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maraleia

@maraleia.bsky.social

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Political junkie, history, pop culture & science fiction geek. Left handed, cisgender, lesbian feminist, social justice activist & educator from Chicago.

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · Dec 24

I am DONE being NICE to people who refer to trans folks with slurs EVEN if they didn't mean it. The GLAAD media resource guide exists. USE IT. glaad.org/reference/tr...

Glossary of Terms: Transgender | GLAAD

For additional tips on creating stories about transgender people, please see In Focus: Transgender People If you are seeking information about how to create transgender and nonbinary characters for fi...

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, I gotta close my laptop. Thanks.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 5h

Please protect us @govpritzker.illinois.gov You aren't doing enough.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5h

if this isn't civil war i'm not sure what is

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 6h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks. I also feel like my food won't digest properly. This started happening yesterday.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 5h

He wants to destroy every Dem voting city in America.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 5h

Conor Lamb or Malcolm Kenyatta deserved that Senate seat.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 5h

My chest is tight right now. I feel like I'm having another anxiety/panic attack. Any suggestions.

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 5h

Fuck John Fetterman.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 6h

Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 6h

They want to eradicate my entire lgbtq plus.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16h

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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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16h

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 9h

Just a reminder that Jack published a book last year called “unhumans” that makes the argument that all Democrats and anyone left of Francisco Franco should be rounded up and murdered en mass for the rest of the populations entertainment.
Jack is a Nazi and hell bent on the murder of his opponents

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 11h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 6h

I know Google isn't any better but I have an Android phone and I've never had an iPhone

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 6h

And before anybody comes after me about this, I don't mean the people who are voter suppressed. I mean the lazy assholes who refuse to fight for our freedom.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 7h

Texas is a fucking cesspool. The non-voters in that state are complicit in this fascism.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 6h

Fuck this fascist framing

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

Greg Abbott is a lackey of Donald Trump.

He’s going against exactly what he said he would do last year.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 8h

Here’s an angle for a journalist looking for a fresh take on the White House “Antifa” roundtable — most of the people who participated are employed by or have a direct financial connection to Turning Point USA. I think that’s pretty telling, no?

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 6h

Planned Parenthood is a sham of an organization now. They capitulate at every turn.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 15h

As soon as we start accepting "proving innocence" into our vernacular, we start normalizing really insidious and dangerous shit, especially now when that is the language being used by this administration to racially profile people.

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 6h

We live in hell Olivia

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 6h

Not sure but he tried to get on public high school campuses.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 6h

I understand this completely. I also refuse to allow women to treat other women badly. It happened to me with one of my women bosses and it's reprehensible.

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 6h

Yep, there are chapters in high schools across this country and that should not be happening.

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 6h

Women who treat their staff badly fuck it up for the rest of us. They should know better.

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maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 6h

I wonder how many other times she did this vile shit.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 6h

Meanwhile Katie Porter and Amy Klobuchar are fucking disgraces.

maraleia @maraleia.bsky.social · 7h

Do something about this @ilattygeneral.bsky.social NOW

Senate Gabe @senategabe.bsky.social · 7h

I see that Illinois has state treason charges.

Interesting.

§ 30-1. Treason.

(a) A person owing allegiance to this State commits treason when he or she knowingly:

(1) levies war against this State; or

(2) adheres to the enemies of this State, giving them aid or comfort.

(b) No person may be convicted of treason except on the testimony of 2 witnesses to the same overt act, or on his confession in open court.

(c) Sentence. Treason is a Class X felony.