Jen Larkin
@petticoatdespot.bsky.social
Social justice magetank. Goth, neurodivergent, and allergic. Cisgender out of spite, trans rights supporter. WoW player and board gamer.
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Kavanaugh should never be allowed to live down the Kavanaugh stop
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Kavanaugh should never be allowed to live down the Kavanaugh stop
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The Trump administration would rather keep a 12 year old transgender girl from playing soccer than keep a 12 year old cisgender girl from being raped.
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The Trump administration would rather keep a 12 year old transgender girl from playing soccer than keep a 12 year old cisgender girl from being raped.
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It's Wednesday so it's time for @defendpublichealth.bsky.social Whopper of the Week! This week addresses Kennedy's love of "terrain theory," aka "germs won't hurt you if you're otherwise healthy" aka justification for his eugenic policies. By @erohealthcomms.com @benecal.bsky.social
Whopper of the Week: RFK Wants You to Fortify Your Immune System So He Can Deprive You of Modern Medicine | Defend Public Health
RFK Jr. believes that with a healthy diet, exercise, and the avoidance of environmental toxins and stresses alone, an individual can prevent disease. While these are good health practices, they are no...
www.defendpublichealth.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It's Wednesday so it's time for @defendpublichealth.bsky.social Whopper of the Week! This week addresses Kennedy's love of "terrain theory," aka "germs won't hurt you if you're otherwise healthy" aka justification for his eugenic policies. By @erohealthcomms.com @benecal.bsky.social
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If only there had been signs that a group of below average men who espouse misogynist views and are led by an adjudicated rapist would treat their female colleagues poorly.
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
If only there had been signs that a group of below average men who espouse misogynist views and are led by an adjudicated rapist would treat their female colleagues poorly.
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Pete Hegseth asks who he has to kill around here to clear his name in the second strike investigation.
December 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Pete Hegseth asks who he has to kill around here to clear his name in the second strike investigation.
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Hegseth asked Adm. Holsey to resign because Holsey was concerned about the legality of attacks on civilian boats in international waters. Giftlink:
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Hegseth asked Adm. Holsey to resign because Holsey was concerned about the legality of attacks on civilian boats in international waters. Giftlink:
I love that he asserts that her version of the issue is "factual" even though, by his own admission, it varies from reports that fail to uphold his personal religious beliefs.
The Oklahoma House of Representatives gave that girl an award for writing a terrible essay? For getting a trans person fired? This whole thing is an op.
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I love that he asserts that her version of the issue is "factual" even though, by his own admission, it varies from reports that fail to uphold his personal religious beliefs.
It's not a charity; it's a tax shelter.
“Elon Musk’s charitable foundation grew larger than ever in 2024. But, for the fourth year in a row, the huge charity failed to give away the minimum amount required by law — and the donations it did make went largely to charities closely tied to Mr. Musk himself.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
It's not a charity; it's a tax shelter.
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Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
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Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
NYT says "sources say [this]" and the source is the reporter that they denied credit to.
Again.
Again.
hey @nytimes.com i had the scoop on this story hours ago. add a reference in your story to my name and outlet. thanks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
NYT says "sources say [this]" and the source is the reporter that they denied credit to.
Again.
Again.
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god [intelligently designing]: every year they should be incapacitated if they encounter the wrong leaf
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
god [intelligently designing]: every year they should be incapacitated if they encounter the wrong leaf
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this clip encapsulates so much of what has been wrong about MSM Trump coverage for the past decade -- treating Trump's lies and bigotry as a valid "side" of a debate instead of calling it out, because calling it out makes it seem as though you're biased
MSNBC reporter presents Trump's shameful racism towards Somalis as merely "a different view"
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
this clip encapsulates so much of what has been wrong about MSM Trump coverage for the past decade -- treating Trump's lies and bigotry as a valid "side" of a debate instead of calling it out, because calling it out makes it seem as though you're biased
Trying to survive by clinging to the wreckage of a boat is not a drug mission. If he does make this claim, he is trying to cover up illegal actions and must be removed.
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Trying to survive by clinging to the wreckage of a boat is not a drug mission. If he does make this claim, he is trying to cover up illegal actions and must be removed.
Apparently, the 10 children supposedly killed by the COVID vaccine weren't. Those claims were investigated and debunked, and wouldn't warrant these policy changes even if true.
New policy will effectively block seasonal vaccines by denying science.
New policy will effectively block seasonal vaccines by denying science.
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Apparently, the 10 children supposedly killed by the COVID vaccine weren't. Those claims were investigated and debunked, and wouldn't warrant these policy changes even if true.
New policy will effectively block seasonal vaccines by denying science.
New policy will effectively block seasonal vaccines by denying science.
The Secretary of State does not have a "right" to declare someone a terrorist. There needs to be a standard for the term. There is no standard for "terrorist" under which "accused low level drug trafficker" applies. On top of that, the administration has admitted that the boats weren't headed here.
Batya might be just fine with a dudetrustme basis for a terrorist designation, but Americans with a functioning moral compass actually expect a plausible public rationale for who is to be treated as a terrorist in our name.
December 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The Secretary of State does not have a "right" to declare someone a terrorist. There needs to be a standard for the term. There is no standard for "terrorist" under which "accused low level drug trafficker" applies. On top of that, the administration has admitted that the boats weren't headed here.
Apparently, before Obama was elected President, there weren't Black people in the US.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Apparently, before Obama was elected President, there weren't Black people in the US.
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Yeah, white culture for example. The mediocre and insecure men it produces really strongly argue against its ongoing usefulness to this country. Just weighing us down with losers and whiners who can't get ahead without being given a qualified woman or black person's job they can't even do.
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Yeah, white culture for example. The mediocre and insecure men it produces really strongly argue against its ongoing usefulness to this country. Just weighing us down with losers and whiners who can't get ahead without being given a qualified woman or black person's job they can't even do.
I love this: Trump "isn't persuing real regime change," just a change in leadership.
OK, Jan.
OK, Jan.
I’m just a foreign policy wonk, standing in front of the GOP, asking them to read at least one fucking book about the history of US interventions in Latin America. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I love this: Trump "isn't persuing real regime change," just a change in leadership.
OK, Jan.
OK, Jan.
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
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I'm sure that if this is accurate, and she's not sure that it is, that she's very concerned and thinks that Trump has learned his lesson.
Susan Collins on Trump using the r-word to describe Tim Walz: “I didn't see or hear that, but so if that's accurate, which I don't know that it is, that's a very inappropriate word to be used.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I'm sure that if this is accurate, and she's not sure that it is, that she's very concerned and thinks that Trump has learned his lesson.
The border is actually *less* secure under Trump, because he diverted border security assets to deportation duty instead, leaving some border checkpoints completely unmanned.
But who gives a shit about facts?
But who gives a shit about facts?
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The border is actually *less* secure under Trump, because he diverted border security assets to deportation duty instead, leaving some border checkpoints completely unmanned.
But who gives a shit about facts?
But who gives a shit about facts?
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ALERT: At US House Homeland Security Committee about violence against law enforcement, Democrats have put the January 6th plaque on a stand behind the Democratic members of panel
(House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)
(House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
ALERT: At US House Homeland Security Committee about violence against law enforcement, Democrats have put the January 6th plaque on a stand behind the Democratic members of panel
(House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)
(House leadership has declined to hang the plaque at Capitol by mandated 2023 deadline)
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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-...