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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 1h

I am simultaneously

(a) wishing the MA-06 a very happy No More Seth Moulton

(b) hoping someone willing to protect trans kids runs for this Senate seat (with Markey's support), and

(c) thinking that @beth4ma.bsky.social may feel pretty pleased to have chased this guy out of the district already

WBUR @wbur.org · 6h

Rep. Moulton is challenging incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, saying it's time for a new generation of leadership in the Democratic party.

Congressman Seth Moulton announces run for U.S. Senate

Moulton is challenging incumbent Sen. Ed Markey, saying it's time for a new generation of leadership in the Democratic party.

www.wbur.org

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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 1h

There already is! @beth4ma.bsky.social announced a challenge a few months back.

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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 22h

Fenway Health cutting off access to medical treatment for trans youth is shameful and unnecessary. There is no need for this.

Cis folks, please use these numbers below to tell Fenway and the AG what you think about abandoning trans youth.

kitt kogut @himdianajones.bsky.social · 1d

Let them know what you think.

Gov. Healey: 617-725-4005
AG Campbell: 617-727-2200
Fenway: 617-267-0900

cis Bostonians specifically, we need you to step up. I'm already seeing my local trans circles raise hell about this, but we need you, too. I wrote a phone script. Use it and spread it:

Hello, my name is [name] and I'm a [transgender] constituent living in [City], Massachusetts. I'm calling to bring to Gov. Healey's attention the deeply alarming development coming from Fenway Health, in which they've recently announced they will no longer provide gender affirming healthcare to patients under the age of 19 in order to retain their federally recognized status. This is in utter direct violation of our state constitution, specifically Chapter 127, in which quote, "Access to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming health care services is a right secured by the constitution and laws of the commonwealth. Interference with this right, whether or not under the color of law, is against the public policy of the commonwealth." This is also in contradiction of Boston declaring itself a sanctuary city for transgender people, the resolution which states Boston has, quote, "a specific commitment to protecting transgender and gender-diverse individuals. Taxpayer-funded agencies shall not comply with federal efforts to strip resources that safeguard their rights. Boston will not cooperate with federal or state policies that harm transgender and gender-diverse people and remains committed to ensuring their access to healthcare...without fear or discrimination."

As Massachusetts' first openly gay Governor, I'm aware that this past August Gov. Healey signed updated Shield laws protecting gender affirming healthcare in Massachusetts. Jordina Shanks, the CEO of Fenway Health herself, said these protections are quote, "a landmark victory for health care, human dignity... and that Massachusetts stands as a national beacon of equity and compassion." I am in complete and utter disgust, yet unsurprised, that a leading institution in gender affirming healthcare is capitulating to federal threats that are not law, and acting in direct opposition to the city of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This is a deep betrayal of their transgender patients. I urge Gov. Healey to bring all powers of the state to investigate and reverse this gross over-compliance on the part of Fenway Health.

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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 3d

I have had a hard enough time finishing an Initiative playthru; I will guaranteed never get the "win the game AFTER losing the game" achievement in Terra Invicta

(o7 to anyone who does)

JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 3d

This skeet has all-time banger energy

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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 5d

Happy HONKfest to all who celebrate

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 8d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 8d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah, you and me both. 😀

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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 9d

I have a lot of thoughts about this concept and way of thinking about it. Perhaps the single biggest obstacle to many of these things happening is existing zoning, which prohibits commercial and residential uses of these types in close proximity to areas where we are living already!

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 29d

hi, cis folks!

trans people need your help! the FY26 budget gets a vote by 9/30. GOP wants a ban on funds for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE. they're trying for other bans, too.

we need you to call senators like chuck who don't get it: reps.fyi

info & script in the🧵⬇️

SEC. 243. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Executive Order 13988, entitled ‘‘Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation’’, published by the Executive Office of the President on January 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7023).

SEC. 244. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for any social, psychological, behavioral,or medical intervention performed for the purposes of in16 tentionally changing the body of an individual (including by disrupting the body’s development, inhibiting its natural functions, or modifying its appearance) to no longer correspond to the individual’s biological sex.

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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 15d

Came here to say this. Ongoing mx and repair on custom is also easier if you have a highway dept that can still do curbsetting and concrete work.

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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 17d

Is this is the birth of "tactical municipalism"? I've heard worse ideas.

Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 17d

Blue cities should tear up the roads in front of ICE facilities and then start decades of community engagement and input sessions to rebuild them. Let's harness our core competencies.

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Lena Webb @finitealright.bsky.social · 17d

There is a GoFundMe for legal fees here: gofund.me/6eefe8da4

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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 18d

Fucking SEEN

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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 18d

Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts

Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.

www.bleedingheartland.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19d

NEW: ICE agents violently arrested a man in a busy Hyattsville, MD intersection this week, at one point brandishing guns and pointing them at bystanders.

I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...

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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 18d

He is in custody, but in touch with his family and a lawyer now.

JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 19d

Oh no, Trump says protest is illegal. I guess police will continue teargassing, beating, and pepper spraying us at protests now.

blah blah blah civil disorder is a "politically motivated terrorist act" now blah blah blah

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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 19d

Pretty sure nothing in the founding of this country enshrined "border control" or "respect for law enforcement" as foundational values.

(That said, the USA did have one successful violent revolution against a dictator back in 1781.)

Text of an executive order stating: "These [anti-fascist] movements portray foundational American principles (e.g. support for law enforcement and border control) as "fascist" to justify and encourage acts of violent revolution."

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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 19d

No.

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Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff @concernedjfaculty.bsky.social · 20d

The public testimony being given to the MA Special Commission on Antisemitism couldn't be more different from that of their handpicked guests. Many speaking out against IHRA definition of antisemitism.

Follow the livestream here: malegislature.gov/Events/Heari...

Hearing Details - Combatting Antisemitism

malegislature.gov

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Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 20d

It is not our job to determine if resistance is hopeless. It is our duty to render it effective, at all possible points, while we are alive. It is the future that will determine if our efforts were victorious, not the present. To act fully in the present means to never face defeat.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · Sep 15

ICE killed a father of three in Franklin Park a few days ago. They are snatching people at gas stations, at bus stops, and from their homes and cars, leaving screaming, panicked children in their wake. It is a nightmare, and when ICE has amassed 10,000 new agents, it could be the new normal.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · Sep 15

Legacy media and cable news reduced Trump's aggression against Chicago to a question of whether troops would be sent immediately. When he said he was taking his fascist military spectacle elsewhere, those media players declared the situation over—while waves of federal agents attack our neighbors.

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JT Scott @jtforward2.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you to @cambridgeday.com for their coverage of this abduction.

Now let's bring Magdaleno home.

Cambridge Day @cambridgeday.com · 22d

We've updated our story on Saturday's Ice abductee from East Somerville with a name given by several community members to us and to state representative @mikeconnollyma.bsky.social: Magdaleno Pineda Avelar, “A deeply loved person by all who have met him."

#Somerville #CambMA

Somervillian here legally stayed to talk with Ice and was taken anyway, state and local officials say - Cambridge Day

A federal agent is heard on video saying a man “fit exactly the description of the problem we’re here to address” before taking him away. A protest is planned for Saturday night at the hotel where age...

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