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Susan Rinkunas
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Journalist and cofounder @autonomynews.co‬. Seen in: Jezebel, The New Republic, The Guardian, Slate, The Nation, Democracy Docket. WGAE Council. From PA, now in BK

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · Jun 4
Good morning, internet, and welcome to a new publication that @garnethenderson.com and I have been working on for months
autonomynews.co Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · Jun 4
Hello world! We are Autonomy News, a new worker-owned reproductive justice news outlet cofounded by @garnethenderson.com and @susanrinkunas.com.

Our reporting will never be paywalled, and you can support our work with a subscription to keep it free for everyone.
Welcome to Autonomy News
Welcome to Autonomy News, a new publication created and owned by two reproductive rights and justice journalists. We write about bodily autonomy and the attacks levied by politicians and activists wh...
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Video form: how cops weaponize laws against grave robbing to lock up women and pregnant people:

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Cops want to arrest women so badly they’ll use a charge meant for grave robbers and laws that explicitly say they can’t charge pregnant people #reproductiverights #abortionpill #kentucky #brittanywatt...
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January 18, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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Made a video about how cops weaponize laws against grave robbing(!) to lock up women and pregnant people:

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January 18, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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danhaugen.bsky.social
Calling them “protests” is lazy, inaccurate and plays into the false narrative that’s being used to justify further escalation by the federal government. 3/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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danhaugen.bsky.social
The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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danhaugen.bsky.social
National media: Please stop describing what’s happening in Minneapolis as “protests.” There has been a modest, sustained protest outside the Whipple federal building, about 10 miles from downtown, but... 1/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
In the last 18 days alone:

- Two men in ICE custody have killed themselves (jails are supposed to protect against this)
- Two men died of cardiac-related issues
- One man was reportedly choked to death by a guard
- One man died of fentanyl withdrawal (family question the medical care provided)
palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 2h
A third immigrant held at Camp East Montana has died, reportedly by suicide. Victor Manuel Díaz was detained in Minnesota. He is the sixth migrant to die since Jan. 1 in ICE detention.

My story:

www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas. Three migrants held there have died since December 2025.
January 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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jezebeldotcom.bsky.social
Barf Bag: The former Senator and current lobbyist is being sued under an "alienation of affection" law for a saga involving Signal chats, concerts, and psychedelics.
www.jezebel.com/kyrsten-sine...
Kyrsten Sinema Faces 'Homewrecker' Lawsuit for Alleged Affair With Former Bodyguard
Barf Bag: The former Senator and current lobbyist is being sued under an "alienation of affection" law for a saga involving Signal chats, concerts, and psychedelics.
www.jezebel.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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“the Working Families Party launched a new website, PrimaryFetterman.com, that will serve as a hub for its effort to unseat the senator. It features pages dedicated to opposition research on him, volunteer recruitment and even a link to request donation refunds from his campaign” -via NBC
Refund Your Fetterman Campaign Contributions
Did you donate to John Fetterman's campaign? Are you disappointed in what he's become? Request a full refund of your past contributions!
www.primaryfetterman.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Yikesie: “In Pennsylvania, [insurance plan] terminations have more than tripled, to above 70,000, officials say, and are still growing.”
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
70,000 Pennie customers have dropped their plans as price hikes loom for health insurance
It is unclear whether Congress will strike a deal to bring back tax credits that have helped make health insurance more affordable.
www.inquirer.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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The bill in question was the one to end the shutdown that let enhanced ACA subsidies expire, and yikes:
Fetterman has no regrets about ending shutdown without deal on Obamacare subsidies
The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on a Democratic bill extending Obamacare subsidies for three years, but it is virtually certain to fail.
www.pennlive.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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OOP: “While Fetterman is supporting Trump’s use of American tax dollars to ‘run’ Venezuela or buy Greenland, 500,000 Pennsylvanians are about to see their health care premiums rise because of the Republican budget bill he supported,” said Nick Gavio [of the WFP] and *a former Fetterman staffer*.
Progressive effort to primary Sen. John Fetterman ramps up
The Working Families Party launched a website where, among other efforts, voters can request refunds from Fetterman’s campaign.
www.nbcnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Make America Healthy Again™️

“The guidelines also removed longstanding warnings that drinking could increase the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and other maladies….”
Inside the Alcohol Lobby’s Quest to Water Down Federal Booze Guidelines
The alcohol industry spent big lobbying the government in late 2025 as it dealt with major threats to its business.
www.notus.org
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Make America Healthy Again™️

“The guidelines also removed longstanding warnings that drinking could increase the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease and other maladies….”
Inside the Alcohol Lobby’s Quest to Water Down Federal Booze Guidelines
The alcohol industry spent big lobbying the government in late 2025 as it dealt with major threats to its business.
www.notus.org
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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No Democrat should justify funding this
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Washington Post screenshot: The Trump administration is seeking to deport two men who provided accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp that differed from the Department of Homeland Security's description of the incident. Santos Jesus Flores and Antonio Ascon Frometa, two detainees at Camp East Montana who both have criminal convictions, said in phone interviews with The Washington Post this week that they witnessed Lunas Campos engaged in a struggle with guards before his death. Flores claimed he saw guards choking Lunas Campos to death. Screenshot of a linked article from the first picture. This is from January 15: When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the Jan. 3 death of detainee Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp, the agency said "staff observed him in distress," and it gave no cause of death. An employee of El Paso County's Office of the Medical Examiner told Lunas Campos's daughter this week that, subject to results of a toxicology report, the office is likely to classify the death as a homicide, according to a recording of the conversation. In the recording, which the daughter shared with The Washington Post, the employee said a doctor there "is listing the preliminary cause of death as asphyxia due to neck and chest compression," which means Lunas Campos did not get enough oxygen because of pressure on his neck and chest. Pending the results of a toxicology report, the staffer said on the recording, "our doctor is believing that we're going to be listing the manner of death as homicide." https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/01/15/ice-detention-death-homicide/
January 18, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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They’re trying to deport witnesses to a murder by ICE guards
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21h
The Trump administration is seeking to deport two men who provided accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp that differed from the Department of Homeland Security’s description of the incident.
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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sammgreer.bsky.social
Makes me feel insane to live in a world that's persecuting trans folk while simultaneously doing big billboards advertising gender affirming care to cis people???
A London Underground advertisement for testosterone for men
January 17, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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sbagen.bsky.social
That there’s not a massive, credible, instant, bipartisan impeachment/25th Amendment move over these senseless and destructive Greenland threats is a sign of how broken our politics are — and especially how broken the Republican Party is.
mattschrader.bsky.social Matt Schrader @mattschrader.bsky.social · 11d
It's really impossible to overstate how much *everyone* is watching the US threats towards Greenland, not just Europe. If you want to break not just NATO but Five Eyes and maybe our Asian defense alliances too, taking Greenland is how you do it.
cjcmichel.bsky.social Casey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social · 11d
Forcibly annexing Greenland would be a strategic catastrophe—for Europe, for Canada, and perhaps most especially for the United States itself.

My latest in @foreignpolicy.com on how we're all sleep-walking into a disaster: foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/06/g...
January 7, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Awww, kisses. 💕

@the-independent.com $PSKY
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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cjzero.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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jillianw.bsky.social
A rare photograph of Chuck in his Strongly Worded Memo Chair.
susanrinkunas.com Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 2d
“democrats are ready to get to work”
Sent a minority leader Chuck Schumer sitting in a leather chair looking 104 years old
January 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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Make America Healthy Again
January 17, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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rhavote.bsky.social
New York, 1969
B&W image of protestors in 1969, NYC. Handwritten signs say: “Reform is the enemy of meaningful change. Repeal the abortion laws.”
January 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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interruptcrim.bsky.social
These are prisons.

The criminalization of homelessness and push towards mandated, coerced medical interventions and civil commitment—a bipartisan project—was always going to lead us here.

This is why when we talk about, strategize and organize around abolition, we must include ALL carceral spaces.
brian-goldstone.bsky.social Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Oct 29
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.

Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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jayasaxena.com
It's been six months since the last round. This company hasn't known what it's doing for a long time, and getting rid of the DEI team screams it's about to be sold off. Solidarity to my former colleagues forever 🌺
voxmediaunion.bsky.social Vox Media Union @voxmediaunion.bsky.social · 1d
Another year, another round of layoffs at Vox Media. In solidarity with our laid-off colleagues, here is our full statement:
Today, Friday, January 16, 2026, the Vox Media Union received news from management about more layoffs at the company: three in-unit workers from PopSugar, two from The Verge, and three from Eater — not including a number of out-of-unit employees — some of whom were on parental and other types of company-approved leave. Beyond this, the company announced that it will no longer have a centralized Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI+) team, redistributing that work across the People team and leadership, and keeping Employee Resource Groups as simply Slack spaces without formal lead roles or any standalone budgets. There is almost no further room to be shocked at these developments, as the company has laid off workers at an average of once per quarter in the last year, but we continue to be disgusted by the fact that leadership seems to have developed no real learning or commitment to workforce sustainability and retention. Those at the top remain safe in their positions while mercilessly cutting off those who work day in and day out (and then some) to make sure that essential, business-critical work is done. Our indispensable colleagues are now in extra vulnerable positions, having to navigate workplace bureaucracy alongside a volatile job market and relentless threats to the integrity of journalism as a whole. This union is proud to have rallied in multiple rounds of contract bargaining to ensure more equitable worker rights and protections in the face of management incompetence. As always, we, along with our Guild reps, will continue to demand that members are treated fairly in the aftermath of layoffs. Details on how you can support laid-off workers at Vox Media will be forthcoming. Please follow the Vox Media Union on Instagram (@voxmediaunion) and Bluesky (@voxunion.bsky.social). Solidarity forever. The Vox Media Union Committees Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO
January 16, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
JUST IN: Virginia's legislature just adopted a constitutional amendment that would end Virginia's rules that ban people from voting for life.

Virginia currently is the only state that strips people of voting rights for life for any felony. Youngkin rolled back reforms.

Now going to a referendum.
Virginia Lawmakers Ask Voters to Repeal a Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting - Bolts
Voters will decide this year whether to end Virginia’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules. They'll also vote on abortion, gay marriage, and redistricting.
boltsmag.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM