Reposted by Cindy StraitPinkTweets @pinktweets.bsky.social · 8htheguardian.comKey data missing for half of US child labor deaths, official report findsOver half of 260 workplace child fatalities between 2013 and 2023 lacked data on cause of death or the industry worked 034
Reposted by Cindy StraitPinkTweets @pinktweets.bsky.social · 8h35%the-independent.comTask force finds 35% of Cornell women report assault as DA reopens frat rape probeA New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit 143
Reposted by Cindy StraitMourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 4hI can’t wait for this day. 734141888
Reposted by Cindy StraitAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12hTILLIS: is there anything you would have done differently? JACK: yes. One thing I was taught is you only do your talking in the courtroom. But if you stick to that, people can unfairly malign you and you can’t respond. But there are things being said that are untrue… 1/ 171674372
Reposted by Cindy StraitThe Florida Trib @thefloridatrib.bsky.social · 9hGov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is plowing ahead with officially designating a leading Muslim civil rights nonprofit and more than 100 other groups as “domestic terrorist organizations,” in a move critics say is unprecedented and unconstitutional. floridatrib.org/2026/09/29/d...floridatrib.orgDeSantis exercises ‘unprecedented’ power to label groups ‘domestic terrorists’Gov. DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet voted to advance the terrorist designations Tuesday, approving the proposal in just over 30 seconds and with no discussion. 45322259
Reposted by Cindy StraitJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10hImagine being the worst Senator from Missouri when your only competition is Josh Hawley… 1193279585
Reposted by Cindy Straitebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 6hSeriously #SickOfIt 😡 16845761290
Reposted by Cindy StraitOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 6hWatch this, but then read the next post 2118077
Reposted by Cindy StraitMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8hKen Paxton desperately tried to defend his handling of a child predator case by claiming the defendant “served 60 days.” Then came the Community Note...meidasnews.comKen Paxton Defends Handling of Child Predator CaseCommunity Note: “Paxton's office initially recommended 1 day in jail.” 1181998706
Reposted by Cindy StraitW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 5hI think one of the undercurrents of our fractured political reality is that basically everyone has come to realize that the people who rule the world do not possess any particularly impressive level of intelligence or capability 901308271
Reposted by Cindy StraitMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10hIt's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again. 598197735866
Cindy Strait @cstrait.bsky.social · 9hHope Florida led disabled people to dead ends as state misused $10M www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/09/29/h...orlandosentinel.comHope Florida led disabled people to dead ends as state misused $10MHope Florida says it empowers disabled people by linking them with essential resources. But people in the disability community believe politics have been prioritized over their critical needs. 011
Cindy Strait @cstrait.bsky.social · 9hThey thought they'd given their boss a gotcha moment, instead their boss got the gotcha moment. 000
Reposted by Cindy StraitRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10hTwo Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day. 1268145222843
Reposted by Cindy StraitPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15hA judge has ordered the release of Douglas Stewart Carter, a 71-year-old Black man who has spent decades on death row for a 1985 killing he did not commit. He spent 41 years in prison. 411160411
Reposted by Cindy StraitAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows. 19489335345
Cindy Strait @cstrait.bsky.social · 13hI guess Roger isn't familiar with the Streisand effect. Please proceed, sir. 000
Reposted by Cindy StraitCraig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 15h#Florida CFO Blaise "The Blatherer" Ingoglia is spending millions in taxpayer $$$ on ads to promote himself. An appointee of Gov. Ron DeSastrous now running for election, he's ordered up a barrage of pre-election PSAs. jasongarcia.substack.com/p/blaise-ing... via @jasongarcia.bsky.socialjasongarcia.substack.comBlaise Ingoglia is spending millions in taxpayer money on advertising as he runs for electionChief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia, an interim appointee of Ron DeSantis who is now running for election to a full term, has ordered up a barrage of pre-election “public service announcements.” 32322
Reposted by Cindy StraitPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 13hVery funny this happened right after Axios was like "lots of buzz about Schmitt for VP" this morning. 1963365526
Reposted by Cindy StraitThe Wolfpack @wolfpack11720.bsky.social · 14h"Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men." ~ Plato 632699963
Reposted by Cindy StraitSusan @artlovergirl.bsky.social · 19hA mural in Seattle. #AbolishICE 5545871142
Reposted by Cindy StraitRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How it started/how it’s going 743709672
Reposted by Cindy StraitANTIFA BEVERLY @stewardship.bsky.social · 18hExplain to me how the Pentagon managed to leak 3 million military personnel information? These breaches are intentional! 911168346
Reposted by Cindy StraitRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Amid outcry, NY prosecutors have reopened the criminal investigation into the 7 Cornell gang rapists, a case that was covered up 2 years ago. These assholes would’ve been punished if they had written “free Palestine” instead of “free p*ssy.” Cornell leadership should be investigated too. 21279602167
Reposted by Cindy StraitThe USA Singers @theusasingers.bsky.social · 16hMf’er is like Batman. 300105462286
Reposted by Cindy StraitMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 14h“These cases are always treated in isolation by the media, a shocking incident, like a murder, borne of specific motivations. But they’re not like murders at all and they shouldn’t be seen as individual crimes — they’re symptomatic of a sickness in society that afflicts all countries everywhere.”chadbourn.substack.comThe Man ProblemThe Cornell Rape Case is a feature not a bug 1224777
Reposted by Cindy StraitKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15h"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message." 1304644976
Cindy Strait @cstrait.bsky.social · 16h'We had been conned': Heartland voters are having a change of heart www.alternet.org/farmers-are-... they weren't conned. He was always a known liar. He was always immoral. He was always untrustworthy. He was always corrupt. He didn't exactly hide his unethical and illegal characteristics.alternet.org'We had been conned': Heartland voters are having a change of heartAfter generations of loyalty, lifelong agricultural producers open up about a deep sense of betrayal over shifting political values. 000
Reposted by Cindy StraitPinkTweets @pinktweets.bsky.social · 17htheguardian.comConcern mounts over slow-moving, planetary-scale ‘Kelvin’ wave heading for CaliforniaThe ocean phenomenon could raise sea levels by up to a foot as El Niño keeps warm water trapped along the coast 072
Reposted by Cindy StraitMeidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh they are scurrying to scrub everything 37959477
Reposted by Cindy StraitOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 29/09/2026A major escalation around the Philippines: China has rehearsed boarding, intercepting and forcibly towing vessels around Scarborough Shoal, while deploying its WZ-7 high-altitude surveillance drone there for the first time. 1122994
Reposted by Cindy StraitClimatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hurricane Polo is making landfall in an area that averages 5" rain per year. Even the mountains inland average under 15" per year. 59331
Reposted by Cindy StraitThe Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm no upstate county DA, but when a woman says, repeatedly, that she doesn't remember parts of a sexual experience, that sure as fuck seems like "mental incapacitation." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comThe district attorney explained why he reopened the Cornell investigation. Read the document: (Gift Article)The district attorney for Tompkins County in New York said he is reopening an investigation into a report of a sexual assault at Cornell University. 15816
Reposted by Cindy StraitCraig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Why did #Florida AG James "Oopsie!" Uthmeier call for a teacher to be fired for bullying over her labeling a boy a misogynist? Because of a complaint from the boy's grandfather, who's an appointee of Gov. Ron DeSastrous. (Now who's the bully, Oopsie?) www.tampabay.com/news/educati...tampabay.comDeSantis appointee’s family complained about a teacher. Uthmeier called for her firingThe unusual intervention raises questions about how a classroom dispute reached the state’s top legal authority. 22411
Reposted by Cindy StraitCraig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh, #Florida! The American Airlines passenger who removed her pants mid-flight and pleasured herself (and thus was met at the gate by the cops) says she doesn't remember anything because she drank too much -- and so far faces no charges. www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/fl...thesmokinggun.comFemale Flyer Probed For Mile-High RubSEPTEMBER 28--A Maryland bartender who allegedly took off her pants and began masturbating on an American Airlines flight en route to Miami told police that she had consumed several drinks before boa 262
Reposted by Cindy StraitScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NEW: Watchdog group Democracy Forward files federal civil lawsuit against Defense Dept seeking records about Jennifer Hegseth's use of DOD staff, attendance at agency meetings, appearance on official calendars 281256464
Reposted by Cindy StraitCraig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Multiple counties and cities in #Florida, facing a deluge of angry voters, have imposed a 1-year moratorium on data centers -- and that ain't no Chinese psy-op, pal. 13414
Reposted by Cindy StraitTexas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.texastribune.orgICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identifiedThe federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte... 20666163316
Reposted by Cindy Straitjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026this is legitimately very funny 83124311867
Reposted by Cindy StraitBeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins 4458821073
Reposted by Cindy StraitMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026We've all heard how corrupt Ken Paxton is. But he is also incredibly stupid if he thinks this "well, he served 60 whole days" excuse for releasing Adam Hoffman, who sexually abused a boy over a three-year period starting when he was 8. 54058422101