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Zack Ford

@zackford.bsky.social

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Press/Editorial: AFJustice Formerly: ThinkProgress (RIP). Queer/cis, atheist, SJW, pianist, gaymer, IC alumni, union member. https://linktr.ee/zackford Opinions my own. (He/Him) 🏳️‍🌈🖖

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · Dec 10

If you see stories about trans people being targeted for discrimination and psychological torture and your response is to shrug because you still have "questions" about trans identities and aren't motivated to advocate for their lives because you think it's a political loser, well gosh, you suck.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 13h

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 14h

Let's go unions! ✊✊✊

Zoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 14h

NOW: Unions representing hundreds of thousands of federal workers have asked a judge to immediately halt mass layoffs that the White House announced on Friday amid the government shutdown. Seeking emergency action ahead of Oct. 16 hearing
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 16h

It's easy to roll your eyes at the attempted spin here, but keep in mind it's part of a drumbeat to demonize the left as "violent" and anti-American, which will in turn be used to justify (and incentivize) actual violence against them and legal persecution. This is worrisome.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h

The humanities grad school papers on this dynamic are gonna go on forever.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 18h

These are all Trump loyalists, and they're going to be around so much longer than Trump.

Nate Raymond @nateraymond.bsky.social · 1d

New: The Senate confirmed Jennifer Mascott, President Donald Trump's latest nominee to the 3rd Circuit, further shifting the appeals court's ideological balance to the right. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

it's only racial profiling if it comes from the racial profiling region of france. otherwise it's sparkling reasonable suspicion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

McLaughlin: "Pritzker said there's racial profiling, which is absolutely false. Our officials use reasonable suspicion. That's protected under the US Constitution 4th Amendment."

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 1d

I think she maybe just watched Star Trek: Generations and confused her Kirks.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 1d

ah, a little antisemitism just to spice things up.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

MAJOR new restrictions on federal government use of riot control weapons -- and even requiring them to display identification in many circumstances. I expect a very rapid appeal and request for a stay from the 7th Circuit.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

NEW: A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring Chicago-area fed agents from several violent actions they’ve taken against journalists, activists and “religious practitioners” protesting ICE — including Rev. Black, a plaintiff in the case. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 1d

Chain-link cages. Flooded tents. Clouds of mosquitoes. Malfunctioning AC. Scarce food. Zero recreational time: Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz. (1/x)

Inside the hell of Alligator Alcatraz

Despite shocking conditions and rampant “psychological warfare,” copycats are popping up around the country.

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 1d

What? The masked agents with no IDs abducting people without due process LIED??

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 1d

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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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 1d

Centrism is poison. Houston Metro: "Maybe if we compromise on this inch, fascism won't eat our face. It's just some paint."

You CANNOT compromise on ANYTHING with fascists. NO MATTER WHAT. NOT EVER. NOT FOR ANY REASON.

www.chron.com/culture/arti...

Houston’s rainbow crosswalk to be removed, citing Abbott’s order

The Montrose crosswalk is a memorial to a 21-year-old cyclist. It was recently repainted.

www.chron.com

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 2d

Even the Trumpers working on the courts don't care about the sanctity of the courts — only power.

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 2d

MAGA lawyer Mike Davis thinks a judge should be impeached for imposing too lenient a sentence on Justice Kavanaugh's would-be killer. DOJ has already said it is appealing.
www.foxnews.com/opinion/mike...

MIKE DAVIS: The Supreme Court betrayed again — this time from the bench

Judge Deborah Boardman sentenced would-be assassin Nicholas Roske to 8 years despite prosecutors recommending 30 years for targeting Justice Kavanaugh.

www.foxnews.com

Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 2d

We HAVE to push back against the hate and fear. We can't keep catering the polls. It's not working, and trans people are clearly suffering.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

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Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 2d

White supremacy endangers everyone

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

Breaking news: Nearly a quarter of FBI agents across the country are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement.

The large number of reassignments reflect a vast reshaping of the agency and could put other priorities at risk.

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently reassigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. AG Ken Paxton of Texas has announced undercover operations into left leaning groups, citing "transgenderism" and "antifa."

It is the latest in a series of moves that indicates LGBTQ+ people and left-leaning orgs may be targets for domestic surveillance.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Announces Undercover Operations Into "Antifa," Citing "Transgenderism"

The announcement comes after a flurry of reports that Trump would weaponize the FBI against groups supporting LGBTQ+ people.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

This might be the worst ICE video yet, because it’s literally random dudes hanging around, and then a bunch of heavily armed thugs running them down completely out of nowhere, because they’re brown. It’s a nightmare that would have seemed excessive in Jim Crow. Everyone in America should see this.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

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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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 2d

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 2d

Even though this case is about standing, it's very disturbing to hear a Supreme Court justice suggest that mail-in voting is related to counting "more" or "less" votes, as opposed to just ensuring that every lawfully cast vote is counted.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

For one, the federal government cannot constitutionally commandeer state officials to do its bidding.

But more importantly, the president does not see his political opposition as legitimate but rather as a target for a carceral and militaristic state. It is deeply undemocratic and authoritarian.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 3d

Hey trans-affirming BlueSky community. Here are two transphobic accounts crying out for some block lists.

bsky.app/profile/houf...

bsky.app/profile/drop...

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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 3d

I don't see you railing against plastic surgeries for teens. I don't see you railing against "corrective" surgeries for intersex infants. Sounds like you just reject the legitimacy of trans people and want to make kids suffer unnecessarily. What ugly cruelty with no basis but bigotry.

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