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UConn Law student, former Democratic campaign pollster, crazy dog lady, hockey/college basketball/F1 fan. She/her/hers. 🏳️‍🌈 https://amandahoey.substack.com/
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Imagine being so racist that you’d rather go to work when it’s beautiful outside than have a holiday celebrating an ethnicity besides your own

submitted 1 hour ago • 5 comments

This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.

submitted 14 hours ago • 696 comments

It's easy to forget now but we had decades of steady advancement on trans rights. The 2016 bathroom bills invited huge backlash! It was only after the media constructed sports and youth medications as 'debates' that opposition moved from the far right to the polite center.

submitted 15 hours ago • 53 comments

It’s pretty clear that if the Dems ever gain a Fed trifecta, the VERY first thing they have to do is: 1. Kill (if the zombie still lives) the filibuster. 2. Expand SCOTUS by 5-6 justices. 3. Hold hearings for them as they work on the bill. 4. Sign bill and swear in the 6 at the same ceremony.

submitted 18 hours ago • 24 comments

It's infuriating how 99% of the coverage of this new war doesn't bother to mention that it is happening because we had an agreement to limit and monitor Iran's nuclear program, which even Trump's own aides said was working, and he blew it up because it was negotiated under Obama.

submitted 1 day ago • 36 comments

Please, everyone, stop with “X is to divert attention from Y.” A. It implies X is unimportant, or frivolous, or a niche concern B. Comes off like they want to change the subject away from X C. Suggests Repubs only care about X as a tool to achieve Y. Repubs banned X bc they wanted to ban X.

submitted 22 hours ago • 1 comment

My heart breaks for trans kids, who do not deserve this obsessive animus that adults are directing at them.

submitted 22 hours ago • 16 comments

I started Zepbound yesterday and I'm eager to see how this goes. So far, I feel okay, a little nausea but it's mild and I'm not entirely sure I would have noticed if I weren't keeping an eye out for side effects. Had a lighter than usual breakfast and felt satiated after, which is nice.

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

In the attention age, I think the opposite is true. For your voice and criticism to have power you have to say things over and over again

submitted 23 hours ago • 19 comments

"Not for you." Palestinian citizens of Israel--21% of the population--are being excluded from bomb shelters on the basis of their ethnicity. This is the society the West will defend at all costs. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...

submitted 1 day ago • 33 comments

has she clarified which job she’d resign from

submitted 1 day ago • 18 comments

Those people also miss the point that, in the face of an authoritarian regime, the opposition is often forced to pull “stunts”, bc traditional avenues for political action get foreclosed.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

As @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social has pointed out, this isn't legally correct. But a lot of people think it is, and more importantly, a lot of us think it *should* be true. "ICE is arresting US citizens" is a shocking thing for people to hear, and it might further undermine support for ICE & Trump.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

submitted 1 day ago • 2260 comments

ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds. He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings. He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights. This is political intimidation.

submitted 1 day ago • 1162 comments

Lmao no. This poll is of Trump voters. an issue where only 73% of Trump's voters support it is a wedge issue. The electoral map where 27% of Trump voters stay home looks like the Jeb! map in blue

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

I have several GIFs ready to deploy in the direction of people calling for civility on that occasion. This is the work-safe one.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

this argument has at least two readily apparent fucked up implications imo one's silly: Bruenig seems lowkey cool w grave robbing & corpse defilement? but one's v serious: people who are disabled, youth, or otherwise face questions about their capacity to make choices can be forced into childbirth

submitted 2 days ago • 18 comments

we have an elite impunity problem and a lot of the people and institutions that nominally oppose Trump will burn down their own before admitting that this helped produce him

submitted 2 days ago • 34 comments

Today's a bit of a rough day. Got some unwelcome news that a medication I'd been trying isn't working according to plan. There are other things we can try, I'll be okay, but it doesn't feel good. Tell or show me something that's brightened your day? Or leave a pet pic? I'd be greatly appreciative.

submitted 2 days ago • 12 comments

We already have a program that provides food funding while restricting what participants can buy. It's WIC. Only about half of people eligible for WIC use it, and while there are many reasons, one of them is figuring out what you can and can't buy with it is Kafkaesque. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Don’t be unnecessarily wasteful and throw away perfectly good working appliances, but if you’re in the market for a new electric pressure cooker I use a Breville Fast-Slow Pro and I love it with every fiber of my being

submitted 2 days ago • 54 comments

Goddammit. I love my Instant Pot and it's my favorite thing to get off a wedding registry. Not anymore, I guess.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment