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Donna Minkowitz

@donnaminkowitz.bsky.social
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Trickster, journalist, memoirist. Queer leftist. The Nation, Salon, the Village Voice, etc. donnaminkowitz.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 01/10/2026
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026
NEW / HUGE: Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama sued nearly three dozen abortion pill providers + a pharmacy and The states asked the Supreme Court to be able to sue New York, Massachusetts, and California to challenge their telehealth shield laws @autonomynews.co storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Dear Mr. Cayce:
I write to notify the panel of two legal developments material to the
panel’s resolution of this case.
First, today Louisiana—joined by Arkansas and Alabama—filed a
lawsuit in the Western District of Louisiana against nearly three dozen
individuals and entities responsible for remotely dispensing FDA-
approved mifepristone in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Alabama. See
Louisiana v. Nouhavandi, No. 2:26-cv-03836 (W.D. La.) (attached). As
the complaint in that case illustrates, none of those individuals and
entities could carry out their current operations without the 2023
REMS’s removal of the in-person dispensing requirement.
Second, also today Louisiana—joined by Arkansas and Alabama—
filed a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint (attached), Louisiana v.
New York, in the United States Supreme Court against New York,
Massachusetts, and California. The bill of complaint challenges the
telehealth shield laws of those states on various legal grounds.
Both complaints explain how Louisiana’s success in Louisiana v.
FDA will eliminate the flood of FDA-approved mifepristone into the
State. Louisiana’s success in Louisiana v. Nouhavandi will eliminate the
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ability of nearly three dozen of the most prominent actors to illegally send
any abortion drugs into the State. And Louisiana’s success in Louisiana
v. New York will strip all shield-law state residents—regardless of any
back-up drugs they may try to use—of the claimed authority to violate
Louisiana’s laws with impunity.
espectfully,
/s/J. Benjamin Aguiñaga
J. Benjamin Aguiñaga
Solicitor General
Counsel for Louisiana
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Generic Ballot Polling: 🔵Democrats: 53% 🔴Republicans: 38% YouGov / Sept 28, 2026
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ken Paxton: The criticism has been that I let a child predator out after one day. Well guess what? They served 60 days.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
TMZ reports that Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, has been fired from his job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation
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Cornell Student Diego Sarabia Loses Wells Fargo Job Amid Alleged Sexual Assault Case
Diego Sarabia, one of the Cornell students accused of sexual assault, is suddenly out of a job at Wells Fargo as prosecutors reopen their investigation of the alleged 2024 incident ... TMZ has learned...
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Donna Minkowitz @donnaminkowitz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is important. The new Canon of Ethics from the Association of American Literary Agents basically allows agents to behave... unethically. It's bullshit. It's hard enough to be a writer without this, and kudos to Dystel, Goderich & Bourret for standing up to it.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My kids have measles, I can't afford gas, my country has been humiliated by Iran, and our senile rapist president is going to allow unregulated AI to destroy our civilization. But a lesbian bar in a town I've never heard of still has a mask mandate. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...
paydayreport.com
X Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back Lula
Polls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You can tell, with all of the explicit ethnic cleansing making everything worse and more expensive, the GOP's next target is just to go all out on gender wars. Everyone on X or Rumble is complaining about nagging women 24/7, with brief respites for holocaust denial. Full 4chan incel GOP incoming.
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Donna Minkowitz @donnaminkowitz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
He's so fucking ugly.
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Weird Alger Hiss 🎉 𓅳 @itsjoelokay.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
uh, let me be clear, *most unclear and wishy-washy drivel conceivable*
C-SPAN
@cspan

Former President Obama says Democrats made a mistake by making goals materialistic and instrumental: "What people are starved for at the moment is the ability to tell a moral and ethical story about how we live together in this moment."
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The City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 26/09/2026
NEW: The Mamdani administration is pulling out a longstanding program that would have funded shelter for homeless veterans in NYC because it included clauses prohibiting the promotion of “gender ideology” and “denial of the sex binary,” The City Reporter has learned.
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Federal Grant for NYC Veterans Prohibited Promotion of ‘Gender Ideology,’ Per Trump Order
The Mamdani administration declined funds for a Queens shelter over concerns the program would require discriminating against transgender people. City lawmakers are seeking answers about why.
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In 1963, children of Birmingham volunteered to “fill the jails” — making it impossible for police to use arrest as a threat to silence the fight for equal access & voting rights. Join our 9/28 class to learn about history of HS student organizing. Register: www.zinnedproject.org/news/one-hun...
Historical 1963 Birmingham student-led civil rights protest with children holding signs confronting police to “fill the jails” to demand equal access and voting rights, and call to join  September 28 class on high school student organizing.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Also, lest there be people who follow me who saw the very weird Advocate attack on the Blade doing pool duty Monday, that was a bad story. The Blade is a part of the print pool — not the TV pool — and the print pool coverage has continued this week. Here's the Blade's response to The Advocate:
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Washington Blade responds to concerns over White House pool duties
Inaccurate media reports create confusion but we stand with our colleagues
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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Donna Minkowitz @donnaminkowitz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Gavin Newsom just vetoed WHAT
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The first architect of the White House ballroom resigned after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes, the Washington Post reports. “I am the code,” Trump said www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
By Sarah Blaskey and Jonathan O'Connell
In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Donald Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions and corroborating documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
James McCrery II withdrew from the project last October after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on a preliminary design that did not provide adequate emergency exit routes or fire-containment measures, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions.
Trump brushed off McCrery's concerns, they said, and the president countered that no building codes apply to White House construction.
"I am the code," Trump said.
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As we suspected:
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Donna Minkowitz @donnaminkowitz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So, I'm going to be performing a one-person show, The Woman Who Farted in the Bible, at the Newburgh Fringe Festival Fri. Oct. 16! It's my own radical, queer versions of 4 traditional stories (2 from the Bible, 2 from the Greeks!) Be there. safeharborsofthehudson.thundertix.com/events/271223
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
That's why I left Omelas to begin with
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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · 20/09/2026
Quick question: Why does Jessica Tisch keep on stocking the NYPD's most problematic unit with the NYPD's most problematic officers?
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Why Does Jessica Tisch Keep Stocking the NYPD's Most Problematic Unit With Problematic Cops?
An analysis of public records shows Tisch has assigned and promoted dozens of officers with troubling records to Community Response Teams.
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Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
REPORT: ICE LOST COUNT of miscarriages in detention youtu.be/bR3xgS0XMos?...
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REPORT: ICE LOST COUNT of miscarriages in detention
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 18/09/2026
In a Manhattan federal courtroom today, a lawyer for the Trump administration argued that Article II of the Constitution lets the president fire a federal employee because he’s Black, and there’s nothing a court can do about it. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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DOJ says recent Supreme Court ruling shields Maurene Comey firing
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
this is what the segments would look like on a left-wing fox news right now - should trump be impeached over gas prices? - a count of the number of times he said the strait was opened - hegseths obsession with erect penis and hairless bodies - another gas price segment - silly animals
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Q: China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world-- TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trump says he's "banning the free press"
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026
ICE agent Christian Castro - who shot Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis and lied about it, and who TX Governor Abbott refused to extradite - has been ARRESTED by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. www.startribune.com/minnesota-of...
startribune.com
ICE agent wanted in Metro Surge shooting is booked into Hennepin County Jail
Christian Castro will now appear in state court one day ahead of his federal court proceedings.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him
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Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Anti-trans bathroom bill forces cis women to wait in long lines at Kansas State Fair www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/09/anti...
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Anti-trans bathroom bill forces cis women to wait in long lines at Kansas State Fair - LGBTQ Nation
Women who used to use the men's room when the lines for the women's room were long are now being deterred by the anti-trans law.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Honestly just touch the fucking stove already buddy. We’re already boned six ways to Sunday, might as well make it Sunday.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats @houseforeign.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ranking Member @meeks.house.gov announced he will not clear the Trump administration’s proposed $2.8 billion sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel due to concerns that those munitions would not be used in accordance with U.S. and international law.
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pretty bug @inyourculture.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
wait fr??
Governor Abigail Spanberger quietly ended a rulemaking process initiated in the waning days of former-governor Glenn Youngkin's administration. The rule would have limited transgender students' ability to play sports and use facilities.
But Spanberger said over the weekend the rule is now dead.
Governor Abigail Spanberger told a crowd at Virginia Pridefest Saturday she was moved by the story of a transgender child and the issues their families face.
"And I tell you I burst into tears because of the fact that I want to make members of the
LGBTQ+ community know that you have a governor that values your community," Spanberger said from the Pridefest stage.
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Polling USA @usapolling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Support For Trump's Proposed $5000 Check: Oppose: 63% Support: 17% Ipsos / Sept 14, 2026
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge blocks Kennedy Center board from putting Trump's name on the building or grounds in any way.
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Rawson, GOP nominee for Florida legislature, can also be seen in a photo from Charlottesville (left side in sunglasses) standing near James Alex Fields Jr. Not long after this photo was taken, Fields drove car into counter-protesters, killing Heather Heyer & injuring dozens of others
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
out of curiousity, I wonder what the 2008 Green Party presidential nominee is up to these days oh. okay then.
@cynthiamckinney
x.com
WHO IS BEHIND THE RISE IN TRANSGENDERISM?
4000% Explosion in Kids
Identifying as Transgender, Docs Perform Double Mastectomies on Healthy
Number of Children Sent to Gender Clinics Quadruples, Forced to Unlearn Boy-Girl Differences, - TCP
Teen Girls.
National Center for
TRANSGENDER EQUALITY
GLSEN
MARA KIESLING (FOUNDER)
TSER
Trans Student Educational Resources
Magnus Hirschfeld a JEWISH 'sexologist in Weimar Germany is considered the pioneer of transgenderism. He created the Institute of Sexual Research where he performed the first ever sex change surgery. Since then transgenderism has exploded in popularity. Heres who is Leading the push.
SYLVIA RIVERA
LAW PROJECT
ELIZA BYARD (IRECTOR
TLDEF
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
ELI ERLICK (FOUNDER)
The Talmud, a book of Jewish Laws, recognizes
EIGHT genders.
JILLIAN WEISS/MICHAEL SILVERMAN
(FOUNDERS)
Jewish communities welcome 7-year-dd transgender kids
DEAN SPADE (FOUNDER)
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Fenit Nirappil @fenitn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: A top staffer to Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) appeared to wear an SS uniform while marching near Nazi flags in photos. He also created a public Spotify playlist called “Tales From Rhodesia," the White-run African colony embraced by white supremacists. Gift link: wapo.st/4xkuEa0
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Ohio Senate campaign staffer used Nazi soldiers as profile photo
A top staffer for Sen. Jon Husted's reelection campaign recently made a playlist of songs in honor of White colonists in Rhodesia and wore a Nazi uniform.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 11/09/2026
it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Trump lunges toward and growls at a reporter (a woman) who asked him about why he's offering money to voters if his economic policies are working (Andrew Harnik/Getty)
pic of an orange-faced Trump leaning forward with an angry look on his face as he snaps at a reporter
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
attacking trans people hurts dem politicians and that take is missing from this whole news cycle. dems attacking trans people makes it more likely you will lose, defending trans people makes it more likely they win I want democrats to win so they need to defend trans people
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Oh
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Ben McKenzie @benmckenzie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is literally a plot point in “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. Written in 1935, it predicts the rise of a fascist populist who promises each family $5,000 per year if he’s elected.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Jimmy Kimmel just announced that his interview with James Talarico is being censored by Trump's FCC and will not air on television. The interview will be available on YouTube instead.
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Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There were protests over the weekend in Camp East Montana in El Paso, which saw detainees break down the walls of pods. The protests were led by Venezuelans, who were demanding their deportations after months of being held in ICE detention. My story:
elpasotimes.com
Immigrants held at Camp East Montana protest over Labor Day weekend
Immigrants held at the Camp East Montana in El Paso protested over Labor Day weekend. They called to be deported from the ERO facility.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Can’t let people see how many women died from the new abortion laws before they vote
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The Alternate Histoween 🎃 @althistorian.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Dude come on.
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I cannot describe the brokenness I felt reading this from the Haaretz piece. The hostages were betrayed by everyone; Israeli leaders, the diaspora leaders & their orgs, the entire pro-Israel industrial complex, and by far and away the millions of people who cried "hostages" to support a genocide.
"He told me that in the first stage, they had no problem releasing all civilians without anything in return," Mashharawi recounts. "I swear, those were his exact words: all civilians, without anything in return. They had only one condition: They wanted us to bring in an agreed-upon mediator as quickly as possible, so that negotiations could immediately begin over everything else – the release of soldiers and officers in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, and then the issue of the blockade on Gaza."
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NPR @npr.org · 09/09/2026
A member of the Georgia National Guard deployed in Washington, D.C., as part of a task force to fight crime, has been arrested for pulling a gun on a fellow Guard member in an alleged dispute over regulation haircuts. n.pr/4ymV8Zm
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National Guard member arrested in DC, accused of drawing gun on fellow Guard member
A member of the Georgia National Guard deployed in Washington, D.C., as part of a task force to fight crime, has been arrested for pulling a gun on a fellow Guard member in an alleged dispute over regulation haircuts.
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Donna Minkowitz @donnaminkowitz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Is it just me or does the Trident relay thingy look like a butt plug
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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
When did you ever, ever hear anyone in the UK say ‘black working class people’?
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