running for Congress in a competitive Colorado district, released an ad that features the family of Virginia Giuffre, one of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s most prominent victims, and criticizes Rep. Jeff Crank for blocking the release of Epstein files.
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Family of Epstein Victim Appears in Ad Targeting Republican
In a tough new ad for the Democrat running against Representative Jeff Crank, the brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Giuffre say the congressman refused to meet with them.
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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Too many rape apologists focus on how a woman was existing at the time. Her clothes. Her vulnerability. Her level of intoxication. Even her "asking for it" is implied or assumed. No one asks "What was he doing?" #WhatWasHeDoing www.academia.edu/42655704/The...
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The Things We Believe: Anthropology and Feminism in the #MeToo Era
This essay engages with the promise of feminist anthropology in terms of a disconnect between the practice of modern anthropology, its commitment to critically unveiling the narratives of power, and t...
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates - West @ppaawest.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Fairbanks and Juneau voters, THIS TUESDAY is local Election Day! Local elections often come down to a handful of votes. Make yours count. plannedp.info/ak-endorseme... #Alaska #AkLeg #AkElect #AlaskaSky #VoteLocal
Fairbanks Local Election 2026 Endorsements by Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates. School Board: Tim Doran, Bobby Burgess, Sean Holland. Assembly: Alexis Howell, Nick LaJiness, Scott Crass. Vote by October 6!Juneau Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates endorsements: Board of Education: Britteny Cioni Haywood, David Noon. CBJ Assembly: Paul Kelly, Mila Cosgrove, and dual approval of Karla Hart and Joyce Niven.
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
😆 Poor fElon. He actually said "he will lose his job over this" about Delta CEO Ed Bastian. "The trigger for the billionaire’s pique: Delta, the most profitable airline in the U.S., rejected Musk’s Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi service, choosing Amazon’s offering instead." 🎁 www.wsj.com/business/air...
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Delta Is the Only Big Four Airline That Won’t Use Starlink—and Elon Musk Is Furious
The billionaire has been railing against Delta CEO Ed Bastian because the airline went with Amazon’s in-flight internet service.
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Such an astoundingly ugly human, inside and out.
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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So we had to shake down ByteDance for ... reasons ... meanwhile they shutdown their stupid AI companions with just the mere whiff of regulation while the companies we are stuck with because it's "pro-freedom" are actively encouraging AI psychosis - ok
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Pamela Majteles @pjmaj.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Glad this is finally getting coverage. For all the media coverage of Altman, there's never mention of his sister suing him for repeated sexual abuse. It seems like it would come up in coverage of other people.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
student newspaper, Cornell Sun: "Activists Smash Windows, Graffiti Day Hall ‘for Jane Doe’" "Shards of glass [littered]...the entryway and the floor of Day Hall. The messages, which read “SMASH THE PATRIARCHY” and “AT CORNELL RAPISTS ARE PROTECTED PROTESTORS ARE EXPELLED,” were written in red."
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Activists Smash Windows, Graffiti Day Hall ‘for Jane Doe’
A group of anonymous activists vandalized Day Hall early Monday morning by smashing windows, writing graffiti and covering up a camera in protest of the University’s response to the alleged 2024 Chi P...
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Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove @kamlager-dove.house.gov · 05/10/2026
From catching up with Angelenos to dancing to banda music, I had such a wonderful time at the second annual Latino Carnival. Celebrations like these beautifully showcase the vibrant culture, rich traditions, and incredible community that Latinos contribute to our city and nation.
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 05/10/2026
Grocery prices are skyrocketing, and Seattleites are working extra shifts, taking second and third jobs and cutting back on other necessities just to keep up. But for some grocery corporations, our struggle is another opportunity for profit.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Very saddened to say I won’t be able to headline Tim Pool’s student event in Chicago this week. I unfortunately have other plans.
Hi Katherine,
Timcast Media is partnering with the Chicago Thinker to host a student event in Chicago on October 9 at 4:00 PM.
The event will feature a one-on-one conversation with Tim Pool followed by a live student Q&A. To create a dynamic and balanced dialogue, we are specifically seeking a featured guest to represent a left-leaning perspective.
Timcast Media will fully cover and arrange all travel and accommodations.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Sincerely,
[REDACTED]

Hi Lisa,
Sorry, I'll be too busy slamming my hand in a car door that day to talk with Tim. Hope you understand.
Kat
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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Why do cases like the Cornell rape lawsuit keep happening? @moiradonegan.bsky.social, columnist at Guardian US and co-host of the podcast "In Bed With The Right" talks about the cycle of outrage and inaction that follow cases like this, and why they keep happening: wnyc.org/browse/shows...
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Why Do Cases Like the Cornell Fraternity Rape Lawsuit Keep Happening? | WNYC
Moira Donegan, columnist at Guardian US and co-host of the podcast In Bed With The Right, talks about the Cornell fraternity rape lawsuit, the cycle of outrage and inaction she says follows cases like...
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“every time someone is sleeping on a subway bench in a city, the rest of america can sort of say ‘ugh, look at these cities.’ but we are holding a lot of your people who you failed to love and take care of.” 👏 👏 👏
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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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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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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This ancient Greek figure from the 2,500 year-old Douris Cup looks uncannily like someone working on a laptop! 😲 💻 He’s actually writing with a stylus on a hinged wax writing tablet! The technology has changed, the posture has not! 😂 Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me
My photo shows detail from an ancient Greek red-figure kylix (drinking cup) of a young man shown in profile seated on a stool facing right. He wears a knee length cloak (himation) over his left shoulder, which is shown in folds around his waist and upper legs. His right shoulder, chest, and arms are bare. His dark hair is short, and he wears a band around his head. He is looking down at an open rectangular wax writing tablet which he is supporting in his left hand above his lap. In his right hand he holds a metal stylus pen poised over the writing tablet. The wooden writing tablet is hinged like a book and, from this angle, resembles a modern laptop. The figure is part of a scene depicting school lessons in ancient Athens, painted by Douris around 480 BC. On display at the Altes Museum in Berlin.
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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Last year, Chicagoan Marimar Martinez was shot **5 times** by a Border Patrol agent & all agents accounts were contradicted by evidence. Now she is suing the federal govt. Worth reading whole piece; agents cheered for shooter via celebratory texts (“beers on me") blockclubchicago.org/2026/10/05/m...
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Marimar Martinez Sues Feds A Year After Border Patrol Agent Shot Her 5 Times
A reconstruction of the shooting commissioned by Martinez’s legal team found agent Charles Exum was standing to the side of her car and was not in danger as he fired, her attorneys said.
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Julianne McShane @juliannemcshane.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“They’re kidnapping people’s kids and keeping them in government custody,” says Jen Smyers, who served as ORR’s deputy director during the Biden administration
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My speech from the conference debate on 'Zionism is Racism’ motion
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Emma Rogan 🇵🇸 @emmadragon.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation by Gene Sharp "It is my hope that this brief examination of how a dictatorship can be disintegrated may be found useful wherever people live under domination & desire to be free" www.files.ethz.ch/isn/126900/8... #spéirghorm
Book cover of From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp. There is a silhouette of a crowd of people with their fists raised in protest. The title of the book is on a black banner across the width of the book. Quote 'Inspired dissidents around the world' New York Times. 'Recommended reading' Wikileaks

From Wikipedia: 

From Dictatorship to Democracy, A Conceptual Framework for Liberation is a book-length essay on the generic problem of how to destroy a dictatorship and to prevent the rise of a new one.[1] The book was written in 1993 by Gene Sharp (1928–2018), a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts. The book has been published in many countries worldwide and translated into more than 30 languages. Editions in many languages are also published by the Albert Einstein Institution of Boston, Massachusetts. As of 2012 its current primary English-language edition is the Fourth United States Edition, published in May 2010.[2]

The book has been circulated worldwide and cited repeatedly as influencing movements such as the Arab Spring of 2010–2012
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