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Hazel Rioux

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Leftist film nerd, democracy and freedom enjoyer.🏳️‍⚧️ (she/her) Letterboxd: boxd.it/gXH7

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Trump starting a trade war with Canada - who provides much of our energy - during an already raging energy crisis of his making is subhuman IQ shit.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 26/08/2026
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Warren to RFK Jr: Show the public the negotiated deals for TrumpRx
Warren said in a letter to Kennedy that he hasn't made details public even though he committed to doing so during a Senate committee hearing.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 26/08/2026
The Trump admin struck secret deals with 17 Big Pharma companies in the last year. I asked RFK Jr. to make those deals public. He agreed. Months later, still crickets. Why should Americans believe this isn't just another Trump handout to fatten Big Pharma's pockets?
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 26/08/2026
Hannah Einbinder defended Mark Ruffalo from Paramount’s baseless accusation of antisemitism. Now, she’s facing attacks from right-wingers like Ben Shapiro, who publicly questioned her Jewish identity. Rewatch Hannah call out celebrities who won’t speak out against the Gaza genocide:
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 26/08/2026
Ohio has ordered that flags be lowered to honor the life of legendary country superstar Dolly Parton, who called the Buckeye State her "second" home. Her dedication to literacy has helped more than one million Ohio children get access to free books. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/26/w...
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Working 9 to 5 for Ohio's children: Dolly Parton's lasting legacy on the Buckeye State • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio has ordered that flags be lowered to honor the life of legendary country superstar Dolly Parton, who called the Buckeye State her "second" home. Her dedication to literacy has helped more than…
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 26/08/2026
Since Republicans in Congress allowed enhanced health care subsidies to expire at the end of last year, Affordable Care Act enrollment has declined in every state but New Mexico, which fully replaced the lost federal aid with state assistance. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/26/r...
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Cheaper health insurance changed their lives. Then it went away. • Ohio Capital Journal
Part 1 of an occasional series on how people are being affected by the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies. EDWARDS, Miss. — Every now and then a freight train rumbles through, creaking and…
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 26/08/2026
The action, filed by about two dozen states against the U.S. Postal Service, marked a new phase in the high-stakes litigation just two days after the Supreme Court ruled against them in a separate case, but did not say President Donald Trump's order was legal. to.pbs.org/4xwWrVB
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Democratic states file new lawsuit seeking to block Trump’s order limiting mail voting in midterms
Democratic-controlled states on Wednesday filed another lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting in this year's midterm elections.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A federal judge told people offended by drag shows to simply avoid them as he struck down the Texas state ban.
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Judge Invokes Dolly Parton in Striking Texas Drag Ban
The judge told people offended by drag shows to simply not go to them as he struck down the Texas state ban.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 26/08/2026
British character actor Tim Curry, known for "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and "Clue," among many colorful roles, has died at the age of 80. Curry died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He had been in a wheelchair since suffering a major stroke in 2012.
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
in Springfield Ohio right now. I’m told by multiple activists and religious leaders here that ICE took a second Haitian pastor
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
New York is seeking $36 billion in damages.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
BREAKING: New York just sued Kalshi — alleging it’s an illegal gambling operation. New York AG Letitia James alleges Kalshi failed to obtain a state gambling license and pay taxes. Her office is seeking an order enjoining Kalshi’s operations, plus fines, restitution and forfeiture of profits.
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New York sues prediction market Kalshi alleging it’s an illegal gambling operation | CNN Politics
The New York attorney general’s office is suing Kalshi, one of the largest prediction markets, alleging it’s running an illegal gambling operation in the state.
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The Buckeye Flame @thebuckeyeflame.com · 31/07/2026
Amy Acton’s campaign staff met with Ohio LGBTQ+ leaders. The meeting did not go well. Acton didn’t attend. Leaders were barred from entry. Others were kicked out. ✏️ @kenschneck.bsky.social thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/07/31/a...
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Amy Acton’s campaign staff met with Ohio LGBTQ+ leaders. The meeting did not go well.
Acton didn’t attend. Leaders were barred from entry. Others were kicked out.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/07/2026
Over the last few years, a handful of states have passed criminal bathroom bans that could jail transgender people. Now, Bossier City, Louisiana is on the verge of becoming the first to do so by local criminal ordinance, with 6 months in jail. The latest from our journalist, S. Baum.
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Bossier Parish In Louisiana Advances Criminal Trans Bathroom Ban With Up To 6 Months In Jail
Trans people could face up to six months in prison if they use a bathroom on municipal property that differs from their sex assigned at birth.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/07/2026
9. If these measures succeed in blue states like Colorado and Washington, the map of where transgender people can safely live and raise families shrinks again, unless significant opposition from allied organizations can stand up to the onslaught.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/07/2026
8. Missouri and Nebraska also have initiatives that appear to be heading to the ballot. Meanwhile, Maine's was struck down by their state Supreme Court.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/07/2026
7. Though Arizona is not a blue state, it bears close watching for the same reason. Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed anti-trans legislation for years—Proposition 318 is now their vehicle to bypass her, a sports and school bathroom ban. ballotpedia.org/Arizona_Prop...
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Arizona Proposition 318, Require Schools and Athletic Associations to Restrict Use of Restrooms, Locker Rooms, and Other Private Spaces Based on Sex Measure (2026)
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/07/2026
6. Another fight drawing national attention is in Colorado, a blue state with some of the strongest transgender protections in the country. Two initiatives will appear on the November ballot... a youth surgery ban and trans sports ban through college. It is opposed by Families Not Politics.
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'Families Not Politics' launches campaign against anti-trans Colorado ballot measures | Colorado Newsline
Colorado LGBTQ advocates launched a campaign Friday to encourage “no” votes on two anti-trans measures on the 2026 ballot.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/07/2026
5. “In their witch hunt for a few trans kids in the entire state who play school sports, I-638’s backers will drive thousands of girls out of sports because their parents cannot afford the necessary testing or refuse to submit their daughters to genital inspections,” said Megan Rapinoe.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/07/2026
4. One of the central fights will be in Washington, where a ballot initiative funded by conservative hedge fund manager Brian Heywood would institute a K-12 sports ban—and require every girl who wants to play to have her sex verified by a doctor first. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-spor...
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Trans Sports Ban With Genital Inspections Gains Enough Signatures To Appear On Washington State Ballot
The initiative collected 400,000 signatures, and will be one of the first major attempts to get an anti-trans law onto the ballot in a state that has dubbed itself a "refuge" for transgender people.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/07/2026
3. For transgender people who have sought refuge in blue states to escape the bans spreading through Republican-controlled legislatures, these measures represent a new and more direct threat: the possibility that their neighbors, not distant lawmakers, will vote to strip their rights.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/07/2026
2. It is the first time in American history that voters will decide on anti-transgender measures at the ballot box—a strategic shift that advocacy groups have compared to the anti-gay-marriage amendments that swept state ballots in 2004.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 27/07/2026
1. Anti-trans ballot initiatives are spreading across the United States. In 2026, it appears that five states: Colorado, Washington, Arizona, Nebraska, and Missouri will send such referendums to voters. Allied organizations are trying to fight back. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives Spread In Five States, As Some Opposition To Them Grows
The fight pits billionaire money against transgender people and allied organizations in five states.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/07/2026
9. The demand of LGBTQ+ Ohioans still stands unanswered. Until it is met, Acton has given Ohio's LGBTQ+ community every reason to believe she would govern exactly the way her campaign has conducted itself—with the people she claims to represent locked in the waiting room.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/07/2026
8. The political math of Acton's position doesn't add up. Republicans aren't going to reward her for baseline levels of transphobia—Ramaswamy will run ads against her on any number of transgender issues regardless.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/07/2026
7. Erick Detweiler of Progressive Caucus did not mince words: I was forced to abandon hope of rationalizing the original act and recognized it for what it was: intentional targeted suppression of minorities; a preview into a future Acton administration. Drunk with power, unbeholden to the people"
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Amy Acton's comments about Trans Athletes and the subsequent "Discussion with ODP and Team Acton"
Team Acton zoom meeting with LGBTQIA+ allies and advocates may have done even more damage than repairs to her strenuous relationship with the queer community.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/07/2026
6. According to notes obtained from a source who attended the meeting, the session opened with a blow: Dwayne Steward of Equality Ohio, reading what appeared to be a prepared statement, announced the organization was rescinding Acton’s “A” rating on its LGBTQ+ candidate scorecard.
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Equality Ohio changes grade for Dr. Amy Acton from ‘A’ to ‘Pending’
Decision comes after Acton failed to support transgender athletes during an interview with the Toledo Blade
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/07/2026
5. "I approached this meeting with high hopes—despite the fact that Acton would not be present—for a meaningful, productive conversation about the pain caused to the trans community by her recent comments and a commitment to repair the damage. That was not this meeting,” said Childrey.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/07/2026
4. When another advocate demanded to know why Childrey was barred, she was ejected. The Chair of the Progressive Caucus, Kim McCarthy, was locked in the waiting room during the entire “listening session.” And in the end, the campaign ultimately refused to apologize.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/07/2026
3. Inside sources who have gone public now say the “listening session” was a debacle. Acton did not show up, her campaign manager barred Arienne Childrey—Vice Chair of the party’s Pride Caucus, a transgender candidate for the Ohio House.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/07/2026
2. Amy Acton, Ohio Democratic Candidate for Governor, has seen her relationship with the state’s LGBTQ+ community go from bad to catastrophic. Weeks after Acton endorsed a transgender sports ban and called transgender girls “boys,” the fallout has been intense.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/07/2026
1. In the aftermath of forcing the Ohio Progressive Caucus to delete criticism of Amy Acton for calling trans girls "boys," progressives were promised a meeting with Acton. Now, we have learned she didn't show up, and kicked trans people out of the meeting. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Dem. Ohio Gov Candidate Amy Acton Scheduled a Meeting With LGBTQ+ Advocates, Didn't Show Up, And Kicked Out Trans People Who Did
The meeting was supposed to be Acton's way of making up for calling trans girls "boys."
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Hazel Rioux @hazelrioux.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Conclave is Pope slop
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 23/07/2026
I've long fought to ban congressional stock trading, but the House Republican-passed bill has MAJOR LOOPHOLES. Lawmakers can continue owning and selling stocks - so it won't solve the problem. Not gonna fly in the Senate. Members of Congress should not own, buy, or sell stocks.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/07/2026
9. The ruling on the law making this possible is on appeal at the Eleventh Circuit, and the law remains in effect. Meanwhile, local officials continue to deal with the consequences of repeated harassment by any citizen who wishes to force schools to remove books they find objectionable.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/07/2026
8. In Clay County, one man exploited that asymmetry to file more than 400 challenges, resulting in 287 books removed in a single school year—titles that included The Handmaid’s Tale, Slaughterhouse-Five, and The Color Purple.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/07/2026
7. Under HB 1069, signed by DeSantis in 2023, any county resident can challenge a book by filling out a single form, and the school is required to remove it from shelves within five days. Putting it back requires a formal hearing.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/07/2026
6. “The options on the table are kind of nuclear options like close the library, take all the fiction books out, just leave the non-fiction—things that, to people who aren’t abreast of this, would be shocking to them.”
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/07/2026
5. “Perhaps at some point we revisit this discussion too, just around what do we do with the senior high libraries. The circulation rates are less than in most schools—less than one checkout a day,” said Rodger Dailey, the district’s chief academic officer.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/07/2026
4. Clay County School District, a conservative school district which serves over 40,000 students south of Jacksonville, has removed more books than nearly any district in the state. Now, the fate of school libraries themselves appear to hang in the balance. jaxtoday.org/2026/07/16/c...
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What comes after book bans? Clay County Schools questions traditional libraries | Jacksonville Today
After removing hundreds of books, Clay County is debating the purpose of high school libraries.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/07/2026
3. Now one of its most conservative school districts is considering the logical next step many activists have warned about: eliminating school libraries altogether.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/07/2026
2. Florida has been ground zero for book bans in the United States. Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, a series of laws opened the door to challenges targeting LGBTQ+ content, racial justice, and any book a single resident deems objectionable—making the state the national leader in school library removals.
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Florida leads nation in school book bans, report finds
It's the third year in a row Florida earned the top spot.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/07/2026
1. School book bans are becoming so extreme in Florida, that one conservative school district is considering removing libraries altogether. Rodger Dailey, Clay County Chief Academic Officer, suggests replacing them with school stores, as literacy rates plummet. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Clay County School District In Florida Considers Getting Rid Of Libraries In Response To LGBTQ+ Books
The proposal is the latest in the book ban saga that continues across Florida.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 23/07/2026
BREAKING: A federal court refused to block a map that dismantles a majority-Black district in Memphis, effectively diluting Black voters' voices in the 2026 midterm election. While this is a shameful ruling, the fight isn't over.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 23/06/2026
Let’s be crystal clear about this: Republicans rammed through their “Big Beautiful Bill” last year and as a result, more than 770,000 children have been kicked off SNAP.   What’s big and beautiful about kids going hungry? www.propublica.org/article/snap...
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More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 24/05/2026
Trump childcare rule that will cost Ohioans goes final.
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Trump childcare rule that will cost Ohioans goes final • Ohio Capital Journal
A Trump administration rule killing some childcare benefits takes effect July 13. It will cost some Ohio families $15,000 a year.
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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
"nobody wants to work anymore" oh wow maybe cause it's illegal??
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Man breaks into Little Caesars, starts making and selling pizzas, NC police say
The suspect kept all the money he made selling pizzas, police say
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Hazel Rioux @hazelrioux.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Why are we attracted to butts?
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 16/05/2026
Editor Commentary: The Supreme Court has unleashed a cascade of gerrymandering across the nation. It turns out Ohio gerrymandering was just a primer to measure how degraded politicians could get and get away with it. Now it's everywhere. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/05/15/o...
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Ohio gerrymandering set the stage for this shameful travesty and betrayal across America • Ohio Capital Journal
History will recognize this generation of America as the one that rolled back the Civil Rights era. Our time will be known to posterity as a generation that did not plant trees of liberty and justice…
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Hazel Rioux @hazelrioux.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Really need to give it a re-listen. Haven't listened to the whole thing through since around the time it came out and remember being disappointed, but everytime I listen to a song from it, its a total BOP!
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