Mike Schubert

@schub.es

Big Podcast Boy. Creator of The Newest Olympian (@newestolympian.bsky.social), Potterless, Meddling Adults, Modern Muckraker, and HORSE. he/him www.schub.es

It’s not just Talarico beating Paxton. It’s Abbott losing. It’s Dan Patrick losing. It’s Mayes Middleton losing. It’s Bo French losing. It’s every single statewide race in Texas—including four (of the nine) seats on the Texas Supreme Court. Holy. Shit.

elon musk spent hundreds of millions of dollars demonizing trans people in texas and democrats flipped the entire fucking state trans rights forever baby

WE BUSTIN’ OUT ALL THE BLUE EMOJIS TONIGHT, EVEN THE WEIRD ONES. 🟦🔷🔹🅿️🔵👖🚹🧢🦋💙🚙🥶🥣🌀🧞‍♂️🧵🎽📘🪣🖲️🩵🛅🛋️🪁🚾🫐🛗🛜Ⓜ️🚾🏧🐋🫂🗣️🚎🩱🥿

People who think embracing GOP hatred of trans people is the only way for Democrats to win in that part of the country should remember that in 2025, John Ewing became the first Black mayor of Omaha NE by running this ad. He beat Republican incumbent Jean Stothert by 12 points.

John Ewing campaign ad from 2025, for the Omaha mayoral race:

There is a photo of Republican incumbent, Jean Stothert poking her head under a restroom stall, with the caption, "Jean is focused on potties", and beneath it a photo of Ewing next to a pothole, with the caption, "John is focused on fixing potholes."
Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 2w ago

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

I won't act like it took me more than 2 seconds to turn down a sponsorship offer I got from an AI company because fuck AI forever and always, but I will admit it stung a little to read that they were offering "a substantial budget." Anyway, my Patreon...