They still don’t get it. The Dems are using rules to try to protest people who have absolutely no regard for rules. The rules don’t matter anymore and dems are not caught up to that reality.
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.
“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.
Everyone should be aware of the line that has been crossed in the Trump trans military EO.
No longer is this about "evidence," "science" or "protecting kids."
Now, explicitly, black and white, it's about trans people being "liars," "dishonorable," "false."
It's a big step towards very bad things.
Practice non-compliance. If it isn't your habit, start small. Try jaywalking. Park a little weird. Only read your email once a day. Get slow. Prioritize taking care of each other above everything else.
The machine is meaningless. We are all that matters.
I’m expecting to go to campus tomorrow to find disarray amongst my grant-funded colleagues, students on assistance, full programs that keep the college running. Meanwhile, my teacher candidates are learning how to protect their students if ICE shows up. Chaos and pain is the point. On repeat.
Some dude: As a medical matter, surgeries & off-label Rx of powerful drugs to adolescents requires scrutiny & regulation.
What drives me nuts about the trans youth "debate" is how much of it consists of people who don't know anything demanding compromises that already exist.
Hormones and surgeries for minors receive ABSURD amounts of regulation and scrutiny! Either engage with the facts on this issue or shut up.
i will NOT post doomy shit
i will INSTEAD post a donation link
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the clear sign that they just don’t see these kids as real people is the endless concern over hypotheticals and the indifference to the reality that actual children are more likely to kill themselves because of these bans
Thank you @Saeed. Had the worst stomach ache all day but spent the evening with my ally community of trans folks and parents of trans kids and I’m so grateful to have a community of care to help each other in our practice of hope even in the darkest times.
Wondering what's happening with the U.S. vs. Skrmetti Supreme Court case this week?
Here are some resources 🧵
Justice Jackson asks about a child who does not want to grow breasts. Notable that thousands of boys have cosmetic surgery to remove unwanted breast tissue from their chests.
Barrett essentially: We haven't discriminated against trans people enough to warrant equal protection.
That's fucking asinine, lady.
Amy Coney Barrett saying she'd never heard of cross dressing bans and Kavanaugh saying that trans people can't be given legal protections because then we'll be allowed to play sports pretty much shows the bubble that cis people are in. We're NPCs to them.
Today is a very good day to read Shuli Branson's For A Tranarchist Feminism: Transition as Struggle and Care. Transition has always been much more than the medical and legal legitimacy of our very lives, and we have long known how to help one another transition without and against the state
@katelynburns.com also has a great article up on msnbc today. As a mom of a trans daughter and bonus mom to four other trans kids that already are refugees I am terrified about this case but ready to help build the support communities we’ll need.
Oh I wish I could attend this!
The real trap here is that the Republicans have made defending civil rights seem like a frivolous thing and a whole lot of liberals are falling in line. Even if it was a culture war, so what? This would be a war worth fighting. What are we even doing here, people? Get it together.
I keep thinking about those congresspeople kneeling in the rotunda wearing kente cloth scarves, very performative. There has been no loud, visible, unified support for Sarah McBride from the democrats. It’s a real disgrace. That is your colleague! They are bullying her in your faces. And silence!
Well said! Every attack on trans people is an effort to both:
- manufacture rage for distraction/fundraising purposes
- drive trans people out of public life
And the logistics of the policies always boil down to Republicans making cis women less safe while simultaneously blaming trans people.
The anti-trans obsessives cannot fathom that a trans woman be viewed as their equal, let alone that we'd elected to public office or work the same job as them.
And no amount of capitulation will sate their rage. That is why it's imperative that we resist their efforts at each and every turn.
What if we just occupied all the capitol hill bathrooms so nobody gets to piss?
The incoming administration making rape culture its dominant goal has turned me into more of a rage screamer than I already thought I was.
I’m so incredibly disgusted by the party and how it’s leaving her out there to be abused — and thus paving the way for the abuse of all trans folx. My disappointment with how they are responding to EVERYTHING since the election just grows.
FINALLY an elected democrat boldly fights back!
My undergrads and I have decided to replace the last few classes of the semester with a teach-in where we will critically analyze the Dept of Ed chapter of P2025 and design viable pushback tactics teachers on the ground can take. We’ll see what they come up with.
i look at this incoming government and all i can see is rape.
