The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

Making exactly this point was Chase Strangio's @chasestrangio.bsky.social strongest moment at the podium yesterday -- and it was the last thing he said before he sat down.

On the harm that the Tennessee ban has already wrought.

My pal @kristenchapman.bsky.social is quoted: “I personally feel like if your child comes to you and says, ‘This is who I am, this is what I need,’ your job as a parent is to support them in that.”

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I wrote this ode to a burger joint near my hometown in rural Oklahoma before the election, but the piece is about nostalgia's role in the state's conservative impulses, and maybe more resonant today www.eater.com/24235044/mee...

If Nancy Mace wants to keep sex criminals out of bathrooms in federal buildings she should introduce a bill to mandate Donald Trump use a port-o-potty in the Rose Garden.

This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...

So it turns out that several conservative justices are on the record that Trump's demand to appoint his entire Cabinet by recess appointment is unconstitutional https://buff.ly/3Z9KdTW

Here’s the link (h/t @mjsdc.bsky.social). Her screed starts around the 50 minute mark, and the FOLDER OF IGNOMINY pops out at 1 hr 17 min.

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RFK announcement puts a fine point on something I've been trying to articulate and is a theme of the Trump years. It's something I've wrestled with and that a lot of Dem messaging has gotten wrong. Part of what Trump does is constantly divide the country along the lines of pro-system and anti-system

To state the very obvious, this would put an avowed anti-vaxxer in charge of vaccines, allowing him to thwart the development and approval of life-saving shots. It's almost too horrific to fathom—a potential death sentence for our families and children. It's lethal. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...

When Carol Moseley Braun, the first Black woman elected to the Senate in '92, went to pick up her congressional ID, she was issued one labeled "spouse." She responded: "try again." Nice to see that absolutely nothing has changed