TJ
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TJ
@someblueskyacct.bsky.social
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Seattle, Washington I research things and write about them (as a hobby) and I volunteer a lot. Opinions are my own. Trans rights are human rights. AuDHD, antifascist, nonbinary, anti-tankie, atheist. Not a spy or a fed or gov affiliated.
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We bombed a fishing boat in distress.
UPDATE: COLOMBIA’s President says 🇺🇸 government (Trump) “committed murder” and bombed a fisherman with no ties to drugs

“The boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure”
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90 FUCKING PERCENT

i’d love for cis folks to remember what the nyt, atlantic, guardian, daily mail, times of london, ny post, cnn, wall street journal, & economist took from your transgender neighbors & loved ones before the next time you consider giving them money or listening to a word they say.
It’s almost like when you don’t have a rabidly trans-hostile media ecosystem, people generally support human rights.

lens.monash.edu/@politics-so...
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Socialism alarm!

…just kidding. A government of and for the people also cares for the most vulnerable. Civic culture fosters empathy—reminding us anyone can hit hard times, and the #commons (our pooled resources that we casually call ‘the government’) should be there to help.
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
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Not to mention that "agree to disagree" does not apply to genocidal ideas.
The thing that gets me about actors responding like this whenever they’re asking about JKR is that they always say “we need to learn to agree to disagree ^_^” as if trans people are the ones leading the campaign, when we’re just trying to live our lives while JKR posts about trans hate 24/7
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I assume that every single journalist reading this understands that the *first question* to ask the State Department tomorrow morning is how quickly it will provide a list of foreign nationals banned from the United States for statements made about Democrats or Americans perceived to be left-leaning
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I'm sorry, is the Trump Administration talking to a tech platform?

Is it...requesting content moderation?
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There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
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as Goldsmith points out, it's kind of insane no one thought that reigning this in during the Biden years was a good idea:
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🧵RFK "HIV-doesn't-cause-AIDS" Jr. is now linking circumcision with autism.

This nonsense was posted by his anti-vax group Children's Health Defense years ago, and I looked into it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS9D...
SHOCK CLAIM: RFK Jr. Says Children Circumcised Early Have Twice The Autism Rate Due To Tylenol Use
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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Has anyone ever asked this man to explain what the is wrong with being Palestinian? Seems like a simple follow up question. bsky.app/profile/atru...
JD Vance describes Chuck Schumer as "one of the most famous Palestinians in the world"
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My increasingly rational concern is that they will try to use lynching as a tool of their terrorism again
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Dissent is only insurrection to authoritarians.
Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.
BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC
President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday
www.mediaite.com
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A woman who was shot multiple times by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents did not ram them with her car and had her weapon stored in her purse at the time of the incident, according to her lawyer, contradicting accounts by the Department of Homeland Security.

www.reuters.com/world/us/bod...
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Federal law prohibits ERs from treating people differently based on their ability to pay or citizenship status.
Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."
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"[F]ederal agents have repeatedly tear gassed and shot pepper bells and rubber bullets at the [Broadview ICE facility] protesters — even as Broadview officials have demanded they stop ... [F]ederal agents have repeatedly detained U.S. citizens, including children, and immigrants with proper status."
"The state of Illinois and city of Chicago are suing to stop the Trump administration from sending hundreds of National Guardsmen here."

"[T]he federal government [.] planned to federalize the Illinois National Guard and call up 300 guardsmen."
#Illinois #USA #Policing #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
Illinois, Chicago Sue Trump To Block National Guard Deployment
The Trump administration is planning to send hundreds of National Guardsmen to Illinois — despite local officials' objections.
blockclubchicago.org
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Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?
Here’s video of the incident
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If the right accuse the left of something (terrorist sympathising, communism, antisemitism etc) the media will ask the left to defend themselves from that charge.

If the left accuse the right of something (racism, fascism, colonialism), the media will ask the left to justify that charge.
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Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
Here’s video of the incident
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We have religious sects in this country imposing coerced marriage, pedophilia, forced pregnancy on untold numbers of other people. Your freedom stops far away from my body and mind. Democrats are so afraid to take this on they have aided and abetted the undermining of public health and basic rights.