I don't think we should mince words. Transphobia and hatred killed May Pollard. The Idaho legislature killed her as surely as if they'd pointed a gun at her head and pulled the trigger. Anti-trans laws were the gun. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Thankful for Ashley Brouilette. Who also previously warned military supervisors about his abusive behavior. Which begs the age old question for feminists, how many effing times do we have to warn people about abusive men to stop them getting into jobs with weapons and positions of power

Listen. Dude may very well have mental health issues too but I cannot take one more fucking article that conflates abuse of women with “mental health issues”

It’s a goddamn straight line from dating/domestic violence to racist violence to state sanctioned/police violence

“Most men I associate with are rapists.” -MAGA men

Sure wish there was as much outrage among academic observers at the rapid and inefficient proliferation of new Vice Provost for Sucking up to Tech Companies positions as there was for the diffusion of Vice Provost for Trying to Make Academia Less Sexist and Racist positions.

Said differently, JD Vance believes any wealth generated by AI should be concentrated in the hands of a few while the masses suffer job losses, deeper climate catastrophes, higher electric bills, noise pollution from data centers, etc, etc.

God it’s almost like every member of this administration is corrupt and in it to enrich themselves (while burning it all down and doing ethnic cleansing)

“The company explains Sally uses natural language processing, facial expressions, and live feedback to provide classroom support” In other words “Sally” will be surveilling your kids and at best, selling data to companies and at worst, giving data to law enforcement and ICE for nefarious purposes

Those luddites, always wanting to stop accelerating climate change, and protect people’s IP, and save people’s jobs, and wanting access to truthful info instead of hallucinated garbage

We could actually do this all the time along with education on reducing viral transmission and like, keep people healthier and resourced to protect themselves

Nothing like hearing your 7 year old walking around the house casually singing “im the only one who’ll drown in my desire for you” from Melissa Etheridge’s I’m the Only One to help you know your parenting is solid.

No one wants to hear it but tracking everyone in your life is pretty much the gateway drug to the Armageddon you’re so afraid of.

Dear media, You don't have to say "E Jean Carroll accused Trump of defamation and rape." You can say "Trump defamed and raped E Jean Carroll." It's been adjudicated. Thank you

The disdain with which state leaders treat predominantly black cities in their state, on which they DO very much rely for economic wellbeing in the state

If Rubio and his buddies in the administration are so concerned about the processes of the ICC, there's always the option of throwing them on a plane and sending them to CECOT without a trial.

Whoa I didn’t see that coming. Great news!

Policy people are good at a lot of things. They are not good at being concise in writing or helping edit things to a lower word count.

I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.

Remember how he used his sense of humor to deploy policy positions like: opposing lgbtq equality, slashing health care and food for the poor, and that the govt should be able to detain Americans indefinitely? God he was so funny when he propelled forward policies to support a dictator.

I’m a millennial but just consider everyone queer until they come out as straight or cis

Caregiving is a massive economic opportunity or a massive economic crisis in waiting because nearly the entire care infrastructure rests on the unpaid labor of women, especially.

“defining biological sex as binary does not imply that individuals necessarily fall into two classes, as they can produce male, female, both, or neither gamete class.” Sex is binary as long as words mean nothing and binary can be four instead of two lol this is embarrassing

For folks asking why bother commenting because the OMB won't care: comments help build cases for the courts by explicitly laying out harms. That's why it's really important to have your comments be as specific as possible. Also, contact your senators and reps! They actually do care about this.

Historians have documented how the vast majority of New Deal programs discriminated and full on left Black people out. If Roosevelt is the greatest President of the 20th century, then this says A LOT about US Presidents. Also saying 'i know, I know the concentration camps...' is diabolical.

Reminds me of when someone told me at a conference their local politicians responded to advocacy about child’s hunger with “if they’re hungry in school, they’ll be more motivated to work their way out of poverty” Just unbelievable cruelty and stupidity

I do think we should stop using the term "unitary executive" in public discourse and simply call it what it is: dictatorship

It is undeniably funny that Chris Rufo - whose whole career is based on the idea that identity politics is so bad that its fine to ruin people's lives over it - is unhappy that Mamdani is not adequately appreciative of his identity

“I didn’t take all the right classes or else didn’t pay enough attention, hence it is all of higher education that is wrong.”

It is truly incredible how some of these male leftists who correctly criticize the police and court system will turn around and say a rape allegation can’t be taken seriously unless it passes through the cops and courts

Because all of this is about ideological control, not money

I guess this allegation is that his ideological opponents knew 5 years in advance he would run and somehow coerced Jenny Racicot into sending messages to him and others alleging rape in anticipating that they might need those messages in 2026?

That’s cool I really needed someone to mansplain to me that my allergy is impossible and not real, despite allergy testing and multiple allergist confirmations.

Today’s Democratic Party can become great by fighting the left instead of the fascists? I don’t know maybe we shouldn’t take advice on building a strong Democrat party from a Republican.

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I spoke to Mitch McConnell for twenty minutes this morning. He said, in a weak but firm voice, "workers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!"

One thing I don’t think men understand is that rape and assault are so ubiquitous—and so perpetually immune from consequence or recognition—that many women learn to talk about these incidents as of they’re mere inconveniences. We are not allowed to treat them with more gravity.

I have some questions for 3% of Dems

I drove through an anti choice protest with my 7 year old recently, and when she asked what those people were protesting and I explained, she said “But if those people convince other people that no one should have an abortion, people could die!” So I got to explain that yes, that already happens

Yeah this is what rapists and people with Nazi tattoos do.

I don't get why it's SO HARD to just admit you were wrong, and to commit to doing better. NO, the allegations against Platner weren't part of a "smear campaign" by establishment Dems, for fucks sake. They're just women, SAYING WHAT HE DID.

It’s not that weird, they’re glad to mask to protect their own anonymity, and unwilling to mask to protect literally anyone else

Some of the same guys who act like there’s an unexplainable gender war going on are simultaneously the ones trying to equate masculinity with being sexually abusive to women. Gee I wonder what could be causing tension

One of my hardest-won political lessons is that it’s never, ever worth it to treat ppl as ~indispensable no matter what they do~ —bc we *see* the contributions & potential of the abusive men & we don’t get to see that in the women they drive out. We never actually get to know what we’ve squandered

Please be advised if you hear my 7 year old discussing how she likes free alcohol drinks, she means alcohol-free drinks.

This and with that, time to sign off social media for a few days while leftish people scramble to justify sexual assault when it’s perpetrated by a Dem

There's a part in the book "Careless People" where the author beats Zuck at Settlers of Catan, and he is absolutely wrecked by it. Someone pulls her aside to explain everyone else has been letting him win for years. I think about this a lot re: why tech bros think everyone will love AI chatbots.

If a 7 year old calls your dress “interesting” is that an insult or innocently bad word choice?