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McBride: If we summon our hope then we will find the light and turn this moment into what a friend from Florida once called a slingshot moment.. where we are pulled backwards but the tension and pressure of being pulled backwards ultimately propels us to destinations that we have not yet been

'I cannot guarantee complete confidentiality,' VA therapists ordered to tell veterans Mental health therapists at Veterans Affairs should begin sessions with patients saying they are in a shared office space, a memo obtained by NPR says. Trump's back-to-office orders start Monday for V...

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Sharing with ALT text for those who aren't aware of the ongoing real world implications for trans people in the U.S.

"I'm afraid I could be arrested if I travel to that state..."

Trump’s Attempts to Muzzle the Press Look Familiar Much of what the U.S. president has done to curb independent media echoes the Hungarian autocrat Viktor Orbán’s playbook.

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sober and practical. and very much where we are.

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Supporters of Ukraine just unfurled the world’s biggest 🇺🇦 flag on the White House ellipse calling for the U.S. not to abandon the country in its efforts to resist the Russian attack.

Aw! Thank you so much for remembering and even more impressive - for finding me off of FB and Insta to say so! [hug]

Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.

“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.

“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”

@kyivindependent.com

This!! Love @katonahreadingroom.bsky.social

We are holding you close and fighting for you every day.

Beautiful art by Gabi at DoodleGems

#RealMamaBears #Allyship #BeYou #BeProud #mamabears #mamabear #realmamabears #lgbtq #gay #lovewins #trans #transgender #protecttranskids #lgbtqia #nonbinary #momsforequality #youareloved

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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

YouTube video by Anti Trump 2025 Governors Ball US Army - "Do You Hear the People Sing" BRILLIANT TRUMP TROLLING!

You GUYYYYSSSSSSS

The military choir sang Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Mis at the governor's dinner at the white house. Thanks to @beebrookshire.bsky.social for helping me fact check tihs one. As far as I can it's only "officially" been posted on Dan Scavino's FB

I did this. Give feedback. #stonewall (seriously how dare they?)

Stonewall National Monument New York Info Alerts Maps Calendar Fees “By the time of Stonewall...we had 50 to 60 gay groups in the country. A year later...1500.” Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights and provided momentum for a movement. Five visitors and one park ranger standing next to an iron fence as they post rainbow flags. Plan Your Visit Located in Greenwich Village, New York City, Stonewall National Monument is one of the many parks in New York Harbor. Educational images of leaning at Stonewall National Monument Education No Matter where you are, we can bring Stonewall National Monument to your classroom. Find teachers resources here. A rainbow flag overlaid with "Stonewall National Monument, Established 2016" with the NPS arrowhead. LGB Flags What are LGB flags and what days should we celebrate them? Click here to find out.

The National Park Service has removed "T" and all mention of transgender people from the Stonewall National Monument.

Trans women were some of the most influential activists behind the Stonewall movement and what followed.

3 articles of clothing laws were why raids happened.

Erasure.

Sleeping kitty with two paws by face and toe beans at the bottom of the photo.

Here's a little something sweet to start your week. Thank god for cats during all of this... stuff.

Listen to Secretary Pete. And remember, these are our funds. These are our courts. And these are our streets.

Oh, yayyyy!!! Bluesky just got so much cheerier! You just made my day! [hug]

Remember, Margaret Atwood has said in interviews that nothing in Handmaid's Tale is purely fictional. It's all been done somewhere in the real world. And we're certainly learning currently that "it can't happen here" is the real fiction.

Alarming New Transportation Dept. Memo Sounds Like It's Right Out Of 'The Handmaid's Tale' Well, that is incredibly disturbing.

This is so disturbing.

We Choose to Fight: Demand Senator Chuck Schumer Fight Back Against the Trump-Musk Funding Freeze · Indivisible We are facing a crisis and we need all Members of Congress to fight back. Join your friends and neighbors in telling Senator [NAME] that we demand they use every tool at their disposal to fight back a...

Tuesday in #Peekskill we tell @schumer.senate.gov to fight!! Come on out. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

In the early days after my (now ex) husband left, I'd wake up feeling like I was punched in the gut when I remembered and cry. Now, I'm waking up with a lump in my throat again, remembering our country's current reality. #thisisnotnormal

Hostile Takeover “Department of Government Efficiency” Hijacks The Federal Government

“Make no mistake, what’s happening right now is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private agency operating with a broad mandate and no concerns for the stability of the United States or the interests of the average American.”
Alexander Vindman

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Trans 👏 people 👏 are 👏 not 👏 invisible 👏 Lady Gaga saying what needs to be said as always #Grammys

We Choose To Fight: Action Call · Indivisible This Sunday night, February 2 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, you’re invited to join Indivisible, MoveOn, Working Families Party, and a coalition of other organizations for an action call. During the call, you will...

Will *you* be on the call? Tomorrow, Feb 2. Register now:
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🧵 Trump’s Financial Coup & the Coming Election Crisis

Trump is rebuilding the U.S. government in real-time to lock in permanent GOP rule.

With DOGE controlling all federal payments and pardoned extremists threatening violence, elections will be manipulated at the source.

It’s already beginning. ⬇️

This Black History Month remember human trafficking was legal. Slavery was legal. Jim Crow was legal. US Govt paying reparations to white enslavers but not to the enslaved was legal. Prison slavery still IS legal.

Do not let legality & power be a measure of morality & justice.

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.

Purges, purges everywhere.

Federal health agencies remove data from websites : Shots - Health News

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Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.

This is how the Muskification of the U.S. Government is taking place. Lights out, before our very eyes.
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My statement on the FBI Purge that puts at risk the safety, well-being and national security of the American people.