joe erbentraut
@jerbentraut.bsky.social
writer, editor, and content leader. ex-editorial director at thrillist. pop culture, travel, politics, queer shit, witch shit. chicagolandia. he/they.
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This is a full purge of every single LGBTQ employee at the NSA. Rufo is falsely mischaracterizing a LGBTQ employee resource group as a "sex chat" to create pretext to fire every single member in it.
This is a playbook they will run to purge the entire federal government.
This is a playbook they will run to purge the entire federal government.
February 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This is a full purge of every single LGBTQ employee at the NSA. Rufo is falsely mischaracterizing a LGBTQ employee resource group as a "sex chat" to create pretext to fire every single member in it.
This is a playbook they will run to purge the entire federal government.
This is a playbook they will run to purge the entire federal government.
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To answer some quick questions about my latest story:
- It does not apply to the Visa Waiver Program as far as I can see
- It does not impact American citizens
- The ban exclusively impacts transgender foreigners seeking visas in the United States
- It is far more extensive than reported elsewhere
- It does not apply to the Visa Waiver Program as far as I can see
- It does not impact American citizens
- The ban exclusively impacts transgender foreigners seeking visas in the United States
- It is far more extensive than reported elsewhere
1. Major exclusive breaking news: Marco Rubio may have just banned trans foreigners seeking visas with correct gender markers from US Entry.
A new cable, effective immediately, says visas must contain assigned sex at birth and should be rejected if they don't.
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A new cable, effective immediately, says visas must contain assigned sex at birth and should be rejected if they don't.
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Marco Rubio May Have Just Banned Trans Foreigners Seeking Visas From US Entry
A new state department cable, meant to target transgender athletes, indicates a potential broader application to all transgender visas, which it states must contain "sex at birth."
www.erininthemorning.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
To answer some quick questions about my latest story:
- It does not apply to the Visa Waiver Program as far as I can see
- It does not impact American citizens
- The ban exclusively impacts transgender foreigners seeking visas in the United States
- It is far more extensive than reported elsewhere
- It does not apply to the Visa Waiver Program as far as I can see
- It does not impact American citizens
- The ban exclusively impacts transgender foreigners seeking visas in the United States
- It is far more extensive than reported elsewhere
Can we pinpoint when exactly people started going to the movies in pajamas dragging blankets along with them? I need to know the last time that Snuggie was washed.
February 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Can we pinpoint when exactly people started going to the movies in pajamas dragging blankets along with them? I need to know the last time that Snuggie was washed.
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We need an outline of crisis scenarios in which everyday people will be fucked over (and how) because of the evisceration of government agencies. Most people have no idea what any of these cuts or firings mean for them.
February 15, 2025 at 5:11 AM
We need an outline of crisis scenarios in which everyday people will be fucked over (and how) because of the evisceration of government agencies. Most people have no idea what any of these cuts or firings mean for them.
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Doug Mills is one of the greatest to ever do it.
This is America, 2025
In one weekend (!!), one New York Times photographer, Doug Mills, travels from Gitmo to the Super Bowl to take two unforgettable images of where we're at as a nation
In one weekend (!!), one New York Times photographer, Doug Mills, travels from Gitmo to the Super Bowl to take two unforgettable images of where we're at as a nation
February 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Doug Mills is one of the greatest to ever do it.
I know it’s been said before but I am out of passwords and usernames. I no longer wish to log in. I wish to be unknowable and unreachable. The logins have gone too far.
February 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I know it’s been said before but I am out of passwords and usernames. I no longer wish to log in. I wish to be unknowable and unreachable. The logins have gone too far.
Thinking of getting a back tattoo, what do you think?
February 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Thinking of getting a back tattoo, what do you think?
Am I more excited to land a new full-time job or to be able to delete LinkedIn off my phone again, you ask? Who’s to say!? 😵💫😵💫😵💫
February 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Am I more excited to land a new full-time job or to be able to delete LinkedIn off my phone again, you ask? Who’s to say!? 😵💫😵💫😵💫
These class actions aren’t hitting like they used to.
February 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
These class actions aren’t hitting like they used to.
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NOBODY ELECTED ELON.
February 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
NOBODY ELECTED ELON.
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Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.
Big counter salvo!
Big counter salvo!
Attorney General Neronha and 14 attorneys general issue joint statement on protecting access to gender-affirming care | Rhode Island Attorney General's Office
riag.ri.gov
February 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.
Big counter salvo!
Big counter salvo!
Happy to announce that I’ve published a deep dive on my favorite TikTok account: an Ontario, Canada-based reviewer of afternoon tea services. 🫖🫖🫖
qtb hyperfixation #01: tea room tiktok.
If you’re not following the Queen of Afternoon Tea, get on board.
queeringtheburbs.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Happy to announce that I’ve published a deep dive on my favorite TikTok account: an Ontario, Canada-based reviewer of afternoon tea services. 🫖🫖🫖
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it’s hard not to feel disillusioned when reporting all the flagrantly illegal and terrifying things this government is doing somehow doesn’t fully break through to the mainstream. it feels like cable news and corporate media made a deal to convince people to keep calm and carry on.
February 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
it’s hard not to feel disillusioned when reporting all the flagrantly illegal and terrifying things this government is doing somehow doesn’t fully break through to the mainstream. it feels like cable news and corporate media made a deal to convince people to keep calm and carry on.
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The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
February 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS
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America, you broke through—the media, from small outlets to large, is finally picking up on what’s happening. Legislators, judges, and attorneys general across the country are speaking out. They hear you. We love you and are honored to serve you! 🦬💚🇺🇸
February 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
America, you broke through—the media, from small outlets to large, is finally picking up on what’s happening. Legislators, judges, and attorneys general across the country are speaking out. They hear you. We love you and are honored to serve you! 🦬💚🇺🇸
While in this period of job hunting, I’ve been working to write more regularly for myself. Here’s my take on what made the #grammys hit the way they did last night, and what it says about this moment we’re all living in.
the grammys offered a glimpse of a kinder, gayer alternate reality.
For once, the Recording Academy sort of understood the assignment.
queeringtheburbs.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
While in this period of job hunting, I’ve been working to write more regularly for myself. Here’s my take on what made the #grammys hit the way they did last night, and what it says about this moment we’re all living in.
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NEW: The board president of a small WV nonprofit says they haven't received their HHS funding since the Trump/Musk budget freeze. They had to lay off 3 of 5 employees on Friday. An 86-yr-old woman is counting on them to take her dialysis tomorrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
NEW: The board president of a small WV nonprofit says they haven't received their HHS funding since the Trump/Musk budget freeze. They had to lay off 3 of 5 employees on Friday. An 86-yr-old woman is counting on them to take her dialysis tomorrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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This is illegal. USAID is an independent agency that is funded by Congress and can not be dissolved by an Executive Order.
February 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is illegal. USAID is an independent agency that is funded by Congress and can not be dissolved by an Executive Order.
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what Musk is doing is as close to the government being taken over by a hostile foreign power in our lifetimes, the coverage should reflect that
January 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
what Musk is doing is as close to the government being taken over by a hostile foreign power in our lifetimes, the coverage should reflect that
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again this is a full scale attack on constitutional government
January 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
again this is a full scale attack on constitutional government
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
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Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
January 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
Opportunities are everywhere.
Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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Just renewed my drivers license for RealID. I advise every transgender person, just as I did with passports, to not wait to renew your ID. Get that done now - many states let you do it online, schedule appointments, etc.
Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.
Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.
January 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Just renewed my drivers license for RealID. I advise every transgender person, just as I did with passports, to not wait to renew your ID. Get that done now - many states let you do it online, schedule appointments, etc.
Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.
Don't get caught flat footed if/when Trump turns RealID against us.
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‼️ EEOC acting chair announces that she will prioritize compliance, investigation, and litigation against businesses who allow transgender employees to use the restroom with cisgender employees of the same gender.
This will require transpeople to choose between their job or their dignity.
This will require transpeople to choose between their job or their dignity.
January 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
‼️ EEOC acting chair announces that she will prioritize compliance, investigation, and litigation against businesses who allow transgender employees to use the restroom with cisgender employees of the same gender.
This will require transpeople to choose between their job or their dignity.
This will require transpeople to choose between their job or their dignity.