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Don't post a lot of my own. Happily nb and enjoy being at home with my wife and pets.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18/03/2026
Two anti-trans initiatives have just made it onto the Colorado Ballot, pending any additional challenges. They were backed by political arms of the Catholic Church. The backers called trans people "a plague" Now, they'll go directly to voters. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Colorado Anti-Trans Ballot Measures Certified: Evangelicals Who Backed It Call Being Trans A “Plague”
A conservative political group in Colorado, aided by the archdiocese, is leading an attack on trans kids, their families, and their providers.
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Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The 20 Dems who voted to expand the list of deportable offenses are: Henry Cuellar (TX), Sharice Davids (KS), Don Davis (NC), Laura Gillen (NY), Vicente Gonzalez (TX), Maggie Goodlander (NH), Adam Gray (CA), Steven Horsford (NV), Marcy Kaptur (OH), Bill Keating (MA), Greg Landsman (OH), ->
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Alt Health and Human Services @alt-hhs.altgov.info · 18/03/2026
There are many reasons we moved to pasteurization, this is one.
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E. coli linked to cheddar cheese made with raw milk sickens 7 in the US
Health officials say seven people in three states, including children, have been sickened by E. coli food poisoning linked to cheddar cheese made from raw milk. The U.S.
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God @thegodshow.com · 18/03/2026
Thou shalt read the Epstein files out loud during the Senate's SAVE ACT filibuster.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The SAVE plan, which allowed student loan borrowers to pay back their loans based on their income, is dead after the Trump administration refused to defend it in court. Now, monthly payments will spike by as much as 400%. Trump is making the affordability crisis worse by the day.
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AltSpaceForce 🚀🇺🇲 @altspaceforce.altgov.info · 09/03/2026
Fuel prices surged ~30% over the weekend. With a few little helps from the tips in this thread, you can get a little of that back. #AltGovCares
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Here is what the Democracy Docket team is tracking today: Active Voting Rights Cases: 168 Active Redistricting Cases: 50 Active Anti-Voting Cases: 92 Active Pro-Voting Cases: 72 Active DOJ Lawsuits: 32 Support their work by subscribing today. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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RogueNOAA @roguenoaa.altgov.info · 02/03/2026
“Like neighbors in Minnesota standing vigil together, the climate research community needs to stand in solidarity with other targets within the scientific community (such as the public health community) and beyond.” newrepublic.com/article/2070...
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Trump Is Attacking Climate Science. Scientists Are Fighting Back.
It’s easy, looking at the past year, to see the damage the administration has done. But researchers are also stepping up, trying to fill the gaps.
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 26/02/2026
The Epstein Files coverup keeps getting worse: The DOJ has apparently withheld several memos detailing accusations against Trump. AG Pam Bondi: It's not your job to protect the President from embarrassment, it's your job to give Americans full access to the truth.
A headline from NPR reads: Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 26/02/2026
1. Its been a week since NYU Langone ended its trans youth care program. Then Sinai followed a few days ago. There are immediate steps Mamdani can take, and he refuses to do so. When asked about those steps, his office has chosen not to comment repeatedly. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Trans New Yorkers Deserve Better Than Mamdani's Inaction On Trans Youth Care Closures
The mayor has immediate steps he can take to ensure continuity of care for trans youth.
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AltUSCustoms @altuscustoms.altgov.info · 26/02/2026
“It’s not going to touch the people who need these services.” HORSESHIT.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
love when democrats talk about kitchen table issues as if trans people and immigrants don’t have kitchen tables 🙃
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
New polling from @indivisible.org tells us something we all probably guessed: having the least popular political figure in the country “lead” the opposition is bad politics. indivisibleteam.medium.com/new-polling-...
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New Polling on Ousting Schumer: Necessary Policy and Smart Politics
The first year of the second Trump administration was defined by horrifying authoritarian abuses from an unpopular regime that were met…
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 25/02/2026
1. Major news on trans youth care. The American Psychological Association has reaffirmed its full support for its 2024 guidelines supporting trans youth car.e It provided documentation showing Jesse Singal mischaracterized their position in the NYT. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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American Psychological Association Reaffirms Support For Trans Youth Care, Pushes Back Against NYT
A recent article from Jesse Singal in the New York Times seemed to indicate the organization might be quietly retreating from supporting trans youth care.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 20/02/2026
New: A comedian set up a fake ICE tip line as a joke. Then 100 calls flooded in: neighbors ratting on neighbors, a teacher reporting a kindergartener. Fans say the viral TikToks revealed deportation's "banality of evil." Conservatives say he should be in prison wapo.st/4kM4qbF
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A fake ICE tip line reveals neighbors reporting neighbors
A Nashville comedian’s deportation hotline, set up as a joke, has gone viral among viewers who say it shows the “banality of evil personified” in the U.S. immigration crackdown.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 19/02/2026
🧫 Improper use and overuse of antibiotics can lead to antibiotic resistance where a bacteria can no longer be treated with a particular antibiotic. The more antibiotics a bacteria is resistant to, the harder it is to treat Learn more about antibiotic prescribing and use👉 www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/
This graphic is a public health infographic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explaining the difference between viral and bacterial respiratory infections and when antibiotics are useful.

Main Message

“Viruses or Bacteria — What’s got you sick?”
The poster promotes smart antibiotic use and warns that antibiotics do not treat viral infections.

Table Overview

The chart lists common respiratory illnesses, what causes them, and whether antibiotics are needed:

❌ Usually viral (antibiotics NOT needed)

Common cold / runny nose

Sore throat (except strep)

COVID-19

Flu

⚠️ Can be viral or bacterial

Bronchitis / chest cold → No antibiotics for otherwise healthy children & adults

Middle ear infection → Maybe

Sinus infection → Maybe

✅ Bacterial (antibiotics needed)

Strep throat → Yes

Whooping cough → Yes

Notes Included

Antiviral medications may help with some viral illnesses (e.g., flu, COVID-19).

Antibiotics generally don’t improve bronchitis symptoms in healthy individuals.

Public Health Message

The graphic encourages people to be “Antibiotics Aware: Smart Use, Best Care” and directs viewers to CDC resources about responsible antibiotic use.
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Rep. Judy Chu @chu.house.gov · 19/02/2026
On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed E.O. 9066, authorizing the forced relocation & incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans, solely because of their heritage.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18/02/2026
Time for Mayor Mamdani to live up to his campaign promises and ensure care is kept safe for New York trans kids. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @mayor.nyc.gov
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Ann Elizabeth @diggysbaby.blacksky.app · 14/02/2026
Students voices are being drowned out by the racist NC government who by the way have not passed a state budget in two years. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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North Carolina cut voting sites at nation’s largest HBCU. Students are suing
The board cut the sites weeks before the state’s 2026 primary election.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 15/02/2026
This is so deeply fucked. I wish these people would just admit they hate the idea of democracy and get it over with. This kayfabe bullshit is just silly at this point.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 15/02/2026
It was never about "trans athletes should just compete in their assigned sex at birth." It was always about invalidation of the athlete's gender identity.
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NBC has deleted the feed of the 2026 women's moguls freestyle skiing qualifiers, which took place on Tuesday, February 10, after commentators repeatedly misgendered an athlete during the live st
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Swedish skier Elis Lundholm, who was born female but identifies as male, was referred to as "she" by one commentator,
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while another used "they" instead of "he."
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Emails Show Epstein Scheming That Environmental Destruction Could Solve “Overpopulation” | Article by Joe Wilkins (@joeonhere.bsky.social) for @futurism.com: futurism.com/science-ener...
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Emails Show Epstein Scheming That Environmental Destruction Could Solve "Overpopulation"
Recently spotted emails from 2016 show Jeffrey Epstein suggesting that climate change could be the answer to "overpopulation."
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Dave Against The Machine🏴 @johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Who the fuck does this appeal to? Fuck Ronald Reagan.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 13/02/2026
i think nominating Gavin Newsom will lose the White House again for Democrats. The party's left flank will stay home again because he's an empty corporate shell. The age of Democrats punching left to appeal to the center is over and it's now a matter of if the party as a whole realizes that or not.
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AltStateGov @altstategov.altgov.info · 13/02/2026
"We were in panic. I was crying. My friend was too, so we were all screaming. I don't want people to have their parents taken away, and I don’t want mine taken away," said 11-year-old Valerie Pacheco-Nunez. 6abc.com/post/childre...
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
"Trump’s EPA can’t simply erase climate change — and we’ll all pay the price" | My op-ed with Bob Ward in @sfchronicle.com: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Trump’s EPA can’t simply erase climate change — and we’ll all pay the price
On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency reversed its “endangerment finding," which found that greenhouse gases are a threat to human health.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/02/2026
There seems to be a lot of discussion about Gavin Newsom today. I wanted to re-share this piece that I wrote, because I have a lot of center-to-left Dems that follow me that want to understand. There are very good reasons transgender people do not like Gavin Newsom.
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Why Transgender People Are Not Feeling Gavin Newsom
We have seen this song and dance before.
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Haunter @holybible.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
i only heard abt it this morning when i saw this article. framed like a win for trans ppl & kinda blows over the whole gender segregation thing www.them.us/story/elis-l...
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Meet Sweden’s Elis Lundholm, the First Trans Skier in the Winter Olympics
Lundholm says that he has “always been treated well” within the skiing world.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Deciding it’s too dangerous to reveal just how unpopular the current president is seems like the worst poll result ever.
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Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The idea that the Court should operate entirely in secret is a modern phenomenon. The idea that the Court should be separated from the public is a modern phenomenon. Earlier generations did not accept a powerful, isolated & secretive Court and we shouldn't either 1/6 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive
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Christie 🏳️‍⚧️💕🦋✨ @transcendenteva.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Y'all, MAGA’s trying to make the Epstein Files about trans people. It's so crazy how much we're living rent free. These are the emails they use. How about we address these with real logic and evidence?
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/02/2026
Trans people should not have to suffer for the mistakes and shittyness of cisgender people ever. Cisgender people who serve our population need to hold themselves, and be held, to the highest standard.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE. They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/01/2026
WIN: A federal court blocked Texas AG Ken Paxton’s attempt to revoke a pro-voting group’s corporate charter. The group, which focuses on increasing voter turnout among young Latinos, argued Paxton’s actions were part of an intimidation campaign meant to halt voter registration efforts.
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🚨 Jolt Initiative Inc. v. Paxton
Learn more here.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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General Strike US @generalstrikeus.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
No context needed #generalstrike
Black background with everything in white text, except [NationalShutdown.us] which it’s on top of a white box
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 27/01/2026
SO ICE will be doing security at the Super Bowl and the Olympics, time to boycott
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Feminist Proper Gander @dappergander.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"ICE agents want to get paid overtime to attend the Superbowl"
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 28/01/2026
If you work for ICE or Border Patrol and have information about unlawful conduct taking place at your agency, please speak up. House Judiciary Dems want to hear from you. America needs to know about crimes committed in our name. As a whistleblower, you can share anonymously:
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Whistleblower Tipline
Do you have a tip to share about unlawful or unconstitutional activity-or other wrongdoing-in a federal agency or other organization? Now more than ever, Congress depends on insiders to conduct its co...
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
It is vitally important that Democrats (and the media) frame this properly. If the government gets shutdown it is because the GOP insists on DHS, ICE and CBP continuing to occupy American cities and trample the rights of US citizens.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This is so goddamned demented.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 28/01/2026
Here’s the truth: ✅Trump lost the 2020 election. ✅Renée Good was shot in the face while turning her car to leave. ✅Alex Pretti was beaten by six ICE officers, then fatally shot. ✅The GOP is preparing to steal the midterms. The administration is denying it all. But we can't.
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Lies, violence and the American state
Trump abhors democracy because it allows ordinary Americans to reject his lies. Even worse for Trump, it allows us to reject him.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 28/01/2026
Oh look, another top Gavin Newsom advisor signing up to work for tech oligarchs amid Silicon Valley fascism. If you want to know where a politician is headed, look at who is hiring up their favored consultants. Those contracts speak more truth than any speech. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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California super PAC debuts with $10M from Big Tech
The group says it is trying to identify candidates who avoid partisan spats and are willing to take a “pragmatic” approach to Sacramento.
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Melissa Bird for Congress @bird4congress.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I woke up horrified by what happened at the candlelight vigil in Eugene last night. As the Oregon Nurses Association held a vigil for Alex Pretti outside the Federal Building, after Mayor Kaarin, Senator James Manning, and Representative Lisa Fragala left…Flash-bangs. Tear gas. Pepper balls.
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MS Kohut @mskohut.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
GENERAL STRIKE NURSING STRIKE JANUARY 30
NURSES' STRIKE JANUARY 30,2026
WE STAND FOR LIFE - NOT STATE VIOLENCE
Join nurses and healthcare professionals nationwide
STRIKE FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 2026
Justice for Alex Pretti, RN
STOP
On January 24, 2026, ICU nurse ALEX J. PRETTI was SHOT & KILLED by Federal Immigration Agents in Minneapolis, MN
Video and reports raise serious questions about the incident Nurses do NOT stand for violence against our own!
We demand TRUTH, ACCOUNTABILITY & SAFETY for all!
WHO SHOULD STRIKE?
STRIKE DATE:
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30,2026
Across Hospitals, Clinics & Healthcare Facilities
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 25/01/2026
At the Alex Pretti memorial this afternoon, people are unfurling four very large banners. They read, "How many more will ICE murder? How many more funerals? How many more...how many more?"
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 23/01/2026
URGENT 🚨 We have just one week to stop Sex Matters infiltrating a vote to ban conversion therapy. We must stop them. Use our tool and tell the MPs to stand up for what's right ✊ goodlaw.social/945cd5
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position, Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 24/01/2026
National guard to control protests but not ICE. They protect power not the people.
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