Dylan Pedersen

We want to give a big shout-out to Palm Beach Gardens, New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Houston, Albuquerque, Cleveland, and Greensboro! Thank you for showing up today and making your voices heard! 💚✊

We are with Sen. Tina Smith - RFK Jr. must shut up.

Let's go Lynx!!! #loslynxs #wnba #studbudz

The Social Security Administration official who exposed that the Department of Government Efficiency had left millions of Americans’ personal data vulnerable says he has been forced to resign due to retaliation. Charles Borges, who served as the SSA’s chief data officer, told

The Trump administration announced that it plans to dismiss nearly all remaining employees at Voice of America, escalating tensions with a federal judge who had previously blocked efforts to overhaul the government-funded broadcaster.

NEW: Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law a new, deeply gerrymandered congressional map that disenfranchises voters of color for political gain.

All voters deserve to be heard. This is an affront to our democracy.

California reaches deal with Uber, Lyft to allow gig worker unions The deal brings Uber and Lyft on board with a pathway to unionization for ride-hailing workers after the companies spent years fighting against the idea.

California lawmakers reach an agreement with Uber and Lyft that will open the door for app-based drivers to form unions.

This is a victory for organized labor that could lay the groundwork for similar efforts in other states.

Art depicting “Sandwich Guy” now at the scene of the alleged misdemeanor.

Queer joy is resistance!! #dragqueens #dragshow #gaybar #queerjoy #mlm

Queer Voices Reporting Queer Stories: How ‘This News Is So Gay’ Podcast Informs and Entertains | GLAAD If you were to ask Ken Schneck about the one thing he is certain of, he'll most likely answer that question with the confidence he exudes once he's behind a microphone. Queer and trans news, reported ...

LISTEN: A Meet The Press-style podcast, but gayer! The Buckeye Flame editor and host of the This News Is So Gay podcast, Ken Schneck, has succeeded by elevating LGBTQ stories and the queer reporters at the helm of this original reporting.
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"These kids did extraordinary things, but they never should've been put in that position in the first place," says Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., following reports of brave acts from children during the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.

CDC erupts in chaos after ousted chief Susan Monarez refuses to resign Lawyers for Monarez say she was ‘targeted’ for ‘protecting the public’ by not endorsing ‘unscientific’ orders

What a shitshow

I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do.

Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.

Sen Patty Murray (D-WA):

“If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the ground—he must be fired.”

Wayzata Public Schools investigate threat after mass shooting in Minneapolis church Plymouth Police and Wayzata Public Schools are investigating a threat, just hours after a mass shooting that left two victims dead at Annunciation Church in Minneapo

Plymouth Police and Wayzata Public Schools are investigating a threat, just hours after a mass shooting that left two victims dead at Annunciation Church in Minneapo

RFK Jr. says agency will reveal causes of autism in September Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday he’s on track to identify “interventions” that are “certainly causing autism” and possible ways …

“We are doing very well,” Kennedy said. “We will have announcements as promised in September, finding interventions, certain interventions, now that are clearly almost certainly causing autism. And we’re going to be able to address those in September.”

"My friend Victor like saved me though, because he laid on top of me. But he got hit."

10-year-old describes witnessing Minneapolis shooting.

Morning reps ✔️

#ALLINLV

Nearly All Federal Funds for Gender Equality Could Disappear in the Next Two Years If funding isn't renewed, the Department for Women and Gender Equality could see its budget shrink by 80%

Nearly all federal funds for gender equality could disappear in the next two years.

If the funding isn't renewed, Canada's Department for Women and Gender Equality could see its budget shrink by more than 80%.

pressprogress.ca/federal-fund...

via @pivot.quebec

Law enforcement sources identify Minneapolis Catholic school shooter The person who opened fire on a Catholic school Wednesday in Minneapolis has been identified.

The person who opened fire on a Catholic school Wednesday in Minneapolis has been identified.

See photos by Palestinian photojournalist Mariam Dagga, killed on the job An Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed five journalists, among them an AP freelancer. She died in the hospital she had long documented.

Mariam Abu Dagga, a Palestinian journalist whose photos captured the destruction in Gaza, died in an Israeli strike on Gaza's Nasser Hospital, the one she regularly documented.

Here are some of the scenes Dagga captured during the war:

We ban books and control women before guns.
This is a sick country.

FAT ANKLES!!!!

Fact check: Trump’s barrage of false claims about crime in Washington, DC | CNN Politics President Donald Trump delivered a barrage of false claims about crime in Washington, DC, during a series of Monday comments defending his takeover of the police force and deployment of the National G...

President Donald Trump delivered a barrage of false claims about crime in Washington, DC, during a series of Monday comments defending his takeover of the police force and deployment of the National Guard in the nation’s capital.

Tim Walz: "I always get in trouble for it and I'll continue to say it, I don't think we do any favors when we don't name it -- these are fascist policies."

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was taken into custody by ICE shortly after turning himself in.

A federal judge said she will order officials to keep him in the US while she weighs a new legal challenge from him over the Trump administration's plans to quickly deport him to Uganda. https://cnn.it/41XZxUI

As HRC National Press Secretary @brandonwolf.bsky.social said, there is nothing “political” about our community — period.

Anti-LGBTQ+ politicians want to erase our existence, our history, and our pain — but we’re never going to stop fighting for equality. We’re not going anywhere.

🎥: @cnn.com