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@lauratanner.bsky.social
Marketing & PR, copywriter, tech industry specialist. Native Georgia girl posting from Atlanta/North GA mountains.
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If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is.

It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.

And trans lives are grounded in reality.

We see y'all. No matter what.

www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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1) There was no cease fire
2) The Epstein files will not be released
3) The “Warrior Dividend” is just the asshole putting his name on Congressional appropriations
4) The tariffs are taxes on us, paid by us
5) Venezuela is not sending fentanyl to our shores, and its oilfield were never ours
December 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Within 15 minutes today, I got two back-to-back notifications of deaths at ICE facilities.

28 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office. These facilities are overcrowded & are putting their own profits over health and safety. We need oversight & accountability NOW.
December 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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He spoke with confidence. We checked every sentence.

More than 90 percent of the factual claims in last night’s speech were false or misleading, and not one was fully true on its own.

open.substack.com/pub/mitchthe...
December 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The most corrupt president in modern U.S. history should be behind bars.

🚨 Newly obtained recording from late 2020: Trump is heard pressuring the Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to convene a special legislative session to overturn his election loss.
December 19, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Solar power is expected to become the world's largest source of electricity by 2033. ☀️🔌💡
December 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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the Venn diagram of bigots and pedophiles is a single circle
1. In Alaska, the right wing govt handpicked doctors to the Medical Board to ban trans youth care.

A month after after, one anti-trans doctor was arrested for child porn.

The day after he was bailed out, his home burned down, with reports suggesting he was found deceased.

Our latest wild story.
Anti-Trans Alaskan State Medical Board Doctor Charged With CSAM, Home Goes Up In Flames
Last week Dr. Ryan McDonough was arrested on ten counts of possession of child sexual abuse material. Over the weekend, his family home went up in flames.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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This is great information. I have a feeling we will need this more than we realize.
📽️ WATCH: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.

Here's what you should know: https://propub.li/48KUw5Z
December 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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More extrajudicial killings.

Even while coming under scrutiny by Congress, Secretary Hegseth is doubling down on his executions as judge, Jury and executioner on the high seas.
December 19, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rules that police can get Google search data without a warrant; an expert warns it may encourage warrantless searches nationwide (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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The country’s 10 richest billionaires have seen their wealth increase by nearly $700 billion since Trump reentered the White House.

Meanwhile, fundraising for essential expenses on GoFundMe increased by 20% over the past year.

“Golden Age” for who?
December 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Working on a paper and ran into this Lee Atwater quote about the Republican Southern strategy
December 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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As Prism has reported throughout the year, environmental injustice is not simply a category of harms levied onto vulnerable & disinvested communities of color, but the result of centuries of policy decisions. Legislative spending bills are statements of value and intentions for the future.
Important climate stories you may have overlooked this year
Trump’s dismantling of bedrock environmental protections is just one facet of the administration’s wide-ranging attacks on the planet
prismreports.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Smith testified to Congress he had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump conspired overthrow the 2020 election.
He also had proof that Trump obtained classified documents and obstructed the government’s attempts to recover them.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/A-4aJWhpwT_O...
Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' against Trump — The Associated Press
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has told lawmakers in a closed-door interview his team “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” President Donald Trump criminally conspired to o...
apple.news
December 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Democrats flipped 25 state legislative seats this year—more than a 1/5 of all GOP-held seats that were up for election. Republicans flipped *zero* seats.

@taniel.bsky.social’s year-end statehouse analyses are always must-reads:

boltsmag.org/legislative-...
In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats - Bolts
At the start of Donald Trump’s first presidency, in 2017, large Democratic victories in New Jersey and Virginia, paired with overperformances in special elections, foreshadowed the blue wave of the......
boltsmag.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Chief Justice John Roberts has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career—and he may soon achieve his goal, @davedaley3 argues. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True
The chief justice has been working to neuter the Voting Rights Act since the beginning of his career.
www.theatlantic.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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🚨 If you are using a Ring camera in the US, welcome to your own paid entry into fascist activity. You are now part of the carceral state and are furthering its goal to control society. If you are using a Ring camera anywhere else in the world, same thing.
December 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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NEW: Here's my story on Arlington, Texas, becoming the first known city in the nation to kill a city-wide LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination policy in response to the Trump administration. With no statewide protections, it was one of the few things protecting LGBTQ+ Texans: www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Texas city among first in the nation to kill LGBTQ+ protections
Residents pleaded with the city council to keep the ordinance in place.
www.chron.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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New interview on the old kleptocracy youtu.be/Hx2jh93_1Fs?...
Transnational Kleptocracy: What Happens After Trump, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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The richest 10% of the world’s population owns '75% of all wealth and the bottom half just 2%.'

'Reducing inequality was “not only about fairness, but essential for the resilience of economies, the stability of democracies, and the viability of our planet”
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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New filings find hundreds of migrant children held in US custody far past the 20-day legal limit — some for over five months aje.io/caanlp
US authorities acknowledge immigrant children held beyond court-set limit
Court filings indicate that several children were held for up to 168 days, far surpassing the 20-day limit on custody.
aje.io
December 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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Democrats continued their run of successes in special elections by flipping a state House seat in Georgia Tuesday, according to a projection from the CNN Decision Desk.

Democrat Eric Gisler will defeat Republican Mack “Dutch” Guest in the 121st House District. https://cnn.it/4qjT3cT
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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This is HEARTBREAKING

The damage trump is doing will be irreversible

Trump approves opening 1.27 billion acres for coastal drilling
Repeat
1.27 BILLION ACRES FOR COASTAL DRILLING!!!
Please take a moment to listen to this and share
(source @latimes.com )
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM