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People and the media have accepted it as a normal political discussion that good people can disagree on but it’s straight up sociopath shit to take away someone’s healthcare and I don’t really have time for anyone who feels differently
people come up with all kinds of fanciful math to justify billionaires' wealth but imo present political moment demonstrates conclusively that we need to tax billionaires at whatever rate will keep them focused on their own fucking business rather than our Medicaid and pediatric cancer research
Every time they say “we can’t afford that,” remember: they could afford armored tanks, a dictators birthday parade, and enough tear gas to choke a city. They just don’t want you fed, safe, or alive.
What happened with Polygon today is so fucked. Vox Media has made some atrocious decisions in my six years here but this is really something else. And to do this in the middle of us bargaining a new union contract, where they scold us for asking for better protections, is just unconscionable.
"Did Trump just defy a court order?"
YES, motherfuckers. Why in the fuck is that so hard for people to say? The judge told him to stop doing something, he did it anyway, IN DEFIANCE OF THE JUDGES RULINGS!
WHY ARE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING FASCISM IN THE PASSIVE VOICE????
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
We’re all worried to some degree that Trump supporters are going to kill us or get us killed. It’s not going to get better for any of us unless good people resolve to stand up to them.
same methods, different era
all of this. it’s frustrating as fuck as everything unravels to see deals made so everyone in DC can go home for a long weekend. god as my witness I will back primaries on everyone mewling about civility right now. stop acting like amoebas and show a little goddamned spine.
I'm never going to forgive the people and politicians who sat silently while Trump sicced the entire federal government against trans people.
Democratic lawmakers need to understand something:
Imagine your house is on fire. Fire truck shows up. Firefighters get out. They look at the fire, then at you, and say: "Such a fire is a grave threat. This house will not sustain."
And just stand there.
This is how many of you are coming across.
I do not need the Dems to tell us how bad things are. We already read the news. I need them tell us *what they plan to do about it*
“The State Department is blocking new passports for trans Americans”
The EU needs to update its laws and open asylum pathways for trans people. Denying someone identification is state sponsored erasure and it needs to be recognised as persecution.
every single person that tried to claim that they were a feminist, a liberal or a progressive, while Just Asking Questions about this shit? it’s now starkly clear what side they’re on. plausible deniability out the window
you don't need a phd in right wing extremism to recognize a nazi salute. what the fuck are we doing here.
Everyone excusing Elon Musk’s behavior due to his alleged autism should be chased into the sea with pitchforks
it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true
Guys, the dork who made his Future Car look like a roided-out Back to the Future mobile doesn't do subtlety.
I am currently screaming inside my heart and it sounds a lot like this
You’re all about to be gaslit about that Nazi salute and I’m begging you to spend no time on it. You know what you saw.
Do not do the devil's work for him. Until there are legally enacted rules under the APA that are upheld by the courts, do not obey in advance. These are meant to intimidate trans people. It won't work.
We will not go away or disappear. Deal with it.
These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.
A lot of people are explaining what Trump can and cannot do, based on the law and Constitution. The reality of the situation is that we're about to find out what legal walls and safeguards will hold and which will crumble. Right now, we don't fucking know.
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
I wish you all a very "don't watch the inauguration tomorrow, that orange cretin is gonna steal enough of your mindshare without you watching him on purpose" to you all 💛✌🏽
Here for it!
What if they just periodically had to sit in their office closets while someone simulated being a shooter in the corridor, like my grade school children do?
5th person to be cured of HIV
“Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
The way this made me smile. I love this place so much.