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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 12h

Ah, the problem is their PDF preview search tool seems to be broken. Going to Amazon and using their preview function returns 8 instances of "transgender," which seems low considering its centrality to the right's current dialectic.

Jew=18
Gay=16
Black=40
Queer=1
TERF=0
Gender=56
LGBT+=17

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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 13h

Same here!

The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 13h

Open the preview. It allows you to search the book's text. The search function does not return any hits for "transgender."

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 17h

I know realities on the ground are never so clear, but if you're trans or have a trans kid in Texas, get out. Get across any border. Get out now. Right now. Get out, please.

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 19h

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 14h

I forget-- who controls the White House, Senate, and House?

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15h

Picture here is from 1992. LA riots. Ive seen this called bad news judgment. In any real journalism outfit this is more like a firing offense. I basically say such things. Beyond belief.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 15h

?!?!?!

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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 15h

Case in point: www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/gavi...

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - LGBTQ Nation

The California governor left at least 10 pro-LGBTQ+ measures on the table.

www.lgbtqnation.com

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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 15h

Notice “transgender” doesn’t appear once. The first Nazi book burning was a Berlin trans Clinics holdings. Look at almost any modern “center” turned right bro and you’ll find transphobia was the gateway drug. I mean, p
Peterson is only a thing due to transphobia. That made him famous.

Dr. Marc-André Argentino @maargentino.com · 7d

It is Book Launch day for @amaramarasingam.bsky.social and My edited volume "Contemporary Far-Right Culture The Art, Music, and Everyday Practices of Violent Extremism"

www.routledge.com/Contemporary...

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 2d

"The strength of a people lies in its purity, not in its diversity."
—Tom Metzger, a white supremacist, neo-Nazi and Klansman

"Real strength comes from homogeneity, from people who share the same blood and values."
—William Pierce, neo-Nazi, author of the Turner Diaries

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Hegseth to the Navy: "Your diversity is not your strength"

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d

🚨🚨🚨 Mamdami is not afraid to face the oppressors despite having been threatened to be deported. Where the hell are our elected leaders?!? People are throwing fits for vet (who have already sacrificed themselves, their families, and their health) to fight for the flag. I expect courage from Dems!

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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 4d

Ontology is category and its context.

It’s as big of a word as “category,” but means category+

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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 5d

"GO WOKE GO BROoOh... I mean, LOOK AT WHAT ANTIFA DID TO TEXAS AND FLORIDA REAL ESTATE NUMBERS!!!" - MAGA probably

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Core-Based Statistical Area
Punta Gorda FL
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos TX
Cape Coral-Fort Myers FL
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Wildwood-The Villages FL
Lake Charles LA
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor FL
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Panama City-Panama City Beach FL
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@SpencerHakimian

Florida and Texas real estate markets are toast.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:

Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the
Department's operational status.
Thank you.

Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 5d

It's important to note that the ADL also helps coordinate the security and safety of Synagogues and Jewish community centers with federal law enforcement. Kash Patel ended that arrangement yesterday right before Yom Kippur and today there was an attack in the UK.

www.axios.com/2025/10/02/k...

Kash Patel severs FBI's ties with the ADL

"This FBI won't partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs," Patel wrote on X.

www.axios.com

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 5d

I wrote this open letter to my fellow science journalists, but it could very easily be adapted to address @jay.bsky.team and the rest of the bsky team galileospendulum.org/2025/06/05/o...

Open Letter to Anti-Trans Science Journalists

To my science journalist colleagues at the New York Times, Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Guardian, and elsewhere: I write this open letter on the day the New York Times begins a podcast series…

galileospendulum.org

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 7d

Dear @apnews.com

The republicans control congress. Democrats did not vote down anything. If the GOP wanted to fund the government, they could have changed the rules to pass a CR with a simple majority like they did 11 days ago to approve 48 trump appointees at once.

Fix your headline.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7d

BREAKING: Democrats vote down a GOP bill to keep the government open, putting it on track for shutdown after midnight.

Democrats vote down GOP funding bill, putting government on path to shutdown

Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday.

bit.ly

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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 6d

Republicans want you to know they're not fascists, but they have lists and want you to know that you are on their list.

VOTER ALERT

WE SEE YOU HAVEN'T VOTED YET
Your voting record is public ... Your
neighbors are watching and will know
if you miss this critical Special Election.
Republican Party Officials will see if you don't
vote. You can't afford to have that on your
record.
Republican Values are at stake in this
Special Election.

NOTICE
We will contact you after the election to make sure
you voted!

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ELECTION NOTICE
The TN Republican Party HQ will see whether
you have VOTED!
We are compiling an official list of Republicans who
fail to vote in the 7th Congressional District of Tennessee
Special Election

Public records show that
YOU HAVE NOT VOTED

Party Leadership would be VERY DISAPPOINTED.

AATINES *

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Antifa Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 6d

Stephen Miller is a screechy, whiny fascist.

Just felt like mentioning that.

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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 6d

Houston is replacing its rainbow crosswalk after it disappeared after its removal <3

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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 7d

This is the HUD homepage right now. Why?

Because MAGA controls HUD right now. And the House. And the Senate. And the Presidency. And the Supreme Court.

But Democrats are shutting down the government.

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The TransAdvocate @transadvocate.com · 7d

Centrist: "Being woke is the same thing as literal autocracy."

The road to Hell is paved with Bill Mahers telling you how you just need to compromise harder with the fascism.

Cameron
@CameronCorduroy

i don't think you could ever write a better example of the fundamental
flaw in American political media than the fact these two things are
unironically portrayed as equivalent problems

Bill Maher @billmaher . 23h
Let's make a deal at a grand bargain between the two sides that hate each
other so much. The Left will quash all their loony woke shit, and the Right
will stop the slide into autocracy.

REAL

MIDDLE ME THIS

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TIME

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Tea Pain @teapainusa.bsky.social · 8d

1 transgender shooter
GOP: "We must institutionalize all transgenders!"

47,209 white male shooters
GOP: "This is the cost of freedom."

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 8d

just worth reiterating that historically "we need to throw these people under the bus for pragmatic reasons" is often indistinguishable from, "I, personally, do not like these people and want to throw them under the bus." www.everythingishorrible.net/p/martin-nie...

Martin Niemöller Was an Antisemite

His poem was not about indifference.

www.everythingishorrible.net

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The Girl Who Can't Stop Reading 📚 @cheriieephii.bsky.social · 8d

Everything is happening so much faster than it did in Germany because all of our institutions are either complicit or barely putting up a fight and capitulating.

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