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Writer of TV & movie reviews, pop cultural analysis, and a student of history. Cat owner. 💙💙💙. Guilty pleasures: All things drag-related, and procedural TV (like Castle seasons 1-6 plus 7's 3XK episodes & 7x23.)
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If you think a just-fertilized ovary is entitled to life but are indifferent to what happens to a kidnapped 4-year-old with cancer, sent to a dangerous country without meds, you don’t give a fuck about the lives of children. You are just in a cult that fetishizes being against abortions.

NEW: Government officials insist that neither DOGE nor Musk have any real decision-making authority—they merely “advise” or “consult.” But internal DOJ emails provide the most compelling evidence yet that DOGE is not simply advising—it’s calling the shots. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-d...

Warnock: I hear people attack poor people and act like it’s a crime to be poor, rather than to recognize it’s criminal for so many people to be poor. They do all of this in the name of Jesus… Jesus is the biggest victim of identity theft in the United States

This is one to protect. He is definitely invited to the cookout.

Democrats are doing everything they can think of to get the word out about how Republicans want to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, which we've all paid into. Please SHARE this on all your social media platforms! People need to know these details. www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90l...

2 years after unjustly removing their newborn from their custody, with the help of the TX ACLU, the Jackson family are suing the TX Dept of Family & Protective Services. They’re arguing several policies undermine due process rights & violate state & constitutional law #MomSky

They disappeared her husband and then forced her to disappear because they doxxed her. Layers and layers of violence committed against this family and our government is the perpetrator. #MomSky

“…the Attorney General shall initiate appropriate action to repeal or amend the implementing regulations for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for all agencies to the extent they contemplate disparate-impact liability.” Part of a long sentence that can be summed up with one word: Racism.

60% of undocumented kids without lawyers are deported—many to unknown locations. This isn’t a broken system, it’s a pipeline. A supply chain treating children like cargo, not humans. It’s not justice, it’s logistics. #MomSky

This eugenics-language focused registry of entire groups with disabilities is terrifying.

So my read of this is that they are hoping this will go to SCOTUS and SCOTUS will rule in their favor by gutting the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which is to say that science funding is their trojan horse for legalizing resegregation in all facets of American life đź§Ş

“Today, right now—and I mean right this second—you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America,” writes @adriennelaf.bsky.social. If you wait to speak out against autocrats, you have already lost:

In addition to a baby bonus that will barely cover the cost of a crib, have you considered paid family leave, affordable childcare and universal healthcare?

You’re going to keep hearing stories like this—because Trump doesn’t GAF about these folks. WAKE UP! “We have a quarter million dollars in inventory stuck in China… we don’t have $400K to pay the tariffs… so we had to freeze all shipments… and let go of most of our people already this year.”

The good news is that the Trump administration's approach to food safety only matters to Americans who eat food. For everyone else, we're overdue for an important conversation. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

perhaps we can also have them wear armbands or even get tattoos so theyre easily identifiable

Can't help but see the NDP collapse as a result of their choice to become a second liberal party with no distinguishing features. Right at the moment when people are becoming ready for radical alternatives.

"The FDA is suspending a quality control program for testing milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division... Another disruption to food safety programs after the termination and departure of 20,000 HHS employees..." www.reuters.com/business/hea...

BREAKING: Rubio announces major cuts to the State Department in a war on "ideology." He is eliminating the office that advances American values of democracy and human rights. He aims to cut 15% of US-based employees. Our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

"'She’s a very talented scientist with huge potential … the capacity to be the best of the best,' he said..." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Van Hollen: "I'm very glad that the killed of Rachel Morin has been convicted in a court of law. That is how we hold guilty people accountable ... I'm not sure why Abrego Garcia's rights should be denied based on an awful murder he had absolutely nothing to do with."

US citizen, born in the US, being held in Florida for ICE to pick up for no real reason I can understand. This is how it starts.

My colour a stamp I wear proudly A Sinful Past Of inhumane atrocities a Vile Stain on their History They try in vain To erase Trees bare witness As the Moon helplessly Watches over unspeakable death tortured bodies buried in horror Become one with Earth Rivers Flow Red as more are dead

Facts matter

Casar: "These issues aren't just about immigration. They are about the civil liberties and the basic rights of every single American ... we do not have a king in the United States of America."

New York City. Keep protesting! Keep marching in the streets!

El Salvador won’t return Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Meanwhile, Trump is not only refusing to bring him back—he is lying about the Supreme Court ruling compelling him to do so.