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Oh yes, perfect trailer moment.
Republicans honestly treat HUD like the office is sponsored by Shea Moisture
I was gonna say, Trump's streak of putting Black People into HUD remains unbroken.
If it worked for Birth of a Nation...
Ya, he really wants people focusing on anyone but his own interests.
"Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?" [stares directly at the camera]
They see being trans as a means to an end. You 'become' trans to... do something. assault people, steal sports awards, etc. Or you've been coerced to be trans. The notion that people can be trans to... just be themselves is alien to them.
if they are cis, it's hard for them to understand. So they look what what extreme thing would cause them to transition. They can only see being trans through a mirror of "what would make me change my gender."
That's 100% it. They assumed after Cass that trans people would just up and say, "well, it's a fair cop. You got us. We were only doing this for a laugh" and go away. But you and I both know that *isn't* what being trans is.
Same here. I'd love to have both seasons on vinyl
Tell me about it
I think you pointed out the difference between those who say, "well, fascism is here, so we have to deal with it" and those who see it and work to counter it. There latter, ya, that isn't doomerism at all. Heck, that's the opposite.
It's very telling that Trump's judicial nominees are perfectly willing to agree that Brown v. Board and Loving v. Virginia were correctly decided, but suddenly when Obergefell v. Hodges is on the table, they can't comment. We can only conclude they do not agree it was correctly decided.
I have infinitely more respect for a fullblown Walt-is-capitalist-Jesus / second home in Orlando-owning Disney Adult than I do for even the lowest-key Harry Potter casual gcn.ie/j-k-rowling-...
They’ve been monsters since before Hastert
Intimidation much?
::sigh:: I still miss my dad's old Helms truck.
Mood www.youtube.com/watch?v=58k-...
The next question should always be, "and what did trans people ask for that was unreasonable?" Bring receipts.
There is nothing further from "kitchen table issues" than elitist whining about people (being mean? not agreeing with you? being uncouth?) on a website. Height of inflated self importance. Meta-textual ivory tower nonsense. You find more self awareness in niche academic rivalries
When I was announced as the lead in a Doctor Who spinoff in 2023 Graham Linehan tweeted about me for TWO DAYS, tagging the BBC and others to say that I am pro-child abuse and they shouldn't work with me.
I wouldn't go to him for even the most basic things, let alone health issues.
The thing I keep looking at on this, is that he may be mistaking "assholes like Elon Musk are the worst" as "white man are the worst." He is, clearly, his own worst problem.
I would be too embarrased to admit this is how I felt
We encourage our supporters to write to the BBC to complain about the use of a slur against trans women in this article www.bbc.com/news/article... This is directly written in text and is not a quotation.
I think reading this ad, and its positioning of Kevin Sorbo as an expert at, well, anything, made *me* worry I was developing dementia.
Take one action today for trans rights in the UK in only 25 minutes: - (5 minutes) copy and read this linked letter - (5 minutes) find your MP's details, set up an email - (10 minutes) make your own version of said letter - write from the heart - (5 minutes) check it over, put in email SEND
Gods yes
They make people *feel* like it's fighting back, but really, there's nothing *there.*
For me, the Newsom tweets feel like *entertainment,* but nothing more than that. They don't shift anything, nor do I think they even *could.*
I don’t recall you asking that
Okay, cool.
Out of curiosity: how much of the backstory was fabricated in the states? Was the character at all trans prior to that manual?
JD Pritzker is one of like five Democrats who knows what time it is and no Newsom is not one of those five. Newsom is attempting to become the Trump of the center-right. Pritzker is ready to go to war
So if the president calls you a terrorist, Rubio can murder you. Please note that Stephen Miller just called the Democratic party a "domestic, extremist organization." Pay attention. www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...
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BREAKING: Gov. JB Pritzker says the Trump administration has sent the Texas National Guard to Great Lakes Naval Base outside Chicago, awaiting orders to deploy to Chicago. Trump administration officials will target Mexican Independence Day (Sept. 16) celebrations. @wttw.bsky.social
I still need to check in at CVS over the hill from you
As much as I hate to say it, ppl in Chicago and Baltimore should refuse service to anyone from an out of state guard unit. Tell them you're busy or can't take orders until next week etc and it might be easier if they order food from Texas.
literally bigots on all platforms would have dramatically less reach if we weren't utterly obsessed with finding their content explicitly to dunk on it. I get it, I do, as a Former Dunkee I get it! but like a fire-without oxygen it fucking dies. Deprive them of oxygen!
So, did we ever decide if he was alive, or what?
It's not even half Weiss
Have they cut him off yet and rushed him inside?
If Trump goes to space, where will Tim Curry go?
See? This shit is why I'm not going to let up on Newsom or other transphobic Democrats: they might otherwise go the Labour route and plunge the country into full on transphobia as policy.
starmer is doing all the anti-immigrant and anti-trans "popularism" stuff the centrists are demanding US dems do and this is the predictable result:
Maybe he fell out of the Lincoln Bathroom?
We now go live to the White House...
This delay isn't exactly sparking confidence, is it?
So, Elon is still pissed at his daughter, huh?
As if you couldn't already get more respect from me for your work. Thank you.
Not only do I mean it when I say I that won’t vote for transphobic politicians, I will also feast on their entrails
Be that as it may, you know that everyone is going to be *watching* this thing to read the tea leaves over his health and condition of same.
Truly insane that "wizard school lady" became one of the most virulently hateful people on the planet but because people won't stop buying Harry Potter merch you're not allowed to point it out or she'll sue you
I'd wish ill on her for saying things like this, if it wouldn't get my account suspended.
The Nam Shub of Hirschfeld
I hope, when I'm as old as Glinner, that I don't become a hateful bigot. Oh wait, I'm one year older than him.
"Maybe try not being a dick, buddy"
I'm sure it'll all turn into, "I was unjustly cancelled for my beliefs"
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"Bone-petite?"
I would be shocked, honestly, if it was health related. I would also add Venezuela as being a potential thing .
Joke's on y'all. I'm already an old person.
Something about him saving a bunch of money on insurance by switching insurers, no doubt.
If you’ve ever worried whether art matters. It does.
He is such a piece of shit.
Labor Day: a North American tradition. Speaking of traditions, look what showed up on the sidebar. Enjoy & pass it on! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brq-...
buck angel distributed AI deep fake revenge porn of a trans woman youtuber he was having an online fight with. fuck this dickhead youtu.be/mBjlPIwflug?...
Biblically accurate genitals.
crimethinc.com/2017/07/18/a...
The contradiction at the heart of transmisogyny has always been that people will insist they don't see us as women while treating us exactly like women, and specifically as women they are entitled to sexually exploit or brutalize.
Also, a Pogo reference in 2025 is a choice.
That's Pogo. And the headline is a Pogo reference. And this is very xenophobic at best.
1 Sep 25 -- CNN pushes back on White House counterterrorism czar claiming "there is an ideological connection to multiple of these attacks where innocent children... are targeted" pointing out of 32 school shootings since 2020 only 2 involved trans individuals. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
Brianna Who? ;-)
In some states, as a trans man who passes for male, I'm legally banned from using a men's restroom but practically banned from using a women's. My choice is between breaking the law and being arrested for breaking it. Few Democrats are talking about how much trans people have lost, and how quickly.
this paragraph here is the perfect summary of why we don't see safety in this smarmy jagoff…just a different, more insidious kind of danger
They were never going to stop at what was "legal" or not. They didnt to begin with! All art/media is on the chopping block. You have to fight this NOW. keep calling, contact your reps. Make some noise!
You guys see where this is going? Right?
People literally bled & died fighting against corporate interests, robber barons, corrupt local & state politicians, cops & hired killers, & the federal government & US military for better working conditions for the rest of us so reflect on that today for just a bit while you're doing whatever else.
I’m seeing anti-immigrant accounts on bluesky, and people interacting with them. Come on, here we block and move on. No space here for Nazis.
"Meet the 'Girl' Who Became a Man" 1937 Newsreel about Peter Alexander of Australia anniarbour.substack.... www.youtube.com/watc... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
PSA: migrate off of substack to beehiv or ghost etc before apple captures your subscriber data and locks you in ASAP
Tom Paris is 100% ‘nilla.
Ya. Something along those lines has been in mind, as well as the obvious Weekend at Bernies comparison.
I figure he is still with us, but now I'm kinda leading to him being on a bit of a permanent vacation, propped up while he still has a pulse and while the dice keep rolling, ya know?
eh, it's all wait-and-see.
Just remember, kids!
Ya know, I made it clear earlier than while I don't think Trump has perished, something happened. Still, aside from having some fun with it the other night, I have assumed that he'd already be back at it. All this weird cover story stuff, though... now I'm just not too sure about things.
I saw Trump at a Burger King in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Transphobes would have a lot less reach on here if everyone stopped arguing with them and quoting their posts to dunk on them, they don't give a rat's ass about your arguments and enjoy wasting your time.
at their core, trans rights, abortion rights, and vaccine rights are actually all the same issue: they’re all about bodily autonomy, and the willingness to concede any of them puts the others at risk.
Some social media users have claimed there's an "epidemic" of transgender and nonbinary mass shooters in the United States. But available data doesn't support that: www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
Post a meme made by you
I started the Remembering Our Dead project in 1998.
Ruin a movie by making it about Gary. Gary, Queen of the Desert.
"The Republican Party wants to pull YOUR teenage daughter's pants down in the middle of gym class if they think she's too good at lacrosse, this is vile and depraved and only the start of their intrusive government overreach" should be the party line and I don't think it's a heavy lift
