Leena
@leenajade.bsky.social
Trans musician, artist, and techie. She/her.
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
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This has been one of the hardest years to be transgender in nearly a century. Today we remember all the sisters and brothers we've lost to the surging tide of hate, and redouble our resolve to support and defend one another at a time when few others will. Hold out. We'll see the other side together.
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This has been one of the hardest years to be transgender in nearly a century. Today we remember all the sisters and brothers we've lost to the surging tide of hate, and redouble our resolve to support and defend one another at a time when few others will. Hold out. We'll see the other side together.
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Even some Republicans are finally realizing that the single-minded focus on pushing trans hatred as the GOP agenda isn't working. After spending millions on anti trans ads, Virginia Republicans were wiped out. One is speaking out against the focus on hating trans people over addressing the economy.
![The economy was the No. 1 issue,” said former Virginia Rep. Tom Davis, a Republican. “And having people talking about trans rights and the like isn’t what was moving the needle. [The message] needed to address the economy at this point, and I think the administration and Republican Congress need to give that focus to get this midterm under control.”
In the final weeks of the campaign, Earle-Sears blanketed the airwaves with ads characterizing Spanberger as being for “they/them”, echoing messaging from Trump’s 2024 campaign.
A spokesperson for Earle-Sears did not respond to a request for comment for this story.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gm2gj4v7isgrlsww3ya7hpy2/bafkreiejujokwovl4krlvqrpstaqdfyytpylsbnwyjrbckampzo42csqly@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Even some Republicans are finally realizing that the single-minded focus on pushing trans hatred as the GOP agenda isn't working. After spending millions on anti trans ads, Virginia Republicans were wiped out. One is speaking out against the focus on hating trans people over addressing the economy.
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He's got to go. He has failed. He fails daily. He is the wrong man for this moment.
Schumer: "However this vote turns out, this fight will and must continue. Democrats must fight."
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
He's got to go. He has failed. He fails daily. He is the wrong man for this moment.
Perhaps houses would be affordable if ones without indoor plumbing and electricity were still allowed to be built. Is not having a house at all really a higher standard of living?
15 percent of American homes lacked indoor plumbing in 1960.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
The idea that everyone in 1955 America lived in a split-level suburban home with two cars and three kids and one income is, quite simply, a fantasy borne of media consumption.
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Perhaps houses would be affordable if ones without indoor plumbing and electricity were still allowed to be built. Is not having a house at all really a higher standard of living?
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Logan Square, you're alright
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Logan Square, you're alright
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Today is an absolute rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and a real sign that the anti-trans panic is fading.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
Democrats are currently ahead in 63 (!!!) races in the Virginia House of Delegates.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.
Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Today is an absolute rebuke of anti-transgender politics, and a real sign that the anti-trans panic is fading.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
From VA Gov to Loudoun County to New Jersey to New York City and Pennsylvania, anti-trans Republicans are falling left and right.
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TRANS RIGHTS ARE A WINNING POLITICAL ISSUE
Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency.
They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.
Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency.
They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
TRANS RIGHTS ARE A WINNING POLITICAL ISSUE
Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency.
They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.
Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency.
They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.
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A Black product manager is fighting back. Companies need to learn there's a cost to 'bending the knee' when it comes to this administration. Hope the plaintiff wins!!
www.hrdive.com/news/ibm-fir...
www.hrdive.com/news/ibm-fir...
IBM fired Black executives to ‘appease’ Trump, lawsuit claims
The company previously faced a series of lawsuits alleging that its DEI programs discriminated against White male employees.
www.hrdive.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A Black product manager is fighting back. Companies need to learn there's a cost to 'bending the knee' when it comes to this administration. Hope the plaintiff wins!!
www.hrdive.com/news/ibm-fir...
www.hrdive.com/news/ibm-fir...
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Thank you to everyone who’s supported us.
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Thank you to everyone who’s supported us.
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
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Stopped by @unitehere.org local 100 yesterday to rally with some of the workers who've been knocking on doors week after week across the five boroughs.
I'm very grateful to their leadership and members for the support!
I'm very grateful to their leadership and members for the support!
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Stopped by @unitehere.org local 100 yesterday to rally with some of the workers who've been knocking on doors week after week across the five boroughs.
I'm very grateful to their leadership and members for the support!
I'm very grateful to their leadership and members for the support!
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Like congrats! You've just raised her profile.
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Like congrats! You've just raised her profile.
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it’s absolutely ridiculous that not a single national media outlet has picked this story up yet except for “lgbtq+ news” and fox! it’s been 12 hours!
a trans girl in vermont was kicked off her swimming team and committed suicide and at the very same time, the discourse in d.c. today is about whether the democratic party should’ve abandoned her sooner in order to win votes
a day in an american life
a day in an american life
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
it’s absolutely ridiculous that not a single national media outlet has picked this story up yet except for “lgbtq+ news” and fox! it’s been 12 hours!
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BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop
Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Feds tear-gassed a Northwest Side street, disrupting a Halloween parade for kids. blockclubchi.co/4quhdSA
October 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Feds tear-gassed a Northwest Side street, disrupting a Halloween parade for kids. blockclubchi.co/4quhdSA
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The Trump Admin found $20 billion to bail out Argentina but refuses to tap into a $6 billion reserve fund to provide vital food assistance to 42 million Americans.
They’re using food and hunger as leverage as they hold the government hostage. Sickening.
They’re using food and hunger as leverage as they hold the government hostage. Sickening.
Trump administration won’t use contingency fund to pay November food stamp benefits | CNN Politics
The US Department of Agriculture says it will not tap into its $6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits next month, according to an agency memo obtained by CNN. That means that roughly...
www.cnn.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The Trump Admin found $20 billion to bail out Argentina but refuses to tap into a $6 billion reserve fund to provide vital food assistance to 42 million Americans.
They’re using food and hunger as leverage as they hold the government hostage. Sickening.
They’re using food and hunger as leverage as they hold the government hostage. Sickening.
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NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
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October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
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Why the fuck haven't you said anything about how this is illegal @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov and that you are filing a billion dollar lawsuit against him for violating federal law?
I am kind of astonished at how muted the reaction has been so far in a country were people try to get, like, gas stations declared as historic landmarks. Can we at least get Mike Johnson on camera claiming he hasn’t seen these pictures? Or doesn’t know where or what the White House is?
October 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Why the fuck haven't you said anything about how this is illegal @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov and that you are filing a billion dollar lawsuit against him for violating federal law?
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For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.
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This is just great! Short, sweet, and absolutely to the point!
October 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This is just great! Short, sweet, and absolutely to the point!
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Maria Greeley is a U.S. citizen who was detained by ICE and told her passport “isn’t real” and that she “doesn’t look like” her last name.
What do they think an American should look like?
This racial profiling happens every day under Trump’s lawless regime. It’s un-American.
What do they think an American should look like?
This racial profiling happens every day under Trump’s lawless regime. It’s un-American.
US citizen says ICE detained her, said her passport "isn't real"
Maria Greeley was reportedly detained by agents, despite carrying documentation proving her citizenship.
www.newsweek.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Maria Greeley is a U.S. citizen who was detained by ICE and told her passport “isn’t real” and that she “doesn’t look like” her last name.
What do they think an American should look like?
This racial profiling happens every day under Trump’s lawless regime. It’s un-American.
What do they think an American should look like?
This racial profiling happens every day under Trump’s lawless regime. It’s un-American.
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The amount of capitulation is fucking appalling.
NBC just gutted the very teams that gave marginalized voices a seat at the table—then called it “restructuring.”
The cuts:
📌NBC BLK (Black community coverage)
📌NBC Latino (Latino community coverage)
📌NBC Asian America (Asian American community coverage)
📌NBC Out (LGBTQ+ community coverage)
The cuts:
📌NBC BLK (Black community coverage)
📌NBC Latino (Latino community coverage)
📌NBC Asian America (Asian American community coverage)
📌NBC Out (LGBTQ+ community coverage)
October 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The amount of capitulation is fucking appalling.
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he’s truly unbothered by the no kings stuff. he’s not thinking about it at all and he’s definitely not mad.
October 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
he’s truly unbothered by the no kings stuff. he’s not thinking about it at all and he’s definitely not mad.