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GLAAD @glaad.bsky.social · 13h

Laws protecting young people from conversion practices are in place in nearly half of the U.S. because they cause immense harm and tear families apart. These protections must be upheld.

RECAP: Supreme Court to Rule on Protections Against Discredited and Unsafe Conversion “Therapy” Practices on LGBTQ Youth | GLAAD

Tuesday, October 7 marked the first day back for the U.S. Supreme Court's fall term -- and the first case the justices heard could have consequential impacts on the LGBTQ community. Chiles v. Salazar ...

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🔥Harry Potter Resists Fascism🔥 @harrypotterresists.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING NEWS !

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the #NobelPeacePrize2025 to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work upholding and promoting democratic rights for Venezuelans and for her struggle to achieve a fair, peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

Elon and LOTT came after Netflix for having LGBTQ inclusive programming. Netflix didn't blink, but just kept doing what they are doing.

And their stock is doing just fine, thank you very much.

But the pressure to eliminate LGBTQ people from culture will continue. Please keep being a vocal ally.

Netflix Stock Up As Elon Musk's Anti-Trans Boycott Fails To Materialize

Last week, conservatives tried to cancel Netflix to force the carrier to remove transgender characters.

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

Disappointment that addressing gun violence falls victim to politics again.

Remember Hortman and Ascension.

Gov. Walz says he’ll hold town halls on guns without agreement on special session

The Democratic governor says he’s been unable to get an agreement on the terms of a special session on an assault-weapons ban with the closely divided Legislature.

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Maj @lif3asmaj.blacksky.app · 1d

This should’ve been the energy from the very start. A toddler learns what no means is if it’s consistently enforced & POTUS is a petulant child that needs the idea that he CAN’T do whatever he wants constantly put into his head.

We’d maybe have half the problems we have if folks had some balls.

Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

More and more people are considering the possibility of approaching the idea of telling Trump "no"

That pace needs to speed up

As Trump prosecutes more adversaries, some allies see trouble getting convictions

James Comey is one of more than a half-dozen presidential enemies under DOJ scrutiny, and the list is growing. Making the charges stick won’t be easy.

www.semafor.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

" he received directions only from the White House"

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2d

NEW: This year, Texas handed the keys to its congressional map over to Washington. The Republican Party’s top mapmaker testified Wednesday he received directions only from the White House, as well as requests from the Texas GOP congressional delegation.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

A project plan, to establish a committee to examine the possibility...

Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

We just gotta get more and more people to say "no" in whatever capacity they have.

If the elite won't do it, we will do it for ourselves.

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

We may soon be heading to an AI bubble.

Get your financial affairs in order

www.reuters.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

Most Americans do not want troops deployed against their fellow Americans

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

This makes me nervous for the future. Republicans can sabotage these departments, Americans will be harmed, and then no one trusts the departments to help. It's a way to get progressives to help gut the government.

We need to rely on each other more than ever.

Americans sour on government agencies like FEMA: Poll

The rating for the Department of Homeland Security has improved, however, driven by Republican satisfaction.

www.semafor.com

Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

More and more people are considering the possibility of approaching the idea of telling Trump "no"

That pace needs to speed up

As Trump prosecutes more adversaries, some allies see trouble getting convictions

James Comey is one of more than a half-dozen presidential enemies under DOJ scrutiny, and the list is growing. Making the charges stick won’t be easy.

www.semafor.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

Prime Day is a fraud.

Shop local. Shop in person.

UPDATE: Lawsuit alleges Prime Day is a fraud

The federal class action lawsuit has been ignored by major media outlets, which continue to promote Prime Day deals.

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

Gerrymandering is one of the major reasons we have such extreme politics. Safe seats means they have no breaks.

The Cancer Eating at Democracy

I’ve long believed that the singular cancer in our democracy is political gerrymandering. It’s the reason Congress doesn’t work the way it should.

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Thursday, lovelies!

Free speech is what makes a free society.

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 2d

This is from @semafor.com. Most Americans know/feel that Trump is making the economy worse for them.

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 2d

But I should link to the @advocate.com story where I saw this.

Cite your sources, and everything.

New York Republican Mike Lawler declares trans community is 'not an enemy or a threat'

"LGBTQ+ people are our equals and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect," he wrote in a Facebook statement that has proved divisive.

www.advocate.com

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 2d

So let's not throw any parades or anything, just yet.

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 2d

Hahahaha. And just because Republicans are who they are...this is the next post that I see.

DemCast USA @demcast.com · 2d

Hakeem Jeffries came to play today as Lawler tries to confront him: "You’re not going to talk over me because you don’t want to hear what I have to say so why don’t you just keep your mouth shut."

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 2d

...They are our friends, our family, and part of the fabric of America. We should never allow rhetoric to paint them as dangerous simply for being who they are. It is time to take the temperature down. LGBTQ+ people are our equals and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.”

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Ross Murray @inlayterms.bsky.social · 2d

Lawler is making a HUGE departure from the Republican stans on trans people.
His quote (in two parts):
"We are blessed to have two thriving LGBTQ+ centers that support people every day. Let me be clear: LGBTQ+ people, and especially our Transgender community members, are not an enemy or a threat...