I get being scared and even get the argument that Newsom will probably be less bad than any Republican on trans issues, but Newsom isn't the fucking nominee right now. Nobody is. so let us express our fucking distaste with him and his current bullshit without being told to shut up and vote please.

Stop acting like Newsom is already a foregone conclusion. Maybe our concerns will be heard and a primary challenger will be better on this? Maybe this'll come up during the primaries and Newsom might finally fucking listen to us and change his position!

Stop telling us to shut up THIS EARLY.

I never want to hear about "reaching across the aisle" for the rest of my life.

i knew they were fascists and nazis but damn i didn’t realize ALL of them were

when you give people things to freak out about without giving them either context to imply action that can be taken or direct explanations of how to take action they eventually just tune out entirely, you *have* to be respectful of people's limits if you want them to move when they need to move

also like, do you want them to figure out they can destabilize us for an afternoon by having one of their thousands of creeps do this? we need to at least aim for a certain amount of resilience when we can

you can not freak out about everything all the time because you will not have energy for fights you can actually win!

we do not need to be aware of every republican stunt legislation and you should use some discernment on sharing things that are crafted to raise your blood pressure! if you want to do education about how stunt legislation can lead to real shit you need to provide context and not just legal text

i basically just muted all the trans reporter/influencers with substacks who present legislative shit that's not worth panicking about to an uninformed audience without context and with the full knowledge that everyone will freak out and with monetary incentive to have them do so

community care means that you all need to stop spreading panic

i recommend waiting until you hear from someone in the state legislation is being introduced in who can give you a vibe check on whether it actually is something worth your time and energy. this still applies even if the person bringing it to your attention is trans

It hasn't even been a year

Anyway, another day, another moment closer to mental psychosis

He isn't alone to blame for this, by the way. All previous presidents have either accepted the slide into centralized power or supported it. But Trump is different by actively pursuing it, constantly, whenever he can

Group by group, area by area he is enthrenching himself as a dictator.

Killing people in international waters? No trial, no proof. Just death. Just by calling them terrorists without evidence.

How long until he classifies you as a terrorist? For being critical of him and therefore "un-American"

This is the play every time. No trans women in the Olympics? Invent them. The story is getting sold whether it’s true or not, so we might as well live in accordance with our values and not theirs.

Im genuinely confused at people saying "Dont give them a reason". They are foaming at the mouth and making up reasons to do this.