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Zak Pierce (PapaPierce)
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Avid fan of technology, gaming, pets, health & wellness, public transit, walkable cities, men's fashion, and cooking. Team Pete (He/Him)
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Saying DEI with the hard R
February 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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askaubry.com
Teen Vogue just killing it.
SUPER BOWL LIX tee 4h Read the full op-ed here teenvogue Travis Kelce has decided to reinforce the status quo by saying it will be an "honor" to have Donald Trump watch him play in the Super Bowl. But now is not the time to show respect to the office of the President of the United States, as he does not seem to respect many of the citizens he governs. teenvogue.com No Travis Kelce, It's Not an 'Honor' to Have Trump Watch You Play Football 1.9K 388 281
February 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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esqueer.net
We've created a tracker that covers all executive orders affecting LGBTQ folks along with federal and state legislation.

We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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@lizsaila.bsky.social
A screenshot of a multi‐column table listing several U.S. presidential Executive Orders relating to LGBTQ+ rights and antidiscrimination policies. Each row has columns for “Origin” (POTUS), “Number/Identifier” (e.g., EO 13988), “Title” (such as Preventing and Combating Discrimination…), “Action Type” (e.g., Broad Nondiscrimination, Military Nondiscrimination), “Summary” (key points of each order), and “Date Signed.” The listed orders span from early 2021 through early 2025, covering topics like preventing discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation, banning conversion therapy, rescinding prior harmful EOs, and restricting or expanding DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives. A spreadsheet at the top shows columns tracking anti‐LGBTQ bills by status and year: total bills (334), 2025 bills (327), 2024 rollovers (7), how many passed committees (3), passed one chamber (5), passed both chambers (0), enacted (1), vetoed (0), failed (3), and carried forward (0). Below that, another header row lists different types of anti‐LGBTQ legislation (e.g., gender‐affirming care bans, pronoun bans, “Don’t Say Gay,” drag bans, bathroom bans) with the total count of each category (e.g., 55 for gender‐affirming care bans, 20 for pronoun bans, 14 for “Don’t Say Gay,” etc.). A color‐coded U.S. map spans the lower half, with states shaded from light orange to deep red according to how many anti‐LGBTQ bills they contain. Texas appears in the darkest red (46 bills), with lighter shades indicating fewer bills in other states. A note at the bottom right explains that the map shows total tracked bills per state, which does not necessarily reflect each bill’s likelihood of passage.
January 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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whstancil.bsky.social
This is the true heart of MAGA: pure sneering contempt and the infliction of pain for their own pleasure. America isn’t safe until they are wiped out of our politics entirely
gxldsociety.bsky.social Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · Feb 5
BREAKING: Rep. Nancy Mace just spewed LGBTQ slurs in a congressional hearing—while Rep. Connolly was speaking, while ignoring real corruption, and while collecting a taxpayer-funded paycheck to do nothing but spread hate. She is unfit to serve. Disgraceful.
February 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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You can tell the age of a fake Christmas tree by counting the tape rings
November 18, 2024 at 1:29 AM
More Kittens
November 16, 2024 at 2:26 AM
The kittens ^_^
November 16, 2024 at 2:25 AM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
There it is
November 15, 2024 at 4:07 PM
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gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social
“A sex offender has been named to Trump’s cabinet”
November 15, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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theliamnissan.bsky.social
Someone should tell Matt Gaetz that a "recess appointment" would have nothing to do with elementary schools
November 15, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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pushtheneedle.bsky.social
for the love of god build housing in blue states!
jerusalem.bsky.social Jerusalem Demsas @jerusalem.bsky.social · Nov 14
New >> California and New York are projected to lose up to 8 electoral votes in 2030. Texas and Florida are projected to gain 8.

If Kamala Harris had to compete with that map, even winning Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin wouldn’t have saved her. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Democrats’ Electoral College Squeeze
In the future, even winning the former “Blue Wall” states won’t be enough for the party’s presidential nominees.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:41 PM
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whstancil.bsky.social
I mean this is just a replay of Jan. 6, with Trump whipping a mob up into a bloodcrazed frenzy, refusing to call them off. Except it's nationwide. Is the media and pundit class once again going to sleepwalk into Trump-led political violence, pretending he doesn't mean it? He means it. We have proof.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 17
Q: Trump references "the enemy within." Would a Trump administration use the military to go after people who oppose Donald Trump?

JD VANCE: Of course not

CROWD: *booooos*

VANCE: Mam, I'm glad you asked the question because it's so preposterous.
October 17, 2024 at 5:23 PM