Amber Beichler
@phoenixapple.bsky.social
(She/her/they/them) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴☠️ Queer community organizer in Virginia, TTRPG game master and player, and huge fan of Dropout TV and One Piece
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Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
July 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
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the republican party is a modern day Slave Power and the only way forward for this country is to sweep it into the ash heap of history
July 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
the republican party is a modern day Slave Power and the only way forward for this country is to sweep it into the ash heap of history
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
They have robbed millions of Americans of life saving services and research to enrich the wealthy, empower the ICE Gestapo to disappear our neighbors, and build concentration camps in every state
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
They have robbed millions of Americans of life saving services and research to enrich the wealthy, empower the ICE Gestapo to disappear our neighbors, and build concentration camps in every state
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Surprise surprise. A week after Sarah McBride gives cover fire for throwing trans people under the bus, some Dems are privately indicating they’ll capitulate on trans youth healthcare and citing the pseudoscientific Cass Report literally drafted in consultation with hate groups.
June 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Surprise surprise. A week after Sarah McBride gives cover fire for throwing trans people under the bus, some Dems are privately indicating they’ll capitulate on trans youth healthcare and citing the pseudoscientific Cass Report literally drafted in consultation with hate groups.
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Everyone who follows me should call their Senator this morning to urge them to vote in favor of Wyden’s point of order and remove the Medicaid funding ban for transgender care from Trump’s horror bill.
Today, senator Ron Wyden will raise a point of order to remove the Medicaid and CHIP ban on gender affirming care. The Republicans need 60 votes to keep it in but they only have 53. Call your Dem senator today and urge them to vote to strip the ban from the bill. Senate switchboard 202-224-3121.
June 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Everyone who follows me should call their Senator this morning to urge them to vote in favor of Wyden’s point of order and remove the Medicaid funding ban for transgender care from Trump’s horror bill.
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Viktor Orban banned pride events in Hungary, the people took it as a challenge and just had the largest pride march in their country's history.
June 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Viktor Orban banned pride events in Hungary, the people took it as a challenge and just had the largest pride march in their country's history.
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Any serious plans to improve this country needs to include reining in SCOTUS
June 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Any serious plans to improve this country needs to include reining in SCOTUS
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So just to recap:
- Parents can force schools to erase LGBTQ+ existence because ???
- The Court's opinion on birthright citizenship is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
- We're reverting back to the Articles of Confederation ig ??? Except our population is now 340 million and every court might be its own country.
- Parents can force schools to erase LGBTQ+ existence because ???
- The Court's opinion on birthright citizenship is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
- We're reverting back to the Articles of Confederation ig ??? Except our population is now 340 million and every court might be its own country.
June 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So just to recap:
- Parents can force schools to erase LGBTQ+ existence because ???
- The Court's opinion on birthright citizenship is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
- We're reverting back to the Articles of Confederation ig ??? Except our population is now 340 million and every court might be its own country.
- Parents can force schools to erase LGBTQ+ existence because ???
- The Court's opinion on birthright citizenship is ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
- We're reverting back to the Articles of Confederation ig ??? Except our population is now 340 million and every court might be its own country.
In the same week, SCOTUS decided that defendants need to file their own suits to defend their birthright citizenship, and gutted due process for immigrants and those perceived to be immigrants to keep them from being kidnapped and sent to a 3rd party country.
June 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In the same week, SCOTUS decided that defendants need to file their own suits to defend their birthright citizenship, and gutted due process for immigrants and those perceived to be immigrants to keep them from being kidnapped and sent to a 3rd party country.
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HAPPY ZOHRAN NIGHT TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
happy zohran day to all who celebrate
June 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
HAPPY ZOHRAN NIGHT TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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Everyone running for public office needs to unequivocally say whether they support Trump’s attacks on Iran — attacks which put hundreds of millions of lives at risk.
My answer is an unequivocal NO and there’s no excuse for a candidate to say anything different.
My answer is an unequivocal NO and there’s no excuse for a candidate to say anything different.
June 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Everyone running for public office needs to unequivocally say whether they support Trump’s attacks on Iran — attacks which put hundreds of millions of lives at risk.
My answer is an unequivocal NO and there’s no excuse for a candidate to say anything different.
My answer is an unequivocal NO and there’s no excuse for a candidate to say anything different.
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It’s curious that the people that insisted SCOTUS would never overturn Roe v Wade and abortion rights advocates claiming otherwise were alarmists, are now the same people insisting that LGBTIQ activists’ legal strategies have been too “aggressive” in advocating for the rights of transgender people.
June 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It’s curious that the people that insisted SCOTUS would never overturn Roe v Wade and abortion rights advocates claiming otherwise were alarmists, are now the same people insisting that LGBTIQ activists’ legal strategies have been too “aggressive” in advocating for the rights of transgender people.
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AOC: Being taken is wrong, it is illegal, it is a violation of his First Amendment rights, it is an affront to every American, and we will not allow—and will continue to resist—the politicization and the continued political persecution that ICE is engaged in.
June 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
AOC: Being taken is wrong, it is illegal, it is a violation of his First Amendment rights, it is an affront to every American, and we will not allow—and will continue to resist—the politicization and the continued political persecution that ICE is engaged in.
Solidarity with the protesters 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Today's trans protest at the Supreme Court. The protesters were arrested for peacefully protesting.
Photos by @alexabwilkinson.bsky.social
Photos by @alexabwilkinson.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Solidarity with the protesters 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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🇺🇸 💰 @ramirez.house.gov : “If I had a magic wand to change one thing, it would be to get money out of politics… when colleagues of mine are about to vote they’re making phone calls to whoever bought them to ask for permission.”
June 20, 2025 at 4:18 AM
🇺🇸 💰 @ramirez.house.gov : “If I had a magic wand to change one thing, it would be to get money out of politics… when colleagues of mine are about to vote they’re making phone calls to whoever bought them to ask for permission.”
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"It absolves the reader of the responsibility of solidarity and recasts a human rights crisis as a self-inflicted wound. It allows powerful institutions and individuals to maintain a veneer of intellectual seriousness while abandoning a vulnerable minority to a campaign of eliminationist politics."
I couldn't let that Confessore piece slide. It was such a disgusting hit piece on a vulnerable community in a moment of crisis. I dissected the article and why its framings are dishonest at best and outright lies of ommission at worst.
www.thedissident.news/anatomy-of-a...
www.thedissident.news/anatomy-of-a...
Anatomy of a Hit Piece: Deconstructing The New York Times' Attack on Transgender Rights in U.S. v. Skrmetti
Seemingly not content with the US v. Skrmetti decision issued by the court siding with Tenessee to ban gender affirming care for trans youth, the New York Times was ready to pour salt on the fresh wou...
www.thedissident.news
June 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"It absolves the reader of the responsibility of solidarity and recasts a human rights crisis as a self-inflicted wound. It allows powerful institutions and individuals to maintain a veneer of intellectual seriousness while abandoning a vulnerable minority to a campaign of eliminationist politics."
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I am getting multiple reports that the Trump admin is NOT complying with the court order requiring passport updates for transgender people.
Some passport agencies are being told not to give trans people passports with their correct gender marker, for now.
Some passport agencies are being told not to give trans people passports with their correct gender marker, for now.
June 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I am getting multiple reports that the Trump admin is NOT complying with the court order requiring passport updates for transgender people.
Some passport agencies are being told not to give trans people passports with their correct gender marker, for now.
Some passport agencies are being told not to give trans people passports with their correct gender marker, for now.
Centrist Democrats need a scapegoat for their own failure, and have joined Republicans in going after trans people.
I need y'all to understand what the NYT, Dem donors, and centrists are doing here. They're pushing the narrative that trans people went too far and we deserve what is happening to us.
It's pure victim blaming and it's not done yet, there's a Confessore piece in the works with the same framing.
It's pure victim blaming and it's not done yet, there's a Confessore piece in the works with the same framing.
June 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Centrist Democrats need a scapegoat for their own failure, and have joined Republicans in going after trans people.
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The New York Times covering trans healthcare
June 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The New York Times covering trans healthcare
It's incredibly important now that we protect gender affirming care in states without bans, and fight back against bans where they've already passed. Expect to see new anti trans healthcare bills in the next legislative cycle in your state.
Reactions from the ACLU on Skrmetti, line with my thinking: The decision is a little more limited and leaves many rulings against anti-transgender laws in tact.
However, it also creates huge loopholes to target transgender people, and the medical care ban will cause horror.
However, it also creates huge loopholes to target transgender people, and the medical care ban will cause horror.
June 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It's incredibly important now that we protect gender affirming care in states without bans, and fight back against bans where they've already passed. Expect to see new anti trans healthcare bills in the next legislative cycle in your state.
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Nothing sums up the state of affairs for transgender Americans quite like the US Supreme Court denying trans people life-saving healthcare at the same time that the Trump administration shuts down suicide prevention programs for LGBTQ people.
These bastards want us all dead.
These bastards want us all dead.
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Nothing sums up the state of affairs for transgender Americans quite like the US Supreme Court denying trans people life-saving healthcare at the same time that the Trump administration shuts down suicide prevention programs for LGBTQ people.
These bastards want us all dead.
These bastards want us all dead.