@mbhastings
One of those gender experts you’re hearing about. They destroyed my work because it was essential. Survivor of gun violence and breast cancer. Planning on surviving this dark time, too. Slow trail runner, into women’s soccer #protecttranskids
🧵Feels like shouting into the void, but it is essential to note that the Trump/Rubio gutting of the State Department and blowtorching of US diplomatic capacity and credibility is an accelerant to this spiraling war and will seriously undercut US/allied efforts to pick up the pieces after. 1/
Good to see he is now so committed to women’s sports again after that momentary lapse of insulting women athletes.
What a clusterf***. Why did they decide March doesn’t work?
Morocco was awarded WAFCON hosting rights in Oct 24. That’s 17 months to flag that March wasn’t workable. Instead, CAF let squads fly in, training camps run, athletes disrupt their seasons and THEN pulled the plug 12 days out. This isn’t unforeseen. It’s mismanagement dressed up in a press release.
Aww they are just so cute before their lips come in
I’ve been asked if I would support Sen. Mullin as Noem’s replacement.
The answer is a resounding NO. The rot in DHS is deep, much deeper than any individual.
It’s a question of policy not personnel. The Senate should not consider any DHS Secretary nominee until DHS and ICE are reined in.
The right was recently up in arms because UN Women released an infographic for a campaign against child marriage that pictured a white girl. The truth is, child marriage happens far too often in the United States, often due to adolescent pregnancy and the policies that they espouse.
Also misogynist but that doesn’t get a mention in the headline
Planning is effeminate.
One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.
Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/t...
I did not share the original story because my gut was that the sourcing was dubious. Someone who knows more about the sole source confirms that skepticism. Don't fall for clickbait, read the piece linked below.
(If the story is confirmed by other outlets, that's another thing. But ... it's not)
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Montgomery County, MD Government will offer adult bike and e-scooter classes this spring. The adult bike classes will be offered for a low price and will take place in April, May and June. 📺🔗https://ow.ly/QS7Z50YphtM #WABA #montgomerycountymd #learntorideabicycle #mocobikes #bikemoco
The Chair of House Foreign Affairs Committee does not know what "imminent" means.
No they are not arriving home soon, they are DEAD
What does any of this mean? Playing for keeps? Keeps of what? If these rules of engagement are so precise and bold, why can’t you articulate them?
It’s like he got the “angry dad” prompt at a movie audition and is just riffing on it.
Why didn’t they choose a key that suits the singer’s vocal range, ouch.
🧵Cans of Worms possibly opened by Trump's war of choice in Iran, a running list:
(not exhaustive, with the caveat that I am not an expert on the region so these are questions from a US foreign policy perspective, please add others) 1/?
I just have stopped believing them. They like being in a racial hierarchy where they get up triangulate their decisions with the mood of white people
They aren’t actually conflicted .
They would rather have this moment of being “smart”
Cool .
But what if you're instacarting for a Black trans woman, that's gotta be ok right?
Q: "Do you think that Donald Trump should be deposed by this Committee?"
Hillary Clinton: "Absolutely."
"Donald Trump has been held civilly liable for sexual assault by a jury of his peers … That is behavior that fits a pattern if one were looking for a pattern."
bsky.app/profile/hims...
Current events confirm the achieved wisdom of time-honored classics in the social sciences.
Durbin says today is the first time he's ever met Noem. Huh.
"I tried to meet with you before and after your confirmation, but you refused every request."
Yep, absolutely
As a young adult, I was against the first Iraq war, which in retrospect had such a reasonable scope it seems quaint.
None of them have actually run anything. They have no idea how to plan. And they have fired everyone with experience in planning and implementation.
So so so much real
Como Agua para Chocolate series is a fave of mine, but possibly because I have fond memories of the book/movie.
Something else about Vanderbilt's capitulation: VUMC said it would only offer “nonsurgical gender-affirming care for adults 19 years and older.” But 18-year-olds are adults. Tennessee law bans this care for people *under* 18, so VUMC is once again overcomplying
Happy 10 year anniversary to that time I led the hour on All Things Considered, talking to a reporter at SCOTUS about how important the elections were going to be for abortion rights.
