It really shouldn't be controversial. If a kid is so dysphoric that they NEED surgery, that they obtain in consultation with their doctor, with the consent of their families, that is a SERIOUS medical condition that the government should NOT be second-guessing!

SCOOP: The Department of Health and Human Services has been using the term “sex-rejecting procedures” to describe gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary individuals. The term is not clinical or medical. It comes from a Christian Right group. www.importantcontext.news/p/hhs-is-usi...

In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions. Then covered it up again when caught. Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Congratulations to Bad Bunny for his wonderful, love-filled tribute to the American continent!

"it is clear that AIPAC is again funding super PACs in order to secretly funnel money to its preferred candidates, while also coordinating donors to give to those candidates directly." prospect.org/2026/02/06/a...

i think it’s funny that these people fully adopted “change my mind.” why would i bother? i have to buy cat litter, have a sandwich, read about the naming structure of inquisitors in star wars. i have to pee. you’re clearly a sad bigot. change your mind? i just want to be anywhere not near you.

We rewatched the halftime show and the closing is so powerful. Bad Bunny’s final messages during his Super Bowl performance: “The only thing more powerful than hate is love.” “Together, we are America.”

Wait til they learn about opera

In case you missed the moment. Art is powerful

This was a very cool moment of the show

Seems like a fine evening to rewatch The Matrix with some friends. Thanks for such a great tale @lillywachowski.bsky.social.

Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.

Something incredible is happening in the Magic: The Gathering community. The prolific MTG Youtube channel Tolarian Community College has raised $450,000 and growing for Trans Lifeline. Read our writer S. Baum's story here and go pitch in! www.erininthemorning.com/p/magic-the-...

Please tell your representatives to vote NO on the SAVE Act! It’s a bad bill. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Sulzberger’s nyt is already waging a disgraceful campaign of white supremacy in its news pages. Weiss promotes lies and propaganda on CBS, platforming charlatans and predators

Today I was invited to a baby shower in two weeks. It feels almost like a rite of passage!

Bryce is the GOAT. #AEWDynamite #Wrestlesky

They got people used to talking about women being inferior and needing gender segregation to protect them in the realm of sports and now they will seek to use that framework in every aspect of life. They'll argue women aren't equipped biologically to be in law enforcement or the military.

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.

If Dem senators vote to extend the DHS CR again, they are instantly going to lose a tremendous amount of support from their base who have been in wait-and-see mode on this. I can only assume Dem senators considering this have completely lost touch with their voters. Don’t do it.

FINNEAS defends sister Billie Eilish amid online backlash over her anti-ICE comments at GRAMMYs: “Seeing a lot of very powerful old white men outraged about what my 24 year old sister said during her acceptance speech. We can literally see your names in the Epstein files.”

When nyt journalists demonstrate animus for trans ppl, as they have for years, readers should shun the reporting as the product of bias You will never get an honest view of trans ppl from the nyt Its trans-exclusionary newsroom staffing exemplifies bias. Its coverage promotes bigotry and contempt

2.5 million Epstein documents are still unreleased with the DOJ saying no further prosecutions are likely to take place. That alongside the failure to redact the victims in this case is a complete and utter moral failure. Release all of them now.

cis folks: you may be under the impression that our doctors know a lot HRT. you may see trans folks saying we know more than their doctors and think we must be wrong. to support us you need to know that we CONSTANTLY deal with doctors who suck. even endocrinologists will tell you they don't know:

@samsteindc.bsky.social on Mike Johnson sowing distrust in our elections: “It's hard to imagine a more irresponsible statement from the Speaker of the House than that…Openly saying, I don't have evidence for what I'm suggesting, but I'm going to suggest it anyway.”

It's genuinely kind of funny that the ALL-AMERICAN MAGA HALFTIME SHOW is going to have the guy who sang this as its headliner right in the middle of all the Epstein stuff

Nebraska Bathroom Bill, Youth Gender-Affirming Care Ban Likely To Fail Amid Opposition From Deciding Republican Vote transitics.substack.... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

The president of the ASPS is a huge Trump supporter if you're wondering why they shifted positions now to align with the Trump Administration. He's donated substantially to Trump and Ted Cruz. This was a political decision. www.fec.gov/data/receipt...

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 3 Boston Review: Julia Serano pens a killer -down on the long-running argument that Dems should "moderate" by adopting "common sense" positions that essentially throw tarns people under the bus: "Trans Rights Aren’t Tanking the Democrats."

A landmark study challenges the foundation of blanket bans, “finding that despite larger muscle mass about one to three years after hormone therapy, trans women have physical fitness levels comparable to those of cis women.”

very excited to have my response included in the latest Boston Review forum against Democratic moderation! here it is, my best argument for why Dems shouldn't "moderate" on transgender rights & LGBTQ issues more generally (as they are inextricably linked): www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...

Three rules in FBI firearm training: 1. Always point your weapon downrange 2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot 3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like

What training manual in what agency instructs ICE agents that it's permissible to chase down a protestor and point a loaded gun at the top of their head while screaming at them? We have to understand that ICE is being instructed by Trump to ignore law and convention and terrorize not police.

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

The indictment of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers revealed that they had a cache of weapons, entered the Capitol in military formation, and were prepared to harm lawmakers. They were all pardoned and no doubt many of them are now in ICE

“His statement came hours after The New York Times reported that the White House was no longer conditioning a settlement on a cash payment with Harvard, citing four unnamed sources.” A president whose word means nothing and a stenographic nyt politics staff whose reporting means nothing

Trans women threaten patriarchy bc seeking to live as a woman voluntarily is anathema to the idea that men are superior. Trans men threaten patriarchy bc if women were naturally inferior it would show - someone assigned female wouldn't be able to easily pass as male with a bit of testosterone.

Fox News programming treats trans people as an existential threat. Fox News polling keeps finding voters disagree. New poll: Dems +22, biggest gap tested. Crosstabs? “Held for future release.” open.substack.com/pub/aridrenn...

If politics is downstream of culture, ICE is in real trouble. It’s not just Grammy winners who have spoken out recently, either. I mark the cultural shift, and the political fallout, in today’s piece.

Meet the Director of the newest hit documentary, the man Melania Trump personally hand picked, and the guy drummed out of Hollywood years ago for sexual harassment charges brought by three different women: Brett Ratner Here he is in the Epstein files

Let us not forget that Catherine O'Hara was hired for "Saturday Night Live," spent a week there, decided it sucked, quit, and went back to Canada to make more shows with her friends.

You can be an Independent Journalist tho, if you're a legit journalist with an academic background in journalism and work for yourself. As is the exact case with Don Lemon. Tucker Carlon is not a Independent Journalist. He has no journalism degree. Same with Hannity.

It’s pretty fucking wild that the DOJ is releasing files that include accusations that the President of the United States raped underage girls, to distract from the fact that the DOJ is covering up murders of US citizens by their own government.

CNN employees can’t understand why Scott Jennings isn't required to adhere to the network’s editorial and ethics standards which are b binding on them and other opinion journalists. CNN can't explain why. www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-boss-con...

9. Democrats, if they choose to recognize it, can run openly on their supportive stances—and on exposing the cruelty of Republican policy—and be rewarded by voters for doing so.

Seems like one of those issues that should greatly concern everyone regardless of their politics.

Well, I'm not travelling to Kansas any time soon. Sorry, but you have to read these three snippets from bottom up.

The Kansas bathroom bill applies to state government buildings. State Rep. Abi Boatman, a Wichita Democrat who is trans, was selected to fill a vacant seat earlier this month and it's believed this bill was specifically targeted at her. Disgusting and hateful. Details here:

When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?