Lou
@tlbw.bsky.social
Michigander. nonbinary (they/them). trans existence is resistance. protect everyone the fascists are coming for, esp trans kids. and if the cops show up, shut the fuck up
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Michigan can lead the country in building a fair, stable water system. SB 248–255 create an income-based affordability program, reduce shutoffs, provide tools to manage water debt—benefitting all.
Tell your state senator and representative you support this bipartisan water affordability package.
Tell your state senator and representative you support this bipartisan water affordability package.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Michigan can lead the country in building a fair, stable water system. SB 248–255 create an income-based affordability program, reduce shutoffs, provide tools to manage water debt—benefitting all.
Tell your state senator and representative you support this bipartisan water affordability package.
Tell your state senator and representative you support this bipartisan water affordability package.
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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redid my personal site post-layoff :)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
Lex McMenamin
Lex McMenamin is a writer, editor, and organizer from Philadelphia, based in New York.
lexmcmenamin.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
redid my personal site post-layoff :)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
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Anyone remember that cease fire?
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue, medics say
‘Severe lack’ in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Anyone remember that cease fire?
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
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When I’m elected, I’ll be the only non-MAGA Doctor in the US Senate—and the first public health official to ever serve.
You know the first thing I’m going to do? Hold RFK Jr accountable for using the CDC to disinform Americans.
You know the first thing I’m going to do? Hold RFK Jr accountable for using the CDC to disinform Americans.
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
When I’m elected, I’ll be the only non-MAGA Doctor in the US Senate—and the first public health official to ever serve.
You know the first thing I’m going to do? Hold RFK Jr accountable for using the CDC to disinform Americans.
You know the first thing I’m going to do? Hold RFK Jr accountable for using the CDC to disinform Americans.
Not shocked that Haley Stevens is on here. What a piece of garbage.
Trump is filling his government with Nazis, consolidating authoritarian power, and eroding democracy at every chance.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
And yet these 86 House Democrats voted for a right-wing messaging amendment to say that the real authoritarians are the socialists.
Pathetic.
November 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Not shocked that Haley Stevens is on here. What a piece of garbage.
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Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Did you read my post from last week about how contract woes caused me to withdraw an accepted story from F&SF, ending my 54-year quest to be published in that magazine? But wait (as the saying goes) — there's more! Scroll down at the link for an update. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
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Trans Awareness week. Mind if we talk?
November 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Trans Awareness week. Mind if we talk?
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After nearly three hours of public comment, the Michigan State Board of Education voted along party lines Thursday, 6-2, to pass updated health education and sex ed guidelines that include recommendations to teach students about LGBTQ+ identities.
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
After contentious public comment, state Board of Education passes new health and sex ed standards • Michigan Advance
After nearly three hours of public comment, the Michigan State Board of Education voted along party lines Thursday, 6-2, to pass updated health education and sex ed guidelines that include recommendat...
michiganadvance.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
After nearly three hours of public comment, the Michigan State Board of Education voted along party lines Thursday, 6-2, to pass updated health education and sex ed guidelines that include recommendations to teach students about LGBTQ+ identities.
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
Story from @kdailey.bsky.social
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Justice for Ava.
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Justice for Ava.
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Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
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NIH scientist Dr. Jenna Norton was just placed on nondisciplinary leave.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
NIH scientist Dr. Jenna Norton was just placed on nondisciplinary leave.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
She led a team who wrote a sign-on letter critical of The Regime.
A person at NIH asked to give a reason for her leave called her “radical leftist”; while the NIH Director has claimed that “dissent is productive”.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders: "Abdul El-Sayed. He is a medical doctor. He wrote a book. It’s called Medicare for All, so he knows a little bit about the subject, and those are the kinds of folks that we need in the US Senate."
November 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Sen. Bernie Sanders: "Abdul El-Sayed. He is a medical doctor. He wrote a book. It’s called Medicare for All, so he knows a little bit about the subject, and those are the kinds of folks that we need in the US Senate."
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this is actually really something. The NY Times stuff is bonkers.
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
this is actually really something. The NY Times stuff is bonkers.
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Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Masked ICE agents put damper on Oak Park Girl Scout food drive: ‘It’s heartbreaking as a mom’
Federal immigration agents were confronted in Oak Park on Saturday morning by residents blowing whistles as local Girl Scouts collect food for local pantries, rattling some girls and their parents.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons.
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
"ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Republican senators buried a $500k-each payday for themselves in the bill to reopen the government because they were investigated after Jan 6.
youtu.be/0Y3_FHb1V40
youtu.be/0Y3_FHb1V40
Republicans Hid a $500,000 Payout for Themselves in the Government Spending Bill—Shutdown over?
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Republican senators buried a $500k-each payday for themselves in the bill to reopen the government because they were investigated after Jan 6.
youtu.be/0Y3_FHb1V40
youtu.be/0Y3_FHb1V40
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Honoring every veteran today—and holding close the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were forced out this year despite serving with courage, skill, and honor. Their dedication is undeniable. Their dignity is non-negotiable. We fight for them, always. 🏳️⚧️🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Honoring every veteran today—and holding close the more than 5,000 trans service members and their families who were forced out this year despite serving with courage, skill, and honor. Their dedication is undeniable. Their dignity is non-negotiable. We fight for them, always. 🏳️⚧️🇺🇸
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Instead of folding like cheap chairs, Democrats should have forced the GOP to end the shutdown by killing the filibuster. Holding onto the archaic, antidemocratic tradition doesn't help them stop fascism, it makes them complicit to it.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Democrats Should Have Let Republicans Kill the Filibuster
Instead of caving on the shutdown, Democrats should have waited for the GOP to cave on Trump’s demand to scotch this antidemocratic tactic.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Instead of folding like cheap chairs, Democrats should have forced the GOP to end the shutdown by killing the filibuster. Holding onto the archaic, antidemocratic tradition doesn't help them stop fascism, it makes them complicit to it.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
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it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy
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Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Every single Dem that caved and agreed to this deal needs to be primaried and voted out. They are cowards who wasted the last month for a half baked promise vote a month from now.
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Or…maybe you just lost because you voted to raise Rx drug costs 60 times when you were in Congress. Or because you retired to Florida to be a Pharma lobbyist. Or because you smile like everyone else frowns.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
Insider: Mike Rogers ties 2024 Senate loss to a 'van in Detroit with ballots'
Detroit, a Democratic stronghold and Michigan's largest city, has long been a Republican target of unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud.
www.detroitnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Or…maybe you just lost because you voted to raise Rx drug costs 60 times when you were in Congress. Or because you retired to Florida to be a Pharma lobbyist. Or because you smile like everyone else frowns.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM