Zack Ford
@zackford.bsky.social
Press/Editorial: AFJustice
Formerly: ThinkProgress (RIP).
Queer/cis, atheist, SJW, pianist, gaymer, IC alumni, union member. https://linktr.ee/zackford
Opinions my own. (He/Him) 🏳️🌈🖖
Formerly: ThinkProgress (RIP).
Queer/cis, atheist, SJW, pianist, gaymer, IC alumni, union member. https://linktr.ee/zackford
Opinions my own. (He/Him) 🏳️🌈🖖
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Zack Ford
@zackford.bsky.social
· Dec 10
If you see stories about trans people being targeted for discrimination and psychological torture and your response is to shrug because you still have "questions" about trans identities and aren't motivated to advocate for their lives because you think it's a political loser, well gosh, you suck.
It's almost like if you don't actually stand up proactively to defend and humanize trans people, there's nothing to stop them from creating this false and hateful narratives. 🧐
Elon Musk isn't just spending billions to use toxic trans hate to defeat Democrats.
He's spending billions, so "centrists" and people who should know better will spread the lie that Democrats backing trans people's human rights is toxic, though trans rights only lost once, after he spent billions.
He's spending billions, so "centrists" and people who should know better will spread the lie that Democrats backing trans people's human rights is toxic, though trans rights only lost once, after he spent billions.
Musk prepares to buy another election and smear more trans kids
This time there are no excuses for falling into his trap.
www.thefarce.org
December 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
It's almost like if you don't actually stand up proactively to defend and humanize trans people, there's nothing to stop them from creating this false and hateful narratives. 🧐
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The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
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This should be the bombshell news that ends his presidency. But we’re living in an alternate reality.
December 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This should be the bombshell news that ends his presidency. But we’re living in an alternate reality.
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“We are only out to score points with the other side of the political spectrum!”
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss sent a memo to CBS News employees today stating:
“No amount of outrage—whether from activist organizations or the White House—will derail us. We are not out to score points with one side of the political spectrum or to win followers on social media.”
“No amount of outrage—whether from activist organizations or the White House—will derail us. We are not out to score points with one side of the political spectrum or to win followers on social media.”
NEW: CBS News Memo and The Epstein Files
In the aftermath of the firestorm at CBS News, top execs have sent a memo to employees. Also, the DOJ says it has discovered over 1 million Epstein documents.
bit.ly
December 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“We are only out to score points with the other side of the political spectrum!”
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Not a lawyer, but this ruling (in a case about the Fed Gov’t demanding trans patient records from PA hospitals) is the real world equivalent of Joe Pesci’s opening argument in “My Cousin Vinnie.”
December 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Not a lawyer, but this ruling (in a case about the Fed Gov’t demanding trans patient records from PA hospitals) is the real world equivalent of Joe Pesci’s opening argument in “My Cousin Vinnie.”
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Alexa play "Tune Up # 1" from Rent 🗣️
December 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Alexa play "Tune Up # 1" from Rent 🗣️
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A coalition of 19 states and DC have filed a lawsuit challenging the Kennedy declaration seeking to ban gender affirming care for trans youth by fiat by creating a federal "standard of care" based on pure pseudoscience.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
Attorney General James Leads Lawsuit Challenging Federal Attack on Gender-Affirming Care
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 18 other states and the District of Columbia in filing a lawsuit to stop the U.S
ag.ny.gov
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A coalition of 19 states and DC have filed a lawsuit challenging the Kennedy declaration seeking to ban gender affirming care for trans youth by fiat by creating a federal "standard of care" based on pure pseudoscience.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
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Very funny to see Alito complain about the court skipping full briefing and oral arguments for a quick shadow docket decision when he has signed onto innumerable orders that pull the exact same tricks and rebuked colleagues who complain about it ... www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
December 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Very funny to see Alito complain about the court skipping full briefing and oral arguments for a quick shadow docket decision when he has signed onto innumerable orders that pull the exact same tricks and rebuked colleagues who complain about it ... www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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This means the VA won't cover abortions EVEN in the case of rape, incest, or serious threat to the health of the patient.
The DOJ memo was authored by Josh Craddock, one of the chief legal advocates for fetal personhood, i.e. imposing a nationwide abortion ban through the courts.
The DOJ memo was authored by Josh Craddock, one of the chief legal advocates for fetal personhood, i.e. imposing a nationwide abortion ban through the courts.
🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban
A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.
www.ms.now
December 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This means the VA won't cover abortions EVEN in the case of rape, incest, or serious threat to the health of the patient.
The DOJ memo was authored by Josh Craddock, one of the chief legal advocates for fetal personhood, i.e. imposing a nationwide abortion ban through the courts.
The DOJ memo was authored by Josh Craddock, one of the chief legal advocates for fetal personhood, i.e. imposing a nationwide abortion ban through the courts.
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Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
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I'm not sharing it, go look it up for yourselves.this line really pissed me off "Journalists and scholars paid little attention to this movement until recently, when they realized that some of its members had rallied to President Trump " SMDH. Many of us were writing about this in Trumps 1st Term.
December 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I'm not sharing it, go look it up for yourselves.this line really pissed me off "Journalists and scholars paid little attention to this movement until recently, when they realized that some of its members had rallied to President Trump " SMDH. Many of us were writing about this in Trumps 1st Term.
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if a jackass like me can get pretty good traction on a post like this, it would be way more powerful if our elected leaders hit the points in a clear way.
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
December 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
if a jackass like me can get pretty good traction on a post like this, it would be way more powerful if our elected leaders hit the points in a clear way.
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The White House is now citing "national security" for everything it does. Seriously, check out these headlines. It's just the last few weeks.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The White House is now citing "national security" for everything it does. Seriously, check out these headlines. It's just the last few weeks.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
If you know authoritarian history, then you know how menacing this is.
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A governor is not a preacher.
A proclamation is not a sermon.
So why is Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders telling state employees to spend the holidays "giving thanks for Christ’s birth"?
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/arkansas-g...
A proclamation is not a sermon.
So why is Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders telling state employees to spend the holidays "giving thanks for Christ’s birth"?
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/arkansas-g...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders turned a holiday email to state employees into a Christian sermon
Sanders' proclamation violated the idea of church/state separation by treating Christian doctrine as state policy
www.friendlyatheist.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A governor is not a preacher.
A proclamation is not a sermon.
So why is Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders telling state employees to spend the holidays "giving thanks for Christ’s birth"?
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/arkansas-g...
A proclamation is not a sermon.
So why is Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders telling state employees to spend the holidays "giving thanks for Christ’s birth"?
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/arkansas-g...
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Trump traveled on Epstein's jet multiple times, including with underage girls.
Expect this too to be retroactively censored in violation of the law. At least they are ham handed in their lawbreaking
Expect this too to be retroactively censored in violation of the law. At least they are ham handed in their lawbreaking
December 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump traveled on Epstein's jet multiple times, including with underage girls.
Expect this too to be retroactively censored in violation of the law. At least they are ham handed in their lawbreaking
Expect this too to be retroactively censored in violation of the law. At least they are ham handed in their lawbreaking
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The only Trump renaming that makes sense.
December 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The only Trump renaming that makes sense.
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America “is on a “trajectory toward competitive authoritarianism: a system in which elections, courts, and other democratic institutions persist in form but are systematically manipulated to entrench executive control.”
This is the assessment of hundreds of former US intelligence officers.
This is the assessment of hundreds of former US intelligence officers.
An authoritarian movement, led by the president and reaching into Republican-led state governments and the judiciary is chipping away at American democracy.
Trans people are among the first, most often targeted - but it won't end there. Read the full analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social
Trans people are among the first, most often targeted - but it won't end there. Read the full analysis by @billiejsweeney.bsky.social
Authoritarian Surge Animates Attacks on Trans Americans — Assigned
The right-wing campaign to create an autocratic state is also endangering long-held freedoms for all Americans, pushing U.S. democracy to the precipice. Trans people, its earliest targets, are among t...
www.assignedmedia.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
America “is on a “trajectory toward competitive authoritarianism: a system in which elections, courts, and other democratic institutions persist in form but are systematically manipulated to entrench executive control.”
This is the assessment of hundreds of former US intelligence officers.
This is the assessment of hundreds of former US intelligence officers.
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This is insane, literally watching the DOJ become the President’s personal lawyer
* DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: SOME DOCUMENTS RELEASED CONTAIN UNTRUE AND SENSATIONALIST CLAIMS MADE AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE FBI RIGHT BEFORE 2020 ELECTION
* DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: TO BE CLEAR CLAIMS AGAINST TRUMP ARE UNFOUNDED AND FALSE
@reuters.com
* DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: TO BE CLEAR CLAIMS AGAINST TRUMP ARE UNFOUNDED AND FALSE
@reuters.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This is insane, literally watching the DOJ become the President’s personal lawyer
I used to think the limit did not exist...
December 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I used to think the limit did not exist...
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One week after a horrific mass shooting at Brown and less than one month after a mass shooting of patriotic National Guard members in DC, the Trump Administration is suing DC to make it easier for violent criminals to shoot as many DC residents as quickly as possible. Disgusting
BREAKING: The Trump administration is suing D.C. over its ban on semi-automatic (AR-15) weapons.
DOJ's Civil Rights Division under Harmeet Dhillon is seeking a court ruling that D.C.'s law "prohibiting registration of the AR-15 by law-abiding citizens violates the Second Amendment."
DOJ's Civil Rights Division under Harmeet Dhillon is seeking a court ruling that D.C.'s law "prohibiting registration of the AR-15 by law-abiding citizens violates the Second Amendment."
December 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
One week after a horrific mass shooting at Brown and less than one month after a mass shooting of patriotic National Guard members in DC, the Trump Administration is suing DC to make it easier for violent criminals to shoot as many DC residents as quickly as possible. Disgusting
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Re-upping the back page of the current @theonion.com print edition in light of Bari’s new explanation below
December 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Re-upping the back page of the current @theonion.com print edition in light of Bari’s new explanation below
The guy censoring the art at the Kennedy Center probably isn't the most reliable source on censoring.
Don’t worry, guys. Special envoy to the president Ric Grenell wants you to know that the CBS thing is totally on the up and up, and not to please the admin. He’s proving that by demanding CBS fires people.
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The guy censoring the art at the Kennedy Center probably isn't the most reliable source on censoring.
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im glad someone commented but why is it always hedging.
"looks like"
just say it. just. say. it.
"looks like"
just say it. just. say. it.
Paramount-owned CBS abruptly canceled a story exposing the Trump administration's brutal deportations.
The reporter called it a "political decision."
Paramount needs Trump’s backing to buy Warner Bros. — including CNN.
Is that just a coincidence?
This looks like corruption.
The reporter called it a "political decision."
Paramount needs Trump’s backing to buy Warner Bros. — including CNN.
Is that just a coincidence?
This looks like corruption.
December 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
im glad someone commented but why is it always hedging.
"looks like"
just say it. just. say. it.
"looks like"
just say it. just. say. it.
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“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”