Bethany Raymond
@bethanyray.bsky.social
🏳️⚧️Leftist elder GenXer and cat servant. Go Blue!
She/her🏳️🌈
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she's just doing what she was hired to do
Why would you need to put a pause on a story that has been meticulously fact-checked and lawyered?
Sounds like the kind of story you’d want to run right away!
Sounds like the kind of story you’d want to run right away!
December 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
she's just doing what she was hired to do
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The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.
Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.
December 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.
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The purpose of blaming any and every tragedy on trans people is convincing each other "wouldn't life be so much better if we just got rid of all the trans people"
There's no evidence that Rob and Michele Reiner's son Nick is undergoing a gender transition, despite claims circulating on social media. Here's how the baseless rumor spread. 👇
www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/r...
Unraveling baseless rumor Rob and Michele Reiner's son Nick is transgender
Nick Reiner, who is suspected in the deaths of his parents, was arrested on a murder charge, Los Angeles police said.
www.snopes.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The purpose of blaming any and every tragedy on trans people is convincing each other "wouldn't life be so much better if we just got rid of all the trans people"
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Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
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UBI isn't meant to replace the income from all jobs, and we aren't going to lose all jobs, especially if we have UBI to maintain spending. What UBI excels at is functioning as a floor and a dividend to make sure everyone gets a rightful share and a cushion to prevent the worst + enable new pursuits.
December 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
UBI isn't meant to replace the income from all jobs, and we aren't going to lose all jobs, especially if we have UBI to maintain spending. What UBI excels at is functioning as a floor and a dividend to make sure everyone gets a rightful share and a cushion to prevent the worst + enable new pursuits.
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Economists don’t understand capitalism
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Economists don’t understand capitalism
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Whole of the American economy is now piracy.
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Whole of the American economy is now piracy.
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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Yeah I have FOMO. Fear Of Meeting Others.
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Yeah I have FOMO. Fear Of Meeting Others.
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So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
So on Epstein, the Democratic position should be "Trump should resign." If you are a Democratic elected, practice saying "We demand the president's resignation" in front of a mirror as many times as it takes until the dry-heaving that comes from having a phobia about actually doing politics passes.
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Bill Cosby is out of jail, Louis CK sells out stadiums, even Woody Allen is being invited back into polite society. What "excesses" are these people talking about?
When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Bill Cosby is out of jail, Louis CK sells out stadiums, even Woody Allen is being invited back into polite society. What "excesses" are these people talking about?
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piers moron having a fit over trans women being hot is yet another demonstration that transphobia is one of the easiest barometers for identifying shitty human beings
October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
piers moron having a fit over trans women being hot is yet another demonstration that transphobia is one of the easiest barometers for identifying shitty human beings
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In an article in the FT yesterday, its long-term columnist, Martin Wolf, suggested we must sacrifice both people and planet to growth to supposedly save democracy. Almost everything he wrote was wrong. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
Growth is not coming back — and nor should our democracy depend upon it
Martin Wolf has (once again) declared in the Financial Times that the fate of democracy rests on economic growth. As he said, in advance of the Budget:
[Reeves'] first priority must be to get whatev...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM
In an article in the FT yesterday, its long-term columnist, Martin Wolf, suggested we must sacrifice both people and planet to growth to supposedly save democracy. Almost everything he wrote was wrong. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
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despite all the fear mongering about trans people and the attempts to abandon and actively harm us from both political parties in the US, transitioning is still the greatest decision i’ve ever made, only regret i have is not doing it younger, and that it has only made my life infinitely better
October 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
despite all the fear mongering about trans people and the attempts to abandon and actively harm us from both political parties in the US, transitioning is still the greatest decision i’ve ever made, only regret i have is not doing it younger, and that it has only made my life infinitely better
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NYT when a trans person takes HRT to live a happy life: this is disgusting have you considered involuntary euthanasia
NYT when a cis woman takes HRT so she can fuck her ugly husband like a hyena: this is beautiful we hope you make a white baby
NYT when a cis woman takes HRT so she can fuck her ugly husband like a hyena: this is beautiful we hope you make a white baby
October 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
NYT when a trans person takes HRT to live a happy life: this is disgusting have you considered involuntary euthanasia
NYT when a cis woman takes HRT so she can fuck her ugly husband like a hyena: this is beautiful we hope you make a white baby
NYT when a cis woman takes HRT so she can fuck her ugly husband like a hyena: this is beautiful we hope you make a white baby
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⚧️ RADICAL TRANS IDEOLOGY ⚧️
October 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
⚧️ RADICAL TRANS IDEOLOGY ⚧️
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Blaming baby boomers for the problems of younger generations is popular in elite media, but it is not serious analysis. The problem is the rich and the generational stuff is a distraction deanbaker22.substack.com/p/my-generat...
My Generation: Blame the Rich, not the Boomers
Blaming a generational grouping is a coverup, not serious reporting
deanbaker22.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Blaming baby boomers for the problems of younger generations is popular in elite media, but it is not serious analysis. The problem is the rich and the generational stuff is a distraction deanbaker22.substack.com/p/my-generat...
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It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It cannot be made clearer.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.
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For the love of all that is holy, Chuck Schumer, retire.
Go spend time with your family. Let people who understand what’s going on, who have even a modicum of fight in them, do what needs to be done.
Every time you speak you make it clearer that you cannot do this.
Go spend time with your family. Let people who understand what’s going on, who have even a modicum of fight in them, do what needs to be done.
Every time you speak you make it clearer that you cannot do this.
Schumer: I want to say to Donald Trump, to Johnson, and to Thune: come to the Capitol, sit down in public, and debate us on the health care crisis that’s afflicting Americans.
The public needs to see this.
The public needs to see this.
October 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
For the love of all that is holy, Chuck Schumer, retire.
Go spend time with your family. Let people who understand what’s going on, who have even a modicum of fight in them, do what needs to be done.
Every time you speak you make it clearer that you cannot do this.
Go spend time with your family. Let people who understand what’s going on, who have even a modicum of fight in them, do what needs to be done.
Every time you speak you make it clearer that you cannot do this.
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Where Is the Line?
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America. If we can’t even agree to hold the line against Trumpism, democracy must perish.
New piece:
steady.page/en/democracy...
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America. If we can’t even agree to hold the line against Trumpism, democracy must perish.
New piece:
steady.page/en/democracy...
Where Is the Line?
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America
steady.page
October 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Where Is the Line?
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America. If we can’t even agree to hold the line against Trumpism, democracy must perish.
New piece:
steady.page/en/democracy...
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America. If we can’t even agree to hold the line against Trumpism, democracy must perish.
New piece:
steady.page/en/democracy...
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It’s been repulsive how The NY Times has been fearmongering around Mamdani, but to then take the extra step to smear Portland as a means of doing it while that city is facing a fascist invasion is another thing entirely.
I hope people are starting to see it’s the capitalists versus the rest of us.
I hope people are starting to see it’s the capitalists versus the rest of us.
October 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It’s been repulsive how The NY Times has been fearmongering around Mamdani, but to then take the extra step to smear Portland as a means of doing it while that city is facing a fascist invasion is another thing entirely.
I hope people are starting to see it’s the capitalists versus the rest of us.
I hope people are starting to see it’s the capitalists versus the rest of us.
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Great post by @dhnexon.bsky.social containing many of the ideas he's been trial-running here.
The State of the Republic is Grim - Lawyers, Guns & Money
If you’re on Bluesky and follow me, you’ve probably seen that I’m writing threads that really should be the basis for posts at LGM. You’ve also likely gotten a bead on where I am these days. Here’s a ...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Great post by @dhnexon.bsky.social containing many of the ideas he's been trial-running here.
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This is essential
NEW: November general elections are around the corner, so it’s time to launch my cheat sheet of what’s on the ballot this fall!
I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.
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I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.
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Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so much else... Read M...
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October 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This is essential
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The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.