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Naomi Strand
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Washington state has sued the Trump administration over its executive order targeting medical practices for transgender youth.
Washington state sues Trump over transgender youth executive order
Washington state has sued the Trump administration over its executive order targeting medical practices for transgender youth.
www.kuow.org
February 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Fighting for justice doesn’t have to be a big dramatic act. It can be small | Rebecca Solnit
Fighting for justice doesn’t have to be a big dramatic act. It can be small | Rebecca Solnit
But it’s important to not limit our sense of what resistance looks like All those lists and instructions and editorials on how to resist authoritarianism and stand up for human rights, the rule of law and climate are good, and I both wholly support them…
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February 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...
Welcome to Meditations in an Emergency
We are very clearly in a lot of emergencies right now. They demand action. But action demands thought and thoughtfulness: who are we, what are our values, our goals, our allies, our possibilities, and...
meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io
February 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Yes. This. Each time I post about the hypocrisy I'm getting these kinds of cynical responses, and really, stop it. I get that everyone copes in their own way, but don't pre-give in. Fight for your actual rights. Call out the hypocrisy. Not to convince them, but to remind everyone else.
Getting a lot of replies along the lines of "oh, you rube, you still think the law matters" and it feels strategically foolish to just concede that it doesn't. Contest everything. Expose the hypocrisy.
November 18, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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November 18, 2024 at 1:27 PM