Reclaiming Letters

Zohran Mamdani Trolls Critics Who Say He's Too Young To Be NYC Mayor With Hilarious Announcement

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Only in the Federalist Society academic bubble could you say that the government going in and splitting up geographically contiguous communities of Black voters in order to prevent them from ever being a majority in any House district is "government not taking race into account."

On Indigenous Peoples Day I always recommend checking out this website/interactive map to understand the non-colonial history of the land you occupy

Today, Maine observes Indigenous Peoples' Day. We honor the lands and legacies of the Wabanaki Nations — Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Abenaki.

I look forward to passing legislation in the Senate to protect tribal sovereignty, which has been trampled for too long.

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Currently teaching 2 "banned books":

The Handmaid's Tale & Catcher in the Rye. A dystopian Christian Nationalist fascist state and a youthful narrator that calls out the hypocrisy of adults. I wonder why these titles are hit with proposed/actual book bans every year 🤔

#bannedbooksweek

It's been aggressively making the Bluesky rounds—it's popped up on my feed eight times so far. "Blue Wave" accounts where casual sexism is still cool, telling me to smile since it's just a joke. I admit I am feeling rage-y about it.

One hell of an opening paragraph! 👻 #blutoid #books #shirleyjackson

I spent so much time studying a justice system that I no longer recognize.

Trump’s shutdown layoffs eliminate entire federal health agencies that served LGBTQ+ people, teens, & women “Without these people in place, it’s unlikely that a lot of these programs will be able to continue even after the government reopens," former HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary Adrian Shanker told The Ad...

"The Office of Population Affairs, which administered the nation’s Title X family-planning network, teen-pregnancy prevention, and LGBTQ+ health initiatives, was eliminated entirely."

Intentional.

“I love being a teacher … but”

The “buts” are too many to count.

We are already feeling burn out after a few weeks of the school year.

Unless you are a teacher, it’s hard to get people to understand this reality. This video captures it well.

The Trump administration will follow up by blaming teachers/unions for the learning loss that results from loss of services. Then push school vouchers on those affected.

Of course, voucher schools will deny admission because they do not have to accept students with disabilities or pay for services.

What matters is precisely this: the unspoken at the edge of the spoken.

~ Virginia Woolf

Susan Collins is the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which means she has considerable power to influence the administration but she prefers to mumble weak protestations to the media

Admire Lewinsky for her wit & grace & her actual words.

If you insist on spreading misinformation through a “joke” about a woman offering oral sex to Trump don’t falsely attribute said joke to Lewinsky - that’s sexist AF.

Sorry I didn’t smile (laugh) enough for you. Sexism isn’t funny 🤷‍♀️

And in 2025 (typo)

Did Lewinsky Offer to 'Take One For Team' to Get Trump Impeached? A crude joke spread quickly online in the wake of an impeachment inquiry into the U.S. president.

This is the second time today I have seen this screenshot. Monica Lewinsky did NOT post it.

It is a meme that yet again uses Lewinsky for clout/humor that repeats the misogynistic treatment she received in the 1990s.

Y'all should be doing better in 2022.

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Agree. Please delete this. It was misogynistic in the 90s to use Monica Lewinsky for crude jokes. It's misogynistic AF to continue to use Monica Lewinsky for crude jokes decades later.

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills

"The highly unusual request appears to have originated from a letter sent from 25 Republican members of Congress to Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, asking the agency to investigate how the abortion drug mifepristone might be contaminating the water supply."

Another step towards Gilead. 🤬

NYT Opinion Pieces Today:

Why Are the Democrats Increasing Inequality?

Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Harder Parts to Come

Academia is Broken: Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It

I just can’t anymore.

You know what fascism looks like? Attorney General Letitia James getting criminally indicted on literal trumped-up charges by the criminal who she fought to hold accountable for the actual crimes he committed and is now using the full power of the US govt to seek vengeance.

Of course, the NYT has an article on Hunter Biden's business dealings today. But crickets on the Trump's family benefitting from his presidency.

Same.

#AlsoTiredOfWaitingForTheEPSTEIN_Files

2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.

The word for these horrendous murders is femicide, death by misogyny. The U.S does not keep accurate statistics of femicide. If it did, the numbers would terrify.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...

the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans