Bill Realman Stella
@billrealman.bsky.social
Democrats MUST FIGHT HARDER.
I curate monthly Out Now Queer As Folk playlists of The Best Music By,For & About QBGLT Folks (Spotify) etc
LGBTQ 🏳️🌈
Imagine not feeling real, as I once did. Realman (“REAL-mn”)=commitment to true-self, not machismo
Joy > fear
I curate monthly Out Now Queer As Folk playlists of The Best Music By,For & About QBGLT Folks (Spotify) etc
LGBTQ 🏳️🌈
Imagine not feeling real, as I once did. Realman (“REAL-mn”)=commitment to true-self, not machismo
Joy > fear
Pinned
The U.S. we knew died when the Supreme Court ruled for the first time that Presidents actually unprecedentedly ARE above the law.
Everything after that has been about powerful forces (billionaires, media, organized MAGA & religion (if there’s really a distinction there)) smelling which way the wind…
Everything after that has been about powerful forces (billionaires, media, organized MAGA & religion (if there’s really a distinction there)) smelling which way the wind…
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America’s unions celebrate the long-awaited release of SMART union member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Welcome home, brother.
Welcome home, brother.
Federal judge orders release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention — General President Coleman responds - SMART Union
General President Coleman responded to a federal judge ordering Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from immigration detention.
www.smart-union.org
December 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
America’s unions celebrate the long-awaited release of SMART union member Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Welcome home, brother.
Welcome home, brother.
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Thank you, @golden.house.gov, for championing the bipartisan effort to restore 1 million federal workers’ union rights. And thank you to every representative who voted to stand with working people today.
The fight continues in the Senate ✊
The fight continues in the Senate ✊
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Thank you, @golden.house.gov, for championing the bipartisan effort to restore 1 million federal workers’ union rights. And thank you to every representative who voted to stand with working people today.
The fight continues in the Senate ✊
The fight continues in the Senate ✊
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BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
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The holiday season is solidarity season!
Make sure to show your solidarity and buy union-made goods. #BetterInAunion https://aflcio.org/MadeInAmerica/union-made-holiday-gift-guide
Make sure to show your solidarity and buy union-made goods. #BetterInAunion https://aflcio.org/MadeInAmerica/union-made-holiday-gift-guide
December 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The holiday season is solidarity season!
Make sure to show your solidarity and buy union-made goods. #BetterInAunion https://aflcio.org/MadeInAmerica/union-made-holiday-gift-guide
Make sure to show your solidarity and buy union-made goods. #BetterInAunion https://aflcio.org/MadeInAmerica/union-made-holiday-gift-guide
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The House of Representatives is voting on the Protect America’s Workforce Act TODAY!
Now is the time to tell your representative to stand with America’s workers and their union rights.
Make your voice heard. Call Congress: https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
Now is the time to tell your representative to stand with America’s workers and their union rights.
Make your voice heard. Call Congress: https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
December 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The House of Representatives is voting on the Protect America’s Workforce Act TODAY!
Now is the time to tell your representative to stand with America’s workers and their union rights.
Make your voice heard. Call Congress: https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
Now is the time to tell your representative to stand with America’s workers and their union rights.
Make your voice heard. Call Congress: https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
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So now that the Supreme court has once again sided with republicans in the Texas redistricting gerrymandered maps, does it mean SCOTUS has no basis to take up the republican challenge to California's maps? @marcelias.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social
Supreme Court allows Texas to use a congressional map favorable to Republicans in 2026
A divided Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing next year’s elections to be held under the state’s congressional redistricting plan favorable to the GOP and pushe...
yahoo.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
So now that the Supreme court has once again sided with republicans in the Texas redistricting gerrymandered maps, does it mean SCOTUS has no basis to take up the republican challenge to California's maps? @marcelias.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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We need every representative—Republican or Democrat—who says they support working people to vote for the Protect America’s Workforce Act.
Tell Congress: restore federal workers’ union rights now! https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
Tell Congress: restore federal workers’ union rights now! https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We need every representative—Republican or Democrat—who says they support working people to vote for the Protect America’s Workforce Act.
Tell Congress: restore federal workers’ union rights now! https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
Tell Congress: restore federal workers’ union rights now! https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
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We have the bill AND the bipartisan support to restore union rights for 1 MILLION federal workers.
Together, we can stop the Trump administration’s union-busting.
Tell your rep: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
Together, we can stop the Trump administration’s union-busting.
Tell your rep: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
December 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We have the bill AND the bipartisan support to restore union rights for 1 MILLION federal workers.
Together, we can stop the Trump administration’s union-busting.
Tell your rep: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
Together, we can stop the Trump administration’s union-busting.
Tell your rep: pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act! https://act.aflcio.org/call_campaigns/pass-pawa-house/
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GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "This activity that's happening in the Caribbean where they are hitting these boats -- these individuals if they were captured and tried and convicted, they would be guilty of criminal activity for which they're not subject to capital punishment. These people are being killed."
December 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "This activity that's happening in the Caribbean where they are hitting these boats -- these individuals if they were captured and tried and convicted, they would be guilty of criminal activity for which they're not subject to capital punishment. These people are being killed."
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Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Family of Colombian man killed in illegal U.S. strike files human rights challenge
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights
#Wrldpoli🌐
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/g...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
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A president who speaks of death for dissent isn’t defending a nation, he’s claiming a throne. He names enemies so others will swing the sword. Power that fears questions always reaches for blood. Don’t give him the submission he’s seeking. Stand when he demands you kneel. #AuthoritarianAlert
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A president who speaks of death for dissent isn’t defending a nation, he’s claiming a throne. He names enemies so others will swing the sword. Power that fears questions always reaches for blood. Don’t give him the submission he’s seeking. Stand when he demands you kneel. #AuthoritarianAlert
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On this day in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. For 381 days people boycotted the buses. They walked, carpooled and organized every single day until segregation cracked. Nothing will change today without that same resolve. Freedom isn’t granted, it's taken one step at a time. #Resist
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
On this day in 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. For 381 days people boycotted the buses. They walked, carpooled and organized every single day until segregation cracked. Nothing will change today without that same resolve. Freedom isn’t granted, it's taken one step at a time. #Resist
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On this day in 1970, Cesar Chavez was jailed for his work defending the rights of farmworkers. His courageous efforts helped transform labor justice in America.
Today, 55 years later, we honor his legacy and recommit to fighting for fair treatment of all workers and laborers.
Today, 55 years later, we honor his legacy and recommit to fighting for fair treatment of all workers and laborers.
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
On this day in 1970, Cesar Chavez was jailed for his work defending the rights of farmworkers. His courageous efforts helped transform labor justice in America.
Today, 55 years later, we honor his legacy and recommit to fighting for fair treatment of all workers and laborers.
Today, 55 years later, we honor his legacy and recommit to fighting for fair treatment of all workers and laborers.
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Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista makes. Starbucks baristas at corporate stores across the country are on strike, as they fight to stop union busting and for a fair contract. Solidarity ✊ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/starbucks-union-strike
‘We’re not going anywhere’: how unionization ‘whirlwind’ set stage for historic Starbucks strike
Four years after workers at a Starbucks store in upstate New York became the first to unionize, hundreds of outlets followed – defying intense resistance from the coffee chain. What happened next?
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Starbucks’ CEO makes 6,666x what the average @sbworkersunited.org barista makes. Starbucks baristas at corporate stores across the country are on strike, as they fight to stop union busting and for a fair contract. Solidarity ✊ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/02/starbucks-union-strike
Accurate. You won’t get to learn this by following most news outlets. But even with opinions added this is as true as it gets.
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Andy Kim Beats the Machine Again
Introducing James Solomon
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Accurate. You won’t get to learn this by following most news outlets. But even with opinions added this is as true as it gets.
open.substack.com/pub/andrewbe...
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Add to the list of stuff a new Democratic administration needs to change in its first 100 days. (I’ll settle for in its first term.)
The U.S. is the only democracy in the world with:
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
- Lifetime terms for high court judges
- An electoral college for choosing an executive
- A legislative chamber where legislative minorities routinely and permanently thwart legislative majorities
- 75% requirements for constitutional amendments
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Add to the list of stuff a new Democratic administration needs to change in its first 100 days. (I’ll settle for in its first term.)