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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
the US has done this sort of thing before to Black leftists. state department seized passports from W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff: "They've unleashed federal agents to kill Americans on the streets of our cities with impunity. That's Mike Collins's immigration policy. And that's what you'd expect from the bigot congressman who called for executed immigrants by throwing to their deaths out of helicopters."
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American Century of BOO-miliation @johnperich.com · 07/10/2026
The political challenge of my adulthood is that, every 7-8 years, something takes a sledgehammer to one of the pillars of the postwar consensus and roughly doubles the ambient apathy / despair / solipsism of a system that requires true believers to operate.
The World Trade Center in NYC burning on 9/11/2001.An employee carrying a box of personal items out of Lehman Brothers in 2008.Donald Trump descending an escalator in 2015 to announce his candidacy for President. In 2016, he won the election.Employees in a mostly empty row of cubicles, one of whom wears a face mask and the other of whom has one dangling from their collar. The inset reads "Published 2022" and features the New York Times logo.
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus. The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy. Full text below. 👇
Part 1 of an open letter of resignation by Arienne Childrey, stepping down as Vice Chair and member of the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) Pride Caucus. She states that party leadership treats the caucus as a recruitment and sales team rather than a representative body. She cites an incident where the ODP censored and denied permission for the caucus to post a letter by two trans leaders addressing harmful comments made by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton. The State Party Chair reportedly called the letter an "unwelcome distraction," which Childrey notes demonstrates how little party leadership values the voices and dignity of LGBTQ+ Democrats.
Since that decision, every Caucus plan, every potential post, and every path forward has been filtered through a lens of strict compliance and ODP approval. That may very well be the party's rule, but following those rules right now is a dereliction of our duty to the LGBTQ+ community.

For me, any rule that silences advocacy for the trans community during this time is an unjust rule, and I see no obligation to follow it. In alignment with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his Letter from Birmingham Jail:

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

We are living in incredibly dangerous times for the trans community. We are in an era where the GOP has so thoroughly weaponized trans lives that even some formerly self-professing allies within our own party have fallen prey to the rhetoric. Looking at the national trend towards Democratic anti-trans triangulation, as well as our own internal conversations, it is clear to me that this shift is much more than a simple coincidence.

We have to speak up—loudly, strongly, and unapologetically—or I fear what our 2028 choices may look like. The ODP would like everyone to believe they are a "big tent" party. However, their successful efforts to silence even the Pride Caucus—even in cases where we are simply begging our candidates not to trade on our lives for perceived electoral advantage—has proven otherwise. The tent hasn't gotten any bigger; it has simply shifted, leaving many trans individuals, progressives, and allies out in the rain.

I will continue to advocate, organize, and fight for our community with everything I have. But I can no longer compromise my own moral principles by remaining part of a caucus that appears more interested in party approval than in true, defiant advocacy.

Sincerely,
Arienne Childrey
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Every time he says something completely insane or incoherent and the media basically ignores it, they look more and more disingenuous for acting like Biden was some doddering old fool and I am so fucking sick of it.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It would be better for everyone if resolutions saying “Zionism is racism” also said, for example, “Hindutva is racism” and “Sinhala Buddhist nationalism is racism.” It might make Jews feel less singled out, but it would also force pro-Israel people to defend their ideology on its own terms.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
please do not post photos of barbour jackets in early october if you're not also voting for policies to address global warming
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Ginnette Powell Bluesky is not a dating app @caffeinehusky.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
ICE protest posters in Copley square at a church.
Ice protests and memorials on a church gate. A.sign on a church gate protesting ICE. It says Stop ICE
 Don't arrest facilitate citizenship.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 03/10/2026
Religion aside: There is a small (at least currently) subset of people who have sworn off AI use for religious reasons — and at least one has already gotten a work exemption from using it. www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-r...
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She won an exemption from using AI at her tech job. The Pope's remarks could fuel similar appeals.
Legal experts say employers must take AI-related religious objections seriously, as a 2023 ruling raised the bar for denying such accommodations.
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PolitiFact @politifact.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In New Hampshire, where taxes are a dirty word, Republican John Sununu said his Democratic opponent for an open Senate seat, Chris Pappas, voted to raise taxes 68 times. We looked at the list and found it to be False. buff.ly/6gySMwq
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Did Chris Pappas vote to raise taxes 68 times?
In New Hampshire, where taxes are a dirty word, Republican John Sununu said his Democratic opponent for an open Senate seat, Chris Pappas, voted to raise taxes 68 times. We looked at the list and…
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A Goddam Virginian @goddamvirginian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
we simply do not have enough people on tHe LeFt still angry about vietnam and kissinger and the '68 election and ford pardoning nixon and other 50+ year-old bullshit the way conservatives are still mad about civil rights and watergate
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Arturo Dominguez @extremearturo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Texas Tribune, one of the most reliable news outlets in Texas, just named the ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Gregory Feathers www.texastribune.org/2026/09/28/h...
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24/09/2026
This is a better answer on sports from Talarico. It's not my position or answer, but at least he says he opposes statewide bans on trans athletes. I still really, really don't like his position that he wants a national surgery ban for trans youth.
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🐺Cold🪦Sam🪾 @pdfmerchant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 24/09/2026
The story of the bosses' revolt comes down to their experience, in 2020, of helplessly watching the labor-income line go up — and resolving, right then and there, to make sure that never happened again.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2013: $380,000 Mike Rogers' estimated net worth in 2026: $14,600,000 He cashed in and sold out Michiganders.
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
if all leftists who were annoyed by other leftists let that turn them into reactionaries there would be no more leftists.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
who once what
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 23/09/2026
One of the reasons I think this went viral even in queer circles is because everyone has seen this dynamic play out in some form in our spaces. We need a better way to root out toxic people utilizing the language of liberation in narcissistic and sociopathic ways to dominate spaces.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Your regular reminder that this is a public website and things that you say can and will be used against you.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
according to the article, it took hours after the personal intervention of the mayor for his family to even get basic information about him. that information included that he had been transferred to ICE custody hours after being shot. no amnesty
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It's jaw-dropping how often Republicans rationalize the toddler president's tantrums with "well, our special little boy felt like people were being mean to him, so it's certainly understandable that he set the room on fire"
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It sounds to me like the Trump admin is defying a Supreme Court ruling.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
When Democrats attempt to triangulate on trans rights, it's my sense that many liberals and people in politics don't understand why many trans people are so upset. I wrote about the differences between then and now, what trans people have lost, and what we still stand to lose
autonomy.substack.com
This Is Not A Love Song
Explaining the “maximalism” of trans rights
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We started a trade war with these people because the president, who has some sort of degenerative brain disease with visible bruises on his hand's injection site that the press doesn't talk about, was bored.
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One of the things that makes me increasingly nervous about our politics is that ~30% of Americans were BORN after 9/11, and another 15% were 10 or younger (so not really too hip to the world). That’s close to 50% of the pop that has no idea what came before 9/11, and how much it broke everything.
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John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
they write this damn article every election cycle and every election cycle since 1924 American Jews vote Democratic.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026
The voter who won't back Turek or Talarico over trans sports was never going to back them. The ad just changes to a new anti-trans topic. The ads are designed to illicit disgust at trans people, and caving on sports doesn't blunt that disgust for those who these ads work on. Caving doesn't work.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Happy fifth birthday to this inspired bit of headline writing.
Man who stole Viagra from pharmacy is not a
'hardened criminal' says his lawyer
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026
5 years ago there were several clinics at major children's hospitals in Texas offering this care without issue. It's not like we're asking for something new. This is actively supporting restrictions on care trans people were already receiving. Receiving healthcare is not like getting a tattoo.
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Roy Graham @grayhaem.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Reality Fracture's story will finish TOMORROW! It will be a double feature, with episodes 9 and 10 both posting--don't miss the grand finale!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump has a rich crony who doesn’t like Bombardier, so he wants to put them out of business resulting in 3,000+ Americans losing their jobs in red states. Because he cares more about his billionaire friends than American workers. If only workers in those states realized it.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'd be OK fighting a holy war on behalf of the libraries.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Antebellum politics is fascinating, the South kept getting policy concessions and whipped themselves up into a paranoid rage anyway, essentially because they couldn't stand being culturally judged for having slaves
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 06/09/2026
I'm deadly serious about this: every Republican should be shown this photo on TV and asked if they repudiate/reject/renounce Musk. And if not, why not.
Musk doing his Sieg Heil salute
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🎃 It’s the Mid Pumpkin, Emily 🎃 @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Please read this whole thread. It’s a very good depiction of how community care looks right now. Please be ready to show the same care.
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MB @sugarcubedog.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is scary. Voting Nazis back in.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see a dragon sitting on a pile of treasure. A speech bubble pointing off panel reads, “Dragon, why do you have all this treasure?”
In the second panel we zoom in on the dragons face. He simply says “shiny”.
In the third panel we pan to the left and see that there is a crow standing next to the dragon on the treasure.
In the fourth panel we zoom in on the crows face. He says “hell yeah”.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Unlike the Supreme Court, which likes to hallucinate laws that don’t exist as though they are chatGPT in order to help Trump, judges who follow the law keep ruling against him. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
US judge extends block on Trump order to restrict mail-in voting
Indira Talwani’s ruling presents major setback for president as first states begin to send out mail ballots for midterms
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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
My heart goes out to the millions of people struggling to remember how to write "Thanks! Sounds great!" in an email.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.
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DevLev Echoverse Observer @levdev.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Happy Yargle Day everyone!
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So, did the whole country just stop talking about the fact that Mitch McConnell is dead and the GOP is still covering it up?
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 02/09/2026
Seth Moulton ran the campaign Third Way has been asking for and
The results chart from Massachusetts showing Markey winning nearly every city by over 40 points
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
When I eat my first cider donut
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We should absolutely be concerned about the elections in November, but there is a big difference between preparedness and fear-mongering which simply functions as voter suppression.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026
The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis.
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