Laura LaTourette
@lauralatourette.bsky.social
LGBTQ activist - Speaker helping to normalize conversations for my community. 🌈💕🇺🇸🌈💕
Gardener growing my own herbs & flowers for tea. Learning bonsai 🪴
I’m an avid canner, love to preserve food. 🍎
Gardener growing my own herbs & flowers for tea. Learning bonsai 🪴
I’m an avid canner, love to preserve food. 🍎
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🖊️ Tonight I submit to you the most evergreen thing I have ever written:
"You support the monstrous, orange man because he has given you license to be just as completely awful as you want to be. He brings out the very worst in you, and because you are weak in character, you somehow get off on it."
"You support the monstrous, orange man because he has given you license to be just as completely awful as you want to be. He brings out the very worst in you, and because you are weak in character, you somehow get off on it."
TO HELL WITH TRUMP'S VOTERS
There is simply no excuse for them ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
🖊️ Tonight I submit to you the most evergreen thing I have ever written:
"You support the monstrous, orange man because he has given you license to be just as completely awful as you want to be. He brings out the very worst in you, and because you are weak in character, you somehow get off on it."
"You support the monstrous, orange man because he has given you license to be just as completely awful as you want to be. He brings out the very worst in you, and because you are weak in character, you somehow get off on it."
One of my very favorite pictures always includes the barn. Blessed Be
June 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
One of my very favorite pictures always includes the barn. Blessed Be
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When it comes to retirement planning, serving transgender clients is not fundamentally different from working with others. But by understanding and recognizing different needs, financial advisors can help #trans clients achieve the future they want. #financialplanning #trans #retirement
5 lessons for advisors talking retirement with transgender clients
Financial advisors say that retirement planning for transgender clients can come with its own set of considerations, beyond 401(K) contributions or Monte Carlo simulations.
www.financial-planning.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
When it comes to retirement planning, serving transgender clients is not fundamentally different from working with others. But by understanding and recognizing different needs, financial advisors can help #trans clients achieve the future they want. #financialplanning #trans #retirement
Roses everywhere
May 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Roses everywhere
Spending time off with my sweet wife.
May 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Spending time off with my sweet wife.
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Unconfirmed. Posted 5/6. As seen on the internet somewhere else (Credit to indivisible since that’s the group on Facebook where I saw this).
May 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Unconfirmed. Posted 5/6. As seen on the internet somewhere else (Credit to indivisible since that’s the group on Facebook where I saw this).
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“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
May 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
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Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. May his memory remind us all to resist the tyranny forming in our government.
April 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Tonight is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. May his memory remind us all to resist the tyranny forming in our government.
Spring is here
April 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Spring is here
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I would like to issue a personal apology to the people in Canada, Mexico, and the rest of the world. Our current president is a very obnoxious narcissist. Sadly, he is dumb and knows nothing about the economy or history. He is a failed businessman. Someday America will be back. For now, apologies.
April 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I would like to issue a personal apology to the people in Canada, Mexico, and the rest of the world. Our current president is a very obnoxious narcissist. Sadly, he is dumb and knows nothing about the economy or history. He is a failed businessman. Someday America will be back. For now, apologies.
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Evil.
"Without continued PEPFAR programmes, models predict that by 2030, an additional 1 million children will become infected with HIV, 0·5 million additional children will die of AIDS, & 2·8 million children will additionally become orphaned by AIDS."
Study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"Without continued PEPFAR programmes, models predict that by 2030, an additional 1 million children will become infected with HIV, 0·5 million additional children will die of AIDS, & 2·8 million children will additionally become orphaned by AIDS."
Study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Protecting Africa's children from extreme risk: a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes
PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), a landmark US foreign health
policy, is recognised for saving 26 million lives from HIV. PEPFAR investments have
also had life-saving impacts for c...
www.thelancet.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Evil.
"Without continued PEPFAR programmes, models predict that by 2030, an additional 1 million children will become infected with HIV, 0·5 million additional children will die of AIDS, & 2·8 million children will additionally become orphaned by AIDS."
Study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"Without continued PEPFAR programmes, models predict that by 2030, an additional 1 million children will become infected with HIV, 0·5 million additional children will die of AIDS, & 2·8 million children will additionally become orphaned by AIDS."
Study: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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“I couldn’t care less” should be his new slogan.
Trump Talks Signal Leak and Auto Tariffs to NBC
President Trump told NBC News he would not fire anyone involved in a group chat that inadvertently disclosed plans for U.S. airstrikes to a journalist. He also said he “couldn’t care less” if car pric...
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“I couldn’t care less” should be his new slogan.
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EXCLUSIVE: Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Guster brought on cast members from Finn, an LGBTQ+ kids musical that was recently canceled when Trump took over the center. They performed the band’s song “Hard Times” to a standing ovation.
Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:
Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:
EXCLUSIVE: After Kennedy Center cancels LGBTQ+ musical, Guster brings cast on stage in protest
Finn's run at the storied DC venue was axed after Trump took over.
www.thehandbasket.co
March 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Tonight at the Kennedy Center, Guster brought on cast members from Finn, an LGBTQ+ kids musical that was recently canceled when Trump took over the center. They performed the band’s song “Hard Times” to a standing ovation.
Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:
Full story, exclusive quotes and video on The Handbasket:
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Danish warships now patrolling Greenland to protect against a Trump led US invasion. #StandWithGreenland
March 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'
March 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'
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Car salesman at a local Hyundai dealership today, after I asked him about the tariffs:
"It's terrible. The price of every vehicle is going to go up five or six thousand dollars... And here's the thing, even after they go away, think about it, they're not going to come back down again."
"It's terrible. The price of every vehicle is going to go up five or six thousand dollars... And here's the thing, even after they go away, think about it, they're not going to come back down again."
March 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Car salesman at a local Hyundai dealership today, after I asked him about the tariffs:
"It's terrible. The price of every vehicle is going to go up five or six thousand dollars... And here's the thing, even after they go away, think about it, they're not going to come back down again."
"It's terrible. The price of every vehicle is going to go up five or six thousand dollars... And here's the thing, even after they go away, think about it, they're not going to come back down again."
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Rebellions are built on hope.
March 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Rebellions are built on hope.
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"The issue with canceling these grants, and all of the others, is that it is incredibly shortsighted. Science, at its root, is about exploring the unknown and learning how the world works...
fromthescienceclass.substack.com/p/defunding-...
fromthescienceclass.substack.com/p/defunding-...
Defunding Discovery & Education
Some updates on science in the USA with education programs and grants being cut
fromthescienceclass.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"The issue with canceling these grants, and all of the others, is that it is incredibly shortsighted. Science, at its root, is about exploring the unknown and learning how the world works...
fromthescienceclass.substack.com/p/defunding-...
fromthescienceclass.substack.com/p/defunding-...
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Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
March 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…
“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
🧵
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.