Can Stonewall Mark II put trans wars behind it? New chair talks of consensus but she’ll have a tough job unpicking charity’s bullying stance Kathleen Stock In the history of gay rights, there have always been fearless souls willing to face down mobs of pitchfork-wielding fanatics, but perhaps none so brave as Kezia Dugdale, incoming chair of trustees at Stonewall. In an interview with The Guardian this weekend, the former Scottish Labour leader did the unthinkable and praised JK Rowling.

If you had any doubts that Stonewall is a danger to trans people, here is Kathleen Stock praisng them in the Times.

"When the gay rights cause first got going, the ideal was toleration"

why didn't she go to a Palestinian hospital, emily

I suspect that the uptick in attention to AIPAC is related to its dramatic interventions in recent elections in defense of its ongoing campaign of genocide in Gaza.

Probably a combination of that and high-profile efforts by prominent Democratic politicians to combat their influence.

No, I am not, because my views on the topic are informed by research showing that anti-semitism is not a symmetrical problem on the right and left. I do not believe that Bernie Sanders is an antisemite.

Was it evidence of Russophobia for liberals to call attention to Russian influence in the US?

In the wake of the Holocaust, survivors like Adorno and Frenkel-Brunswik set out to measure anti-semitism in order to combat it. The result was The Authoritarian Personality, one of the most influential works of social psychology. This is the basis of a massive field of scholarship and activism.

This happened in under 10 hours

Translation: On November 24, Donald Trump was elected to a second term in the White House. Although Mazzig openly declared his support for Kamala Harris, today he is no longer ashamed to say: "It's lucky that Trump was elected. The steps he is taking are the best for Israel. It's a kind of miracle that happened to us. So why did you still support Harris? "I realized at some point that if I don't say I support Harris, no one will work with me. Even now, if I say something positive about Trump, people won't want to work with me. It's still a very burning issue."

Hen Mazzig, the "progressive" , "pro peace" Israeli influencer gave an interview to a Israeli lifestyle magazine in which he says he pretended to support Kamala Harris in order to maintain his credibility, but in fact he thinks Trump is great . See alt text.

Not exhaustive by any means, but it does seem like things are moving towards strikes on Iran

They aren't specialists in violence they're just dicks the government gave badges to, don't mythologize being a thug because you're scared of loud noises

Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.

If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.

ICE car was raided in Minneapolis,
documents were found that reveal their ENTIRE plan,
those involved,
judges, maps,
their immigrant targets plan of attack (yes they call them targets),
names,
numbers,
emails, hotels,
hotel phone numbers & more !

#ICE #MN #Minneapolis

Bari Weiss going from purported brave defender of free speech and open debate to chief censor of reporting about a federal concentration camp is so grimly hilarious

Managing requires certain kinds of soft skills, ones I am not confident you possess. They weren’t necessary in your cushy Wall Street Journal op-ed job, or your cushier New York Times op-ed job. They were barely required at the publication you invented, The Free Press. So now you’re the head honcho at CBS News. [highlighted text] Let’s say you decide to skip levels to directly edit a 60 Minutes story. It doesn’t even have to be a controversial story to make all hell break loose — because you have neither the credibility nor the relationships required to take this kind of work on. And what’s more, you’ve got a news division composed exclusively of ambitious piranhas below you — not your handpicked cronies, like Tyler “I wish to see Hollywood virgins” Cowen. These people have decades in television, and you have a newsletter and a history of throwing your colleagues under the bus. [end of highlight]

as foretold by the prophesy

Two main conclusions from this Fuentes-Carlson interview:

1) MAGA has tried to keep Fuentes out of mainstream circles for years—and knows it failed. The movement’s shift to increasingly radical rhetoric, especially in TPUSA circles, was in part them trying to compete for the youth’s attention. 1/n

This is who the idiot woman who runs this site is defending lol

"Our country is going to be based on merit again," said Trump

a defining characteristic of this admin is seeing footage of more and more places and saying “oh! I’ve been there” as some masked guys engage in behavior that is indistinguishable from cartel terror.

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale.

Condoleezza Rice: We must create the Torment Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus before China does.

IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."

Jesse Singal worked with an organization that protects chomos named ‘Prostasia’

This is a totally normal headline in America now.

conversations with centrists rn

Bari Weiss and JD Vance are very similar figures with very similar skills.

Oracle employees who expressed support for Palestine were "referred to internal mental health resources."

Oracle is about to own TikTok.

Oracle execs: Love Israel or maybe this isn't the job for you Employees who disagreed were reportedly referred to company mental health services

Execs at Oracle, the likely new owner of TikTok, are VERY outspoken in Israeli media about the company's "mission to support the State of Israel" & "unequivocal support for Israel."

Insufficiently pro-Israel Oracle staff receive mental health counseling. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...