Kelly
@kellyg42.bsky.social
Transmasc, therapist, parent, partner, friend, storyteller.
I am convinced that the NYT is a right wing propaganda machine masquerading as a vaguely left or center outlet. It is either articles "just asking questions" in a way to promote right wing bullshit, or opinions saying to stop protesting a fascist president.
May 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I am convinced that the NYT is a right wing propaganda machine masquerading as a vaguely left or center outlet. It is either articles "just asking questions" in a way to promote right wing bullshit, or opinions saying to stop protesting a fascist president.
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I would really love it if mainstream journalists would seriously consider the possibility that RFK Jr.'s politicized HHS under Trump is as accurate about gender-affirming medicine as it is on autism or vaccination.
May 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I would really love it if mainstream journalists would seriously consider the possibility that RFK Jr.'s politicized HHS under Trump is as accurate about gender-affirming medicine as it is on autism or vaccination.
They will try to end ALL gender affirming care by threatening federal funding to organizations offering it. Even though they'll likely cut that funding ANYWAY because they're literally cutting funding willy nilly. Out of fear, orgs will comply. This is authoritarianism.
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The Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speed
Many transgender adults have wondered when their care would be banned by the Trump administration. Now, we are seeing the first vectors to do so.
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April 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
They will try to end ALL gender affirming care by threatening federal funding to organizations offering it. Even though they'll likely cut that funding ANYWAY because they're literally cutting funding willy nilly. Out of fear, orgs will comply. This is authoritarianism.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime.
The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
April 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime.
The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
During my consumption boycott I've thought about two things.
1. Do I want to stimulate Trump's economy? No.
2. I can cope with inconvenience. I don't NEED free 2 day shipping, or to go to a big box store. I can drive a little further out to the local or more ethical store. I CAN so I SHOULD.
1. Do I want to stimulate Trump's economy? No.
2. I can cope with inconvenience. I don't NEED free 2 day shipping, or to go to a big box store. I can drive a little further out to the local or more ethical store. I CAN so I SHOULD.
March 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
During my consumption boycott I've thought about two things.
1. Do I want to stimulate Trump's economy? No.
2. I can cope with inconvenience. I don't NEED free 2 day shipping, or to go to a big box store. I can drive a little further out to the local or more ethical store. I CAN so I SHOULD.
1. Do I want to stimulate Trump's economy? No.
2. I can cope with inconvenience. I don't NEED free 2 day shipping, or to go to a big box store. I can drive a little further out to the local or more ethical store. I CAN so I SHOULD.
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1. They never learn.
The US Department of Education has launched a snitch line for reporting "divisive ideologies" in schools.
Previously, states doing this were flooded with meme submissions.
The latest from writer S. Baum.
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The US Department of Education has launched a snitch line for reporting "divisive ideologies" in schools.
Previously, states doing this were flooded with meme submissions.
The latest from writer S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Federal Government is Asking the Public to Report Illicit DEI
The Department of Education has opened a tip line to report sightings of diversity, equity and inclusion.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
1. They never learn.
The US Department of Education has launched a snitch line for reporting "divisive ideologies" in schools.
Previously, states doing this were flooded with meme submissions.
The latest from writer S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
The US Department of Education has launched a snitch line for reporting "divisive ideologies" in schools.
Previously, states doing this were flooded with meme submissions.
The latest from writer S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Remember when you see Trump's approval numbers most people who vote for people like Trump either don't actually follow news/politics or they watch misinformation media so they are approving based on ~vibes~. When asked about his policies (without naming him), they usually disapprove. Sigh.
February 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Remember when you see Trump's approval numbers most people who vote for people like Trump either don't actually follow news/politics or they watch misinformation media so they are approving based on ~vibes~. When asked about his policies (without naming him), they usually disapprove. Sigh.
"This is part of why the anti-woke diagnosis of what’s ailing Democrats is not only factually flawed and morally vacuous but also strategically enfeebling." nymag.com/intelligence...
@schumer.senate.gov @democrats.org @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov @democrats.org @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Wokeness Is Not to Blame for Trump
How a misdiagnosis of the 2024 election has calcified into self-defeating conventional wisdom.
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February 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"This is part of why the anti-woke diagnosis of what’s ailing Democrats is not only factually flawed and morally vacuous but also strategically enfeebling." nymag.com/intelligence...
@schumer.senate.gov @democrats.org @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov @democrats.org @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
The existence of billionaires proves "trickle down economics" doesn't work.
February 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The existence of billionaires proves "trickle down economics" doesn't work.
There is a big difference between needing to overhaul/update/repair departments and completely nuking them with no back up plan and leaving millions of people in the lurch. Those who say "Burn It Down!" are rarely close enough to the fire to feel the real heat.
February 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
There is a big difference between needing to overhaul/update/repair departments and completely nuking them with no back up plan and leaving millions of people in the lurch. Those who say "Burn It Down!" are rarely close enough to the fire to feel the real heat.
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social & @yrfatfriend.bsky.social - So should you just repost your RFK Jr episodes on repeat forever now with the tagline "Don't say no one warned you..."??
February 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@michaelhobbes.bsky.social & @yrfatfriend.bsky.social - So should you just repost your RFK Jr episodes on repeat forever now with the tagline "Don't say no one warned you..."??
Since I'm contacting my Reps every day asking them to openly protect trans people and stop Republicans dismantling the government, I also throw in a little "STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT ELON MUSK ON HIS PLATFORM. GO ELSEWHERE." Like the irony is just too much to bear.
February 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Since I'm contacting my Reps every day asking them to openly protect trans people and stop Republicans dismantling the government, I also throw in a little "STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT ELON MUSK ON HIS PLATFORM. GO ELSEWHERE." Like the irony is just too much to bear.
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“Mass terminations of probationary workers also swept through the National Nuclear Security Administration, a semi-autonomous agency within the Energy Department that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons.” www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...
February 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“Mass terminations of probationary workers also swept through the National Nuclear Security Administration, a semi-autonomous agency within the Energy Department that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons.” www.npr.org/2025/02/13/n...
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Incredible news!
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
February 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Incredible news!
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.
The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.
ACLU statement here:
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I have a better idea: Email tipline@cfpb.gov or DM @cfpb_tipline on X and tell President Trump and co-president Elon Musk to stop letting Wall Street scam you.
February 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I have a better idea: Email tipline@cfpb.gov or DM @cfpb_tipline on X and tell President Trump and co-president Elon Musk to stop letting Wall Street scam you.
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The national park service is literally making their sites unreadable by simply deleting the word trans everywhere on the site. MarshabP Johnson's page appears to be down as well.
February 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The national park service is literally making their sites unreadable by simply deleting the word trans everywhere on the site. MarshabP Johnson's page appears to be down as well.
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98% of NIH grants that should have gone out this month, didn't. Despite court orders 'unfreezing' the funds, they are frozen. Biomedical research will grind to a halt. Clinical trials will end. All for no reason: the total impact on the US budget is miniscule
February 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
98% of NIH grants that should have gone out this month, didn't. Despite court orders 'unfreezing' the funds, they are frozen. Biomedical research will grind to a halt. Clinical trials will end. All for no reason: the total impact on the US budget is miniscule
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This is rage-inducing...
1. Progressive movement builds
2. Reactionary and right wing voices incite a backlash based on strawmen and bad faith fearmongering
3. Backlash goes too far; bad shit happens
4. Reactionary and right wing voices blame progressives
1. Progressive movement builds
2. Reactionary and right wing voices incite a backlash based on strawmen and bad faith fearmongering
3. Backlash goes too far; bad shit happens
4. Reactionary and right wing voices blame progressives
First, the activist ‘overreach’ mostly consisted of low-stakes, cherry-picked anecdotes. The police were not defunded. Words were not banned. White men were not barred from college.
The backlash is responding to the *possibility* of social change, not actual change.
The backlash is responding to the *possibility* of social change, not actual change.
February 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is rage-inducing...
1. Progressive movement builds
2. Reactionary and right wing voices incite a backlash based on strawmen and bad faith fearmongering
3. Backlash goes too far; bad shit happens
4. Reactionary and right wing voices blame progressives
1. Progressive movement builds
2. Reactionary and right wing voices incite a backlash based on strawmen and bad faith fearmongering
3. Backlash goes too far; bad shit happens
4. Reactionary and right wing voices blame progressives
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Project 2025 was unpopular because of things like the plan for Trump to shut down the CFPB, which helps you get your money back if a bank cheats you.
February 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Project 2025 was unpopular because of things like the plan for Trump to shut down the CFPB, which helps you get your money back if a bank cheats you.
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in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
Hearing that DOGE went into the Dept of Education today and shut down almost the entirety of the department's in-house research arm, Institute of Educational Sciences, cancelling contracts totally about $900m.
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
in what meaningful way can we say that the constitution is in effect when an unelected and unaccountable billionaire is wielding state power to unilaterally cancel congressional appropriations?
To be clear, the GOP hates you unless you are rich.
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February 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
To be clear, the GOP hates you unless you are rich.
www.consumerreports.org/consumer-pro...
www.consumerreports.org/consumer-pro...
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Trump's flurry of anti-trans executive orders is justified as "protecting women."
In reality, they are an attack on all women and girls, cis and trans. They make sexual abuse easier. And they're targeting research into women's health care for defunding.
www.salon.com/2025/02/10/w...
In reality, they are an attack on all women and girls, cis and trans. They make sexual abuse easier. And they're targeting research into women's health care for defunding.
www.salon.com/2025/02/10/w...
"'Women' is a banned word": Trump uses trans panic to strip rights from all women
Under the guise of "protecting women," the military, schools, and labs are forced to take women's safety away
www.salon.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Trump's flurry of anti-trans executive orders is justified as "protecting women."
In reality, they are an attack on all women and girls, cis and trans. They make sexual abuse easier. And they're targeting research into women's health care for defunding.
www.salon.com/2025/02/10/w...
In reality, they are an attack on all women and girls, cis and trans. They make sexual abuse easier. And they're targeting research into women's health care for defunding.
www.salon.com/2025/02/10/w...
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The most bizarre tic of American media is its ability to acknowledge reality but refusal to draw any conclusions from it.
If Republicans are constantly lying about their agenda, that should be the core of your political coverage! Both-sides stories are useless when one side isn't trustworthy.
If Republicans are constantly lying about their agenda, that should be the core of your political coverage! Both-sides stories are useless when one side isn't trustworthy.
February 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The most bizarre tic of American media is its ability to acknowledge reality but refusal to draw any conclusions from it.
If Republicans are constantly lying about their agenda, that should be the core of your political coverage! Both-sides stories are useless when one side isn't trustworthy.
If Republicans are constantly lying about their agenda, that should be the core of your political coverage! Both-sides stories are useless when one side isn't trustworthy.