Rachel
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At least one in five of the men currently being held captive in El Salvador were legal immigrants to the United States.
Not just not "THE WORST OF THE WORST." Literally people who did nothing wrong.
That's life without due process.
Not just not "THE WORST OF THE WORST." Literally people who did nothing wrong.
That's life without due process.
June 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
At least one in five of the men currently being held captive in El Salvador were legal immigrants to the United States.
Not just not "THE WORST OF THE WORST." Literally people who did nothing wrong.
That's life without due process.
Not just not "THE WORST OF THE WORST." Literally people who did nothing wrong.
That's life without due process.
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@ericmgarcia.bsky.social's Independent maybe the only news outlet reporting on the transgender health care ban in this bill right now.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ bans transgender care for Medicaid and Obamacare
‘It's one more example of health care that they're trying to rip away,’ Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, tells The Independent
www.independent.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@ericmgarcia.bsky.social's Independent maybe the only news outlet reporting on the transgender health care ban in this bill right now.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Either we all have due process, or none of us do. There is no middle ground here.
April 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Either we all have due process, or none of us do. There is no middle ground here.
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Plainclothes agents. Trying to question elementary-aged kids. And lying that they had parents permission to do so.
April 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Plainclothes agents. Trying to question elementary-aged kids. And lying that they had parents permission to do so.
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April 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Former FDA commissioner on LinkedIn:
April 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Former FDA commissioner on LinkedIn:
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wow he must work very hard in this obvious meritocracy
If you made one million tax-free dollars every year and never spent any of it, it would take you one thousand years to accumulate one billion dollars. It would take you sixteen thousand years to accumulate what Elon lost yesterday.
Elon Musk lost more than $16 billion yesterday, according to Axios.
March 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
wow he must work very hard in this obvious meritocracy
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People who say shit like this about trans people are my enemy. They are my family's enemy. They are dead to me forever. If they run for something in my vicinity I will work to destroy them. Do they understand this story is repeated several million times?
the thing about chasing what you think is public opinion is that if and when things turn you will have made a bunch of statements and taken a bunch of stances that you’ll have to disavow. probably a better strategy just to say what you actually believe and stand by it. anyway, this guy sucks.
Gavin Newsom breaks with Democrats on trans athletes in sports
The Democratic California governor made the stunning remarks in his debut podcast with conservative guest Charlie Kirk.
www.politico.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
People who say shit like this about trans people are my enemy. They are my family's enemy. They are dead to me forever. If they run for something in my vicinity I will work to destroy them. Do they understand this story is repeated several million times?
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Gavin Newsom can be reached by phone at (916) 445-2841 or messaged here if you'd like to tell him exactly what you think about his transphobic bullshit.
March 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Gavin Newsom can be reached by phone at (916) 445-2841 or messaged here if you'd like to tell him exactly what you think about his transphobic bullshit.
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Senators should be holding nominees until they let CFPB operate again. The Senate should be frozen. Your MoC should be doing social content with people who got ripped off and the CFPB got their money back, getting in shouting matches with bank CEOs. Let them know.
February 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Senators should be holding nominees until they let CFPB operate again. The Senate should be frozen. Your MoC should be doing social content with people who got ripped off and the CFPB got their money back, getting in shouting matches with bank CEOs. Let them know.
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Unquestionably, major policy changes, edicts and directives handed down by the new Trump administration will upend lives. But I've also been struck by the widespread efforts to erase/whitewash history. Stick with me for a pretty shocking series of events from just the past few weeks.
February 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Unquestionably, major policy changes, edicts and directives handed down by the new Trump administration will upend lives. But I've also been struck by the widespread efforts to erase/whitewash history. Stick with me for a pretty shocking series of events from just the past few weeks.
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please stop telling people that x, y, or z "is a distraction." we've been doing this for nearly a decade now.
all the things are the things. theyre all the fights.
its like arguing that japan attacking in the pacific was a distraction from hitler attacking in europe.
its all the war.
all the things are the things. theyre all the fights.
its like arguing that japan attacking in the pacific was a distraction from hitler attacking in europe.
its all the war.
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
please stop telling people that x, y, or z "is a distraction." we've been doing this for nearly a decade now.
all the things are the things. theyre all the fights.
its like arguing that japan attacking in the pacific was a distraction from hitler attacking in europe.
its all the war.
all the things are the things. theyre all the fights.
its like arguing that japan attacking in the pacific was a distraction from hitler attacking in europe.
its all the war.
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Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
January 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Do Not Comply In Advance: bossy, already a cliche, implies permission to comply later
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
Fuck You, Make Me: leads by example, directs yelling at opposition instead of allies, easy to chant at a protest or put on a banner
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Welp, here we fucking go. This is how they’re gonna do the abortion pill ban:
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-indictment-lousiana-new-york-doctor-63ff4d9da8a9b592a7ca4ec7ba538cd3
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-indictment-lousiana-new-york-doctor-63ff4d9da8a9b592a7ca4ec7ba538cd3
January 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Welp, here we fucking go. This is how they’re gonna do the abortion pill ban:
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-indictment-lousiana-new-york-doctor-63ff4d9da8a9b592a7ca4ec7ba538cd3
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-indictment-lousiana-new-york-doctor-63ff4d9da8a9b592a7ca4ec7ba538cd3
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This is not just “shock and awe” nor a “distraction.” This is end game for a right-wing strategy that has been in the works for decades.
They’ve been clear about their goals, often in writing, and most of their moves have been public—making the supposed Democratic lack of preparedness unbelievable.
They’ve been clear about their goals, often in writing, and most of their moves have been public—making the supposed Democratic lack of preparedness unbelievable.
January 30, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is not just “shock and awe” nor a “distraction.” This is end game for a right-wing strategy that has been in the works for decades.
They’ve been clear about their goals, often in writing, and most of their moves have been public—making the supposed Democratic lack of preparedness unbelievable.
They’ve been clear about their goals, often in writing, and most of their moves have been public—making the supposed Democratic lack of preparedness unbelievable.
This executive order will absolutely result in kids dying. My heart is broken for trans youth and the folks who love them.
Donald Trump has just released a national under 18 trans care ban executive order. I am working through specifically how it tries to do this, and will live tweet here section by section as I read through it.
It is not yet on the website, but has been released via press release.
It is not yet on the website, but has been released via press release.
January 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This executive order will absolutely result in kids dying. My heart is broken for trans youth and the folks who love them.
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
January 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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I and many others warned that the anti-CRT, anti-DEI propaganda campaign that so many embraced or down played was always about creating the narrative for and paving the way for a larger attack on civil rights. We are here.
Breaking: DOJ freezes all cases in civil rights division. "It’s unprecedented. We’ve never seen this before at this scale with any transfer of power, regardless of the ideology of any incoming president or administration." Story w/ @perrystein.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Department freezes all cases in civil rights division
The directives halt ongoing civil rights cases and could jeopardize police reform agreements finalized in recent months in Minneapolis and Louisville.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I and many others warned that the anti-CRT, anti-DEI propaganda campaign that so many embraced or down played was always about creating the narrative for and paving the way for a larger attack on civil rights. We are here.
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The failure to reckon with transphobia as a currently central motivation of the far right will continue to plague those disturbed by its rise for a decade or more
Rather than standing with trans people many liberals have pursued appeasement and helped the wider shift to the far right in the process
Rather than standing with trans people many liberals have pursued appeasement and helped the wider shift to the far right in the process
January 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The failure to reckon with transphobia as a currently central motivation of the far right will continue to plague those disturbed by its rise for a decade or more
Rather than standing with trans people many liberals have pursued appeasement and helped the wider shift to the far right in the process
Rather than standing with trans people many liberals have pursued appeasement and helped the wider shift to the far right in the process
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I want to talk a little bit about the Impoundment Control Act that got so much (deserved) attention during this hearing, and why it's so worrisome that a potential OMB director thinks it's unconstitutional despite GAO findings and court precedent supporting it. 1/
It's go time for Vought's hearing to be director of OMB. You can watch the live stream from the Committee's page once things get started: www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/nom...
January 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I want to talk a little bit about the Impoundment Control Act that got so much (deserved) attention during this hearing, and why it's so worrisome that a potential OMB director thinks it's unconstitutional despite GAO findings and court precedent supporting it. 1/