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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 1d

When did Cubans become more accepting of each other than Americans? #Trans www.context.news/socioeconomi...

Cuba's trans people see legal progress with new gender ID law | Context by TRF

In Cuba, a new law expected to come into effect next year will allow trans people to change their sex on official documents

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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 1d

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"The ___ started advocating clear messages tailored to a broad range of people and their problems. The propaganda aimed to exploit people’s fear of uncertainty and instability."

Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 1d

"Members of ____ were chosen based on their ... blind obedience and fanatical loyalty to ____.,... [who] used these
forces to terrify the opposition into subordination."

Actual quote re: German SS. Easy to fit ICE, the GOP and Trump in there today.

-Wiener Library
#uspolitics

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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: “The significance of the public’s interest in having only well-trained LE officers deployed in their communities and avoiding unnecessary shows of military force in their neighborhoods cannot be overstated."

Our story on Judge Perry's ruling, free gift link >> www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 4d

*exerting (not eering)

Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 4d

Fascinating piece on the brain's role in belief. I would add another factor that helped religiosity develop: People who recognized it's potential for exeering control over others. - When and How Did the Brain First Invent the Idea of Gods? | @psychologytoday.bsky.social

When and How Did the Brain First Invent the Idea of Gods?

Spirituality may have evolved during the Paleolithic from a brain circuit that was originally involved in the control of fear, pain, and altruism.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 5d

PSA for your Republican friends from Tim Nash @futureofgood.bsky.social:
Q. If the economy is struggling, why is the stock market at an all-time high?
A. The stock market tells the story of investors; it's separate from everyday people trying to pay rent and buy groceries.
#USeconomy

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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 6d

Just learned there's a banned books app to see if your community is a hot spot! And mine is To Kill a Mockingbird -- no better lesson on justice and prejudice exists. littlefreelibrary.org/2025/09/inte...

Interactive Map Reveals Book Ban Hotspots and Nearby Little Free Library Locations - Little Free Library

We are excited to release an updated version of our interactive Book Ban Map, developed in partnership with the American Library Association’s (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom and PEN America. Fi...

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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 12d

Trump plans to kick his dictatorship into full gear with a government shutdown, right? Some "emergency powers" bullshit? What do we do then? #democracyisdying

Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 12d

"A year’s work going down the tubes, taxpayer dollars being flushed down the toilet.” Yet, "President Donald Trump and lawmakers from both parties still recognize the directive as essential in the global technology race with China."
#idiotsincharge #tech #uspolitics @politico.com

‘Semiconductor slush fund’: How the Trump admin seized control of Biden’s $7.4 billion chips initiative

Accounts from more than 50 people paint the most extensive look yet at Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s sudden rethink of a major Biden-era chips initiative and the fallout.

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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 15d

FBI Agents Association confirms 12+ agents fired, including military veterans with statutory protections, for respectful ("woke") kneeling in 2020. Vindictiveness and leadership do not go together. Where is Congress? Vote!
#uspolitics #voteineveryelection

FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say

The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.

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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 19d

It’s Happened: The United States of America IsNo Longer a Democracy newrepublic.com/article/2007... via @newrepublic.com

It’s Happened: The United States of America Is No Longer a Democracy

Trump’s prosecution order to Bondi gives up the pretense. And the country is headed swiftly into unknown territory.

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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 21d

Remember this headline? Ever think it could happen here? Well, it's happening here. Russia passes law to jail people for 15 days for 'disrespecting' government www.theguardian.com/world/2019/m...

Russia passes law to jail people for 15 days for 'disrespecting' government

Law allowing courts to fine or jail offenders is reminiscent of Soviet-era laws used to target dissidents, say critics

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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 22d

There's no logic to thinking that it is OK to say deaths are an acceptable cost of protecting the 2nd Amendment but not OK to notice that he was one of those deaths. It has always been @democrats.org who have said no gun deaths are acceptable.

Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 26d

Not counting all the stuff he's doing to everyone, like dismembering cancer research... In the mid-1970s, America’s five-year cancer-survival rate sat at 49 percent; today, it is 68 percent. VOTE IN EVERY LOCAL ELECTION! That's where most of these racist people get their start.

Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · 27d

Big fan, @cnn.com, so please stay objective. "In a city where gun violence takes no holiday" (about #Chicago) is a trite phrase that plays right into the GOP's hands. Gun violence is widespread and in many, many red cities, too. #uspolitics www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/u...

A Chicago neighborhood fixture was killed Labor Day weekend. Here’s what his friends think about Trump’s crackdown | CNN

When a well-known and loved homeless man nicknamed “Pepe” was killed in the crossfire of a Chicago shooting outside her home on Labor Day weekend, Erica Hernandez woke up her six-year-old son and rush...

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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · Sep 12

People have been trying to warn us for a decade. Here's @baseballot.bsky.social in 2018: "If you’re wondering why ... Republicans are doubling down on immigration, it’s with an eye toward the types of voters most likely to support them." It's never been about crime. #uspolitics @democrats.org

Graphic of USA showing that if only nonwhite people had voted in 2016, 388 House districts would have elected Democrats and 47 Republicans.

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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · Sep 12

Cost to taxpayers: $167,000.
# of abortion inducers: Zero.
Total # of idiots involved: Too many to count.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 11

Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives destined for low-income countries were destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration.

$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials

The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Sep 7

The Posse Comitatus Act is a nearly 150-year-old federal law that limits the U.S. military’s role in enforcing domestic laws. Here’s what to know about the law.

The 150-year-old law that governs military's role in local law enforcement

President Donald Trump’s recent actions have sparked debate over the Posse Comitatus Act, a law from 1878 that limits military involvement in domestic affairs.

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · Aug 24

🚨 San Diego sends ICE packing! Power to the People! ✊🏼 Love seeing white people standing up. 1/2

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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · Sep 7

I have never quoted #BillMaher before, but he is right on this one: "Will militarizing our cities make them safe? Yes, but not safe for democracy…. Once it's normal to have an Army that's loyal to you already in the streets, game over." #uspolitics #savedemocracy

'Game over': Bill Maher sends shockwaves with new warning about Trump

Having used federalized National Guard troops in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump is threatening to do the same thing to other major cities with Democratic mayors — including C...

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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · Sep 4

NC governor #JoshStein wisely and strategically embracing AI. Leadership! #Democrats

Gov. Stein details 'NC Strong' plan with investments in AI, education

Gov. Josh Stein detailed a new plan he says will make North Carolina stronger by making investments in areas such as AI and public education.

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Cindy Dashnaw Jackson @cdjackson.bsky.social · Sep 2

IDK all the facts, but Guatemala is looking more compassionate than the US. It wants "to prevent the children from staying in shelters and detention centers" while Republicans in Congress and the White House do their best to lock them in. #uspolitics #detentioncenters

Guatemala says it suggested that U.S. send its unaccompanied migrant children home

As a U.S. federal judge blocked the deportation of unaccompanied Guatemalan children, the government of Guatemala says in a statement it suggested the U.S. return its children to their home country.

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Bec Shaw @brocklesnitch.bsky.social · Sep 1

Everyone Paris Paloma has a new song coming out and the intro is my loser headline and it’s spoken by EMMA THOMPSON 🚨🚨🚨 and she knows who I am

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · Aug 31

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