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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1h

Hannah Arendt distinguished totalitarianism “from other forms of political oppression known to us such as despotism, tyranny and dictatorship” in that totalitarianism seeks to subjugate civil society and private lives, not just political opponents, using psychological, not just physical, repression.

The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 2h

I saw the new George Orwell documentary last night. It’s called 2+2=5. I have been a little bit squeamish about applying the word totalitarian to Trump and the Republicans. Not anymore. We are experiencing a totalitarian movement. There’s no question.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 30m

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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♡ Kate's haunted emporium 👻 🎃 🇬🇹~ FREE 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 @katespeace.bsky.social · 2h

Please PLEASE read this. Be there for Black trans youth, too. Don't forget about them.

Black Trans Lives Matter.

Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 2h

“In this environment that we’re in right now, it feels like an understatement to say that there’s misinformation being spread about this community. People really forget that we’re human beings.”

No One Was Helping Black Transgender Youth. So These Parents Stepped In.

A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.

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moby spookgirl 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · 4h

A quick reminder: The Salvation Army is an international organisation and the national branches are not administratively or financially independent. Australian Salvos may be (usually) less overt in, or better at getting away with, the fascism they do, but if you support them then you support US ICE.

kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 14h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Dread Meadow @deadlyflowers.bsky.social · 39m

The fact that you are being paid as a political commentator whilst being so outwardly politically illiterate is both a driver and a microcosm of the rotting system we are all forced to endure.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 3h

…are in fact the ones doing the silencing. Bindel getting an article in mainstream media yesterday when no trans person did, evidences my point.

This type of hate activism is closely related to Mirror Propaganda, another dishonest (they’re all dishonest) strategy deployed by GC transphobes.

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How anti-trans activists silence their opponents

People claiming to be ‘silenced’ are being featured in national mainstream media platforms. There’s a word for that

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 11h

Mamdani promises to deploy *hundreds* if lawyers to fight for trans rights, create a new office of LGBTQ affairs, and allocate millions of dollars to fund housing and healthcare for trans kids and adults

This is what fighting back looks like--elevating activists to materually support trans people.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 14h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 10h

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 16h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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A Spooky Goose @anarchygoose.bsky.social · 19h

The other thing that is notable about this is that the moment he received pushback, Piers just collapses into a sputtering mess.

This class of 'pundit' has become so used to going unchallenged that they literally don't know how to deal with it. Embarrassing it took so long for this to be exposed.

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 21h

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 19h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 15h

Kansas schools say they had no formal complaints about gender policies before investigation

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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Kansas schools say they had no formal complaints about gender policies before investigation

The U.S. Department of Education threatened to withhold federal funding from 4 Kansas school districts last month over their policies for transgender students. The school districts are seeking support as they navigate a federal investigation.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 16h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 19h

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 19h

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 22h

lol gentle reminder that DEI is not illegal. Supporting marginalized groups is not illegal. Anyone reneging on support is making a CHOICE to do so.

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 22h

"Trans issues aren't this shameful thing that Democratic consultants suggest we hide from, it's the same fight undocumented immigrants are fighting, or those who can't access health care are fighting...Political issues aren't siloes, they're all connected, and Mamdani recognizes that." ✊

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 22h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Kira @grandfla.bsky.social · 22h

It is forced detransition and inhumane. Imagine a teenage girl, then you start forcibly injecting her with large doses of testosterone halfway through puberty without her consent, trying to make her into a man, with no recourse It’s literally body horror. It’s fucking cruel.

Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 1d

"Laura described the blocker ban as ‘forced detransition’ and ‘inhumane’. The impact of the ban on her child has been severe."

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MP fails to support suicidal constituent

A mother pleaded with her MP to help her suicidal15-year-old daughter who said she ‘wanted to take her own life’

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 19h

How the media are gaslighting trans people

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 19h

it would probably be sorta hard for just anyone to do it *this well* because it requires you to actually be normal about trans people, but still it feels important to state for the record that WE ARE NOT HARD TO STAND UP FOR AND ANY OF THEM COULD DO IT.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21h

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 21h

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23h

Palantir's CEO Alex Karp commits Genocide and wants to use drones to poison people who protest against him.

He also has all your Medical Data and soon most of your personal data as Palantir run Healthcare and Digital ID systems all across Europe/US.

But he should be in prison.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 22h

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22h

When Republicans are pre-butting a pro-democracy rally like No Kings and making shit up left and right to scare people, you know they're losing and in panic mode.

Pedal to the floor.

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