Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22/08/2025Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion. 7903929510135
sweetea25.bsky.social @sweetea25.bsky.social · 04/08/2025This needs to be trending. Everyone needs to know, 10 days in and it finally makes news. 020
sweetea25.bsky.social @sweetea25.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Today’s “Let them eat cake!” is “Let them die of preventable and treatable illnesses!" 010
sweetea25.bsky.social @sweetea25.bsky.social · 23/07/2025If you believe the poor children who were raped and bravely came forward expecting the world to do the right thing, then you know this to be true. I know. 010
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialD. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 20/07/2025📌ATTENTION MEDIA: Trump and Epstein trafficked and abused CHILDREN not "young women." 481287420
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialLee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 04/07/2025* TODAY * Map and List of Cities Hosting Anti-Trump #Protests on Fourth of July. 🇺🇸 www.newsweek.com/map-lists-ci... #July42025 #IndependenceDay #Protest #Protests #NoKingsDay #NoKings #Indivisible #FiftyFiftyOnenewsweek.comMap and list of cities hosting anti-Trump protests on Fourth of JulyWomen's March is urging people to join or host block parties, marches and other events over the holiday weekend. 618490
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Judge Breyer pointed out another problem with Trump's unjustified mobilization of California's National Guard: It leaves thousands of troops unable to respond to REAL emergencies on behalf of their true commander-in-chief, Gov. Newsom—a constitutional affront to the state. slate.com/news-and-pol... 9535146
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialKrassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 12/06/2025BREAKING: Senator Padilla after being thrown to ground and cuffed: “If this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question, if this is how the department of homeland security responds to a senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers..." 15860371851
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice. 5704845314652
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialMzz Madness @bolddemocracy1776.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Stop saying “LA RIOTS” and start calling them RAIDS and PROTESTS. Looters do NOT equal Protesters. 031
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialJonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide: 84131245152
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialDavid Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Can anyone explain to me how Trump can deploy troops to Los Angeles no matter what the governor or mayor say, but somehow it was Nancy Pelosi who needed to send the National Guard to DC on January 6th and Trump was powerless to do anything about it? 851559344
sweetea25.bsky.social @sweetea25.bsky.social · 10/06/2025So, he could have sent National Guard to stop the murder and destruction on Jan. 6th… 000
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialSpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Scientists have found homosexuality nearly everywhere they've looked for it in the animal kingdom -- mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, insects -- everywhere. By definition, it's natural. What's UNNATURAL is the irrational (and mostly religious-based) hate and homophobia found only in humans. #Pride 3449170
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialTony Serrata 🇺🇦 @serrata.org · 31/05/2025Just in case context is needed into what Palantir the name comes from, it's here. These fascist fucks named it after a tool that was used for evil. And are creating a thing that will be used for evil. They aren't hiding that fact. 32331152
sweetea25.bsky.social @sweetea25.bsky.social · 29/04/2025If they took the senate floor and each, of the 49 of them, held it for 5-10 hours, they wouldn’t need to take another turn for 10-20 days. Hold until a return to constitutional law. 000
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialStudents for Democracy @studentsdemocracy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social If he cannot carry out his agenda without breaking our laws, violating our Constitution, ignoring the judiciary, alienating our allies and crashing the economy… It’s a criminal agenda. 12501137
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialAxios @axios.com · 25/04/2025NEW: AG Pam Bondi warned that the arrest of Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan is a warning to other judges: "we will prosecute you"axios.comTrump AG warns Hannah Dugan arrest is warning to other judges: "we will prosecute you"The FBI arrested a Milwaukee judge who allegedly tried to help an undocumented defendant avoid arrest. 9423392
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialMolly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Protesters gather outside the federal courthouse in Milwaukee following the arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan. 401665437
sweetea25.bsky.social @sweetea25.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Spread the word, this needs to be trending. You know who else made registries??? It starts with a N and it doesn't end well 😡 110
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2025I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return. 805312263325532
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialDavid Hogg @davidhogg.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I have met thousands across our country who do not feel that our party is fighting for them- there is a reason for that. Many of our elected leaders are not and are failing to meet this moment. It is time for that to change.nytimes.comDavid Hogg, Parkland Survivor and D.N.C. Vice Chair, Hopes to Unseat Democratic IncumbentsDavid Hogg, a young liberal activist and now a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, is leading an effort to unseat the party’s older lawmakers in primaries. 2492762592
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialHuman Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 11/04/2025A teacher in Florida lost her job because she was “caught” supporting her student. This is a disgusting example of government overreach for the sole purpose of attacking our young people. Learn more: www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2...floridatoday.comBrevard teacher first to lose job over Florida law requiring parent sign-off on preferred nameThe Satellite High School teacher did not have written parental permission to call the student by an alternative to their legal name. 47625
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialTristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Forcing people to pay $130 for a passport in order to vote is just a Jim Crow poll tax by another name. It is blatantly unconstitutional. 14474797412723
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialKate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 07/04/2025My favourite library quote is from newsman Walter Cronkite: ‘Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation’ 159541488
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 06/04/2025We have a winner…🏆 11364568310469
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialAndrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 05/04/2025“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.” Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), writer and Auschwitz survivor #HandsOff ‼️ 5954871534
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialGraphic Granola @graphicgranola.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Target has now fallen to its lowest price since Covid, after removing its DEI policies. #BoycottsWork 751363183
sweetea25.bsky.social @sweetea25.bsky.social · 02/04/2025It's working fortune.com/2025/04/01/t... 000
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialMolly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Cory Booker has been shaming and protesting the Trump administration for 22 straight hours now. 1018926
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialtschabarum.bsky.social @tschabarum.bsky.social · 29/03/2025#TeslaTakedown Seattle in SODO. 703265604969
sweetea25.bsky.social @sweetea25.bsky.social · 28/03/2025apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology'President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.” 000
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/03/2025thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning: "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy." 255422558258
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 27/03/2025In 1862, a Union soldier found cigars wrapped in a piece of paper in a field of clover. The paper was a copy of Confederate Gen. Lee's invasion orders. The Southern sloppiness helped the Union stop Lee at Antietam. It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth. 643307567197
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 24/03/2025Porsha Ngumezi should still be alive today. Texas’ abortion ban killed her. Abortion bans make pregnancy more dangerous. No one should be denied lifesaving medical care.cbsnews.comGrieving husband says "reckless" Texas abortion law led to pregnant wife's deathBetween 2019 and 2022, the maternal mortality rate in Texas increased 56% after the state outlawed abortions. 833125999
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialHuman Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 23/03/2025This new study confirms what we already know: TRANSGENDER HEALTH CARE SAVES LIVES. www.cnn.com/2025/03/17/h... 120254
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialWIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.freedom.pressWired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should followAs the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy 16249133523353
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialHuman Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 18/03/202582 House members submitted a letter demanding accountability to Office of Management & Budget Director Russell Vought (former Heritage Foundation VP & Project 2025 architect) on Trump's executive order impacting gender markers on federal ID documents like passports. www.advocate.com/politics/con...advocate.com82 U.S. House members demand rejection of Trump's anti-transgender passport policyTrans, nonbinary, and intersex people deserve passports that reflect their identity, the representatives say. 012825
sweetea25.bsky.social @sweetea25.bsky.social · 15/03/2025#idesoftrump postcards of dissent are on their way! 0475
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialDean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Fox News Anchor Claims Trump Tower Protestors ‘Hate Jewish-Americans.’ In reality the protesters are Jewish Voices for Peace and they are LITERALLY wearing shirts "Jews say Stop" and carrying signs that say "Opposing Fascism is a Jewish Tradition." www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-...mediaite.comFox News Anchor Claims Jewish Trump Tower Protestors ‘Hate Jewish-Americans’, Inexplicably Blames ‘Open Borders’Demonstrators with the progressive group Jewish Voice for Peace entered the building and chanted for the release of detained grad student Mahmoud Khalil. 86742227
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/03/2025Demonstrators affiliated with a progressive Jewish activist group packed into Trump Tower on Thursday to protest the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia University student. Nearly 100 of the protesters were later arrested, according to the police. nyti.ms/4bRGVtn 701639321
sweetea25.bsky.social @sweetea25.bsky.social · 11/03/2025wtop.com/frederick-co...wtop.comConcerns over the abrupt cancellation of National Fire Academy trainings - WTOP NewsFEMA canceled classes at the National Fire Academy as it works to ensure the NFA’s programs and budget align with the Trump administration’s priorities. 000
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 10/03/2025All of us deserve accurate IDs so we can safely travel and go about our daily lives without fear of harassment or discrimination. The attacks on transgender people must stop.usatoday.com‘Passports taken by the government’: How new State Department rule blocks trans travelersThe passport ban by the State Department has left transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Americans without one of the most vital travel documents. 14588128
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialHuman Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 09/03/2025KIDS JUST WANT TO BE KIDS. Say it louder for the people in the back, @iamwandasykes.bsky.social! 1053168
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialJennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025This is absolutely the truth!! 283193172817
Reposted by @sweetea25.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Democrats should boycott Trump's address tonight. If they feel they need to attend, they must not signal to the nation that we're living in normal times. Make good and loud trouble. Disrupt the speech. When he lies, boo loudly! Anything less will legitimize Trump’s coup. 47780151412