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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

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."

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 8h

She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 11h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Wendy Kloiber @wendykloiber.bsky.social · 1d

Recommended! I wanted to screenshot the whole thing.

AM: How might feminism make more space for trans men?
JD: Well, I think that if we view feminism as the struggle of gender-marginalized people for bodily autonomy, rather than just calling these things
"women's issues," then we make room for all trans people within feminism. We can state that the right to change sex is a bodily autonomy struggle. It is regulated in the same ways that things like abortion have historically been regulated. It is opposed by the same people. They really strongly want to link us to our reproductive anatomy and say that that defines us.
That this is the only thing we can ever be, and that our lives essentially need to be run by it. Taking it to a bodily autonomy front leaves room for all trans people to participate, particularly transmasculine people.
I think it would also help tremendously if we recognize that sexual violence is routinely wielded against anyone who steps out of line within patriarchy. We have a really essentialized view of who a victim is and who a perpetrator is, and really often that leaves sexual violence survivors who aren't young cis women out of the picture. It's intensely harmful, when you look at the sheer rate of sexual violence in the trans community.

AM: I really like that framing of "folks of marginalized genders against the patriarchal binary," but then where does that leave feminism for cis men?
JD: I do think that cis men are emotionally brutalized by the patriarchy. bell hooks talks about that the first violence a man learns to commit in patriarchy is violence against himself, and violence against anything within himself that could be construed as feminine.
Masculinity within patriarchy is just like this void that has to perpetually prove itself, like you're perpetually trying to act like a man, but you never actually are one.
It's a pyramid scheme-every man is under the control of some other man is under the control of some other
man, you know, you never get to the top.
Cis men are starting to recognize that they have feelings and emotions, but they also don't link that up to a wider politics of who else is getting hurt by the system that's hurting you? Nobody's benefited by being caught up in a rule that is entirely about being emotionally disconnected from others.

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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Banned Books Week! 🗃️

For more information on Book Bans, check out this recent report from @penamerica.bsky.social

pen.org/report/the-n...

Read Banned Books under a shelf of books.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h

If you’re not alarmed yet you’re not paying attention. 🇺🇸

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 8h

It's been over 9 months since the Palisades and Eaton Fires tore through Los Angeles. We asked for federal support, but we haven’t heard a word from the White House.

Not a single offer.

Is this what leadership looks like? Abandoning the American people when they call for help?

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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 1d

"Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder."
– E.B.White

Wishing you a peachy evening & a fantastic Wednesday!🍑

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#dahlia

The picture shows a close-up of a pink, peach, and yellow dahlia flower. It is uniquely identifiable with a bent petal over the center. Another smaller dahlia, violet sage, and greenery are also visible.

Camera: iPhone 15 Pro.

July 2025. A neighborhood garden.

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Arianeh Sajadi, Esq. @arianehsajadi.bsky.social · 16h

Good morning ☕️

More of this, please & thanks!!

🙏🏼✊🏼
🤝🏼🇺🇸

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Deborah Lee Cuomo @quaker-artist.bsky.social · 7h

He’s an ass at any height.

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 14h

We would like to thank Kristi Noem for bringing cameras with her everywhere and collecting evidence for her future trial at The Hague.

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 19h

“Now more than ever we must keep in the forefront of our minds the fact that whenever we take away the liberties of those we hate, we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.”
Wendell Willkie

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 8h

This is exactly why ICE needs to be unmasked and ID’d — like cops.

📌 Cases of ICE impersonators this year alone outnumber the last four presidential terms combined.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 8h

Adelita Grijalva won her election fair and square.

Now House Speaker Mike Johnson is refusing to swear her in because she would be the final signature to release the Epstein files.

Mr. Speaker, respect democracy. Obey the law. Swear Representative Grijalva in immediately.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 11h

Let’s check in on the warzone in Portland.

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Lady with an opinion @ladymitopinion.bsky.social · 12h

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10h

WEST VIRGINIAN: “If the subsidies go away I won’t have health insurance. I won’t go to the doctor. This really is a life or death situation.” #TrumpShutdown #TrumpHealthCareTax

(This shutdown is making the case for #MedicareForAll better than we ever could)

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mleroi.bsky.social @mleroi.bsky.social · 1d

www.instagram.com/reel/DPhI2u5...

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Lady with an opinion @ladymitopinion.bsky.social · 14h

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Dr Walsh @laurelwalsh.bsky.social · 12h

Unions for all!!

California Fast Food Workers Union @cafastfoodunion.org · 13h

BREAKING: Burger King workers are on strike in Oakland due to pregnancy discrimination.

The store cut our coworker’s hours because she is pregnant and asked for accommodations to ensure a safe pregnancy. 🧵

#UnionsForAll

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Catherine Hartmann 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇧🇪 🇮🇪 @cathhart.bsky.social · 21h

I just love the simplicity of this wee Norwegian window

#WindowsOnWednesday
#photography

The image shows a close-up of a window set in a red wooden wall. The window has a white frame and is divided into six panes. One of the window's blue shutters is open, revealing the interior. The contrast between the red wall, blue shutter, and white window frame creates a striking visual effect.

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70andexhausted.bsky.social @70andexhausted.bsky.social · 9h

I think that should read, "THE FACE OF EVIL!!!!!!!!!"

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14h

The face of Evil.

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70andexhausted.bsky.social @70andexhausted.bsky.social · 11h

The orange felon and his puppeteers and his minions are busily pushing us to civil war. We must push back PEACEFULLY or we will no longer have a country to protect.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20h

#WarRavagedPortland

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