The Chisme

It's so disheartening watching this court carry out the explicit project of white supremacy so blatantly while gaslighting the public to say it's trying to stop discrimination. They're dismantling every major legacy of the civil rights movement. We need to reform this court.

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𝐚𝐥𝐢 ♥️⭐

@holojester.bsky.social

theyre switching me with a kid from japan tomorrow for the foreign exchange thingy

Alejandra Caraballo

@esqueer.net

about 5 hours ago

This is an absolute travesty. The 5th circuit is imposing a nationwide restriction on accessing abortion medication. This is such a blatant power grab and perversion of the law. www.reuters.com/world/us-….

www.reuters.com

US court blocks mail-order access to abortion drugs, for now

A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a federal rule allowing the abortion drug mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail, significantly curtailing access to the drug nationwide and ...

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Alejandra Caraballo

@esqueer.net

about 5 hours ago

Abortion access nationwide will be severely restricted, even in blue states after this. Will require in person dispensing. Pharmacies can no longer fill prescriptions and just stop dispensing. Providers like aid access may still be able to mail pills due to their setup.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net

www.reuters.com

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Alejandra Caraballo

@esqueer.net

It is so depressing watching everything previous generations fought and died for be dismantled piece by piece. These basic protections and institutions, while imperfect, still pushed in the right direction. We are failing future generations and leaving a worse world behind for them.

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Aluino #ProtectJho

@aluino.blacksky.app

about 6 hours ago

His name really is Blackagar Boltagon…

Aluino #ProtectJho@aluino.blacksky.app

I laugh to myself whenever I remember his name is Blackagar Boltagon.

media.tenor.com

Alejandra Caraballo

@esqueer.net

about 6 hours ago

The lawyers at DOJ should be disbarred for this. They're engaging in blatant judge and forum shopping while neglecting their basic ethical duties to violate the privacy of trans patients.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

NEW: Judge Reed O'Connor of the Northern District of Texas granted a DOJ petition on Thursday to enforce a subpoena issued in Washington, D.C. against Rhode Island Hospital for invasive gender-affirming care patient info. The petition was granted the same day it was filed.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTI FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH DIVISION
Page 1 of 13 PagelD 1
U.S. DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FILED
APR 3 0 2026
IN THE MATTER OF
ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENA 25-
1431-032
N04 - 26 MC - 006-0
GOVERNMENT'S PETITION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE
SUBPOENA PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 3486(c)
On July 3, 2025, the Department of Justice (Department) served a Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) administrative subpoena on Rhode Island
Hospital (RI Hospital), with a return date of Thursday, August 7, 2025. The subpoena is
within the Department's statutory authority to investigate violations of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), the information requested is relevant to the Department's
inquiry, and the subpoena is neither overbroad nor unduly burdensome. Yet, over ten
months after service, RI Hospital has not complied with the subpoena. In fact, it has
produced only one six-page document in response to the Department's fifteen document
requests. The Department therefore moves for an order compelling RI Hospital to fully
comply.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH DIVISION
IN THE MATTER OF
ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENA 25-
1431-032
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Civil Action No. 4:26-MC-00006-0
ORDER
Before the Court is the government's petition to enforce compliance with the above
captioned subpoena (ECF No. 1). The Court finds that the subpoena was issued within the
Department of Justice's statutory authority, the subpoena seeks documents reasonably relevant to the investigation, and the subpoena's demands are reasonable. The Court further finds that the witness, Rhode Island Hospital, was served with the subpoena on July 3, 2025, and has failed to
fully comply with the subpoena by providing records to the government on or before the original due date of August 7, 2025, or the date of the Government's filing of its petition to enforce of April 30, 2026. The Court further finds that the witness has neither filed a motion to quash nor shown
just cause for noncompliance. The Court determines that the government's petition to enforce
should be and is hereby GRANTED.

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Eric Michael Garcia

@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

AOC on how Democrats should respond to SCOTUS weakening VRA: “And so if Republicans are going to redraw North Carolina, if they're going to redraw Texas, if they're going to redraw and gerrymander every one of their states, then unfortunately, we have to provide balance to that”

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Laura Martínez 🥑

@miblogestublog.bsky.social

HUGE apnews.com/article/mexi...

apnews.com

Mexican officials charged with importing massive quantities of drugs into US

The U.S. government has charged the governor of Sinaloa and nine other current and former Mexican officials with drug trafficking and weapons offenses in a federal indictment in New York.

Alejandra Caraballo

@esqueer.net

about 11 hours ago

Don't threaten us with a good time. apnews.com/article/meta...

apnews.com

Meta raises specter of shutting down service to New Mexico in legal clash over child safety

Meta is raising the prospect of shutting down social media services in New Mexico in response to a push by state prosecutors for fundamental changes to platforms, including Instagram, to protect the m...

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Alejandra Caraballo

@esqueer.net

The public is finally catching on.

A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by the verified account Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers).
The text of the post asks: **"Who is a bigger threat to free speech"**
Below the question are the poll results:
* 🔴 **Republicans 42%**
* 🔵 **Democrats 28%**
At the bottom of the post text, the source and date are listed as **"YouGov - A - 4/27"**.
The post's metadata at the very bottom shows it was published at **1:32 PM · Apr 28, 2026**, and has **361.3K Views**.

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Rodrigo

@rod.pocho.online

about 12 hours ago

Generating some bullet point list from an LLM to answer a question may make YOU feel competent but it lets everyone else know you're not.

Alejandra Caraballo

@esqueer.net

I remember so many people in 2016 being like "give me one reason besides the Supreme Court to vote for Hillary."

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝@sundaedivine.lol

Hillary was right about everything.

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Alejandra Caraballo

@esqueer.net

There is no path forward but to pack this court to undo 50 years of ideological capture by the far right. Nothing short of that will be enough to undo the damage.

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May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open!

@maybarros.com.br

about 10 hours ago

New check-in is up on patreon and ko-fi. It is free to read ^^ ko-fi.com/post/BiWeekl...

ko-fi.com

BiWeekly Check-in #38

May Barros published a post on Ko-fi

Alejandra Caraballo

@esqueer.net

The gutting of the voting rights act will lead to "the largest-ever decline in the number of Black representatives on Capitol Hill [ever] — breaking a record set around the end of the post-Civil War Reconstruction era." It's a purge of Black representation. www.npr.org/2026/04/30/n...

A line graph titled "A weakening of the Voting Rights Act may lead to a record drop in Black representation in Congress," showing the number of U.S. House districts represented by a Black member from 1869 to the present.
The x-axis displays Congressional sessions from the 41st to the 119th, and the y-axis tracks the number of seats from 0 to over 60. The solid gold line, representing actual districts, shows a small initial peak before dropping to near zero; this drop is accompanied by an annotation marking "1877: Reconstruction ends."
Representation remains relatively flat at near zero until another annotation marks "1965: Voting Rights Act enacted," where the line begins a sharp, steady climb. It reaches its highest point at an annotation reading "119th Congress (2025-2027): 63 seats." From this peak, a dashed gold line projects a steep downward trend, annotated with "Future Congresses: at least 15 seats at risk."

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Alejandra Caraballo

@esqueer.net

Feels like reality is setting in that there's been no oil getting through the strait of Hormuz for 2 months and countries are literally going to run out. Europe is on the verge of being out of jet fuel. Meanwhile, the stock market is st all time highs. None of it makes any sense.

A screenshot of a Google Finance chart for **Crude Oil Futures (NYMEX: CLW00)**.
The current price is displayed as **106.82 USD**, with a green upward arrow indicating an increase of **+45.84 (75.17%)** over the past 6 months. The timestamp reads Apr 30, 6:42 AM EDT.
The line graph visually plots this 6-month period:
* **Y-axis:** Ranged with markers at 50, 100, and 150.
* **X-axis:** Marked with Dec 2025, Feb 2026, and Apr 2026.
* **Trend:** The price remains relatively stable around 60 USD from late 2025 through February 2026. In late February, the line begins a sharp, volatile upward trend, peaking just above 100, experiencing a sharp brief drop in early April, and then climbing again to end at the current point of 106.82.

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Diane Darcy

@dianedarcy.bsky.social

LRP: Somewhat related to Conway’s point about he lack of job security in comics: I think job security in any field has significantly decreased in the 21st century, thanks to market deregulation and the weakening of antitrust laws. Aka ‘Raegonomics’.

Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

about 12 hours ago

* SPIRIT AIRLINES PREPARES TO SHUT DOWN AS RESCUE DEAL FALLS APART -- WSJ @reuters.com $SAVE

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Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

(Bloomberg) - Compass Datacenters is pulling out of a yearslong effort to build a key part of 2,100-acre data center corridor in Northern Virginia after the development faced intense pushback from local residents. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/ar….

www.bloomberg.com

Brookfield’s Compass Pulls Out of Massive Virginia Data Center

Compass Datacenters is pulling out of a yearslong effort to build a key part of 2,100-acre data center corridor in Northern Virginia after the development faced intense pushback from local residents.

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Aluino #ProtectJho

@aluino.blacksky.app

Now all of China knows you’re weird…

Eze Thee Eze@ezetheigwe.blacksky.app

Whole government in the trending tab too. I’d have to reincarnate and try again at that point 😭

Blacksky trending tab. Of note, “Tajai Norton Exposed” is the fifth trending topic

Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

about 11 hours ago

* US WARNS SHIPPERS THAT PAYING TOLLS FOR STRAIT OF HORMUZ PASSAGE PUTS THEM AT THE RISK OF SANCTIONS -- STATEMENT @reuters.com

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Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social