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22 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- FDA letter to 12 companies making chest binders says they are violating the law by not registering them as "medical devices." No word yet if FDA is also going after sports companies who make sports bras or manufacturers of popular "minimizer" bras.
FDA threatens companies selling binders: They want to "control every ounce of trans people's lives" - LGBTQ Nation
As part of the HHS move against gender-affirming care, the FDA has sent letters to 12 companies.
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
22 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- FDA letter to 12 companies making chest binders says they are violating the law by not registering them as "medical devices." No word yet if FDA is also going after sports companies who make sports bras or manufacturers of popular "minimizer" bras.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Share and tell CBS to air this! Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported a segment about migrants sent to the El Salvadoran torture prison CECOT, just sent a blistering letter to colleagues, sounding the alarm that Bari Weiss spiked the story for political reasons.
December 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Share and tell CBS to air this! Sharyn Alfonsi, the veteran “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported a segment about migrants sent to the El Salvadoran torture prison CECOT, just sent a blistering letter to colleagues, sounding the alarm that Bari Weiss spiked the story for political reasons.
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Naval blockades are old school but they are acts of war by definition.
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Naval blockades are old school but they are acts of war by definition.
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Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Massive defeat for Mike Johnson. Still has to clear the senate, but this is what Dems wanted all along. Johnson has essentially lost control of the gavel after Epstein and now this. Weakest speaker in history.
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17 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Sutter-- one of the Bay Area's biggest GAC providers-- appears to have backed off its recent decision to end care for under-19s after big community outcry. No word on if it's permanent.
Sutter reverses decision on gender-affirming care for kids
After parents rallied and raised the alarm, Sutter Health reversed its plan to stop gender-affirming care for patients under 19. But families fear the pause is temporary as federal threats loom.
sfstandard.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
17 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Sutter-- one of the Bay Area's biggest GAC providers-- appears to have backed off its recent decision to end care for under-19s after big community outcry. No word on if it's permanent.
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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
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California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
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We live in a country where the president can order a comedian to be yanked off TV. What I describe is not a democracy.
September 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We live in a country where the president can order a comedian to be yanked off TV. What I describe is not a democracy.
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SCOTUS has handed them enough power that they aren’t even hiding it anymore.
This isn't immigration control, it's genocide.
July 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
SCOTUS has handed them enough power that they aren’t even hiding it anymore.
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Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
June 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
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The number of manifestly psychologically unwell people in the highest levels of this administration should be unsettling to the world.
Most of this “press conference” is this lunatic yelling at the media. This guy is so obsessed with his press coverage that he can’t even function.
June 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The number of manifestly psychologically unwell people in the highest levels of this administration should be unsettling to the world.
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‼️Iran: Weeks away from having nuclear weapons since 1995.
👀 Clip from @thedailyshow.com 👇
👀 Clip from @thedailyshow.com 👇
June 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
‼️Iran: Weeks away from having nuclear weapons since 1995.
👀 Clip from @thedailyshow.com 👇
👀 Clip from @thedailyshow.com 👇
Once again the New York Times fails us. After Getting The Ruling It Wanted, New York Times Publishes 6 Anti-Trans Articles www.erininthemorning.com/p/after-gett...
After Getting The Ruling It Wanted, New York Times Publishes 6 Anti-Trans Articles
The paper has lost all claim to objectivity on transgender people.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Once again the New York Times fails us. After Getting The Ruling It Wanted, New York Times Publishes 6 Anti-Trans Articles www.erininthemorning.com/p/after-gett...
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Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!
June 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Juneteenth calls us to understand the realities of our past, celebrate the resilience and achievements of Black Americans, and align the course of our country toward its founding creed of liberty and justice for all. Wishing everyone a meaningful Juneteenth!
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BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.
This is a major win for public health.
This is a major win for public health.
June 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.
This is a major win for public health.
This is a major win for public health.
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What we learned yesterday.
The Times They Are a-Changin'
The Times They Are a-Changin'
June 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What we learned yesterday.
The Times They Are a-Changin'
The Times They Are a-Changin'
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The life-saving COVID vaccine was developed because of federal research investments at a Mass-based company. Disbanding HHS’s COVID advisory panel and targeting Moderna is yet another baseless attack on Massachusetts and example of RFK Jr’s incompetence. Vaccines work. RFK Jr should resign.
June 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The life-saving COVID vaccine was developed because of federal research investments at a Mass-based company. Disbanding HHS’s COVID advisory panel and targeting Moderna is yet another baseless attack on Massachusetts and example of RFK Jr’s incompetence. Vaccines work. RFK Jr should resign.
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You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
June 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
You can't call immigrants lazy moochers looking for government handouts and then round them up at Home Depots where you know they are looking for work.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
You can't say immigrants don't follow the rules and then round them up in courthouses where they are following the rules.
Get your lies straight.
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Apr 23, 2025 — California is now the 4th largest economy in the world · California is the backbone of the nation's economy · Despite CA.being home to just 4% of this countries farms; it supplies one third of the countries vegetables and 3/4 of its fruits and vegetables.
June 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Apr 23, 2025 — California is now the 4th largest economy in the world · California is the backbone of the nation's economy · Despite CA.being home to just 4% of this countries farms; it supplies one third of the countries vegetables and 3/4 of its fruits and vegetables.
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