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Gerry Braun
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Family. Film. Books. Media. Politics. Baseball. Water polo. Democracy. Did I forget anything?
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parkermolloy.com
Once again relevant:
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · Aug 25
This, from @erininthemorning.com's latest piece about Gavin Newsom helps explain why Newsom-loving libs' "erm, then enjoy Trump again!!!" stuff doesn't work on trans people who've been paying attention. www.erininthemorning.com/p/why-transg...
Some may argue, as they often do when transgender people raise concerns about Gavin Newsom, that the alternative would be worse. And in many respects, Trump or whatever Trump-like candidate emerges in 2028 would be worse than Newsom on a host of issues. But even here, for transgender people, the calculation is not so straightforward. Right now, the community has one thing going for it: one major political party still passes protective legislation and has not joined the litany of anti-trans policies escalating in red states. If that fragile dichotomy collapses—if Democrats too decide that transgender people can be sacrificed for political gain—the result will not be a lesser evil. It will be a political consensus that our rights are gone, and that outcome could be even worse. One only has to look to the United Kingdom to see what happens when both major parties decide transgender people are expendable. For years, right-leaning parties targeted trans people relentlessly, while Labour offered tepid, lukewarm support. In the lead-up to recent elections, that support collapsed. Multiple Labour leaders determined that trans people were safe to sacrifice, culminating in the party leader’s now-infamous declaration that he does not believe transgender women are women. Today, the country is pursuing a nationwide bathroom ban, and youth care has been practically outlawed. In a political environment where both left and right agree that your existence is negotiable, there is no one left to fight for you. It is untenable—and if such sentiment takes root inside the Democratic Party, it could take generations for transgender Americans to claw back even the most basic of rights. Transgender people have watched this performance before, and we know exactly where it leads. Whatever one thinks of Newsom as a politician or a future candidate, it is crucial to understand that for many in our community, his rise provokes as much fear as the Republican Party itself. The damage he can inflict is in some ways greater: Republicans attacking us keeps allies on alert, ready to resist. But when Democrats begin to adopt the same rhetoric, that resistance dissolves. Transphobia inside the party is not a treatable wound inflicted by the far right—it is a malignancy, slow-moving but devastating, one that threatens to hollow out decades of progress from within. If it spreads unchecked, it could mark the end of so much our community has fought to preserve.
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
gerrybraun.bsky.social
Until today my favorite Paul Sisson article was this gem from July 1944:
"Dutch family avoids publicity over young Jewish girl hiding in its attic."
September 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Something Stinks at the San Diego Union-Tribune: An Interview with Laura Castañeda
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Something Stinks at the San Diego Union-Tribune: An Interview with Laura Castañeda
“Don't support these folks. You are lining their pockets with bonuses, and for what? So they can set a fake agenda and have people believe it?”
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September 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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America's gun culture is a disease and it's killing our children.
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Live updates: At least 2 children killed and 17 people injured in shooting at Minneapolis Catholic school Mass | CNN
Two children have been killed in a shooting during Mass marking the first week of class for Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, officials say. Follow here for the latest news updates.
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August 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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theonion.com
“So what do you think Democrats can learn from somebody who, like you, targets the most vulnerable among us?” said Newsom
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Gavin Newsom Sits Down For Podcast With Serial Killer Who Targets Homeless
SACRAMENTO, CA—Promising his podcast listeners an engaging and enlightening conversation, California Gov. Gavin Newsom reportedly sat down Tuesday with a serial killer who targets the homeless population. “So what do you think Democrats can learn from somebody who, like you, targets the most vulnerable among us?” said Newsom, who acknowledged that while he and the […]
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May 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
gerrybraun.bsky.social
Republicans think government can tell children how many dolls they need. Republicans are weird.
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atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 5
Trump: "A young lady -- 10 year old girl, 9 year old girl, 15 year old girl -- doesn't need 37 dolls. She could be very happy with 2 or 3 or 4 or 5."
May 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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kenjennings.bsky.social
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Teacher ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying 'Everyone is welcome here'

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Teacher ordered to remove signs from classroom, including one saying 'Everyone is welcome here'
“There are only two opinions on this sign: Everyone is welcome here, or not everyone is welcome here,” argues Sarah Inama, a sixth-grade history teacher.
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March 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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damon.kiesow.net
Way, way, way past time for you to get your organizations off Twitter.
Elon Musk retweet of a rando claiming that "Stalin, Mao and Hitler did not murder millions of people. Their public sector workers did."
March 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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tristansnell.bsky.social
Check this out — American stocks were on par with global stocks up until late January — and have now dropped terribly since then

Gosh I wonder what happened in late January?
March 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
gerrybraun.bsky.social
Folks have some thoughts on Gavin Newsom's cowardice.
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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This wouldn't be happening if Chuck Schumer were alive.
February 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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akallabeth24.bsky.social
Oops 😬
February 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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ugarles.bsky.social
how are the democrats supposed to compete with this messaging?
Trump on Truth Social The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period fo time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn't the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn't the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!
January 30, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Pope Francis says Trump's immigration raids would be a 'disgrace'
Pope Francis says Trump's immigration raids would be a 'disgrace'
Pope Francis on Sunday criticized President-elect Donald Trump's reported plan to sharply intensify immigration enforcement actions across the U.S. in the days after his inauguration.
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January 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
gerrybraun.bsky.social
I admired Rico Carty when he was a Brave and batting behind, and protecting, the great Hank Aaron. Missing from the Carty obits, however, is how his career was nearly derailed in 1971 by three white Atlanta police officers. Here's the New York Times story: www.nytimes.com/1971/08/27/a...
Carty, Eye Damaged, Charges 3 Policemen Blackjacked Him (Published 1971)
Carty, thanking Mayor Massell for suspending policemen, says that he may have suffered permanent eye damage during brawl
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:49 PM