No kings. Yas queens. See u there Chicago.

"You have to throw trans people under the bus to win elections as a Democrat, trans political ads work, the public is reacting to trans people poorly"

Meanwhile in Wisconsin after tens of millions in anti-trans ads against WI-SC candidate who did not flinch:

Incredible news on TDOV.

The 9th Circuit has denied the government’s request to enforce its transgender military ban.

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Trump Makes Supporting Trans People Ineligible For Public Service Loan Forgiveness Via EO The executive order could impact thousands of civil rights organizations, schools, hospitals, and more.

1. President Trump has signed an executive order making employees at organizations that support transgender youth care and DEI ineligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

This could impact thousands of schools, hospitals, and nonprofits.

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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

Why write horror? Love this response from @sgj.bsky.social in his Writer’s Digest interview. Now, back to #5amwritersclub

That Super Bowl was a gift for black artists. Kendrick showed us a way forward in this time of facism. Coded language. Storytelling. Aggressive humor and joy. Elevated artistry in the place of mere entertainment. Not obeying in advance. Saying the thing that respectability doesn’t want us say.

They always have, and they've always had them. Kendrick Lamar walks in the footsteps of Paul Robeson.

“Art is not a mirror held up to reality, it’s a hammer with which to shape it” - Bertolt Brecht ✊

. This is the playbook used by Trump and the other pseudo-populist strongmen the world over: throw some minor economic concessions to the base (or at least claim to do so), unleash the dogs of race and gender-based hatreds, and preside over a rapid upward transfer of wealth, alongside an authoritarian concentration of power.

Well put by Naomi Klein in Doppelgänger. (Even before Trump 2)

Rep. LaMonica McIver: "We are at war!"

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS A DEPARTMENT CREATED BY STATUTE; IT CANNOT BE ELIMINATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER! EXECUTIVE ORDERS CANNOT REPEAL STATUTES! JUST LIKE DEPARTMENTS CANNOT BE CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER!

she shouts into the void

This is a hell of a crowd size for a protest at the Treasury Department.

People do not like Elon.

"I just want to be clear about what's going on here."
- @warren.senate.gov

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This is why Congressional Democrats should be breaking down the doors of whatever facility manages payments and seizing control of the federal treasury because people are going to die as a result of the budget they passed and the money they allocated not being distributed according to the law.

May just buy a bunch of these books and give them to some of the students in my civil rights class lol

The mental gymnastics at work here…

2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From! This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?

Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.

Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

After resisting desegregation, segregationists in the 1960s transitioned into resisting the diversification of the institution, the school, the company, the neighborhood, the nation. After failing to stop *one* from getting in, they transitioned into stopping *too many* from getting in. . . 1/2

Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care a book by Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba, Harsha Walia, et al. What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building powe...

It will be easy to fall into a pattern of dunking & reacting in these times. Performing disapproval can be a consuming pastime & it is not enough. Refuse to abandon vulnerable people. Build a rebellious culture of care. If you need help, @prisonculture.bsky.social and I wrote a book to assist you.

Banning trans kids from sports solves *none* of the problems that Americans are facing.

Let’s be real: Trans kids aren't the reason we can't afford groceries. Trans kids aren't the reason young people are giving up on ever owning a home.

Corporate greed is.

Deadline is tomorrow! Get those applications in! Remind your friends!