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DJ (he, him)🏳️‍🌈 @dmrh0720.bsky.social · 1h

Morning Digest, sponsored by Campaign Legal Center: Veteran congressman earns primary challenge from member of 'Tennessee Three'
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Morning Digest, sponsored by Campaign Legal Center: Veteran congressman earns primary challenge from member of 'Tennessee Three'

Justin Pearson's bid against Steve Cohen sets up a high-profile generational clash

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Don Comer @doncomer.bsky.social · 1d

The Mango Mussolini
demands that
Illinois Gov. Pritzker &
Chicago Mayor Johnson
"Should be jailed!"
DHS head Noems
threatens Portland Mayor Wilson
that, "blood will be
on your hands!"
The government is
shut down, again.
This second term is
going swimmingly.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

Jeffries to Lawler: "You're a complete and total embarrassment. You're embarrassing yourself and your district right now. And you're going down to defeat next year."

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DJ (he, him)🏳️‍🌈 @dmrh0720.bsky.social · 14h

Conservative Supreme Court justices show skepticism of conversion therapy ban www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/cons...

Conservative Supreme Court justices show skepticism of conversion therapy ban - LGBTQ Nation

Colorado's ban on the harmful and widely debunked practice could be ruled unconstitutional in the case of Chiles v Salazar.

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DJ (he, him)🏳️‍🌈 @dmrh0720.bsky.social · 14h

Researchers call out conservative lawyers for lying about their LGBTQ+ research to Supreme Court www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/rese...

Researchers call out conservative lawyers for lying about their LGBTQ+ research to Supreme Court - LGBTQ Nation

The experts say the ADF “profoundly misrepresented” their work in a Supreme Court case about conversion therapy.

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 1d

"RFKJr is trying to eliminate the agency responsible for supporting states & localities w/ overdose prevention," says Dr. Eric Rafla-Yuan.

The doctors are also concerned about his attacks on psychiatric medications.

Let's not forget that he's a fan of viruses, too.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary

Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 15h

Remember this post? The Wall Street Journal just confirmed it was meant to be a DM to Pam Bondi.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."

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DJ (he, him)🏳️‍🌈 @dmrh0720.bsky.social · 14h

Did Pam Bondi just admit compromising photos of Donald Trump were found in Jeffrey Epstein’s safe? www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/did-...

Did Pam Bondi just admit compromising photos of Donald Trump were found in Jeffrey Epstein's safe? - LGBTQ Nation

Many believe her silence said it all.

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DJ (he, him)🏳️‍🌈 @dmrh0720.bsky.social · 14h

“That’s sure bizarre”: Jake Tapper stunned by Donald Trump’s statement on Ghislaine Maxwell pardon www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/that...

"That's sure bizarre": Jake Tapper stunned by Donald Trump's statement on Ghislaine Maxwell pardon - LGBTQ Nation

Trump acted like he didn't know who she is, but he just discussed her case two months ago.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 15h

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18h

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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DJ (he, him)🏳️‍🌈 @dmrh0720.bsky.social · 14h

Pete Buttigieg’s replacement demanded an end to rainbow crosswalks. This city unveiled a new one. www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/pete...

Pete Buttigieg's replacement demanded an end to rainbow crosswalks. This city unveiled a new one. - LGBTQ Nation

Some states have been destroying their Pride street art, but this city just added new rainbow crosswalks to celebrate their LGBTQ+ community.

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DJ (he, him)🏳️‍🌈 @dmrh0720.bsky.social · 22h

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How 2 Ex-Mormon Gay Dads Built Their Family of 5

Some love stories feel like they’re written by the universe itself—and Jake and Sean’s is one of them. Known affectionately to their followers as

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DJ (he, him)🏳️‍🌈 @dmrh0720.bsky.social · 22h

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A $40 Injection Could Rewrite the Future of HIV Prevention

Imagine being able to protect yourself from HIV with just two shots a year—no daily pill reminders, no stigma-inducing medicine bottles in your cabinet, just

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DJ (he, him)🏳️‍🌈 @dmrh0720.bsky.social · 23h

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Charlie Kirk's group chases anti-fascism professor out of the country

A history professor is abruptly leaving the U.S. after a conservative group founded by the late Charlie Kirk singled him out for persecution, according to a report on Wednesday. Mark Bray, who has tau...

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 23h

Judges on a federal appeals court panel seemed skeptical that the Trump administration's expanded use of a fast-track deportation procedure didn’t violate the due-process rights of immigrants during oral arguments Monday ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/07/r...

Trump administration defends nationwide rapid deportations at appeals hearing • Ohio Capital Journal

Judges on a federal appeals court panel seemed skeptical that the Trump administration's expanded use of a fast-track deportation procedure didn’t violate the due-process rights of immigrants during…

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DJ (he, him)🏳️‍🌈 @dmrh0720.bsky.social · 23h

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‘War is a business’: the Colombian mercenaries training Sudan’s child fighters to ‘go and get killed’

A soldier of fortune tells of lucrative contracts, the siege of El Fasher and training child fighters to ‘go and get killed’

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 1d

Resident assistants and peer mentors at Temple University have voted to unionize, joining a wave of student-worker organizing on local college and university campuses.

Resident assistants at Temple vote to unionize

Resident assistants and peer mentors asked the university's leadership to recognize their union last year. Now, they've voted to join OPEIU Local 153.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."