the best time to disentangle our relationship with the world superpower led by an insane right-winger was 20 years ago, the second-best time is now

Very important thread.

Finally getting some coverage. It has been a long, sad week.

Hoping @erininthemorning.com @katelynburns.com anyone with a platform can help get the word out. Most families I’ve talked to today haven’t been called yet.

We are patients at the Children’s Wisconsin Gender Clinic. Just got the call that they are ‘paused.’ No lab work, no refills, no appointments, no procedures. My clinic kids are nearly 18. We have the resources to seek other care. Aren’t we lucky? JFC.

Energy I’m taking into 2026.

This tracks.

THIS, please. We need you, allies.

The FDA says tight underwear is a medical device if trans people enjoy wearing it. More on the nonsense from our federal government by @alyssaur.bsky.social www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

Dear @joshkaulwi.bsky.social, www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not... Tysm, Household with 7 voters in 2026

It's hard to fathom but we are now *here* on this path to fascism.

For my newsletter, I wrote about how the Democratic Party "Big Tent" fell in on trans kids yesterday. www.burnsnotice.com/the-big-tent...

It’s going to take them “a while”? Republicans started promising an ACA alternative in ... June 2009. tinyurl.com/3at57hmh

I chortled, and then had to explain The Godfather and icon of our times @georgetakei.bsky.social to Abby, but it was worth it.

If you’re keeping ur nyt subscription for cooking and other non-news products here’s a story u should read about how the company treats ppl

Here’s my Wrapped for the year.

I know who will keep getting our money…

[trans people fired from all federal jobs] [trans people fired from all military jobs] [trans people fired from jobs everywhere] [cis people fired for being accused of being trans] [cis professors fired for mentioning trans people exist] [trans teacher fired for giving a bad grade to Nazi] liberal:

I’m now noticing an uptick in my feed of people posting their MF Wordles. Read the room. If I can’t go to Target anymore, you can’t play that game (or repost it daily… why???). You’re on Team Antifa or you should get off BlueSky, amiright?

LFG.

“It is difficult to overstate the failure of the transphobic strategy.” www.liberalcurrents.com/trans-panic-...

1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics. It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT. It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse. Transgender care saves lives.

Thank you, @repgwenmoore.bsky.social

I dropped Spotify when Rogan was signed. NYT probably two years ago now? Follow me for early insight into corporations you should break ties with before they go full fascist!

Oh but keep posting your wordle everyday friends ffs

As a family, we have taken to ending group texts with THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. I’m happy to report that DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT will soon be joining. It’s how you raise teen antifa right!

When I say that I've learned a lot about the Holocaust by living as the parent of a trans kid in the 2020s, I don't mean that I think Republicans are Nazis. No. What I've learned is that Nazis were just the Republicans of their era, and of their system. #ProtectTransKids

Visible, yet vulnerable: What journalists can learn from how we covered the attack on trans rights in Trump’s first 100 days. One big takeaway: Based on analysis of a representative sample of articles, 70% of stories about anti-trans executive orders didn’t quote trans people. bit.ly/TJA_visible

A short story about @shaheen.senate.gov ~2004/5. She’d lost a race so joined the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School as a Fellow, as one does. I was a pregnant grad student. I asked her advice about running for office as a mom. She told me to wait my turn. I never sought her out again.

New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

No. Say it ain’t so, @baldwin.senate.gov

The fact that seven of us just walked into our pharmacy, asked for COVID and flu vaccines, and received them immediately and free after insurance, feels like a stroke of luck.

Actual, real, happy tears.

Here we go (again).

newsom *could* be taking this moment to leverage state funds and ensure that millions of california residents don’t go hungry when SNAP benefits (CalFresh in california) don’t renew on 1 november instead, he’s doing this. (authorizing a one-time cash influx to food banks doesn’t replace CalFresh!)

1. As SNAP benefits expire, 42,000,000 hungry people may turn to the USDA website. Now, the website blames their hunger on transgender people and immigrants. It's a cynical ploy, an an indication that anti-trans measures are a Trump priority for the shutdown. Subscribe to support our journalism.

This is big (and deeply frustrating) news for the small nonprofits in your community with limited if any staff and probably even less comfort with digital tools.

The @nytimes.com decided last year what the story was; Trump II was the righteous punishment visited upon their interns and junior staffers and grandchildren for being so annoying about MeToo and BLM, and once they understood that and repented, they could have democracy back.

Why Boston will always be home, no matter where I happen to live 💙

do you guys ever think about how in a better world José Andres could just like. have some restaurants. and instead he’s consistently doing the work we’re supposed to have governments for

One of the most perverse ideas on the anti-trans side is that trans people are instantly affirmed and celebrated by everyone when they come out and that acceptance is driving a social contagion. It's the ultimate form of gaslighting against our community. www.erininthemorning.com/p/pew-survey...

The relative power Wisconsin has is especially scary when you consider how long we’ve been drastically underfunding public education as a state.

Honestly my actual speciality as a nonprofit consultant 🤷🏻‍♀️

These are the things that give me strength for another day in these dark times.

Democrats seem to believe that they can turn a big dial that says "transphobia" up and down with no consequences. But all they're doing is bolstering a fascist drive to wipe trans people off the face of the earth. It's disgusting and shameful and it needs to end www.thenation.com/article/poli...

This is absolutely true. If the NYT covered this the way they covered trans care, you all would finally understand what dangerous shit their trans care coverage has been.

Read the whole thread. But also please, call your Dem congresspeople to make sure they are holding the line here!

I believe this to my core. They're using trans people as a test case to dismantle individual rights in the US.

I got amazing news for you, they're the exact same group just like the anti-trans people. At its core, the unifying factor is eugenics

Somehow still light blue in Wisco, aka the only reason I sleep at night.