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Tom Warnke

@tom58warnke.bsky.social
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Social justice activist; Avid reader; Red Sox fan. Nauseated, but determined to resist. Abortion IS health care, and trans rights ARE human rights. 🏳️‍🌈⚧️ Views expressed are my own.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15h
Here's some history the US Supreme Court doesn't want you to think about. In April 2026, SCOTUS effectively ended the Voting Rights Act. The decision has startling parallels with Plessy v. Ferguson, the decision that established “separate but equal" and cemented Jim Crow.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway👇 Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Yosemite Giveaway
Contact Congress today!
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 06/10/2026
#FunFact: Yes, it's now possible to drive a standard, mainstream EV from New York to Los Angeles in a reasonable amount of time without getting stranded with a dead battery and WITHOUT having to use a Tesla station!
Map of mainland U.S. with EV route from NYC to LA
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Ruben Garcia @gorubenruben.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Can you walk 96 miles? No Camps. Interfaith leaders and community members left the Adelanto GEO-run ICE detention center on September 29. They arrive October 6 at the Los Angeles MDC. Walking so the deaths and the conditions are not out of sight. #NoCamps #Adelanto #USDemocracy
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thanks Reagan 😕 The Republican agenda for the past 45 years in one chart 👇🏽
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Lambda Legal’s new LGBTQ+ Bill of Rights goes on offense by using tactics perfected by the right
The civil rights legal organization will adopt a conservative playbook by pushing model legislation, starting in 20 states whose leaders support equality, CEO Kevin Jennings tells The Advocate.
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 30/09/2026
Trump’s reckless tariffs have driven up costs, closed markets, and left family farmers hanging on by a thread. This is a betrayal of the people who feed our country. Op: @thereelmarklyda
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026
We call this a concentration camp, your honor.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@ariberman.bsky.social and @pemalevy.bsky.social have a damning new story about how the Roberts Court is reviving Jim Crow, relying on the same legal tactics used to undermine the Reconstruction. A must read to understand the stakes of this election. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Cover of Mother Jones issue on the new Jim Crow
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I'm often reminded of the fine senator Grassley defeated 46 YEARS AGO!!, John Culver. No understanding of what has happened to Iowa. To move from Culver and Harkin to Grassley and Ernst!😒
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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 11/09/2026
Flight attendant Jeff Collman was aboard American Airlines Flight 11 on 9/11. 💔 After his death, his longtime partner Keith Bradkowski was denied survivor benefits because he was gay and unable to marry. Thus began Bradkowski's years-long battle for equality. Hear more: tinyurl.com/bdez69uh
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A sick fascist pledge … largely ignored by legacy media
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The Stakes Could Not Be Higher
Dems are making the point, and the Post Office is safe — for now.
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nausea is all this arch provokes. Trump's edifice complex knows no bounds. #tearitdown
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
And we're surprised? Pete Hegseth Is Too Egotistical to Know How Incompetent He Is newrepublic.com/article/2148... via @newrepublic.com
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Pete Hegseth Is Too Egotistical to Know How Incompetent He Is
Brutal news accounts this week provide more proof of what we already knew: The chaos he’s creating is making the country weaker, not stronger.
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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 26/08/2026
In a victory for trans youth & their families, a court of appeals has rejected the Department of Justice’s latest attempt to stop a lower court win that protected the medical records of trans youth in New York City from the Trump admin’s attempts to seize them. Learn more: lambdalegal.lgbt/2p8wnc5v
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Appeals Court Rejects Trump Administration’s Latest Effort to Seize Private Medical Records of Transgender New Yorkers
In a victory for transgender young people and their families, a panel for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the Department of Justice’s attempt to stay a lower court win that protected the medical records of transgender youth from serial attempts by the Trump administration to seize them.   “Today’s order by the court...
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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 25/08/2026
Lambda Legal mourns the loss of Dolly Parton, a glittering & iconic entertainer, philanthropist, & LGBTQ+ ally. With compassion & grace, Parton lent her voice & resources to show her love for the LGBTQ+ community & everyone living with HIV. Rest in peace, Dolly Parton. We will always love you. 🩷
Black and white photo of Dolly Parton smiling. Text below reads, "Remembering Dolly Parton".Two photos of Dolly Parton smiling. Quote from Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings reads, "Today we lost an icon, both in entertainment and for the bold, consistent support she showed the LGBTQ+ community and everyone living with HIV. Long before it was easy or popular, Dolly Parton told our community that we belonged, and she meant it. She lent her voice and resources to the fight against HIV and AIDS, and stood up, time and again, for the community she embraced as her own, all with the humor, warmth, and grace that made the whole world fall for her. We extend our deepest condolences to Dolly’s family, her friends, and the countless fans whose lives she touched. We will always love her.”
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Paul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Beautiful acapella version of Jolene with a then-little-known group: youtu.be/oYCoyUxY2HY?...
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Pentatonix & Dolly Parton - Jolene
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
BREAKING: The union of Starbucks workers is officially calling for a boycott of the chain. @sbworkersunited.org has over 12,000 unionized baristas, and they're calling on customers to stop visiting Starbucks until they get a fair union contract.
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🔵Blue Dot Buckeye🔵#Blues 🦋💙🌊🗽🌪️ @buckivotesblue.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This cartoon by Matt Wuerker with Politico sums it up nicely! #Blues
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In the meantime, you need to run the shuttle much more frequently!!! Been waiting 20 minutes!!!!!
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The Advocate @advocate.com · 29/07/2026
As Republican attacks on LGBTQ+ rights intensify across the country, Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings argues it’s time for a bold new vision to protect equality for future generations.
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Obliterated? www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Satellite Images Show Iran Is Rebuilding. Fast.
Tehran’s speedy recovery from damage done by the U.S. and Israeli air campaign raises concerns about its effectiveness
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Yeah, can hardly wait for the latest contortion😒
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment open.substack.com/pub/erininth...
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Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment
The review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This is tragic, and utterly predictable. Anti-trans hate and discrimination must stop.
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Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.
The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.
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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
An excellent cartoon. 😂 Can't see a credit for this, if anyone knows then please post. Very apropos though - lol.
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
EXACTLY. 👍
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
It seems there is an entirely different set of rules for Republicans and Democrats.
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This, right here. It is way past time for a massive redraft of the Constitution, including removing the cap on the size of the House, getting rid of the two-senator limit per state, and removing all the other vestiges originally included to perpetuate white minority rule. Oh, and expand the Court.
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Daily Octordle #1587 5️⃣3️⃣ 2️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣9️⃣ 8️⃣7️⃣ Score: 44 My work here is done
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/05/2026
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"The problems with the Court have only gotten worse since then. This is a rogue institution corrupt to its very marrow, and even moderate Democrats are starting to see that it is an imminent threat to the American republic itself."
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John Roberts Is Starting to Sweat - The American Prospect
The reactionary hacks on the Supreme Court might have gone too far this time.
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Breaking: Tennessee Republicans pass new 9-0 gerrymander after SCOTUS destruction of Voting Rights Act eliminating state’s only majority-Black district & last Democratic seat. Splits Memphis, which is 63% Black, into 3 districts to disenfranchise Black voters. Quite literally a return to Jim Crow
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Tony Michaels @thetonymichaels.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
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Juli Indica @juliindica.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A collection of Trump’s greatest hits or how he is going to bring down the cost of gas.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
John Roberts and Sam Alito really took the last tiny brake off this runaway train yesterday, and all of the worst people are not only running with it, but — importantly — also taking it as a sign that, yet again, they can and should go even further.
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Box of Frogs @boxoffrogs.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The 2026 and 2028 elections are going to be decided by gerrymandering. I don't want to hear of a single Democratic state legislature that isn't fully committed to maximizing the gain in seats for the party. This is a political war that needs to be won.
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
"This law leaves transgender people in the impossible and exhausting position of trying to determine what is allowed on a daily basis almost anywhere in their public lives.” @lambdalegal.org's Kell Olson
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ACLU And Lambda Legal Launch Court Challenge Of Idaho’s Extreme Bathroom Ban
“What makes Idaho's law really unique is its criminal punishments, which are incredibly severe, as well as the fact that it reaches so far into public life in Idaho.”
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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 28/04/2026
If you’re trans and/or intersex, you may have questions about your identity documents. Our identity document resource page* provides info about the status of some policies related to these documents. Learn more: lambdalegal.lgbt/trans-id-info *Disclaimer: for informational purposes only
Screenshots of webpage for Lambda Legal's Passport and Identity Document Guidance for Transgender, Nonbinary, Gender-Nonconforming, and Intersex PeopleScreenshots of webpage for Lambda Legal's Passport and Identity Document Guidance for Transgender, Nonbinary, Gender-Nonconforming, and Intersex People
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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 30/04/2026
The challenge was brought by Lambda Legal, @aclu.org, @acluidaho.bsky.social, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP, and Alturas Law Group PLLC. Learn more: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...
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Transgender Idaho Residents Sue After State Criminalizes Use of Bathrooms
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Transgender Idaho Residents Sue After State Criminalizes Use of Bathrooms
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Tom Warnke @tom58warnke.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
“It’s time to stop this game of allowing utilities to be negligent and then walk away with their customers paying for it,” former California Public Utilities Commission President Loretta Lynch said.
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Their homes burned in the Eaton fire. Why Edison has kept information about the fire under wraps
Edison is keeping crucial documents of the cause of last year's deadly Eaton fire secret, a legal strategy it has used to shield what happened in at least seven other fires.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.
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ltwlauren🤸‍♀️❤️🎶🎨🐾 @ltwlauren.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
WTAF ! The DOJ indicted Southern Poverty Law Center on federal fraud charges, alleging it improperly paid informants associated with Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups, to get inside information.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Haha 🤣
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Corrine Anderson-Ketchmark @anderk.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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Funding Extremism? Please.
The DOJ's fraud indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center is disgracefully dishonest.
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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 22/04/2026
This week, the U.S. DOJ announced that it has indicted the @splcenter.org, one of the country’s oldest & most effective civil rights orgs. This targeting is unjustified harassment. We stand in solidarity with SPLC, and we’ll continue fighting––& winning––against this admin’s nonstop attacks.
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Lambda Legal Condemns Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on the Civil Rights Community
“Make no mistake. This is not an isolated attack on one civil rights organization; rather it is the opening salvo in the broad onslaught yet to come. But we will not be cowed.”  Following the announce...
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