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Davidwhodat

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Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. Trans rights are human rights. He/him. Also an occasional gamer. Elon Musk is a POS, pass it on. "If you allow space for hope, it can fill the room." - Rocky Kanaka

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Davidwhodat @davidwhodat.bsky.social · Jul 23

Repeat after me: we don’t throw allies (or just people, for that matter) under the bus in the hopes that it makes our lives fractionally less onerous.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Jul 23

If the (wildly popular) governor of Kentucky can say this with his whole chest then what excuse does the (wildly unpopular) governor of California have?

Trans issues have been especially divisive for Democrats in the wake of the 2024 election, when Republicans used the subject to cast Kamala Harris and other opponents as out-of-touch. Newsom, another possible 2028 contender who visited South Carolina last week, drew backlash from activists and some liberal colleagues this year when he said “it’s deeply unfair” for trans athletes to participate in women’s sports.

In South Carolina, Beshear was eager to talk about how he had handled LGBTQ issues, however.

“I vetoed it because it was the right thing to do,” he said of the bill in Kentucky. “I said my faith teaches me that all children are children of God, and I didn’t want people picking on those kids.”

Davidwhodat @davidwhodat.bsky.social · 12m

Skyizens, many old hands will tell you to be careful when subscribing to blocklists, due to the power of the nuclear block here.

I also suggest being mindful of starter packs. If you want to fill your feed with resistance-grifter posts every 45 seconds, be sure to subscribe to packs like this.

A Bluesky Starter Pack of "Powerful Women". Most of the women on this list are fine, as such, but run resistance grifter accounts and have a dozen or more hashtags in their profiles.

I mean, I've got no specific beef with these women, but you'll clog your feed with their pablum within minutes after following a pack like this. If you really want to hear from powerful women, start with Blacksky and go from there.

Davidwhodat @davidwhodat.bsky.social · 23m

I mean, JFC, this year's congress gave this asshole seventy bazillion dollars to fund a private brownshirt army. Who TF do you think he's gonna use that army against? US!

We need to kneecap this MFer NOW! Take all his money, and for the love of God, abolish ICE and CBP. Strip em to the studs.

Davidwhodat @davidwhodat.bsky.social · 32m

If Dem Senators cave this week, which is looking more likely, even after last night, then the GOP got exactly what they wanted from this shutdown.

Millions of people will have suffered for no reason, and Dems will be blamed for not caving sooner, since they were gonna cave anyway.

PRIMARY THEM ALL

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Davidwhodat @davidwhodat.bsky.social · 49m

no, especially after last night, i think democrats can do just fine in the coming elections while still letting all the transphobes and wanna-be white-adjacents flee back to the racist party where they belong.

Davidwhodat @davidwhodat.bsky.social · 1h

If this interviewer’s next question wasn’t directly about Mussolini, our media has utterly capitulated to the orange asshole.

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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12h

Americans have spoken and they demand wokeness

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Davidwhodat @davidwhodat.bsky.social · 2h

I think this point deserves way more attention than what it’s getting from the press…

Anil Dash @anildash.com · 10h

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

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GM Connie Chang 🌈🐸 @byconniechang.bsky.social · 12h

Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM

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Davidwhodat @davidwhodat.bsky.social · 9h

There has been an utter dearth of "Dick Cheney Wakes Up in Hell" cartoons so far, and I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed... 😔

Davidwhodat @davidwhodat.bsky.social · 9h

All of this. Standing up for others is a good thing actually. 👏👏👏

C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 13h

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.

The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 9h

this was fun. let’s do it again.

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Davidwhodat @davidwhodat.bsky.social · 9h

Your underlying advice is right on, especially for those new to the Sky. Review, *then* subscribe. :)