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Following along @mzakharuk.bsky.social's reread of @juliaserano.bsky.social's "Whipping Girl". Barely any cis people understand the rampant rape culture inherent to the medical gatekeeping of trans healthcare. These "professionals" know the power they hold over trans people and often abuse it.
This feels relevant again: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump's Killing Spree: The Inside Story of His Race to Execute Every Prisoner He Could
How the former president put 13 people to death in just six months: the inside story of why his administration rushed to execute every inmate it could
rollingstone.com
what incredible beauty there is in just existing for a moment. to sit and breathe and have a pumping heart. to let any goals or expectations fall away. to think 'wow i am here.' life is an unfathomable blessing but in quiet moments of acknowledgment i think we can at least REACH for understanding
It's literally the Fascist playbook. While Liberals twist themselves into knots over the latest "outrage", the jack boots are mobilizing and hitting the streets. There was a quote from a "famous" Nazi jurist that explains this.
Julia Serano@juliaserano.bsky.social · 18h ago...the "haha, Republicans are sometimes hypocritical" jokes died with Daily Show circa 2000s. authoritarians are hypocritical all the time & they're not ashamed of it!!! much like the "GOP love gender-affirming care" jokes, there's no reason to evoke trans ppl here unless you want to mock us
Ken Paxton on the Uvalde shooting: “Life is short no matter what it is.” 21 elementary school children and teachers were killed in the shooting.
Geez, I wonder why you have the opinion of North Korea that you do. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the way Americans destroyed Korea, created a rift in its people, and put it under seige for almost a century, all while being fed anti-communist propaganda
Deterence is the old excuse for capital punishment. But no one believes the possibility of death deters anyone from doing anything. Men still ride motorcycles without helmets. The real reason is a lust for blood, a fetish for violence. Barbarism.
To succeed, Hegseth et al need us to believe they act from noble causes. His "warrior ethos," for instance. There's nothing noble about shooting a man to death on live TV. There's nothing noble about picking on "trannies." There's nothing noble about "testing for testosterone." It's barbarism.
we found her, the one democrat who can completely fuck up a 2026 midterm race
VoteHub@votehub.com · 14h agoMontana Dem. Senate nominee Alani Bankhead defends staying in the race in a new op-ed, arguing Democrats should rebuild their brand rather than back independents and accusing party leaders of overriding 49k primary voters. VoteHub now rates the race Solid R.
This is just fanfiction that never should have been made into a movie
I am furious, but I am sailing@stcaffeinated.bsky.social · 20h agohello??? police??????????
What if this horror story about a fucked up weirdo was about a nice lady instead? What if it had a happy ending where a non-profit saves the world? Jesus just write Nicholas Sparks novels and get out of horror.
One thing that Ossoff does - thank god - is COMPLETELY abandon the weird liberal wisdom that you should never say your opponent’s name. He says “Mike Collins” about 30 times in this clip, not “my opponent” or some such, and the directness make his attacks exponentially more brutal.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoOssoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
NEW: The ICE agent seen wearing a hi-vis vest and waving around an AR-style rifle at the scene of the shooting in New York was a supervisor named Brenden Cuni, who has a history of alleged violence and lying in court. @dmehro.bsky.social, @awinston.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social report:
ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests
Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.
wired.com
Annual reminder that Columbus was SO bad that even his contemporaries, *16th century Spanish imperialists,* were disgusted by him
Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · yesterdayThe Bobadilla Report documented extensive atrocities, torture, and tyrannical rule by Columbus that led to him being hauled back to Spain in chains, being stripped of his titles, and imprisonment. Of course Trump takes pride in "resurrect[ing]" him.
They worship and love death. It is their god
AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 2d agoBREAKING US execution by firing squad of Fort Hood shooter to be livestreamed: Pentagon official
afraid of the person i’m becoming because of the things i know about ICE
The deliberate slaughter of children. That is where racist supremacy leads.
Ossoff is one of the very few people adequately channeling Evelyn Normielib these days the base doesn't want to hear entreaties to our better natures, they don't want to go high while the other side goes low, they want someone to come on the TV and go "these people are garbage" he's good at it
Bill McKibben@billmckibben.bsky.social · yesterdayFiguring out why Ossoff is so effective is an interesting task. I think he's mastering a kind of stern dignity that is uniquely compelling in contrast to the clownish cruelty of the other side. I think the other person who's kind of hit on the same thing is AOC, though in a different register
Agradado Soverbio: Young Men Dancing
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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoOssoff: "Bless his heart, Mike doesn't have too much of a mind of his own. He's been doing the president's bidding thoughtlessly for a year and a half and it's my constituents and folks across the country who are suffering."
I’ve seen Black people across social media platforms talking about picnics at lynchings and so many white people are in our mentions insisting that the last public execution was 1936 and that lynchings were “mob murder” not state sanctioned. So confidently loud and incredibly wrong.
AEDPA has played a huge role in ensuring executions are carried out without further legal review and I am sorry to say that is a major part of the Democrats’ legacy in ways we pay for constantly.
The Inside Story of How Bill Clinton Sacrificed Prisoners’ Rights for Political Gain
The political origins — and cruel legacy — of President Bill Clinton’s Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.
theintercept.com
This is something I've been saying for ages re: how centrists treat the left. If left-wing positions aren't popular enough to win elections, then left-wing voters can't lose an election for you. If left-wing voters can tip an election for you, their positions need to be accommodated.
Julia Serano@juliaserano.bsky.social · 3w ago...Assumption #4 has been driving me batshit, yet no one seems to realize it: if you're worried trans ppl might potentially harm your Dem candidate's chances, then YOUR CANDIDATE MADE A BAD DECISION! so why not join us in trying to get them to reverse position? juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats...
People getting mad about this probably don’t remember AEDPA, the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, which passed the senate by 91-8, and the House 293-133, and was signed into law by Bill Clinton.
Liliana Segura@lilianasegura.bsky.social · yesterdayOne more thing about the death penalty before going offline. As disgusted as we should be by Trump's bloodlust, we should NOT lose sight of the CENTRAL role of Democrats in upholding, expanding, and enabling this system that seems to horrify so many people right now. It really cannot be said enough.
My MAGA focus group felt betrayed by tariffs, high gas prices, and inflation. I asked if there was any way Republicans could win back their support, and they replied only if they could prove that the pain had fallen harder on Black people.
