Denmark coming through with the science.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr MoJo Good long-form summary from Mother Jones on the Trump assault on affirming care to date and what could happen as it continues weaponizing Medicare and Medicaid against hospitals, which together cover early half of all hospital care spending.

Yesterday I had a great interview with Jim at WCME. If you missed it live you can still listen at the link below. Let me know what you think! #mepolitics www.radiomidcoastwcme.com/portfolio/u-...

I have been watching the docket here because I wanted to see if the defendants would ask for an award of attorneys' fees, a thing they are entitled to do under copyright law. They did. They are asking for Lynn Freeman to pay them more than $3 million in attorneys fees and costs for this lawsuit.

One thing I'm seeing proposed more and more as a prophylaxis against another Trump is to ban felons from holding public office. And this might be an unpopular opinion, but I *hate* that plan. Here's why.

isn’t it heartening to realize all these towering figures simply dissolve into smoke the minute they die because MAGA people aren’t attached enough to either their principles or each other to sustain the kind of terrifying martyr movement we were all absolutely expecting something to think about 😊

From calling a documentary on female Holocaust victims "inherently discriminatory" to basing their cuts on AI chatbots, there's no low to which Trump's DOGE goons didn't stoop. They wreaked havoc, wasted taxpayer $, & made our gov LESS efficient. They must be held accountable.

I will not vote for another penny to go to ICE and CBP without major reforms. We cannot be complicit in the lawlessness we’ve seen from these agencies — including the killing of two Americans.

I’m adding my name to @raskin.house.gov’s bill that will establish a commission to review Trump's cognitive decline. For months, I've been calling for the 25th Amendment to be invoked and will continue to demand the cabinet act to save our country from a deranged, mentally unstable authoritarian.

I will be forcing a vote on my War Powers resolution to stop this illegal and unjust war in Iran. Something as serious as war deserves a debate and deserves a vote. The American people do not want this war, and I intend to hold this unhinged President accountable.

Congress needs to vote on a War Powers Resolution this week to stop Trump’s illegal war with Iran. Lives are at risk and costs are spiking. It needs to end now.

Good news!

It's almost as if having people in office who genuinely want to help can do good things.

From the excellent Scottish Green Party Manifesto 💚

The same party that put on this display on the floor of Congress wants the Pope to stay out of politics.

Microfiction - Isekai Hero 10

The UK government again using the phrase "biological sex". This is a transphobic dogwhistle. The term biological sex is used to dehumanise trans people.

"...is rampant corrupt." Fixed that for you.

“I need to help,” Sam said. “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work,” Sam recalled the manager saying. “As Sam stood in disbelief watching the woman give chest compressions, the supervisor softly nudged Sam, tears in the manager’s eyes now, too.” Local journalism is critical:

New Lithuanian temple just dropped

I personally think not safe to remain in any personal relationship with anyone who is using LLMs to analyze your relationship, make conclusions about your motives, or determine how to treat you. I think this is beyond red flag—it should be an immediate dealbreaker.

A 2,000 year-old Roman-era cobalt blue glass flask signed by master glassmaker ‘Ennion’. A Greek inscription reads ‘Ennion made me/it’. He is the first known glassmaker to sign his work. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology

I think I read once there's a, I don't know if an actual agency or anything, but if you're a reporter and you need to get a quote from a "swing voter mother of two" there's a list of volunteers and that's why you keep getting the same people in multiple articles. Maybe for politician photo ops too

It's not in her bio but Madeleine is an actual educator

there was the commissioning and then canceling of that Pride collection by queer and trans artists, then there was the DEI rollback, now it’s AI-driven false arrests. Target is setting land-speed records for torching customer goodwill, given how high their popularity and how far they had to fall

Good 🧵. These arguments fully align with the experiences I've had talking to voters. Sure, people care about affordability. But what people have consistently gotten *excited* about is fighting for democracy, rule of law, getting money out of politics, and human rights.

In Georgia prisons gender-nonconforming inmates are specially vulnerable. This has led to unofficial segregation of queer prisoners in "gay dorms" which offer protections, but carry stigma and risks of their own. Incarcerated journalist B Speaks has more here: www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Apr SWNS A UK woman, 73 y/o Joann Carver, has accused her local church of refusing to baptize her because she is trans, declaring it will only do so if she "wore trousers and grew a beard."

This is what Israel considers a "ceasefire."

One of the greatest minds of the twentieth century (and one of my children's [middle] namesake)!

UBI FOR ALL

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It's obscene the level of which this administration has gone after trans youth to make their lives a living hell. The latest attack on care will completely defund any hospital or clinic that provides care to trans youth. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

One of the biggest misconceptions around the legal system surrounds the concept of civil judgments. People ask me all the time why any case settles when you can proceed to trial and receive far more money. Isn't that chickening out? Here's what they don't tell you: most judgments are never paid.

Colorado GOP gubernatorial candidate *checks notes* Scott Bottoms promises to eliminate gender in the state of Colorado. What a winning message in this year.

I wrote about how Hungary's election creates breathing room for the LGBTQ community but not liberation. The next few years will require substantial work to undo the harms of 16 years of Orbán's systematic targeting of the LGBTQ community. www.thedissident.news/what-hungary...

Thanks for following @doh.wa.gov! We know what a doctor looks like. 😉

The same people who "not all men!" get really mad if survivors of sexual assault assumed that maybe not all men.

Arrested by Anger.

Yes. This.

A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officers that was captured on video as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment, officials announced Monday. https://to.pbs.org/48wjhSK

The Tennessee legislature has now passed the trans registry bill requiring all medical information about trans people, including therapy notes, diagnoses, and prescriptions be reported to the state so it can be published to the public. apnews.com/article/tenn...

Cascadia Daily News will host two public screenings of its first long-form documentary at the Pickford Film Center in May.

Just going to leave this here. Write me in for U.S. Senate in Maine. Andreaformaine.com

Two in person events happening at the Warehouse exhibition this weekend. On Saturday, PL is facilitating a jail support 101 from 2 to 4 pm at Bedford Library. www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/jai...

Please get vaccinated.

Defund police.

The Mexican government on Tuesday protested the deaths of its citizens in U.S. immigration custody as President Claudia Sheinbaum pushes back against U.S. President Donald Trump's policies on multiple fronts. https://to.pbs.org/4vscCCY

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David does excellent work, and this entire thread is worth reading.