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Evergreen: The first thing cops say after an incident is always a lie.

Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

Trump's "transgender for everybody" refrain is sounding less and less like a dictatorial threat, and more like a campaign promise

Dear @nytimespr.bsky.social. Your press release re comments I gave to @transnews.network includes many errors but one assertion is true: “TNN featured an interview with a former editor on the International desk at The Times who was not involved in these coverage decisions.” That is the problem

This is some great, detailed reporting - thank you @transvestigations.bsky.social

16 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- After being targeted by online harassment campaign and almost dropping out of the race, Amy Heutmaker stays in and wins county trustee in conservative rural NE Ohio county, becoming perhaps first elected Ohio trans municipal official.

UPDATE: The remains have been ID'd as Dr. McDonough.

:-))

“Alberta Lawmakers Pass Law to Restrict Trans Youths’ “Right to Life”—For Now”, by @transvestigations.bsky.social (Also I believe that this is the first time I’ve been referred to by a journalist as a journalist!) substack.com/home/post/p-...

adhering to the gender binary is a cisyphean task

I mean, this is an execution

COLTS NECK, NEW JERSEY: Sec. of Ed. Linda McMahon, plus extremist groups like Charlie Kirk's TPUSA and Moms for Liberty, are kicking off a countrywide "educational" (indoctrination) with for an in-school/daytime assembly at a local middle school. [a thread] www.nj.com/education/20...

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what the fuck, etsy - labelled "popular now" ??

The "campus free speech types are hypocrites" line of commentary is very well-worn, so I won't belabor the point much further. But it feels worth noting that *unions* are the organizations actually fighting for freedom of speech on many college campuses...

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ok everyone, im going back to being a luddite now

rapid onset class consciousness

Here’s some clearer screenshots, but I haven’t been able to access the full text.

A Substacker named Ben Ryan tweeted that "the long-awaited UK puberty blocker clinical trial protocol is out." Shortly thereafter he deleted the post. I can't find a public version of the protocol but here's what I was able to salvage from the screenshot + post. [A THREAD]

Here's the sad reality. @equalaccesspublicmedia.org just paid this month's freelance bill for @the-word.news. Without a miracle, without an angel donor, without something happening quickly, by the end of the December 15, we're out of money. www.equalaccesspublicmedia.org/support-us/

4. The HHS report’s “peer review” process, which wasn't a real peer review process, was riddled with other abnormalities, too. One contributor admits to creating a rubric for evaluation using Google Gemini AI, a language learning model.

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1. Trump's Anti-Trans HHS Report authors have been unmasked, and as someone said, "Now we know why they were previously kept anonymous." It's a who's who of hate groups and billionaire-funded anti-trans activists. We detail the names in our latest report. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.

Active call to mobilize in response to confirmed ICE sighting in Bensonhurst. Belief is they’re waiting to grab someone. “🚨🚨🚨6:07 Multiple ICE vehicles still staking out area around 86th and Bay 32nd st Bensonhurst! PLEASE GO SUPPORT YOUR NEIGHBORS NOW! Backup being requested by community!”

dance like nobody's watching. tweet like somebody is (because they are)

This is a huge victory that should be broadcast nationwide in all the major outlets. Big big big deal. I have been following this. Make them pay

1. Last week, we reported on WSU certifying an anti-trans SPLC-designated hate group to teach medicine. Now, S. Baum has uncovered that the Michigan State Medical Society has certified anti-trans hate group Genspect to teach medical workers. Subscribe to support our journalism.

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

6-7 is preferable to 5-4

A photojournalist was arrested by ICE at gunpoint — and his DACA status revoked. “Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.” thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...

truth nuke? no. truth baum.

if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.

This is despicable. The day before the fucking election.

NEW: Protestors turn up the heart on Fenway Health, an LGBTQ+ community health center that recently pulled transtion care from all patients under 19. Evan Urquhart was on the scene for Assigned Media with exclusive interviews and photos. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

@transvestigations.bsky.social and @erininthemorning.com did a great job last April in digging out the origins of hecheated and its companion, shewon, and how they emerged from dark fringes of the internet with the help of the nyt. www.erininthemorning.com/p/fact-check...

1. Washington State University has credentialed an anti-trans, conversion therapy org SEGM to teach CMEs to medical providers. The panel is filled with the most vitriolic of anti-trans activists. Unsuspecting providers may be taught harmful practices. Subscribe to support our journalism.

the thing about civil rights is that its kind of a "use it or lose it" situation

1. Protests at Fenway have erupted this week, and further ones are planned. The protests are in response to the capitulation of the institution to the Trump administration. They have ended trans youth care. The latest from writer S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

My latest for Erin in the Morning about USAF's alleged discrimination against a trans athlete. I don't want this detail to be lost in the noise. This is where we are at as a society.

Thinking about how much of their violence has been normalized already, how scenes that caused shockwaves 6 weeks ago are now part of the rhythm of daily life. Watched a TikTok from a daughter who has to do her parents' laundry & get their groceries because they're in hiding. This is just it now

I am glad NYC is not seeing quite the same level of ICE terror as Chicago but I also wonder why that is & when the other shoe will drop

trans women get to be “dolls” (valid, earned, based) so what do trans mascs get to be …. GI Joes??? Hot wheels??? What’s the consensus here