Lara
@getupswinging.bsky.social
She/her/hers. Dog mom. Stage 4 cancer. Book nerd. Formerly Laura_without_the_u on TikTok. Trans rights are human rights. Say no to TERFs.
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Lara
@getupswinging.bsky.social
· Mar 29
I love muting obnoxious assholes. Let them scream into the void
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every time i see tom cotton i think about the fact that he just buys grocery store birthday cakes to eat as a snack. for most people this would be charming. not for this dude.
Hannity's list of "TRUMP'S TOP ACCOMPLISHMENTS" includes restoring Confederate names to military bases and releasing dietary guidelines
September 24, 2026 at 1:47 AM
every time i see tom cotton i think about the fact that he just buys grocery store birthday cakes to eat as a snack. for most people this would be charming. not for this dude.
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Equality PAC, the campaigning arm of the Congressional Equality Caucus, announced its endorsement of Marcy Kaptur and other anti-trans Dems days after political ads targeting trans people.
Even the LGBTQ+ congressional caucus is throwing trans people aside.
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Even the LGBTQ+ congressional caucus is throwing trans people aside.
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Equality PAC, Political Arm Of Congressional LGBTQ Caucus, Endorses Marcy Kaptur Days After Her Anti-Trans Ad
“Do we need to endorse people in order to support them? Do we need to support them in order to have power in Congress?”
www.erininthemorning.com
September 24, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Equality PAC, the campaigning arm of the Congressional Equality Caucus, announced its endorsement of Marcy Kaptur and other anti-trans Dems days after political ads targeting trans people.
Even the LGBTQ+ congressional caucus is throwing trans people aside.
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Even the LGBTQ+ congressional caucus is throwing trans people aside.
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Illinois, she needs to be primaried and this has been true for some time. I know that there are better candidates out there than her.
September 23, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Illinois, she needs to be primaried and this has been true for some time. I know that there are better candidates out there than her.
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Can y’all PLEASE start recognizing how hard you’re being propagandized against disabled people & maybe stop contributing to the hate?
Hey so uhhhhh that Boston Globe story about the lesbian bar relaxing its covid rules is an *absolute fucking hit piece* targeting the disabled, chronically ill, and covid-conscious and it would be great if folks sharing and joking about it could recognize that framing.
September 23, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Can y’all PLEASE start recognizing how hard you’re being propagandized against disabled people & maybe stop contributing to the hate?
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Hey so uhhhhh that Boston Globe story about the lesbian bar relaxing its covid rules is an *absolute fucking hit piece* targeting the disabled, chronically ill, and covid-conscious and it would be great if folks sharing and joking about it could recognize that framing.
September 23, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Hey so uhhhhh that Boston Globe story about the lesbian bar relaxing its covid rules is an *absolute fucking hit piece* targeting the disabled, chronically ill, and covid-conscious and it would be great if folks sharing and joking about it could recognize that framing.
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This is partly a story of personal corruption and government waste but the driving force is consistent with RFK Jr's policy objectives: he is a eugenicist who wants certain groups of people to die.
“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
www.wsj.com
September 23, 2026 at 3:04 PM
This is partly a story of personal corruption and government waste but the driving force is consistent with RFK Jr's policy objectives: he is a eugenicist who wants certain groups of people to die.
The things I want to say about RFK would get my account banned.
Once again, the Trump admin showing how blatantly racist they are.
Once again, the Trump admin showing how blatantly racist they are.
“The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier this year that it was moving about $12 million from its Office of Minority Health to help cover the ballooning cost of security for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
www.wsj.com
September 23, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The things I want to say about RFK would get my account banned.
Once again, the Trump admin showing how blatantly racist they are.
Once again, the Trump admin showing how blatantly racist they are.
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i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's
Tough competition of course, but the Trump admin deciding that white South Africans are the only group of people on earth currently worthy of refugee status has to be the most overtly racist thing any administration has done in decades
Hi folks. If you saw this, you know the administration plans to only accept white South Africans next year. Tomorrow is Congress's formal say before the determination is signed. Please check this brief thread on why I'd like you to speak out for the Afghan people still in limbo...
September 23, 2026 at 1:16 AM
i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's
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A university doing a special Chris Rufo program, expecting success under the belief there’s widespread public craving for ideological anti-woke “education” to counter all the “Marxism,” then when it turns out virtually no students are interested trying to make it mandatory, didn’t work out?
Huh.
Huh.
‘Vote of no confidence’ in Center for Intellectual Freedom prompts advisory council mass resignation: https://www.thegazette.com/news/vote-of-no-confidence-in-center-for-intellectual-freedom-prompts-advisory-council-mass-resignation/article_d8af9300-0884-45da-b16c-7ce3071aa0a3.html
September 22, 2026 at 9:14 PM
A university doing a special Chris Rufo program, expecting success under the belief there’s widespread public craving for ideological anti-woke “education” to counter all the “Marxism,” then when it turns out virtually no students are interested trying to make it mandatory, didn’t work out?
Huh.
Huh.
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DUDE!
Michael LaRosa, the former Biden spokesperson who has since become Fox News' favorite Democrat who trashes progressive Democrats, is one of the hosts of a high-dollar fundraiser for Hakeem Jeffries.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jeffries-t...
Michael LaRosa, the former Biden spokesperson who has since become Fox News' favorite Democrat who trashes progressive Democrats, is one of the hosts of a high-dollar fundraiser for Hakeem Jeffries.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jeffries-t...
SCOOP: Jeffries to Fundraise With Fox News’s Favorite Democrat
Thin wallets make strange bedfellows.
www.thebulwark.com
September 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
DUDE!
Michael LaRosa, the former Biden spokesperson who has since become Fox News' favorite Democrat who trashes progressive Democrats, is one of the hosts of a high-dollar fundraiser for Hakeem Jeffries.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jeffries-t...
Michael LaRosa, the former Biden spokesperson who has since become Fox News' favorite Democrat who trashes progressive Democrats, is one of the hosts of a high-dollar fundraiser for Hakeem Jeffries.
www.thebulwark.com/p/jeffries-t...
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Communism has no place in America, the President declares the day before rolling out his new state television station.
September 22, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Communism has no place in America, the President declares the day before rolling out his new state television station.
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6 weeks from the election & suddenly Republicans pretend to care more about their constituents than cultish obedience to Trump. But 5 minutes after the election they’ll be right back selling you out so they can get a signed hat in the Oval Office or a dinner invite to Mar-a-Lago.
September 22, 2026 at 9:30 AM
6 weeks from the election & suddenly Republicans pretend to care more about their constituents than cultish obedience to Trump. But 5 minutes after the election they’ll be right back selling you out so they can get a signed hat in the Oval Office or a dinner invite to Mar-a-Lago.
You will never be president @governor.ca.gov . You slime ball.
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
www.wsj.com
September 21, 2026 at 6:33 PM
You will never be president @governor.ca.gov . You slime ball.
@kenmartin.bsky.social - what the fuck, my guy?
If you're in Ohio, do not vote for Marcy Kaptur. She needs to lose. It's just anti trans ad after anti trans ad.
September 21, 2026 at 12:19 PM
@kenmartin.bsky.social - what the fuck, my guy?
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2026, the election cycle where republicans hide that theyre republicans while democrats promise to govern like republicans
September 21, 2026 at 12:10 PM
2026, the election cycle where republicans hide that theyre republicans while democrats promise to govern like republicans
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Seck is by far the best player on the Kentucky State team; third-team all-SIAC last season; led her team in FG, FG%, points, rebounds, and blocks in 25-26.
A Senegalese college basketball player, Amina Seck, is currently in ICE detention. Seck was travelling with her team to a tournament in New York when she was detained by ICE at Louisville Airport. She has been moved four times since her detention. #wnba
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KSU women's basketball player detained by ICE at Louisville airport | Exclusive
Aminata Seck, 26, was detained while traveling as part of Kentucky State University's women's basketball team.
eu.courier-journal.com
September 20, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Seck is by far the best player on the Kentucky State team; third-team all-SIAC last season; led her team in FG, FG%, points, rebounds, and blocks in 25-26.
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Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man
September 20, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man
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If someone posted this about a Jewish Senator, it would be rightly condemned as anti-semitism. El-Sayed was born and raised in Michigan, but because he is Muslim he is perpetually foreign and under suspicion.
WARNING WARNING WARNING
AN ARAB MUSLIM MIGHT RECEIVE CLASSIFIED INTEL???
AN ARAB MUSLIM MIGHT RECEIVE CLASSIFIED INTEL???
September 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM
If someone posted this about a Jewish Senator, it would be rightly condemned as anti-semitism. El-Sayed was born and raised in Michigan, but because he is Muslim he is perpetually foreign and under suspicion.
wtf @kenmartin.bsky.social . Why are you silent about this?
New Mary Peltola ad.
“No, I don’t want kids getting surgeries to change genders, or men in girls bathrooms.”
Dem, (AK-AL)
“No, I don’t want kids getting surgeries to change genders, or men in girls bathrooms.”
Dem, (AK-AL)
Mom found the ad she called me about yesterday
September 20, 2026 at 5:28 PM
wtf @kenmartin.bsky.social . Why are you silent about this?
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I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12.
Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
September 20, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12.
Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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Hey @kenmartin.bsky.social, what are we doing about this? Surely you're having conversations about this? Wanna loop me in or nah?
Incredibly disappointing ad from Mary Peltola (D-AK) saying she neither supports "kids getting surgeries to change genders or men in girls bathrooms."
Yes, flipping the Senate is essential and can stop bad laws and bad judges from happening, but she can do it without my support from the lower 48.
Yes, flipping the Senate is essential and can stop bad laws and bad judges from happening, but she can do it without my support from the lower 48.
Mom found the ad she called me about yesterday
September 20, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Hey @kenmartin.bsky.social, what are we doing about this? Surely you're having conversations about this? Wanna loop me in or nah?
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I don’t accept corporate PAC money. I’m not funded by AIPAC. I won the FL Senate primary outspent 16 to 1. This campaign is thriving based on small donations from people like you from across Florida. I answer to you.
September 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I don’t accept corporate PAC money. I’m not funded by AIPAC. I won the FL Senate primary outspent 16 to 1. This campaign is thriving based on small donations from people like you from across Florida. I answer to you.
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I can’t imagine what you have to do to a human’s soul to make them believe that this is justified or worse yet to lie about it being pretend.
This video was filmed in Palestine.
My heart struggles to comprehend such cruelty and the heartbreaking disregard for human life. No human being should have to endure this.
My heart struggles to comprehend such cruelty and the heartbreaking disregard for human life. No human being should have to endure this.
September 20, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I can’t imagine what you have to do to a human’s soul to make them believe that this is justified or worse yet to lie about it being pretend.
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CNN: We are banned from the White House but we will continue to bring the White House to you
BASH: The Wall Street Journal reports the president's top advisers are warning the Iran war could continue the rest of his term, until 2029. Is that what you think?
UN AMBASSADOR MIKE WALTZ: I think time is on the president's side
(Not a no!)
UN AMBASSADOR MIKE WALTZ: I think time is on the president's side
(Not a no!)
September 20, 2026 at 1:13 PM
CNN: We are banned from the White House but we will continue to bring the White House to you