Race Bannon
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Generalist. I learn. I think. Sometimes I write about it. Links:
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Transcript: Trump 250 Crowd-Size Claims Collapse in Final Humiliation
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Transcript: Trump 250 Crowd-Size Claims Collapse in Final Humiliation
As Trump’s disastrous celebration of our 250th ends with a howler, a writer who focuses on MAGA’s weak grip on the culture reflects on what all this says about the country’s desire to move on from MAG...
https://newrepublic.com/article/212752/transcript-trump-250-crowd-size-claims-collapse-final-humiliation
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"I don’t think we convince people to look at their politics differently by telling them to do so. I think we can influence people to reexamine their political perspectives by seeing others articulate theirs clearly. So, this is my attempt to do that."
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My Political Philosophy
Labels, purity, and the messy, human work of choosing the better option.
https://racebannon.substack.com/p/my-political-philosophy
about 19 hours ago
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I don't think we should ever let go of the Epstein files. Keep demanding their release until it happens and people are held accountable.
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"His wife has said that he relied on an inhaler for asthma, but ICE agents rejected her attempt to give them the device when he was taken into custody."
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Transcript: Trump 250 Crowd-Size Claims Collapse in Final Humiliation
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Transcript: Trump 250 Crowd-Size Claims Collapse in Final Humiliation
As Trump’s disastrous celebration of our 250th ends with a howler, a writer who focuses on MAGA’s weak grip on the culture reflects on what all this says about the country’s desire to move on from MAG...
https://newrepublic.com/article/212752/transcript-trump-250-crowd-size-claims-collapse-final-humiliation
about 23 hours ago
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"Sometimes certain subsets of sexuality and kink communities need to commune and play with only those people who best understand them."
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The Need for Erotic Affinity Spaces
Sometimes certain subsets of sexuality and kink communities need to commune and play with only those people who best understand them.
https://bannon.substack.com/p/the-need-for-erotic-affinity-spaces
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Of the nearly 200 posts on my Love at the Edges newsletter, this has steadily risen in popularity to become the 2nd most read post.
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Growing Older in Kink
Aging is an unavoidable reality for everyone including kinksters. Accepting that reality and adapting accordingly can keep one’s erotic play and social life thriving.
https://bannon.substack.com/p/growing-older-in-kink
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The most important political objective until November is to register and motivate as many voters as possible. We also have to support people and organizations trying to ensure we have a fair election.
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11 Things to Say to Persuade Someone to Vote
As trust in major institutions declines, people are increasingly persuaded to vote by those in their social networks.
https://time.com/7019433/how-to-get-people-to-vote/
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Our book, KINK IS: An Anthology of Surprisingly Relatable True Stories about Sex, Power, and Joy, is going into yet another printing. We're so excited at how well received our book has been, both among kinksters and the kink curious.
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Amazon.com
https://amzn.to/3SC73mJ
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Our Kink Is My Superpower crew has launched a YouTube channel using documentary footage already shot and other new content. Currently 100+ videos and more added each week. Now we're looking for you to tell your story. Like, subscribe, click the bell, and please share.
youtu.be/LgPU77CTX9w?...
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We Want Your Story. What Does Kink Mean to You? | Kink Is My Superpower
YouTube video by Kink Is My Superpower
https://youtu.be/LgPU77CTX9w?si=S2wAaeq90zYEtjdb
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All Trump knows how to do is hate and manipulate his cult by fostering hate inside them too. The President of the United States Attacks Kindergarteners
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The President of the United States Attacks Kindergarteners
Donald Trump is attacking five-year-olds because they’re Muslim.
https://newrepublic.com/post/212726/trump-attacks-kindergarteners-black-muslim
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My latest Musings from a Curious Mind newsletter post. "How an Amazonian people with no words for yesterday or tomorrow found a happiness most of us keep chasing."
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Living in the Present Tense
How an Amazonian people with no words for yesterday or tomorrow found a happiness most of us keep chasing.
https://racebannon.substack.com/p/living-in-the-present-tense
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Donald Trump Has a New—and Stupid and Likely Ineffective—Favorite Word
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Donald Trump Has a New—and Stupid and Likely Ineffective—Favorite Word
He thinks he’s finally found a winning message to rescue the Republicans’ dim midterm chances. But as usual, he’s probably fooling himself.
https://newrepublic.com/article/212707/donald-trump-democrats-communism-stupid-favorite-word
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MAGA Wants to Force Women to Pee in Cups at Airports
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MAGA Wants to Force Women to Pee in Cups at Airports
As MAGA personalities start demanding a ban on women coming to the U.S. and having babies, a writer who covers Trumpism explains what this reveals about today’s right—and why we should take it serious...
https://newrepublic.com/article/212706/maga-wants-force-women-pee-cups-airports
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For me, all these apply. Getting Older Isn't a Loss. It's Getting Yourself Back.
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Getting Older Isn't a Loss. It's Getting Yourself Back.
15 things that quietly get better after 50 that nobody bothers to mention.
https://open.substack.com/pub/midlifeshift/p/getting-older-isnt-a-loss-its-getting?r=nqyl&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
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I just saw a poly party ad. I wonder if other such events are going to start popping up?
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It feels like today is a good day to update this article. Let's save our democracy together. "The United States is amid a serious and dangerous challenge to our democracy and freedoms, but there are things you can do to help."
racebannon.medium.com/citizen-powe...
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Citizen Power Guide
The United States is amid a serious and dangerous challenge to our democracy and freedoms, but there are things you can do to help.
https://racebannon.medium.com/citizen-power-guide-987184b0a2cb?postPublishedType=repub
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Because data lives on somewhere, even when they attempt to purge it, someday the cross section of ICE officers and members of white supremacist organizations and groups will be known. May they have the life they deserve. May they never again be employable. May they be shunned by all decent society.
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San Francisco’s left has a growing antisemitism problem
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Opinion: San Francisco’s left has a growing antisemitism problem
Scott Wiener was pushed out of the Trans March last week. His opponents say it was because of his policies. Make no mistake: It was because he’s Jewish.
https://sfstandard.com/opinion/2026/07/04/san-francisco-s-left-has-growing-antisemitism-problem/?utm_source=native_share&utm_medium=site_buttons&utm_campaign=site_buttons
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The largest veteran led protest since Vietnam took place in DC today. One of the chants they used sums up their message: No more fascists No more war This is what We're fighting for
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It appears people aren't forgetting that Nate Bargatze decided to take that trip to bend the knee to Trump and Trump's garish display at The White House.
5 days ago
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Funniest thing I read today was when someone described Trump's Great American State Fair as "if mayonnaise was an event." That seems a bit disrespectful to mayonnaise, but still funny.
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The more I see of Hunter Biden's social media presence lately, the more I think Republicans are going to regret their attacks on him. I sense he's only just getting started as we approach the Midterms.
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Our Kink Is My Superpower crew has launched a YouTube channel using documentary footage already shot and other new content. In this clip the conversation explores kink through the lens of ritual theory. Like, subscribe, click the bell, and please share.
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Why do People do Kinky Things
YouTube video by Kink Is My Superpower
https://youtu.be/M2q8vHRLLSc?si=6REd1hma9xp-3s2A
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Love this. Tides of Gratitude
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Tides of Gratitude
The elder carries the dead into the room. And in doing so, makes the room larger.
https://open.substack.com/pub/danieldallabrida1/p/tides-of-gratitude?r=nqyl&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Is Meta dying?
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Despite earning billions, Meta is dying
YouTube video by Adam Conover
https://youtube.com/shorts/DSoClIxk1QM?si=s3Wf9lNee49OaJ86
5 days ago
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One of the humorous respites from the insanity of the orange wannabe dictator is
@randyrainbow.bsky.social
. Humor is one of the well studied tactics that helps defeat fascism. So, enjoy!
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He's De-Mented! - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
https://youtu.be/Z1ikcHaEadE?si=CMvbobXGWKmEMUmc
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While big tech needs more regulation and oversight, bans don't do that. Bans let companies off the hook. This is also a good example of how a social trend (such as banning kids from social media) sometimes has no basis at all in data.
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What we're getting wrong about teens and tech
For years, the warning has been: smartphones are destroying a generation. But developmental psychologist Candice Odgers says that decades of data on teens tells a different story — violence, alcohol u...
https://www.ted.com/talks/candice_odgers_what_we_re_getting_wrong_about_teens_and_tech?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
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I am on TikTok maybe 5-10 minutes a day at most. Mostly just to post my newsletter posts. Today while I was on there I stumbled on Bob the Drag Queen interviewing Madonna live. There were thousands of people watching the interview. Brilliant marketing of her new album.
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Photos: How San Francisco drag became a force for art, activism and Pride
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Photos: How San Francisco drag became a force for art, activism and Pride
Chronicle archive photos revisit San Francisco’s drag legacy, showing how the art form became a force for activism, identity and Pride.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/festivals/article/drag-pride-san-francisco-22298066.php
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My latest Love at the Edges newsletter post. "Change is the only constant in life. For some bizarre reason some in our scene don’t understand that. How often do you hear the word 'tradition' bandied about to squelch change?"
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Elders, Make Room for the Young
Why “listen to your elders” needs a counterpart: “listen to the young.”
https://bannon.substack.com/p/elders-make-room-for-the-young
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🚨NEWS: Congressional probe alleges massive fraud in Trump-aligned Freedom 250, alleging Trump allies misled donors, hijacked America’s 250th, and sold access for millions
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Democrats Allege Trump Allies 'Misled Donors' to Bankroll Freedom 250
New Democratic report alleges Trump allies misled donors, hijacked America's 250th, and sold access for millions.
https://meidasnews.com/news/democrats-allege-trump-allies-misled-donors-to-bankroll-freedom-250
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JUST IN: Disappointing June jobs report under Trump. The U.S. added just 57,000 jobs — well below the 115,000 expected. Hospitality lost 61,000 jobs. April and May numbers revised down by 74,000. Wage growth (3.5%) is lagging behind inflation (~4%). Trump’s economy is stalling.
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I had to double-check that this was a real Truth Social post by Donald Trump. It was. He’s completely unhinged.
#TrumpIsUnhinged
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I'm gay. I'm queer. I'm multitudes. And that's okay. I don't understand people who think that somehow adding queer to the vernacular, to be more inclusive of a spectrum of orientations and identities when appropriate, takes away from their gayness.
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Why are America's largest newspapers stigmatizing queer people?
Opinion: Both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal recently ran opinion pieces essentially preaching "gay is respectable, queer is the problem." It's not helpful, writes Josh Ackley.
https://www.advocate.com/opinion/nyt-wsj-gay-queer-stigma
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When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.
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Unless I'm not feeling great or have already engaged in some fun times earlier before bedtime, I've done this almost every night my entire adult life. It's nature's sleeping pill for me.
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Here's What Research Says About Self-Pleasure and Sleep — Rouse Relational Wellness
Want to know something kind of wild? A new study from Central Queensland University found that engaging in self-pleasure before bed is linked to falling asleep about nine minutes faster, sleeping bett...
https://www.rousetherapy.com/blog/heres-what-research-says-about-self-pleasure-and-sleep
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It's a big deal when an active duty servicemember is calling for the impeachment, conviction, and removal of the President and Vice President.
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ACTIVE DUTY MAJOR CALLS FOR TRUMPS IMPEACHMENT!
YouTube video by USMCAngryVeteran
https://youtu.be/k2-AyA3SLEs?si=svg0lL5IiBhflfX5
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Here is a unique BDSM reading list.
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The BDSM reading list university won't give you
If you want to understand “kinky” as a valid expression of human sexuality, here's 15 books to get you started
https://nicolledoublel.substack.com/p/the-bdsm-reading-list-university
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This article needs an update. Much of it still applies but much can change politically in 2-3 months. If you have revision suggestions, I'd love to read them. Read “Citizen Power Guide“ by Race Bannon on Medium:
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Citizen Power Guide
The United States is amid a serious and dangerous challenge to our democracy and freedoms, but there are things you can do to help.
https://racebannon.medium.com/citizen-power-guide-987184b0a2cb
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The Great American State Fair Is a Great Trumpian Disaster
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The Great American State Fair Is a Great Trumpian Disaster
The debacle on the National Mall captures an administration in free fall—and a president who is only interested in celebrating himself.
https://newrepublic.com/article/212553/great-american-state-fair-trump-feeedom-250-disaster
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@bookshop.org
has already given independent bookstores more than $48M. I often buy my books in bookstores, but if online I try to buy from Bookshop.
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Race Bannon Bookshop
As an author myself, and a prolific writer of newsletters and articles in which I often recommend books, I want to point readers to a bookselling site that empowers bookstores and the publishing indus...
https://bookshop.org/shop/racebannon
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The fact that Americans allowed the incredibly wealthy to convince the electorate that taxing the wealthy appropriately was bad even though it keeps us from getting universal health care or free education will be seen in the future as one of the great cons.
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This can be useful to lots of kinksters. "If you’re kinky or engage in any form of adventurous sexuality, it’s smart to find medical and mental healthcare providers who understand kink." Finding Kink-Aware Healthcare
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Finding Kink-Aware Healthcare
If you’re kinky or engage in any form of adventurous sexuality, it’s smart to find medical and mental healthcare providers who understand kink.
https://bannon.substack.com/p/finding-kink-aware-healthcare
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I bet more people went to see the reflecting pool algae than went to Trump's Great American State Fair. Total failure. Again.
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The LGBTQ community is not OK. "On June 20, Rainbow Railroad released a report on the state of global LGBTQ+ persecution. As an advocacy group, Rainbow Railroad helps at-risk LGBTQ+ people get to safety around the world."
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Why more LGBTQ+ people are trying to flee the U.S.
YouTube video by The Globe and Mail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0JVn4nMvaY
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Perfection. "I'd rather adjust to your absence than be continuously frustrated by your presence."
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Best breakup line ever. #shorts #savagewisdom #relationships
YouTube video by Adam Cam
https://youtube.com/shorts/MG7gUPJ-3yc?si=Z_KpGC2uIs7j7BFL
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Trump's Great American State Fair is a total failure.
add a skeleton here at some point
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