why2cake.bsky.social

why2cake.bsky.social

@why2cake.bsky.social

Artist credit: the fantastic Effin Birds for avatar; Richard Stine for header pic.

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@schumer.senate.gov For the last decade I’ve observed you laying low every time we’ve needed a leader, someone to truly stand up for Democracy for all, or when we needed pushback. In the beginning, thought maybe it was shock. But now I know better. The last few years ESPECIALLY-ESPECIALLY. Shame!

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Replying to @pluribus-unum.co

This. I used to think, "Sports is not the most important issue as we fight for equal rights. Maybe it's not the hill to die upon," but then I read Serano and understood how conceding on sports just weakens our position on all the other issues too.

📢🧠‼️ This really is a 🔑 point, not just for your own sanity, but for being effective. Emotional catharsis feels good/correct in the moment, but it rarely actually DOES anything. It’s the rage version of “rocking in a rocking chair for an hour, expecting to get somewhere.” Wisdom⤵️

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Right, so, male influencers are being sent out to tell Black people that resisting data centers is wrong actually because people don't understand how to really measure their water use. It’s an appeal to scientific expertise intended to intimidate Black people.

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We must expect that Meta's interference is happening in other elections around the world *right now*. This isn't just a one-off. Meta has proved repeatedly they are committed to advancing far-right agendas worldwide, are serial liars, and are flagrantly indifferent to the dismantling of democracies.

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I live in a rural town and, like, I don't know how to tell you this, but the girls play on the boys team and vice versa all the time because otherwise we don't have enough players for a game and it's literally always fine so stop being weirdos about kids sports and just let trans kids play.

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Every time Butker misses a kick, a woman gets a degree and a job. 👼🏿 #GoddontlikeUGLY #SNF #Seahawks #GoHawks

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Everyone who is saying "Dems in red states have to throw trans people under the bus to win" -- no. They don't. When they do that, we just start with no winning options on the table. It gives in to the fascist premise that we get to decide some groups don't get rights. THIS is what I want to see.

BeshearStan@beshearstan.bsky.social

Kansas Dem Sen. nominee Adam Hamilton on trans rights: “I don’t think we should take a small group of people and bully them, pick on them, and hurt them. I understand one thing really clearly when it comes to transgender people, and that is Jesus told me I was to love my neighbor as I love myself”

I honestly suspect that some of these “fundraising” texts are from red “ratfuckers” to turn us off from donating at all. On top of these greedy middlemen outfits. Really, what I want to donate to are foot rubs, veggie soups and vitamin infusions for the volunteers and candidates at this point.

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From someone who has lived in Ukraine over 30 years (me), this is bullshit. Hundreds of billions didn't flow to Ukraine - Ukraine's oligarchs made their (relatively modest) fortunes by ripping off Ukrainians, not foreigners. Ukrainians are fighting to stop this happening again.

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Democratic candidate for Governor of Texas Gina Hinojosa EXPOSES Greg Abbott for lying about data centers. Abbott said he would temporarily pause new data centers in his state but records show he has continued to approve massive data center projects.

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Replying to @ericacbarnett.bsky.social

Seafor posted a statement on its website today, at the bottom of its FAQ: "SeaFor's donation to North Seattle Neighbors for the 2026 election was rescinded to comply with all applicable laws and statutes." In other words, they are effectively admitting they were not following the law.

seafor.liveSeaFor · What City Hall spends, passes, and gets for itWhat City Hall spends, what it passes, and what Seattle gets for it. Sourced, in plain English.

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I feel like it should be a much bigger story that in early 2025 the MAGA regime requested a cybersecurity agency to secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it and directed them to not alert the voting machine company if it uncovered flaws. That’s called setting up for rigging an election.

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Literally fire all the Democratic fundraising consultants and shut down all these fucking companies.

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social

We found that as of right now 73% of your campaign donation goes back to the consultants and vendors (!!!), four times more than just 20 years ago. Only 13% to ads. Even I was shocked.

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As we approach the midterms, remember that the Alt National Park Service is a merch sales operation claiming without evidence to be a group of federal employees, and is not a genuine source of news about elections of any kind. Please get your election info from a local, reputable source.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Ramaswamy put up a very powerful Ad about a mother saying that her daughter, Acton, is a liar, and much worse. The Press is trying to get him to 'take down the Ad.' Frankly, anybody whose mother spoke about daughter that way would normally lead to the daughter being precluded from serving"

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Just going to be straight here — no pun intended: I am the only journalist who has been covering this issue in depth, was often the only journalist at hearings, and was the only one explaining what DOJ was actually arguing here. Support my work if you can: www.lawdork.com/subscribe

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

BREAKING: SCOTUS rejects Trump admin's request to allow it to end gender-affirming medical care in prisons — a significant, if tentative, rejection of one of the admin's most extreme anti-trans arguments. Only Thomas and Alito noted they would have granted the stay. More to come: www.lawdork.com

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Replying to @propublica.org

12/ We spent months compiling every case we could find of immigration agents detaining Americans. We did it because the government hasn't. And now, we're sharing every one of those cases with you. Explore our database: propub.li/4egbSK2

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Replying to @walkerbragman.bsky.social

Related: The @accountabilityji.bsky.social is building a free-to-use, searchable public database to reveal the individuals behind dark money groups and their connections to broader political influence networks. There’s nothing like it today. This will be an essential public resource.

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Today, we are announcing a huge new project in development: The Dark Money Illuminator. You can search any nonprofit to see: - Funders - Directors and officers - Groups it’s connected to You can also explore/search nonprofits by assets. And it’s going to be FREE! Donate to support this project

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Replying to @mary1kathy.bsky.social

We love you Canada. We appreciate you Canada. We grieve with you Canada. Thoughts and prayers are with you and to all affected by this Tragedy. Stay Strong and Safe!

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The fact that Amy Acton was removed from her mother’s care and went on to obtain an MD and flourish in public health makes her even more of a hero in my eyes. This type of trauma never really goes away. Yet when there was a fork in the road, she chose the one where she helps others. Hero.

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This morning, ICE kidnaped A landscaper in Imperial Beach, when we arrived, they were scouting the Home Depot again to take more workers

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To the lefties saying "reproductive rights aren't an issue in WA" or "everyone agrees on climate change": 1) Reproductive rights are LITERALLY ON THE BALLOT, in the form of I-001, THIS ELECTION. 2) Checking a box means basically nothing if a candidate never touches an issue or makes it a priority

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social

I think different candidates very much have different emphases! Many candidates do treat reproductive rights and trans rights—both of which are ON THE BALLOT THIS ELECTION—as settled, basically irrelevant issues that they never mention.

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Just realized that Laura at Share the Cities/Lefty Cheat Sheet,, who told me on here I should ask her questions directly, blocked me; earlier, she wouldn't answer a polite question by email, sending me to a generic email address that did not respond!

Erica C. Barnett@ericacbarnett.bsky.social

I'm a reporter who asked a really basic question—who's behind this thing? I genuinely don't know, although the contributors to Davis' "honest endorsements" PAC provide some clues—and people are straight-up accusing me of trying to DOX people and saying transparency is bad, actually

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Leaked audio: Michigan Republican Mike Rogers asking for officers at polling stations to intimidate voters "We called the RNC early and said hey... Let's put police officers, retired or off-duty police officers as our poll watchers in Detroit because go ahead, try to intimidate them. Please."