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Charknado @charlotte1296.bsky.social · 13h

If you’re cis and you wanna tell trans people why “actually, abandoning trans people makes sense electorally”, please go stick your head in a toilet and flush

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Charknado @charlotte1296.bsky.social · 13h

Just say you hate trans people. Oh and fuck you

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18h

The way people are like “sports should be about the best person winning” until the best person is somehow inconveniently embodied and then it’s like ”well, technically that person should be excluded from play, it’s only fair“

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Charknado @charlotte1296.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah fuck this guy. Never voting for him.

Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 1d

gavin newsom says he wants to pass legislation banning trans people from playing sports in california

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Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 14h

it’s multiple times a month with this guy on the agreeing with fascists we should strip trans people of rights now. in addition to the behind-the-scenes maneuvering he’s doing to kill even the possibility of bills that protect trans people. i’m not voting for him and i think if you would you’re scum

Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 1d

gavin newsom says he wants to pass legislation banning trans people from playing sports in california

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Micah @rincewind.run · 22h

and this is why I will never trust or support Newsom no matter what he does to push back on Trump

if he becomes the Dem standard bearer, trans people will have no political party willing to stand up for their rights and that is simply unacceptable

Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 1d

gavin newsom says he wants to pass legislation banning trans people from playing sports in california

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Charknado @charlotte1296.bsky.social · 15h

Any car I’m in is technically a clown car

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 1d

Some identity and cultural issues*

*Everyone I love and value

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

i'm fine with a deeper focus on economic issues over social issues but man does plank 2 give the game away

To give ourselves the best chance to win, we recommend the following changes to our approach. Democrats need to:

Focus our policy agenda and our messaging on an economic program centered on lowering costs, growing the economy, creating jobs, and expanding the social safety net.

Advocate for popular economic policies (e.g., expanding prescription drug price negotiation, making the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour) rather than unpopular economic policies (e.g., student loan forgiveness, electric vehicle subsidies, Medicare for All).

Convince voters that we share their priorities by focusing more on issues voters do not think our party prioritizes highly enough (the economy, the cost of living, health care, border security, public safety), and focusing less on issues voters think we place too much emphasis on (climate change, democracy, abortion, identity and cultural issues).

Moderate our positions where our agenda is unpopular, including on issues like immigration, public safety, energy production, and some identity and cultural issues.

Embrace a substantive and rhetorical critique of the outsized political and economic influence of lobbyists, corporations, and the ultra-wealthy, while keeping two considerations in mind: First, voters' frustrations with the status quo are not the same as a desire for socialism. And second, criticizing the status quo is a complement to advocating for popular policies on the issues that matter most to the American people, not a substitute.

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Great Uncle Bob @greatunclebob.bsky.social · 1d

It’s only posts of her friends that are mentioning how the school platformer right wing anti trans antivaxx people to speak at the school, how she was was kicked off the swim/dive team for being trans, and now she’s gone.

www.boston.com/news/local-n...

Missing Middlebury College student confirmed dead after dayslong search, Vermont police say

Middlebury student Lia Smith, 21, was found dead Thursday, Vermont police confirmed. She had been reported missing several days prior.

www.boston.com

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Charknado @charlotte1296.bsky.social · 1d

This makes me so fucking angry. Lia should still be with us.

Fuck every single person who helped make this happen. She deserved so much better.

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

Lia Smith was 21 years old and transgender and she should still be alive

them
Lia Smith, Missing
21-Year-Old Trans Student, Found Dead in Vermont
by Mikelle Street

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

Lia Smith was 21 years old and transgender and she should still be alive

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Charknado @charlotte1296.bsky.social · 1d

Mátame por favor

Charknado @charlotte1296.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck this stupid-ass country. And fuck every single one of you who thinks abandoning trans people is a good way to win votes.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

a trans girl in vermont was kicked off her swimming team and committed suicide and at the very same time, the discourse in d.c. today is about whether the democratic party should’ve abandoned her sooner in order to win votes

a day in an american life

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Charknado @charlotte1296.bsky.social · 1d

I really hope the crew have Abou Ali back by next Sunday

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Charknado @charlotte1296.bsky.social · 1d

My head is lead, I don’t ever wanna go to bed

Charknado @charlotte1296.bsky.social · 1d

I have had to deal with so much bullshit since transitioning, but I don’t regret it at all. If I didn’t transition, I’m pretty sure I’d be dead right now. Transitioning is the best decision I’ve ever made for my own health and happiness

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

despite all the fear mongering about trans people and the attempts to abandon and actively harm us from both political parties in the US, transitioning is still the greatest decision i’ve ever made, only regret i have is not doing it younger, and that it has only made my life infinitely better

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

despite all the fear mongering about trans people and the attempts to abandon and actively harm us from both political parties in the US, transitioning is still the greatest decision i’ve ever made, only regret i have is not doing it younger, and that it has only made my life infinitely better

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Charknado @charlotte1296.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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Charknado @charlotte1296.bsky.social · 1d

Hmm I wonder which “identity and cultural issues” they want to “moderate” on

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

i'm fine with a deeper focus on economic issues over social issues but man does plank 2 give the game away

Charknado @charlotte1296.bsky.social · 2d

Being conscious and self-aware is such a fucking bummer sometimes

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

Andy Ngo succeeded in inspiring violence yet again

svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 2d

Last night in Portland, Portland city council person @candaceavalos.bsky.social woke up to her car and home on fire from suspected arson. She has been a target of the far-right for months, by people like Andy Ngo, who has admitted on court record that his posts targeting people can lead to violence.