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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 3h

Tonight, 47 Senators supported my resolution to get accountability for the 9 Americans killed on the West Bank & for Palestinians who face injustices daily. That's more support than we've ever had in this fight. Republicans blocked us, but we won't stop until we get justice.

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jj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 1h

like i say every time this comes up, the term for what awaits survivors who go through the official system (cops, rape kit at the hospital, the hell of a trial where you as the victim get to be cross examined by yr rapist’s defense) is called “the second rape”

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Dr. Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒 @marspidermonkey.bsky.social · 2h

We need MeToo, Part 2: Actual Fucking Consequences

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2h

If rapists actually faced consequences for their actions we wouldn’t have nearly as many rapists. In reality many rapists actually benefit from their actions

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 1h

I hate that I miss when ads were for actual things and not just AI and gambling and *wink* not gambling.

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 3h

Once again, @autonomynews.co is a team of only two and we published all these stories in the span of one week. Support our work today. Every dollar counts! www.autonomynews.co/support/

Yesterday, the FBI’s number two man resigned. Andrew Bailey was previously the Attorney General of Missouri, where he aggressively investigated providers of abortion and gender-affirming care. We spent months reporting on Bailey’s past in Missouri, and what he might have been doing at the FBI. The bottom line: An abortion pill crackdown is likely on the way, even after Bailey’s departure.

Heidi Overton, Trump’s pick to run the Food and Drug Administration, had her confirmation hearing on Thursday and it was a doozy. Overton refused to say that the abortion drug mifepristone is safe and effective and even declined to say that IUDs are birth control, not abortifacients. Next comes a committee vote and a full Senate vote.

In less soul-crushing news, Susan wrote about how advocates in multiple states are challenging abortion laws under the rights to life and liberty enshrined in state constitutions. The refreshing argument is that restrictions violate the constitutional rights of pregnant people.

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New Kings Democrats @newkingsdems.bsky.social · 9h

The Appellate Division ruled today that “the amendments that passed on August 25, 2026, are invalid” — the Brooklyn Democratic Party can’t change its rules to reverse an election result. This is a victory for democracy and for common sense. www.nycourts.gov/courts/ad2/H... 1/🧵

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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).

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 3h

My guy looks like a wet fart

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 11h

This lady....................

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Collins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 15h

Absolute madness that a week after @propublica.org story's we still have no clue why Susan Collins's husband Tom Daffron has been getting $$$ from the guy running the super PAC she's legally barred from coordinating with -- or how much he's received. We just know it's more than $1,000. #MEpolitics

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 12h

That federal prosecution was in 2018—while Roe v. Wade was still the law of the land. Now, the FBI could try to charge people for using the mail to violate state abortion bans. One vehicle is the the Comstock Act of 1873. Yes, you read that year correctly. @autonomynews.co

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ken Paxton: The only thing that really saves us is that the Supreme Court came along and allowed Super PACs. Otherwise... I would be sitting here and never have a chance...

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 14h

Genuinely the worst campaign message I’ve ever seen

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 29/09/2026

Interesting that conservatives are concerned about ruining the lives of male college students accused of rape but have little concern for the lives of girls and women forced to give birth against their will

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

RSVP to attend. This is going to be a rare opportunity to learn from both @amylittlefield.bsky.social and @renee.bsky.social. And to be in community with like-minded folks.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 29/09/2026

Met a Bluesky friend irl @alicemiranda.bsky.social. We talked about Josh Hawley, as abortion reporters do

Photo of me and Alice Miranda Ollstein in a beautiful living room

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 28/09/2026

my own publication showing up in my @sill.social daily digest :') proud of us, @garnethenderson.com!! Read the story here: www.autonomynews.co/new-lawsuits...

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New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life
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by Susan Rinkunas • 1 day ago
Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 28/09/2026

NEW: The signs are everywhere that FBI and DOJ are gearing up investigate distributors of abortion pills. While Anti-abortion zealot Andrew Bailey may be leaving, Todd Blanche is Comstock-curious and FBI Director Kash Patel recently told Josh Hawley he's open to criminal probes. @autonomynews.co

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What Was This Anti-Abortion Zealot Doing at the FBI?

Andrew Bailey has always been hellbent on eradicating abortion access. As the FBI’s No. 2, he may have set the stage for investigations into abortion pill providers.

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 28/09/2026

@susanrinkunas.com and I have been working on this story for months. It was supposed to publish later this week, but that's news! Despite Bailey's resignation, it's still very relevant. Read to learn about how the Trump admin could use criminal investigations to attack abortion access:

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026

I haven't seen a single story explain that the lawsuit filed by Tierra Walker's family is part of a broader legal argument that women and pregnant people have a right to life. There are at least four state cases like this. Subscribe to @autonomynews.co for context you're not getting anywhere else

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026

NEW: A Texas woman died after being denied an abortion and her family sued the state and her doctors for violating her right to life. They say the ban should be struck down. It's one of several cases challenging abortion laws under state constitutional rights to life and liberty @autonomynews.co

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New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life

Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

By nature of being enrolled at a university, student rapists dont fit the caricature of a rapist—ie a "dangerous" stranger in an alley, a false narrative meant to frame rape exclusively as a street-based crime justifying ever-more police funding. So they face no consequences:

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 28/09/2026

Gavin Newsom: I have to do some transphobia to win over Republicans The Democratic governor of a “red” state:

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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We're looking for a major gifts manager to launch a formalized program and establish the strategy and systems that will support a robust and growing portfolio of donors across our network. Salary $85,000-$95,000. Please share!

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Major Gifts Manager • States Newsroom

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Greer Donley @greerdonley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I loved participating in this story abt a new crop of cases challenging abortion bans based on the pregnant person's right to life. Kind of wish I hadn't cursed on the record, but 🤷‍♀️! Grateful for the shout out to "From Medical Exceptions to Reproductive Freedom" (co-authored w @dsc250.bsky.social)

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Amy Littlefield @amylittlefield.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've been following Students for Life's Kristan Hawkins around the country for months, watching her put on makeup in an airport bathroom, door-knock for candidates in a gerrymandered neighborhood, and debate survivors of rape. It's been a wilder ride than I could have imagined. Read and watch:

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 26/09/2026

Meta's platforms have repeatedly been caught running ads for deepfake "nudify" apps that let you virtually undress real people without their consent, but they won't run an a trailer for an upcoming documentary that reflects poorly on Elon Musk. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)

YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.

When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."

Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026

Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.

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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This straight up personalist propaganda, paid for by American taxpayers. Trump has more than $400 million in just one PAC. He can pay for this himself instead of stealing from us.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The New York Times has now run two prominently placed stories about Zohran Mamdani's comms department coordinating with unpaid influencers as if it is a huge scandal. Will they cover Trump using our tax dollars to buy literal campaign ads as if it is equivalent scandalous? If not why not?

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“She nearly lost her home to foreclosure and her teenage daughter was entrusted with running her household. Her college-age son left a football scholarship to return home and help with costs around the home. Mason has three children and also raised four of her brother’s children.”

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Remember when they said (lied) that USAID was corrupt? $400 million was handed out to 30 countries, with no real oversight and with workarounds to bypass human rights safeguards typically given to U.S. foreign assistance payments. Immigration is just a giant trough of corruption right now.

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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

By destroying Voting Rights Act and gutting 14th & 15th amendments the Roberts Court is recycling legal arguments once used by Confederates and white supremacists to destroy Reconstruction Please read my deep dive w/ @pemalevy.bsky.social in @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026

I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026

We’re at $365 off this bill thanks to several generous donors! Who else can drop $5 or $15.87 or $87 in our hat?

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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

talking about water use policy is impossible because "AI data centers use a lot of water to cool the computers" sounds way more believable than "they're draining the Great Salt Lake so the Governor of Utah can sell alfalfa to Saudi Arabia" and yet

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I like that in becoming a nazi, you get glowing coverage as a brave iconoclast, and then when you stop being a nazi, you’re get glowing coverage as a brave dissident. Money coming and going. Only way you lose is having normal opinions like “racism bad” bsky.app/profile/trac...

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

From the article: “The thing we don't hear about enough, in my opinion, is the lives and humanity of pregnant people.” 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 In Judaism, the fetus is regarded as a part of the pregnant person's body until birth. Because whose life matters most is the one already born.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 27/09/2026

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New Lawsuits Argue That Pregnant People Also Have a Right to Life

Lawyers are fighting abortion bans in state court by establishing that pregnant people have a right to life and liberty—or at least self-defense.

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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 27/09/2026

Fewest women I've ever seen in a single event space, and I cover comic conventions for a living.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026

Just a bunch of guys getting together on a Saturday night to be like yeah, we’re unfuckable

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