Doesn't it strike you as strange that the people who shout long and loud that America is a Christian nation founded on Christian principles are the very people who don't want Christ's teachings of tolerance, pacifism, and generosity codified in law?

Howie Klein was a friend of Randy Shilts and one of my sources for When the Band Played On. We had dinner on my visit to L.A. last year and he was as lovely in person as he was brilliant in his activism. I’m so grateful to have met this remarkable human being. ❤️‍🩹

Heartbroken to hear about the passing of amazing Howie Klein - founder of the progressive blog @downwithtyranny.bsky.social. He was a brilliant blogger (from OG netroots) who made his mark as a big time music exec. Most importantly he was a kind human & a good friend. Rest in power Howie.

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A huge thank you to these brave souls. It was windy AF on Saturday. I live about 90 miles due east of Minneapolis, and I about froze to death just walking to & from my car. Good on them. fightbacknews.org/articles/tho...

I’m excited to see neighbors tomorrow at the ICE out of MN march and rally on Lake and Bloomington (11:30AM). I recommend arriving early so you can support small businesses on Lake Street. After the rally ends support even more businesses. Spread the word. ❤️

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.

Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time. Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.

In this ongoing occupation of Minneapolis, Defend the 612 is committed to uplifting and supporting city-wide coordination between autonomous neighborhood response groups that are rising up to resist the abductions, kidnapping and deportation of our neighbors. (1/4) Learn more at defend612.com

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Ironically, in reading through the data presented in the CMS rules it confirms everything advocates have been saying for years: The number of trans youth accessing any medical interventions is incredibly small (~8,500 youth, or effectively 0.012% of all youth). Surgeries are incredibly rare.

"Can you explain to me what 'After Dinner Conversation Magazine' publishes in the most simple possible diagram ? ---- Say no more... buff.ly/EpDn324

neighbors say: ICE OUT! free window flags, now restocked at moon palace books in south minneapolis! (wednesday, december 17th)

This tracks with my experience. DHS made up stories like this in Chicago, too. Every story ICE told about being attacked by community members was debunked in court. To assume anything they say is even potentially credible is irresponsible and out of touch with reality.

😂🤣😂 No rest for the Wicked. Fvck ICE Gestapo! Minnesota ✊🏼💙 #iceout #minnesota

ICE stormed a residence hall at Augsburg University, detained an undergrad, and aimed rifles at students and staff then admitted they had no warrant to be on campus. This is state violence. This is terror. And this is exactly what Trump’s America unleashes on our communities.

My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.

Authoritarians claim the power not just to tell all of our stories but to select the definitive story that says who we are, what our nature, why we're here, in order to cast themselves as both forever hero protagonists while also endlessly victimized.

There is no number of immigrants that you can deport that will solve the problems capitalism has created. The centralisation of wealth and power and the disenfranchisement of the working class is an operation of capital, not labour. Immigrants aren't the problem, the rich are.

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I am once again saying that we saw what wall to wall, panic coverage of a crisis looked like after the Biden debate and there’s no reason Trump isn’t getting that kind of coverage except for class solidarity.

At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.

I’m just a small-town political scientist, & it’s still relatively early, but it appears that The Actual Democrats did not Need To Do any of the Things or Learn any of the Obvious Lessons that Ezra Douthglesias said they Must Do & Learn.

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

Have you made your plan to vote yet? Tuesday is Election Day, but the polls are open for early voting today, tomorrow and Monday. Whichever way you choose to vote, remember to rank me first for Mayor of Minneapolis so we can build the city we deserve – together.

HUNGER & FEAR BEING USED AS WEAPONS OF POWER IN AMERICA open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...

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SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live. Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps: * Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled * Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

When you use an Oxford comma, you're doing your part to make the world beautiful, meaningful, and understandable.

At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to enjoy chocolate croissants and read Edgar Allan Poe by the fireplace in an ominous Victorian mansion during a full moon on a cool October night?

New publicity for WHEN THE BAND PLAYED ON, courtesy of this excellent piece on Randy Shilts by KGO ABC News, San Francisco! youtu.be/M06qJnT0CO8?...