i really truly wish any of the epstein furore was caused by a genuine concern for cruelty for teenage girls, for exploited kids. it would be a different country if it was, of course, but the discourse is sometimes jarring
Oof that's so hard on so many levels. I've long admired your patient and compassionate way of engaging/and it really sucks to not be seen by your loved ones. 🫶🏻
I love that you continue to have these convos and work to maintain a relationship with him. (I'm still semi shocked he swung so far right??)
Let’s be clear that abortion can be effectively banned in this country without Congress passing a law but as a result of multiple moves that make it impossible to access.
The intent of today’s Supreme Court ruling—and of Trump’s budget bill—is to shutter as many abortion clinics as possible
This is rude. And do you have a heating pad I can borrow?
I work for an abortion fund and would love to talk to you about this. I can't message you, but can you message me so we can connect on signal?
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
As soon as you start reading history you discover that the concept of national borders is shockingly new. And as soon as you read about authoritarian governments you realize that border walls are in fact cages.
It's just him licking slides of blood and saying, "mmm yep, that's blood"
its critical right now to keep reasserting our actual values so that we don’t forget that the baseline of humanity we are currently fighting for isn’t the actual end goal
i’m not fighting for a world where people don’t get snatched up by ICE. i’m fighting for a world with no borders.
My ex of nearly 20 years ago is still regularly watching my Instagram stories. Not following me. I could block him, obv, but why deprive myself of the giggles it brings me.
CPS has stolen babies from parents arbitrarily deemed "unfit" forever. Oft best case scenario is it takes months/years to get your kid back and you're in the system forever. More likely is your child is placed in foster/residential care and you never get them back. Plenty disappear entirely forever
Wyoming has a similar bill - HB0159. We're going to see many more of these pop up, all framed as "environmental protection acts". Makes sense, given our fervent attention and commitment to eradicating lead in the water across the country... Oh, wait.
They're concerned about controlling narrative, not the actual optics.
"Despite the administration’s claims, many of the immigrants sent to El Salvador had entered the United States legally and were actively complying with U.S. immigration rules." www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
I can't; I'm not quoting any investigative journalism, I'm speaking from firsthand experience.
Dr Hern has a long history of problematic behavior, to the point that many funds withdrew their support of BAC. He had the opportunity to pass off the clinic to the employees, allowing them to stay open and continue providing care, and chose to close it instead. He deserves zero sympathy here.
You can't report on this garbage without informing readers of the literal identical policy under Hitler. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.
eugenicist Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr
Headline: ICE came for their neighbor so these Tennesseans formed a human chain to protect him
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in ... Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts — and the person had the correct username and password"
there is no fact-based evaluation that does not hold George W. Bush and Barack Obama partly responsible for where we are with Trump. For decades we let these guys extend the power of the executive and no one with power ever pushed back. We are reaping those consequences now.
if Ritchie fucking Torres can do this and Chris Van Hollen can fly to El Salvador the rest of the Dem caucus can show up too
hell, everyone should go on the El Salvador trip
now’s the time, folks, this road ends with you in the foreign prison
If you are angry about people being disappeared, separated from their families, and having their rights violated, wait until you hear about everyone incarcerated in the US prison system.
Gentle reminder that for many people, even this level of preparedness is inaccessible, for myriad reasons. If you have the means and ability to prep in this way, please stock extra to share with neighbors who cannot. Meet these neighbors. Ask what they need.
This is an enforced disappearance by plainclothes officers, with masks, being put into an u marked van, against someone without any know criminal charge, presumably for exercising free speech. A lot of crimes caught on camera here by ghoulish state agents.
Donate to/volunteer with abortion funds, harm reduction groups, and unhoused outreach groups. Actively engage with BDS and their boycott calls. As much as possible, buy nothing and buy locally. Give money directly to people in need rather than nonprofits. Meet and really engage with neighbors. 🙏🏻
