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Rachel Lightner

@raylight34.bsky.social
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Podcast producer & audio engineer / music guy sometimes

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Texas is delaying the release of the state’s maternal mortality statistics until after the midterms. www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
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Texas' first post-Roe look at maternal deaths won't be ready by midterms
Democrats say the timing is suspicious, given the Dec. 1 deadline is after Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans who supported the state’s abortion ban are up for reelection.
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Rachel Lightner @raylight34.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Great time to listen to one of the best podcast series ever made about one of the best people to ever live
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Dolly Parton's America
Music History Podcast · Series · In this intensely divided moment, one of the few things everyone still seems to agree on is Dolly Parton—but why? That simple question leads to a deeply personal, hist...
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NPR @npr.org · 14/07/2026
The Philadelphia songwriter continues to refine his pen on the follow-up to his breakthrough self-titled album from 2023. n.pr/4w5eJN9
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Greg Mendez on his latest album, 'Beauty Land'
The Philadelphia songwriter continues to refine his pen on the follow-up to his breakthrough self-titled album from 2023.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 14/07/2026
Elon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18/06/2026
Trump signs a historically disastrous surrender to Iran at Versailles and the first thing Vance does is "look, trans people!"
A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by JD Vance (@JDVance) quoting a post by Andrew Ferguson (@AFergusonFTC).
​JD Vance's post reads:
"Doctors and hospitals used junk science from WPATH to justify selling gender transition procedures to kids and their parents. Huge props to Andrew and his team for taking an important step in our efforts to end this outrageous practice."
​The quoted post by Andrew Ferguson reads:
"Since President Trump was sworn in, the @FTC has been aggressively protecting children and the rights of parents across every part of the economy. Today, the FTC took another huge step in defense of children and parents. We ..." (The text cuts off at the end).
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The world's first trillionaire did this
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
they are calling it the perfect summary of the "keep men out of women's sports" movement
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
men can’t understand what it’s like for women to see story after story after story of women being victims of sexual violence in a culture where it’s routine; what it’s like to live in a world that is fundamentally hostile to our existence. it’s a wonder we leave the fucking house, let alone thrive.
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 10/04/2026
This infuriating attitude shows up on the bookshelves in learning environments, too. We expect girls to empathize with boys, but we kneecap every opportunity to let boys empathize with girls. And look where we are.
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Rachel Lightner @raylight34.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
“Evidence showed that the parents both walked about 25 to 30 feet away from the child to a seating area with benches and appeared to be paying attention to their cellphones” The kid is ONE AND A HALF.
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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In less than 1 week, Trump has wasted more than $5 BILLION of your taxpayer dollars on his war of choice on Iran. That money could have covered the cost of SNAP for more than 2 million Americans for a year. There's always money for war and never money for human needs.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/02/2026
BREAKING: We're suing Kansas for a law that invalidates transgender people's updated driver's licenses and authorizes anyone to sue anyone they suspect of being trans for using the "wrong" bathroom.
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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/02/2026
Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license. This is pure cruelty. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...
An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.
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NPR @npr.org · 24/02/2026
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/02/2026
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica. They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/02/2026
THEY ARE BUYING UP WAREHOUSES TO HOLD HUMAN BEINGS IN DETENTION INDEFINITELY. I feel crazy at how everyone is acting like this is normal. These are concentration camps being built right before our eyes. These buildings are not meant to house human beings. People will be caged like cattle and die.
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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The Neighborhood Publicist @nhoodpublicist.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The largest labor strike in history is happening today in Minnesota. Yes they are suppressing the information but if enough us talk about it off and online they can’t hide it.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/01/2026
"just lie back and take it" An administration with a rapist mentality.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 22/01/2026
if you can afford to spend 30 seconds chatting and trying to look nonchalant as you fumble with a gas canister, perhaps you are not in a scenario where chemical weapons are warranted
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22/01/2026
ICE are abducting 5 year olds, using them as bait to get to their family, and shipping them to a Texas concentration camp all in a single day. We need a Nuremberg for everyone involved. Abolish ICE isn't enough.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again. Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
So the House is going to vote TOMORROW on the DHS funding bill that includes funding for ICE. There's a real chance we can get Dems to vote NO on any bill with ICE funding to sink it. Once it goes to the Senate we likely lose this chance. 24 hours. Go. www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-f...
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No Funding for ICE Surveillance Tech!
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
They are targeting children because they are trying incite violence. I have talked to many journalists today, and they all made the same observation: Border Patrol and ICE have been rolling around with maximum aggression, lingering for ages as crowds, gather, seemingly trying to cause a riot.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
look what they’re doing to my beautiful city. this is bovino’s massive armed convoy, rolling through the Wedge, one of the nicest, friendliest residential areas in Minneapolis, doing nothing but posturing, starting fights, and then deploying chemical weapons at a park many children play in
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Joe @joealv.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Here’s the report from KARE. The boy is five-year-old Liam Ramos.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 21/01/2026
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is seen deploying a gas canister at Mueller Park in south Minneapolis this afternoon. Video by Ben Luhmann.
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