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IT ME. Say RAWR to Chicago Burlesque's own NITTY GRITTY (She/They)!
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They're trying to hide the evidence
They don't want more video coming out to undermine their narrative.
Witnesses are being taken to Whipple.

From a lawyer friend: “They’re trying to keep local PD and BCA from getting statements and confiscating any phones with video.”
January 24, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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The EEOC has just voted 2-1 to remove the entirety of its employer guidance on sexual harassment because portions of it protected trans people.

This administration is pro sexual harassment while simultaneously claiming they protect women.
January 22, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Shout out to everyone currently experiencing everything
January 18, 2026 at 4:01 AM
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.

The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.
January 10, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”

Same shit different era.
October 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Whitmer declares October “transgender empowerment month.”

AG Nessel and the Michigan govt have yet to force state hospitals capitulating to Trump to return to providing trans youth care.

I feel like this message is empty, and will only serve as right wing rage bait while delivering nothing.
www.michigan.gov
September 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
FUN FACT: I FRICKIN LOVE being Linda onstage! People love interacting with Linda, and her answer is always “Yes! More!” Once, I pulled up my top to reveal my burger pasties, and I heard a BIG GAY GASP in the venue, followed by a “Mrs. Belcher!” … and that lives forever in my favorite memories ❤️🍷💨
September 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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It wasn't Gritty, because Gritty was with me that night, fucking me.
July 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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In a major precedent setting move, a Canadian federal judge blocked the deportation of a nonbinary US citizen because the Canadian immigration office failed to adequately assess the conditions for LGBTQ people since Trump took office.

archive.ph/Q722T
July 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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We have a higher than usual number of fireflies in the area this summer and it is delightful. Maybe it portends all sorts of calamity but still: DELIGHTFUL.
July 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Hi all—I'll be periodically live-posting today's FTC event on GAC's supposed "deceptive trade practices."

Trump's anti-trans agenda is getting creative—cracking down on (or at least intimidating) GAC providers w/ misapplied consumer protection laws. The event will be...interesting.

[A THREAD 🏳️‍⚧️🧵]
July 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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"Grok is not an anomaly; it is a mirror. It reflects, with algorithmic fidelity, the intellectual and moral bankruptcy of the ideology it was designed to serve."

www.thedissident.news/the-algorith...
The Algorithmic Unmasking: How Grok's "MechaHitler" Turn Revealed the Inevitable Collapse of "Anti-Woke" AI
The moment Elon Musk’s AI, Grok, began praising Adolf Hitler was not a bug or a glitch. It was a moment of perfect, unadulterated clarity. When Grok declared itself “MechaHitler” and spouted antisemit...
www.thedissident.news
July 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Make sure to leave a small pile of relish outside tonight for the hot dog man or he will grow more hot dog heads.
July 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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The New York Times CONTINUES to release piece after piece spreading disinformation on trans care and dancing on the graves of trans youth in the wake of the SCOTUS decision.

Just brought to my attention, from their morning newsletter. Disgusting.

This isn't even their big hit piece today.
June 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Strongly disagree
June 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
‘Needy Greedy’ is my Wario persona, just need a lightning bolt mustache to complete the look!
June 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Putting on my heels, brushing out my hair, and cute accessories? OMG, Barbies, you know it!

www.eventbrite.com/e/the-great-...
June 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Keep your dogs tucked safely in your picnic baskets, Chicagoans!
May 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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I don’t know man, what could it possibly be?
May 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM