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sharon5656.bsky.social @sharon5656.bsky.social · 1d

Erin Reed: Mamdani’s unapologetic embrace of marginalized communities shows what real leadership looks like: a politics that doesn’t ask whom to abandon to win, but whom to lift up to build something worth winning for.
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As Some Dems Run From Trans People, Zohran Mamdani's Latest Ad Shows Real Support

The 2 minute ad features Sylvia Rivera's story, Mamdani's commitment to transgender people, and even music from the legendary late trans artist SOPHIE.

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sharon5656.bsky.social @sharon5656.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for showing how to truly support human rights.
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Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 4d

No Kings,
For the love of America.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

nokings.org

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

Seen in Maywood, Illinois

Handwritten sign on parked car dash that reads ZIP TYING CHILDREN IS FUCKING WRONG

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 8d

Stephen Miller just said the quiet part out loud claiming that Trump has plenary authority when it comes to deploying troops. (Plenary means full authority.) After making the statement, he froze completely, like a deer in headlights. The video is worth watching.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 9d

Read more about your rights when interacting with military troops or federal agents at aclu.org/deployment_kyr

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 11d

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12d

Major victory in Kansas for transgender people.

The Kansas Supreme Court declined to block a lower court ruling on gender markers on drivers license.

ACLU Kansas says trans people can get their licenses updated starting Tuesday.

The latest from S. Baum.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Kansas Supreme Court Delivers Big Win For Driver’s License Gender Markers

“I want every transgender Kansan to be able to live their lives authentically.”

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12d

The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.

Want to know why?

Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.

Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.

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sharon5656.bsky.social @sharon5656.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you!

Metro Transit (Official) @metrotransitmn.bsky.social · 13d

On this #CustodianAppreciationDay, we invite you to join us in celebrating all the cleaners, facilities workers, and janitors who help keep our stops, stations, and support buildings looking their best. This work is endless, but it should not be thankless.

Six warehouse workers wearing orange safety vests stand in an organized storage area with shelves and an American flag on the wall.

Worker in a safety vest pressure washing a Metro Transit bus shelter on a city sidewalk.

Janitor in a blue uniform pushing a cleaning cart filled with spray bottles, paper towels, and cleaning supplies down a hallway.

sharon5656.bsky.social @sharon5656.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison @ag.state.mn.us, for being one of those 18!

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 14d

On Friday 18 blue state attorneys general BLASTED the Federal Trade Commission, telling it to back off trans youth healthcare and warning of an insidious attempt to reshape the regulation of medicine in the US.

And nobody covered it.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

State AGs Defend Trans Americans in Stunning Rebuke to Trump’s FTC — Assigned

Eighteen state Attorneys General unite to stand up in defense of trans Americans, in opposition to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into trans healthcare.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15d

In a blistering decision, a Reagan-appointed judge says the Trump administration has trampled First Amendment rights by targeting students protesting Israel's actions in Gaza.

A Reagan-appointed judge just wrote a blistering anti-Trump decision

Federal judge William G. Young attacked the president's crackdown on civil liberties as un-American.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 17d

Trump’s regime knows they can’t silence us all through investigations, prosecutions or the deployment of brutal secret police. They can only try to silence dissent through fear. As long as we choose not to give into fear, we can’t be silenced. Join us to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

(next to a map of the nearly 2,000 events planned for October 18) NO THRONES.
NO CROWNS.
NO KINGS.
SATURDAY, OCT. 18

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 17d

The Trump administration is escalating its surveillance of tens of millions of *legal* immigrants, forcing them to refrain from expressing opinions that someone might deem “anti-American.” It’s a clear attack on free speech and the First Amendment. bit.ly/4823Brc

“Continuous Vetting” of All Visa Holders Is Impossible, but the Threat Alone Chills Free Speech

Government claims of AI-powered surveillance create an illusion of total oversight that encourages self-censorship without actually improving security.

www.brennancenter.org

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Indivisible Twin Cities @indivistwincities.bsky.social · 19d

Release all the Epstein Files.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19d

Concerning …

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National Disability Rights Network @ndrnadvocates.bsky.social · 20d

Disability is not separate from humanity. It's a natural part of the human experience.

Often times, disabilities can be a part of natural genetic variation.

Celebrating our unique experiences makes us stronger, prepares us for a world full of differences, and promotes community and understanding.

Graphic with colorful flowers of different types and colors arranged in two rows. Below the flowers, bold black text reads: “Diversity is natural. Variation is a part of nature – so is disability.”

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sharon5656.bsky.social @sharon5656.bsky.social · 21d

Please protect our health care and human rights. Do not back down!

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22d

The same bs they're spewing about autism and tylenol is the same bs they're spewing about trans people's healthcare. It's the exact same playbook and the fact that the media can see through one and not the other is a damning indictment of how complicit they are in the attack on trans lives.

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22d

Let's be clear: no one should be taking medical advice from the man who told Americans to inject bleach.

To moms worried about the Tylenol they took while pregnant: you deserve better than being RFK Jr's scapegoat.

And to the autism community: you are loved exactly as you are.

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sharon5656.bsky.social @sharon5656.bsky.social · 24d

Love to all trans people
🩵🤍🩷

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 24d

Every now and then I get reminded that this song exists. So for all the trans people out there suffering from family rejection, fear, hate, and wishing they had an accepting family, here's a song for you with lots of feels.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tils...

Wrabel - The Village

YouTube video by WrabelVEVO

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ACLU @aclu.org · 24d

Solitary confinement is inhumane and part of a larger pattern of systemic abuse against people in ICE detention — this torturous practice must end.

More immigrants are being locked up alone. And the practice is growing.

Solitary confinement in ICE detention: "The more data that is released the worse we realize it is," researcher says.

www.usatoday.com

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Kat Rohn @rohnkat.bsky.social · 26d

Scapegoating and dehumanization have real impacts on the safety of our communities.

I am glad this individual was apprehended.

And it is critical that elected leaders and influential voices use their platforms responsibly. We must all do our part to prevent violence - no matter who it targets.

The Advocate @advocate.com · 26d

Treven Michael Gokey was arrested on two felony counts for threatening a gay bar.

Phoenix man arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot up LGBTQ+ bar over Charlie Kirk killing

Treven Michael Gokey was arrested on two felony counts for threatening a gay bar.

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sharon5656.bsky.social @sharon5656.bsky.social · 26d

Be Loud — For America
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Be Loud — For America

By Governor JB Pritzker

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sharon5656.bsky.social @sharon5656.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you for standing up for us!

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 27d

A month from today, we will gather for the largest peaceful protest in American history. The only way to protect our freedom of speech is to exercise our freedom of speech. Join your local event to make it clear there are still NO KINGS in the USA: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

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