R. Knapp
@rreknapp.bsky.social
She/her. Former dancer. Current momma. Lower AL/NYC half breed. Not sure what's next....
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To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
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The damage is lasting. Vaccine development pipelines are slower. Expert committees are sidelined. Public confidence is fractured. When oversight becomes manipulation, health policy becomes hostage to ideology.
December 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The damage is lasting. Vaccine development pipelines are slower. Expert committees are sidelined. Public confidence is fractured. When oversight becomes manipulation, health policy becomes hostage to ideology.
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Already this year, anti-vaccine activists have downplayed the risks of measles and polio.
Now, they’re adding whooping cough to the list, even as cases of the disease surge, killing at least ten babies over the past two years.
Now, they’re adding whooping cough to the list, even as cases of the disease surge, killing at least ten babies over the past two years.
The new CDC leader’s whooping cough scandal
“It continues to be appalling, the type of people RFK Jr. is putting into high-level positions in CDC.”
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Already this year, anti-vaccine activists have downplayed the risks of measles and polio.
Now, they’re adding whooping cough to the list, even as cases of the disease surge, killing at least ten babies over the past two years.
Now, they’re adding whooping cough to the list, even as cases of the disease surge, killing at least ten babies over the past two years.
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The native of El Salvador and resident of Maryland has become a symbol of the Trump administration's policy of mass deportations after he was mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador in the spring. n.pr/4q8gHsK
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be released from ICE custody
The native of El Salvador and resident of Maryland has become a symbol of the Trump administration's policy of mass deportations after he was mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador in the spring.
n.pr
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The native of El Salvador and resident of Maryland has become a symbol of the Trump administration's policy of mass deportations after he was mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador in the spring. n.pr/4q8gHsK
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Trump and his MAGA followers have been calling for journalists to be killed for an entire decade. It is unfathomable to me why every journalistic organization in the country doesn't treat them as the enemies that they are, let alone ignores that it's their rhetoric that incites people to violence.
Calling the press “fake news” is harmful. Calling them “seditious, perhaps even treasonous” for publishing reporting is something else entirely. Treason is a capital crime. Suggesting journalists should face it for exercising their First Amendment rights and doing their jobs is dangerous.
December 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Trump and his MAGA followers have been calling for journalists to be killed for an entire decade. It is unfathomable to me why every journalistic organization in the country doesn't treat them as the enemies that they are, let alone ignores that it's their rhetoric that incites people to violence.
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A unit of BP was the high bidder in a US auction for oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico, the first sale held under President Trump’s second term
BP Is Top Winner of Trump’s First Gulf of Mexico Oil Lease Sale
A unit of BP Plc was the high bidder in a US auction for oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico, the first sale held under President Donald Trump’s second term. Energy companies offered more than $279 million in winning bids.
bloom.bg
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A unit of BP was the high bidder in a US auction for oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico, the first sale held under President Trump’s second term
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Community members in Kenner, Louisiana, activate rapid-response teams to follow Greg Bovino and his Border Patrol goons through the neighborhood. They alert residents and warn them not to open their doors unless CBP has a court-ordered warrant.
December 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Community members in Kenner, Louisiana, activate rapid-response teams to follow Greg Bovino and his Border Patrol goons through the neighborhood. They alert residents and warn them not to open their doors unless CBP has a court-ordered warrant.
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A Queens family is still looking for their teenage son after he went missing at the end of last month, according to authorities. gothamist.com/news/15-year...
15-year-old Queens boy missing from home since last month, NYPD and family say
Jafet Jemmott was last seen leaving his house on Nov. 28, according to police.
gothamist.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
A Queens family is still looking for their teenage son after he went missing at the end of last month, according to authorities. gothamist.com/news/15-year...
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The first six months of congestion pricing reduced air pollution in the toll zone, the five boroughs and surrounding suburbs by 22 percent. buff.ly/SyWoccJ
Tuesday's Headlines: Clearing the Air Edition - Streetsblog New York City
We've been clear that congestion pricing is working. Turns out, congestion pricing was, too! Plus other news.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The first six months of congestion pricing reduced air pollution in the toll zone, the five boroughs and surrounding suburbs by 22 percent. buff.ly/SyWoccJ
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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Of babies infected w/Hepatitis B, 90% develop chronic infection.
Of those, 1 in 4 will DIE.
They lose the ability to get rid of toxins & make important proteins. Their skin yellows, their abdomen swells, they’re uncomfortable. A fate no one deserves.
One we can avoid w/ vaccination.
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Of those, 1 in 4 will DIE.
They lose the ability to get rid of toxins & make important proteins. Their skin yellows, their abdomen swells, they’re uncomfortable. A fate no one deserves.
One we can avoid w/ vaccination.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Of babies infected w/Hepatitis B, 90% develop chronic infection.
Of those, 1 in 4 will DIE.
They lose the ability to get rid of toxins & make important proteins. Their skin yellows, their abdomen swells, they’re uncomfortable. A fate no one deserves.
One we can avoid w/ vaccination.
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Of those, 1 in 4 will DIE.
They lose the ability to get rid of toxins & make important proteins. Their skin yellows, their abdomen swells, they’re uncomfortable. A fate no one deserves.
One we can avoid w/ vaccination.
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Prison disciplinary systems across the U.S. allow for this to happen.
Menstruation should not be treated like misconduct. No one should have to choose between their dignity & health – or facing punishment.
New must-read from @19thnews.org 👇
19thnews.org/2025/12/puni...
Menstruation should not be treated like misconduct. No one should have to choose between their dignity & health – or facing punishment.
New must-read from @19thnews.org 👇
19thnews.org/2025/12/puni...
Punished for bleeding: How periods in prison become a trap
Many incarcerated women and trans people are forced to choose between maintaining their dignity and health — or facing penalties.
19thnews.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Prison disciplinary systems across the U.S. allow for this to happen.
Menstruation should not be treated like misconduct. No one should have to choose between their dignity & health – or facing punishment.
New must-read from @19thnews.org 👇
19thnews.org/2025/12/puni...
Menstruation should not be treated like misconduct. No one should have to choose between their dignity & health – or facing punishment.
New must-read from @19thnews.org 👇
19thnews.org/2025/12/puni...
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Behind bars, people have restricted access to period products – and the ones they do have access to are low quality. This leaves many menstruating people left to:
🔴 Free bleed
🔴 Hoard tampons
🔴 Make their own tampons
And any of these outcomes could lead to severe punishment.
🔴 Free bleed
🔴 Hoard tampons
🔴 Make their own tampons
And any of these outcomes could lead to severe punishment.
December 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Behind bars, people have restricted access to period products – and the ones they do have access to are low quality. This leaves many menstruating people left to:
🔴 Free bleed
🔴 Hoard tampons
🔴 Make their own tampons
And any of these outcomes could lead to severe punishment.
🔴 Free bleed
🔴 Hoard tampons
🔴 Make their own tampons
And any of these outcomes could lead to severe punishment.
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On this day in 1915, the Supreme Court upheld a law providing that an American woman could be stripped of citizenship upon marriage to a foreign husband. U.S. men marrying foreign women were permitted to keep their citizenship.
Dec. 6, 1915 | Supreme Court Rules American Women With Foreign Husbands Lose Citizenship
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1915, the Supreme Court upheld a law providing that an American woman could be stripped of citizenship upon marriage to a foreign husband. U.S. men marrying foreign women were permitted to keep their citizenship.
@natcassidy.bsky.social What’s Kelley & your takes on this?
(Asking due to a new, “protected” bike lane in our neighborhood that is hotly contested - even by me, at first, an avid B’lyn biker.)
(Asking due to a new, “protected” bike lane in our neighborhood that is hotly contested - even by me, at first, an avid B’lyn biker.)
BREAKING: A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up the partially installed protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria, defying years of legal precedent that empowers the DOT to redesign city streets as it sees fit. buff.ly/02lWfWs
Queens Judge Orders City to Nix Half-Installed Astoria Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up Astoria's partially installed 31st Street bike lane.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
@natcassidy.bsky.social What’s Kelley & your takes on this?
(Asking due to a new, “protected” bike lane in our neighborhood that is hotly contested - even by me, at first, an avid B’lyn biker.)
(Asking due to a new, “protected” bike lane in our neighborhood that is hotly contested - even by me, at first, an avid B’lyn biker.)
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What a ridiculous ruling. If the idea is that the street has to be restored to the way it was before the bike lane, that strikes me as awfully arbitrary. Why not pick some earlier period and restore it to the design that existed then? It's not as if streets don't change all the time.
BREAKING: A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up the partially installed protected bike lane on 31st Street in Astoria, defying years of legal precedent that empowers the DOT to redesign city streets as it sees fit. buff.ly/02lWfWs
Queens Judge Orders City to Nix Half-Installed Astoria Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
A Queens judge on Friday took the unprecedented step of ordering the city to rip up Astoria's partially installed 31st Street bike lane.
nyc.streetsblog.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
What a ridiculous ruling. If the idea is that the street has to be restored to the way it was before the bike lane, that strikes me as awfully arbitrary. Why not pick some earlier period and restore it to the design that existed then? It's not as if streets don't change all the time.
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Childhood vaccines are well-tested, contrary to claims by anti-vaccine advocates. In some cases, they ask for evidence that would be unethical to collect.
www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/w...
www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/w...
Were childhood vaccines properly tested?
Many childhood vaccines were tested with saline placebos. When not, ethical reasons—like protecting kids from disease—guided the use of active controls.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Childhood vaccines are well-tested, contrary to claims by anti-vaccine advocates. In some cases, they ask for evidence that would be unethical to collect.
www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/w...
www.voicesforvaccines.org/jtf_topics/w...
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Truly the stupidest cult. Obsessed with a drug that doesn't work against an infectious disease that they don't even think is real.
In lieu of affordable universal health insurance, Texans will now be given better access to de-worming medication.
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Truly the stupidest cult. Obsessed with a drug that doesn't work against an infectious disease that they don't even think is real.
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#medsky #pedsky #idsky #immunosky #episky
I collaborated with exceptionally talented people in infectious diseases to write this Special Article about aluminum salts in childhood vaccines.
We review the evidence base for key safety concerns and offer guidance for communication with caregivers.
I collaborated with exceptionally talented people in infectious diseases to write this Special Article about aluminum salts in childhood vaccines.
We review the evidence base for key safety concerns and offer guidance for communication with caregivers.
The Role and Safety of Aluminum Adjuvants in Childhood Vaccines
Aluminum salts have been used as adjuvants in vaccines for nearly a century, enhancing the immune response to purified antigens and ensuring durable protection against serious infectious diseases. Des...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#medsky #pedsky #idsky #immunosky #episky
I collaborated with exceptionally talented people in infectious diseases to write this Special Article about aluminum salts in childhood vaccines.
We review the evidence base for key safety concerns and offer guidance for communication with caregivers.
I collaborated with exceptionally talented people in infectious diseases to write this Special Article about aluminum salts in childhood vaccines.
We review the evidence base for key safety concerns and offer guidance for communication with caregivers.
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As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine. n.pr/3McwKqG
Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine. n.pr/3McwKqG
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In redistricting lingo, this is "cracking." The other is "packing" where all of your opponent's support is concentrated in as few districts as possible.
Think about this as Minnesota is likely to lose a congressional seat in the 2030 census. It would be *easy* to draw a 6-1 Republican map.
Think about this as Minnesota is likely to lose a congressional seat in the 2030 census. It would be *easy* to draw a 6-1 Republican map.
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
In redistricting lingo, this is "cracking." The other is "packing" where all of your opponent's support is concentrated in as few districts as possible.
Think about this as Minnesota is likely to lose a congressional seat in the 2030 census. It would be *easy* to draw a 6-1 Republican map.
Think about this as Minnesota is likely to lose a congressional seat in the 2030 census. It would be *easy* to draw a 6-1 Republican map.
I don’t think this administration is ready for New Orleans rage…..
As New Orleans braces for the arrival of ICE, there is a particular stain that comes with hunting Mexicans and Central Americans in that city. These are the same folks who arrived en masse to help rebuild the city after Katrina and have since become a vibrant part of its renewal.
Fuck ICE to hell.
Fuck ICE to hell.
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I don’t think this administration is ready for New Orleans rage…..
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As New Orleans braces for the arrival of ICE, there is a particular stain that comes with hunting Mexicans and Central Americans in that city. These are the same folks who arrived en masse to help rebuild the city after Katrina and have since become a vibrant part of its renewal.
Fuck ICE to hell.
Fuck ICE to hell.
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As New Orleans braces for the arrival of ICE, there is a particular stain that comes with hunting Mexicans and Central Americans in that city. These are the same folks who arrived en masse to help rebuild the city after Katrina and have since become a vibrant part of its renewal.
Fuck ICE to hell.
Fuck ICE to hell.