Gwendolyn Ann Smith
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Nancy Mace on why Nancy Mace isn't a woman.
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Nancy Mace on why Nancy Mace isn't a woman.
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Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
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"The central goal of much anti-transgender rhetoric is to make cisgender people believe that their interests and trans people’s interests cannot be met at the same time."
YES! @gbbranstetter.bsky.social hits the nail on the head
YES! @gbbranstetter.bsky.social hits the nail on the head
Great @gbbranstetter.bsky.social read on how throwing trans people under the bus is not a winning political strategy and in fact the opposite is true. Democrats have an opportunity here to not be craven cowards succumbing to transphobic messaging.
Democrats Can’t Blame Trans People for Their Own Failures
Despite the attempts by so many in the party's establishment to paint trans rights as a toxic issue, transphobia was soundly rejected across the country this week.
www.thenation.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"The central goal of much anti-transgender rhetoric is to make cisgender people believe that their interests and trans people’s interests cannot be met at the same time."
YES! @gbbranstetter.bsky.social hits the nail on the head
YES! @gbbranstetter.bsky.social hits the nail on the head
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that's bs!!!!
The courts are moving ahead with a scheme to make trans people as a category of second-class citizen, unprotected by law.
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
More by @valorievandieman.bsky.social and @billiejsweeney.bsky.social here:
An Immediate Need to Impose Bigotry: Rogue Court Endorses Trump’s Ideology — Assigned
An Immediate Need to Impose Bigotry: Rogue Court Endorses Trump’s Ideology
www.assignedmedia.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
that's bs!!!!
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LOL I FORGOT SHE HAS TO PAY $360,000 FOR BEING A HOMOPHOBIC BITCH
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
LOL I FORGOT SHE HAS TO PAY $360,000 FOR BEING A HOMOPHOBIC BITCH
At least Kim Davis exists, a clown to offer amusement on an otherwise dismal day.
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
At least Kim Davis exists, a clown to offer amusement on an otherwise dismal day.
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HAHAHAHA EAT SHIT, KIM DAVIS 🏳️🌈
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
HAHAHAHA EAT SHIT, KIM DAVIS 🏳️🌈
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Showed bestie They Live and the quote "white line's in the middle of the road, that's the worst place to drive," seems instructive right now for centrists trying to smugly tell people much poorer than them that actually this capitulation is a master stroke
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Showed bestie They Live and the quote "white line's in the middle of the road, that's the worst place to drive," seems instructive right now for centrists trying to smugly tell people much poorer than them that actually this capitulation is a master stroke
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"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
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some years, Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day just completely sneaks up on you
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
some years, Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day just completely sneaks up on you
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This 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
There’s a constant concept that Muslim people hate queer people and want us dead.
And sure, yes, there is a small fraction of extremists.
But apples for apples there’s probably more queer hating white evangelical extremists.
I love how Mamdani has publicly broken their brains on this.
There’s a constant concept that Muslim people hate queer people and want us dead.
And sure, yes, there is a small fraction of extremists.
But apples for apples there’s probably more queer hating white evangelical extremists.
I love how Mamdani has publicly broken their brains on this.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
There’s a constant concept that Muslim people hate queer people and want us dead.
And sure, yes, there is a small fraction of extremists.
But apples for apples there’s probably more queer hating white evangelical extremists.
I love how Mamdani has publicly broken their brains on this.
There’s a constant concept that Muslim people hate queer people and want us dead.
And sure, yes, there is a small fraction of extremists.
But apples for apples there’s probably more queer hating white evangelical extremists.
I love how Mamdani has publicly broken their brains on this.
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👇 THIS has totally backfired. I'm not sure which Senator did what now, but it makes me want to see the entire Dem caucus primary'd. I don't trust a single damned one of them
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
👇 THIS has totally backfired. I'm not sure which Senator did what now, but it makes me want to see the entire Dem caucus primary'd. I don't trust a single damned one of them
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If you believe the man who’s been fighting tooth & nail to keep $200 away from starving children all in the name of TAKING AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE is suddenly about to cut u a $2000 check I really hope u donate your brain to science when you die so we can get to the bottom of how idiots like you exist
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If you believe the man who’s been fighting tooth & nail to keep $200 away from starving children all in the name of TAKING AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE is suddenly about to cut u a $2000 check I really hope u donate your brain to science when you die so we can get to the bottom of how idiots like you exist
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A word of caution about the new Axios report that Dem Senators are caving. Remember the NYT ran articles for months claiming that Harvard was caving, which.. never happened. Turns out their anonymous sources were Trump staffers. Axios may be similar.
But, it never hurts to call your Senator.
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But, it never hurts to call your Senator.
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Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A word of caution about the new Axios report that Dem Senators are caving. Remember the NYT ran articles for months claiming that Harvard was caving, which.. never happened. Turns out their anonymous sources were Trump staffers. Axios may be similar.
But, it never hurts to call your Senator.
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But, it never hurts to call your Senator.
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Hey if you see this and hate musk then donate to trans people who need mutual aid
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hey if you see this and hate musk then donate to trans people who need mutual aid
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Like… people want affordable groceries, housing, and healthcare, *And* they want their friends and loved ones the be alive and safe and free from persecution.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
Too many news outlets & pols framing Tuesday as affordability *Instead Of* "woke"/"DEI"/whatever the fuck when Mamdani & Sherrill both *explicitly* embraced trans & other LGBTQ+ rights, VA solidly rejected Republicans' virulent anti-trans attack adz, & a PA elected their 1st trans mayor. Be serious.
Pro-Equality Candidates Win, Anti-Trans Campaigns Lose Again, in Election 2025 | GLAAD
History was made, and repeated, in the 2025 election, with significant impacts for LGBTQ Americans and candidates who campaigned to support LGBTQ people. Virginia voters elected the Commonwealth’s fir...
glaad.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Like… people want affordable groceries, housing, and healthcare, *And* they want their friends and loved ones the be alive and safe and free from persecution.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
These are not mutually exclusive ideas. They are in fact bound up together.
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Trump illegally blowing up boats in the Caribbean to intimidate Maduro and the people of Venezuela is closer to terrorism than anything low-level drug smugglers might be doing.
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump illegally blowing up boats in the Caribbean to intimidate Maduro and the people of Venezuela is closer to terrorism than anything low-level drug smugglers might be doing.
These folks have no moral compass.
They Broke With the Democratic Party on Trans Rights. Now, They’re Trying to Walk it Back.
transitics.substack....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
transitics.substack....
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
They Broke With the Democratic Party on Trans Rights. Now, They’re Trying to Walk it Back.
After flirting with anti-trans positions, these Democrats have learned the hard way: transphobia is bad for America—and worse for them.
transitics.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
These folks have no moral compass.
Remind me: Was it Matthew or John who busted up the homeless encampments?
Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Remind me: Was it Matthew or John who busted up the homeless encampments?
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$40B of your money to this guy, so he can dance at CPAC at Mar-a-Lago while Americans wait for their paychecks, hoping the money actually comes.
November 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
$40B of your money to this guy, so he can dance at CPAC at Mar-a-Lago while Americans wait for their paychecks, hoping the money actually comes.
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I’m so pissed at how all these networks and everyone are not showing white people when talking about SNAP. We’re the largest demographic of SNAP recipients yet they’re primarily showing Black and Brown people and we all know why they’re doing it!
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m so pissed at how all these networks and everyone are not showing white people when talking about SNAP. We’re the largest demographic of SNAP recipients yet they’re primarily showing Black and Brown people and we all know why they’re doing it!
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I really hope Americans understand that the forced famine in Gaza and this are intrinsically connected
"US Department of Agriculture sent a warning to grocery stores not to provide discounts to the more than 42 million Americans affected."
"39% of them are children."
#USA #Food
"39% of them are children."
#USA #Food
USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can't Give Discounts to People Hit by Trump's Food Stamp Freeze
As the Trump administration illegally withholds food assistance from 42 million Americans, it's also telling stores it's against the law for them to provide discounts to those struggling.
www.commondreams.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I really hope Americans understand that the forced famine in Gaza and this are intrinsically connected