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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 20h

Republicans are pushing debunked anti-abortion propaganda as an excuse to rip mifepristone off the shelves and block women from getting abortion care.

100+ studies prove mifepristone is safe and effective.

SPEAK UP, we can't let them get away with this.

Nearly All GOP Senators Urge the FDA to Restrict Abortion Pills

The senators are asking the FDA to suspend its approval of generic mifepristone, which would heavily restrict access to abortion pills nationwide.

www.notus.org

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vampy shawn 💦🏳️‍⚧️ @shawnessy23.bsky.social · 12h

All I can do is beg 😭😭😣😞

vampy shawn 💦🏳️‍⚧️ @shawnessy23.bsky.social · 7d

I’m so stressed out 😭😭

Pls help me!! I work hard to make content everyday, that you all enjoy, and I’m not seeing any tips.

I post for fun, but lately it’s been about posting for tips. I need help, so please, I’m begging, help me if you can!

At this rate, idk what I’m gonna do…

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BJ 🏳️‍⚧️ @bellamyj.blacksky.app · 13h

It is not too late for you to start wearing a mask in public.

It is not too late for you to start advocating clean air.

It is not too late for you to learn how to build your own air filters or to tap in with folks already doing so.

They want you sick. They want your neighbors sick. Tell them no.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 16h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17h

Sure, they think the work force is all liberal deep state but as we saw with DOGE, they had to hire so many back because they needed them for critical things like, I don't know, keeping airplanes from colliding and forecasting hurricanes. But most importantly, they've gutted federal law enforcement.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17h

The Trump admin being incredibly vindictive to the federal work force and threatening to withhold pay and conducting mass layoffs are really self defeating moves because they need a staffed work force for to actually enact the policies they want.

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🎂 Sydney Screams 🎉 BIRTHDAY MONTH @sydneyscreams4u.bsky.social · 2d

porn is not evil.
sex is not evil.
pleasure is not evil.
kink is not evil.

none of them are things to feel shame or embarrassment about.

none of them deserve the heavy-handed censorship that they're facing.

resist oppression (even if you don't partake in what is being oppressed)

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 1d

We banned a guy on the Steam forums for repeatedly saying there were “too many women” in our game

So he flipped his positive review to negative

Still totally worth it

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 18h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

9.The outcome of those negotiations will determine whether equality survives the next year of federal policymaking. You can contact your elected officials to weigh in on their NDAA votes and the upcoming funding negotiations here.

www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

Find Your Representative

Find your representatives. Learn how to find and connect with them. Stay informed about their bills, committees, and contributions.

www.commoncause.org

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

8. The Senate’s capitulation on LGBTQ+, DEI, and other provisions may offer an early preview of its priorities in the broader shutdown fight. Democrats and Republicans deadlocked over a clean continuing resolution and full-year funding bills for 2026—many of which are packed with anti-LGBTQ+ riders.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

3. In 2024, the NDAA became the vehicle for one of the most consequential betrayals of transgender Americans by national Democrats in recent memory, after Democrats allowed provisions targeting trans military family members and dependents to stand when they had control of the Senate and White House.

37 Democratic Senators Voted To Pass Anti-Trans NDAA. Here Are Their Names.

The vote came after most of the same Democrats refused to allow an amendment on the floor to remove the anti-trans provision in the military spending bill.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Last night, 26 Senate Dems helped pass a NDAA containing a military trans sports and surgery ban and dropped demands for protections against US troop deployments in the bill.

It is the latest in the national fight over must-pass bills during the shutdown.

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26 Senate Democrats Help Pass Military NDAA Containing Trans Sports, Surgery Ban, No Protection For US Troop Deployments

The bill passed by a wide margin in the Senate and will be the starting point for negotiations with the House, which contain more severe anti-trans riders.

www.erininthemorning.com

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natou @tichatnwa.bsky.social · 19h

and i gotta order groceries

what the fuck is this having a body bullshit?

fuck you

fuuuuuck you

natou @tichatnwa.bsky.social · 21h

hey pretty babies

keep the tips coming yeah

i always got bills and i always got weed to buy

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 19h

If you are employed & doing pretty fine right now, set aside some money from each paycheck to dedicate to mutual aid asks. Even just $20.

Shit is really bad, the social safety net is being shredded, & truly TRULY all we have is each other right now.

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Insatiable Antifa Slut @insatiableone.bsky.social · 19h

The founder of antifa's girlfriend

Screenshot from the final fantasy seven remake with aerith and tifa in the foreground and cloud in the background like he got left behind by hot girls

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natou @tichatnwa.bsky.social · 18h

fucking bitches

EVERYONE'S A FUCKING BITCH

Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 23h

Oregon "no longer intends to implement a novel Medicaid initiative that would have [.] targeted health services to those about to exit jail or prison."

"[A] way to bridge a critical gap [.] that leaves most incarcerated people uninsured upon release."
#Oregon #USA #Drugs #Healthcare #Incarceration

Oregon abandons Medicaid expansion for people leaving prison

State officials cited onerous work to implement federal Medicaid eligibility changes and other shifting policies

www.investigatewest.org

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swop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social · 20h

The focus on pornography and blaming it for every social problem has led to actual predators flying under the radar until it's too late.

Stop blaming porn and start finding actual solutions.

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 21h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

churchleaders.com

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

#SaveSpeech

Canadians! The UK is attempting to push their own version of the Online Safety Act onto Canada via the bill S-209!

You need to contact your representatives in parliament and explain how this policy is catastrophically bad! Mention the discord data breach!

youtu.be/Qx_zi1hNTCI?...

UK Pushing Online Safety Act to OTHER Countries

YouTube video by CYBER WAFFLE

youtu.be

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ΛTLΛS @atlasbun.bsky.social · 20h

Call your senator if you see them on this list and tell them no to KOSA.

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 23h

#SaveSpeech
Democrats that need to be reprimanded for cosponsoring KOSA:

J. Hickenlooper- CO
A. Klobuchar- MN
B. Lujan- NM
B. Schatz- HI
M. Hirono- HI
G. Peters- MI
J. Fetterman- PA
R. Blumenthal- CT
C. Schumer- NY
M. Hassan- NH
M. Kelly- AZ
P. Welch- VT

[more names + links continued below]

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Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · 19h

Wompety Womp Wompington, Prince of Wompsalot

Bitcoin is coming back a little though so maybe it’ll stabilize

Higher percentages for Ethereum and Solana loss than the prior image but a lower percentage loss for bitcoin

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 19h

anything tbf

Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 20h

The entire American economy is being held hostage to the whims of a guy who doesn’t understand how the economy works

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 21h

It makes so much sense to torture people even if you do suspect them of wanting to end their lives too,

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23h

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Delilah✨bday 10/28 @delilahgallo.bsky.social · 23h

Get a she/they who can do it all

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Over half of all Americans can’t afford a basic standard of living.

Many are fighting to ensure they don’t lose healthcare and food assistance.

Yet Kristi Noem felt entitled to supplement a six figure salary with $80,000 in dark money.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 21h

Official clip for ‘LACKADAISY’ series drops, showcasing the animated pilot’s style.

Glitch Productions teams up with the Lackadaisy creators for the Prohibition-era cat adventure.

#Lackadaisy #GlitchProductions

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