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Darcy Totten

@darcytotten.bsky.social
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Personal acct for CA gender equity expert. Crisis containment. Cat mom energy. Pro-podcast but anti patriarchy. Lover of goat cheese & bourbon. Absolutely exhausted by egos. #GirlstotheFront

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Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Treating the Federal Communications Commission like his own personal enforcer, President Donald Trump said on social media Sunday that NBC’s Kristen Welker would be “reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment” over a TV segment he didn’t like. www.cnn.com/2026/08/30/p...
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Trump calls for NBC’s Kristen Welker to face ‘rebuke or punishment’ from the FCC | CNN Politics
Treating the Federal Communications Commission like his own personal enforcer, President Donald Trump said on social media Sunday that NBC’s Kristen Welker would be “reported to the FCC for rebuke or ...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/08/2026
The media has failed the public on a crucial matter: the derangement of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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The madness of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The depth of his extremism has not been fully conveyed to the public.
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NPR @npr.org · 30/08/2026
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.
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Canada claps back at Trump's efforts to rename Lake Ontario as 'Lake America'
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.
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California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls @ccswg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Thanks to our partners and Commissioner @asmgailpellerin.bsky.social, the bill received unanimous support and passed out of the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Next stop is the Assembly Floor and one step closer to becoming law!
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California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls @ccswg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We heard the powerful voices of Girl Scout Troop 2435 from @cityofsanjose.bsky.social's Girl Scouts of Northern California who came to Sacramento today to talk to legislators at the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
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California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls @ccswg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Executive Director @darcytotten.bsky.social and the @ccswg.bsky.social team look forward to continuing to work with you on another productive year advocating for California's women and girls.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
100,000 in MEMPHIS are without power (Don’t worry Elon’s xAI data centers and their pollution-pumping turbines are all good) @nonewdatacenters.bsky.social
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California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls @ccswg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We're excited to share that our Executive Director @darcytotten.bsky.social will be speaking at this year's Women In Power Spaces Convening on September 17 at the Fullerton Community Center!
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Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Remarkable how little political noise it's made here in the US that a major American naval base in Bahrain was basically destroyed, and that this was kept quiet for five months www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...
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Navy Carrier’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in War
Diego Garcia, a tiny island 2,200 miles from the Gulf of Oman, took over as the Navy’s logistics hub after Iran damaged a base in Bahrain.
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Darcy Totten @darcytotten.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
One of my oldest friends from my youth is running for office (finally). She’s a Filmmaker so obviously, movies are involved. And I gotta say this is without a doubt, my favorite form of campaign speech I think I’ve ever seen. 🇺🇸 Vote for Jen Heck - #HeckYes! youtu.be/7fDwIvpdp38?...
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We didn't have the biggest guns in 1776—we had the biggest ideas.
YouTube video by Jen Heck
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Darcy Totten @darcytotten.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Thank you so much to Mary Daffin and The Jacquelyn Social Exchange Podcast. I loved this episode! Thank you for having me on to talk about women, power, politics and who’s in the room. youtu.be/Cos-Hk175x8
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How We Make Change - Darcy Totten
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Darcy Totten @darcytotten.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Anyone wanna tell me why six dudes in full military fatigues and helmets with weapons with a police escort riding on the side of a Toyota are just cruising through my South Sacramento neighborhood right now around Stockton and Fruitridge heading to Stockton? ❄️🧊
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California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls @ccswg.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Our Executive Director @darcytotten.bsky.social Totten will be on a panel at this special gathering that brings together state leaders, local partners, and community members to celebrate movement, mindfulness, and meaningful connection.
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Capitol Weekly @capitolweekly.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
PODCAST: @darcytotten.bsky.social, Executive Director at @ccswg.bsky.social joined us to talk about the history of the org, the challenges women & girls face today & what the future might look like. CCSWG was established by the legislature all the way back in 1965 capitolweekly.net/the-status-o...
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The status of women and girls in California, with Darcy Totten - Capitol Weekly
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Our guest is Darcy Totten, Executive Director at the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls. The Commission was established by the legislature in 1965 for the p...
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Darcy Totten @darcytotten.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Thank you to @Capitol weekly for a great opportunity to talk about the current landscape and what we can do to support women and girls. capitolweekly.net/the-status-o...
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The status of women and girls in California, with Darcy Totten - Capitol Weekly
CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Our guest is Darcy Totten, Executive Director at the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls. The Commission was established by the legislature in 1965 for the p...
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
1. A tiny California tribe, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, just donated $2 MILLION to MAGA Inc, Trump's Super PAC. I decided to find out why. It's an illustration of exactly how business is done in Trump’s Washington. Follow along for details. 🧵
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
‼️ Last night while you were sleeping, Senate Republicans passed a blank check of $70 BILLION dollars to fund ICE (with ZERO reforms added). (1/2)
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/2092...
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Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go?
Four huge media conglomerates forked over $63 million in “settlements” earmarked for Trump’s presidential library. Democrats are trying to track that money—and the latest developments don’t inspire co...
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Ms. Rosenberg @msrosenberg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Deployed US ships are running out of food. Families’ packages aren’t getting through. “The Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment on the mail stoppage or reports that some U.S. vessels were short on food.” Literally everything else aside, this should make Pete Hegseth resign in shame.
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Cookies, deodorant, socks. Iran war puts military packages in limbo
Thousands of boxes sent to service members in Middle East are stuck in limbo. The Postal Service has indefinitely suspended delivery amid Iran war.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨 (I'm NOT deleting my post below 👇)
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Mark Ruffalo, Glenn Close, Ben Stiller, Jane Fonda, John Cusack, Kristen Stewart, JJ Abrams, Katie Phang, John Leguizamo, and over a thousand actors, writers, directors, journalists, producers, composers, and Hollywood executives have signed a letter against the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger: 🧵
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Darcy Totten @darcytotten.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I realize everybody’s gonna get stuck on how unhinged the overall concept is, but I can’t get past the Transformers Statue of Liberty creature in the sky. I want odds on Trump accidentally informing us that the aliens have been here for years and currently hold several seats in Congress already.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10/04/2026
Anthropic’s new AI tool has implications for us all – whether we want it or not | Shakeel Hashim
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Anthropic’s new AI tool has implications for us all – whether we want it or not | Shakeel Hashim
Claude Mythos’s apparent superhuman hacking abilities are alarming experts as the Trump administration remains blinded by hostility
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 25/03/2026
This Women’s History Month, the celebration is overshadowed by an ominous reality: The rights we assumed were permanent have become dangerously historical.
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Living in the Archive: How the Trump Administration Is Forcing Women’s Rights Back Into History
Every March, we look back to honor the lineage of feminist progress. But in the wake of the Trump administration’s sustained assault on women’s rights, "history" has taken on a darker meaning. This…
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 24/03/2026
"this front-running of U.S. policy was really large: the Financial Times estimates the sales of oil futures in that magic minute Monday morning at about $580 million, and that doesn’t count the purchases of stock futures." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/treason-in...
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Treason in the Futures Markets
People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/03/2026
Even if the war stopped today, supplies will be disrupted for months. If it continues on a few more weeks, supplies will be disrupted for years. If it lasts for months, we can mark this as the end of fossil fuel hegemony in energy markets. In the meantime, millions will starve.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
“Rather conveniently, Comer made no mention of who was president in 2019: Donald Trump. Nor did he mention that Trump appointee Bill Barr was leading the Department of Justice when this purported chicanery took place.” www.ms.now/news/james-c...
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Opinion | James Comer: DOJ in 2019 “asked New Mexico to stop” Epstein ranch probe
The House Oversight Committee chairman hinted at a cover-up by the Justice Department without noting that the president in 2019 was Donald Trump.
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California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls @ccswg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
This week Commission Chair Dr. Rita Gallardo Good and Executive Director @darcytotten.bsky.social met with California State Assembly @caspeakerrivas.bsky.social to share more about our upcoming legislative priorities and to discuss the pivotal role we play in supporting women and girls in California
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California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls @ccswg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Thank you Senate Pro Tem Monique Limon Chief of Staff Mariana Corona Sabeniano for meeting with the Commission Chair Dr. Rita Gallardo Good and Executive Director @darcytotten.bsky.social to discuss programs and priorities vital to women and girls.
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Darcy Totten @darcytotten.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
So I was trying to think of how I could encapsulate the joy, inspiration, frustration, anger, and boundless motivation that Women's History Month gives me every year. Thankfully, Brian Green helped me put it all into words instead for the #CaliforniaVoices podcast. open.spotify.com/episode/3FfG...
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Darcy Totten @darcytotten.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
I wonder how many other people my age are calling their old college roommates to check in with the people they were sitting with the last time American touched off an endless war in the Middle East? The group chat is full of old photos and it’s weird and sad.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Welp. From last week’s @washingtonpost.com:
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
After horse escapes, Congress must weigh whether to close barn door. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...
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Congress Faces War Powers Votes in Wake of Iran Strikes
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Good.
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winston @winston.cc · 28/02/2026
personally speaking
Twin Peaks title card with the headline text "WE SHOULD STOP THE HORRORS"
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Congress and the courts are refusing to give Trump what he wants, so he’s concocting a new plan to seize control of the election. Here’s what you need to know: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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Ben “James Hell Brooks” Jay 🦇 @benjayingly.com · 25/02/2026
Richmond County’s own Nicole Malliotakis giving off the same energy as one of the white people protesting southern school integration in photos from the 50s
Nicole Malliotakis laughing and pointing towards the exit and she jeers a somber Al Green as he holds a sign that reads “BLACK PEOPLE AREN’T APES”
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Darcy Totten @darcytotten.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Skipping the State of the Union was not a power move by @thedemcoalition.bsky.social - it was a catastrophically stupid move by folks who probably should’ve listened to their communications directors. Zero opposition in the only room that was being covered made Trump look strong. 1/2
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 23/02/2026
As President Donald Trump prepares to deliver his State of the Union address, a majority of Americans say he is changing the country for the worse, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist Poll.
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Darcy Totten @darcytotten.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Rude.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Right-wing Heritage Foundation’s own data shows fewer than 100 noncitizens voted since 1982 (!!!) This is not a real problem. “The SAVE ACT is a Trojan horse to nationalize elections”: open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"Official ICE policy says 'ICE should not detain, arrest, or take into custody for an administrative violation of the immigration laws individuals known to be pregnant, postpartum, or nursing” except in exceptional circumstances. reproductiverights.org/news/pregnan...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
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DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2026
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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Darcy Totten @darcytotten.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
As statehouse leaders gin up a flood of protection measures for immigrant communities, I can’t help but wonder why one of those protective measures is not just disallowing their states to build ice detention centers or to rent them prison space. What am I missing here?
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp: www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries. This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
graph tracking democratic backsliding is occuring more quickly in the US than elsewhere.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
If I were the mayor or council of Los Angeles, I would simply fire the police chief and hire someone willing to enforce the law
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