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Last year, we wrote about survivor Taylor Cadle. When she was 12, she told police she’d been raped. They said she was lying and charged her with false reporting. She then took the extraordinary measure of recording the next act of abuse.

Now, Taylor has legal counsel and filed a lawsuit.

Jane Fonda Says ‘Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People,’ Calls on Hollywood to Fight With Empathy in SAG Awards Speech Jane Fonda was honored on Sunday night with SAG's life achievement award.

“What we, actors, create is empathy. Our job is to understand another human being so profoundly that we can touch their souls,” said Fonda, “And make no mistake, empathy is not weak or woke. By the way, woke just means you give a damn about other people.”
#sagawards

Trumpists will continue to be furious at any dissent no matter how much power they steal. That’s because the administration is premised on pathological insecurity. They’re shitty people, they know it, and they will never stop resenting being seen as shitty people.

When a judge stops the president from doing something illegal, that’s not a “threat to democracy,” that’s a check on the president’s power. That's the whole damn point.

JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

I just wanted to note for the record that we have a decorated Iraq war veteran who flew combat missions in a Blackhawk as sitting member of Congress! Who also happens to be a woman! And if you don’t know who Tammy Duckworth is, you’re in for a treat (complimentary).

Donald Trump fired the head of TSA.

He illegally fired the entire Aviation Security Advisory Committee mandated by Congress.

And he put a hiring freeze on FAA air traffic controllers.

The buck stops with him.

Hi. Jewish person here. These are concentration camps and should be called that by everyone.

Caroline Kennedy Urges Senators to Reject RFK Jr. for Health Secretary In a harsh letter to lawmakers considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for health secretary, Ms. Kennedy called her cousin unfit for the job and a “predator” who led family members to addiction...

Caroline Kennedy urges Senators to reject her cousin RFK Jr’s nomination

“Bobby preys on the desperation of parents of sick children — vaccinating his own children while building a following by hypocritically discouraging other parents from vaccinating theirs,”

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Tell your Senators: Oppose Trump's selection of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense Contact Congress today!

ALERT: GOP Sen Wicker says some Republicans plan to vote NO on Hegseth—please contact your Senator immediately below, and spread the word!

Pete Hegseth’s Confirmation Process Exposes the Biggest Lie of Trump’s 2024 Campaign We're headed for another rubber stamp and whitewash.

with @mimirocah1.bsky.social and @joycewhitevance.bsky.social
" It increasingly appears that the campaign promise to “protect all women” can only be achieved by silencing them first."

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I suspect most of my followers know but this is a case where actual scientists calling Congress — both houses, both parties — and making a BIG stink FAST can possibly make a difference. Gonna make my calls as soon as I'm out of lab

Hegseth Ex-Sister-in-Law Tells Senators He Was ‘Abusive’ to Second Wife A woman once married to the brother of Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary nominee, submitted a sworn statement to the Senate in a late-hour complication to his confirmation. His attorney denied her a...

at this point you have to ask, what evidence is that the hegseth *isn’t* abusive to the women in his life, or even any woman who crosses his path www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...

I love this, from Cecile Richards:

“It’s not hard to imagine future generations one day asking: ‘When there was so much at stake for our country, what did you do?’ The only acceptable answer is: ‘Everything we could.’”

Rest well. ♥️

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Did you know? 💔 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 13 boys are sexually abused before they turn 18. At CHILD USA, we’re fighting to change these statistics by pushing for legal reform, research, and advocacy. Learn more about our work and how you can help: www.childusa.org

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“The world that they want to shape—to go back to before Me Too—is one where consent really doesn’t mean much. And we go back to an ethos that says it’s fine for powerful men to do whatever they want,” says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the many Trump cabinet picks accused of sexual misconduct.

For me, the thing that knocked the wind out of me with this election is that I dared to believe America would get it right THIS time, that America was ready for a Woman President.

It hurt having that blind faith in neighbors, friends, and strangers smacked out of me.

Dammit, America. 😞

Still can’t get over how many people on the right voluntarily went to bat for Matt Gaetz despite allegations of sex trafficking of a minor. Not only was it for nothing since the AG nomination failed… but now you’re forever on record advocating for an alleged statutory rapist.