Once again, the right is openly admitting that the entire focus on trans youth is to ultimately ban all gender affirming care for adults. All the credulous reporters and institutions that helped launder this right wing project are responsible. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Children ‘low-hanging fruit’ in fight to end trans care, official at pro-Trump thinktank says

America First Policy Institute, which boasts close ties to president, discussed transgender policy ‘reform’ at DC event

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We all need to be tracking the crazy going on in the Courts right now to keep taking away repro freedom. Highly recommend @reprosfightback.bsky.social @angryblacklady.blacksky.app @hegemommy.bsky.social

rePROs Fight Back@reprosfightback.bsky.social · 6mo ago

This week on rePROs Fight Back, Jessica Mason Pieklo @hegemommy.bsky.social at @rewirenewsgroup.com talks with us about the latest developments at SCOTUS, including recent cases on birthright citizenship and conversion therapy, as well as Trump’s ousting of Pam Bondi, former U.S. Attorney General:

"Two Trump judges (Ryan Nelson and Lawrence VanDyke) striking down a California state law that prevented dialysis providers from price gouging patients on First Amendment grounds" is such a cursed sentence that the non-American mind cannot comprehend

Reuters Legal@legal.reuters.com · 6mo ago

A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down as unconstitutional parts of a California law that limited the ability of dialysis providers to profit from patients who receive health insurance premium assistance from nonprofit charities.

NEW: A federal court paused a case by the Louisiana attorney general seeking to make it harder for people everywhere to get a medication abortion. While this current threat is on hold, the Trump administration is still laying the groundwork for new nationwide restrictions.

can someone get those witches on the horn

This week on rePROs Fight Back, Jessica Mason Pieklo @hegemommy.bsky.social at @rewirenewsgroup.com talks with us about the latest developments at SCOTUS, including recent cases on birthright citizenship and conversion therapy, as well as Trump’s ousting of Pam Bondi, former U.S. Attorney General:

Law in the U.S. Updates: Conversion Therapy, Birthright Citizenship, Pam Bondi is Gondi — rePROs Fight Back

A flurry of updates from the U.S. legal landscape have expanded recently; from cases examining birthright citizenship and conversion therapy to Pam Bondi’s bye-bye, Jessica Mason Pieklo , Executive P...

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Friday w/ @zerlinamaxwell.bsky.social: @msmagazine.com Exec. Dir. of Partnerships & Strategy @jweisswolf.bsky.social, @rewirenewsgroup.com’s @hegemommy.bsky.social + NY-14 Congressional Candidate @caitfornewyork.bsky.social! ☎️ 866-997-4748 📻 @siriusxmprog.bsky.social Ch. 127 siriusxm.us/Zerlina

This is what Trump meant by saying the war was "very complete, pretty much." All that's left is the commitment of ground troops and the global repercussions, so probably just a day or two more, right?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

Blumenthal after getting briefed on Iran: "We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of the potential objectives here. There's also the specter of active Russian aid to Iran putting in danger American lives ... China also may be assisting Iran"

You should listen if only to hear my super great Donald Trump impression.

Rewire News Group@rewirenewsgroup.com · 7mo ago

In this episode of Boom! Lawyered, @angryblacklady.blacksky.app and @hegemommy.bsky.social go deep on Supreme Court drama—infighting among the justices, retirement rumors, and why it’s more than political theater when the president attacks the independence of the judiciary.

It's fun to spend the morning vibrating with anxiety because of *flails arms around* all of this

"They were not shy about their doomsday ambitions." On the US government, from my book THEY KNEW: www.sarahkendziorbooks.com

Breaking: Aiming to reverse recent changes to federal vaccine recommendations, 15 states led by Democrats announced on Tuesday that they were suing the Trump administration. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/h...

15 States Sue H.H.S. Over Revisions to Vaccine Schedule

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Casey Means’ Surgeon General confirmation hearing is tomorrow. Means holds a number of extremely disturbing views, including that hormonal birth control is “disrespect for life”. She isn’t a “fringe” or “alternative” healthcare provider. She is a person who blithely ignores scientific facts.

A new generation of birth control skeptics leans right

More young women are embracing fertility tracking methods long popular among Catholics, looking to influencers, questioning doctors — and finding a home in MAGA.

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NEW: Three Minnesota faith groups/leaders — local ELCA and UCC bodies, and a Jesuit priest — are suing DHS over its refusal to grant them access to immigrant detainees at a federal building. It's one of 2 related suits filed against the government in recent months. religionnews.com/2026/02/23/f...

Minnesota faith groups sue DHS over access to immigrant detainees

It's at least the second lawsuit challenging the federal government's policy of barring faith leaders from accessing some DHS facilities.

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My young adult children still get us up by 6 am on Xmas and I honestly love it.

It’s Xmas Eve and yet I’m still gonna be a little spicy. The fact that the first American pope is from Chicago matters because unmooring power and perspective from the coasts especially east coast is an imperative for building something new and better

Joshua McElwee@joshmcelwee.org · 10mo ago

Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com

I made a lemon olive oil cake for dessert this Xmas eve and she is *gorgeous*

It’s why Republicans are working double time to ensure there’s never another free and transparent election again

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 10mo ago

these are the kind of numbers that, *at the end of a president's term*, herald a total wipeout for his party in the next election. we are in december of year one.

I’m laid up with the flu, but I had to peek my head out and say that this is *so* much worse than it seems. And it’s already pretty fucking bad! bsky.app/profile/gbbr...

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 10mo ago

"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase

This sentiment/argument was then repeated in the SCOTUS decision upholding state level bans on gender affirming care for youth, citing the NYT as its citation.

Billie Jean Sweeney@billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The nyt’s first story on the Cass report didn’t come out until the next day, when it portrayed the document, falsely, as part of a movement in Europe to restrict care. No such movement existed. France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria were taking positions in opposition to Cass and in line w doctors

Resuming my Christmas movie watch with Goodfellas. Yes this is Christmas movie you wanna fight about it

My favorite part of tonight has been inadvertently sparking regional discourse around ‘jagoff’

The Bank of America sponsorship is the pièce de résistance here. I was born before women could have bank accounts in their own names

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 10mo ago

"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase

See also everything happening at CBS currently

Jessica Pieklo@hegemommy.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Like we literally do not have to take these fucking jagoffs or their thought experiments seriously. And when you tell them they’re full of shit they can’t function because they’ve only ever been told they’re exceptional

Lol one time I had a post go extremely viral over at the Nazi bar. Like picked up in the UK gossip rags. It was about hard boundaries with racist relatives and *this fucking guy* Friedersdorf slid into my DMs *just asking questions*. I told him to get fucked. Highly recommend if you get the chance.

Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Trump administration is attempting to force a new term for gender affirming care to call it "sex rejecting procedures." This term was literally made up this year by the far right group Ethics and Public Policy Center in a comment submitted in April 2025. It is now being used widely by HHS.

We have go bags and plans after evacuating for the Marshall Fire. And shot nerves. Heard emergency responders today and immediately went outside while checking Watch Duty. Welcome to the climate collapse.

Chris Bianchi@bianchiweather.bsky.social · 10mo ago

IMPORTANT: NWS Boulder just issued a rare "Particularly Dangerous Situation" (PDS) Fire Weather Warning for Boulder, Hwy 93, and the Boulder + northern JeffCo foothills for tomorrow. Winds: 85-110 mph. Bone dry. This is a Fire Weather Warning with an exclamation point. #COwx

Fitting for a guy who launched his political career by saying Barack Obama's birth certificate was fake 🤷‍♂️

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...

I really do watch so many Nuggets games