Nat'l Reporter @19thnews.org Author YOU MUST STAND UP https://tinyurl.com/4cvxyvwz on abortion-rights fight w/o Roe Nieman Nation. Ohioan. WV Mtn (Cat) Mama. Nat'l Parks lover. Journalism adjunct prof. OH-IN-NY-CA-DC-MA-DC-WV/OH Signal: AmandaBecker.41https://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3mv4mwqiyo224If the DSCC doesn’t end all support for Fetterman, donors will revolt. Difficult to think of a lawmaker more widely loathed by the base and that includes others who actually left party, Manchin & Sinema (she comes close). [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4mwqiyo224https://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3mv3uutid3s26How many women does your employer have in management positions compared to industry peers? It will be a lot harder to answer this & other questions about potential workplace discrimination once the EEOC stops collecting demographics data for the first time in 60 years https://19thnews.org/2026/09/eeoc-trump-workplace-discrimination-data/09 Sep 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3uutid3s26https://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3mv3r7mqhgc2sHow many women does your employer have in management positions compared to industry peers? Are a retail chain’s Black workers as likely to be in public-facing roles as its White workers? Soon, it will be much more difficult to answer these and other questions. https://19thnews.org/2026/09/eeoc-trump-workplace-discrimination-data/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social09 Sep 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3r7mqhgc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3mv3obkes5c2nHe added that “people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.” Evan Hubinger, an alignment science lead at Anthropic, said that not only was Coxon’s statement “correct,” but also that Anthropic has no plan for this scenario. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/09/anthropic-researcher-quits-ai-safety.html09 Sep 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3obkes5c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3mv3nhbcajc2nDoes your employer discriminate? It's about to get harder to find out. https://19thnews.org/2026/09/eeoc-trump-workplace-discrimination-data/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social via @19thnews.org09 Sep 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3nhbcajc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3mv2l6bkk2c2qIt’s like yellow skittles. Just stop. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 03:16 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2l6bkk2c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3mv2l22kewk2qThere are entirely too many orange popsicles in a tricolor box.09 Sep 2026 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2l22kewk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3muzmmr25vs2vA town 14 miles from Dallas has no clean drinking water — and haven't for decades. Christina Parks is trying to fill the gap. https://19thnews.org/2026/09/sand-branch-texas-drinking-water/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social via @19thnews.org08 Sep 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzmmr25vs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3muzldrcp2s2o“I had every intention to pay, I was just struggling,” said Kellie Clutts, whom Sen Marshall sued in 2015 over a $129 bill for delivering her child. Her baby was 9 months old. The senator eventually garnished the divorced single mother’s bank account. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/us/politics/roger-marshall-obgyn-doctor-debts.html?smid=bs-share08 Sep 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzldrcp2s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3muzj76i75s2lAmazon punished pregnant workers for taking breaks, lawsuit alleges https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2026/09/08/amazon-sued-pregnant-worker-rights-exclusive/91590740007/08 Sep 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzj76i75s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3muzj35grkk27Joined @legalafmtn.bsky.social with @mikesacks.bsky.social to discuss the anti-abortion movement's top priorities and preferred next steps (hint: it's all about medication abortion) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPVLy7N_KTc&list=PLBpiUxZcKxXTcvimScVkmRWMoDSJ9YTky08 Sep 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzj35grkk27https://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3muzgdcrihk2ySmithsonian’s Secretary to Resign as Trump Tries to Rule the Institution In the face of escalating White House attacks about how museums present American history, Lonnie G. Bunch III has announced his decision to depart. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/arts/design/smithsonian-secretary-lonnie-bunch-resigns.html?unlocked_article_code=1._lA.mm5U.N7XTjIbjsc-a&smid=bs-share08 Sep 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzgdcrihk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3muze2hfs422tA new study from the Trump administration is sending alarm bells through pro-democracy groups for its potential to fuel a crackdown on Americans who support LGBTQ+ rights — or anyone with left-leaning views. https://19thnews.org/2026/09/hhs-study-trump-transgender-political-violence/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social via @19thnews.org08 Sep 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3muze2hfs422thttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3muzdtg24o22wDemocrats don't agree on how to talk about trans athletes. Just look at Ohio. https://19thnews.org/2026/08/trans-athletes-democrats-messaging-amy-acton-ohio/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social via @19thnews.org08 Sep 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzdtg24o22whttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3muzctgmif22mUpdate: By the end of Strangers, I was close to equally annoyed by both of them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzctgmif22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3muzc6fhbzk2qIn Gary, Indiana, families lost weeks of food they couldn't afford to replace. Then their SNAP claims were denied. https://19thnews.org/2026/09/gary-indiana-power-outage-families-snap-benefits/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social via @19thnews.org08 Sep 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzc6fhbzk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3muxnizef3k2yA Different World reboot is out later this month! (Netflix, Sept. 24)07 Sep 2026 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxnizef3k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3muv2rw4oak2tOnly took me about 13 pages of Strangers to wish “James” all the worst in life.06 Sep 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3muv2rw4oak2thttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3musaahnjh226Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/us/politics/stay-at-home-parents-subsidies.html?smid=bs-share05 Sep 2026 19:39 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3musaahnjh226https://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3mupbud3j7s25John Fetterman Shows Little Interest in the Work of a Senator as he churns through staff as he dodges constituents, alienates fellow Democrats and courts Israel lobby https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/john-fetterman-little-interest-senator-be74e7a3?st=6ZNVCB&reflink=article_copyURL_share04 Sep 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupbud3j7s25https://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3mupb4p5yrc25"As I write this, the world seems in a tailspin. Many feel that all the progress we’ve made is being reversed. When you’re lucky enough to have lived a long life, as I have done, your role as an older person is to remind us how far we have come." https://www.newyorker.com/culture/life-and-letters/gloria-steinems-final-essay04 Sep 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupb4p5yrc25https://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3munsxya4z22oSteinem’s NYC brownstone will continue to be feminist hub: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/nyregion/gloria-steinem-home-new-york.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.-oqY.TMKJMsmBJx5W&smid=bs-share04 Sep 2026 01:31 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3munsxya4z22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3munh53xmxk2q‘She never retreated’: Women of color say Gloria Steinem leaves a legacy of inclusive feminism https://19thnews.org/2026/09/gloria-steinem-black-women-intersectional-feminism/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social via @19thnews.org03 Sep 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3munh53xmxk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/amandabecker.bsky.social/post/3munele7hr22aThe next 'No Kings' will be Oct. 17 and is a nationwide but community-specific mass mobilization to the voting booth. It was clear — to me, at least — this is what it was building to all along when everybody was writing "it doesn't matter if you march in the streets with a sign" think pieces. (1/2)03 Sep 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:p56yhr6wysb6usrxiauvnvea/app.bsky.feed.post/3munele7hr22a