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

During the immigration raids in Minneapolis, Robert Rice (White Earth Ojibwe), the owner of Pow Wow Grounds, gave away thousands of pieces of hot fry bread to protestors and activists, keeping demonstrators warm and fed at a time of upheaval.

Incredible when you think about it Thousands of generations of humans lived and died never knowing what a sunset looked like anywhere but Earth. You're in the first generation that doesn't have to. This is a sunset on Mars. 140 million miles away from us. 😎💙😎

A Minneapolis neighborhood school created a @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social registry of books to send home with kids for the summer, and Moon Palace is selling them at a 20 percent discount! Order the books for local students at this link by May 29 moonpalacebooks.com/gift-registr...

Mamdani is going to start an arms race of elected officials actually doing good things for their constituents. It's going to infuriate most Democrats who prefer to tell their voters to fuck off while texting for dollars.

Rep. Eugene Vindman is doubling down on the forced outing of transgender students and though he says he "disagrees" with defunding schools that support trans people, he voted for it anyway because he really likes the forced outing portion.

This innocuously-titled USCIS memo about how receiving residency in the US is a matter of "administrative grace" is a sadistic exercise of administrative violence designed to arbitrarily keep mixed-status families apart for what could quickly add up to *thousands of years.* Very quickly:

When I finished the first draft of When the Band Played On, I knew I’d have to cut 75,000 words to get it down to the size my editor wanted to publish. Along the way, I had to make some hard choices about what to keep and what to leave out.

"The public’s voice is clear. Television networks, universities, and indeed all of our institutions would be well served by heeding the people’s civic courage. It is not just the right thing to do – it is backed by the public."

NEW: A review of DHS forecasting records shows a quick heads-up to vendors for a $10M–$20M contract to keep mothballed ICE warehouses "in serviceable condition pending reactivation" at unspecified locations, on a compressed timeline, and with no public solicitation in sight.

“Billionaires EARN their money.” No, they don’t.

“I would say there’s no modern precedent for what happened to the people here in Minnesota,” she said. “And so it requires a lot of us to dig in and look at ways to hold people accountable that we probably never thought we would be looking at in our careers.”

When asked if there was any modern precedent for what she is trying to accomplish, Moriarty looked at the scenario differently. www.startribune.com/what-comes-n...

it is truly absurd that this lawless attack on the rights of trans kids succeeded the conservative legal movement runs on bigotry and unchecked audacity ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Originalism is judicial activism

CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

A neighborhood was blanketed in poison because of this shooting and the feds' response to it. Sosa-Celis was falsely charged (later dropped). And ICE lied about everything.

You can cancel this show 14 times but this show will be uncancelled 14 times, it will be there at the end of all things

I live in the greatest country in the world. I pay $450 a month for health insurance so I can pay $250 to go to a doctor who prescribes me a medication that I can't afford because it isn't covered by insurance.

14th May, 1996 "Doctor Who" US premiere. #DoctorWho

CRUSH ICE sticker, A NEIGHBOR WAS TAKEN HERE stencil, STOP ICE sticker and a Minnesota T-shirt at the Alex Pretti Memorial. Minneapolis May 2026 chaddavis.photography/sets/ice-in-...

Authors tend to want to keep their own ancillary rights and sell directly to producers/studios rather than being obliged to give their publisher a cut of that pie. Be assured that publishers are happy to retain those rights if you let them. Also, they would not necessarily be any more successful.

The Roberts Court, the Trump White House, and the national GOP are acting like this is their one big shot. Either they secure the lasting end of US Constitutional democracy, or they’re in very serious trouble from the backlash. And they’ve already gone so far that there’s no other possibility.

Scoop: SAMHSA will take down its website for locating providers that can prescribe buprenorphine for treating opioid use disorder next month. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-a...

"With endless small talk and constant digital distraction, asking questions that matter might be the most radical act of connection we can offer. It says: I see you. I’m curious about you. Your story matters to me.” -Tom Greene

Wrote an article for Truthout about how the recent SCOTUS decision and how it and this administration has sought to impose Jim Crow through "colorblind" means smh

Things will only get better when we realize that just because someone has a lot of money doesn’t mean they’re not a stupid asshole with nothing worthwhile to say.

This is something that's particularly maddening about Musk, Bezos, et al and the space colonization "let a million Einsteins bloom" nonsense: there are untold numbers of very talented but disadvantaged people on planet Earth *right now* who they do not care about lifting up at all.

“Huck shows great disrespect for the Court’s precedent in Dred Scott when aiding the fugitive Jim, presumably due to liberal indoctrination by the Widow Douglas.” #JimCrowJohn

The administration has openly said that they haven't stopped the kidnappings - they're just trying to be quieter about it. Get out there and make it loud.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 May Advocate New job listings for attorneys in the DOJ's Civil Division are offering bonuses of 25k for transphobes with law degrees interested in investigating trans youth medical treatments. www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

ICE creeping around in South Minneapolis. Keep your eyes out and your whistles ready, neighbors

Trump deployed ICE in our streets and now he's punishing people for honoring the life of a Minnesotan who gave so much to his community. Shameful.

Wow, the NYT really campaigned hard to get Azeen Ghorayshi a Pullitzer for her transphobic reporting and podcast. She didn't get it but was a finalist for it despite several trans subjects of her reporting and their families speaking out about they felt betrayed by her coverage and framing.

Refutations to Anti-Vaccine Memes Originally this cartoon was about Covid vaccination, but it's just as relevant to measles, pertussis, and all the other vaccine-preventable diseases.

Every splashy New York Times profile of a right wing influencer.

Kinda burying the lead here, NPR

Can someone let the AP know that violating court orders is not a sign of "executive power. " It is a sign of contempt, lawlessness and authoritarianism.

Enjoying Assigned Media's daily news feed of breaking trans stories by Riki Wilchins? Then consider following her directly at @rikiwilchins.bsky.social or checking out her book of interviews with affirming parents who fled Texas to protect their trans kids: When Loving Your Kids Is A Crime.

One week until this excellent, one-day virtual conference. Registration is still open! www.prideandprogressconference.org

We had a great time Dining Out For Life tonight! Make sure to show your support for The Aliveness Project beyond today as well. You can learn more and get involved by signing up to volunteer here: aliveness.org

the voting rights act actually worked, which is why the conservative legal movement immediately went to work on dismantling it this has been the focus of john roberts' entire legal career

Still true a year later. "An abdication of leadership." There are many good folks who work at Target, but until its leadership engage and make meaningful repairs with the communities impacted by these decisions, my money is going elsewhere. The door is open. www.startribune.com/target-wont-...

Kids Are Wetting Themselves in Court as Trump Ramps Up Deportations Decreased timelines means children, even as young as 4, are forced to appear alone w/out representation, in frequent & repeated court hearings, resulting in them soiling themselves from stress & fear newrepublic.com/post/209593/...

ICE brutally detains U.S. citizen mother & leaves 2 little kids in backseat. "I was shouting: I'm a citizen! I have my children in the car—9 year old girl and 1 year old boy!" She was held hours before being released, despite proving she was a U.S. citizen. Incident occurred in Asbury Park, NJ.

The New York Times writes far more stories about the trans community than any other US print outlet, and is the least likely to quote a trans person when it does. Seems bad?

These 10 banned LGBTQ+ books for teens and young adults teach resilience & authenticity Young readers would benefit from reading these banned LGBTQ+ books for teens and young adults. www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/thes...