to hesitate on this while trailing by 20+ in a Democratic primary

MAGA star Caitlyn Jenner is 100% behind Trump's policies against transgender individuals, but wants Trump to make an exception for her because, she says, it is dangerous for her to travel with a passport indicating that she is a male. She thinks is OK for every other trans female, just not her.

My team at @19thnews.org is hiring a contract LGBTQ+ reporter to join us for 6 months this year! 💻 Remote (US only) 💰$50/hour 📆 32 hours a week Apply by May 1! 19thnews.org/2026/04/cont...

Given the headline, you might think this once-venerable newspaper's taking Newsom to task for his anti-trans beliefs... instead it's: "Stop footing the bill on “gender affirming care” for homeless illegal immigrants". They believe he's not *enough* of a hatemonger (yet).

He doesn’t even understand that his insanity is showing. When he’s gone, do not forgive or forget the elected Republican’s who made and keep making all this embarrassing chaos possible. Make their lives miserable when they are out in public! #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #Pinks #SheShed #wtpBLUE

Oh wow University of Austin opened another campus already www.cnn.com/interactive/...

ANOTHER death in ICE detention.

problem there is it's both 100% anonymously run and has already gotten caught changing content on archived pages to retaliate against people, so while I 100% it's handy and impressive (and mysterious), it can't be treated as a source of truth / legit archival tool

Dems favoring consultants over constituents is gonna be seen as the biggest political fumble in just a few years

Thoughts on CDC Director Nomination. The nomination of Dr. Schwartz, who has medical & public health experience & training, provides a small glimmer of hope that CDC staff may actually get a leader grounded in science. 1/3 🧵

Yup. Big payments and a Trump tax break too. gillianbrockell.com/more-maga-bi...

We are the human traffickers. Our government.

Hey Bsky, less vibe coding and more useful features yeah? Like: - remove followers - soft blocking - a way to remove yourself from starter packs and Block lists Just a thought or three.

it's super funny because what it actually says is theyre now so deep up the arsehole of their group chats they think this is a gripe that will find a broad swathe of sympathy across society-because they now no longer even interact in any capacity with ppl without multiple homes

this is a great example of a business reacting to political/corporate shifts as though they are populist shifts. they did correctly read the signs of a nationwide rollback on LGBTQ rights! they just failed to account for how many people are FUCKING FURIOUS about that and will fight you over it

in Ohio they’re trying to ban drag outside of “adult cabarets, and once again, every time these losers try to police gender they inevitably end up writing a law that’s like “oopsies, we also banned being a woman in public.” www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...

The part of The Handmaid's Tale coming up next: freezing our bank accounts. time.com/article/2026...

At the start of this week, there were three men in Congress whose reputations had imploded after being accused of misconduct against women: Reps. Cory Mills, Tony Gonzales, and Eric Swalwell. Gonzales and Swalwell resigned, but Mills is hanging on despite facing a staggering number of scandals.

Maybe it's a generational thing, but I grew up being very afraid of tetanus. Even as a kid, I knew that people with tetanus would get lockjaw. The bacteria that cause tetanus live in the soil and feces, and you can be infected from a dog bite. It's not an infection to take chances with.

The risk of getting Guillain-Barre syndome, which can cause (mostly temporary) paralysis is higher from an infection than a vaccine.

Hey-o! A win for our friends in the trans community! And from a red state, at that! Trans folks can update their driver’s licenses and birth certificates to match their gender identity! 🎉🥳🍾

This is devastating. And it's right out there now.

Also? The fact that people aren’t being reminded of HIV’s early days is partly how we get here. Before AZT it was just young, healthy men wasting away. No one would touch them. They couldn’t even get dental care. They died alone. That started to wane when antiretrovirals started rolling out.

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"Leopards? MY face, you say?"

NEW: North Carolina election officials admitted they don’t have evidence that noncitizens on the voter rolls are a widespread problem. The admission comes just one day after the GOP-led state election board voted to move forward with plans to share voter data with the DHS. https://bit.ly/4cR06FL

74% of election officials are concerned about the spread of false information online about elections, making it more difficult or dangerous to do their job. Learn more in our latest survey of local election officials: bit.ly/41pYmNr

Dire Straits?

Judge sides with Arizona election official in ruling that has implications for midterms voting The top election official in Arizona's most populous county will get more authority in running elections after a judge sided with his office in a prolonged legal fight with the local board that shares... .

Maine faith leaders organize ‘alternative’ to Turning Point USA event in Portland

Dear Media: Blindly quoting the President without fact-checking or context is just misinformation with a press pass. We don’t need stenographers; we need journalists. Do your job.

NEW from me for @immcouncil.org's blog. I dig into the Deportation Data Project's information and shed some light on Trump's mass deportation project, more than one year into his latest term in office. You'll want to check this one out! www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-arr...

A lawsuit settlement by the Trump regime to pay money directly to Trump would be a looting of the U.S. Treasury.

In evaluating legal arguments and advocacy of academics like Randy Barnett and Kurt Lash, consider that their statements about the Eastman disbarment reveals that they think lying to courts and the public is neither legally nor morally blameworthy. They think lying is fine; judge them accordingly.

Well handled all around 🏳️‍🌈

Did you know that a 3-inch hailstone can fall to the ground as fast as 107 mph? Find shelter, stay indoors, and stay away from windows when severe weather strikes. weather.gov/safety/thunderstorm

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Meta is expected to slash 10% of its global workforce - 8000 employees - in the first round of layoffs on May 20, Reuters reports. And more to come, How’s that AI working out for you?

he's doing what now

Looking forward to the day when our avenging reconstructionist government repos Mar-a-Lago, Trump Tower and every piece of golden bullshit twisted into the shape of this man's cursed name.

He mad. He big mad. And he big.

lot of Texas Republicans and Republican supporting groups, like Texas Restaurant Association, were just fine with Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric and ugly state policies Now, they're getting fucked by the reality of mass deportation - that Trump told them was coming www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/u...

Congrats on “opening” a strait that was open six weeks ago, and all it cost was at least 13 dead service members, thousands of dead Iranian civilians, tens of billions in taxpayer dollars, our loss in global standing, and the Iranian regime’s increase in power. Phenomenal work.

Friends, do you think attorneys should face bar discipline for filing knowingly false claims in federal court?

Among a mountain of bad-faith factual claims and frivolous constitutional arguments, Eastman's ultimate plan was for VP Pence (or Sen. Grassley) to *knowingly violate the Electoral Count Act* and let SCOTUS block any subsequent lawsuits on political question grounds. Just shit from start to finish.

A small cohort of ("prominent"?) law professors are trying to portray John Eastman as some kind of innocent victim of viewpoint discrimination, and his disbarment as some kind of assault on the First Amendment. That's complete and utter bollocks. As usual, @gabrielmalor.bsky.social brings receipts:

ICYMI: A judge struck down President Trump’s executive order barring federal funds for NPR and PBS, holding that it is unconstitutional for the government to punish the news outlets based on the content of their reporting.

This behavior is incompatible with trustworthy journalism.