Audrey Arnett (She/Her)
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Mamdani wins the primary with hearty support from the Jewish left, cross-endorses with Brad Lander, wins the Upper West Side, wins Dan Goldman's district, gets Jerry Nadler's endorsement
The NYT:
The NYT:
June 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Mamdani wins the primary with hearty support from the Jewish left, cross-endorses with Brad Lander, wins the Upper West Side, wins Dan Goldman's district, gets Jerry Nadler's endorsement
The NYT:
The NYT:
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I wish dems would be a little petty sometimes and “announce policy” that would ban certain far right leaders from the bathrooms in the capitol.
November 20, 2024 at 8:22 PM
I wish dems would be a little petty sometimes and “announce policy” that would ban certain far right leaders from the bathrooms in the capitol.
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I already see a bunch of "this is just a distraction" punditry, but try to remember that distractions that are hate crimes are still hate crimes. If someone hates crimes you, it would feel pretty shitty to have a bystander be like "just ignore that, it's a distraction"
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Speaker Johnson announces policy barring trans women from Capitol bathrooms
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced Wednesday that transgender women are not permitted to use bathrooms in the Capitol that match their gender identity, taking a stance on the hot-button issue t…
thehill.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:16 PM
I already see a bunch of "this is just a distraction" punditry, but try to remember that distractions that are hate crimes are still hate crimes. If someone hates crimes you, it would feel pretty shitty to have a bystander be like "just ignore that, it's a distraction"
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
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No matter how many times Christian Nationalists repeat the lie, it doesn't change the fact: The Bible is not a foundational text of American history and doesn't deserve any special status in public school curricula.
And targeting elementary schoolchildren with this indoctrination is heinous.
And targeting elementary schoolchildren with this indoctrination is heinous.
Texas is on the verge of shoving Bible lessons in public elementary schools. (A final vote is scheduled for Friday.)
I wrote about what it'll look like when conservatives push Christian mythology on millions of children.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-is-a...
I wrote about what it'll look like when conservatives push Christian mythology on millions of children.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/texas-is-a...
Texas is about to push Bible lessons in public elementary schools
The new state-sanctioned Bluebonnet Learning curriculum would push Christian mythology on millions of kids
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 20, 2024 at 7:51 PM
No matter how many times Christian Nationalists repeat the lie, it doesn't change the fact: The Bible is not a foundational text of American history and doesn't deserve any special status in public school curricula.
And targeting elementary schoolchildren with this indoctrination is heinous.
And targeting elementary schoolchildren with this indoctrination is heinous.
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This is such a key point. Every time someone says “we need less identity politics” they absolutely mean any identity other than white male. The privilege of being white and male (and conservative) is that your identity politics is considered default or neutral.
White masculinity is an identity, and playing up the defense of it — via the state, via norms, via violence — is identity politics.
November 20, 2024 at 9:48 PM
This is such a key point. Every time someone says “we need less identity politics” they absolutely mean any identity other than white male. The privilege of being white and male (and conservative) is that your identity politics is considered default or neutral.
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