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I attended the city of Redondo Beach Pride flag ceremony and Pride Month proclamation tonight. Maybe my favorite part is that the police chief is wearing a rainbow patch on his uniform. 🌈

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Historian here this is how abolitionists dealt with slave catchers in northern states. #Resist

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So many people don’t think Medicaid cuts will affect them because it goes by a different name in their state.

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83 million Americans get health care through Medicaid.

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Happy Pride!

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Downtown Torrance Pride is your local LGBTQ+ Block Party! Get ready for all-day fun, featuring a clothing swap, makeup lessons, an open mic, live performances, and ending with a Mas-queer-are Ball! #Pride #torrance #lgbtqia #lgbtq #lgbt Tickets: zurl.co/n0byC

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I have a huge request for my readers: Trump's tax and spending bill will be moving through the Senate. Senators can invoke the Byrd Rule to try to remove the anti-trans Medicaid ban and EHB changes. You can find and call your senator here and ask them to do that. Please share as well.

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This is really great framing. It’s worth taking a few minutes and reading through it.

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Yes please. Origami Ballet - Agnes Obel - "The Curse"

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I know Harry Potter is tied to a lot of cozy book-reading memories for people but it’s time to let it go. It’s hard. I feel you. I wish I could watch “Dead Boy Detectives” but I won’t.

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Thanks, @grnbutterflygarden.bsky.social for the seeds. I got a late start planting but the zucchini is going strong. The melons are too tiny to photograph. I’m still waiting on the jalapeños.

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Get in, skeeters. We're going to save democracy. Seriiously. Join the extraordinary resistance researcher Erica Chenoweth, former Kamala Harris policy advisor Ami Fields-Meyer, and me. June 11 at noon. Registration is free. We're going to let you know what's happening and what you can do.

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I’ve never been to a drag bingo. It should be fun and Reading to Kid is the best run charity I’ve ever been involved in.

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I don't think it's a coincidence that cops started acting extra out of hand once we let them wear military gear. Make them wear clown outfits for several years to restore humility to the job

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Remember: as the weather heats up and summer gets closer, the Perfect Summer Read™ is whatever you feel like reading.

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Join us June 8th, 1–5pm in RPV for We the People, South Bay—a free community event with speakers, music, food (cost) & 14+ progressive/pro-democracy orgs! Let’s build a better South Bay together. 💪🌈🎶 📍Pacific Unitarian Universalist Church, Rancho Palos Verdes RSVP: zurl.co/BS9LY

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Tonight, every night, approximately 400,000 people in pretrial detention (i.e. in jail, awaiting trial, because they couldn't afford bail). As Fiona Apple notes in this mesmerizing video, 60,000 of them are women (66% of whom have minor child at home). These folks should be home with their families.

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God blesses him!

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Avelo Airlines has decided their profits are more important than not being complicit in mass deportation. We're fighting back. Tell them you're boycotting: www.change.org/p/we-won-t-f... Protest them in Burbank: www.mobilize.us/mayday/event... And check the list for legislative asks.

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Ahneus. 😡😱

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The richest 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

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Don’t judge me. I’m buying books from a local store tomorrow.

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A grandma who works at Target. An advocate for farmworkers. A cancer researcher. A grad student who wrote an op-ed. A hairdresser. A sheet metal worker and loving father to an autistic child. At least two people who took a wrong turn on the same bridge in Detroit. A toddler.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov "If you say you love freedom, but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege."

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Lots of things going on in the South Bay (LA) in the coming weeks! Check out this absolutely packed calendar if you're looking to get involved in your community. zurl.co/wJTi6

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My oldest went to @universityofky.bsky.social and I usual donate during their yearly fund drive. But all of the DEI programs I usually support aren’t an option this year. I guess I’ll be donating my money elsewhere. Shame.

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“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: https://theatln.tc/Dub5DrW8

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One thing that should be said about every voter suppression law is how unnecessary they are. Voter impersonation is the one crime we have all but eliminated with extensive cross checks, burdens, & enforcement. Meanwhile, we do almost nothing to fight the most common crime in America—wage theft.

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