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U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.

There are better charities out there. Much better.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Adapted scene from The Good Place. Jason: "I think we're in a bubble economy!" Michael: "Softbank figured it out? Softbank?!" Michael: "This is a real low point. Yeah, this one hurts."
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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esqueer.net
A non-negotiable for Democrats in the 2028 primaries is that they must promise to expand and reform the court. The Supreme Court has lost all legitimacy to rule and it needs to be completely overhauled. Nothing less would be an abject failure and acquiescence to Republican ratfucking of the court.
esqueer.net Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Nov 6
SCOTUS has granted a stay in Trump v. Orr, the trans passport case, meaning that the government will be able to once again deny gender marker changes to trans passport applicants.

This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks.

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
A scanned Supreme Court of the United States order, dated November 6, 2025, in the case Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Ashton Orr, et al., No. 25A319. The document discusses an Executive Branch policy requiring passports to display an individual’s biological sex at birth. The highlighted passage reads: “Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth—in both cases.” The Court grants the government’s application for a stay at this preliminary stage, reasoning that the government is likely to succeed on the merits and that the policy does not violate equal protection principles.
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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1. On Tuesday Night, Democrats won elections nationwide in a stunning rebuke of anti-transgender politics.

From Virginia to New Jersey to New York and beyond, anti-trans candidates fell left and right after spending tons of time and money campaigning on hate.

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"A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads
As election results poured in on Tuesday night, it became clear that Democrats were winning nationwide against anti-trans opponents.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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The Python Software Foundation rejected a $1.5 million U.S. government grant because it required them to renounce all diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

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October 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA."
October 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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esqueer.net
Liberals when candidates defend trans people: "We can't do this, it's too unpopular."

Liberals when candidates have a nazi ss tattoo: "it's ok, not all candidates are perfect."

Do y'all hear yourselves?!
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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ASSIGNED MEDIA'S TEAM WENT TO NO KINGS!

Four trans reporters at 5 rallies w/ one purpose: Understand how trans rights fit with the coalition of causes and communities in the largest single day protest in US history.

Our original reporting, here:

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
‘Arms Locked in Solidarity,’ Markey and Millions Stand Up for What’s Right — Assigned
Senator Ed Markey spoke powerfully in Boston, reflecting the deep support for transgender rights at the No Kings protests across the U. S.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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erininthemorning.com
1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation.

It methodically goes through each problem in the review.

The latest from S. Baum.

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New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”
While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.
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October 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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This is very useful context...
assignedmale.bsky.social Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · Sep 13
The Groyper Wars
September 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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esqueer.net
Nancy Mace acting on disinformation that the shooter was trans: goes off on tirade against "trannies"

Nancy Mace when the actual shooter is a Christian white man: "he's just a poor lost boy, let us pray for him."
A screenshot of a tweet from the Daily Caller, which has been reposted by Rep. Nancy Mace. The tweet reads: "'ENOUGH IS ENOUGH': Rep. Nancy Mace comments on reports of Charlie Kirk's killer allegedly being 'pro-tranny'". The tweet includes a video thumbnail showing Rep. Nancy Mace outdoors wearing sunglasses and speaking to reporters. The timestamp is 11:29 AM, September 11, 2025. A screenshot of a tweet from Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace). The tweet, posted at 10:36 AM on September 12, 2025, reads: "We know Charlie Kirk would want us to pray for such an evil, and lost individual like Tyler Robinson to find Jesus Christ. We will try to do the same."
September 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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I think it's useful to unpack this. If Democrats agree with Republicans on excluding women's sports, what's the harm? Is it primarily harm to trans women who play sports, or is there something more to it?

A reasonable person who doesn't know much about trans issues could ask these questions.
September 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Someone tell these ageing politicians that trans rights is one of the defining leftist politics of our era and that they signal their irrelevance to the young, progressive electorate they hope to court by opposing it or declaring it unimportant
August 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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This is how you stand up to authoritarianism - by fighting for the targeted people, not by throwing them overboard.
govpritzker.illinois.gov Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Aug 22
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.

As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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I saw that people came in with chalk today to reinstall it guerrilla style.
August 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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The Democrats are at a very high risk of repeating the mistake they made with Biden - Trump is so extreme and crazy that they're desperate to elect a Democrat.

With Biden, this caused a hyperfocus on "electability" during the primary at the expense of having prospective nominees fully grapple...
August 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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esqueer.net
Israel right now.
Alt text: A screenshot from the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender shows the character Joo Dee smiling widely with the caption at the bottom in bold white letters: "THERE IS NO FAMINE IN GAZA."
August 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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i guarantee you someone’s already fearmongering about trans kids based on 3.3% turning into a 0.8% for adults. screaming, “see? it *is* a phase."

it’s not.

that's how many of us they killed. or who spent life in the closet because “why come out in a world this hostile?”

it’s literally the meme.
Diagram in which red dots stand for places where surviving planes were shot. This only tells you where planes can get shot and still come back to base. Survivorship bias: your only information is what has survived.
August 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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I’m going to make this a video at some point but I’m saying this here and being done because it’s honestly just angering and scaring and frustrating me.
The reason I’ve been so critical of people praising the likes of Gavin Newsom and saying things like, “you may not like him but we need him in the fight,” or applauding his redistricting of California as a tit-for-tat move against GOP redistricting, is that fundamentally they are ignoring the core problem here: this is just justifying a further slide into an authoritarian state. I want to be clear, because people don’t seem to understand me when I say this—I think Gavin Newsom’s response to the GOP redistricting Texas to disenfranchise Democratic voters and give themselves more representatives, by doing the same in California to disenfranchise GOP voters and give Democrats more representatives, is the correct response within the system. Yes, if Democrats want to win, this is what they have to do. They shouldn’t be playing by rules the GOP clearly ignores. Again, this is the only response that makes sense within the rules of the game. But the problem with everyday Americans’ response—cheering on Newsom and saying we need to get behind him uncritically—shows how much people empathize with power over themselves. At the end of the day, this is the American system further entrenching and normalizing authoritarian power. Even if Democrats were to win using these tactics in 2028—which is preferable to a GOP win, yes—they will not willingly give up this newly normalized power dynamic. More voters will have been disenfranchised. Long term, we’re left with a system even less democratic, with few—if any—levers within it to push back. Worse still, so many are cheering on the idea of having strongman leaders like Newsom. People literally make Trump-like memes of him carrying an American flag. This “we need our own strongman to fight Trump and kick him in the balls” is the same cult of personality that entrenches the Trumpian mindset within establishment Democrats who think they’re being progressive, while actually backing further disenfranchisement of middle- and lower-class Americans—people already struggling under late-stage capitalism. And people like Newsom—or other Democratic leaders establishment liberals rally behind, like Pete Buttigieg—are perfectly willing to throw trans people or the homeless under the bus if it plays well to a mythical centrist base. So while people pat themselves on the back for voting for a gay man or supporting a Democrat like Newsom who “punches Trump where it hurts,” they’re ignoring not only their own further disenfranchisement, but also the additional attacks and harm directed toward even more marginalized groups like trans people and the homeless. I say all of this because one day people will have to reckon with this reality—that the American system will continue to justify making itself more authoritarian under the logic of, “that’s just how we have to fight the fascists.” That’s the only choice it offers us within its limits. But we do have other options. People are just too scared, or too enmeshed in the political system, to recognize them or admit what needs to be done. We need to fundamentally change how we do politics. I’m not saying you need to pick up a gun and start a revolution against the American state. But I am saying you need to stop focusing solely on electoral politics or trying to pass laws within this system to get what you need. Build up your communities. Find ways to provide food, educational resources, childcare, and other essentials locally. Organize for community defense. Join a union or a collective. These are tangible actions, better uses of your time than canvassing for a political campaign, asking people to vote, or arguing with Republicans online. The path we’re on—pouring our energy into stanning Newsom or treating electoral politics as the only way to “win”—is deeply dangerous. It limits our imagination and leads us further into authoritarianism. And eventually, we will have to face that fact—whether it’s in 2028, 2032, or 2036. No matter what, we will have to confront that fundamental problem. The reason I’m so adamant about recognizing it now is that the longer we wait, the more people will be hurt. As a trans person, I’m already on the chopping block—discarded by both sides of the same system of power. I see how people like me face a very real chance of being imprisoned, killed, or worse before society wakes up to this problem. And I’m not the only one. To paraphrase the poem: “They came for the trans people, and I did nothing, for I was not trans.” What scares me most is that when I try to explain all of this, I am the one vilified. Trans people like me are told—not just by Republicans who openly hate us, but by Democrats—that we need to shut up and get behind “our guy” with “our guy” always being politicians who are more willing to publicly sit down with the likes of Charlie Kirk than to platform or even talk to a trans person. That’s how the system fuels resentment and dehumanization of marginalized people like me—because I’m unwilling to comply. I become the problem, the issue, the person to ostracize, the one accused of helping the fascists. At the end of the day, I’m not here to say Gavin Newsom is wrong to redistrict in response to Trump and the GOP. That is how Democrats can and should win power, and within the system, it’s what they should be doing. That’s not my criticism. My point isn’t to Newsom—it’s to you. Because while redistricting may be a short-term solution, it doesn’t solve the deeper problem. It delays it. It accelerates it. And you will eventually have to face it. I would much rather we face it clear-eyed now. Because doing so not only gives me, as a trans person, a greater chance of survival, but it also means that if you recognize the problem now, I’m still here with you—still able to fight alongside you. Because as the poem warns, one day they will come for you. And by then, there may not be anyone left beside you to fight.
August 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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This all checks out. Rowling is listed as the president of Gingerbread, a charity focused on supporting and advocating for single parents. They shut down their helpline in April due to lack of funds.
August 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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1. Four more VA school districts announce they will not capitulate to Trump demands for trans bathroom bans.

They show more fight than prestigious universities and hospitals that have bowed.

In response, the Trump admin will revoke lunch money for hungry kids.

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Four More Virginia School Districts Defy Trump, Reject Trans Bathroom Ban Demand
Following Loudoun County, four more Virginia schools have defied Trump's Department of Education and will continue to allow trans youth to use the bathroom of their gender.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM