Reposted by Leah ElizabethBrian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 5hOh. newrepublic.com/post/216331/...newrepublic.comUSPS Hires Security Service With History of Human Rights AbuseAlmost 1,000 armed security officers have been sent to at least 55 post office facilities. 816970
Reposted by Leah ElizabethRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 6hPart (but far from all) of what's horrific here is: a woman weighing the consequences of speaking up about being sexually assaulted, because speaking up imposes burdens and costs (and so does not speaking up).phoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive. 161371335
Reposted by Leah ElizabethDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 20hyou don’t hold "AI" accountable; you hold AI developers, vendors, and corporations that profit off it accountable holding "AI accountable" is like holding a toaster accountable. it's an inanimate object. it doesn't have wishes, feelings, or desires 281596497
Reposted by Leah ElizabethDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:science.org‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences researchAgency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year 8636492
Reposted by Leah ElizabethHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026“The case shows how a car app designed to make drivers' lives more convenient can be turned into a tool of abuse. And too often, car manufacturers haven’t built in protections that would prevent their vehicles from enabling harassment.”forbes.comHow A Man Used A BMW App To Terrorize His Ex-WifeA domestic abuse survivor’s ex-husband used his access to her BMW’s connected smartphone app to open car doors and windows, start the engine and track her location. She claims BMW didn’t help. 514054
Reposted by Leah ElizabethAhhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 06/10/2026Religious liberty will always be framed as religious people’s right to freely oppress and exclude others 293436622
Reposted by Leah ElizabethIt's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"The defendants union may be the first effort of its kind in the modern history of political protest in the US..." Follow, boost, and support the folks at @nspm7union.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump 2.0 is targeting US protesters with ‘antifa’ charges. Activists started a union to fight backNSPM-7 Defendants Union plans to offer legal clinics, media training and more to people facing prosecution for protest 3517255
Reposted by Leah Elizabethonion person @junlper.beer · 06/10/2026one of the deepest sicknesses in the world are the people who feel personally attacked over other people getting the same rights as them 8685241687
Reposted by Leah ElizabethDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 06/10/2026📮 Your mail ballot could be postmarked too late to count, even if you mailed it on time. New USPS cost-cutting changes put tens of thousands of mail voters at risk of having their mail ballots rejected. Make a plan and check to see if your zip code is affected: demdock.com/4rMi8Ps 23211174
Reposted by Leah ElizabethSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 06/10/2026An underappreciated part of the two abortion pill cases filed last week: they target not just mifepristone, but also *misoprostol.* That's the second drug in a typical regimen, but it's effective on its own. Louisiana says the cases would prevent mailing "back-up drugs" @autonomynews.coautonomynews.coThree States Try Express Lane to Supreme Court Over ‘Shield’ Laws: October 5 News RoundupComplaints filed last week target access to both mifepristone and misoprostol, a back-up abortion pill method. 117697
Reposted by Leah ElizabethAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Catastrophe In Brazil with the far right surging State races, senate and congress races all going for the far right Presidential race going to a second round thankfully with bolsonaro’s son under 50 percent www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo... 36912284
Reposted by Leah ElizabethMinnesota 50501 @mn50501.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We’re raising money to help volunteers across the country document ICE flights. This helps with accountability, advancing policy, and demostrates to detainees, and their loved ones, that they’re worthy of being counted, and are cared for by their community. Please help: ottergoose.net/ice 28337
Reposted by Leah ElizabethNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5846881398
Leah Elizabeth @uberleah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026They’ve been sending these faux progressive texts to my phone about Question 3– I feel like the polling trending ‘yes’ is because they’re marketing it like it’s akin to ranked choice voting and most people can’t tell the difference. Trying to scream ‘no on 3’ from the rooftops & people are confused. 382
Reposted by Leah ElizabethANSIRH @ansirh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Did you know abortion pills are so safe and effective, they could meet the FDA’s rules for being sold without a prescription? So why aren't they? The short answer: Policy decisions are being shaped by politics, not scientific evidence. 12612
Reposted by Leah ElizabethAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me 57943921209
Reposted by Leah ElizabethPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New: Jasmine Crockett was offering government relations & lobbying services on a campaign-funded website. It was taken down after Zeteo reached out. Experts say they’d never seen something like this before. Rules bar members from lobbying and from using campaign funds for non-campaign purposes.zeteo.comJasmine Crockett Offered Lobbying Services on Her Campaign-Funded Website – While in OfficeThe offering was removed after Zeteo contacted the Texas Democratic congresswoman’s office. 1211281279
Reposted by Leah ElizabethAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 01/10/2026A nest of TERFs in Worcester Massachusetts? Say it ain't so! New original reporting by @valorievandieman.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgQueer Community Raises Alarm as TERF Conference Comes to Worcester, MA - Assigned MediaThe conference, arranged by an anti-trans radical feminist with several notable anti-trans speakers, is set to occur in mid October. 713749
Reposted by Leah ElizabethMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🚨BREAKING: Georgia’s Republican-controlled election board invited the Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday to declare the state’s voting system unlawful before the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comGOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegalThe request represents a major assault on the state's voting system by unelected state officials. 23919761167
Reposted by Leah ElizabethAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 5030931087
Reposted by Leah Elizabeth🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026fucking reallythehill.comEducation Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ studentsThe Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati… 662170719
Reposted by Leah ElizabethGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026ICE is now lying in wait outside convenience stores, or at busy intersections. Agents are arresting people at international airports. Local police and sheriffs, deputized by the federal government, are detaining immigrants during traffic stops. ICE is now detaining more immigrants than ever before. 22688455
Reposted by Leah ElizabethThey/Thempress of The Labyrinth @theythem.press · 27/09/2026consent is impossible when you mix career networking and sex together in a social space. the inherent power differentials extant in such an environment muddies the waters of consent to the point of complete opacity. how do you say "no" to someone who has the power to make or break your career? 630556
Reposted by Leah ElizabethSylvia Chi 齊思涵 @sylviachi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026So YouTube won't platform the Musk documentary trailer but they'll run anti-UN ads?? www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...hollywoodreporter.comThe 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. 010333
Reposted by Leah ElizabethSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Go on. Keep proving the point of the documentary, fellas.apple.newsThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for 'Musk' (Exclusive) — The Hollywood ReporterThe Alex Gibney doc has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. Its U.S. distributor is appealing. 763616945
Reposted by Leah ElizabethAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 25/09/2026America cannot have a multiracial, multicultural democracy if the United States Supreme Court is allowed to continue to exist in its current form 392138615
Leah Elizabeth @uberleah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Love to see NPR following up its interview with Steve Bannon by now platforming Carlson. Carlson’s brand of ‘I’m so reasonable’ is a front for his bigotry & extremism, and yet catnip for liberals due to Democrats’ inaction and collusion. 010
Reposted by Leah ElizabethRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27674943153
Reposted by Leah ElizabethPublic Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Trump's EPA paid staff roughly $200 MILLION to NOT work last year. Trump's Interior Department paid staff $156 MILLION to NOT work last year. So we don't have money for food or health care, but we have enough to stop staff from doing their jobs? Absolutely irresponsible. 06032
Reposted by Leah ElizabethEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026guess god frowns upon genocide apologists 724531
Reposted by Leah ElizabethKim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Cute! Hot2Vote is a new voter registration campaign led by workers in the adult entertainment industry, including performers, directors, producers, strippers, online creators, sex educators and advocates, who want “to defend our rights to privacy, free expression, and bodily autonomy.” hot2vote.orghot2vote.orgHot2Vote — Check Your Voter StatusUse your power. Register to vote, verify your status, and join the Hot2Vote Artist Ambassador Program. 28526
Reposted by Leah ElizabethJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you are champing at the bit for a nice piece of plainly obvious propaganda to come along so you can indulge a weird desire to bash some faction of marginalized people who bother you, consider…not doing that. 320131
Reposted by Leah ElizabethJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Look at how easy it was, to get most of the left to spend two days bashing maskers over a false story that had so many red flags for being false it was practically a Valentine’s Day parade. 119934
Reposted by Leah ElizabethRebecca Bodenheimer @rmbodenheimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026God this is so smart @sarahkendzior.bsky.social An example of how white supremacy works in such hidden, nefarious ways 12410
Reposted by Leah ElizabethChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026And that is why they are dismantling the structures for DEI in the US, particularly in education systems. Because kids were learning ideas that made it harder to turn them into genocidal drones who would look on or actively participate. 123357
Reposted by Leah ElizabethChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026I had a conversation with a DEI professional in another country last week, and y'all know I'm a critic of DEI as a framework, but she said something while discussing where the US is on the path to genocide: The goal of DEI work is to prevent genocidal ideas from taking root. 435681
Reposted by Leah Elizabethmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 14/05/2026saw this on an ACT UP poster from 1988 at the Poster House museum today. the more things change :) 1475762315
Reposted by Leah ElizabethJames Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Administration officials are circulating a list of government sites that could have Trump’s name affixed to them... One landmark that has emerged in the discussions among administration officials has raised eyebrows: Ford’s Theatre, the playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865."ms.nowTrump aides explore attaching president’s name to Ford’s TheatreThe playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president’s name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW. 95419203
Reposted by Leah ElizabethBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The USG crusade to destroy the ICC seems primarily motivated by a desire to shield Israeli officials like Netanyahu and Gallant from accountability. Worth recalling that those two face charges related to using starvation as a method of warfare in Gaza. 25722258
Reposted by Leah ElizabethKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually 11896961921
Reposted by Leah ElizabethDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026International criminals preparing to punish International Criminal Court 25735244
Reposted by Leah ElizabethNathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026never forget that our universities fired and expelled people for opposing this 202817975
Reposted by Leah ElizabethJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Nobody is going to want to hear this, but a real risk we face, no matter who is president next, is that they will see no need to restore the rights lost or the executive power stolen in the last 10 years. 7845681066
Reposted by Leah ElizabethMalevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back" 11568101526
Reposted by Leah ElizabethMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Cold-blooded murder. The goal is to get us used to it so they can do it on a larger scale. 551195404
Reposted by Leah Elizabethshaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 20/09/2026the republicans are wide open on several fronts, historically unpopular president, unpopular war, record high gas. any dem throwing trans people under the bus at this moment is doing it because they want to. not like they need to, do they. even if it worked as a vote winner, which it doesn't 3271971953
Reposted by Leah Elizabeth🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I’m so sick of everybody and the racism and the sexism and how it’s destroying fun deadline.com/2026/09/ride...deadline.com'Ride Or Die' Canceled By Prime Video After One Season (Exclusive)'Ride Or Die' has been canceled By Prime Video after one season. The Octavia Spencer & Hannah Waddingham series is shopped By Paramount TV Studios. 48514107
Reposted by Leah ElizabethEdward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 20/09/2026From a former State Dept. lawyer who specialized in the law of armed conflict 819485
Reposted by Leah ElizabethAnnalee @flowerhorne.com · 19/09/2026This is why I think it's so important to push back against the personification of LLMs. If a person shoots someone while wearing a hand puppet, they can't claim the hand puppet did the murder. 21654502
Reposted by Leah ElizabethMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 19/09/2026NEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms. 242351162040