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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

🔥 ZOHRAN ON FOX: "I want to speak directly to the president. I will not be a mayor like Adams who will call you to stay out of jail… a disgraced governor like Andrew Cuomo who will call you to ask how to win this election… I’ll be a mayor ready to speak at any time to lower the cost of living.“

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Empress of Emerald @empressofemerald.bsky.social · 2h

#lesbian #altgirl #altgirllesbian #resist #redheadsdoitbetter

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#lesbian #altgirl #altgirllesbian #resist #redheadsdoitbetter

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MadAsHell-NeverTrumper 🌊💙🌈 @janl99.bsky.social · 2h

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 5h

1. Many of you have seen a graph purporting to show trans identification has decreased in recent years.

Matt Walsh and Elon Musk celebrated it as a victory over "transgenderism."

Turns out, the entire graph is based on an egregious math and statistics error.

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Fact Check: No, There Is Not A New Survey Showing Trans Identity Is Decreasing

The claim, which originates from far-right professor Eric Kaufmann, appears to have made a glaring error: the survey actually shows more people have come out, not fewer.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7h

I can't stress enough how young staffers working for Republicans are basically all groyper Nazis now. The leaked texts yesterday saying "I love Hitler" and now swastikas on congressional offices.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 6h

Nothing to investigate here. This aligns fully with the GOP's values.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 12h

14 Oct 2025 -- CA Gov Gavin Newsom, still tacking right for 2028, vetoes bill passed by overwhelming majorities which would allow trans ppl to stockpile a year's GAMT in case of new fed restrictions, falsely claiming it would drive up health care costs. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 10h

"Everything they do is extremely violent."

Greta Thunberg on Israel:

Excerpt of greta thunberg article in link below

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. In a major capitulation to Trump, Fenway Health, a center ostensibly dedicated to LGBTQ+ healthcare, has ended its trans care program under 19.

It could have fought for its patients. It chose instead to roll over.

Community members are devastated.

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Fenway Health Restricts Treatment for Patients Under 19 In Capitulation To Trump

“This is a fundamental betrayal to the core mission of Fenway and the patients they serve.”

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

I was on the board of Fenway and I warned the then CEO in 2023 that this would happen. This was cowardly capitulation sacrificing trans youth.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. In a major capitulation to Trump, Fenway Health, a center ostensibly dedicated to LGBTQ+ healthcare, has ended its trans care program under 19.

It could have fought for its patients. It chose instead to roll over.

Community members are devastated.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Fenway Health Restricts Treatment for Patients Under 19 In Capitulation To Trump

“This is a fundamental betrayal to the core mission of Fenway and the patients they serve.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 12h

Currently working on a potential takedown piece of this bogus graph going around on twitter and boosted by Musk claiming that trans identities are "dropping."

There are some very easy critiques of it, but one stands out that hasn't been reported on.

Any R wizards/data science/quant followers here?

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Empress of Emerald @empressofemerald.bsky.social · 1d

#redheadsdoitbetter #lesbian #altgirl #altgirlles #resist

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Empress of Emerald @empressofemerald.bsky.social · 1d

#leabian #altgirl #altgirlles #chappellroan

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

White colonizers nearly killed all the buffalo to extinction, for pure bloodsport.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Last night, John Oliver destroyed Bari Weiss and specifically called out her inaccurate and targeted coverage of transgender people.

It's the latest of several shows Oliver has done in defense of trans people.

Weiss at CBS is a disaster for trans people.

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John Oliver Destroys Bari Weiss In Defense Of Transgender People

The right-wing commentator is now the head of CBS.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

these people know how extreme they are

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 1d

If Mike Johnson is refusing to call the House back into session during the shutdown, then we’ll do the work right here the Bronx.

The New York Essential plan is being eliminated entirely next year due to the GOP healthcare cuts. People’s lives are at stake.

And that’s why we’re fighting back.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

The medication stockpile bill is the bill I had pegged this year as the most important kind of bill to pass given federal threats, with a short time window to make it happen. Washington passed the same bill earlier this year.

It's so shameful for Newsom to veto this bill.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

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Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 1d

Politicians who meet fascists half way, are just fascists.

Newsom is all about publicity & nothing about integrity.

It’s been depressing watching American ppl hero-worship a power crazed sell-out. It’s not just Kimberly Guilfoyle & cosmetic surgery he has in common with the Trumps. READ this:

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Yesterday, the press gave Gavin Newsom favorable coverage for signing pro-LGBTQ+ bills.

Little noticed, however, was that he vetoed one of the most important ones: a bill allowing trans people 12 month HRT stockpiles, protecting them from federal threats.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Gavin Newsom Vetoes Important HRT Stockpiling Bill For Trans Californians, Signs Other Pro-LGBTQ+ Bills

The bill would have allowed transgender people to maintain a safe supply of medication in the era of government crackdowns on care.

www.erininthemorning.com

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 2d

www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

New York attorney general subpoenas Trump, Ivanka and Don Jr.

New York's attorney general recently issued subpoenas to former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children in connection with an ongoing civil investigation into the family's business practice...

www.pbs.org

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

Love that we all wrote about this ad.

Go read Parker’s newsletter on it as well.

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 2d

Today's newsletter is all about this brilliant ad www.readtpa.com/p/a-politici...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

Rest in peace, Miss Major.

We will carry the bricks forward.

ACLU @aclu.org · 2d

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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