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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 1d

We were there in January, dude.....

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe, maybe not. They fucking better be.

Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 1d

I thought this was a joke when I first saw it.

It isn't

The US Treasury plans to release it in 2026.

Remember: when this regime falls--and it will--those complicit will be held to account.

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 2d

What money? 😜

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 2d

Should win: Don DeLillo

Will win: Pynchon or Murakami, even odds IMHO

Taylor Swift? On the same list as Paul Simon? Really? Really???

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 2d

Not only is the man evil, stupid, and crazy, but he's rude, too.

Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 2d

Question: can Gov. Pritzker call up the Illinois National Guard to protect against ICE et al? Certainly seems justified to me.

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 3d

Of these four, no contest. Heroes.

As for Tay-Tay, I still don't hear what the commotion is about. Competent singing and songwriting, but nothing more. Dull as dust.

But that might just be me.......

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 3d

I mean, this is wonderful and all that, but everything I have seen transpire since January 20 is that Maximum Leader will do what he plans to do anyway, federal judges be damned. SCOTUS has his back.

As I see it, the choice is now up to the States, which should call up their guards before he does.

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 3d

Ahh yes! WLIR. I remember it well. Good times.

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 7d

...can engage in ad infinitum. The POLITICAL issue concerns my rights as a self-determining agent, and the COMMON good, the life we share, whatever one thinks about trans people.

(I have a "high octane" philosophical essay on this on Medium, if anyone's interested.) medium.com/@lnelson1005...

Are Sex and Gender Natural Kinds? A Wittgensteinian Investigation

“I’ll teach you differences!” — Ludwig Wittgenstein, quoting William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1, Scene 4

medium.com

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 7d

is irrelevant. (Their discomfort makes ME uncomfortable!) What matters is that they treat me like a fellow human being.

Debates about whether "trans" is born or made, through genes, environment, or autonomous choice, are not what is at issue. That's a metaphysical question that you 3/

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 7d

...I expect them to respect my choice to present as female, to be addressed as female, to not be discriminated against in work and housing because I am a trans woman, and so on. Whether one agrees with my gender perceptions is beside the point. If my gender expression makes them uncomfortable 2/n

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 7d

I agree wholeheartedly with this. For some people, like myself (not everybody), the "born this way" meme works — I have known since I was five years old. But POLITICALLY it is not the relevant point. However, one views my transness, or whether they approve or disapprove 1/n

Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 7d

What I'm trying to get across is that the time of "born this way" as the safe, pragmatic, responsible way of talking about trans identity is over.

I'm hoping to convince my fellow moderate trans people, those who naturally resonate with this way of thinking about our own transness.

Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 7d

When I say rejecting I don't even mean they don't believe them but that they don't care. They've decided they're going to stand by and let trans people be victims.

So, to my mind, the cure for that is to come from another direction and start talking freedom and self-determination.

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 7d

"Democrats Erupt" sounds oxymoronic to me.

I hope this changes. I hope this ends the insipid bipartisan rhetoric and finally prompts an epiphany on the part of Schumer and Jeffries. I am not holding my breath.

Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 7d

Which makes them very, VERY dangerous.

I would hope this dire event impresses the military brass enough to realize that soon they will be asked to choose between fealty to the people of the nation and loyalty to Maximum Leader and his stooge. Choose wisely.

Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 7d

"Sic Semper trannies!" --Marcus Junius Brutus

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 11d

Double absurdity here: 1) The Supreme Court, having self-designated the right to determine whether a law is unconstitutional, is being asked by Maximum Leader to decide whether the Constitution is unconstitutional. 2) That's probably how they will decide it.
apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold restrictions he wants to impose on birthright citizenship

President Donald Trump’s administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or tempora...

apnews.com

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 11d

Nailed it.

substack.com/@lancefrosen...

Lance F Rosen (@lancefrosen)

Trump's UN Speech has ramifications far worse than the recent media coverage, which characterized it as “embarassing.” It signals an existential threat to all nations, and effectively destroys any pot...

substack.com

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 11d

The NYT changed the by-line for this otherwise interesting essay. I assume it was to make it more eye-catching.

Actually no. It's "no shit Sherlock" journalism once again raising its head for the Grey Lady.

At this point, I only peruse it because of Jamelle Bouie. When he goes, I go.

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 11d

This Yank is absolutely thrilled that the USA is losing. Go EU.

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you for the advice. My ears are sealed.....

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 12d

I am a provincial Yank, so forgive my ignorance, but what is happening with Corbyn's attempt at a new Left party?

Are the Lib-Dems any better?

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 12d

If you want to know what someone is like, take a look at the company they keep.

'Jes sayin'.

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Laura Nelson @lauranelson1005.bsky.social · 12d

And as such does not deserve the friendship of someone who abhors transphobia.

"Can't we all just get along?" Sometimes yes, sometimes no. If I were Emma Watson, I would cut her off, just as I would cut off a friend who wend full-bore Maga/Christian Nationalist.

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