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Vlada Knowlton

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She/her. Filmmaker, ex-Microsoftie. Made “The Most Dangerous Year” (2019) - available on Kanopy. Would be great to go ahead and preserve democracy and prevent fascism from taking over in this loony country. Protect trans kids. Stand with Ukraine.

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Mark Joseph Stern's avatar Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social
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Nobody is prepared for this jolt to the legal system. The Supreme Court has shifted an unfathomable amount of power from Congress and the executive brach toward unelected, unaccountable federal judges. This will fundamentally alter how government works. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Vlada Knowlton's avatar Vlada Knowlton @vladaknowlton.bsky.social
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Of course the push for ending no-fault divorce goes hand in hand with abortion bans. It’s part of the misogynistic right wing’s agenda to strip women of autonomy and control over their bodies and lives.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

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Vlada Knowlton's avatar Vlada Knowlton @vladaknowlton.bsky.social
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This is what anti-trans laws do to children and their families. These fascist laws viciously destroy lives. All the people turning a blind eye to this cruelty will have to face their role in it someday.

www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/06/21/t...

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Van Badham's avatar Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social
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This story is heartbreaking but the mum is a freakin’ hero.

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Van Badham's avatar Van Badham @vanbadham.bsky.social
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I don’t care if Biden’s 190 years old and held together with Kraft tape, the other guy’s an ACTUAL FASCIST, people, stop pissing about

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Gillian Branstetter's avatar Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social
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The FL mother of a 16-year-old high school volleyball player says her daughter's life is "destroyed" months after she was outed as trans and kicked off her team under Ron DeSantis's trans athlete ban. The twice-elected class president and homecoming princess is now forced to attend school online.

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Matt Binder's avatar Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social
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this is the funniest thing happening on the internet today: people claiming the newly elected president of Mexico isn’t really Jewish because she thanked Jesus (she thanked Jesús, her husband)

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Vlada Knowlton's avatar Vlada Knowlton @vladaknowlton.bsky.social
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You’re not blocked. My post replies are limited to people I follow. I did unfollow you because I don’t follow antisemites (when I become aware of them).

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Costa Samaras's avatar Costa Samaras @costasamaras.bsky.social
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Pretty cool that Claudia Sheinbaum will be Mexico’s first President who is a woman and Mexico’s first Jewish President. She is also an energy and decarbonization researcher and IPCC contributing author. Congratulations!

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Charlotte Clymer's avatar Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social
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Claudia Sheinbaum has just been elected Mexico's first woman and Jewish president.

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Seth Cotlar's avatar Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social
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So a Jewish leftist named Claudia Sheinbaum has just been elected the new President of Mexico. How long before Trump talks about her, Soros, and immigrants in the same sentence?

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Vlada Knowlton's avatar Vlada Knowlton @vladaknowlton.bsky.social
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It’s pointing out a discriminated-against minority. Just like women are a discriminated-against minority. Just like LGBTQ are a discriminated-against minority. Your comment, though, tells me a lot about you.

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Mexico: We just elected our first woman and Jewish president and she’s a climate scientist who was in a group that received a Nobel Peace Prize! United States: We’re 50/50 on whether or not we might elect a 34-count convicted felon and rapist for president.

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air budd dwyer's avatar air budd dwyer @airbudddwyer.bsky.social
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it rules that a jury of rando New Yorkers is braver than several federal judges and basically every single senator

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Vlada Knowlton's avatar Vlada Knowlton @vladaknowlton.bsky.social
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My condolences to the Kremlin during this difficult time.

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Except this time the headline will add, “and why it’s bad for Biden”.

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Jessica Valenti's avatar Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social
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This is the governing party of the country's second-most populous state adopting a platform that says abortion patients should be punished as murders. Don't let anyone tell you this is 'fringe'

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Mark Joseph Stern's avatar Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social
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Clarence Thomas declares:

•The 14th and 15th Amendments impose NO limit on states' ability to draw openly racist electoral districts that disfavor Black Americans because of their skin color.

•Federal courts have no power to redraw such racist maps. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Chris Geidner's avatar Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social
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On Saturday, the Washington Post revealed that it had known about the Alito upside-down flag but had not reported it.

The revelation raises many questions. I went into them over at Law Dork. www.lawdork.com/p/washington...

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Costa Samaras's avatar Costa Samaras @costasamaras.bsky.social
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As someone who is terminally online it brings me no joy to report the truth that showing up to a public meeting, calling an elected representative, writing a public comment for a regulation, and voting has more positive impact than 92,000 posts.

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Matthew Downhour 's avatar Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social
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Can you imagine the outrage if Russia bombed a shopping center

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Vlada Knowlton's avatar Vlada Knowlton @vladaknowlton.bsky.social
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Someone who isn’t mandating discrimination across the entire country.

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This is happening in a Red state with a Republican governor, Bobo. It will happen across the country if the president is a Republican…Bobo.

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Those protest voters/non-voters sure will “teach Biden a lesson”

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Mark Joseph Stern's avatar Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social
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If you want to cast a protest vote against Biden you are welcome to, but I do think we should wrestle with the reality that doing so increases the odds that Trump will have an opportunity to appoint about 240 more far-right judges who will strike down every policy you care about.

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Vlada Knowlton's avatar Vlada Knowlton @vladaknowlton.bsky.social
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Strategy meeting about RFK JR at Bannon headquarters. Aid: He has literal brain worms, sir. Bannon: Yes, I know he’s great, but let’s talk about his potential weaknesses.

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Mark Joseph Stern's avatar Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social
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I'll highlight a few pieces: First, here's Dahlia on how originalist judges make up garbage history as they go along, endlessly "refining" the relevant test to ensure that it delivers conservative results. Time to stop pretending it's legitimate. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Mark Joseph Stern's avatar Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social
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We have a special package out today called HOW ORIGINALISM ATE THE LAW—about the ways conservative judges wield bogus, ever-shifting historical claims to impose their preferred policies under the guise of judicial review. Just in time for SCOTUS season! slate.com/originalism

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Vlada Knowlton's avatar Vlada Knowlton @vladaknowlton.bsky.social
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It’s a time-honored tradition to rely on the famous “intuitive” skills of bigots.

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Dr. SkySkull's avatar Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social
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Us: Dude acts like he has worms in his brain Him: “Actually, I do have a worm in my brain, and I’ll have you know it’s offensive to mock me for it!” *finger guns* “Politics!”

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Vlada Knowlton's avatar Vlada Knowlton @vladaknowlton.bsky.social
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Transphobia and misogyny are inextricably connected, exhibit 3,478.

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Translation - Economic sanctions against Russia are working and Putin is desperately trying to use his proxies in the West to get himself extricated from the clusterf*ck of his own making without having to admit defeat…

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