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Nadine McSpadden

@nmcspadd.bsky.social

Lawyer working to improve IN for LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and all marginalized communities. Views are my own.

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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

05.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 44046    πŸ” 15626    πŸ’¬ 3417    πŸ“Œ 2978
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One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism Β· No Kings Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...

I'm attending No Kings's event, β€œOne Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

05.07.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, Pete Hegseth and Michael Waltz violated all sorts of national security protocols by sharing military secrets with a journalist. But at least they were White when they did this.

by Charlie Kirk

25.03.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 12685    πŸ” 2232    πŸ’¬ 238    πŸ“Œ 98
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.

24.03.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 42708    πŸ” 11906    πŸ’¬ 1899    πŸ“Œ 1486

BREAKING: In a landslide vote, Harvard Law student body passes divestment referendum, overcoming administration attempts to prevent and delegitimize the vote.

Harvard Law students overwhelmingly vote for Justice for Palestine and divestment from Netanyahu’s regime.

This is historic.

14.03.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4724    πŸ” 1141    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 52

If voicemails are full, you can also email these staffers in Schumer's office:

mike_lynch [at] schumer [dot] senate [dot] gov

meghan_taira [at] schumer [dot] senate [dot] gov

14.03.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2474    πŸ” 1351    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 83
Picture of police guarding a Tesla dealership.

Picture of police guarding a Tesla dealership.

Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.

11.03.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 65493    πŸ” 16097    πŸ’¬ 2733    πŸ“Œ 1148

Was lucky enough to table and speak at the @naswin.bsky.social advocacy day event at the Statehouse today! Always special to be in community with people who care so deeply about others.

04.03.2025 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Getting into Good Trouble: A case study on getting started in organized physician advocacy | Published in Journal of Health Advocacy By Jamie Levine Daniel, Meg Carlson & 9 more. Policy decisions directly affect health outcomes, so science and evidence should guide the policymaking process. The Good Trouble Coalition was created to...

Those of you in science who are starting to noodle on how to organize:

The Good Trouble Coalition in Indiana (@goodtroublein.bsky.social) did this in 2022 and have a blueprint for you here:

jha.scholasticahq.com/article/125183

04.03.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5

scratch a liberal, and a Democrats screams at you how she has to kill trans people because being against genocide isnt popular enough

03.03.2025 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.

26.02.2025 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 33455    πŸ” 5169    πŸ’¬ 376    πŸ“Œ 186
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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

22.02.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 79219    πŸ” 17158    πŸ’¬ 1284    πŸ“Œ 1008
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Gulf Map Generator - MapQuest Explore and customize your own Gulf region map with our interactive map tool.

Because you TOTALLY asked for this… and MapQuest has NOTHING better to do…

We’ve granted you exclusive access to a place very dear to our heart: gulfof.mapquest.com

Think of it as the Upside Down but more... minimalist. Pls share so we can behold your genius (or judge you, lovingly) 😘

13.02.2025 22:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8609    πŸ” 2975    πŸ’¬ 1399    πŸ“Œ 1752
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It might be time to pick up some fucking bricks.

Credit to @mattxiv.bsky.social

15.02.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trans rights are human rights, and Indy Pride will always stand in solidarity with our trans and nonbinary siblings. We will always create spaces that are safe, affirming, and inclusive.

We will speak up, stand firm, and stay strong. πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

secure.everyaction.com/izeDQ9Y3nUCI...

14.02.2025 19:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A national park service webpage about Stonewall.

"Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer (LGBQ+) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in
the quest for LGBQ+ civil rights and provided momentum for a movement."

A national park service webpage about Stonewall. "Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer (LGBQ+) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGBQ+ civil rights and provided momentum for a movement."

‼️ The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did the remove the world "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+".

The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.

This pride, we riot.

13.02.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5989    πŸ” 2531    πŸ’¬ 173    πŸ“Œ 679

I can’t believe the Supreme Court said the president was above the law and now the president is acting like he’s above the law.

11.02.2025 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 46087    πŸ” 7544    πŸ’¬ 1001    πŸ“Œ 326
A page with the title "LGB Travelers"

A page with the title "LGB Travelers"

‼️ The State Department has REMOVED TQIA+ on their page of recommendations for queer travelers. This page yesterday said "LGBTQIA+" and now just says "LGB".

The federal government is trying to erase trans people from existence.

31.01.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5852    πŸ” 2514    πŸ’¬ 154    πŸ“Œ 572

In my years of reporting on LGBTQ news this was by far the hardest.

But we are still here. You made it to Friday. You lived. Good job. That wasn’t easy.

Through a diversity of tactics, we will continue to live.

Rest up, drink water, find community, so that we can all be here tomorrow too.

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Large bull Moose looking right at the camera. Standing in a field of fall willow with a little snow on the middle right.

Large bull Moose looking right at the camera. Standing in a field of fall willow with a little snow on the middle right.

Thought we forgot ?
Not a chance.
It's Moose Monday.

27.01.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6409    πŸ” 499    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 26
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Kansas tuberculosis outbreak is now America's largest in recorded history Kansas public health officials say the state's ongoing tuberculosis outbreak is the largest since the CDC started reporting TB cases in the 1950s.

β€œAn ongoing tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas has become the largest in recorded history in the United States”

25.01.2025 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5464    πŸ” 2707    πŸ’¬ 461    πŸ“Œ 714

Silence is complicity
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Silence is com

24.01.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 170    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

Just a reminder it does not take any effort at all to not be an asshole to service workers

22.01.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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If you need a how-to…

22.01.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 10571    πŸ” 2567    πŸ’¬ 225    πŸ“Œ 139

This matters. Not because I think Trump is capable of mercy or empathy towards these vulnerable groups. But because it is a public act of defiance.

Contrast that with all these other powerful people in this country signaling nothing but appeasement and obedience.

22.01.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 23191    πŸ” 4729    πŸ’¬ 311    πŸ“Œ 161
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

Hero.

22.01.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 117506    πŸ” 15416    πŸ’¬ 2602    πŸ“Œ 1152

5/5 stars, highly recommended!

22.01.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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