There is no level to which these heartless shit-for-brains won’t stoop to inflict cruelty and suffering.

1. After the shutdown fight, Republicans promised Democrats a vote on extending enhanced ACA subsidies, which cover 20 million Americans.

Now, new reporting shows that Republican negotiators want to make a trans funding ban a requirement for the extension.

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Nov 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Reps privately push ban on trans care in ACA/Obamacare as part of moving any subsidy deal forward. It was stripped from the last ACA deal. This one would hurt perhaps 500k trans ppl among the 20m who need Obamacare subsidies. Even blue states would be impacted.

Resharing my piece from last week analyzing the deeply victim blaming nature of the New York Times framing on trans issues. This plays right into that.

www.thedissident.news/anatomy-of-a...

For Trans Awareness Week, here's a thread of trans-supportive organizations that are worth your time or money, if you're able.

I've made my small donation and hopefully you can do the same.

Please feel free to add other charities to this list, even just local ones.

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"Your body, my choice"

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A lot of very smart and thoughtful people have been putting me in their starter packs, and I think it’s important to do regular signal modulation to make sure all of their fine followers know what kind of rec room they’re entering here