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maraleia

@maraleia.bsky.social

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Political junkie, history, pop culture & science fiction geek. Left handed, cisgender, lesbian feminist, social justice activist & educator from Chicago.

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · Dec 24

I am DONE being NICE to people who refer to trans folks with slurs EVEN if they didn't mean it. The GLAAD media resource guide exists. USE IT. glaad.org/reference/tr...

Glossary of Terms: Transgender | GLAAD

For additional tips on creating stories about transgender people, please see In Focus: Transgender People If you are seeking information about how to create transgender and nonbinary characters for fi...

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 32m

Biden and Obama deported many people who didn't deserve to be kicked out of this country. Harris fucked up her own campaign.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 38m

I know. He got worse.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 1h

This started with Oprah Winfrey platforming all these anti-vaxxer pieces of shit 20 years ago.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 1h

Going on FOX "News" fucks up your brain. It happened to Mayo Pete too.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Maria Bartiromo tries to reassure Fetterman: "You know, senator, what you just said, it's really shamefully on your colleagues. You feeling isolated -- that is absolutely outrageous. You are a breath of fresh air. I know our viewers are grateful."

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 1h

Right where lots of people from the Middle East who wear head coverings have started businesses and live.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 1h

This is a FIVE MINUTE walk from the joint LGBTQ+ Gerber/Hart Library and Archives and Howard Brown Health location which is fucking alarming for my queer/trans community too. Remember, this horror is being waged against all marginalized communities.

Seth, The Boozy Beggar @boozybeggarchi.bsky.social · 2h

6650 N Clark. They grabbed a person. Two vehicles seem to be driving loops around the neighborhood.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

ICE is up. Feds have been spotted in Rogers Park. Video is also circulating of Border Patrol grabbing someone near their usual hunting ground at the Home Depot in Cicero.

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Seth, The Boozy Beggar @boozybeggarchi.bsky.social · 2h

6650 N Clark. They grabbed a person. Two vehicles seem to be driving loops around the neighborhood.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2h

ICE is up. Feds have been spotted in Rogers Park. Video is also circulating of Border Patrol grabbing someone near their usual hunting ground at the Home Depot in Cicero.

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 1h

It really is. The people over there are so fucked in the head.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 1h

Fuck them forever.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2h

ICE went after folks coming out of a Rogers Park laundromat on Thursday

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 1h

And fire all the ISP who won't follow his orders. It's that simple.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

Extremely funny that people think this is now a Pritzker hate account when all we've been doing is documenting the same police violence we've been documenting well before this ICE surge

Sorry for disrupting your worldview. Welcome to what cops are!!!

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 1h

JB is fucking failing us now. He's all talk and no action. Why hasn't he gone to that South Shore apartment building or Broadview yet? Is he a coward after all?

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social · 1h

Everyone in IL who thinks what the State Police are doing to protect ICE and violate the 1A rights of protesters needs to be calling JB’s office daily. Also call your state reps and senators and ask them to put pressure on JB to stand up for the right to protest.

Amateur Expert Opinions @amateurexpertop.bsky.social · 2h

the hypothesis that electeds have no real control of police forces nominally under their authority ought to be put to the test by Pritzker. he doesn't even have to get out into the street for that

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 1h

They are not paid actors. I would have done the same thing and I voted for her.

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 2h

Julia and Henry (Claire's parents) get shafted in the storytelling on Outlander: Blood of my Blood. They barely even got to talk about how crazy it was to travel back in time. I hope this gets corrected in season 2 cc @bearmccreary.bsky.social

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Jason Coupet @professajay.bsky.social · 15h

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 16h

Remember it's still National Coming Out Day!!!!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 16h

It's time for Illinois residents to call Anne Caprara's office and demand answers.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 16h

@annecaprara.bsky.social what the fuck is wrong with your boss Gov. Pritzker? He refuses to do anything about his lawless ISP. We want answers NOW.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 17h

A small number of demonstrators attempted to protest/march in the street.

Massive number of ISP troopers in riot gear responded by blocking 25th, threatening arrest, shouting into megaphone about an unlawful assembly.