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More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban. Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.” (Published July)
Read our full statement in response to the revised policy guidance from USCIS: www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
Attacks on due process, rule of law, checks & balances grow louder every day. Democracy can’t defend itself—it needs us. We call on every citizen to stand with us: defend democracy. empower voters. Protect free and fair elections open to all. #DemocracyMatters @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social
They’re not Rahway PD, Union County Sheriff’s Department, NJ State Police, or FBI. So who are they? These guys could be anyone.
Seems Mike Johnson has been using campaign funds to pay his rent in DC, which is a major legal no no. www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...
Voting rights are the foundation because they secure all other rights. Federal lawmakers must act now to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would protect the freedom to vote. Take action: www.lwv.org/take-action/... Equality — and our democracy — cannot wait. #RestoreTheVRA
The League of Women Voters of Texas @lwvtexas.bsky.social joined allies at the Texas Supreme Court to oppose Gov. Abbott's bid to oust Rep. Gene Wu, saying, "The governor is attempting to circumvent our state's constitution & system of checks & balances." Educate. Agitate. Act. @lwvus.bsky.social
Tomorrow is the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Voting Rights are under attack. The Supreme Court will decide whether a second majority-Black district in Louisiana—to comply with the VRA—violates the U.S. Constitution. WHAT? Educate. Agitate. Act. @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social
Texas has no quorum to vote on a partisan gerrymander. SCOTUS set to decide if the Voting Rights Act violates the U.S. Constitution in Louisiana. Georgia moves to purge 500,000 voters. We deserve better. It’s Our Job to Fight for John Lewis’s America! www.lwv.org/blog/its-our... @lwvus.bsky.social
Attacks on the media — be it public media or late-night talk shows — are attempts to erase our shared stories and cherry-pick which ones get told. This is inherently antidemocratic and unacceptable.
Sen. Dick Durbin is demanding answers from Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and Dan Bongino after he says his office was told that FBI agents looking through the Epstein files "were instructed to 'flag' any records in which President Trump was mentioned." tinyurl.com/39s8rtfv
Striking. After Texas banned abortion, ER visits for early miscarriage rose 25% and blood transfusions surged 54%. Doctors delayed care like D&Cs out of fear of prosecution. More women nearly bled to death. buff.ly/egXhmm7 #medsky #ObGynsky 🛟🧪
States with gerrymanders are pulling a fast one. They’re “re-gerrymandering” and calling it “mid-cycle redistricting.” Nonsense. We call it what it is—an unprecedented escalation of the war on democracy & free & fair elections. We call it what it is—Absurd then. Absurd now. @lwvus.bsky.social
Demands by the Dept. of Justice to turn over state voter data ahead of the midterms is an attack on the constitution & democracy. These actions are intended to remove those who disagree with the administration. The League condemns this abuse of power. www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre... @lwvus.bsky.social
WHAT YOU MEAN THROW HIM A DONUT?? DON'T YOU SEE HOW POLITE HE IS??!
Liberal like a badge.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz after touring "Alligator Alcatraz": "These detainees are living in cages. The pictures you've seen don't do it just. They are essentially packed into cages. 34 detainees per cage...they get their drinking water & they brush their teeth where they poop, in the same unit"
Mexico showed up to help Texas before FEMA let that sink in.
Raging floodwaters. No warning systems. Lost lives. Delayed FEMA response. Climate science denial. Mass civil service firings. Waste, fraud, & abuse? Tariff wars. Birthright Citizenship class action. Federal court defiance. “America’s New Golden Age”--Week One. @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social
Unconstitutional.
Q: There are reports where a fire dept commander asked a Kerr County sheriff dispatcher for a code red to be issued but they said they couldn't without a supervisor approving it. Almost 6 hours passes. How do you account for that lapse of time? KERR COUNTY SHERIFF: There's gonna be an after action
Beshear: "These work requirements really aren't getting people back to work. They are about increasing the paperwork on everybody ... when somebody misses that one box, they are kicked off for six months or more."
Texas is run by a culture of people that are devastatingly corrupt and ignorant
➡️ This Independence Day, we must choose: accept the comfortable fiction that our democracy is business as usual, or acknowledge that nothing is usual about the time we are in, and respond with urgency. #4thofJuly
Today, President Trump signed into law a budget reconciliation package, officially titled the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” that will drastically cut health care for millions of Americans. Read the League of Women Voter's statement: www.lwv.org/newsroom/pre...
Three-quarters of Americans say democracy is under threat & that politically motivated violence is a major problem. Source: NPR/PBS/Marist poll. The recent “rescissions” package claws back $1.1 billion supporting NPR & PBS. Disinformation & censorship is anti-democratic. Resist! @lwvus.bsky.social
You didn't need a video of a Red Panda eating grapes, but here you go #bluesky ... 😊
Secretly? Secretly?? Since when have these fuckers ever secretly broken the law?
Every year, millions of Americans rely on FEMA assistance after hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and other disasters. The president says state governments should do more.
I like the all caps . Maybe team Trump will be confused and think it’s from the orange czar.
If we can’t rely on #SCOTUS to ensure all people receive due process, where do we turn? If a 3rd Circuit judicial nominee suggests that DOJ tell courts to “F*** you," where are we? If the budget bill can't pass because it doesn't cut Medicaid enough, how much crueler can it get? @lwvus.bsky.social
Take note.
JUST IN: The U.S. has completed attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran, President Trump wrote on Truth Social on Saturday.
#BlueCrew
Sen. Alex Padilla responds to JD Vance: "He knows my name. Look, sadly, it's just an indicator of how petty and unserious this administration is. But he's the vice president of the United States, you think he'd take the situation in Los Angeles more seriously." @msnbc.com
The U.S. Senate is currently considering a budget reconciliation bill that quietly includes language that could devastate our public lands. It would: - Make over 250 million acres of public land eligible for sale - Mandate the sale of at least 2 million acres of Forest Service and BLM land
The National Institutes of Health will phase out its support of the clinical practice guidelines that advise doctors how to diagnose and treat HIV.
Karen Bass: "It's felt in LA like we're part of a grand experiment. How far will the public tolerate the federal government intervening and seizing power from a governor? I think it's being tried out here."
Disgusting abuse of power by this vengeful authoritarian who needs to be removed from office and put into a prison cell for the rest of his life.
It is hilarious how all these conservative dudes secretly lowkey want to just be in her orbit but they can't figure out how like a boy in a schoolyard.
Several thousand showed up in Columbia SC today for the “No Kings” rally! #nokings
LET’S MAKE SURE THIS PATRIOT IS PROTECTED!!! 🚨DISTURBING: Airman Christian Stephens posted a video saying he’s not proud to serve under Trump and disapproves of ICE. Now it’s gone—replaced with a chilling message that he was forced into a psych hold, despite not being a threat. Please share.
Even Mother Nature is done with Felon47’s bullshit.
Chicago #NoKings
“What Senator Alex Padilla did today was political theater.” --Kristi Noem, the Head of Costuming, Hair, and Makeup at Political Theater
This is what she was saying right as Sen. Padilla interrupted with a question. As he should have!
What they aren’t showing on Fox News
Reporter to Leavitt: "I'm struck that the president has not at any point said 'the most important thing is to protect the 1st Amendment rights of peaceful protesters' ... why is he not out saying, 'all peaceful protesters will be protected?'"
May the anti-ICE movement continue to spread nationwide! This is the Los Angeles spirit your news broadcast isn’t showing…
Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News: "This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
Nobody in their right mind should ever believe a word that comes out of irrelevant James Woods mouth.
As usual, the cruelty is the point. Missouri has lived under the boot of a GOP supermajority for 22 years and they have consistently defunded schools. And now they are planning to close schools for the severely disabled.
They hide because they know that what they're doing is not only cruel, but illegal. All Federal Agents and Ice Agents should not be allowed to wear masks.
Now, more than ever
DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
Awkward way for Joni Ernst to find out she isn’t funny. Let’s stop sending people like Joni Ernst and Lindsey Graham to the Senate.
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t. Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Happening in the United States of America…
He got a REAL ID, is a citizen and was arrested and told his real id was fake. ICE is a disgrace.
Frost: Tonight the people stealing are not folks with tattoos and hoodies but people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins sitting in the capitol now, not in some alley wrapped in darkness but the United States congress wrapped in the flag. It is disgusting and we will never forget this.
Reuters: EXCLUSIVE-SUBARU OF AMERICA TO RAISE PRICES IN RESPONSE TO "CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS" - COMPANY
The theology of a sticker: love, belonging, and the space we create Maggie Alsup shares how an office door covered in stickers became a testament to God's inclusive love and a reminder that small messages can make a big impact. 🌟 Click the link in the thread to read more. 🌟
Ok I am completely broken by this. The Hague and UN need to see this. #Texas
ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
He was just reassigned. They are just shuffling the cards around
Just saw this. They just shuffled the joker cards around. 🤦🏻♀️
every word of this kfor.com/news/local/w...
WSJ: The S&P 500 just ended the day with its biggest loss in the first 100 days of a new presidential term since Nixon's in 1973.
💥 BREAKING: The Heritage Foundation withdrew its anti-DEI proposal to IBM for shareholder vote today, originally submitted for vote at IBM's annual meeting. Why Heritage withdrew its anti-DEI proposal is unknown. Earlier today, shareholders at American Express voted to reject an anti-DEI proposal.
Yes, this is a real tweet.
I don’t understand how Graham continues to be reelected ….. it’s maddening. He is an embarrassment to the state
This article needs to be picked up by main news … this is inhumane treatment and unnecessary
40% of ICE/CBP detainees have their belongings destroyed or (often) stolen by agents. Allegations of mental/physical torture, and sexual abuse of women, girls, and others targeted on the basis of gender have been rampant since ICE's inception in 2003. DHS's continued existence is untenable.
Trump says that any American who shows “dissension” against MAGA should be “immediately ejected” from their member of Congress’ town halls. This is fascism.
I don’t trust a thing Bondi says….
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
Raskin: The president derives his powers only either from the Constitution explicitly or from an act of Congress and Congress certainly has never given the president the power to relocate prisoners to foreign countries and there's nothing in the constitution that remotely vests that power…
"Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was included, the newly revealed one was created by Hegseth. Named “Defense | Team Huddle,” it included his wife and about a dozen other people.... He used his private phone, not his government one, to access the Signal chat." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Lawyer who traveled with Sen Van Hollen had been to El Salvador before several times and even to the prison when it first opened, but he said this time he was scared that he might not ever be able to leave bc the president would not have done anything to help get them out. youtu.be/B6J16fS_vI4?...
I just finished listening to that interview and felt my blood press rising and the longer I listened. None of it makes sense to me other than full brainwashing.
The DOJ is claiming the U.S. government should become the defendant in Trump's appeal of the defamation verdict awarded to E. Jean Carroll.
Definitely staged.
Oh my god you want me to find "evidence" before putting someone in jail? Every time?? Do you have any idea how long that would take
Good morning #BlueSky!💙😁 And now a message from China: #JDVance
Didn’t get a chance to post this earlier, but there was a huge turnout in support of Kilmar Abrego Garcia at the federal courthouse. From my seat in the jury room, I heard the supporters outside chanting throughout the hearing.
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
US ‘demands control’ from Ukraine of key pipeline carrying Russian gas Senior Kyiv economist describes latest position of Trump administration in talks as ‘colonial-type’ bullying. @lukeharding1968.bsky.social buff.ly/6oHSMCY
Happy Caturday
www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/n... #SlavaUkraini 🇳🇴💪🏽
Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."
Not one reporter asked about the Executive Orders targeting Chris Krebs & Miles Taylor during today’s Cabinet press conference. Not one. A president using DOJ to punish those who spoke out? That’s banana republic territory. I waited. The question never came. Why? Has the fear already taken hold?