Amy Cotton
@amyjcotton.bsky.social
Writer & editor for advocacy comms. Queer Jew striving to be anti-racist & advance reproductive justice. I also love dogs.
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My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.
October 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.
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So unifying
September 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
So unifying
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
September 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
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BREAKING: A judge halted Trump’s bid to seize control of D.C. police, saying AG Pam Bondi likely broke federal law by trying to replace the chief.
Bondi backed down, scrapping the takeover but keeping orders on immigration + homelessness.
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social & @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
Bondi backed down, scrapping the takeover but keeping orders on immigration + homelessness.
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social & @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Replace D.C. Police Commissioner
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
BREAKING: A judge halted Trump’s bid to seize control of D.C. police, saying AG Pam Bondi likely broke federal law by trying to replace the chief.
Bondi backed down, scrapping the takeover but keeping orders on immigration + homelessness.
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social & @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
Bondi backed down, scrapping the takeover but keeping orders on immigration + homelessness.
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social & @yuniorarivas.bsky.social
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If they lived one moment as a woman or a queer person they’d die of terror on their morning coffee run.
August 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
If they lived one moment as a woman or a queer person they’d die of terror on their morning coffee run.
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Thinning out now. DC police the only ones left, and they're packing up too.
Locals mobilized quickly out here, with handwritten signs warning drivers to avoid this block, lined up ready to protest what's happening. People shouting down from apartments too.
"You should be fucking ashamed!"
Locals mobilized quickly out here, with handwritten signs warning drivers to avoid this block, lined up ready to protest what's happening. People shouting down from apartments too.
"You should be fucking ashamed!"
August 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Thinning out now. DC police the only ones left, and they're packing up too.
Locals mobilized quickly out here, with handwritten signs warning drivers to avoid this block, lined up ready to protest what's happening. People shouting down from apartments too.
"You should be fucking ashamed!"
Locals mobilized quickly out here, with handwritten signs warning drivers to avoid this block, lined up ready to protest what's happening. People shouting down from apartments too.
"You should be fucking ashamed!"
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Situation on 14th St and W St. NW, with federal agents -- no specific agency identified -- pulling cars over for checks. They arrested a Black woman in this car.
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
August 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Situation on 14th St and W St. NW, with federal agents -- no specific agency identified -- pulling cars over for checks. They arrested a Black woman in this car.
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
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The only thing that will stop Trump is a grassroots movement using diverse tactics.
(not just protests! We need boycotts, strikes, slowdowns, guerrilla art, disruptions, gumming the works from the inside, etc) from a cross-section of society.
It’s on us.
A few skeets here with resources: 1/x
(not just protests! We need boycotts, strikes, slowdowns, guerrilla art, disruptions, gumming the works from the inside, etc) from a cross-section of society.
It’s on us.
A few skeets here with resources: 1/x
On Organizing
time to level up / an early draft of a playbook
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The only thing that will stop Trump is a grassroots movement using diverse tactics.
(not just protests! We need boycotts, strikes, slowdowns, guerrilla art, disruptions, gumming the works from the inside, etc) from a cross-section of society.
It’s on us.
A few skeets here with resources: 1/x
(not just protests! We need boycotts, strikes, slowdowns, guerrilla art, disruptions, gumming the works from the inside, etc) from a cross-section of society.
It’s on us.
A few skeets here with resources: 1/x
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Earlier today Donald Trump announced that he is requesting MPD to redirect resources, and plans to deploy the National Guard to DC.
This is a dangerous escalation for our communities. Here's what how everyone in DC can help our communities weather what's ahead. 🧵
This is a dangerous escalation for our communities. Here's what how everyone in DC can help our communities weather what's ahead. 🧵
August 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Earlier today Donald Trump announced that he is requesting MPD to redirect resources, and plans to deploy the National Guard to DC.
This is a dangerous escalation for our communities. Here's what how everyone in DC can help our communities weather what's ahead. 🧵
This is a dangerous escalation for our communities. Here's what how everyone in DC can help our communities weather what's ahead. 🧵
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Calling all qualified disabled leaders:
Apply now for the Disability Rising Fellowship!
- Media training & coaching
- Speaking & publishing opportunities
- $5000 individual or org stipend
Ready to shift the narrative?
Apply: tinyurl.com/DisabilityRising
Deadline: 8/22/25, 11:59 p.m. ET
Apply now for the Disability Rising Fellowship!
- Media training & coaching
- Speaking & publishing opportunities
- $5000 individual or org stipend
Ready to shift the narrative?
Apply: tinyurl.com/DisabilityRising
Deadline: 8/22/25, 11:59 p.m. ET
July 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Calling all qualified disabled leaders:
Apply now for the Disability Rising Fellowship!
- Media training & coaching
- Speaking & publishing opportunities
- $5000 individual or org stipend
Ready to shift the narrative?
Apply: tinyurl.com/DisabilityRising
Deadline: 8/22/25, 11:59 p.m. ET
Apply now for the Disability Rising Fellowship!
- Media training & coaching
- Speaking & publishing opportunities
- $5000 individual or org stipend
Ready to shift the narrative?
Apply: tinyurl.com/DisabilityRising
Deadline: 8/22/25, 11:59 p.m. ET
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Urgent action needed – Happening right now in California –
Will was detained at SFO:
Will is a beloved son, brother, student, and community member. Like everyone else, he deserves to receive due process and have access to legal counsel – not to be disappeared by federal agents.
thread
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Will was detained at SFO:
Will is a beloved son, brother, student, and community member. Like everyone else, he deserves to receive due process and have access to legal counsel – not to be disappeared by federal agents.
thread
1/
July 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Urgent action needed – Happening right now in California –
Will was detained at SFO:
Will is a beloved son, brother, student, and community member. Like everyone else, he deserves to receive due process and have access to legal counsel – not to be disappeared by federal agents.
thread
1/
Will was detained at SFO:
Will is a beloved son, brother, student, and community member. Like everyone else, he deserves to receive due process and have access to legal counsel – not to be disappeared by federal agents.
thread
1/
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"“God’s name is being desecrated through our sins,” Rabbi Amital wrote nearly five decades ago. “Is it possible to remain silent?!” Today, his challenge tragically rings just as true."
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"“God’s name is being desecrated through our sins,” Rabbi Amital wrote nearly five decades ago. “Is it possible to remain silent?!” Today, his challenge tragically rings just as true."
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
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Baruch Dayan HaEmet.
May their memory be a blessing for love.
A revolution for presence.
An insurrection for compassion, for caring, for showing up.
May their memory be a blessing for love.
A revolution for presence.
An insurrection for compassion, for caring, for showing up.
July 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Baruch Dayan HaEmet.
May their memory be a blessing for love.
A revolution for presence.
An insurrection for compassion, for caring, for showing up.
May their memory be a blessing for love.
A revolution for presence.
An insurrection for compassion, for caring, for showing up.
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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This bill that could close hundreds of abortion clinics just passed the House and now goes to President Trump's desk.
It's part of a strategy to make abortion totally inaccessible:
www.autonomynews.co/the-plot-to-...
It's part of a strategy to make abortion totally inaccessible:
www.autonomynews.co/the-plot-to-...
The budget bill that passed the Senate Tuesday is a chilling reminder that abortion could be rendered inaccessible across vast swaths of the country where it’s still legal—not because Congress passed a prohibition, but because too many clinics shuttered.
The Plot to Effectively Ban Abortion Nationwide Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes
Lawmakers and activists are working to shutter clinics and restrict access to abortion pills. The end result would be catastrophic.
www.autonomynews.co
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This bill that could close hundreds of abortion clinics just passed the House and now goes to President Trump's desk.
It's part of a strategy to make abortion totally inaccessible:
www.autonomynews.co/the-plot-to-...
It's part of a strategy to make abortion totally inaccessible:
www.autonomynews.co/the-plot-to-...
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This is a monstrous bill, a declaration of war on American families. It guts our services to fund giveaways to billionaires and exponentially scale up Trump's personal secret police force.
We'll hold Rs who passed it accountable and we'll fight every step of the way to protect those it harms.
We'll hold Rs who passed it accountable and we'll fight every step of the way to protect those it harms.
July 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is a monstrous bill, a declaration of war on American families. It guts our services to fund giveaways to billionaires and exponentially scale up Trump's personal secret police force.
We'll hold Rs who passed it accountable and we'll fight every step of the way to protect those it harms.
We'll hold Rs who passed it accountable and we'll fight every step of the way to protect those it harms.
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Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and curettage procedure, which quickly empties the uterus and allows it to close, protecting against a life-threatening hemorrhage.
NEW: More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
July 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and curettage procedure, which quickly empties the uterus and allows it to close, protecting against a life-threatening hemorrhage.
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If someone you know needs it, please tell them that Trevor’s hotline will remain active. We keep us safe.
bsky.app/profile/hugo...
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CLARIFICATION :
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline.
They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY
So spread this around
They can be texted. They can be called.
June 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If someone you know needs it, please tell them that Trevor’s hotline will remain active. We keep us safe.
bsky.app/profile/hugo...
bsky.app/profile/hugo...
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NEW: California Gov. Gavin Newsom asks a federal court to issue an emergency order blocking Trump from using the state’s National Guard troops and Marines to aid in ICE raids in Los Angeles.
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
Newsom Asks for Emergency Block on Trump’s Use of Military in Los Angeles
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NEW: California Gov. Gavin Newsom asks a federal court to issue an emergency order blocking Trump from using the state’s National Guard troops and Marines to aid in ICE raids in Los Angeles.
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
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California National Guard with riot shields pushed the protesters into the streets. Tear gas deployed and pellets exploded on the street. Didn’t see any arrests, though there was some shoving back and forth with the shields.
June 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
California National Guard with riot shields pushed the protesters into the streets. Tear gas deployed and pellets exploded on the street. Didn’t see any arrests, though there was some shoving back and forth with the shields.
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We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so…
projects.propublica.org
June 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
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People die when they can't access healthcare. Period.
He needed air. The price was $539.
When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price.
5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler.
He paid with his life.
www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky
When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price.
5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler.
He paid with his life.
www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky
22-year-old dies after being unable to afford asthma inhaler
In our new series “The Cost of Denial,” NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports on the young man who went to refill his asthma inhaler only to find it unaffordable because it was no longer covered by his insu...
www.nbcnews.com
June 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
People die when they can't access healthcare. Period.