Really difficult to overstate the fury one should feel that the GOP and institutions like the New York Times went all in on transphobia as some mortal threat to women and girls while covering up something like this.

ICYMI yesterday when the Epstein news broke, I wrote about something else for my newsletter:

This is beyond disgusting on its face, but even worse when you realize that Megyn Kelly is mother to a 14-year-old daughter (per Wikipedia)

He has insurance paid for by the constituents he screwed,

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NYT: the transes are a menace. gender is hunting your children. they’re not enbies they’re fearthembies. Also NYT: how can we help cover up crimes mister epstein call us anytime

thinking about how i get anxious writing emails because i don't want to sound like a moron while larry summers is apparently typing emails like this: u kno she dint want to talk tomorrow. make me bad pheel.

Such an important insight, particularly as many Dems, their consultants, and NYT oped types continue to over-index on the •wrong lessons• from 2024 election as they gear up for 2026 and 2028….

Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far. So much work remains to be done.

Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes. Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.

i have said this before but i think that the people who were “charmed” by epstein wanted to be charmed

Really wild how all these Harvard scientists and mathematics guys constantly talked about how Jeffrey Epstein was this brilliant, "misunderstood" man and then you read his emails and he's clearly a barely literate lecher, extremely easy to understand

Great piece by @oriion.bsky.social and a great representation of what research suggests is more the norm than the exception. Detransitioners generally do not identify as cisgender even after detransition and often do not regret their transition.

My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far

*young women & GIRLS While spouting rhetoric about "protecting the children" & "protecting women" by attacking trans people, banning books, telling kids they can't say gay, cutting SNAP benefits, rolling back child labor laws & marriage age, etc... We must name the pedophilic hypocrisies clearly.

Former president of Harvard who was pushed out due to misogynistic comments against women is now caught in emails messaging misogynistic comments about women to Jeffrey Epstein.

Right, these are the two options: Either they tolerated Epstein's eugenics to get to the sex crimes or they tolerated his sex crimes to get to the eugenics

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"It may not be much comfort for those bitter about what they see as a needless surrender. But there’s at least a chance that we’ll look back at this moment as a key turning point, one that produced a Democratic Party less willing to live on its knees." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

Today's a great day for those with GOP Members of Congress to ask them when they plan to either (a) demand Trump's resignation for being deeply involved in a pedophilia ring; or (b) explain why they don't believe that being deeply involved in a pedophilia ring requires a president's resignation.

1. Going to the Library in Smyrna or Murfreesboro, TN? You might be greeted by an EMERGENCY CLOSURE sign. Apparently they have detected the presence of "transgender books" and are quarantining them as if they were a dangerous plague. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

the republican party is engaged in a cover up to keep the american people from learning whether president trump is president pedo

McGovern: You don't even have a health care plan. You been promising one for over a decade and we've never seen it, because it doesn't exist.

Clark: So what are we doing here today? You have already voted to dismantle medicaid, the largest health care program in America. A program that covers 40% of all births in this country. 40% of children in this country. 40% of disabled people in this country.

I’m gifting this article so you can read it without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.” Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?

instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."

I'm thinking today of all my fellow veterans but especially the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were kicked out of the military this year despite being highly qualified and serving honorably. This injustice will be a stain on our nation's history.

One on side, the Trump administration is arguing that hormones are "mutilating" when used by trans people. When used by cis people, they are removing all the warning labels and increasing access. Funny how that works. archive.ph/JhbUF

This was a no-brainer, but it is good to see it in print

Modern Republicans: No chicken in your pot, no car in your backyard, and a grand ballroom up your ass

Who the hell is the judge that issued this decision? It’s time to start naming and shaming

FYI we are all currently paying Lindsey Graham’s health insurance premium.

Horrific

For @teenvogue.com I wrote about the death of trans athlete Lia Smith and how trans youth kind themselves with central pillars of their lives being constantly ripped away from them because of politics. www.teenvogue.com/story/politi...

"I am a brave truth teller for living a life of privilege, coddled by the federalist society, so I can make everyone's lives worse" is a truly insufferable genre of speech and it's the only one these people ever engage in

I will never forget — or forgive — that this trial happened will Kyle Rittenhouse walked free.

A non-negotiable for Democrats in the 2028 primaries is that they must promise to expand and reform the court. The Supreme Court has lost all legitimacy to rule and it needs to be completely overhauled. Nothing less would be an abject failure and acquiescence to Republican ratfucking of the court.

SCOTUS has granted a stay in Trump v. Orr, the trans passport case, meaning that the government will be able to once again deny gender marker changes to trans passport applicants. This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

"without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." This is flatly false! Trans people with a passport that does not match with their plain appearance when presented to a border agent is subject to additional hassle compared to a cis person presenting a passport.

1. In a major shadow docket ruling from the Supreme Court, the court has ruled against trans people's passports, giving a stay to the Trump administration. The admin has previously indicated it intend to revoke some passports if it got this ruling. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Please stop falling for the MTG is a new person con. Please.

For @msnbc.com I wrote about how Tuesday's election gives Democrats the blueprint for overcoming Republican anti-trans attacks and how thus should settle all the talk about throwing trans people under the bus. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Don't trust a New York Times reporter. Don't talk to a New York Times reporter. They are the most ambitious journalists on the planet and will do anything to get the story their editor wants. The truth doesn't matter to them, only getting the story their editor wants so they can move up.

"Trump canceled your flight" is about as easy as messaging gets.

i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”

The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.

you're damn right trans people are going to rub transphobe faces in this one

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.