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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus. The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy. Full text below. 👇

Part 1 of an open letter of resignation by Arienne Childrey, stepping down as Vice Chair and member of the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) Pride Caucus. She states that party leadership treats the caucus as a recruitment and sales team rather than a representative body. She cites an incident where the ODP censored and denied permission for the caucus to post a letter by two trans leaders addressing harmful comments made by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton. The State Party Chair reportedly called the letter an "unwelcome distraction," which Childrey notes demonstrates how little party leadership values the voices and dignity of LGBTQ+ Democrats.

Since that decision, every Caucus plan, every potential post, and every path forward has been filtered through a lens of strict compliance and ODP approval. That may very well be the party's rule, but following those rules right now is a dereliction of our duty to the LGBTQ+ community.

For me, any rule that silences advocacy for the trans community during this time is an unjust rule, and I see no obligation to follow it. In alignment with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his Letter from Birmingham Jail:

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

We are living in incredibly dangerous times for the trans community. We are in an era where the GOP has so thoroughly weaponized trans lives that even some formerly self-professing allies within our own party have fallen prey to the rhetoric. Looking at the national trend towards Democratic anti-trans triangulation, as well as our own internal conversations, it is clear to me that this shift is much more than a simple coincidence.

We have to speak up—loudly, strongly, and unapologetically—or I fear what our 2028 choices may look like. The ODP would like everyone to believe they are a "big tent" party. However, their successful efforts to silence even the Pride Caucus—even in cases where we are simply begging our candidates not to trade on our lives for perceived electoral advantage—has proven otherwise. The tent hasn't gotten any bigger; it has simply shifted, leaving many trans individuals, progressives, and allies out in the rain.

I will continue to advocate, organize, and fight for our community with everything I have. But I can no longer compromise my own moral principles by remaining part of a caucus that appears more interested in party approval than in true, defiant advocacy.

Sincerely,
Arienne Childrey

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 22/09/2026

I mentioned it yesterday, but it's live, and I hope you save it and get a chance to watch it later. Not in this one but I did edit and I think it it's our funniest one and the best edit I've done, it's just a good time. Reference drops to all previous videos I've edited, hints at stuff to come!

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Jennifer X. Pumpkins 🎃 @jenyetagain.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"trans people require medical care for the rest of their lives" is the craziest anti-trans talking point because everyone requires medical care for the rest of our lives.

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy Constitution Day to those who still have one!

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026

You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.

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The Dead Milkmen @deadmilkmen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The Dead Milkmen have a track on a comp album: "Wir Schweigen Nicht / We Will Not Be Silent: A Benefit For White Rose". This will be released on November 6th, 2026. The LP features tracks from: EMF, John Carpenter, Modern English, Nouvelle Vague, Stabbing Westward, Caustic, Leætherstrip and MORE!

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We Will Not Be Silent / Wir Schweigen Nicht - A White Rose / Weiße Rose Benefit, by Dancing Ferret Discs

17 track album

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.

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Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns

A photo from the BBC of an older woman, with grey hair, being led away by police.

A photograph of a line of men in black clothes and balaclavas blocking the port at Dover.

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

You know what would be a magnificent gesture this month? What if, on September 12, former presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama paid a visit to the people of Gander, Newfoundland, to thank them for their efforts after the attacks? #ThankYouCanada

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Coming soon to the dumbest theater in town.

A parody of a Doctor Doom movie poster. Doctor Doom is shown facing the viewer stepping out of a cloud of smoke.

The title text had been changed from "Avengers - Doomsday" to "Idiocracy - Lake America"

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

HUGE NEWS ON HOLDING ICE AND BORDER PATROL ACCOUNTABLE: My bill to allow people to sue federal agents for violating their constitutional rights — just like people can already sue local police — received its final approval from the Senate and is on its way to the Governor! 🧵

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Are states really cutting Dolly Parton’s reading program?

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Plan a horrorfest using only your first name. Sinners (2025) Hereditary (2018) American Psycho (2000) Nosferatu (2024) The Exorcist (1973)

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.

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Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Republicans have spent the last year trying to defund Dolly Parton

article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Indiana

article about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Kentucky

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iarticle about proposed GOP cuts to Imagination Library in Washington

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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Mike Sakasegawa @sakeriver.com · 25/08/2026

When a good and decent person leaves this world, I think the best thing we can do to honor them is to try to put even more goodness and decency into the world. It's not that we can replace them or their contribution. It's just that we need it all the more now that they're gone.

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton forever! I've dreaded this day, but am glad she gets to rest. She worked harder than anyone and made the world a better place from the one she was born into.

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🎃HalloDeeny🎃 they/them @geraldinepiche.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Clowns are born the same way that they get out of cars and its horrific to watch

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Is there anyone in Ohio's 7th who might be in need of inspiration for a t-shirt to wear to Max Miller events this election season?

A black t-shirt with an x-ray image of a child's broken collarbone in the center of the shirt. Above the image is the text "Ohio's Children Deserve Better Representation."

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Jake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I will be making a historically accurate version of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The longer Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear fails to find out what’s happening or what happened with Mitch McConnell—and act—the more Beshear looks utterly incompetent and weak.

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Eby: "I feel sorry for Americans. If you can't be friends with Canada, then you almost certainly do not have a friend anywhere in the world. And that is a very lonely place to be." #cdnpoli

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Susan Collins voted to give ICE and CBP $70 billion. She owns the consequences of that vote.

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

ICE shot and killed someone in the American streets---again--- as part of their attempt to enforce a misdemeanor.

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 12/07/2026

harpers.org/archive/2018...

21 Grahams

From descriptions of Donald Trump, stated between 2015 and 2018, by Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator from South Carolina.

A race-baiting, xenophobic bigot
The Islamic State’s “man of the year”
The death of the GOP’s relationship with Hispanic voters
A death blow to the GOP’s relationship with women
The world’s biggest jackass
A wrecking ball
A salesman of fear
A politician whose ideas are gibberish
A politician who is incapable of representing a mattress company
A poor representation of a Republican
A president who is unfit for office
A president who sometimes crosses the line
A Twitter user whose tweets are sometimes beneath the office of the presidency
A man who has a blind spot
A thoughtful person
A good person
A strong person
A golfer with an accurate drive and an athletic swing
A president doing a great job
The best hope in decades for peace
A potential recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

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Thamesliketheriver @miss-grimke.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

289 years ago a grand jury in So Carolina refused to indict printer for insulting governor. To do so would “be destructive of LIBERTY OF THE PRESS, a Privilege We enjoy, and has been Justified by our Ancestors, and we hope will be preserved to our latest Posterity.” 🗃️ substack.com/@radicalprin...

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chris “bluesky” poster @chrisrd19.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us.

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Has Mitch McConnell issued a statement regarding Lindsey Graham?

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It has been 200 days since the MAGA regime was ordered to release all of the Epstein files and they have illegally failed that order to protect billionaire pedophile rapists.

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Mom: Elvis, Elvis, and sometimes not Elvis. A lot of classical, Broadway & Hollywood musical soundtracks, Johnny Mathis, Engelbert Humperdink, Glenn Miller, and in my teens she borrowed all my Prince records. Dad: Willie Nelson, Oak Ridge Boys, Kenny Rogers, Ray Charles, Jackie Wilson.

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Eoghan Sweeney @eoghan.eurosky.social · 28/06/2026

I don't want to hear another word about how much white European visitors are enjoying ranch dressing while team officials, Africa's top referee, and now one of the world's most celebrated fans are turned away from the World Cup. The USA is an utterly unfit host — it's as simple as that

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DR Congo superfan denied US visa to support team at World Cup

Michel Kuka Mboladinga is iconic for his motionless tribute at DRC games, but a US World Cup repeat has been denied.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It takes 1.28 seconds for a message to reach us from the Moon. It takes as little as 35 minutes from Jupiter. It takes as little as 4.5 hours from Pluto. It takes at least 6-12 months from NYT reporters, plus $35 for the book containing it.

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DC🕊🌍🔥🌱 @dcminx.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

A Look Inside the Welcome Bags Planned for White South African Refugees. The United States is putting together bags with a children’s book on so-called reverse racism, and with a document that defends the country’s founding on the basis of slavery. Gift link 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/u...

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A Look Inside the Welcome Bags Planned for White South African Refugees

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Advertise your Bluesky account with a Simpsons gif. Greetings from Knoxville.

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The algae story is a metaphor for the USA as a whole, and that's why we are all drawn to this tale.

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

My wife is working on her doctoral research study- Elementary School Inequity: Identity, Belonging & Mental Health Across Time. She is seeking adults working in education in US to participate in anonymous survey @ www.surveymonkey.com/r/GMXSVL5 Thank you for helping #educationalresearch.

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I got 34 of 39. Not having oyster casserole is a function of geography. I live in Appalachia, but the Low Country. The other 4 (souse, pigs feet, squirrel, and chitlins) are about opportunity. Souse may be a hard no for me. I'm open to the rest. You can get 10 at a decent family holiday.

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

My friend @tylersonic.bsky.social has written a book about my favorite punk band when I was in high school: @deadmilkmen.bsky.social! All my worlds are colliding! I've pre-ordered my copy, have you?

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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 09/06/2026

Do me a favor, would you, since bluesky is suppressing HER but might not ME, and share this deep dive of Ash's about Caroline Cossey aka Tula, among other things a trans Bond Girl in For Your Eyes Only. Can you get people to share this and save it to watch later and subscribe, to combat this bs??

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The First Trans Bond Girl (Was a Badass)

YouTube video by Ashley Barron

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

If you can safely attend a game at Madison Square Garden, you don’t need a ballroom.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Reminder Ken Paxton who is running for Senate in Texas pardoned his friend who was in jail for raping a boy for years. Oh well, let's move on.

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RainShine🚫👑🚫🧊 @shanerhyne.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I know this may sound controversial, but what if Americans cared as much about Trump corruption as Albanians do?

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