Rebecca Rubenstein
@rrrubenstein.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 Freelance Editor & Writer | Fiction Editor at The Offing | EIC at Midnight Breakfast | Tin House Summer Workshop '20 & '23 | she/her | Scrabble + coffee + cross-stitch
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People and the media have accepted it as a normal political discussion that good people can disagree on but it’s straight up sociopath shit to take away someone’s healthcare and I don’t really have time for anyone who feels differently
July 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
People and the media have accepted it as a normal political discussion that good people can disagree on but it’s straight up sociopath shit to take away someone’s healthcare and I don’t really have time for anyone who feels differently
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people come up with all kinds of fanciful math to justify billionaires' wealth but imo present political moment demonstrates conclusively that we need to tax billionaires at whatever rate will keep them focused on their own fucking business rather than our Medicaid and pediatric cancer research
July 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
people come up with all kinds of fanciful math to justify billionaires' wealth but imo present political moment demonstrates conclusively that we need to tax billionaires at whatever rate will keep them focused on their own fucking business rather than our Medicaid and pediatric cancer research
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Every time they say “we can’t afford that,” remember: they could afford armored tanks, a dictators birthday parade, and enough tear gas to choke a city. They just don’t want you fed, safe, or alive.
June 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Every time they say “we can’t afford that,” remember: they could afford armored tanks, a dictators birthday parade, and enough tear gas to choke a city. They just don’t want you fed, safe, or alive.
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What happened with Polygon today is so fucked. Vox Media has made some atrocious decisions in my six years here but this is really something else. And to do this in the middle of us bargaining a new union contract, where they scold us for asking for better protections, is just unconscionable.
May 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
What happened with Polygon today is so fucked. Vox Media has made some atrocious decisions in my six years here but this is really something else. And to do this in the middle of us bargaining a new union contract, where they scold us for asking for better protections, is just unconscionable.
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"Did Trump just defy a court order?"
YES, motherfuckers. Why in the fuck is that so hard for people to say? The judge told him to stop doing something, he did it anyway, IN DEFIANCE OF THE JUDGES RULINGS!
WHY ARE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING FASCISM IN THE PASSIVE VOICE????
YES, motherfuckers. Why in the fuck is that so hard for people to say? The judge told him to stop doing something, he did it anyway, IN DEFIANCE OF THE JUDGES RULINGS!
WHY ARE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING FASCISM IN THE PASSIVE VOICE????
March 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"Did Trump just defy a court order?"
YES, motherfuckers. Why in the fuck is that so hard for people to say? The judge told him to stop doing something, he did it anyway, IN DEFIANCE OF THE JUDGES RULINGS!
WHY ARE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING FASCISM IN THE PASSIVE VOICE????
YES, motherfuckers. Why in the fuck is that so hard for people to say? The judge told him to stop doing something, he did it anyway, IN DEFIANCE OF THE JUDGES RULINGS!
WHY ARE PEOPLE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING FASCISM IN THE PASSIVE VOICE????
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
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We’re all worried to some degree that Trump supporters are going to kill us or get us killed. It’s not going to get better for any of us unless good people resolve to stand up to them.
February 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
We’re all worried to some degree that Trump supporters are going to kill us or get us killed. It’s not going to get better for any of us unless good people resolve to stand up to them.
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same methods, different era
February 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
same methods, different era
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all of this. it’s frustrating as fuck as everything unravels to see deals made so everyone in DC can go home for a long weekend. god as my witness I will back primaries on everyone mewling about civility right now. stop acting like amoebas and show a little goddamned spine.
it doesn't actually matter whether the Democrats can *actually* do much in Congress to stop Trump tbh. they need to behave like an absolutely rabid opposition party either way, because the party has to restructure itself around the single mission of destroying these fuckers
February 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
all of this. it’s frustrating as fuck as everything unravels to see deals made so everyone in DC can go home for a long weekend. god as my witness I will back primaries on everyone mewling about civility right now. stop acting like amoebas and show a little goddamned spine.
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I'm never going to forgive the people and politicians who sat silently while Trump sicced the entire federal government against trans people.
February 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I'm never going to forgive the people and politicians who sat silently while Trump sicced the entire federal government against trans people.
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Democratic lawmakers need to understand something:
Imagine your house is on fire. Fire truck shows up. Firefighters get out. They look at the fire, then at you, and say: "Such a fire is a grave threat. This house will not sustain."
And just stand there.
This is how many of you are coming across.
Imagine your house is on fire. Fire truck shows up. Firefighters get out. They look at the fire, then at you, and say: "Such a fire is a grave threat. This house will not sustain."
And just stand there.
This is how many of you are coming across.
February 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Democratic lawmakers need to understand something:
Imagine your house is on fire. Fire truck shows up. Firefighters get out. They look at the fire, then at you, and say: "Such a fire is a grave threat. This house will not sustain."
And just stand there.
This is how many of you are coming across.
Imagine your house is on fire. Fire truck shows up. Firefighters get out. They look at the fire, then at you, and say: "Such a fire is a grave threat. This house will not sustain."
And just stand there.
This is how many of you are coming across.
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I do not need the Dems to tell us how bad things are. We already read the news. I need them tell us *what they plan to do about it*
February 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I do not need the Dems to tell us how bad things are. We already read the news. I need them tell us *what they plan to do about it*
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“The State Department is blocking new passports for trans Americans”
The EU needs to update its laws and open asylum pathways for trans people. Denying someone identification is state sponsored erasure and it needs to be recognised as persecution.
The EU needs to update its laws and open asylum pathways for trans people. Denying someone identification is state sponsored erasure and it needs to be recognised as persecution.
The State Department is blocking new passports for trans Americans
The ACLU has warned that transgender people risk losing access to their passport and supporting documents if they apply to update their gender marker.
19thnews.org
January 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“The State Department is blocking new passports for trans Americans”
The EU needs to update its laws and open asylum pathways for trans people. Denying someone identification is state sponsored erasure and it needs to be recognised as persecution.
The EU needs to update its laws and open asylum pathways for trans people. Denying someone identification is state sponsored erasure and it needs to be recognised as persecution.
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every single person that tried to claim that they were a feminist, a liberal or a progressive, while Just Asking Questions about this shit? it’s now starkly clear what side they’re on. plausible deniability out the window
BREAKING: Here is the anti-trans sex/gender executive order. It's extensive, it's bad, and it's often lawless. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
And, do not miss in "d" and "e" below, it even tries to put in the beginnings of a personhood argument, for some reason.
And, do not miss in "d" and "e" below, it even tries to put in the beginnings of a personhood argument, for some reason.
January 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
every single person that tried to claim that they were a feminist, a liberal or a progressive, while Just Asking Questions about this shit? it’s now starkly clear what side they’re on. plausible deniability out the window
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you don't need a phd in right wing extremism to recognize a nazi salute. what the fuck are we doing here.
January 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
you don't need a phd in right wing extremism to recognize a nazi salute. what the fuck are we doing here.
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Everyone excusing Elon Musk’s behavior due to his alleged autism should be chased into the sea with pitchforks
it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true
it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true
January 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Everyone excusing Elon Musk’s behavior due to his alleged autism should be chased into the sea with pitchforks
it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true
it’s both profoundly insulting to autistic people and also obviously not true
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Guys, the dork who made his Future Car look like a roided-out Back to the Future mobile doesn't do subtlety.
January 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Guys, the dork who made his Future Car look like a roided-out Back to the Future mobile doesn't do subtlety.
I am currently screaming inside my heart and it sounds a lot like this
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
January 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I am currently screaming inside my heart and it sounds a lot like this
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You’re all about to be gaslit about that Nazi salute and I’m begging you to spend no time on it. You know what you saw.
January 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
You’re all about to be gaslit about that Nazi salute and I’m begging you to spend no time on it. You know what you saw.
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Do not do the devil's work for him. Until there are legally enacted rules under the APA that are upheld by the courts, do not obey in advance. These are meant to intimidate trans people. It won't work.
We will not go away or disappear. Deal with it.
We will not go away or disappear. Deal with it.
January 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Do not do the devil's work for him. Until there are legally enacted rules under the APA that are upheld by the courts, do not obey in advance. These are meant to intimidate trans people. It won't work.
We will not go away or disappear. Deal with it.
We will not go away or disappear. Deal with it.
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These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.
January 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
These executive orders on banning federally funded entities from recognizing trans people or disallowing them from using the bathroom are not self-executing or immediately enforceable. They require formal rule making at a minimum. They are a scare tactic. Ignore and do not comply in advance.
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A lot of people are explaining what Trump can and cannot do, based on the law and Constitution. The reality of the situation is that we're about to find out what legal walls and safeguards will hold and which will crumble. Right now, we don't fucking know.
January 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A lot of people are explaining what Trump can and cannot do, based on the law and Constitution. The reality of the situation is that we're about to find out what legal walls and safeguards will hold and which will crumble. Right now, we don't fucking know.
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!