For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...
For my Burns Notice newsletter, I wrote about what it was like being a trans person and see the entire right wing try to incite pogrom on us over the last several weeks. burns-notice.ghost.io/what-am-i-su...
Something rotten outside of DeMeritt...
I wrote a book called "Stories Are Weapons" which is a history of psychological war in the United States. In it, I describe how the US military came to a simple definition of rhetoric used for destructive purposes in war (so-called psyops) vs. for democratic debate. Want to know what it is? (1/3)
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
So, as per usual, targetted minoritized group is disproportionally tarred with the worst behavior of anyone that could be associated with it as part of the continuing narrative that The Other are a bunch of dangerous, monsterous, subhuman predators that need... &c.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
And now, another word from MiniTrue:
www.washingtonblade.com/2025/08/12/l...
Believe me I have no comfort in the state of the U.S.'s laws and governmental operations these days.
While all three can remain alive until the end of 2026, so far none of them have seen significant activity.
There have been a whole bunch of age verification for access bills at the state level the past couple years
It's also folded into this multi-topic House bill
legiscan.com/US/text/HB16...
The above is the Senate bill.
There's a companion House bill:
legiscan.com/US/bill/HB16...
a lot of rank and file dems do not seem to understand that trans people are in an existential battle for our right to be part of society right now. the government today is trying to use employment law and federal extortion to ban us from bathrooms.
I mean... Lobachevsky - plagiarize was right!
Graphic for congressional candidate Bethany Andres‑Beck. Top: campaign logo reads “Bethany ANDRES‑BECK for CONGRESS” in white on a navy‑blue background. An orange quotation‑mark graphic frames the candidate’s statement in white and orange text. The statement is identical to the image's caption. The quote is attributed to “ Bethany Andres‑Beck, Candidate for MA‑06.” In the bottom-right quadrant is a photo of Bethany Andres‑Beck, a person with short hair and beard, round glasses, teal T‑shirt under an unbuttoned gray chambray shirt, standing with arms folded and a slight smile. The link to the campaign website “bethfordemocracy.com” is in orange in the bottom left of the image.
I am running for Congress to fight for our country. I’m not here to be polite – I am here to stand up for the working class. Together we’ll prove what should’ve been obvious all along: trans people aren’t political props - we’re leaders.
Visit bethfordemocracy.com to learn more about our campaign!
So last night I didn't get to bed until it was nearly 4am, I only woke up just before 10am, and the only part of breakfast I've gotten through so far is one cup of coffee.
Which would be less of a problem if I didn't want to do various things to connect with people during standard business hours.
Krista Siren has come unstuck in time.
It's summer & I haven't picked up a part time job during it since 2002, so between not setting alarms and my neurospiciness include common rounds of hyperfocus & time blindness, I keep finding myself awake later and later.
Why have we let our government become supervillains?
Nays: 51 Banks Kennedy Barrasso Lankford Blackburn Lee Boozman Lummis Britt Marshall Budd McConnell Capito McCormick Cassidy Moody Cornyn Moran Cotton Moreno Cramer Mullin Crapo Paul Cruz Ricketts Curtis Risch Daines Rounds Ernst Schmitt Fischer Scott (FL) Graham Scott (SC) Grassley Sheehy Hagerty Sullivan Hawley Thune Hoeven Tillis Husted Tuberville Hyde-Smith Wicker Johnson Young
Here’s the list of Republicans who voted to close rural hospitals:
BREAKING: Senate Republicans are taking votes right now to jam through their awful bill.
They don’t want you to know all the bad votes they’re taking.
I’m making sure you know EXACTLY where they stand and what they’re doing.🧵
Yesterday I joined @maindivisible.bsky.social to say:
No kings. No dictators. No going back.
Together we march for trans rights, lgbtq+ joy, and the protection of democracy.
Pride is protest—and Massachusetts has always and will continue to lead the fight.
It's official: The White House wants to cut funding for the 988 LGBTQ+ suicide and crisis hotline for kids.
Make no mistake: this cruelty could cost young lives.
We need to keep fighting back.
President Trump's “Big, Beautiful Bill” will make it easier for big banks and giant corporations to cheat you as Republicans try yet again to shut down the CFPB.
I will use every tool at my disposal to defeat this attack on consumers, including challenging it under Senate rules.
I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.
The exhausting thing is we had Noah Wyle give the "big bag of money" speech in LEVERAGE:REDEMPTION to point out how morally bankrupt and ridiculous this concept of corruption is, had multiple audience members say "Wait, that can't be right OH MY GOD WHAT?" and this national reporter is 😀 👍.
Because compiling nationwide lists of minoritized people always goes so well...
www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
