MountainRose
@mountainrosebud.bsky.social
Sociology PhD student studying intersections of trans/racial identities under a class analysis.
Mom, Trans, Disabled, Anti-Racist (she/her)🏳️⚧️👩🦽
Mom, Trans, Disabled, Anti-Racist (she/her)🏳️⚧️👩🦽
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The criminalization of noticing reality, in which no one is now allowed to comment on the obscenely widening/deepening income and wealth disparities, much less the immediate impacts on a rapidly expanding number of people/households in the US without being labeled a "domestic terrorist."
Department of Homeland Security is worried about people with "class-based or economic grievances," per its annual threat assessment (leaked to me):
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leaked-doc...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leaked-doc...
Leaked Doc: Homeland Security's Domestic Terror Obsession
Forget Greenland; the American public are the real target
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The criminalization of noticing reality, in which no one is now allowed to comment on the obscenely widening/deepening income and wealth disparities, much less the immediate impacts on a rapidly expanding number of people/households in the US without being labeled a "domestic terrorist."
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People who were right about the need to divest from policing and criminalization are not platformed in the MSM. The ones platformed are former prosecutors, cops, and pundits who know nothing. Those people keep telling you about "training" and "new tech" "solutions." It's pathetic.
January 20, 2026 at 7:22 PM
People who were right about the need to divest from policing and criminalization are not platformed in the MSM. The ones platformed are former prosecutors, cops, and pundits who know nothing. Those people keep telling you about "training" and "new tech" "solutions." It's pathetic.
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The original concentration camps didn't start as death camps. But they did kill a lot of people through neglect, malnutrition, disease, and individual murders.
There's no distinction between this facility and dachau in 1933.
There's no distinction between this facility and dachau in 1933.
A third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says.
Third immigrant detainee at facility in El Paso has died, ICE says
Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in El Paso is one of the largest ICE detention centers in the country.
nbcnews.to
January 19, 2026 at 9:21 PM
The original concentration camps didn't start as death camps. But they did kill a lot of people through neglect, malnutrition, disease, and individual murders.
There's no distinction between this facility and dachau in 1933.
There's no distinction between this facility and dachau in 1933.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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"Democrats reportedly offering the SS funding increases in exchange for better training for officers."
🚨NEWS: Senate Dems are reportedly offering ICE funding increases in exchange for body cams and de-escalation training for agents.
Body cams can be turned off. De-escalation training can be ignored.
Unclear if no masks, requiring ID badges, and no immunity is on the table.
Body cams can be turned off. De-escalation training can be ignored.
Unclear if no masks, requiring ID badges, and no immunity is on the table.
January 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
"Democrats reportedly offering the SS funding increases in exchange for better training for officers."
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Being terrible on trans issues is always a tell. It never fails.
January 16, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Being terrible on trans issues is always a tell. It never fails.
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NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
January 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
Proposed Utah Law would 1) prohibit trans public employees from working with minors for any time longer than 5 minutes.
January 9, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Proposed Utah Law would 1) prohibit trans public employees from working with minors for any time longer than 5 minutes.
January 9, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Proposed Utah Law would 1) prohibit trans public employees from working with minors for any time longer than 5 minutes.
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It’s not “let them die,” but worse: let’s remove any possibility that Palestinians will live.” Genocidal.
Israel Will Halt Doctors Without Borders Operations in Gaza www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
Israel Will Halt Doctors Without Borders Operations in Gaza
Dozens of humanitarian organizations are suspended from operating
www.medpagetoday.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It’s not “let them die,” but worse: let’s remove any possibility that Palestinians will live.” Genocidal.
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What's so frustrating in this moment of explicit government censorship is how many times groups like the ACLU and others told us they _had_ to defend neo nazis because of the principle of free speech. Now that fascists are in power, none of those principles are protecting marginalized groups.
December 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
What's so frustrating in this moment of explicit government censorship is how many times groups like the ACLU and others told us they _had_ to defend neo nazis because of the principle of free speech. Now that fascists are in power, none of those principles are protecting marginalized groups.
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Capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with democracy. It inevitably results in unconscionable concentration of capital that buys elections with their ill gotten gains.
December 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with democracy. It inevitably results in unconscionable concentration of capital that buys elections with their ill gotten gains.
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This is targeted state violence against the Somali community by the federal government.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is targeted state violence against the Somali community by the federal government.
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The trans person they're writing about is now a happy trans adult. Because they can never find any actual harm, they have to manufacture outrage about purely baseless harm.
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
December 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The trans person they're writing about is now a happy trans adult. Because they can never find any actual harm, they have to manufacture outrage about purely baseless harm.
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DHS’s immigrant-tracking tech draws on eugenics, fuels political repression, and accelerates surveillance authoritarianism. Read Anita Say Chan’s piece to learn more: politicalresearch.org/2025/10/10/d....
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
DHS’s immigrant-tracking tech draws on eugenics, fuels political repression, and accelerates surveillance authoritarianism. Read Anita Say Chan’s piece to learn more: politicalresearch.org/2025/10/10/d....
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It's not surprising that a rapist's presidential administration is removing standards intended to prevent rape.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards
A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed to protect trans and other LGBTQ community members from sexual violence.
www.npr.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It's not surprising that a rapist's presidential administration is removing standards intended to prevent rape.
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
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neat how five years after the beginning of a (still ongoing) lethal and mass disabling pandemic plus learning loss effects which we still don’t fully understand pundits want us to focus on the out of nowhere scandal of college students wanting more disability accommodations. real death drive shit
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
neat how five years after the beginning of a (still ongoing) lethal and mass disabling pandemic plus learning loss effects which we still don’t fully understand pundits want us to focus on the out of nowhere scandal of college students wanting more disability accommodations. real death drive shit
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Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.
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Labour are putting in place all of the tools and eliminating fundamental protections that will enable Reform to come in 2029 and govern in an overtly fascist and totalitarian way. No jury trials, digital ID, elimination of the ECHR etc. It feels intentional.
This will only end badly.
This will only end badly.
EXCLUSIVE: Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog
David Lammy, the justice secretary, is proposing that judges hear cases alone for crimes that could result in a sentence of up to five years
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Labour are putting in place all of the tools and eliminating fundamental protections that will enable Reform to come in 2029 and govern in an overtly fascist and totalitarian way. No jury trials, digital ID, elimination of the ECHR etc. It feels intentional.
This will only end badly.
This will only end badly.
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As the Trump administration continues its attacks on immigrants in the US, there are increasing signs that ICE is holding trans detainees under their dead names to make them harder to locate.
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Trans Group Warns ICE is Holding Trans People Under Previous Names — Assigned
The group, who says they have been in contact with five trans people in ICE detention, is advising members of the community to share their former names with trusted friends.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
As the Trump administration continues its attacks on immigrants in the US, there are increasing signs that ICE is holding trans detainees under their dead names to make them harder to locate.
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This administration isn't beating those nazi allegations.
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This administration isn't beating those nazi allegations.
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Curmudgeonly compaint to ignore: Even as I recognize its necessity, I don't like "we're going to win" rhetoric. I think it implies "norms" can be restored, that there'll come a day when this is "over"--vs. a long struggle in which there're victories but no final victory, because this isn't a movie.
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Curmudgeonly compaint to ignore: Even as I recognize its necessity, I don't like "we're going to win" rhetoric. I think it implies "norms" can be restored, that there'll come a day when this is "over"--vs. a long struggle in which there're victories but no final victory, because this isn't a movie.
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Good article. We have reported about "Gender Exploratory Therapy" at EITM for years now - it's a subversive practice akin to "crisis pregnancy centers" that seeks to delay transition until the person gives up on being trans - they will NEVER let the trans teen transition.
Conversion therapy is quietly rebranding — and targeting trans youths
As political attacks on gender-affirming care escalate, parents and experts fear a resurgence of discredited “therapies” that seek to change transgender children’s identities.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Good article. We have reported about "Gender Exploratory Therapy" at EITM for years now - it's a subversive practice akin to "crisis pregnancy centers" that seeks to delay transition until the person gives up on being trans - they will NEVER let the trans teen transition.
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Stop and frisk laid the groundwork for this moment and many many people ignored that stop and frisk was and is a real problem.
November 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Stop and frisk laid the groundwork for this moment and many many people ignored that stop and frisk was and is a real problem.
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Corrupt and opportunistic pols always turn to wars they, themselves risk nothing to fight. Not only does it boost the armaments/technology sectors, at our expense, but it seeks to produce a false sense of emergency/national “unity” if anyone tries to strike back.
A quarter of the entire deployed US Navy is now stationed in the Caribbean.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
That goes way beyond frighteners.
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Corrupt and opportunistic pols always turn to wars they, themselves risk nothing to fight. Not only does it boost the armaments/technology sectors, at our expense, but it seeks to produce a false sense of emergency/national “unity” if anyone tries to strike back.