Withering Look
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Agnostic. Sarcastic. Aiming for anti-racist. Republicans losing power is my kink. Texan living in Denver bc human rights end at state lines apparently #protecttranskids
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Nothing sums up the state of affairs for transgender Americans quite like the US Supreme Court denying trans people life-saving healthcare at the same time that the Trump administration shuts down suicide prevention programs for LGBTQ people.
These bastards want us all dead.
These bastards want us all dead.
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Nothing sums up the state of affairs for transgender Americans quite like the US Supreme Court denying trans people life-saving healthcare at the same time that the Trump administration shuts down suicide prevention programs for LGBTQ people.
These bastards want us all dead.
These bastards want us all dead.
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We have a lot of fun here in these United States, but I gotta be honest, gang, as a trans American, I do, from time to time, get sick of being called a secret pedophile by a bunch of secret pedophiles.
Texas christian school CFO, Rory Waide, has been arrested for child grooming.
www.newswest9.com/article/news...
www.newswest9.com/article/news...
March 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We have a lot of fun here in these United States, but I gotta be honest, gang, as a trans American, I do, from time to time, get sick of being called a secret pedophile by a bunch of secret pedophiles.
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Schumer wants us to believe Senate Dems are powerless while literally providing the votes to ensure the GOP agenda goes forward.
If a shutdown was better for Trump, the House GOP wouldn't have passed this CR and the Senate GOP wouldn't vote for it.
Schumer knows that; he's outright lying to us.
If a shutdown was better for Trump, the House GOP wouldn't have passed this CR and the Senate GOP wouldn't vote for it.
Schumer knows that; he's outright lying to us.
Schumer: "For sure, the Republican bill is a terrible option. It is not a clean CR. It is deeply partisan. It doesn't address far too many of this country's needs. But I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option."
March 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Schumer wants us to believe Senate Dems are powerless while literally providing the votes to ensure the GOP agenda goes forward.
If a shutdown was better for Trump, the House GOP wouldn't have passed this CR and the Senate GOP wouldn't vote for it.
Schumer knows that; he's outright lying to us.
If a shutdown was better for Trump, the House GOP wouldn't have passed this CR and the Senate GOP wouldn't vote for it.
Schumer knows that; he's outright lying to us.
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A young lady originally from Whitehorse is being detained in a detention center in Arizona. She was detained March 3rd, after her visa was denied.
Facebook post from her Mom is in the pics below. It's a disturbing sequence of events.
Do not travel to the US.
Facebook post from her Mom is in the pics below. It's a disturbing sequence of events.
Do not travel to the US.
March 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A young lady originally from Whitehorse is being detained in a detention center in Arizona. She was detained March 3rd, after her visa was denied.
Facebook post from her Mom is in the pics below. It's a disturbing sequence of events.
Do not travel to the US.
Facebook post from her Mom is in the pics below. It's a disturbing sequence of events.
Do not travel to the US.
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AOC's email this morning. Note that the links are to kick off a call to my senator, not to give her money; she gives me succinct bullet points with what to say; she specifically calls out that cloture is a trick. Only email list I'm on that's doing this.
March 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
AOC's email this morning. Note that the links are to kick off a call to my senator, not to give her money; she gives me succinct bullet points with what to say; she specifically calls out that cloture is a trick. Only email list I'm on that's doing this.
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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
February 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
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Trump did a Friday Night Massacre, firing 15 inspectors general, completely ignoring the law that prevents him from doing this, essentially asserting monarchical authority over the government. Total contempt for democracy. Here is how the Times is covering it
January 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trump did a Friday Night Massacre, firing 15 inspectors general, completely ignoring the law that prevents him from doing this, essentially asserting monarchical authority over the government. Total contempt for democracy. Here is how the Times is covering it
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Elon Musk: Why isn’t there enough water in California?
Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness
Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness
January 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Elon Musk: Why isn’t there enough water in California?
Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness
Grok (burning through an entire lake to generate an answer): Wokeness
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The mass murder in New Orleans and Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas fit a troubling pattern among U.S. vets, research says. https://interc.pt/400Re8X
January 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The mass murder in New Orleans and Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas fit a troubling pattern among U.S. vets, research says. https://interc.pt/400Re8X
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I was on the board of a nonprofit that received funding from MacKenzie Scott. Her no strings attached gift was game changing. More philanthropists need to adopt this model instead of capitalist brained ideas of efficiency that are ultimately counterproductive.
Ah yes, I see it's the time of year when the Philanthropy Industrial Complex (Big P for short) seeds negative stories about Mackenzie Scott because everything about the way she gives money undercuts their entire model...
fortune.com/article/mack...
fortune.com/article/mack...
MacKenzie Scott's game-changing philanthropy still mystifies nonprofits: 'Her gifts are super generous, but unfortunately, they don’t provide long term sustainability'
"What they are saying with trust-based philanthropy is to offer support beyond a check," Indiana University's Pamela Wiepking says, "and that’s typically not what she is doing.”
fortune.com
December 31, 2024 at 12:44 AM
I was on the board of a nonprofit that received funding from MacKenzie Scott. Her no strings attached gift was game changing. More philanthropists need to adopt this model instead of capitalist brained ideas of efficiency that are ultimately counterproductive.
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Don't think there is a better illustration of AI-in-everything-whether-we-want-it-or-not than an AI bro buying an AI toy for his child who played with it for a bit and then seemed singularly unimpressed with the AI and turned it off.
He keeps turning it back on, and she keeps turning it off.
He keeps turning it back on, and she keeps turning it off.
December 27, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Don't think there is a better illustration of AI-in-everything-whether-we-want-it-or-not than an AI bro buying an AI toy for his child who played with it for a bit and then seemed singularly unimpressed with the AI and turned it off.
He keeps turning it back on, and she keeps turning it off.
He keeps turning it back on, and she keeps turning it off.
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It's insane to me how much this country goes after healthcare for trans youth as harmful but thinks it's completely normal to buy a 14 year old gun. Guns are the leading cause of death of children in this country!
December 17, 2024 at 4:40 AM
It's insane to me how much this country goes after healthcare for trans youth as harmful but thinks it's completely normal to buy a 14 year old gun. Guns are the leading cause of death of children in this country!
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We tell children the answer to school mass shootings is live shooter drills and bulletproof backpacks and then act surprised when they grow up and their response to gun violence is dark humor.
December 14, 2024 at 1:56 AM
We tell children the answer to school mass shootings is live shooter drills and bulletproof backpacks and then act surprised when they grow up and their response to gun violence is dark humor.
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Here are books by trans ppl coming out this winter/spring. I suggest you go preorder some. It’s better than wasting your time giving attention to a “journalist” who hates us.
December 13, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Here are books by trans ppl coming out this winter/spring. I suggest you go preorder some. It’s better than wasting your time giving attention to a “journalist” who hates us.
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December 12, 2024 at 5:03 AM
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Shout it louder 👏🏻
December 9, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Shout it louder 👏🏻
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As we gawk at the $250M Musk spent elect Trump, take a guess how long it took him to “earn” it back in the market?
It took just 15 minutes. I'm not kidding... 15 minutes. According to Bloomberg, his net worth soared by $8B just today.
That’s billionaire math for you—and it’s all of our problem.
It took just 15 minutes. I'm not kidding... 15 minutes. According to Bloomberg, his net worth soared by $8B just today.
That’s billionaire math for you—and it’s all of our problem.
December 7, 2024 at 12:00 AM
As we gawk at the $250M Musk spent elect Trump, take a guess how long it took him to “earn” it back in the market?
It took just 15 minutes. I'm not kidding... 15 minutes. According to Bloomberg, his net worth soared by $8B just today.
That’s billionaire math for you—and it’s all of our problem.
It took just 15 minutes. I'm not kidding... 15 minutes. According to Bloomberg, his net worth soared by $8B just today.
That’s billionaire math for you—and it’s all of our problem.
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But let’s stop calling it DOGE. A federal “Department” has legal significance and must be authorized by Congress - not just by the announcement of a man not yet President and his largest donor.
Think “Department” of Homeland Security. Stop diminishing legal structures by adopting their lexicon.
Think “Department” of Homeland Security. Stop diminishing legal structures by adopting their lexicon.
Frost: Let's be honest about DOGE and this whole thing, it's a joke. Two billionaires who are cosplaying as government officials..
December 7, 2024 at 1:16 AM
But let’s stop calling it DOGE. A federal “Department” has legal significance and must be authorized by Congress - not just by the announcement of a man not yet President and his largest donor.
Think “Department” of Homeland Security. Stop diminishing legal structures by adopting their lexicon.
Think “Department” of Homeland Security. Stop diminishing legal structures by adopting their lexicon.
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
March 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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One thing I didn’t expect in the wake of the CEO shooting is the sudden attention on health insurance policy. I have seen this video and the BCBS policy itself go viral on almost every platform. People are waking up. Real lasting change in healthcare is coming. youtube.com/shorts/vWA2a...
No More General Anesthesia
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
youtube.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:03 PM
One thing I didn’t expect in the wake of the CEO shooting is the sudden attention on health insurance policy. I have seen this video and the BCBS policy itself go viral on almost every platform. People are waking up. Real lasting change in healthcare is coming. youtube.com/shorts/vWA2a...
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Just updated the @propublica.org staff starter pack because half the entire newsroom is now on Bsky!
go.bsky.app/RkNqWmw
go.bsky.app/RkNqWmw
November 21, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Just updated the @propublica.org staff starter pack because half the entire newsroom is now on Bsky!
go.bsky.app/RkNqWmw
go.bsky.app/RkNqWmw
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“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say
November 19, 2024 at 3:56 AM
“What radicalized you?” Bro I was told to treat people the way I would want to be treated in kindergarten and it made sense idk what else there is to say
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"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 AM
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
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If you are a trans person in Illinois arrested, harassed, or discriminated against for using a public bathroom, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected].
November 21, 2024 at 3:42 AM
If you are a trans person in Illinois arrested, harassed, or discriminated against for using a public bathroom, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected].
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This isn't a culture war. This is the only trans congresswoman, ever being bullied through the press and legislation, and having only 1 of hundreds of colleagues stand up for her. They can do more than 1 thing at a time. Defending her will not take so much effort that they can't do their jobs.
Defending Sarah McBride is absolutely the right thing to do, and yet there’s also the risk of being baited into yet another culture war cycle that distracts from the Republican grift. Her statement suggests she wants to move forward, and I think it’s wise to take the cue from her.
November 21, 2024 at 4:10 AM
This isn't a culture war. This is the only trans congresswoman, ever being bullied through the press and legislation, and having only 1 of hundreds of colleagues stand up for her. They can do more than 1 thing at a time. Defending her will not take so much effort that they can't do their jobs.