Sign in

NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

@naturerulesus.bsky.social
3.5K followers 2K following 1.4K posts

Lover of nature, science, diversity, justice, and empathy. Alarmed and angry, but holding fast to hope in solidarity and action. Rooted in the U.S., transplanted to Atlantic Canada. She/Her.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 9h
Just a reminder that this is the same Sen. Schmitt who repeatedly claimed that Chief Judge Boasberg was receiving a disproportionate share of Trump-related cases because he confused the D.C. Superior Court (which has 62 judges) with the D.C. district court (which has 15).
1102300593
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Kate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 4h
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
thecut.com
What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
401459506
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 3h
The clock is ticking on voter registration deadlines. We’ve got conversation starters to help you move the midterm registration needle forward & GOTV! TEXAS, Think you’re registered? You’ll want to get the registration “error” update & CHECK yours. Your registration deadline is 10/5!
guardrailsofdemocracy.substack.com
You’re Registered. Now Help Someone Else Vote.
Saving Democracy, one action at a time
23132
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4h
More precisely, Kash Patel was paid $25,000—and Rudy Giuliani $100,000—by a pro-Russia propagandist who led a project financially supported by Putin's office. To get the full story, see my new book, "How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America." Go to HowRussiaWon.com.
9350120
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 5h
What is there to say that hasn’t already been said? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
nytimes.com
Justice Dept. Unlawfully Withheld Grants to Combat Domestic Violence, Judge Rules
Judge Melissa R. DuBose said the department had placed arbitrary conditions on grants created by the Violence Against Women Act.
58844
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
rprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 17h
Such truthful statements 💯🎯
41778385
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Lauren Ashley Davis @laurenmeidasa.bsky.social · 4h
Federal prosecutors in Boston are under mounting pressure to imminently charge a military veteran for allegedly making threatening phone calls to Stephen Miller’s wife, despite internal evidentiary concerns, said people familiar with the situation. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com
DOJ Prepares to Charge Veteran for Calling Stephen Miller’s Wife
Federal prosecutors in Boston are under mounting pressure to imminently charge a military veteran for allegedly making threatening phone calls to Stephen Miller’s wife, despite internal evidentiary co...
034
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6h
WSJ Exclusive: The Trump admin used federal funds from the Department of Homeland Security to finance those controversial pro-Trump ads that started airing on TV. The taxpayer money used to fund the ads came from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
wsj.com
Exclusive | Homeland Security Money Financed Pro-Trump Television Ads
White House calls the spots public-service ads, but critics argue using taxpayer money for campaign-like messaging may violate federal law.
63923483
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h
It's official: Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from Bryon Noem.
ms.now
Kristi Noem files for divorce from Bryon Noem
The announcement of the separation comes six months after a bombshell tabloid photo leak of her husband, Bryon Noem.
220753175
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
Russell Brand is currently charged in the UK with 3 counts of rape, 3 counts of sex assault, and 1 count of indecent assault. He is set for trial in London in two weeks.
831005327
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 9h
Another prominent Trump loyalist working on the 'grand conspiracy' investigation into Trump's perceived political foes has abruptly left the probe. Election denier Kurt Olsen's departure follows the abrupt quitting of Trump ally Joe diGenova earlier this month.
washingtonpost.com
DOJ probe into Trump foes sees another prominent departure
Kurt Olsen, who previously worked as Trump’s election security czar, resigned from the so-called “grand conspiracy” investigation Monday.
25371139
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10h
Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.
1253142562805
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 9h
A student just told me, "I like your teaching style. You don't make people feel stupid." It sounds corny, but that principle a huge part of my classroom philosophy. Yes, we must maintain academic rigor, but if students are intimidated, they will not contribute, and no good can come from that. (1/2)
39112
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 9h
Do you speak forest? If you're in NYC tonight, you can: mcnallyjackson.com/event/2026-0... (Peek inside this treasure of a book here: www.themarginalian.org/2026/09/25/a...)
093
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 9h
More human rights violations supported by a depraved and illegitimate court.
2233
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 9h
What the fuck is wrong with Republicans to cause them to be such bottomless pits of cruelty?
1242
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 7h
NEW AD: Today on House Hunters, Ken Paxton is shopping for a new house. Will he buy the three-story luxury lodge in Oklahoma? The condos at a wellness resort in Utah? The ocean-view property in Hawaii? (Spoiler alert: He won’t take one — he’ll take 15.)
301050351
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 9h
In 2018, Annalinda Martinez and her daughters became homeless. She went to Georgia's child welfare agency looking for help finding housing. Instead, the state took her children. Then DFCS began charging her for their foster care. Those bills eventually left her $13,000 in debt.
wabe.org
Georgia removed her kids because she was homeless. The state is charging her $13,000 for foster care
Georgia is among several states that have moved away from charging parents for their kids' time in foster care. But parents who already owe money for past cases are still on the hook.
6170100
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 9h
To get her daughters back, Martinez was told she needed stable housing. Meanwhile, the state garnished her wages, suspended her driver's license, and threatened her with jail over the foster care debt. Even after five of her six daughters were no longer in foster care, the bills kept coming.
imprintnews.org
Legal Challenge in GA Targets Billing Parents for Foster Care
A Georgia mother whose poverty led to the loss of her children is challenging the state’s practice of billing poor parents for foster care.
37422
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 8h
This wasn't a one-off: about 4000 parents in GA have also been billed for their children's foster care. Now a judge has ordered the state to stop collecting fees once children are adopted or age out. But the core practice remains: Georgia can still bill parents while their kids are in foster care.
ajc.com
Georgia must stop charging parents ‘erroneous’ fees, judge rules
Georgia has been wrongly charging parents foster care fees for children no longer in state custody and the practice must stop, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled Wednesday.
26928
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h
And once again, real harms imposed on real people must be set aside until after real damage is done in order to privilege the unproven right of Trump to impose those harms
9845244
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 8h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 🎯 #pinks
6211110
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8h
At a time when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, they are leading the charge in the opposite direction. But not Jack Smith. Kudos to him for continuing to be a much needed voice of clarity.
272136523938
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h
Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.
233108201833
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9h
Judging by a quick look at Twitter, the right has decided just to pretend that Eric Schmitt did not, in fact, just shoot himself in the dick and that he totally owned Jack Smith.
571410204
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 9h
You can always count on Susan Collins to be "troubled" by the policies her votes have enabled
542067
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Pride Ott 🦦 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social · 10h
tbh the thing is that this issue really isn't salient despite most Republican efforts so Dems really aught to just be like "IDK man seems like something schools/sport leagues/doctors/whatever should handle it's not really something I'm super worried about"
1749
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 10h
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation" - Jack Smith, Former Special Counsel investigating the Jan 6 insurrection, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee today
125
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11h
TILLIS: 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/
171661371
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob." —FDR, 1936 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
How A.I. Super PACs Are Trying to Influence the Midterms
See how groups aligned with Anthropic and OpenAI have funneled major money into the fight for control of Congress.
402059839
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10h
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Tuesday allowed a pro-voting challenge to Louisiana’s proof-of-citizenship voter registration law to move forward, including claims that the law discriminates against voters based on national origin. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Judge greenlights challenge to Louisiana anti-voting law, citing discrimination claims
The judge found that the pro-voting plaintiffs had plausibly alleged that officials in Lafayette Parish discriminated against some registration applicants based on national origin.
111397457
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 11h
Republican-aligned groups are on track to pour more than $300 million into Ken Paxton’s campaign in a bid to defeat James Talarico.
thedailybeast.com
MAGA Candidate’s Campaign Descends Into $300M Money Pit Disaster
Republican-aligned groups are on track to pour more than $300 million into Ken Paxton’s campaign.
111910
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
NBC News @nbcnews.com · 11h
OpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount.
1198
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
19062671743
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 11h
I need every Democrat to know in their fucking bones that the first whisper of "turn the page and get back to normal" means we're going to primary them so hard their grandparents feel the ripple in space/time.
39820
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Strange dynamic here. Susan Collins voted to confirm Russell Vought to lead OMB after he championed expansive presidential powers on spending. She has complained about the White House’s use of pocket rescissions, but WH continues to do it. She chairs the Appropriations Committee.
2913854
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12h
KLOBUCHAR: I think that people should have their facts straight before they accuse someone of being a dirtbag, and not get the teams wrong. SCHMITT: I stand by that statement. KLOBUCHAR: Teams. You had the teams wrong, sir.
1215736
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
2397187255144
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Brian Floyd @brianmfloyd.bsky.social · 12h
incredible lack of ball knowledge to confuse the atlanta hawks with the iowa hawkeyes women’s basketball team. it’s impressive how little they know about sports
621042176
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 12h
These conspiracy theories the right convinces itself are the truth always die the instant they meet reality anyway, but this is next level.
1960389
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12h
"And then, having convicted one corrupt politician, you thought you could do the same thing here, huh? Huh?!?"
2393
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 12h
this is hilarious. why would he think this is a mic drop. what is going on
1646567
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14h
Former special counsel Jack Smith accused of targeting ‘entire Republican party’ in heated Senate hearing – US politics live
theguardian.com
Former special counsel Jack Smith accused of targeting ‘entire Republican party’ in heated Senate hearing – US politics live
Chuck Grassley, Republican chair of Senate judiciary committee, accuses Smith over criminal investigations into Donald Trump
348027
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 15h
New Democratic candidate talking point just dropped.
441957328
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14h
The arguments you've heard against California's billionaire tax are utter BS. Here to debunk them — and explain why you should vote YES on Prop 40 — is renowned economist @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
34964401
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 15h
In 2023, Larry Ellison spent almost $10 million secretly buying up eight homes in a Florida gated community for his family’s staff, including children’s tutors. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4hiLLnZ
1912357
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 15h
Margaret Owen OBE 94 year old human rights barrister Arrested for "terrorism" for protesting against genocide
188
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15h
These are all previously *observed* actions, not theoretical:
The five-year-old company, known for its frontier language model Claude, warned that Al can have "self-preserving behaviors," including being able to "resist shutdown," "conceal or manipulate information," and carry out behaviors "resembling blackmail," per the Reuters report.
42711
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 14h
❗️russia just dropped a guided aerial bomb on a SCHOOL in Sumy, Ukraine. A school. How many schools, hospitals and homes must be destroyed before the world stops treating russian terror like another ordinary headline??!
45125
Reposted by NatureRulesUs 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
Debbie Coffee @dcoffee1.bsky.social · 15h
The average SNAP benefit is $6 per day and 80% of beneficiaries supplement their food purchases with CASH! And they obviously have to pay cash for other things they purchase! This man is full of crap.
671530