Being trans is not wrong, bad, lesser than, defective, or in any way deficient. It is simply a state of being. Only people insecure in their own masculinity/femininity consider a gender insufficient or lesser. My identity is not a punchline.

I didn’t know there were FIVE ICE detention hunger strikes going on all over the country.

When the government acts in a lawless manner and contrary to the principles of the republic, it is the civic obligation of every citizen to oppose, subvert and resist the authoritarian.

Delaney Hall reality La Monica McIver went there the moment it was announced with mayor Ras Baraka And that was pushed off until AFTER people saw WHITE people lost and harmed Now their is hunger and violence She is facing 17 years

And you are better than other people at stuff. A lot of people, and a lot of stuff. But you are better than everybody in the world at one thing Being yourself An irreplaceable work of art of infinite value. You see that artist, the best in the world? That's you - at being you.

Collaborators are as much my enemy as this regime is.

Watching the Man in the High Castle again. It's a difficult watch. Little too on the nose for these days.

Hmm, ok. So there's no screaming, shouting and attacking off the internet? Wish I lived in that world. And GC unite with trans folks against violence? Where's the violence coming from in the real world? Seems to me the GC/TERFs do everything they can to stoke up violence against trans folks.

Breaking: Doctor Teeth and the Electric Mayhem have turned down an invite to the Freedom 250 concert. Asked to comment, bassist Floyd said, "That's not our groove, man." Drummer Animal grabbed a MAGA hat from a passer by and ate it.

If Trump "came clean" - really wiped off all the corruption, dishonesty, bigotry, narcissism that are a part of him There would be nothing left.

Very bold of Republicans to unleash Miller and let him speak in public. It's clear and obvious that he's evil - this is a dividing line. Either you're on Miller's side, or you're on the side of what's good, right, real, honest and human. Can't be both.

How about we start the new republic by taking *all* of Trumps money and giving it to her. Then we can proceed with prosecutions etc.

Big Dave's Deluxe, Wendys, circa 1990s.

This is disgraceful. He assaults her again, using the department of injustice.

I honestly don't need to know what mental gymnastics Joanne goes through to justify her bigotry and cruelty. Support trans folks, y'all. Especially the kids.

That was, "Morris Day and the Time - Total Landscaping"

Double? Well, then, let's just raise his taxes to 95% of his income, and see what that does. And investigate fraud, tax evasion etc and actually penalize the wealthy same as the poor. Maybe then we can help teachers in Queens. Or maybe we'd still have to get more creative.

If you can't love your children for being who they are, you probably should not be having children.

Say what you want about Donald Trump, but he never misses an opportunity to be a national fucking embarrassment.

How it always is with bigotry. You give an inch, they take a mile. Supposedly, the *reasonable* argument was regarding trans women in sports - though they never at any time addressed the facts. Now before we know it they'll be mandating pink dresses for girls, blue shirts and pants for boys

In the US, they're "immigrants should stay in their 'own' countries, where we can drop bombs on them."

Today, @stargays.bsky.social and I are launching The Pledge for Trans Liberation. We are asking DFL candidates across the state to pledge to support trans Minnesotans in specific, meaningful ways in office. thepledgefortransliberation.org

There was, and unfortunately it was good-faith engagement with clearly-bad-faith questions about his citizenship. The Democratic Party is still not comfortable saying “Fuck you, you racist dipshit” to racist dipshits, and the racist dipshits are more than comfortable exploiting that.

“Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men.” ~ JRR Tolkein

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

DeTrumpification is as necessary a project to the US as DeNazification was to Germany. Everything removed from everywhere, including every person in the Trump party from every elected and appointed position of public trust, with all appropriate investigations, charges, and trials.

Over the past several decades there have been negative social and political consequences to being an overt racist. Our culture agreed that "racism" was a bad thing though it did not always know what racism was... Now the Trump administration is challenging the proposition that racism is bad.

On Bluesky I've followed: A variety of Episcopalians A couple of Muslims A couple of Jewish folks A handful of Roman Catholics A Buddhist nun Several Mennonites Some exvangelicals A few gay clergy Several transgender folks Various writers A handful of reporters A bunch of lawyers A few doctors

Everything Trump has done has made the nation weaker poorer less capable less virtuous less honest He is changing the nation to his own image, a virtueless lie propped up by cruelty. Any good in the nation wholeheartedly rejects him, his administration and everything it stands for.

Paradox of tolerance. You allow one nazi in your bar, pretty soon you've got a nazi bar. Allow the nazis to shout down everyone else on your social media site, pretty soon you've got Twitter. Excluding nazis does not create a bubble. Including nazis creates a bubble.

Be like the South Koreans. Don't let them take your green onion cereal from you.

Most folks don't realize how central events like J6 were to the Jim Crow state. Dozens of unprosecuted coups & massacres—actively encouraged by those in power—revived the fundamental logic of the pre-emancipation state: that Black Americans had "no rights which the white man was bound to respect."

God forbid this horrific bigotry should be bipartisan.

If you're finding out that your child is trans from the school, you've already failed as a parent. Your child's trust isn't in you. This is a horrible vote.

I'm old enough to remember when DOJ was the most highly respected law office in the nation.

It is the obligation of every good citizen to defy and disobey immoral laws.

Aggressive and persistent interference with other nations weakens empires. Even if they have competent leadership. Which we don't. I think Devin's Cow is right about that. We're being assholes to too many nations simultaneously.

Every federal officer who serves the Trump administration should be presumed a liar. Good citizens should keep that in mind at all times.

Bad as I thought it probably was - it's worse.

This war was unnecessary and the Trump Administration placed us all in danger for nothing

Billionaires should be subjected to the law. The new republic should commit to applying the resources that are necessary to ensure that nobody is above the law.

More mature? Yeah, he's matured like unrefrigerated milk on a warm day. With TB in it. How in hell did we elect this bad milk? Ok, maybe you can't actually see the deadly disease in it maybe you don't believe the scientists who tell you it's deadly But can't you smell it? It's vile.

They should refuse, and defy the court order.

The acting Attorney General of the United States states that the Senator questioning him in a hearing is "obviously lying". There was a time when even the highest federal officers had a measure of respect for the Senate.

I've been pretty much perpetually astounded since 2015.

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.

People strongly interested in the rights of the oppressed from a Christian perspective.

What it looks like when words don't have meanings, support isn't attached to actual policies that affect real people. "Real" meaning people we care about.

No. No, it wasn't.

Seems to me that this is a great time for all of the 'vote or die' white people to be at the forefront of fighting for voting rights. Perfect time not to fantasize about what you would have done during the mid-century Black freedom struggle but to enact a 21st century version of it. Let's stay tuned