LightLovePhoto
@lightlovephoto.bsky.social
A very blue dot in a red state. Resist! Pro Democracy, pro Union. Part time photographer and traveler.
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The Constitution gives states the power to determine the time, place and manner of elections. Only Congress can change the rules for federal elections. The White House has no role to play in any of this.
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) opened a new front in its ongoing campaign for voter data held by states Friday, demanding Minnesota turn over records related to same-day registrations. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Demands Minnesota Voting Records in New Attack on Same-Day Registration
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
The Constitution gives states the power to determine the time, place and manner of elections. Only Congress can change the rules for federal elections. The White House has no role to play in any of this.
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“…the creators of these [nonconsensual, violent AI] images often seemed to be treating the action like a game or meme, with an air of laughter & detachment.”
January 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
“…the creators of these [nonconsensual, violent AI] images often seemed to be treating the action like a game or meme, with an air of laughter & detachment.”
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Healthcare workers should be prohibited from reporting suspected abortions—but they're not. @pregnancyjust.bsky.social found that, among 412 pregnancy criminalization cases after the fall of Roe, 264 involved information disclosed in a medical setting
www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/post-dobbs-p...
www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/post-dobbs-p...
A fucking primary care clinic called the cops on this woman. Self-managed abortion is not a crime:
"...reported to police Wednesday, Dec. 31, after she told workers at United Clinic in Campton she had aborted her pregnancy at her home, according to a Jan. 1 news release from [state police]."
"...reported to police Wednesday, Dec. 31, after she told workers at United Clinic in Campton she had aborted her pregnancy at her home, according to a Jan. 1 news release from [state police]."
Kentucky woman charged with fetal homicide after taking abortion medication
Kentucky State Police said the woman ordered abortion medication online and buried the “developed male infant” on her property.
www.kentucky.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Healthcare workers should be prohibited from reporting suspected abortions—but they're not. @pregnancyjust.bsky.social found that, among 412 pregnancy criminalization cases after the fall of Roe, 264 involved information disclosed in a medical setting
www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/post-dobbs-p...
www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/post-dobbs-p...
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No decency just a corrupt POS.
January 2, 2026 at 6:56 PM
No decency just a corrupt POS.
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This is insanity
DHS Says REAL ID, Which DHS Certifies, Is Too Unreliable To Confirm U.S. Citizenship
It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.
reason.com/2025/12/31/d...
It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.
reason.com/2025/12/31/d...
DHS says REAL ID, which DHS certifies, is too unreliable to confirm U.S. citizenship
It's the punch line to a bad joke that started 20 years ago when Congress passed the REAL ID Act.
reason.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This is insanity
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🚨 some important information to share 🚨
Please listen
This is for millions of us
Who VOTE by mail.
USPS changing post mark dates
You Must VOTE early
Please listen
This is for millions of us
Who VOTE by mail.
USPS changing post mark dates
You Must VOTE early
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
🚨 some important information to share 🚨
Please listen
This is for millions of us
Who VOTE by mail.
USPS changing post mark dates
You Must VOTE early
Please listen
This is for millions of us
Who VOTE by mail.
USPS changing post mark dates
You Must VOTE early
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The fascist regime is wasting no time in getting back to terrorizing our communities
Scoop: ICE Plans to Descend on Phoenix
Following L.A., Chicago, and Charlotte, DHS now intends to scale up arrests—and its network of detention facilities—in Maricopa County.
www.thebulwark.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The fascist regime is wasting no time in getting back to terrorizing our communities
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O'Neil is a pure Peter Thiel-creation with no medical training.
There used to be video of the spare kidney remark, but seems like someone doesn't like viral videos of themselves floating around.
Here's audio of the clip. 2/2:
www.npr.org/2025/08/29/n...
There used to be video of the spare kidney remark, but seems like someone doesn't like viral videos of themselves floating around.
Here's audio of the clip. 2/2:
www.npr.org/2025/08/29/n...
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
O'Neil is a pure Peter Thiel-creation with no medical training.
There used to be video of the spare kidney remark, but seems like someone doesn't like viral videos of themselves floating around.
Here's audio of the clip. 2/2:
www.npr.org/2025/08/29/n...
There used to be video of the spare kidney remark, but seems like someone doesn't like viral videos of themselves floating around.
Here's audio of the clip. 2/2:
www.npr.org/2025/08/29/n...
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How extreme is Jim O’Neill, Deputy Health Secretary who just froze federal childcare funding to every state based on a viral video?
As a leader of the Seasteading Institute, he praised selling human organs on the free market b/c “There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused” 1/2
As a leader of the Seasteading Institute, he praised selling human organs on the free market b/c “There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused” 1/2
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
How extreme is Jim O’Neill, Deputy Health Secretary who just froze federal childcare funding to every state based on a viral video?
As a leader of the Seasteading Institute, he praised selling human organs on the free market b/c “There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused” 1/2
As a leader of the Seasteading Institute, he praised selling human organs on the free market b/c “There are plenty of healthy spare kidneys walking around, unused” 1/2
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Keep grinding, #TeslaTakedown. It's working. apnews.com/article/tesl...
Tesla loses title as world's biggest electric vehicle maker as sales fall for second year in a row
Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks to buyers and stiff overseas compet...
apnews.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Keep grinding, #TeslaTakedown. It's working. apnews.com/article/tesl...
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A whole lot of cabinet meeting napping since April.
I was curious, so I looked it up. Trump's three cognitive exams were on 1/12/18, 9/13/23 and 4/11/25 — not, as he suggested today, recently. www.pbump.net/o/when-were-...
When were Trump’s three cognitive tests?
The report on President Trump's health published by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday was not particularly reassuring. The president has shown increasing signs of aging, the Journal's reporters note...
www.pbump.net
January 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
A whole lot of cabinet meeting napping since April.
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So unlike the brain-dead zombies supporting President 50-Shades-of-Cray, we understand the obvious question this raises:
Why so *many* cognitive exams?
#TrumpIsNotWell
Why so *many* cognitive exams?
#TrumpIsNotWell
January 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
So unlike the brain-dead zombies supporting President 50-Shades-of-Cray, we understand the obvious question this raises:
Why so *many* cognitive exams?
#TrumpIsNotWell
Why so *many* cognitive exams?
#TrumpIsNotWell
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“We might not be able to solve all the problems — in fact, we certainly cannot — and we aren’t able to reduce all the suffering our government is causing. But we want to offer something that is meaningful and worthwhile.”
San Diego’s new Pope Francis Center will serve immigrants impacted by Trump deportation campaign
The Pope Francis Center, opening in San Diego, will support immigrants affected by the Trump administration's deportation policies. Housed in Our Lady of Gu…
The Pope Francis Center, opening in San Diego, will support immigrants affected by the Trump administration's deportation policies. Housed in Our Lady of Gu…
San Diego’s new Pope Francis Center will serve immigrants impacted by Trump deportation campaign
The center opens next week and will be housed at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Logan Heights. It will provide a range of services from legal advice to mental health counseling.
www.kpbs.org
January 2, 2026 at 2:32 PM
“We might not be able to solve all the problems — in fact, we certainly cannot — and we aren’t able to reduce all the suffering our government is causing. But we want to offer something that is meaningful and worthwhile.”
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My latest👇
Unlike in past years, we are not only up against the GOP and its right-wing allies, but the Department of Justice as well. Their collective goal is to use data to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat next November. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Unlike in past years, we are not only up against the GOP and its right-wing allies, but the Department of Justice as well. Their collective goal is to use data to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat next November. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump’s DOJ Wants Your Data
Donald Trump and the Republican Party know that they are likely to be voted out of power in November 2026. The tools they are counting on to prevent this are the same ones being deployed by the larges...
www.democracydocket.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:50 PM
My latest👇
Unlike in past years, we are not only up against the GOP and its right-wing allies, but the Department of Justice as well. Their collective goal is to use data to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat next November. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Unlike in past years, we are not only up against the GOP and its right-wing allies, but the Department of Justice as well. Their collective goal is to use data to make it harder for you to vote and easier for them to cheat next November. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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"There was a protest outside the offices, and the Times’ response was to run a story defending J.K. Rowling ['In Defense of J.K. Rowling' by Pamela Paul, Feb. 16, 2023]. They ran that story the next day. That was their attitude towards it."
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 10:18 AM
"There was a protest outside the offices, and the Times’ response was to run a story defending J.K. Rowling ['In Defense of J.K. Rowling' by Pamela Paul, Feb. 16, 2023]. They ran that story the next day. That was their attitude towards it."
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This is the part that’s getting missed.
When the Trump administration paused federal assistance to child care centers in Minnesota over fraud claims, it isn’t just bad actors getting hit. It’s working families.
Now parents are left wondering if their kids’ daycare will survive…
When the Trump administration paused federal assistance to child care centers in Minnesota over fraud claims, it isn’t just bad actors getting hit. It’s working families.
Now parents are left wondering if their kids’ daycare will survive…
January 1, 2026 at 11:56 PM
This is the part that’s getting missed.
When the Trump administration paused federal assistance to child care centers in Minnesota over fraud claims, it isn’t just bad actors getting hit. It’s working families.
Now parents are left wondering if their kids’ daycare will survive…
When the Trump administration paused federal assistance to child care centers in Minnesota over fraud claims, it isn’t just bad actors getting hit. It’s working families.
Now parents are left wondering if their kids’ daycare will survive…
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Trump, RFK Jr., and anti-vax fiends have accomplished an amazing feat. Measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. In 2025, there were 2,065 new cases. ~93% were unvaccinated or unknown, while 7% had received at least one dose of the vaccine.
#GetVaccinated #measles
#GetVaccinated #measles
January 2, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Trump, RFK Jr., and anti-vax fiends have accomplished an amazing feat. Measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000. In 2025, there were 2,065 new cases. ~93% were unvaccinated or unknown, while 7% had received at least one dose of the vaccine.
#GetVaccinated #measles
#GetVaccinated #measles
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That a party official would write such a statement is a sign of the creeping normalization of authoritarianism. Good for Pro Publica.
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 11:25 AM
That a party official would write such a statement is a sign of the creeping normalization of authoritarianism. Good for Pro Publica.
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Peter Wolf canceled an event to promote his memoir at the Kennedy Center back in March, but the former J. Geils Band frontman is talking about it now, as other musicians have pulled out of engagements in the wake of
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‘80s Rock Legend Says Canceling Kennedy Center Gig Was ‘a Very Easy Decision to Make’
The former J. Geils Band frontman is hitting the road in 2026, but won't be playing that venue.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Peter Wolf canceled an event to promote his memoir at the Kennedy Center back in March, but the former J. Geils Band frontman is talking about it now, as other musicians have pulled out of engagements in the wake of
Source: Yahoo
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Source: Yahoo
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A brilliant opening maneuver. Framing his predecessor's tenure as aberrant and illegitimate is both totally reasonable and creates room for radical change.
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
January 2, 2026 at 6:09 AM
A brilliant opening maneuver. Framing his predecessor's tenure as aberrant and illegitimate is both totally reasonable and creates room for radical change.
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This phony fuck doesn’t even care about American protesters, but Iran? How bout go fuck yourself.
January 2, 2026 at 11:46 AM
This phony fuck doesn’t even care about American protesters, but Iran? How bout go fuck yourself.
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The Trump administration is facing a new legal complaint from a group of government employees who are affected by a new policy going into effect Thursday that eliminates coverage for gender-affirming care in federal health insurance programs.
Source: AP News
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Federal employees file complaint against Trump administration's ban on gender-affirming care
The Trump administration faces a legal complaint from government employees over a new policy eliminating coverage for gender-affirming care in federal health insurance programs.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM
The Trump administration is facing a new legal complaint from a group of government employees who are affected by a new policy going into effect Thursday that eliminates coverage for gender-affirming care in federal health insurance programs.
Source: AP News
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Source: AP News
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Find me the conservative parents with kids in daycare who would be okay with a group of anonymous men, some masked, some with cameras, being allowed without their permission into their kid’s daycare in the middle of the day to *film their kids*.
Find me one.
Find me one.
January 2, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Find me the conservative parents with kids in daycare who would be okay with a group of anonymous men, some masked, some with cameras, being allowed without their permission into their kid’s daycare in the middle of the day to *film their kids*.
Find me one.
Find me one.
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Trump murdered 5 more people on New Year's Eve.
Textbook international terrorism by Trump again.
And it's being funded by our tax dollars.
Premeditated murder by the president of the United States and secretary of defense.
Textbook international terrorism by Trump again.
And it's being funded by our tax dollars.
Premeditated murder by the president of the United States and secretary of defense.
US military says five killed in strike on alleged drug boats
The latest strike comes as the US Coast Guard searches for survivors of another that happened a day earlier.
www.bbc.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Trump murdered 5 more people on New Year's Eve.
Textbook international terrorism by Trump again.
And it's being funded by our tax dollars.
Premeditated murder by the president of the United States and secretary of defense.
Textbook international terrorism by Trump again.
And it's being funded by our tax dollars.
Premeditated murder by the president of the United States and secretary of defense.
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Just flat-out declaring that everything Adams did as mayor after the indictment—in the final fifteen months and five days of his term of office—was presumptively corrupt, and undoing everything that's in his immediate power to undo with a single stroke of the pen.
This is the way.
This is the way.
January 1, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Just flat-out declaring that everything Adams did as mayor after the indictment—in the final fifteen months and five days of his term of office—was presumptively corrupt, and undoing everything that's in his immediate power to undo with a single stroke of the pen.
This is the way.
This is the way.