That Trans Lady What Named Herself After a Plant
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A poorly disguised mess | Bisexual Trans Woman | She / Her
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"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief jeered in Midway Target
Videos and photos show a prevalence of federal agents in St. Paul recently.
trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
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Fascism is difficult to explain because its so dumb
Poli sci, history, "intl relations": WE MAY NEVER TRULY UNDERSTAND THE CORE OF FASCIST POLITICS
Trump, on megaphone: "GENDERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"
Trump, on megaphone: "GENDERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"
January 13, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Fascism is difficult to explain because its so dumb
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Oh brother am I going to be cross referencing some freakin databases
www.thedailybeast.com/personal-det...
www.thedailybeast.com/personal-det...
Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Goons Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach
A DHS whistleblower appears to have exposed data on federal immigration workers after the shooting of Renee Good.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Oh brother am I going to be cross referencing some freakin databases
www.thedailybeast.com/personal-det...
www.thedailybeast.com/personal-det...
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My 7yo niece came home from school with a drawing of herself fighting ice in her backyard with a knife
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
My 7yo niece came home from school with a drawing of herself fighting ice in her backyard with a knife
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“Here’s the real story: Anti-trans activists have been trying to roll back trans rights and trans people’s participation in the public sphere for many years now.… Then around 2020–2022, anti-trans activists finally found a wedge issue that began working for them: trans people and women’s sports.”
...the anti-trans movement is at its core an anti-science movement:
on Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/trans-peop...
& Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/trans-people...
on Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/trans-peop...
& Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/trans-people...
Trans People and Sports: Everything You Need to Know
I have been writing about transgender people and issues for over twenty years now.
juliaserano.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
“Here’s the real story: Anti-trans activists have been trying to roll back trans rights and trans people’s participation in the public sphere for many years now.… Then around 2020–2022, anti-trans activists finally found a wedge issue that began working for them: trans people and women’s sports.”
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One of the greatest video essayists ever to do it is taking a step back to refocus and try something new 🫡 Mad respect to Lily, hope her new ventures soar!
new lily just dropped!!! unfortunately it is sad
I can't keep doing this
YouTube video by Lily Alexandre
youtu.be
January 13, 2026 at 8:04 AM
One of the greatest video essayists ever to do it is taking a step back to refocus and try something new 🫡 Mad respect to Lily, hope her new ventures soar!
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NEW TALIA ESSAY ALERT!!
Today, I would like to present a deep dive into feminist history that got away from me.
Like, really got away from me.
It is about the futility of a politics of appeasement. It is about the unburial of a neglected feminist history. But most of all, it's about lesbian feminism, and sins unforgiven.
Like, really got away from me.
It is about the futility of a politics of appeasement. It is about the unburial of a neglected feminist history. But most of all, it's about lesbian feminism, and sins unforgiven.
Political Heterosexuality, or: The Tragedy of Feminism
On the specter that is haunting feminism.
taliabhattwrites.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:31 PM
NEW TALIA ESSAY ALERT!!
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A project to dismantle ICE will be years in the making. This is because you will have opponents [not just in the fascist GOP but also in the Democratic party]. And that means that organizing campaigns will have to be strategic and they will always be subject to being undermined by purported "allies"
January 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
A project to dismantle ICE will be years in the making. This is because you will have opponents [not just in the fascist GOP but also in the Democratic party]. And that means that organizing campaigns will have to be strategic and they will always be subject to being undermined by purported "allies"
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I keep seeing people asking why the police aren't arresting ICE or protecting people from ICE and I desperately need you to understand that the police aren't protecting you from ICE because protecting YOU is not and never has been their function and that's why we need to defund them.
January 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I keep seeing people asking why the police aren't arresting ICE or protecting people from ICE and I desperately need you to understand that the police aren't protecting you from ICE because protecting YOU is not and never has been their function and that's why we need to defund them.
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From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
From a good friend in Minneapolis: "Target is allowing ICE to stage in their parking lots, use their restrooms, and abduct people from inside their stores - so if you weren’t boycotting already, now is the time." They were staging in Chicago as well.
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1) ICE should be abolished
2) Abolishing ICE is not a particularly radical demand (it was US policy in the 21st century)
3) ICE is plummeting in popularity and now is the time to make the push
2) Abolishing ICE is not a particularly radical demand (it was US policy in the 21st century)
3) ICE is plummeting in popularity and now is the time to make the push
January 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
1) ICE should be abolished
2) Abolishing ICE is not a particularly radical demand (it was US policy in the 21st century)
3) ICE is plummeting in popularity and now is the time to make the push
2) Abolishing ICE is not a particularly radical demand (it was US policy in the 21st century)
3) ICE is plummeting in popularity and now is the time to make the push
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"Receiving reports" my ass. AltNPS is not receiving reports of ICE raids in Saint Paul. They are seeing posts on social media like the rest of us.
I DO have loved ones in Saint Paul. ALL of my loved ones. They're terrified. Fuck you.
I DO have loved ones in Saint Paul. ALL of my loved ones. They're terrified. Fuck you.
January 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM
"Receiving reports" my ass. AltNPS is not receiving reports of ICE raids in Saint Paul. They are seeing posts on social media like the rest of us.
I DO have loved ones in Saint Paul. ALL of my loved ones. They're terrified. Fuck you.
I DO have loved ones in Saint Paul. ALL of my loved ones. They're terrified. Fuck you.
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Wanda Sykes: Ricky Gervais couldn't be here, but he would like to thank god and the trans community.
January 12, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Wanda Sykes: Ricky Gervais couldn't be here, but he would like to thank god and the trans community.
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She also looked Bill Maher in the face and told him to do less… icon
January 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
She also looked Bill Maher in the face and told him to do less… icon
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If he wants to declare martial law, he will. It won't be based on reality. I don't know why some people continue to say: "be peaceful or he'll invoke martial law." Are you all living in this country in 2026???? Haven't you seen them make things up out of whole cloth???? Are you 10 years old?
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 AM
If he wants to declare martial law, he will. It won't be based on reality. I don't know why some people continue to say: "be peaceful or he'll invoke martial law." Are you all living in this country in 2026???? Haven't you seen them make things up out of whole cloth???? Are you 10 years old?
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'We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders.' Greenland’s Indigenous Inuit majority hits back at Trump as he repeats threats. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
‘We don’t want to be Americans’: Greenland’s indigenous Inuits hit back at Trump
The U.S. president shows no signs of backing down on his desire for Greenland, but he is facing resistance from its citizens
www.independent.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 4:21 PM
'We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders.' Greenland’s Indigenous Inuit majority hits back at Trump as he repeats threats. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
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These anti-Nick Shirley flyers have gone up around South Minneapolis — person who took these pictures said they are all over.
January 11, 2026 at 10:58 PM
These anti-Nick Shirley flyers have gone up around South Minneapolis — person who took these pictures said they are all over.
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Please understand this is happening in literally dozens of locations around the city simultaneously. If an ICE vehicle stops, community members materialize in seconds and do everything they can to stop the kidnappings. We are under siege and using every tool to fight back.
430k of us vs. 2k of them, we're gonna win this
Cedar & 31st I think
Cedar & 31st I think
January 11, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Please understand this is happening in literally dozens of locations around the city simultaneously. If an ICE vehicle stops, community members materialize in seconds and do everything they can to stop the kidnappings. We are under siege and using every tool to fight back.
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BREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
January 12, 2026 at 12:26 AM
BREAKING and HUGE news for transgender people: The bipartisan final negotiated text for these spending bills REMOVED language to restrict gender-affirming care as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program.
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
docs.house.gov/billsthiswee...
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there’s also not been any violent riots here so as per usual they’re just inventing shit as pretext to murder random people
January 11, 2026 at 11:38 PM
there’s also not been any violent riots here so as per usual they’re just inventing shit as pretext to murder random people
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Budget-ass brand Gestapo can't even do sit-ups
January 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Budget-ass brand Gestapo can't even do sit-ups
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Door-to-door raids also began in Minneapolis today, in about as brazen a repudiation of the fourth amendment as one could make. An amendment which exists because of the British doing exactly this in the colonial/revolutionary period.
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
January 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Door-to-door raids also began in Minneapolis today, in about as brazen a repudiation of the fourth amendment as one could make. An amendment which exists because of the British doing exactly this in the colonial/revolutionary period.
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
www.reddit.com/r/ICE_Watch/...
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Sometimes homophobia takes the form of your sexuality being seen as quaint and amusing, as a way to render you a functional eunuch.
But I know from experience it can just as quickly turn into demonization.
But I know from experience it can just as quickly turn into demonization.
January 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Sometimes homophobia takes the form of your sexuality being seen as quaint and amusing, as a way to render you a functional eunuch.
But I know from experience it can just as quickly turn into demonization.
But I know from experience it can just as quickly turn into demonization.
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[sombrely, with tears in eyes] "truly the people of Iran embody the great spirit of Flumpo The Fart Wizard" - author of Flumpo The Fart Wizard
January 11, 2026 at 11:53 AM
[sombrely, with tears in eyes] "truly the people of Iran embody the great spirit of Flumpo The Fart Wizard" - author of Flumpo The Fart Wizard
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Thread of people from Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) to follow, because they are being left out of the discussion while everyone is typing away about Greenland 🇬🇱🧵
January 11, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Thread of people from Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) to follow, because they are being left out of the discussion while everyone is typing away about Greenland 🇬🇱🧵