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Susan Rinkunas

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Journalist and cofounder @autonomynews.co‬. Seen in: Jezebel, The New Republic, The Guardian, Slate, The Nation, Democracy Docket. WGAE Council. From PA, now in BK http://linktr.ee/susanrinkunas Email: susanrinkunaswrites @gmail Signal: susanrinkunas.73

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · Jun 4

Good morning, internet, and welcome to a new publication that @garnethenderson.com and I have been working on for months

Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · Jun 4

Hello world! We are Autonomy News, a new worker-owned reproductive justice news outlet cofounded by @garnethenderson.com and @susanrinkunas.com.

Our reporting will never be paywalled, and you can support our work with a subscription to keep it free for everyone.

Welcome to Autonomy News

Welcome to Autonomy News, a new publication created and owned by two reproductive rights and justice journalists. We write about bodily autonomy and the attacks levied by politicians and activists wh...

www.autonomynews.co

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 17h

Taking walks can reduce your sense of impending doom.
Try to walk 24 hours a day if possible!

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 2d

The horrific South Carolina abortion ban that lawmakers held a hearing on last week would also consider it “aiding and abetting” an abortion to host or maintain a website that informs women and pregnant people how to obtain an abortion. First Amendment attacks on abortion are coming

Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 2d

Plan C will keep publishing information in the face of free speech threats, cofounder Amy Merrill said. “I don't believe that people in those states want to be uniquely blocked from accessing all dimensions of the internet...We still get to talk about abortion, and we're going to keep doing that.”

Exclusive: Plan C Doubles Down on Abortion Pill Info Amid Political Attacks

The online abortion pill guide has been redesigned to make it even easier to learn where to get pills, including at no cost.

www.autonomynews.co

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 2d

@plancpills.bsky.social added even more filters and enhanced the one for services that accept Medicaid. Plan C felt this callout was necessary because some people are paying for pills that they could get for free.
www.autonomynews.co/exclusive-pl...

Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 2d

Options for pills have exploded since the site's last update in 2020. Visitors to redesigned state pages now see provider data presented in rows and columns for easier comparison, and a Medicaid coverage filter shows services that provide abortion pills for free.
www.autonomynews.co/exclusive-pl...

screenshot from Plan C pills Illinois state page:
Visitors will now see provider data presented in rows and columns, rather than separate boxes, so they can easily compare services.

[rows for four pill providers and data shown include service name, price, delivery time, and pregnancy gestation and ages served]

Users have more filtering options, too: They can sort by interaction type (i.e., whether or not a video visit is required), weeks of pregnancy, ages served, and languages spoken. An existing filter allows visitors to select providers that offer pills for future use, known as “advance provision.”

screenshot from Plan C pills Illinois state page:
It lists 32 results from 3 provider types. below "filter results" is a special callout for Medicaid coverage in a light green box that reads: “Concerned about cost? Illinois Medicaid provides free abortion care for all low-income pregnant people who live in Illinois regardless of immigration status. Show X Illinois Medicaid providers only.”

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Another existing filter shows providers that accept Medicaid. That’s now enhanced with a box above the results that reads: “Concerned about cost? [X state] Medicaid provides free abortion care for all low-income pregnant people who live in [X state] regardless of immigration status. Show [X state] Medicaid providers only.” Plan C felt this callout was necessary because some people are paying for pills they could get for free.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 2d

New from me on @autonomynews.co: The popular abortion pill resource Plan C relaunched this week with a new design that better displays the many, many options for medication abortion in all 50 states

Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 2d

The online abortion pill guide @plancpills.bsky.social has been redesigned to make it even easier to learn where to get pills, including at no cost. The redesign comes as state officials have threatened investigations and potential lawsuits against the organization.

An Autonomy News exclusive:

Exclusive: Plan C Doubles Down on Abortion Pill Info Amid Political Attacks

The online abortion pill guide has been redesigned to make it even easier to learn where to get pills, including at no cost.

www.autonomynews.co

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 12h

Original post should read “crackpot indictment of AG Tish James.” There’s no defending it

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 12h

This man simply cannot hold elected office ever again

The Cruelty and the Casualties

Inside Andrew Cuomo’s toxic workplace.

nymag.com

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 12h

“I saw it happen with the outgoing Mayor and thought, ‘why not me?’”

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 3d

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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By DANIEL LIPPMAN
10/09/2025 08:22 PM EDT
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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 12h

Reminder that Tish James released an investigation that eventually led to Cuomo‘s 2021 resignation. Cuomo is vengeful just like Trump

Andrew Cuomo files a complaint against Letitia James for her sexual harassment report

Andrew Cuomo is alleging New York's attorney general assigned biased lawyers to the investigation of him and did not pursue evidence that undermined the sexual misconduct accusations against him.

www.npr.org

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 12h

a close up of a man 's face with a shaved line on his head .

Alt: Guy tapping his temple and smiling

media.tenor.com

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 13h

Cuomo just “both sides-ed” the indictment of AG Tish James. Disqualifying on its own, aside from everything else about him

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15h

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 14h

“Alito has the opinion”

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 15h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 16h

I spoke w/ Politico about how Dobbs further disrupted and destabilized clinical research with people who are pregnant or capable of becoming pregnant. The lack of data makes it easier to spread misinformation and instill unwarranted fears....

Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 18h

A decades-old problem (underrepresentation of all women, but especially pregnant women, in medical research) is getting worse.

Post-Dobbs, “fear of liability is a regularly cited obstacle” to enrolling pregnant women in medical studies, according to a 2024 @nationalacademies.org report.

RFK Jr.’s got advice for pregnant women. There’s limited data to support it.

Women of reproductive age have long been missing from clinical trials. It’s getting worse where abortion is banned.

www.politico.com

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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 18h

The Trump admin's recent warnings against pregnant women taking Tylenol, Covid shots and antidepressants clash with the mainstream medical consensus. But they also highlight a dangerous data vacuum -- one that's gotten worse since the fall of Roe v. Wade.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

RFK Jr.’s got advice for pregnant women. There’s limited data to support it.

Women of reproductive age have long been missing from clinical trials. It’s getting worse where abortion is banned.

www.politico.com

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 2d

Now kiss

Screen Rant @screenrant.bsky.social · 5d

Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi at the #Frankenstein premiere.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 1d

I’ve been more seriously on my mask game since January 20th in part because I don’t trust them to adequately warn us

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 1d

CBS workers: don’t respond

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

New: The WGAE, which represents some parts of CBS News including its social team, sent a note to members today advising its members not to respond to Weiss’ request for an email by next week. The union also said it asked CBS for more information about Weiss’ request.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 1d

This news is yet another reason to mask up in public spaces to protect yourself and your neighbors

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 2d

Now kiss

Screen Rant @screenrant.bsky.social · 5d

Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi at the #Frankenstein premiere.

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 2d

Lmaoooo

Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 2d

Shoutout to the WNBA finals crowd booing Cathy Englebert twice

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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 2d

The Georgia Congresswoman has taken multiple correct positions on Jeffrey Epstein, Gaza, and Obamacare and we are thus shaken.
www.jezebel.com/now-why-the-...

Now Why the Hell Is MTG Suddenly Making Sense??

The Georgia Congresswoman has taken multiple correct positions on Jeffrey Epstein, Gaza, and Obamacare and we are thus shaken.

www.jezebel.com

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 2d

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 5d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 2d

The obvious response: “doing the fucking news”

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 2d

How can you support our independent journalism? So glad you asked

Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 2d

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