Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialLee (yaoi theologian) @spiceberii.bsky.social · 25/07/2025John Calvin is not going to make you his special little boy in heaven for helping Mastercard censor gay porn 011
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 19/07/2025There's officially been more accountability for corporate extramarital affairs at Coldplay concerts than there's been for the sitting president covering up a massive sex trafficking operation that targeted children. 6989992189
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 18/07/2025The House voted 308 to 122 for the GENIUS Act, the corrupt crypto industry bill to set the stage for the next financial crisis, encourage money laundering, and bless Trump's corruption. 102 Democrats voted yes, including 4 out of the 5 memberships of House Dems's Leadership Team. 128916381
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialMaya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · 13/07/2025“Protecting migrants also means confronting whorephobia, racism, and criminalization... Defending the rights of migrant sex workers is essential to a broader movement for immigrant justice.” - Kate Zen & @chanellegallant.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/sex...truthout.orgSex Workers Are Being Abducted by ICE — and Abandoned by Respectability PoliticsSex workers targeted by ICE need the migrant justice movement’s full solidarity. 114468
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialDerek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 04/07/2025We’ve had a week of mainstream press asking a NY mayoral candidate to disavow antisemitic slogans THAT HE NEVER SAID. Meanwhile the current president uses a Jewish slur and the press OMITS IT. 241352380
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialJK @miniver.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Thread about watching ‘Cabaret’ 052
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialCheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Sorry, but Independence Day will now be referred to as the Juneteenth Afterparty. This will remain in place until the American government stops acting a whole ass. 329053
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialCandace Avalos @candaceavalos.bsky.social · 04/07/2025People living under fascism didn’t survive by giving up joy—they protected it. They held onto the things fascism tried to erase: art, friendship, jokes, rituals, language, memory. Not as escapism but as resistance. As proof they were still human. Joy isn’t frivolous under fascism. It’s strategic. 13391393293
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialBrian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 02/07/2025The Paramount deal proves just how weak Trump's lawsuit was. It's hard to claim $20 billion in damages, then settle for 0.08% of that and call it a win. But Team Trump is declaring victory anyway – and this chest-puffing statement is exactly why CBS reporters did not want the company to settle: 70804182
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialPhoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.latinsky.app · 02/07/2025I don't think a lot of people in politics over the age of 40 understand that young people aren't scared of words like socialism or communism. They're watching every bad propaganda thing they've ever heard about socialism play out in real life under capitalism. And the socialists have health care. 931183
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 27/06/2025The Supreme Court's conservative supermajority just took away lower courts' single most powerful tool for reining in the Trump administration's lawless excesses, stripping them of authority to issue universal injunctions that block illegal policies nationwide. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p... 642120794
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/06/2025Sotomayor issues a blistering dissent that states plainly that this decision renders constitutional protections meaningless. 10958322
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialHuffPost @huffpost.com · 27/06/2025The court’s ruling could now mean that once a child born to noncitizen parents leaves certain states, they won’t be considered a U.S. citizen.huffpost.comSupreme Court Rules With Trump On Birthright Citizenship ChallengeThe court’s ruling could now mean that once a child born to noncitizen parents leaves certain states, they won’t be considered a U.S. citizen. 75329
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 21/06/2025this is deliberate, it’s not vance being clumsily racist and vance served with him for two years, he’s deliberately invoking josé padilla because he’s a troll piece of shit 942966493
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialmady castigan✨ 🏳️⚧️ @mady.cat · 17/06/2025So are you going to stop attacking trans kids on your podcast nearly every episode and stop defunding HIV and trans healthcare? 0729
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17/06/2025We rose this weekend and we’re not bowing anytime soon. #NoKings 593178691
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialmady castigan✨ 🏳️⚧️ @mady.cat · 16/06/2025The Senate reconciliation bill retains the trans healthcare Medicaid/CHIP ban. Call your Senators, we still have a good shot at killing this provision. Hundreds of thousands of people rely on this care. 1221671691
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/06/2025I’m watching the Panama v Guadeloupe Gold Cup game on TV as we speak. It is being played in Los Angeles. And the stadium is almost completely empty. A sport that in the U.S. is highly dependent on Latino audiences is no longer viable. The World Cup cannot come here. 1473037947
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialKye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 17/06/2025LOOK AT THIS SHIT: Marines and ICE team up in a show of force, turning a community swap meet into a surveillance operation. Witnesses say people were cornered, forced to identify themselves, and had their photos taken — without suspicion or a warrant. This is a police state. 1121906908
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 17/06/2025“Does the US President’s social media post mean people should evacuate Tehran in a serious, bombs-are-imminent sort of way or a silly, he’ll forget about it in the morning sort of way?” is an insane, nightmarish situation to be in 913294588
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialMattilda B Sycamore @mbsycamore.bsky.social · 17/06/2025True!💥 014115
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16/06/2025"Trump called for the CSB’s closure during his first term but settled for leaving many investigator and agency leadership positions unfilled." 23480211
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 16/06/2025EXCLU: Sen. Bernie Sanders wants an investigation of Health Secretary RFK Jr.’s recent decision to fire all 17 members of the nation’s top vaccine advisory committee. via @margaretmanto.bsky.social www.notus.org/health-scien...notus.orgSen. Bernie Sanders Wants an Investigation of RFK Jr.’s Vaccine FiringsSanders, the ranking member of the Senate Health Committee, made the request of Sen. Bill Cassidy, the committee chair, in a letter obtained by NOTUS. 8050961179
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialCathy Green (she/they) 🏳️🌈💜🏳️⚧️ @cathygreen67.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Another piece of Project 2025 hidden in the GOP House DHS 2026 funding bill. (Section 544) that says the government can’t take action against anyone who discriminates against same-sex marriage—as long as they claim it’s based on a “sincerely held religious belief.” 14301133
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 09/06/2025Criticism of Israeli policies is not antisemitism. Defacing a Holocaust memorial is absolutely antisemitism. Horrible. 128160
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Senator @jeffyarbro.bsky.social weighs in… 37953207
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Jesus Fucking Christ 1820334
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/06/2025JD Vance now wants to use the chaos ICE is causing in Los Angeles as pretext to pressure politicians to pass the Republican budget bill that will saddle Americans with trillions of dollars of debt, skyrocket the deficit, take away people’s healthcare, and give massive tax breaks to the wealthy. 3563252979
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialCeleste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Here's the official release from the White House, and apparently, we're in a state "of rebellion". 😒 Fellow Californians, you know the drill. Every one of us should be speed dialing: - Our federal electeds - Our state electeds - Newsom - And Bonta right now.whitehouse.govDepartment of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security FunctionsMEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 11689316
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialGovernor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 08/06/2025As the federal government conducts chaotic immigration sweeps across the country, the state is deploying additional CHP to maintain safety on Los Angeles highways to keep the peace. It's not their job to assist in federal immigration enforcement. 39073661636
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialMargaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 08/06/2025some resources for protestors A demonstrator's guide to understanding riot munitions and how to defend against them crimethinc.com/2021/01/04/a...crimethinc.comA Demonstrator’s Guide to Understanding Riot MunitionsAn extensive guide to less-lethal police weaponry—including chemical weapons and impact munitions—and how to defend against and treat their effects. 2725241554
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialMichael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 08/06/2025This is what's been driving me f'ing crazy about the Democrats. They ceded the immigration debate to the GOP for no reason. Immigration is a net positive to this country and it's not even close. We have a broken immigration system but the problem isn't the immigrants, it's the politicians. 241036187
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Again, responsive emergent protest is not deeply organized or able to patrol its membership. Demanding Civil Rights Era demonstration discipline off a random crowd off the street is setting the stage for demonization of the "riot" and narratively empowering its suppressors 330987
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialJoe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 08/06/2025To be clear: Trump is dispatching the troops in response to protests *the Los Angeles Police Department* has described as peaceful 17781339
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialSEIU California @seiuca.org · 08/06/2025Military style ICE raids in our communities. David Huerta was beaten and dragged away. Because he saw them and stood up for justice. Because he’s not afraid. Neither are we. On MONDAY let's #FreeDavidHuerta, #FreeThemAll 11:00 AM @ Grand Park in Downtown LA (200 N Grand Ave) 282439895
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/06/2025The deployment of federalized National Guard troops to California, without consent from local or state officials, is deeply troubling. These are tactics seen in authoritarian regimes, not in America. We want to be clear, the military should not be used to police civilians. 354138693711
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 08/06/2025The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in. 410283917233
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialOakland Abolition & Solidarity @oaklandabosol.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Attention Bay Area. Legal Solidarity Bay Area 02220
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialshauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 01/06/2025headline construction masterclass 466282126724
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/06/2025NEW: The National Sheriffs’ Association(!) puts out a statement saying the Trump admin’s publication, with no feedback first, of a list of Sheriff departments alleged to be sanctuary jurisdictions “violated the core principles of trust, cooperation, and partnership with fellow law enforcement.” 1282712721
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialLee Knox Ostertag @leeknoxostertag.bsky.social · 30/05/2025kind of obsessed with 2025 pride merch...I'm calling it cowardcore. 24890742795
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialMuck! 📌 @bogbody.kindboys.online · 31/05/2025Target FORGOT TO WRITE COPY for their pride line this year i’m obsessed with how much big box stores dgaf and have stopped pretending to 502669708
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Totally inappropriate and really unprecedented for a cabinet secretary to overtly intervene in an election of an ally like this. And even more wildly (though unsurprisingly) on behalf of the pro-authoritarian party. 1872014543
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 31/05/2025RFK Jr. says the CDC will no longer recommend COVID vaccines for healthy pregnant women. Yet doctors have found that stillbirths can result from COVID directly infiltrating the placenta — even for people whose COVID symptoms were mild or nonexistent. @deldeib.bsky.social's story from 2022:propublica.org“God, No, Not Another Case.” COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen.A lack of testing data and government guidance led many to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy, unwittingly increasing their chances of a stillbirth. 11332331405
Reposted by @riverdevora.bsky.socialColin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 31/05/2025gavin newsom is useful in one respect and that is being an overt, unsubtle display of what all that "we just gotta do some means testing", "we just have to compromise on social issues a bit" actually does, the harms it brings down in the moment and their logical endpoint 432953
