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Ryan Basham (he/him)
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Founder/CEO: @stonewallnetwork
Political Director @wearechannelq/@audacy
2020 Advisor: @teamjoe
Award-winning producer
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Ryan Basham (he/him) @ryanbasham.bsky.social · Jul 17
Big news!
250,000+ federal workers have already been pushed out.

No severance. No support. No roadmap.

I built Still In Service — a free hub for federal workers navigating layoffs, job searches & uncertainty.
stillinservice.substack.com
100% donation based!

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This is surreal! I have been inducted into the iconic #Out100! It's a huge honor and I'm thrilled to be recognized w/ so many brilliant and inspiring folks, including some very dear friends and at least one lowkey crush. Link in bio! Thanks x100 to Out Magazine!

#OutMagazine #out100
October 16, 2025 at 10:35 PM
ryanbasham.bsky.social
Big news!
250,000+ federal workers have already been pushed out.

No severance. No support. No roadmap.

I built Still In Service — a free hub for federal workers navigating layoffs, job searches & uncertainty.
stillinservice.substack.com
100% donation based!

@stillinsvc.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” just passed the House — and while it’s packed with tax breaks for the wealthy, it cuts deep into programs working people and job seekers rely on.

I broke down when these changes hit in my latest post on stillinservice.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
ryanbasham.bsky.social
Feds Arrest Judge, Just Like The Nazis

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April 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Important question!
darthazius.bsky.social darthazius @darthazius.bsky.social · Apr 25
I should be working but my mind is currently consumed by wondering what happens to Shohreh Aghdashloo's voice when she has a sore throat
Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo in her costume from the Wheel of Time
April 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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ICE is using super private IRS data to target tax paying undocumented immigrants. They’ll lie and say immigrants are a burden and then use their tax filings to deport them. The cognitive dissonance is real.

#undocumentedimmigrants #immigrantrights #irs #ICE #trump

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April 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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April 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Oh, we're banning flags from federal buildings now? In that case: Happy Pride from the Biden Administration. 🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈
January 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Please stop saying "rolled back diversity goals" and start saying "the company capitulated to a segregationist movement."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
McDonald's is the latest company to roll back diversity goals
The company rolled out a series of diversity initiatives in 2021 after a spate of sexual harrassment lawsuits and a lawsuit alleging discrimination by a group of Black former owners of McDonald’s fran...
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January 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Handmaid’s Tale flying in
esqueer.net Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Jan 8
Meta literally created a LGBTQ exception for calling someone mentally ill as an insult. You can't do it for any other group except LGBTQ people.
The image is from a "Transparency Center" document and lists guidelines regarding acceptable and prohibited content for insults. It mentions: 1. Insults about: Character, such as cowardice, dishonesty, criminality, and sexual promiscuity or immorality. Mental characteristics, including but not limited to accusations of stupidity, intellectual capacity, and mental illness, as well as unsupported comparisons among politically correct (PC) groups based on inherent intellectual traits. 2. Highlighted section: The document allows allegations of mental illness or abnormality when tied to gender or sexual orientation, referencing political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality. It also acknowledges the non-serious use of terms like "weird."
January 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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esqueer.net
Meta literally created a LGBTQ exception for calling someone mentally ill as an insult. You can't do it for any other group except LGBTQ people.
The image is from a "Transparency Center" document and lists guidelines regarding acceptable and prohibited content for insults. It mentions: 1. Insults about: Character, such as cowardice, dishonesty, criminality, and sexual promiscuity or immorality. Mental characteristics, including but not limited to accusations of stupidity, intellectual capacity, and mental illness, as well as unsupported comparisons among politically correct (PC) groups based on inherent intellectual traits. 2. Highlighted section: The document allows allegations of mental illness or abnormality when tied to gender or sexual orientation, referencing political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality. It also acknowledges the non-serious use of terms like "weird."
January 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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I promise that I will be as fun to follow here as I am on Instagram. Eventually.

But, hey. Until then:

www.instagram.com/ryanbasham
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January 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Outrageous! This needs to blow up. They want to throw out 60,000 votes and steal the state Supreme Court election in NC!
January 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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My message to Zuck
January 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM