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Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Aug 17

For people struggling with the color differences:

A set of four colorful donut charts titled "How Americans respond when asked to pick rock, paper or scissors." Each chart represents a different group: Democrats, Republicans, Under 30, and 65 and older. The slices are color-coded: blue for Rock, orange for Paper, and green for Scissors. Percentages are shown in bold, white text centered inside each slice. Democrats: Rock 41%, Paper 28%, Scissors 32%. Republicans: Rock 51%, Paper 22%, Scissors 27%. Under 30: Rock 38%, Paper 31%, Scissors 32%. 65 and older: Rock 45%, Paper 25%, Scissors 30%. A legend at the bottom identifies the three categories by color.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Aug 16

🧵CDC friends, many of us are experiencing insomnia, nightmares, nausea, trouble concentrating, memory loss and more. These can all be caused by trauma. Now is not a time to “be strong”. It's a time to get help. If you are worried about getting help through CDC, see below for outside resources 👇

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Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Aug 12

Operation: History Rewrite is still plowing forward 🤮🤬 #resist

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 12

Breaking news: The White House will launch an aggressive review of Smithsonian exhibitions, collections and operations ahead of America’s 250th birthday celebrations next year.

White House announces more aggressive review of Smithsonian museums

In a letter to the Smithsonian’s leader, White House officials said they would review exhibition text, curation, exhibition planning and collections starting with eight museums.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · Aug 12

National Guard patrolling our cities.

Masked men snatching people off the streets w/o due process.

Warrants on elected representatives for defending the Constitution.

Journalists muzzled for reporting the facts.

Judges attacked for upholding the law.

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Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jul 24

A scene from the show the Newsroom with the quote: "If liberals are so fucking smart, how come they lose so goddamn always?"

Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jul 24

Mon Mothma's speech in Andor (Star Wars): "The monster screaming the loudest... the monster we helped create... the monster who will come for us all soon enough."

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Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jul 2

Need to keep yourself or someone you care about safe on 🧊icy roads? There's a new iPhone app, ICEblock, that works a lot like Waze, where users can flag anytime they see ice on the road.

#resist #noice

Similar to WAZE, there's a new ICEBlock App

https://www.iceblock.app/

If you've used the app WAZE, then you know that consumers are able to mark on their map when they see construction, broken down cars, etc. With this app, individuals are able to mark when and where they see ICE in their community. This can help to alert individuals who could be in danger and/or at risk. Apparently MAGA is trying to keep this app quiet ... I say we make sure its existence goes viral. Spread the word. Not just here but any social media platform. Good luck ... I hope we can save as many human beings as possible.

Just as an FYI ... the app is only available on iPhones because of the strict anonymity of the app. Apparently, Android phones would require an account in order to send push notifications that would alert others of the presence of ICE within a certain proximity to them.

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Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jun 30

This change would shift the balance of power by restricting the judiciary's ability to act independently. A judiciary without enforcement authority can, and based on the current administration's record, will be ignored, creating a system where the executive branch is increasingly above the law.

Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jun 30

Let's say a federal official defies a court order on voting rights.

Or refuses to release records.

Or disobeys a subpoena.

Post-70302: The judge's hands may be tied. No contempt power. No consequences.

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Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jun 30

Historically, contempt powers have allowed judges to compel compliance-especially when officials ignore lawful rulings.

Without this authority, courts may be unable to enforce decisions in cases involving civil rights, elections, or executive misconduct.

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Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jun 30

Let's talk about Section 70302
of the Big Ugly Bill 🧵:

Section 70302 prohibits federal courts from holding government officials in contempt unless a specific law by Congress grants that authority.

This eliminates courts' long-standing inherent power to enforce orders against federal actors.

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Allison Good @allisonwgood.bsky.social · Jun 30

Progressives in City Park, we love to see it

(ac)abigail ⛓️‍💥 @tackycamp.bsky.social · Jun 30

We talked to so many people out tabling outside of the farmers market this morning for @workingfamilies.org in Louisiana! Really cool to see interest grow and meet folks from other orgs excited to collaborate 🥰🥹

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KFF @kff.org · Jun 30

92% of adults ages 50 and older with Medicaid enroll through the ACA expansion or via pathways for older adults and people with disabilities.

Both would be affected by reconciliation bill provisions making it harder to enroll in and maintain Medicaid: on.kff.org/4n9lj0L

KFF donut chart titled “Over 90% of older adults with Medicaid enroll through pathways that would be affected by reconciliation provisions making it harder to enroll in and maintain Medicaid.” The chart shows Medicaid enrollees ages 50 and older by Medicaid eligibility pathway: 43% Aged, 27% ACA Expansion, 22% Disabled, and 8% Other.

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Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jun 30

Women are nothing more than eye candy, sex toys, and baby incubators, and otherwise maybe only good for childcare/housekeeping/home cooking, to them.

Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jun 30

"could have negative systemic consequences for prison officials."

That's the whole fucking point--there needs to be some kind of accountability for officer brutality. 🤬 But they don't view inmates as people, so...

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Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jun 30

Sadly so true with all major illnesses. It applies to relationships, too, and disproportionately affects women; men are six times more likely to leave their partner after a cancer diagnosis. 😢

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Roger ZenAF 🖕🐸🖕 @rogerzenaf.bsky.social · Jun 28

This sentence, typed in her dissent, should scare the living fuck out of everyone in this country.

"This Supreme Court is an existential threat to the rule of law."

– Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

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NPR @npr.org · Jun 28

Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no longer be available as of Monday, June 30. By @rhersher.bsky.social

Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data

Hurricane forecasters rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. That data will no longer be available as of Monday, June 30.

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U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen @shaheen.senate.gov · Jun 24

On the anniversary of the disastrous Dobbs decision, I’m helping reintroduce the Women’s Health Protection Act to enshrine the protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law—ensuring a woman’s ability to access reproductive care isn’t defined by the zip code she lives in.

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Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jun 20

Of course she is...she's always anywhere but actually in her own city working on things that need done.

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PraiseTheSun🌅 @praisethe-sun.bsky.social · Jun 19

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Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jun 19

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Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jun 19

Fr, my favorite thing is water! It's an ongoing joke in my house. 🤣

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Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jun 19

What's your drink of choice tonight?

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Rhyse @rhyselittle.bsky.social · Jun 19

🏳️‍🌈 ⚖️ "Federal Judge Grants Class Status To Trans People In Passport Case In Massive Win Transgender people may be able to update their passports shortly."

www.erininthemorning.com/p/federal-ju...

Federal Judge Grants Class Status To Trans People In Passport Case In Massive Win

Transgender people may be able to update their passports shortly.

www.erininthemorning.com

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