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Marie

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Proud mom in many ways 💪🏻🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🐕💙 Delaware native, back in the 302 📚 and ☕️ and 🦒and pickles rule love to create pretty decor vignettes

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026
In response to a slew of anti-trans Democrats pushing hate during the 2026 midterms, Governor Andy Beshear provided principled criticism to the idea that red-state Dems need to adopt anti-trans views to win: "We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus," he said. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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KY Gov. Beshear Has Message For Anti-Trans Dems: “We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus.”
The governor provides a counterpoint to those who believe red state Democrats need to capitulate on transgender rights.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 29/09/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Sep ErinReed Ky Gov. Andy Beshear, who vetoed a sports ban in in a state Trump carried by 30% and is likely presidential nominee, tells CNN's Jake Tapper he has one message for Dems: "We don't throw anybody under the bus." www.erininthemorning.com/p/ky-gov-bes...
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KY Gov. Beshear Has Message For Anti-Trans Dems: “We Don’t Throw Anybody Under The Bus.”
The governor provides a counterpoint to those who believe red state Democrats need to capitulate on transgender rights.
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 28/09/2026
For my newsletter this morning, I found a small glimmer of political hope for trans people in the US and wrote about it: www.burnsnotice.com/we-may-have-...
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We May Have Just Seen the Tides Turn on Trans Rights
Some conservative PACs have backed off from running anti-trans ads. Is this a sign of what's to come for trans people?
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 28/09/2026
NEWS — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes fellow Democrats who say transgender athletes should be barred from women’s sports. “That is not the party that we are. We start as a party of compassion and empathy.”
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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Alright I’m gonna do a thread, something on my mind. I used to years ago date somebody who ran a campaign for a Democratic congressman, in Iowa.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"A civilization in which one in three women are sexually assaulted, in which 98% of rapists face no consequences, in which nine out of ten women murdered by men are killed by someone they trusted—that civilization is not stable. It is not healthy. It is not just. It is destroying itself."
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seranine @seranine.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"At Cornell University, it turns out that protesting genocide is a removable offense. But meanwhile, drugging, trafficking, and raping a woman is a writing assignment."
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
You wouldn't know it from reading the headlines, but the president's downward mental health spiral is the biggest story in America right now We won't salvage democracy unless the media and pols start speaking the truth about Trump's damaged mind My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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We need to find the words for Trump’s madness before things blow up | Will Bunch
The media and politicians haven’t pinned down anything resembling a suitable description for a president’s downward spiral or the looming battle for U.S. democracy.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Before the week begins, I have a specific request: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵On Feb. 26, 1931, the INS under the orders of Herbert Hoover deported up to 1.8 million people to Mexico. An investigation in 2004 revealed 60% were U.S. citizens. Pull up a seat🪑. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.history.com/articles/the...
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The Long History of Anti-Latino Discrimination in America | HISTORY
School segregation, lynchings and mass deportations of Spanish-speaking U.S. citizens are just some of the injustices...
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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good for her!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
CNN is about to travel the same dark path of WaPo and CBS News. They will say it's not true. They will ask you to ignore what you see and disbelieve what you hear. Instead, I suggest you support independent media. You can start with Democracy Docket but there are many others. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
Idea: no corporate welfare, subsidies, or government contracts for corporations whose employees need to rely on government assistance because of low wages.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I want the name of every consultant who convinces a Democrat to run an ad ceding ground to trans hatred, and I want them blacklisted by the party and noted so I can never give a cent to anyone who hires them ever again.
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And now the pressure is on, because if one of these bigoted dems wins then all the headlines are going to say what a perfect strategy this is, see, we can punch down on trans people even harder. This is fucked, it’s not new, and cis people are not nearly outraged enough. You never are.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 20/09/2026
The "surgeries" language is so fucking awful man. That's perpetuating a whole ass Republican myth.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Why do we keep talking about this and the bunker (disguised as a "ballroom") like it's some funny excess and not actions being taken by the same president who has already used violence to hold onto power before
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
He’s literally building a fortified bunker, now an arch that holds major weapons, and controls the military and nukes. He has zero plams to leave, people better wake tf up
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🧵 Today, we're going to delve into the remarkable story of James Forten—a Revolutionary War veteran and former P.O.W. He became one of the most influential Black abolitionists in early American history. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Don’t you dare @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov, do not cave. 5670 film makers put their necks on the line for you to fight this merger. Another 75,000+ and counting have signed to tell you not to concede in just 3 weeks. Please sign to send a message to the AG’s and Paramount. noparamountconcessions.com
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/09/2026
Every now and then I see myself referred to as an "AI Denier" and I want to be clear I acknowledge "AI" exists, it's just I think it's a massive energy drain, created from theft, implemented poorly for inappropriate tasks by loathsome tech executives who get hard at the idea of the rest of us dying
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 18/09/2026
BREAKING: Pro-voting groups sued to block the Trump administration from sending law enforcement to polling places for the midterms. The lawsuit comes after FBI Director Kash Patel claimed recently that his agency has the authority to deploy agents to the polls.
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Robert Weston @hemissroad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is indeed a literal matter of life and death for trans people. A strong, confident Democratic Party would seize the opportunity to educate the general public and display societal leadership on this matter.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I still have the queasy feeling Trump is going to try some desperate stunt in the closing weeks of campaign season that is self evidently ludicrous, but large swaths of the press will treat seriously. I don't think it will work, but it will nevertheless drive us nuts to watch unfold.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18/09/2026
I've been doing trans rights related work for a decade and I don't think I've ever had so many friends in community in crisis. People are cracking under the weight of the despair of the current moment. I don't know what to do at this point. It's all so incredibly heavy.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This point, from my recent interview with @perrybaconjr.bsky.social for TNR, is so crucial. Trans people are desperate for relief from the relentless Republican attacks impacting all of us. When Democrats move right, they signal relief may not be coming, and that engenders a lot of despair.
And so for Democrats to say, They have a point on some of this, it is engendering a lot of hopelessness and a lot of fear in the trans community, because we have been just trying to hold on, hoping that this time would end and we would be able to get back to where we were five years, six years ago. And what Democrats are signaling is, like, No, we’re going to keep things as they are, and maybe even make them worse.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A six year old does not deserve to be in poverty. Full stop.⁣ ⁣ Every kid in poverty is a policy failure. But since kids don't have separate incomes, you can't help the kid without helping the household they're in. That's the whole political tension. youtu.be/gL2kxIbPitU
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Rossa @rossac.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Respect to Macklemore Cholera to Ed Sheeran
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026
Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth
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dotj @dotttj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
if we ever make it to the other side of this, I hope we bring back shame and I hope every botlicker and out-of-touch, ai-pilled executive stews in their own shame long enough for the arrogance to fall off their bones. I hope they realize how fucking embarrassing they are.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What's so toxic about the debate right now is that ordinary Democrats are just desperate for a win. They're scared of Trumpism and just want to believe their candidates are good, and for everyone to be in agreement that they're good.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14/09/2026
One of the more insidious phrasings I've seen with the Dems/trans rights discourse lately is the idea that trans people are being greedy and demanding a "maximalist" approach to trans rights. No, you cannot call the state of rights American trans people had as recently as 2023 "maximalist," sorry.
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Like, you know there's an internal refugee crisis facing the US with trans people fleeing their home states, right? Can you understand why trans people might be more than a little on edge, stressed, angry because of the way we're treated? Perhaps extend a little understanding and empathy.
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Transgender Americans are fleeing hostile red states. Seattle says it’s overwhelmed
Seattle officials say anti-trans laws in red states are driving a queer migration crisis in the Pacific Northwest.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
If you follow me and want to help, I only have one request. Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
attacking trans people hurts dem politicians and that take is missing from this whole news cycle. dems attacking trans people makes it more likely you will lose, defending trans people makes it more likely they win I want democrats to win so they need to defend trans people
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I am tired of people saying we can’t win in front of the Supreme Court. I’m annoyed by those who say my firm is too partisan to be effective. Today we won a huge redistricting fight before SCOTUS and a ballot access case before the Nebraska Supreme Court. The lesson: When we fight we win.
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a horseshoe crab watches as a variety of prehistoric creatures swim towards an ethereal light. An ammonite calls back to the crab, “come on, horseshoe crab! We’re all evolving!” Panel 2: the horseshoe crab stays in position and replies, “nahh that’s crazy” Panel 3: the horseshoe crab is superimposed in front of a future premonition: a rather miserable-looking human slouched in the glow of a desktop computer. The horshoe crab swims away and says, “good luck tho”
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Marie @twiga75.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
You can’t write about every other country’s far right party like this, & then continue to not call the Republican Party a far right party & write about them as if they’re the 🇩🇪 Christian Democrats or 🇬🇧 Tories. It’s both factually wrong & bad journalism. And yet, it keeps happening every day.
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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 07/09/2026
A Labor Day reminder: The fight for workers dignity begins with fighting for Black women who are systematically undervalued and under appreciated. Me and @pressley.house.gov for the @bostonglobe.com:
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The attack on workers begins and ends with Black women - The Boston Globe
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is about more than wage gaps. Job losses and stalled pay for Black women are an early warning sign for every American worker.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Egregious omission by NYT: Its report on Vance-AES feud quotes AES's barb about Usha and Papaw without including the original Vance quote that AES was responding to. That makes it look like AES brought up Usha out of the blue and drains his quote of its real meaning: newrepublic.com/article/2149...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
With election season under way this is a good moment to remind ppl of the nyt’s bias. Repubicans intend to use transphobia to smuggle through their broad agenda of extremism. 🧵 assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Does The New York Times Want to Eradicate Trans People? - Assigned Media
An analysis of its coverage reveals a pattern of misrepresentations, deceptions, distortions, the exclusion of trans voices, and the endorsement of contempt.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"He didn’t even try. He simply treated trans girls like disposable bargaining chips in service to his political career while using language he knew was degrading and would enable the growing discrimination against trans youth in this country."
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Why I’m Supporting Ed Markey for Senate
I do not trust Seth Moulton.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This. The whole thread.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Trump’s obscene corruption is therefore a symptom of what is broken in our politics and in our economic and social system. Revealing his abuses and holding him accountable is therefore essential to our hopes of restoring equity, decency, opportunity and the rule of law in our society.
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