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this is an unsurprisingly good piece because miles does reliably excellent work and a thing that does not escape my notice is that when @rollingstone.com has conversations about trans people & trans issues, they have them *with* trans people or have trans writers lead them.
For more than a week, conservative media and politicians have worked themselves into a frenzy over a spectacle manufactured by a fencer who refused to compete against a 19-year-old trans woman. Here is the target of that hate campaign, finally, in her own words.
'My Entire Life Is Political': Trans Fencer Attacked by Conservative Outrage Machine Speaks Out
Red Sullivan, a fencer targeted by the anti-trans outrage machine after an opponent refused to duel her, says it was all a media stunt from the start.
www.rollingstone.com
April 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
this is an unsurprisingly good piece because miles does reliably excellent work and a thing that does not escape my notice is that when @rollingstone.com has conversations about trans people & trans issues, they have them *with* trans people or have trans writers lead them.
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That win, and those remarkable speeches, will infuriate the worst people in this country and the world. Good. #NoOtherLand
March 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
That win, and those remarkable speeches, will infuriate the worst people in this country and the world. Good. #NoOtherLand
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Great news for anyone concerned about Elon Musk running DOGE while his companies hold billions in government contracts and undergo investigation by the agencies he wants to destroy: the White House says he can be his own ethics watchdog!
White House Says Musk Will Decide His Own Conflicts of Interest. Uhhh…
The Trump administration says Elon Musk can self-determine when DOGE's work presents a conflict of interest because of his many companies.
www.rollingstone.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Great news for anyone concerned about Elon Musk running DOGE while his companies hold billions in government contracts and undergo investigation by the agencies he wants to destroy: the White House says he can be his own ethics watchdog!
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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
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The White House ordering DOJ to drop pending prosecutions is a breach of the department’s traditional independence that would be an earthshaking scandal under ordinary circumstances.
To clarify this, Trump commuted the sentences of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers convicted in seditious conspiracy cases. He has pardoned everyone else who was convicted, including those who assaulted the police. And he has ordered DOJ to drop any pending cases.
January 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The White House ordering DOJ to drop pending prosecutions is a breach of the department’s traditional independence that would be an earthshaking scandal under ordinary circumstances.
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so when china does it, it's an "authoritarian drive to ensnare" but when the us does it, it's "burnishing your conservative culture war bonafides"?
A recent series of sudden and unexplained cancelations by local authorities of appearances by her dance troupe has sparked fears Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s authoritarian drive is ensnaring the country’s most prominent openly transgender personality
Famed transgender dancer has shows canceled in China. Some fear a wider crackdown | CNN
Transgender dancer Jin Xing’s ascent to the upper echelons of Chinese show business is extraordinary in a nation where it has become increasingly difficult for LGBTQ+ people to live openly.
www.cnn.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
so when china does it, it's an "authoritarian drive to ensnare" but when the us does it, it's "burnishing your conservative culture war bonafides"?
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
January 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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Does anyone have more contempt for Democratic voters than the leaders of their own party
December 14, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Does anyone have more contempt for Democratic voters than the leaders of their own party