Folks, @leighfinke.bsky.social joined us for a full episode. We talked about: 1) After losing last week, will MAGA lay off the anti-trans ads? 2) MN DFL delivered for working class families, but voters think Dems don't care about affordability? 3) SCOTUS 4) Trump 5) And more youtu.be/YpmKw3aifjo

Join us at 2pm CST for my 1-on-1 with @leighfinke.bsky.social (DFL, 66-A)! We'll talk about the impacts of the 2025 election, affordability politics, the dangers of the US Supreme Court, and responding to all of the attacks from the Trump admin. youtube.com/live/Y_F62oV...

@washblade.bsky.social White House Correspondent Joe Reberkenny joined us to share two exclusive interviews: 1) Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva and 2) Second Lt. Nicolas Talbott who is the lead plaintiff in Talbott v Trump (against Trump's ban on transgender service members). youtu.be/XgoPWootrr4

Frustrated at Senate Dems? Gleeful about Kim Davis? Curious how many LGBTQ candidates won last week? (hint: it's way more than you think) Catch up on today's episode as we're joined by author and historian @schuneke.bsky.social! youtube.com/live/6mVUhP_...

@schuneke.bsky.social joined us for a special conversation to talk about how Kim Davis lost today at the Supreme Court. She now owes $360,000 to the gay couple she refused to provide a marriage license to. However: Does this mean SCOTUS isn't trying to repeal marriage equality? youtu.be/hGybcBsh3BE

Once Voice Mixed Chorus presents Protest Lines on November 15th. A concert featuring our amazing tradition of protest music AND you will learn and sing some of the songs! Artistic Director, Kimberly Waigwa, is our guest. Get tickets here: www.onevoicemn.org/upcoming-eve... youtu.be/hDhmF59YrB8

My shorts on YouTube only get around 300 views. I'm curious though why this one about how MAGA Christians don't like the truth about conversion therapy only got 3. 🤔 Algorithm? Just a bad short? youtube.com/shorts/qyD7j...

2008: I can't vote for Obama because he's a Muslim socialist who wasn't born here. 2025: The most popular politician in America is a Muslim socialist who wasn't born here

Certainly gives a different context to all of the dozens of "this generation's white men feel lonelier than any other previous generation" think pieces we get every week.

Do we even have a checks and balances system anymore? Congess does nothing. SCOTUS does whatever Trump wants. Mind boggling that it's Justice Jackson on top of it all.

Even if it's only for a day, let's laugh again. The 6th annual Queer and Funny Festival is Sunday in the Twin Cities! The organizers are my guests at 2pm CST today on @am950radio.bsky.social. Also on youtube.com/@thegailyshow www.crowdwork.com/e/queer-and-...

MAGA Christians hate when I say all this stuff about conversion therapy. Full segment: youtu.be/ax9KToFjZRE?... youtube.com/shorts/qyD7j...

Chicago's rainbow crosswalks in @northalsted.bsky.social are making a comeback—now reflecting the Progress Pride design. Stay tuned for more from @windycitytimes.com.

So. Just finished Boots (on Netflix). Lots of thoughts. Primary one: This is an anti-gay series. Going to do a review next week. But, look at how each gay character's story ends...it's exactly what you'd find in those 1990s TV series that are parading around as liberal, but are actually homophobic.

Watch to the end...

There will be a Democratic primary in 2027-28. Newsom isn't the nominee. Stop treating him like one. It's a long way until then. And he has a nasty habit of turning on people he thinks are expendable to his goals. So, calm down. You might ending up wanting a primary.

Trump's tariffs face a skeptical SCOTUS. Read the Law Dork report from court today:

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Come out to our fundraiser at the Lord Baltimore Hotel during Happy Hour on Friday! Genn Fraser, the artist of many mediums, gfraserart.com will be there alongside Sapphic Lit Pop Up authors and FWDIO Studios! We're celebrating #diversityinmedia, #indieanimation, and everything in between

Seeing exits polls that say a majority of Americans feel groceries are more expensive now than a year ago and that it's Trump's fault makes me so FRUSTRATED I want to scream. You RUINED queer and trans lives for THIS? Go cry to someone else. I'm not fighting for you. You're just benefiting from it.

NEW EPISODE! - This News is So Gay (11/5/25): A Path to LGBTQ+ Equality in Local Advocacy? Featuring: David DeWitt (The Ohio Capital Journal), Jake Wittich (Windy City Times) and Jason Villemez (Philadelphia Gay News). thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/11/05/t...

When did Fox News hire a NY Times headline writer???

@jakewittich.bsky.social joined us today to share his new reporting about alleged discrimination at a Chicago Round1 Arcade. A trans man used the bathroom that was the same as his gender assigned at birth. But then Round1 security and management got involved... youtu.be/wucI7n6BSh0

Our breakdown of Tuesday's election. Starting in Minneapolis and then off across the country. youtu.be/MoS_d1vtYc4

I'm going to be so curious to see how the votes divided up in the RCV. I hope they release that data. Clearly enough people ranked Davis/Hampton first and Frey second.

Jacob Frey wins with 50% of the vote compared to Omar Fateh's 44%. vote.minneapolismn.gov/results-data...

The magic number in Minneapolis is 73,852. Based on that, Fateh needs 77% of the Davis/Hampton vote to win. Totals at end of Round One: Frey: 61,340 Fateh: 46,510 Davis: 20,383 Hampton: 15,305 Other: 3,517

Dude blew everyone out standing up for trans rights and Palestinians while looking like a goddamn movie star and you think you're gonna make him a villain? Good fuckin' luck.

This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.

TODAY: Chicago Journalist of the Year @jakewittich.bsky.social is back with new reporting on how a transgender man is alleging discrimination for trying to use the bathroom. Plus, the New GenderCool leader invites Chicago to meet the ‘Champions’ at a November fundraiser. Tune in live at 230p CST!

Dems are cheering this morning, but I get to wake up to analysis like this. Just another daily reminder that one party treats us like a political liability and the other treats us like we're a threat to civilization. apnews.com/article/virg...

@boltsmag.org flagged this important school board race in CO. In the unofficial results, it looks like all 4 GOP school members lost. If it holds, that is huge for both the school system and LGBTQ kids. results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/Douglas/1...

Hearing that Frey's lead in first round is too high to be overcome by RCV allocations to Fateh or Davis. I think it will boil down to who Hampton voters ranked 2nd to test that theory.

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The latest, 11pm: —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win supreme court —ME vote-restricting measure loses —Krasner & Bragg win —JD's half-brother loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices + Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.

Wouldn't it be hilarious if the Texas maps get thrown out in federap court and the CA maps stand? Irony... apnews.com/live/2025-el...

Is it too late to make Mayor-elect Mamdani the Time Person of the Year?

Probably won't know the result in Minneapolis until tomorrow (if you're thinking of staying up for it. of course now that I've written this....)

RESULT: Democrats have defended the Minnesota senate. Their one-seat margin was at play in a special election tonight, though to be clear this was a clearly Dem-leaning seat. Of course, this is on top of the mountain of seats Dems have flipped in the Virginia House to expand their majority there.

BREAKING: Democrat Johnny DuPree has flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate district in a special election. DuPree was previously the mayor of Hattiesburg. His win imperils the Mississippi Senate GOP's narrow supermajority. www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-joh...

Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.

A big result: Maine voters have rejected the conservative ballot measure that'd have restricted ballot access. The measure was going to impose voter ID, and restrict mail voting significantly. It lost easily, a year before the crucial midterms there. Our coverage: boltsmag.org/maine-questi...

The last New York City mayoral candidate to secure over 1 million votes was John Lindsay in 1969. He will be the seventh New York City mayor ever to receive more than 1 million votes.

Ok, 99% in. No one received 50% in Minneapolis Mayor race. So, ranked choice kicks in. Frey: 41.8% Fateh: 31.7% Davis: 13.7% Hampton: 10.4%

Mamdani, a self-described Democratic socialist and queer ally, will be New York City's next mayor.

The newly elected mayor has been a longtime supporter of the LGBTQ+ community.

Today is an absolute rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and a real sign that the anti-trans panic is fading. From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.

FYI, if no candidate gets to 50% on first round, then it goes to ranked choice. I'll be stunned if anyone wins it on the first round.

Weirdly, AP News has 7% if Minneapolis results, but MN Secretary of State not reporting anything on their website. Right now: Frey: 38% Fateh: 28.5% Davis: 16% Hampton: 14%

Stephanie Ruhle on MSNBC: When Trump's policies are on the ballot he loses. When he is on the ballot, he wins. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.