StephenGaskill
@stephengaskill.bsky.social
Strategic communications for leaders and organizations. Pres, LGBTQ Democratic Caucus of Palm Beach Cnty (pbclgbtqdems.org); Past pres, Florida LGBTQ Democratic Caucus (lgbtqdems.org); Co-founder, Acceptance Academy Community School (acceptanceschool.org)
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I want to ask the flipside question: what will it take for wealthy progressives to fund the infrastructure and entities needed to identify, support, and sustain emerging voices on *our* side of the aisle?
Anti-trans demagogue and fifth place swimmer Riley Gaines earned $470,000+ last year from a conservative non-profit.
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
Notably, $420k was incentive-based.
A neat little window into the way the transphobic grift is being compensated.
I wonder what the per-post rate is?
December 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I want to ask the flipside question: what will it take for wealthy progressives to fund the infrastructure and entities needed to identify, support, and sustain emerging voices on *our* side of the aisle?
Florida here. We knew Pam Bondi was a liar 15 years ago.
A few months ago Pam Bondi was saying there was nothing to release
The FBI was supposed to deliver all the Epstein files to @AGPamBondi's desk by 8 AM on Feb. 28, 2025. That's almost ten months ago. This seems like something @JusticeOIG would need to dig into www.justice.gov/ag/media/139...
December 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Florida here. We knew Pam Bondi was a liar 15 years ago.
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This Christmas Eve, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
December 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This Christmas Eve, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
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Kudos to @orlandosentinel.com for pushing the state of Florida on these records.
The DeSantis administration this year cites “safety issues” as the reason for removing rainbow and other decorative street markings. Their own social media posts contradict those claims — until the posts were deleted.
The DeSantis administration this year cites “safety issues” as the reason for removing rainbow and other decorative street markings. Their own social media posts contradict those claims — until the posts were deleted.
The Florida Department of Transportation deleted its own social media posts that praised a rainbow crosswalk near the Pulse memorial for “enhancing safety” amid a controversial street art crackdown. The records came hours after the Orlando Sentinel sued the state for failing to release them.
FDOT deleted social post touting Pulse crosswalk amid street art crackdown, records show
“This project improves traffic flow while incorporating decorative elements near the Pulse memorial,” FDOT officials wrote in a July 8 social media post that was deleted but later obtained by the O…
www.sun-sentinel.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Kudos to @orlandosentinel.com for pushing the state of Florida on these records.
The DeSantis administration this year cites “safety issues” as the reason for removing rainbow and other decorative street markings. Their own social media posts contradict those claims — until the posts were deleted.
The DeSantis administration this year cites “safety issues” as the reason for removing rainbow and other decorative street markings. Their own social media posts contradict those claims — until the posts were deleted.
You mean…it’s all a grift?
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
You mean…it’s all a grift?
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🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD!!
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
December 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🔥🔥🔥 DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD!!
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥 DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!!
TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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CBS News has become a joke.
BRENNAN: This isn't everything you asked for just yet, but would you acknowledge that they are complying with the spirit if not the intent of your law?
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
MASSIE: No. They're flouting the spirit and the letter of the law. It's very troubling the posture that they've taken.
December 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
CBS News has become a joke.
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Pamela Jo Bondi, doing her part to help an administration that calls itself, with a seemingly straight face, "The Most Transparent in American History."
December 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Pamela Jo Bondi, doing her part to help an administration that calls itself, with a seemingly straight face, "The Most Transparent in American History."
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We will never be able to put our country back together until we prosecute those who are breaking the law multiple times a day. It’s what should have happened four years ago and it is a huge part of the reason we are in this mess today.
December 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We will never be able to put our country back together until we prosecute those who are breaking the law multiple times a day. It’s what should have happened four years ago and it is a huge part of the reason we are in this mess today.
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If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Feels like they haven’t given us their best and brightest.
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Feels like they haven’t given us their best and brightest.
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They say they’re protecting kids. They’re not. They’re harming these kids by blocking their access to health care.
These comments make clear what this is about: Eliminating *all* trans people of all ages.
If they get away with it with trans people, they’re coming for you next.
These comments make clear what this is about: Eliminating *all* trans people of all ages.
If they get away with it with trans people, they’re coming for you next.
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
They say they’re protecting kids. They’re not. They’re harming these kids by blocking their access to health care.
These comments make clear what this is about: Eliminating *all* trans people of all ages.
If they get away with it with trans people, they’re coming for you next.
These comments make clear what this is about: Eliminating *all* trans people of all ages.
If they get away with it with trans people, they’re coming for you next.
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To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
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Congratulations, those of you who decided to platform fringe voices and create a climate of fear and hate out of ignorance because those voices insisted a non-problem was a problem. They're now on an HHS stage trying to ruin children's lives. You will live with the harm you have done forever.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Congratulations, those of you who decided to platform fringe voices and create a climate of fear and hate out of ignorance because those voices insisted a non-problem was a problem. They're now on an HHS stage trying to ruin children's lives. You will live with the harm you have done forever.
I’m SHOCKED that anyone in Trumpworld would lie!
In comments to NYT, Susie Wiles was asked about her quote that Elon Musk was using drugs. "That's ridiculous," she said. "I wouldn't have said it."
But Peter Baker notes: Chris "Whipple played a tape for The Times in which she could be heard saying it."
nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
But Peter Baker notes: Chris "Whipple played a tape for The Times in which she could be heard saying it."
nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I’m SHOCKED that anyone in Trumpworld would lie!
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LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
LMAO McGovern is on fire right now 🔥🔥🔥
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While the media chums it up with Greene, reminder that she has a bill going before the House today to make it a *federal crime* to provide or advocate for healthcare for trans youth.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "What I'd like to see from the president is empathy for Americans. Donald Trump is a billionaire and he's the president. When he looks into a camera and says 'affordability is a hoax,' he's talking to Americans that are suffering and have been for many years now."
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
While the media chums it up with Greene, reminder that she has a bill going before the House today to make it a *federal crime* to provide or advocate for healthcare for trans youth.
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When not in use, the Rubio is powered down and placed in a corner.
December 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
When not in use, the Rubio is powered down and placed in a corner.
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
A brilliant and thoughtful legislator, Al Gore, was denied his rightful win, and the world has never been the same.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A brilliant and thoughtful legislator, Al Gore, was denied his rightful win, and the world has never been the same.
More of this please!
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
More of this please!
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I really hate it when that happens.
Every time I buy a new house, illegal aliens come in and take it from me. Thank you, Donald Trump, for finally addressing this definitely-real problem.
Every time I buy a new house, illegal aliens come in and take it from me. Thank you, Donald Trump, for finally addressing this definitely-real problem.
Secretary Scott Turner: "We need to continue to deport illegals that are taking houses from the American people"
December 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I really hate it when that happens.
Every time I buy a new house, illegal aliens come in and take it from me. Thank you, Donald Trump, for finally addressing this definitely-real problem.
Every time I buy a new house, illegal aliens come in and take it from me. Thank you, Donald Trump, for finally addressing this definitely-real problem.