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they/them|🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈|genderqueer shitposter living in Nashville|Favors a walkable, bikeable citiy w/ dense, affordable housing for all
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WE USED TO BE A REAL COUNTRY

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According to biographer Robert Dallek, “Johnson found it difficult to sustain his rationality in dealing with war critics. During a private conversation with some reporters who pressed him to explain why we were in Vietnam, Johnson lost his patience. According to Arthur Goldberg, LBJ unzipped his fly, drew out his substantial organ and declared, ‘This is why!’”
July 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Really, NYT? WTAF?

All the news that's fit to print dies in darkness.
A New York Times headline: "What does President Trump's new perfume smell like?"
July 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Obligatory meme
The "always has been" meme: Two astronauts look at earth in the distance. One says, "It's all just birtherism?" and the other, pointing a gun at the first, replies, "Always has been."
July 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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The New Yorker's Grace Byron reports on the grim state of trans healthcare.

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It is easy to deprive children of trans rights because our society generally functions as if children don’t have any rights at all. We struggle to believe that these little humans are capable of making their own decisions, much less of telling us who they are. But, although conservatives might focus their public messaging around trans children, it’s naïve to think that trans adults will be any safer from the Administration’s ire. The age at which someone should be “allowed” to transition keeps moving: Trump recently said nineteen; other conservative critics have suggested waiting until people are in their twenties. (Of course, this would mean that no one is allowed access to puberty blockers.) But the White House’s goal isn’t just no new trans kids; it’s no trans people, period. This is the clear takeaway from Trump’s executive order “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” which declares that sex is immutable, and withdraws all federal recognition for trans people. Trans kids are often used as a Trojan horse. An early version of the House Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” proposed eliminating Medicaid funding for gender-affirming care solely for minors; a later version of the bill struck the phrase “for minors.” Curtailing care for trans adults was always part of the larger conservative plan. In addition to stripping away coverage for trans health care, the bill also sets stricter work requirements for Medicaid—another dangerous prospect for trans people, who face significantly higher unemployment rates. When I started transitioning, I was unemployed and reliant on Medicaid coverage. Many trans people have expressed outrage at the proposed bill: “Being covered by Medicaid has given me medical support I never thought possible,” the comedian Marley Gotterer told me. “ ‘Lifesaving’ doesn’t even come close to describing it.” Health care, she continued, “shouldn’t be about luck.”
June 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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And in red-state legislatures:

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HB0027/SB0187: Reproductive Freedom Act (South Star Bill) Position: SUPPORT Sponsors: Representative Aftyn Behn (D-Nashville), Senator London Lamar (D-Memphis) Summary: This bill states that every person has a fundamental right to make decisions about their reproductive health care, including the fundamental right to use or refuse contraceptive procedures or contraceptive supplies and to continue a pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion and to make decisions about how to exercise that right. We SUPPORT this bill because all Tennesseans deserve access to the full spectrum of reproductive care, including abortion.
June 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Jun 25 2025 WASHINGTON—Yesterday, on the third anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner and Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate, Health, Education and Labor (HELP) Committee, joined Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Patty Murray (D-WA) in introducing the Women’s Health Protection Act, legislation to guarantee access to abortion care across the country. The bill’s introduction comes as the Trump Administration and Republicans continue to attack reproductive freedom. Virginia is the last southern state where abortion is still legal, and Virginia has seen an increase in demand for abortions after other states have passed laws restricting access.
June 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Here is a zine that presents a timeline of VUMC's abandonment of the LGBTQ+ community.
Photo of a zine called "Tell VUMC Don't Bend to Bigotry" by an anonymous author. The text is too long to fit in this alt text, but it gives a timeline from Trump's inauguration in January 2025 through late June 2025 of VUMC's progressive abandonment of the LGBTQ+ community. The most recent event is: "June 24: The last remaining employees of the Program for LGBTQ Health are fired, effectively killing the program." A PDF of the zine is available at https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1265789121301839938/1388559769475878942/Dont_Bend_to_Bigotry_Zine.pdf?ex=686366cf&is=6862154f&hm=457309f19096a8fdcff864d63eff7e78c0141676aba2c46f9daa4b97f84858f9&
June 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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The website also gives a dead link for LGBTQ+ patients seeking health-care providers: www.vumc.org/lgbtq/vander...
Screenshot of the webpage https://www.vumc.org/lgbtq/vanderbilthealthcom, saying, " VanderbiltHealth.com https://vanderbilthealth.com/lgbtqhealthprogram lgbtq patients can now find us online at vanderbilthealth.com! Learn more about our program, expertise, and start to connect with our providers with a simple search of "LGBT" from the main page." Screenshot of the page at the link provided: https://vanderbilthealth.com/lgbtqhealthprogram, saying, "The page you have requested cannot be found" Screenshot of a search for "LGBT" at https://vanderbilthealth.com/, saying, "No results"
June 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Billy Porter closing out Nashville Pride was amazing. Just absolutely amazing.
Billy Porter and dancers performing at Nashville Pride. Billy Porter in a feather coat, performing at Nashville Pride. Billy Porter, wearing a feather coat, with a group of local drag queens, at Nashville Pride. The queens are holding pride flag signs saying #VOTEBITCHES and #SAYGAY. Billy Porter and dancers performing at Nashville Pride.
June 24, 2024 at 1:50 AM
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Yes. TN state representative Vincent Dixie has asked the state attorney general to enforce TN Code 40-20-114, which says that no one who has been convicted of a felony in any state may appear on a ballot in TN.

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First page of a letter from TN state representative Vincent Dixie to Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, about disqualifying Donald Trump from appearing on the presidential ballot because of his felony convictions. Second page of a letter from TN state representative Vincent Dixie to Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, about disqualifying Donald Trump from appearing on the presidential ballot because of his felony convictions.
June 10, 2024 at 12:18 AM