I’m a proud contributor w/my chapter, Washington State's External Case Review Program - Examining the Law Enforcement and Prosecutorial Response to Sexual Assault Cases! @tinaorwall @Dhingrama @AGOWA @SVLawCenter @KCSARC @WSCJTC @SAKInitiative @ENDTHEBACKLOG @maximizeDNA @NWCAVE

We are saddened to share that Antoinette suddenly and unexpectedly has passed away. Email FriendsOfAntoinetteBonsignore@gmail.com to attend her celebration of life. Her friends are encouraged to read more about her life and contribute to her story: forevermissed.com/antoinette…

Join me and @SCActionNetwork in telling Congress: Make big investments in federal child nutrition support! act.savethechildrenactionnet…

If you don't want mice beheaded for your blueberries, join @PETA in urging the @USDA and the R&P boards to prohibit gouging farmers with fees that fund animal testing, peta.vg/2x0v

If the purpose of the First Amendment were to protect popular, agreeable, inoffensive, uncontroversial, and loving speech, there would be no need for a First Amendment. Popular speech is protected by its own popularity. The First Amendment exists to protect the opposite: not speech that is widely loved but speech that is widely hated; not speech that warms the heart but speech that offends the soul and shocks the conscience.

According to Soulless Khan, the onus falls not on the government to protect visible Jews nor on criminals to stop harassing and intimidating and committing violence against visible Jews. The onus falls on Jews not to be so visibly Jewish. Asking Jewish Americans to be in the closet about their Jewish identity—in the name of public safety—is itself a failure of public safety. Every Jew has an inalienable right to wear a Kippah or a Star of David without fear of harassment, intimidation, and violence.

Soul Khan—whose name is a misnomer because he has no soul—said “if only visible Jews are at significant risk, then it undermines the whole notion that America is unsafe for Jews.” A statement so soulless that it leaves one speechless. If America is no longer safe for visible Jews, then it is no longer safe for Jews. Soulless Khan’s scapegoating of visible Jews for the visibility of their Jewish identity is antisemitic victim-blaming. Period.

.@UAW hits @realDonaldTrump, @elonmusk with federal labor charges over union-busting comments nbcnews.com/politics/donald-… via @nbcnews

Experts warn women’s progress in politics is slowing 19thnews.org/2024/08/womens-… via @19thnews

The fight over Jordan Chiles’s bronze medal is barely about gymnastics. The Olympian was asked to give her medal back — and the racist attacks began. vox.com/culture/366632/jorda… @voxdotcom

The racist disgusting comments are still happening in 2024. I'm tired of people who say it no longer exists. My daughter is a highly decorated Olympian with the biggest heart and a level of sportsmanship that is unmatched...and she's being called disgusting things.

SIGN: BAN THE CRUEL FARMING & SLAUGHTER OF INTELLIGENT, SENTIENT OCTOPUSES IN THE U.S. ladyfreethinker.org/sign-ban… @LadyFreethinker

Hamas says its guards killed a hostage, wounded two others; IDF investigating claim timesofisrael.com/hamas-says… via @TimesofIsrael #BringThemHomeNow

Marking poignant Tisha B’Av, Israelis draw parallels to October 7 attacks. Crowds attend prayers at Western Wall, while thousands more gather at Hostages Square to call for captives’ release timesofisrael.com/marking-po… via @timesofisrael

The United States has the greatest tradition of free speech in the world. Europe has much to learn from the exceptionalism of America’s free expression.

Dozens Of Pregnant Women Are Turned Away From ERs Despite Federal Law. More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms have been turned away or negligently treated since 2022. huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-pre… @ReproRights

We're on the brink of passing historic legislation to safeguard our kids online after more than 25 years of waiting with #KOSPA. Email your senators now and urge them to vote YES: actionnetwork.org/letters/te… @accountabletech

Like the debt relief already delivered, the plan B debt relief would continue to offer remedies to those borrowers who were poorly served by the higher education and student loan systems, but it doesn’t stop there: americanprogress.org/article…

“There is a chance you’ll be retaliated against & ostracized by your fellow service members. Getting to that cultural piece of victim blaming is really important.” More from POD Senior VP, Josh Connolly on how new laws are making an impact in @TPRNews. tpr.org/military-veterans-is…

“Survivors must be our top priority & the Coast Guard... requires comprehensive reform to address these systemic issues," said POD SVP Josh Connolly, calling for a Congressional hearing on the Coast Guard’s alleged sexual assault & abuse cover-up. protectourdefenders.com/prot…

“It seems pretty clear that the issue of domestic violence hasn’t been meaningfully or competently handled by the military,” said POD SVP Josh Connolly following an audit revealing the Army's failures to consistently report domestic abuse incidents. pogo.org/investigations/thou…