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Musician, writer, rocker - NOLA ⚜️ (trans elder, advocate | transitioned in the 70s in NOLA) [featured in Billboard, Out, Advocate+] 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇺 lennyzenith.com

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Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · Nov 15

A brief intro and a few words about Transgender Awareness Week and what I'm doing to try to do to help. Yeah, I'm old, I transitioned in the mid-70s and not a threat to anyone. Our community needs powerful allies, and I am SO grateful for those of you who are fearlessly supportive! 🏳️‍⚧️
Pt 2 below 👇

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Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone I don't like is a terrorist. /s

*Anti fascist = terrorist
*Transgender = terrorist
*Blue hair = terrorist
*Priest praying at a detention facility = terrorist
*Protestors in funny animal costumes = terrorist
*Democrats = terrorist

WH probably... 🙄

Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 2d

Last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent, according to a new study, published on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. JAMA
#VACCINES

Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 2d

Podcast: A Life Lived Trans - Season 2 is out now!
Two 'trans elders', who transitioned in the 70s, discuss resilience, politics, health, hormones, romance, punk rock, show tunes and more... 🏳️‍⚧️ w/ Mardipants
patreon.com/ALifeLivedTrans

#transelders

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Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 2d

Ugh I'll check 😬

Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 2d

"The richest men in the country are in the final stages of a 40-year plan to kill America and crown themselves kings. They’re bragging about it. And they’re convinced they’ve got you too distracted to care."

Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 2d

A brilliant and thorough site that connects all the pieces to the (mostly) tech-billionaire hive of scum and villainy that wants to destroy democracy.
Thiel, Yarvin, Sacks, Vought and more...

*The Billionaire Plan to End America*

#technofeudalism

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The Plot Against America

The richest men in the country are in the final stages of a 40-year plan to kill America and crown themselves kings.

theplotagainstamerica.com

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dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 16d

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UAW @uaw.org · 17d

UAW president Shawn Fain: “Make no mistake: the billionaire class is not going to give up power willingly. They are on an endless pursuit of profit, no matter the cost.”

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The UAW’s Shawn Fain on Union Growth and Union Power

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain: “Make no mistake: the billionaire class is not going to give up power willingly. They are on an endless pursuit of profit, no matter the cost.”

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16d

I’m starting to notice a trend in the polling data…

—Top Public Worry: Corruption

—Biggest problem in Fed Gov: Corruption

—Top fear: Corruption

—What one word would you use to describe American government?: “Corrupt”

It’s almost like voters are trying to tell us something.

Top 10 American Fears of 2024 (Chapman Survey)
Horizontal bar chart ranking the top fears of Americans (percentage “afraid” or “very afraid”):
1. Corrupt government officials (65.2%, top fear for years).
2. Loved ones becoming seriously ill (58.4%).
3. Cyberterrorism (58.3%).
4. Loved ones dying (57.8%).
5. Russia using nuclear weapons (55.8%).
6. Not having enough money for the future (55.7%).
7. U.S. becoming involved in another world war (55.0%).
8. North Korea using nuclear weapons (55.0%).
9. Terrorist attack (52.7%).
10. Biological warfare (52.5%).
Red bars display percentages; small arrows indicate change from 2023 rankings.

Top Public Worries in the U.S. (Yale & GMU poll, May 2025)
Stacked bar chart of worries among U.S. adults. Categories ranked by share “very worried”:
• Government corruption (54% very worried, top issue).
• Other leading concerns: cost of living (48%), the economy (47%), state of democracy (44%), disruption of federal services (44%), cultural/social divisions (36%), treatment of immigrants (35%), global warming (29%), crime (26%).
• Lower worries include job security (17%), health (16%), and being targeted because of identity/beliefs (15%).
Green shades show “very/somewhat worried,” yellow/orange shades show “not very/not at all worried.

Perceptions of Federal Government Problems (AP-NORC poll)
Bar chart showing the percentage of U.S. adults who consider various issues in the federal government to be a major problem, minor problem, or not a problem.
• Corruption: Overall 70% major, 22% minor, 7% not a problem. Higher among Republicans (78%) than Democrats (63%).
• Inefficiency: 65% major overall, with Republicans (81%) much higher than Democrats (55%).
• Red tape (bureaucracy): 59% major overall, with Republicans (73%) higher than Democrats (47%).
• Civil servants unwilling to implement president’s agenda: More partisan split—Republicans 56% major problem, Democrats 20% major problem; overall 34% major, 36% minor, 28% not a problem.
Title: “Majority of the public believe corruption, inefficiency, and red tape are major problems in the federal government.

Word Cloud of How People Describe American Government (Berkeley Democracy Policy Lab)
Large central word: “Corrupt.” Other prominent words: Broken, Chaotic, Dysfunctional, Shit, Clueless, Divided, Inefficient, Crooked, Hijacked, Justice, Woke, Bloated, Untrustworthy, Hopeless, Frustrated, Disastrous, Messy, Sneaky, Turmoil, Delusional. Smaller scattered words include both negative and neutral terms such as Crap, Important, Poder, Resilient, Unfocused, Needs Help. Visual emphasizes “Corrupt” as the dominant public perception.

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Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 16d

New Poll: Most Americans Oppose Bans On Gender Affirming Care For Trans Youth

A new The 19th/SurveyMonkey poll reveals that most Americans oppose bans on trans care for youth, with LGBTQ+ people overwhelmingly opposing such bans.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-m...

New Poll: Most Americans Oppose Bans On Gender Affirming Care For Trans Youth

A new The 19th/SurveyMonkey poll reveals that most Americans oppose bans on trans care for youth, with LGBTQ+ people overwhelmingly opposing such bans.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 16d

Imagine the response if a Dem Administration removed every top general and admiral from every US military post all around the world (including conflict zones), in order to force them to attend a big in-person meeting in DC (with a former cable news co-host).

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals

The Pentagon has summoned military officials from around the world for a gathering in Virginia. Top generals and their staffs don’t know the reason for the meeting.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 22d

This was great work 👍
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 24d

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

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Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 27d

tRump says: 'smart people don't like me'

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 28d

A man in Washington, DC, plays the Imperial March from Star Wars while following patrolling soldiers. One of the soldiers threatens to call the police.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 28d

The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.

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Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 28d

Raoul Peck’s 'Orwell: 2+2=5' is the film of the moment.
Not a relic of the Cold War—
but a mirror of now: gaslit facts, weaponized language, controlled histories.

Orwell wrote the warning.
Peck shows us the receipts.
Truth is not optional.

#Orwell #2plus2equals5

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Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 28d

Musk is so cringe. Raoul Peck’s documentary, 'Orwell: 2+2=5' is the film of the moment FWIW.
Not a relic of the Cold War—
but a mirror of now: gaslit facts, weaponized language, controlled histories.

Orwell wrote the warning.
Peck shows us the receipts.
Truth is not optional.

#Orwell

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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 29d

MSNBC fired Matthew Dowd for saying "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions"

Then he apologized

He was still fired by MSNBC

I understand why-his statement sounds like he blames Kirk for the shooting

But he never advocated for killing people

Like Kilmeade did

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 29d

I hardly believe my own ears.

FOX host Brian Kilmeade suggests KILLING homeless people.

BRIAN KILMEADE (FOX HOST): Or involuntary lethal injection.

JONES: Yeah.

KILMEADE : Or something. Just kill them.

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Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 29d

Delish ⚜️

Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 29d

I remember it well!

Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · 29d

If a leader openly says they don’t care about division, then they’re basically admitting division is the strategy. ]:15

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Coup Otter @therealjimsanto.bsky.social · 29d

let there be no mistake: Donald Trump hates New York City. first for denying him entry to its elite, then for making him a pariah. LA, DC, Chicago, Memphis...no, the invasion and dominance of NYC — the succubus of capital, who breaks all men that would dare take her — would realize a lifelong dream.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · Jun 22

World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns

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Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · Jun 23

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Halt Further Airstrikes, Reassert Congressional Authority on War Powers

Text SIGN PIZTJH to 50409 to send this to your officials.

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Lenny Zenith 🏳️‍⚧️ @lennyzenith.bsky.social · Jun 23

Text Sign PIZTJH to 50409

details below

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