TheDoctorKnits
@thedrweaves.bsky.social
Retired peds sub specialist. Weaver. Bread maker. Trying to live the Golden Rule.
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The death of Lia Smith shook many in the trans community to their cores, while online it seemed like the top priority of non-trans people was to insist there's no proof that the 21-year-old's ban from her beloved swim team caused her suicide.
Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
Transgender Student-Athlete Lia Smith Remembered as a Friend and Fierce Advocate — Assigned
Lia Smith, a 21-year-old trans student-athlete in Vermont, took her own life last week. Her friends, family and community mourn, and remember her as a bright young woman who spoke on behalf of her com...
www.assignedmedia.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The death of Lia Smith shook many in the trans community to their cores, while online it seemed like the top priority of non-trans people was to insist there's no proof that the 21-year-old's ban from her beloved swim team caused her suicide.
Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
Re-sharing as it was one of our top stories this year.
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More than 80 percent of the immigrants arrested in D.C. during the surge in federal law enforcement had no prior criminal record, federal data shows, even though that crackdown was portrayed as targeting violent crime.
Most immigrants arrested in Trump’s D.C. crackdown had no criminal records
A Post analysis of federal data shows that the arrests of immigrants with no prior criminal record shot up sixfold during the Trump administration’s crackdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
More than 80 percent of the immigrants arrested in D.C. during the surge in federal law enforcement had no prior criminal record, federal data shows, even though that crackdown was portrayed as targeting violent crime.
ICE needs to be gone
The New York Times reported Tuesday morning that ICE is launching an “intensive immigration enforcement operation primarily targeting hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region.” ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/repor...
Report: ICE headed to Twin Cities targeting Somali immigrants • Ohio Capital Journal
The New York Times reported Tuesday morning that ICE is launching an “intensive immigration enforcement operation primarily targeting hundreds of undocumented Somali immigrants in the Minneapolis-St.…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
ICE needs to be gone
Lunch with friend led me to reflecting on how I am responding to this moment in our country’s history.
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Lunch with friend led me to reflecting on how I am responding to this moment in our country’s history.
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She expected Thanksgiving.
Instead she got detained.
Her family got a lawyer.
A federal judge issued an emergency order barring her removal for at least 72 hours so her case could be reviewed.
They deported her to Honduras the next day in shackles.
“Her case is an unconstitutional horror show"
Instead she got detained.
Her family got a lawyer.
A federal judge issued an emergency order barring her removal for at least 72 hours so her case could be reviewed.
They deported her to Honduras the next day in shackles.
“Her case is an unconstitutional horror show"
Student describes ‘horror show’ ICE deportation to Honduras at Thanksgiving
Any Lucia López Belloza, 19, was detained at Boston airport while on the way to see family in Austin for a surprise trip
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
She expected Thanksgiving.
Instead she got detained.
Her family got a lawyer.
A federal judge issued an emergency order barring her removal for at least 72 hours so her case could be reviewed.
They deported her to Honduras the next day in shackles.
“Her case is an unconstitutional horror show"
Instead she got detained.
Her family got a lawyer.
A federal judge issued an emergency order barring her removal for at least 72 hours so her case could be reviewed.
They deported her to Honduras the next day in shackles.
“Her case is an unconstitutional horror show"
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🧵This will be a child endangering travesty laid at Sen Bill Cassidy's doorstep if RFK Jr's anti-vaxx crew votes against HBV vaccines for kids.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/r...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/r...
RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel to vote on changing hepatitis B shot recommendation for babies
The current recommendation for babies to receive a hepatitis B shot within 24 hours of birth is credited with driving down infections in kids by 99%.
www.cnbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🧵This will be a child endangering travesty laid at Sen Bill Cassidy's doorstep if RFK Jr's anti-vaxx crew votes against HBV vaccines for kids.
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/r...
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/r...
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Why didn’t Trump order flags to be flown at half staff for National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom like he did for Charlie Kirk? 🤔
November 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Why didn’t Trump order flags to be flown at half staff for National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom like he did for Charlie Kirk? 🤔
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Thinking about shopping on Amazon for Cyber Monday?
Watch this first. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FaRBjqYsXRE
Watch this first. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FaRBjqYsXRE
Should You Boycott Amazon?
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Thinking about shopping on Amazon for Cyber Monday?
Watch this first. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FaRBjqYsXRE
Watch this first. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FaRBjqYsXRE
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sadly relevant today.
Well said. They voted for cruelty and they got it.
A Kansas town chose cruelty. Now it mourns as the mayor faces voter fraud charge and deportation. • Kansas Reflector
Coldwater residents have learned a valuable lesson after their mayor was charged with voter fraud: Actions have consequences.
kansasreflector.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Well said. They voted for cruelty and they got it.
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I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
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🎩Get this POS outta the White House! 🇺🇸
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🎩Get this POS outta the White House! 🇺🇸
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CBS News’ Nancy Cordes bravely pressed dumdum on lies about Afghan national who shot guardsmen (illegally deployed, by him) in D.C. and Donny called her “stupid”
Bari Weiss will denounce today right? defending “her” journalists attacked by the liar-mobster?
we’ll wait.
Bari Weiss will denounce today right? defending “her” journalists attacked by the liar-mobster?
we’ll wait.
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
CBS News’ Nancy Cordes bravely pressed dumdum on lies about Afghan national who shot guardsmen (illegally deployed, by him) in D.C. and Donny called her “stupid”
Bari Weiss will denounce today right? defending “her” journalists attacked by the liar-mobster?
we’ll wait.
Bari Weiss will denounce today right? defending “her” journalists attacked by the liar-mobster?
we’ll wait.
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Just days after Democrats posted a video advising troops they should not follow illegal orders
The @washingtonpost.com reported that Pete Hegseth ordered troops to kill everyone aboard a boat in the Caribbean
Which numerous experts opined was an illegal order
Psychopaths
bsky.app/profile/slot...
The @washingtonpost.com reported that Pete Hegseth ordered troops to kill everyone aboard a boat in the Caribbean
Which numerous experts opined was an illegal order
Psychopaths
bsky.app/profile/slot...
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Just days after Democrats posted a video advising troops they should not follow illegal orders
The @washingtonpost.com reported that Pete Hegseth ordered troops to kill everyone aboard a boat in the Caribbean
Which numerous experts opined was an illegal order
Psychopaths
bsky.app/profile/slot...
The @washingtonpost.com reported that Pete Hegseth ordered troops to kill everyone aboard a boat in the Caribbean
Which numerous experts opined was an illegal order
Psychopaths
bsky.app/profile/slot...
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A day after it was reported Pete Hegseth ordered the murder of two men clinging to the wreckage of a boat that was already bombed by US forces
Trump threatened to blow up commercial airline flights into and out of Venezuela. This is what terrorists do
I repeat
We are being governed by psychopaths
Trump threatened to blow up commercial airline flights into and out of Venezuela. This is what terrorists do
I repeat
We are being governed by psychopaths
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A day after it was reported Pete Hegseth ordered the murder of two men clinging to the wreckage of a boat that was already bombed by US forces
Trump threatened to blow up commercial airline flights into and out of Venezuela. This is what terrorists do
I repeat
We are being governed by psychopaths
Trump threatened to blow up commercial airline flights into and out of Venezuela. This is what terrorists do
I repeat
We are being governed by psychopaths
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It's criminal. It's evil. In fact, there are no words to describe how THIS 👇🏼 can happen in America, less than a year into this so called "presidency"..
We have to keep sharing & showing. We can't leave victims of these atrocities out in the cold. We just MAY be all they have!
Share! 🔄
#resist 👊🏼
We have to keep sharing & showing. We can't leave victims of these atrocities out in the cold. We just MAY be all they have!
Share! 🔄
#resist 👊🏼
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It's criminal. It's evil. In fact, there are no words to describe how THIS 👇🏼 can happen in America, less than a year into this so called "presidency"..
We have to keep sharing & showing. We can't leave victims of these atrocities out in the cold. We just MAY be all they have!
Share! 🔄
#resist 👊🏼
We have to keep sharing & showing. We can't leave victims of these atrocities out in the cold. We just MAY be all they have!
Share! 🔄
#resist 👊🏼
If a news org appears on the White House Childish Anti-Media Site, I will consider them legit.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If a news org appears on the White House Childish Anti-Media Site, I will consider them legit.
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The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.
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Opinion from Tevis Garrett Graddy-Lovelace: As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste #ksleg
As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste • Kansas Reflector
Huge amounts of food – on average in the U.S., as much as 40% of it – rots before being eaten. That's while millions go hungry.
kansasreflector.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Opinion from Tevis Garrett Graddy-Lovelace: As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste #ksleg
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They are blowing up boats for drug trafficking.
Then he is pardoning a drug trafficker.
Illogical.
Then he is pardoning a drug trafficker.
Illogical.
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
They are blowing up boats for drug trafficking.
Then he is pardoning a drug trafficker.
Illogical.
Then he is pardoning a drug trafficker.
Illogical.
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Make Uber aware and if they don’t do anything, add them to the boycott list
ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Make Uber aware and if they don’t do anything, add them to the boycott list
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Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Your Black Friday reminder that in 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of companies now control more of the business than they did twenty years ago. We must stop the monopolization of America. Shop small if you can, please.
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It shouldn’t take a slur that impacts you personally, or losing your healthcare or SNAP, or being forced to sell your farm, or having to watch a loved one get unjustly detained and deported...to walk away from a madman.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It shouldn’t take a slur that impacts you personally, or losing your healthcare or SNAP, or being forced to sell your farm, or having to watch a loved one get unjustly detained and deported...to walk away from a madman.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
Cruelty isn’t strength.
Reject it.
Always.
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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#MorningVibe
“Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.” ✨ President Jimmy Carter
Use your voice. Help others to use theirs. Honest communication is key to success.
“Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.” ✨ President Jimmy Carter
Use your voice. Help others to use theirs. Honest communication is key to success.
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#MorningVibe
“Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.” ✨ President Jimmy Carter
Use your voice. Help others to use theirs. Honest communication is key to success.
“Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.” ✨ President Jimmy Carter
Use your voice. Help others to use theirs. Honest communication is key to success.