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· Oct 28
We are offering one time payments to disabled folks in the South who will not receive their SNAP benefits this month. If you need help, please find more information and details at ndsdj.org/snaphelp.
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
If you’d like to donate to the fund, go to ndsdj.org/snapdonate
We take care of each other ❤️
Please donate if you can to help feed folks!
If you're in the south and hungry, please apply for assistance.
Everyone deserves food. 💜
If you're in the south and hungry, please apply for assistance.
Everyone deserves food. 💜
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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This, among millions of other reasons, is why any attempt to meet transphobes in the middle was always a form of abandoning trans people.
Like immigrant demonization, any attempt at all to give any credence to right wing talking points was always just ammunition for the right wing.
Like immigrant demonization, any attempt at all to give any credence to right wing talking points was always just ammunition for the right wing.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This, among millions of other reasons, is why any attempt to meet transphobes in the middle was always a form of abandoning trans people.
Like immigrant demonization, any attempt at all to give any credence to right wing talking points was always just ammunition for the right wing.
Like immigrant demonization, any attempt at all to give any credence to right wing talking points was always just ammunition for the right wing.
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This is what Newsom should do, instead of staging photo opps to destroy homeless people’s belongings.
NEW: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Thursday he will not continue sweeps of homeless encampments — which city data shows have not yielded any permanent or supportive-housing referrals in more than a year.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/04/m...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/04/m...
Mamdani Vows to Sweep Out Crackdowns on Homeless Camps
City numbers show that sweeps started under Mayor Eric Adams have not delivered on referrals for housing in more than a year.
www.thecity.nyc
December 5, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This is what Newsom should do, instead of staging photo opps to destroy homeless people’s belongings.
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The DOJ released a memo--the day after World AIDS Day--ordering prisons to enable the rape of incarcerated trans women.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The DOJ released a memo--the day after World AIDS Day--ordering prisons to enable the rape of incarcerated trans women.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
The State Department also banned recognition of World AIDS day.
Prison rape, on top of the lifelong trauma, often leads to HIV transmissions.
It's not hard to do the math.
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Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
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For @motherjones.com, I wrote about what's at stake for chronically ill contractors and freelancers as Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits expire.
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
For many contractors, losing ACA subsidies means losing health care
The GOP's unprecedented premium hikes put chronically ill workers—especially freelancers—in peril.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For @motherjones.com, I wrote about what's at stake for chronically ill contractors and freelancers as Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits expire.
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
When you're already sick, the possibility of not being able to afford health insurance at all is terrifying. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This rules people.com/halle-berry-...
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This rules people.com/halle-berry-...
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The stages of repentance and repair outlined in my book, as I read Maimonides:
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The stages of repentance and repair outlined in my book, as I read Maimonides:
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We cannot allow this to become normalized.
NEW: Federal agents wearing tactical gear and wielding assault rifles busted into an apartment in Jackson Heights Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead, according to eyewitnesses and video obtained by THE CITY.
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Feds Bust into Jackson Heights Apartment Building In Pre-Dawn Raid
Dozens of agents wielding assault rifles took two middle-aged, Spanish-speaking people away in cuffs early Thursday morning as a helicopter hovered overhead.
www.thecity.nyc
December 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We cannot allow this to become normalized.
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There could be a plot twist in the Maine senate race:
Susan Collins has reportedly said she still plans to run for re-election but hasn’t made a final decision yet. She has not yet filed to run for re-election.
Susan Collins has reportedly said she still plans to run for re-election but hasn’t made a final decision yet. She has not yet filed to run for re-election.
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
There could be a plot twist in the Maine senate race:
Susan Collins has reportedly said she still plans to run for re-election but hasn’t made a final decision yet. She has not yet filed to run for re-election.
Susan Collins has reportedly said she still plans to run for re-election but hasn’t made a final decision yet. She has not yet filed to run for re-election.
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SPEAKING OF WONDERFUL ART....
And here is the color version. www.emilyk.art/product/on-r...
On Resisting ICE and the DHS (Color) - Emily K • Cartoonist & Illustrator
We're at a political moment in the U.S. where we have to make difficult choices on the ground to defend our neighbors. The Halakhah is CLEAR - One MUST defend the downtrodden, the refugee, the "strang...
www.emilyk.art
December 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
SPEAKING OF WONDERFUL ART....
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Quibbling over the semantics of the second tap also runs the risk of suggesting that the first tap was something other than murder.
“Quibbling over the semantics of ‘double-tap’ doesn’t change the reality that the strike was a summary execution of men clinging to the remains of a boat.”
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/c...
theintercept.com/2025/12/02/c...
Department of War Disputes Second Attack on Boat Strike Survivors Was a “Double-Tap”
Facing scrutiny for killing survivors of an initial boat strike, the Department of War is attempting to distance itself from a controversial military tactic.
theintercept.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Quibbling over the semantics of the second tap also runs the risk of suggesting that the first tap was something other than murder.
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Back at @damemagazine.bsky.social with a take on how Matt Gaetz's 17 yo victim reveals an undertold story about sex trafficking in the US www.damemagazine.com/2025/12/03/t...
The Real Gaetz Story Is Less About Sex Trafficking, More About Poverty - Dame Magazine
Back in 2021, when I first heard that the former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz was being investigated for sex trafficking, there was an image that immediately jumped into my brain, and perhaps yours,...
www.damemagazine.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Back at @damemagazine.bsky.social with a take on how Matt Gaetz's 17 yo victim reveals an undertold story about sex trafficking in the US www.damemagazine.com/2025/12/03/t...
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While Spotify is in the national conversation this week, we’re hoping you will continue to boycott the platform and urge others to do the same until Spotify stops running recruitment ads for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
December 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
While Spotify is in the national conversation this week, we’re hoping you will continue to boycott the platform and urge others to do the same until Spotify stops running recruitment ads for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
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"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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The destruction of the legitimacy of ACIP is so complete that the vague agenda on the left is all they have up for tomorrow’s meeting.
It looks like no CDC scientists will present. No materials are posted.
Usually ACIP posts a detailed agenda which includes materials (see example on right).
It looks like no CDC scientists will present. No materials are posted.
Usually ACIP posts a detailed agenda which includes materials (see example on right).
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The destruction of the legitimacy of ACIP is so complete that the vague agenda on the left is all they have up for tomorrow’s meeting.
It looks like no CDC scientists will present. No materials are posted.
Usually ACIP posts a detailed agenda which includes materials (see example on right).
It looks like no CDC scientists will present. No materials are posted.
Usually ACIP posts a detailed agenda which includes materials (see example on right).
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Life in Louisiana changed for the worse by anti-immigrant pogroms
It's constant topic of conversation, here. School sports have been canceled, stores closed, many students stopped coming to school,food trucks gone, citizens traveling with our passports, grocery shopping for vulnerable neighbors...but most of all, there's a deep seated hatred for these mfers.
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Life in Louisiana changed for the worse by anti-immigrant pogroms
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Want to show love to your artists while also calling out Spotify for airing I.C.E. ads? Welcome to Spotify Unwrapped, get your downloadables here: spotifyunwrapped.net
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Want to show love to your artists while also calling out Spotify for airing I.C.E. ads? Welcome to Spotify Unwrapped, get your downloadables here: spotifyunwrapped.net
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You hate to see it.
George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
You hate to see it.
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The best way to navigate this is to BUILD AN ACCESSIBLE WORLD. This kills me, and in many/most situations isn't that hard, it shifts the burden of effort where it belongs (on institutions, away from people), and THERE IS NOT CHEATING.
The world just works for more people.
The world just works for more people.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The best way to navigate this is to BUILD AN ACCESSIBLE WORLD. This kills me, and in many/most situations isn't that hard, it shifts the burden of effort where it belongs (on institutions, away from people), and THERE IS NOT CHEATING.
The world just works for more people.
The world just works for more people.
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the majority of the Jews who have ever lived were not Ashkenazi, and the current population of Israel is >50% non-Ashkenazi in some way. Furthermore, a rapidly increasing proportion of American “Ashkenazim” are not phenotypically white. This is 19th century nonsense, divorced from modern reality
JFC Musk has started a racial science discussion about Jews and whiteness. He says Jews are “peak White,” poses a DNA question, retweets the assertions of random non-Jews.
Cue thousands of comments, many of which are just naked antisemitism.
Why can’t these sick fucks leave us alone?
Cue thousands of comments, many of which are just naked antisemitism.
Why can’t these sick fucks leave us alone?
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
the majority of the Jews who have ever lived were not Ashkenazi, and the current population of Israel is >50% non-Ashkenazi in some way. Furthermore, a rapidly increasing proportion of American “Ashkenazim” are not phenotypically white. This is 19th century nonsense, divorced from modern reality
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My friends are helping me to raise funds so I can afford basic necessities and start building my life. If you can, consider donating. www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...
Donate to Support Stevie Wilson's New Beginning, organized by Danielle Squillante
Our beloved comrade and friend Stevie Wilson is FINALLY coming home from pri… Danielle Squillante needs your support for Support Stevie Wilson's New Beginning
www.gofundme.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
My friends are helping me to raise funds so I can afford basic necessities and start building my life. If you can, consider donating. www.gofundme.com/f/support-st...
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I'm sure this is rage bait but cannot express how badly I think this guy should actually build this house, because I desperately want to take a tour of it and see how fucked it is. let it stand as a monument to the actual quality of chatgpt
December 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I'm sure this is rage bait but cannot express how badly I think this guy should actually build this house, because I desperately want to take a tour of it and see how fucked it is. let it stand as a monument to the actual quality of chatgpt
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As an aside, I wish more people with Substack newsletters would do what Parker does with her utterly excellent newsletter: also publish on Patreon, so those of us who hate Substack can still subscribe and support her (as she deserves) financially <3
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Newsletter: www.readtpa.com/db1644d6
Patreon: www.patreon.com/parkermolloy
December 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
As an aside, I wish more people with Substack newsletters would do what Parker does with her utterly excellent newsletter: also publish on Patreon, so those of us who hate Substack can still subscribe and support her (as she deserves) financially <3