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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 8h

Thank you Michele!

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 9h

Thank you Susan M. and Juli H. and Michele H. !!!! That’s seven subs, how lovely.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 9h

“Ms. Krantz had been surprised to see Mr. Mamdani on board, she said. When he sat down facing her, the two of them chatted for a few moments about the candidate’s views on Israel.”

He’s running for mayor not for president. people have lost their minds

Editing the Blue-Gray Lady @nytdiff.bsky.social · 13h

Mamdani Rides Slow Bus to ‘Fast and Free’ Buses Event

Zohran Mamdani, the leading candidate in the race to be New York City’s next mayor, held a campaign event on a bus that crawled across Midtown Manhattan to highlight a signature proposal.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 15h

Workers told me in March this plan will harm patient care. The state needs to approve the clinic closure and I don't see any confirmation of that

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · Mar 31

NEW: Workers at Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, the affiliate moving to sell and close its Manhattan clinic amid budget shortfalls, say the org is abandoning patients by not immediately starting a search for a new Manhattan space.

Me in @thecut.com:

Planned Parenthood’s ‘Devastating’ Plan to Shutter in Manhattan

“It just feels like we are waving a white flag.”

www.thecut.com

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 15h

NEW: Planned Parenthood's Manhattan clinic will stop seeing patients as of November 1 as affiliate prepares to sell the building amid budget shortfalls. Sale announced in March
Patients told to schedule at Bronx, Brooklyn, or Queens (LIC) clinics or virtual
www.plannedparenthood.org/health-cente...

screenshot:
The Manhattan Health Center will no longer see patients as of November 1, 2025. Book in-person services at our Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens health centers or a virtual visit through our Virtual Health Center.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 9h

Thank you Susan M. and Juli H. and Michele H. !!!! That’s seven subs, how lovely.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 10h

I keep hearing that I'm "doing amazing work" but I'm fucking exhausted and broke :)

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 10h

Thank you Kathleen L.! One more makes five :')

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 10h

and by "working on it," I mean trying to report while also doing edits for a big story we're co-publishing, writing a little exclusive, and freelancing other work to (try to) pay my bills. support independent media not just with words but with cash if you can spare it
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 11h

Repro people: yes I have seen the [redacted] about [redacted]. Working on it

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 10h

Thank you Hilary C.! That makes three, who's in for four and five?

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 11h

could have ended badly but my bank account reflects the hundreds of hours of uncompensated work lmao

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 11h

We have two new paid memberships so far this week—thank you to Cait M. and Lotte B.! Who can help us get to five? 👀

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 11h

We did not do a pre-launch fundraiser, we just came out of the gate running.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 11h

If anyone has recently canceled a subscription to an evil corporation’s media product, we’d love to have your support on @autonomynews.co!

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 11h

I’ve asked this question—and many more—multiple times this week.

Reporting takes time. Please support @autonomynews.co with a paid subscription or one time gift so @garnethenderson.com and I can keep bringing you stories about the many attacks on our bodies
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Source: Thank you for asking.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 11h

We did not do a pre-launch fundraiser, we just came out of the gate running.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 11h

I’ve asked this question—and many more—multiple times this week.

Reporting takes time. Please support @autonomynews.co with a paid subscription or one time gift so @garnethenderson.com and I can keep bringing you stories about the many attacks on our bodies
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 11h

Repro people: yes I have seen the [redacted] about [redacted]. Working on it

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 14h

Oh, there must have been an asterisk

Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 16h

By our math, one member of management also appears to have been given a $24,000 raise in the last year. Meanwhile, multiple members of the unit have been told there is no budget for pay increases.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 14h

NEW: South Carolina already bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, but some conservatives have decided that’s not enough. State GOP lawmakers are now pushing for a new bill that could criminalize sharing abortion information, @susanrinkunas.com writes.

New Attack on Free Speech: South Carolina GOP Wants to Criminalize Sharing Abortion Info

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 14h

Seven managers for six union members but there’s “no budget for raises.” Huh!

Rewire News Group Union @rngunion.bsky.social · 16h

Currently there are seven members of management and six unit members at RNG. But management salaries make up 67% of the salary budget (excluding one employee who is neither a member of management nor the unit). Meanwhile, RNG unit members’ salaries account for only 33%.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 15h

Thread first reporting that PPGNY planned to put the building up for sale and close the Bleecker Street clinic:

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · Mar 19

SCOOP: Planned Parenthood of Greater New York—an affiliate facing budget shortfalls—is selling its Manhattan health center, management told staff today.
Plan is to close the Bleecker St clinic, where PP has operated for three decades, and move staff and patients to the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 15h

Workers told me in March this plan will harm patient care. The state needs to approve the clinic closure and I don't see any confirmation of that

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · Mar 31

NEW: Workers at Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, the affiliate moving to sell and close its Manhattan clinic amid budget shortfalls, say the org is abandoning patients by not immediately starting a search for a new Manhattan space.

Me in @thecut.com:

Planned Parenthood’s ‘Devastating’ Plan to Shutter in Manhattan

“It just feels like we are waving a white flag.”

www.thecut.com

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 15h

NEW: Planned Parenthood's Manhattan clinic will stop seeing patients as of November 1 as affiliate prepares to sell the building amid budget shortfalls. Sale announced in March
Patients told to schedule at Bronx, Brooklyn, or Queens (LIC) clinics or virtual
www.plannedparenthood.org/health-cente...

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 16h

Louisiana tried to join this case in Texas before Judge Matt Kacsmaryk transferred it to Missouri. LA followed motions to join from Texas and Florida, so it may only be a matter of time before one or both of those states files their own suits against FDA
www.autonomynews.co/another-gene...

Yet Another State Asks to Join Abortion Pill Lawsuit and More: September 22 News Roundup

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 16h

Here's the complaint filed in the Western District of Louisiana. ADF lawyers—led by Erin Hawley—seek to end telemedicine prescriptions for medication abortion. Missouri's suit goes even further, targeting 2016 change allowing Rx thru 10th week of pregnancy
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 17h

NEW: It’s… another abortion pill lawsuit against the FDA, this time filed by Louisiana and an individual plaintiff, who argue the FDA should reinstate an in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone.

And if you guess Alliance Defending Freedom might be involved here, you guessed correctly.

Louisiana et al v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration et al 6:2025cv01491 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | Justia

Other Statutes: Administrative Procedures Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision case filed on October 3, 2025 in the Louisiana Western District Court

dockets.justia.com

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 17h

NEW: It’s… another abortion pill lawsuit against the FDA, this time filed by Louisiana and an individual plaintiff, who argue the FDA should reinstate an in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone.

And if you guess Alliance Defending Freedom might be involved here, you guessed correctly.

Louisiana et al v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration et al 6:2025cv01491 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | Justia

Other Statutes: Administrative Procedures Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision case filed on October 3, 2025 in the Louisiana Western District Court

dockets.justia.com

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 17h

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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 18h

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