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If having a trans partner is supposedly radicalizing people into leftists, why are a huge portion of DC Republicans having sex with trans women?
They demonize trans people on socials, podcasts, and the floor of the House by day then proceed to solicit sex with them at night.
They demonize trans people on socials, podcasts, and the floor of the House by day then proceed to solicit sex with them at night.
I think when it's all told, self-hatred is probably the biggest thing fueling any fascist movement, past, present, future.
As a therapist, I've spent so much of my life witnessing firsthand what unchecked self-hatred does to the psyche. It's not pretty.
As a therapist, I've spent so much of my life witnessing firsthand what unchecked self-hatred does to the psyche. It's not pretty.
To be fair, they're just going with what they usually say when they bring their wives to the emergency room
DHS doesn’t even bother trying to lie well. The man whose skull was shattered told the hospital he’d been struck by ICE officers, an ICE officer told hospital staff the guy “got his sh*t rocked,” then when it became clear how badly he was injured, they claimed he deliberately ran into a wall.
February 1, 2026 at 3:29 AM
To be fair, they're just going with what they usually say when they bring their wives to the emergency room
This can't be reformed. It can only be abolished and held accountable for all the crimes it has committed.
“But staff members at Hennepin County Medical Center determined that could not possibly account for the fractures and bleeding throughout the 31-year-old’s brain, said three nurses familiar with the case.”
apnews.com/article/immi...
apnews.com/article/immi...
January 31, 2026 at 6:46 PM
This can't be reformed. It can only be abolished and held accountable for all the crimes it has committed.
This cannot be reformed. The only possible stance the Democrats can take is to abolish this and prosecute every ICE agent who has committed crimes.
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This cannot be reformed. The only possible stance the Democrats can take is to abolish this and prosecute every ICE agent who has committed crimes.
It would be nice if the GOP took Trump's actual crimes as seriously as they take all the fake crimes that they claim trans people do
This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
Decide. Who are you?
January 31, 2026 at 6:41 PM
It would be nice if the GOP took Trump's actual crimes as seriously as they take all the fake crimes that they claim trans people do
California finally does something useful to support trans people. Now sue all the other in-state providers that have betrayed their trans patients.
ABOUT TIME. California AG Rob Bonta has sued Rady Children's hospital for illegally shutting down its gender clinic and discriminating against trans youth.
More of this. They can't be allowed to violate state law and discriminate against trans patients.
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
More of this. They can't be allowed to violate state law and discriminate against trans patients.
oag.ca.gov/news/press-r...
Attorney General Bonta Sues Rady Children’s Health for Illegally Ending Gender-Affirming Care
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a lawsuit against Rady Children’s Health (Rady) for closing its gender-affirming care program for patients under the age of 19. In the lawsu...
oag.ca.gov
January 31, 2026 at 6:34 PM
California finally does something useful to support trans people. Now sue all the other in-state providers that have betrayed their trans patients.
Organizations like Therapy First downplay the suicide risk to trans youth while pushing useless "therapy" that actually makes things worse, and they're currently teaching accredited courses through the APA
The figures here also show that 7% of all child suicides were trans children. That compares with trans children making up only 1% of the population.
Trans kids are seven times as likely to die by suicide as cis kids and all this government can do is make things worse and cover these figures up.
Trans kids are seven times as likely to die by suicide as cis kids and all this government can do is make things worse and cover these figures up.
LGBTQ+ children make up 16.6 per cent of the children recorded as dying by suicide in England, QueerAF can reveal 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/one-in-six-c...
www.wearequeeraf.com/one-in-six-c...
January 31, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Organizations like Therapy First downplay the suicide risk to trans youth while pushing useless "therapy" that actually makes things worse, and they're currently teaching accredited courses through the APA
Even Fox News must admit that running away from trans issues in 2024 was a huge tactical mistake on the part of the Democrats. Maybe if they'd stood up for us instead of being complete cowards we'd be led by President Harris right now.
1. In a stunning new poll released by Fox News, voters prefer the Democratic Party to the Republican Party on transgender issues at a staggering +22 points.
This includes white voters, rural white voters, black voters, protestants, and moms.
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This includes white voters, rural white voters, black voters, protestants, and moms.
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Fox News Poll: Americans Prefer Democrats On Transgender Issues +22 Points
Virtually every subgroup surveyed—from mothers to Black voters to even rural white voters—expressed greater confidence in the Democratic Party’s handling of transgender issues in the latest poll.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Even Fox News must admit that running away from trans issues in 2024 was a huge tactical mistake on the part of the Democrats. Maybe if they'd stood up for us instead of being complete cowards we'd be led by President Harris right now.
"it's not that I disagree with trans rights per se . . ."
Today on Volts: I'm joined by the great @michaelhobbes.bsky.social to discuss "reactionary centrism," an intellectual tendency that's come to dominate US public life. You know the type: would never view themselves as conservative, yet finds voluntary pronoun use vastly more aggravating than fascism.
All about "reactionary centrism"
Michael Hobbes joins me to diagnose the pundit class's obsession with scolding the left while the right burns down the house.
www.volts.wtf
January 30, 2026 at 9:03 PM
"it's not that I disagree with trans rights per se . . ."
I think we really need to talk about how it is becoming more and more normalized to dehumanize trans people, and how a legal right to dehumanize trans people is being established in many jurisdictions
After being fired for refusing basic decency towards a trans prisoner, this former British soldier is trying to appeal the decision.
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TWIBS: Soldier Boy Struggles With Pronouns — Assigned
A year ago, David Toshack was fired for refusing to be normal and decent. Now, he insists he’s been discriminated against.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I think we really need to talk about how it is becoming more and more normalized to dehumanize trans people, and how a legal right to dehumanize trans people is being established in many jurisdictions
I'm struck at the contrast of how Republicans treat trans people, whom they expect to simply absorb all kinds of hate speech and abuse on a daily basis just as a normal part of life
The administration is insisting that its masked goons are so emotionally stunted that words can launch them into a murderous rage.
"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."
"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."
January 30, 2026 at 3:50 AM
I'm struck at the contrast of how Republicans treat trans people, whom they expect to simply absorb all kinds of hate speech and abuse on a daily basis just as a normal part of life
It certainly beats these mug shots
January 30, 2026 at 12:24 AM
It certainly beats these mug shots
This guy is seriously complaining that "it's unfortunate" that a Puerto Rican is doing the Super Bowl halftime show while his party is running a paramilitary goon squad that's murdering Americans?
Tuberville: "Unfortunately we've got the Woke Bowl, because we're getting more and more woke. We got Bad Bunny or Bad Rabbit at halftime. I'll be watching the TPUSA halftime show. It's just unfortunate we've gotten to this point."
January 30, 2026 at 12:20 AM
This guy is seriously complaining that "it's unfortunate" that a Puerto Rican is doing the Super Bowl halftime show while his party is running a paramilitary goon squad that's murdering Americans?
Transphobia is always an indication that someone is just a completely degenerate human being
Chaya Raichik, who runs the social media account Libs of TikTok, has spent the days following Alex Pretti’s killing doxxing ordinary working people — teachers, nurses, school board members — for speaking out against federal immigration officials or expressing sympathy for Pretti.
Libs of TikTok is doxxing teachers and nurses who support Alex Pretti or oppose ICE, trying to get them fired
www.mediamatters.org
January 29, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Transphobia is always an indication that someone is just a completely degenerate human being
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We have a new Journal Club for you today, on mythbusting anti-trans lies.
Veronica Esposito takes a deep dive into a paper on the myths anti-trans activist pin their policies on, and how the truth is so much more in alignment with the values Americans share.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Veronica Esposito takes a deep dive into a paper on the myths anti-trans activist pin their policies on, and how the truth is so much more in alignment with the values Americans share.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Journal Club: The Myths Driving Anti-Trans Policy — Assigned
A 2025 paper analyzes the myths surrounding trans folk and the ways these myths drive anti-trans policy. Assigned Media dives into this paper and its findings.
www.assignedmedia.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:41 PM
We have a new Journal Club for you today, on mythbusting anti-trans lies.
Veronica Esposito takes a deep dive into a paper on the myths anti-trans activist pin their policies on, and how the truth is so much more in alignment with the values Americans share.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Veronica Esposito takes a deep dive into a paper on the myths anti-trans activist pin their policies on, and how the truth is so much more in alignment with the values Americans share.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
It would be nice if any cis people cared at all about this
Want to re-emphasize what this bill does. It implements a $1,000 bounty for anyone to sue someone they suspect is trans and using the bathroom.
January 29, 2026 at 6:47 PM
It would be nice if any cis people cared at all about this
They are so obviously trying to build a national consensus for a martial law occupation of Minneapolis, and by extension other liberal enclaves. This is how other modern dictatorships in other countries have consolidated.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 5:19 PM
They are so obviously trying to build a national consensus for a martial law occupation of Minneapolis, and by extension other liberal enclaves. This is how other modern dictatorships in other countries have consolidated.
Please tell the Democrats that this lawlessness can't be reformed, it can only be abolished.
U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Schiltz (Republican-appointed in ‘06): “ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Please tell the Democrats that this lawlessness can't be reformed, it can only be abolished.
Cis people really can't comprehend what it's like to see your very ability to exist in the world being methodically chipped away at year by year by an implacable force that won't listen to any reason whatsoever. I once managed to convey it to one cis person and she broke down crying.
Shoes have been dropping for years.
It’s hard to put into words the feeling of turning around every 12 hours or so to see your safety, your healthcare, your ability to exist, your inner sense of being slowly chipped away at with a thousand tiny bureaucratic cuts.
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It’s hard to put into words the feeling of turning around every 12 hours or so to see your safety, your healthcare, your ability to exist, your inner sense of being slowly chipped away at with a thousand tiny bureaucratic cuts.
medium.com/@shelleybwok...
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Cis people really can't comprehend what it's like to see your very ability to exist in the world being methodically chipped away at year by year by an implacable force that won't listen to any reason whatsoever. I once managed to convey it to one cis person and she broke down crying.
This is a great idea.
This is a public health issue. Having IDs that correctly identify us is linked to all kinds of benefits, and having incorrect IDs is linked to terrible outcomes. Blue states need to do this to protect us from the harm inflicted by bigot states.
This is a public health issue. Having IDs that correctly identify us is linked to all kinds of benefits, and having incorrect IDs is linked to terrible outcomes. Blue states need to do this to protect us from the harm inflicted by bigot states.
I think blue states need to explore issuing IDs to non residents to help trans people in red states because this is going to get worse and may take decades to overturn.
Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.
January 29, 2026 at 1:59 AM
This is a great idea.
This is a public health issue. Having IDs that correctly identify us is linked to all kinds of benefits, and having incorrect IDs is linked to terrible outcomes. Blue states need to do this to protect us from the harm inflicted by bigot states.
This is a public health issue. Having IDs that correctly identify us is linked to all kinds of benefits, and having incorrect IDs is linked to terrible outcomes. Blue states need to do this to protect us from the harm inflicted by bigot states.
Can we get rid of Schumer and make this guy Senate minority leader?
January 28, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Can we get rid of Schumer and make this guy Senate minority leader?
"Why isn't this f%*&ing broad more grateful that I'm teaching her a lesson with the back of my wrist?"
When I gave this interview, I had a good idea it would get under AG’s skin, and it did. His pr office put out a grievance-filled, error-ridden press release. The biggest lie: “Our work has deeply and accurately covered the lives of trans people and the bigotry they face”
Trans ppl know that’s false
Trans ppl know that’s false
January 28, 2026 at 11:49 PM
"Why isn't this f%*&ing broad more grateful that I'm teaching her a lesson with the back of my wrist?"
This is a total joke. These will be cosmetic changes that will waste the political capital generated by the siege of Minneapolis and will completely turn off the Democratic base.
Is it really possible for any sentient being to have this bad of political instincts?
Is it really possible for any sentient being to have this bad of political instincts?
SCHUMER says Democrats are “united” behind three DHS reforms
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
1/ End roving patrols; tighten the rules on warrants and require ICE to coordinate with local authorities.
2/ Enforce accountability; a uniform code of conduct.
3/ Require masks off, body cameras on, agents carry ID.
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 PM
This is a total joke. These will be cosmetic changes that will waste the political capital generated by the siege of Minneapolis and will completely turn off the Democratic base.
Is it really possible for any sentient being to have this bad of political instincts?
Is it really possible for any sentient being to have this bad of political instincts?
What a colossal waste of resources. Half a billion dollars just to try (and fail) to dominate a handful of major cities so that the rapist president can try (and fail) to shore up the fragile egos of his base.
"Federal troop deployments to U.S. cities cost a total of $496 million in 2025, CBO estimates. Continuing current deployments will cost $93 million a month; 1,000 Guard personnel deployed to a city will cost at least $18 million a month." www.cbo.gov/publication/...
January 28, 2026 at 11:44 PM
What a colossal waste of resources. Half a billion dollars just to try (and fail) to dominate a handful of major cities so that the rapist president can try (and fail) to shore up the fragile egos of his base.
It's really demented that anyone wants to do this to trans people
1. The most extreme anti-trans bill ever proposed is currently rocketing through the Kansas legislature.
It would empower bounty hunters to search for trans people in bathrooms, even in private businesses, and sue them for large sums of money.
The House is voting on it today.
It would empower bounty hunters to search for trans people in bathrooms, even in private businesses, and sue them for large sums of money.
The House is voting on it today.
Kansas Advancing Anti-Trans Bill Allowing Bounty Hunters To Patrol Private Business Bathrooms
The bill, which is racing through the Kansas legislature, stands a significant chance of passing the Senate.
www.erininthemorning.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:47 PM
It's really demented that anyone wants to do this to trans people
Please U.S. media, I want you to understand that Donald Trump is 79 years old and by all accounts has been a sociopath for his entire adult life. The idea that he'll suddenly stop doing so now is just completely self-deception and journalistic negligence.
so about 12 hours after the media breathlessly writes “trump shifts tone” stories hes essentially encouraging assassination and threatening to jail the minneapolis mayor
January 28, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Please U.S. media, I want you to understand that Donald Trump is 79 years old and by all accounts has been a sociopath for his entire adult life. The idea that he'll suddenly stop doing so now is just completely self-deception and journalistic negligence.