Chris Lyke
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of course young people are mad, this is what was promised to us
December 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
of course young people are mad, this is what was promised to us
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On Christmas Eve, this message is important. So many are struggling in our country. Give them all extra attention, kindness, and love.
Except for MAGA. You asswipes voted for the cause of all this bullshit. Get fucked, losers.
Except for MAGA. You asswipes voted for the cause of all this bullshit. Get fucked, losers.
December 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
On Christmas Eve, this message is important. So many are struggling in our country. Give them all extra attention, kindness, and love.
Except for MAGA. You asswipes voted for the cause of all this bullshit. Get fucked, losers.
Except for MAGA. You asswipes voted for the cause of all this bullshit. Get fucked, losers.
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Defying and dismantling authoritarianism is hard work. If we don't make room for rest and joy, we can't bring our best to the fight.
You're part of a movement that's going to make sure that the new year is better than the last — in the meantime, rest up and get plenty of fresh air!
You're part of a movement that's going to make sure that the new year is better than the last — in the meantime, rest up and get plenty of fresh air!
December 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Defying and dismantling authoritarianism is hard work. If we don't make room for rest and joy, we can't bring our best to the fight.
You're part of a movement that's going to make sure that the new year is better than the last — in the meantime, rest up and get plenty of fresh air!
You're part of a movement that's going to make sure that the new year is better than the last — in the meantime, rest up and get plenty of fresh air!
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Stephen Miller has a new target: children. Not adults, not gangsters, not even the occasional scandalous politician kids. The New York Times reports he’s now framing the children of immigrants as a “problem” that must be solved.
Stephen Miller targets migrant children as nationwide crackdown gets uglier: report
Stephen Miller has been increasingly targeting the children of immigrants in the Trump administration's nationwide crackdown, according to a new report.President Donald Trump's deputy White House chie...
www.rawstory.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Stephen Miller has a new target: children. Not adults, not gangsters, not even the occasional scandalous politician kids. The New York Times reports he’s now framing the children of immigrants as a “problem” that must be solved.
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I hope you have a miserable Christmas you loser.
I hate you with every breath I have and cant wait until you...
Well nevermind.
I hate you with every breath I have and cant wait until you...
Well nevermind.
December 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I hope you have a miserable Christmas you loser.
I hate you with every breath I have and cant wait until you...
Well nevermind.
I hate you with every breath I have and cant wait until you...
Well nevermind.
Call your senators and tell them to vote NO on this heinous anti-immigrant bill that would allow unaccompanied minors to be strip searched: www.latimes.com/delos/newsle...
Newly passed House bill would allow unaccompanied minors to be strip-searched and more
Republicans are touting the Kayla Hamilton Act's passage as a win for Americans and immigrants' safety. Detractors say it will further harm migrant children.
www.latimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Call your senators and tell them to vote NO on this heinous anti-immigrant bill that would allow unaccompanied minors to be strip searched: www.latimes.com/delos/newsle...
Merry Christmas! I come bearing gifts of inclusive fiction!
Lightkeepers Holiday Special Part 1: Christmas Eve at 5:00pm CST
Lightkeepers Holiday Special Part 2: Christmas Day at 11:00am CST
Lightkeepers Holiday Special Part 1: Christmas Eve at 5:00pm CST
Lightkeepers Holiday Special Part 2: Christmas Day at 11:00am CST
December 24, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Merry Christmas! I come bearing gifts of inclusive fiction!
Lightkeepers Holiday Special Part 1: Christmas Eve at 5:00pm CST
Lightkeepers Holiday Special Part 2: Christmas Day at 11:00am CST
Lightkeepers Holiday Special Part 1: Christmas Eve at 5:00pm CST
Lightkeepers Holiday Special Part 2: Christmas Day at 11:00am CST
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This is America. EVERYONE deserves the freedom to get the health care they need & buy products that make them feel good in their own skin.
This admin is obsessed with controlling all of our bodies, especially trans Americans, and we need YOU to take action. Send a comment to HHS: hrc.im/Comment
This admin is obsessed with controlling all of our bodies, especially trans Americans, and we need YOU to take action. Send a comment to HHS: hrc.im/Comment
December 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is America. EVERYONE deserves the freedom to get the health care they need & buy products that make them feel good in their own skin.
This admin is obsessed with controlling all of our bodies, especially trans Americans, and we need YOU to take action. Send a comment to HHS: hrc.im/Comment
This admin is obsessed with controlling all of our bodies, especially trans Americans, and we need YOU to take action. Send a comment to HHS: hrc.im/Comment
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SCOTUS tells Trump no on deployment of Illinois Nat’l Guard, finding a valid exception to the Posse Comitatus Act doesn’t exist. Huge loss for the Trump Administration. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
SCOTUS tells Trump no on deployment of Illinois Nat’l Guard, finding a valid exception to the Posse Comitatus Act doesn’t exist. Huge loss for the Trump Administration. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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my first @theguardian.com: I wrote about this year's "Drag Queen Christmas" tour stop in Pensacola, FL, which from the 1950s-70s hosted America's biggest LGBTQ event; the state AG tried to get the "demonic" show canceled.
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
A Florida official wants to cancel a sold-out Christmas drag show. The queens are performing anyway
A Drag Queen Christmas, featuring artists from RuPaul’s Drag Race, will stop in Pensacola despite the state attorney general’s efforts to stop it
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
my first @theguardian.com: I wrote about this year's "Drag Queen Christmas" tour stop in Pensacola, FL, which from the 1950s-70s hosted America's biggest LGBTQ event; the state AG tried to get the "demonic" show canceled.
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
I talked to Florida drag queens and supporters that refuse to go underground:
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A disturbing update to this story: Despite the fact that he was about to be released from a US prison after completing a sentence here, when Kelvin Membreño was deported to El Salvador he was sent to CECOT prison and remains there. The family has not heard from him since.
NEW — Kelvin Membreño will be deported to El Salvador by ICE tomorrow. He’s the birth father of three US citizen daughters and has become an important part of their lives.
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
A mother's urgent plea to stop ICE from deporting her daughters’ birth father tomorrow
He served his time in the US. He deserves to heal here, too.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A disturbing update to this story: Despite the fact that he was about to be released from a US prison after completing a sentence here, when Kelvin Membreño was deported to El Salvador he was sent to CECOT prison and remains there. The family has not heard from him since.
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I am still shocked by the degree that casual racism has been completely normalized in the US. I shouldn't be after the last 10 years, yet I am.
Fine: "I'm talking to my colleagues about whether we want these fake Somali refugees - who come to our country, add no value, suck our resources, defraud our govt - whether we actually want them here. I don't think Ilhan Omar shouldn't be a member of Congress - I think she shouldn't be an American"
December 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I am still shocked by the degree that casual racism has been completely normalized in the US. I shouldn't be after the last 10 years, yet I am.
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The smear campaign against Mustapha Kharbouch -- falsely accused of the Brown shooting and MIT murder by powerful politicians, pundits and plutocrats -- is a prime example of how pervasive racism has become. It's also a story largely ignored by the mainstream media www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Islamophobic Elites Lied to Destroy the Life of a Palestinian Brown Student
Plutocrats, pundits, and government officials joined together in a racist smear campaign against a queer Palestinian student at Brown University.
www.thenation.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The smear campaign against Mustapha Kharbouch -- falsely accused of the Brown shooting and MIT murder by powerful politicians, pundits and plutocrats -- is a prime example of how pervasive racism has become. It's also a story largely ignored by the mainstream media www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBTQ-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions.
The GLAAD Wrap: ‘Queens of the Dead’ on Shudder, Date Set for ‘Girls Like Girls’ Film, Trailer for New Season of ‘The Traitors’ and More! | GLAAD
Every other week, The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBTQ-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions to help you kick off the weekend. Tina Romero’s camp horror fi...
glaad.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The GLAAD Wrap brings you LGBTQ-related entertainment news highlights, fresh stuff to watch out for, and fun diversions.
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There's a lot of focus on how the dripping antisemitism on the right has created a useful rupture in various parts of Trump's support, and that's true.
But I really worry that EVEN those on the less hateful side of that split are ignoring how dangerous some of these terrorists are.
But I really worry that EVEN those on the less hateful side of that split are ignoring how dangerous some of these terrorists are.
A violent Neo Nazi organization with close ties to and funding from the Kremlin appears suddenly to get a green light from Kash Patel's FBI.
Neo-Nazi terror group steps up US operations as FBI pulls back
Online activity shows the Base, headed by alleged Russian asset Rinaldo Nazzaro, sees US and Ukraine as key centers
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
There's a lot of focus on how the dripping antisemitism on the right has created a useful rupture in various parts of Trump's support, and that's true.
But I really worry that EVEN those on the less hateful side of that split are ignoring how dangerous some of these terrorists are.
But I really worry that EVEN those on the less hateful side of that split are ignoring how dangerous some of these terrorists are.
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WOW. Trump's approval rating is now 36%. And I don't remember ever seeing him underwater with white people.
December 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
WOW. Trump's approval rating is now 36%. And I don't remember ever seeing him underwater with white people.
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Fifteen years ago, President Obama repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," a discriminatory federal policy that banned lesbian, gay, and bisexual people from serving openly in the military.
However, the fight continues for transgender servicemembers. Add your voice in support by leaving a comment. 🤍
However, the fight continues for transgender servicemembers. Add your voice in support by leaving a comment. 🤍
December 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Fifteen years ago, President Obama repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," a discriminatory federal policy that banned lesbian, gay, and bisexual people from serving openly in the military.
However, the fight continues for transgender servicemembers. Add your voice in support by leaving a comment. 🤍
However, the fight continues for transgender servicemembers. Add your voice in support by leaving a comment. 🤍
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The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports
www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial...
www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial...
The colonial lie at the heart of Africa’s homophobic 'culture war'
The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports
www.wearequeeraf.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports
www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial...
www.wearequeeraf.com/the-colonial...
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Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
December 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
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America is an idea. That idea is freedom. And it doesn’t matter what color you are. It doesn’t matter what religion you are. It doesn’t matter where you come from. It doesn’t matter when you come here. If you come here & embrace the idea of America, you’re American. 💯 American.
December 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
America is an idea. That idea is freedom. And it doesn’t matter what color you are. It doesn’t matter what religion you are. It doesn’t matter where you come from. It doesn’t matter when you come here. If you come here & embrace the idea of America, you’re American. 💯 American.
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This is part of what I mean by “slow civil war.” It’s not coming, it’s here, and there are mounting casualties.
Even in Illinois — a "safe haven" where many have fled as persecution against trans people ramps up in other states — 29 trans teens have died by suicide this year as of Nov. 21, according to a count by Trans Up Front Illinois.
That’s compared to 4 last year, and 6 the year before that.
That’s compared to 4 last year, and 6 the year before that.
On Trans Day of Remembrance, community reflects on those lost: 'We're gonna be here forever'
But even in Illinois — where many trans people have fled as persecution against them ramps up in other states — 29 trans teens have died by suicide this year, according to a count by Trans Up Front Il...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is part of what I mean by “slow civil war.” It’s not coming, it’s here, and there are mounting casualties.
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An immigrant works a dangerous job to protect Americans. It puts him in medical debt. Now he also has to worry about being deported by ICE when he goes to work or takes his kid to a soccer tournament.
Feel safer?
Feel safer?
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
An immigrant works a dangerous job to protect Americans. It puts him in medical debt. Now he also has to worry about being deported by ICE when he goes to work or takes his kid to a soccer tournament.
Feel safer?
Feel safer?
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🚨 The Trump Administration is siphoning money meant to support our servicemembers and our national security to prop up its cruel immigration agenda—stoking fear in our communities and ripping parents away from their families. Hell no!
Wyden, Merkley, Colleagues Raise Alarm Over Trump Administration Siphoning At Least $2 Billion from Military Budget for Immigration Enforcement - Merkley
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley said today they have joined Senate and House colleagues to release a new report detailing the Trump administration’s diversion of funds and ...
www.merkley.senate.gov
December 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🚨 The Trump Administration is siphoning money meant to support our servicemembers and our national security to prop up its cruel immigration agenda—stoking fear in our communities and ripping parents away from their families. Hell no!
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These brave Californians testified on Capitol Hill and shared their stories about the abuse they experienced at the hands of federal immigration officials.
That took courage.
To stop these abuses, it will take action.
That took courage.
To stop these abuses, it will take action.
December 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
These brave Californians testified on Capitol Hill and shared their stories about the abuse they experienced at the hands of federal immigration officials.
That took courage.
To stop these abuses, it will take action.
That took courage.
To stop these abuses, it will take action.