Billie Jean Sweeney
@billiejsweeney.bsky.social
Journalist, advocate, trans woman. Proud ex-Committee to Protect Journalists, Associated Press, Hartford Courant. Oh proud state school grad too (Go UConn!) Hmm did I work somewhere else 🤔. She/her. wesweeney.com
“Quiet piggy!”
November 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“Quiet piggy!”
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it's another thing that's directly copied from Nazi Germany & would be the only thing on the news in any other administration!
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
it's another thing that's directly copied from Nazi Germany & would be the only thing on the news in any other administration!
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The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The legal, media, and academic institutions capitulating to an authoritarian ordering payments for favorable treatment are damning themselves to irrelevance. They are destroying their institutions. They will be — and should be — shunned for failing in their most basic purposes for existing.
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This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
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This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A🧵
This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
This is profoundly irresponsible by AGSulzberger’s NYT, @by-cjewett.bsky.social +eds.
The normalization, “view-from-nowhere”, “born-yesterday”, stenography, “both-sides”, irresponsible headline are disgraceful.
THE story is the CDC&FDA are being destroyed by antiscience & Americans will die.
1/n
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9. For more scientific and culturally competent ways of covering trans issues, reporters can consult the Trans Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide—a tool for newsrooms to bolster their coverage of trans people and the stories that affect them.
styleguide.transjournalists.org
styleguide.transjournalists.org
Trans Journalists Association Stylebook and Coverage Guide
The Transgender Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide is a tool reporters, editors, and other journalists can use to improve news coverage of trans people and the stories that affect ...
styleguide.transjournalists.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
9. For more scientific and culturally competent ways of covering trans issues, reporters can consult the Trans Journalists Association’s Stylebook and Coverage Guide—a tool for newsrooms to bolster their coverage of trans people and the stories that affect them.
styleguide.transjournalists.org
styleguide.transjournalists.org
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3. This week, the BBC published an article about comedian turned anti-trans provocateur Graham Linehan, who swung at 17-year-old Sophia Brooks after she confronted him outside of a political conference in London.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Graham Linehan cleared of harassing trans activist but guilty of damaging phone
Comedy writer Graham Linehan "deliberately whacked" a teenage trans woman's phone out of her hand, a court heard.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
3. This week, the BBC published an article about comedian turned anti-trans provocateur Graham Linehan, who swung at 17-year-old Sophia Brooks after she confronted him outside of a political conference in London.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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1. It would appear that in recent reporting, the BBC is now using the phrase "biological male who identifies as a woman" when they mean to talk about a transgender woman.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
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This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
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BBC Now Calling Trans Women 'Biological Males Who Identify As Women'
These stories come in the aftermath of allegations that a small but mighty cabal of “LGBT reporters” had somehow seized control of the BBC and “censored” right-wing views.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1. It would appear that in recent reporting, the BBC is now using the phrase "biological male who identifies as a woman" when they mean to talk about a transgender woman.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
This is an incredibly demeaning way to talk about transgender women in news pieces.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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A note on SaneWashing: I read part of this post to family (all liberal Democrats who consume a lot of news, but not social media), and it blew their mind. They all thought it was parody: if Corporate Media did not SaneWash, it would shock US, his approval would plummet from low (30s) to lower(20s).
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
A note on SaneWashing: I read part of this post to family (all liberal Democrats who consume a lot of news, but not social media), and it blew their mind. They all thought it was parody: if Corporate Media did not SaneWash, it would shock US, his approval would plummet from low (30s) to lower(20s).
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Remember, too, that Hegseth would have been rejected if a single additional Republican senator — or, JD Vance — had joined Sen. Collins, McConnell, and Murkowski in voting no with the Democrats. See: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Remember, too, that Hegseth would have been rejected if a single additional Republican senator — or, JD Vance — had joined Sen. Collins, McConnell, and Murkowski in voting no with the Democrats. See: www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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Everyone should read this terrifying thread about Hegseth’s published views wrt war crimes. It’s pretty fucking radical …. We needed to hear about this in his confirmation hearing.
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Everyone should read this terrifying thread about Hegseth’s published views wrt war crimes. It’s pretty fucking radical …. We needed to hear about this in his confirmation hearing.
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New in PN: MAGA's Epstein gaslighting is unsustainable
"The Epstein files are a 'hoax,' Trump says — a lie made up by Dems to make him look bad. Yet somehow, at the same time, there’s nothing in them that could make him look bad — b/c if there was, Biden would have released them. So which is it?"
"The Epstein files are a 'hoax,' Trump says — a lie made up by Dems to make him look bad. Yet somehow, at the same time, there’s nothing in them that could make him look bad — b/c if there was, Biden would have released them. So which is it?"
MAGA's Epstein gaslighting is unsustainable
To believe anything they say requires a complete suspension of common sense.
www.publicnotice.co
November 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New in PN: MAGA's Epstein gaslighting is unsustainable
"The Epstein files are a 'hoax,' Trump says — a lie made up by Dems to make him look bad. Yet somehow, at the same time, there’s nothing in them that could make him look bad — b/c if there was, Biden would have released them. So which is it?"
"The Epstein files are a 'hoax,' Trump says — a lie made up by Dems to make him look bad. Yet somehow, at the same time, there’s nothing in them that could make him look bad — b/c if there was, Biden would have released them. So which is it?"
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Boom.
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Boom.
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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Jake Tapper and Maggie Haberman have book deals to sign they can’t be bothered with news
"Western civilization," the font, the 11 stars - 11 states in the confederacy, for the record.
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
Why is this never news? Why are we letting our government agencies do this sort of thing while the news agencies report on hallucinated trade deals and act like everything is normal
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Jake Tapper and Maggie Haberman have book deals to sign they can’t be bothered with news
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From the people who brought you "oh so it's racist to say that white people are better than black people?" comes "find me a single place in the law where it says not to commit murder."
Stephen Miller’s Wife @katiemiller : “Can you cite the statute that makes the boat bombings illegal?”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
@bakarisellers.bsky.social : “The due process
clause in the constitution.”
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
From the people who brought you "oh so it's racist to say that white people are better than black people?" comes "find me a single place in the law where it says not to commit murder."
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November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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A federal agent is caught using ChatGPT to write an incident report. Plus three more examples of DHS lying about what happened during ICE interactions with protestors in Chicago. Read this from local TV news station @abc7chicago.bsky.social:
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
A federal agent is caught using ChatGPT to write an incident report. Plus three more examples of DHS lying about what happened during ICE interactions with protestors in Chicago. Read this from local TV news station @abc7chicago.bsky.social:
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
Weiss is a right-wing propagandist who for years has cynically used the tools of journalism to promote her insatiable self interest. She won’t defend her own journalists bc she isn’t one herself and has no stake in professional principles.
This CBS story is just remarkable. It states that Trump insulted their reporter, and also notes the same thing happened to reporters from Bloomberg and NYT.
Both of those organizations are quoted defending their journalists.
But Bari Weiss and CBS don't lift a finger to defend their own reporter.
Both of those organizations are quoted defending their journalists.
But Bari Weiss and CBS don't lift a finger to defend their own reporter.
Not a peep from CBS News boss Bari Weiss after Trump called CBS reporter Nancy Cordes 'stupid' at a Thurs n/c. CBS mentions the incident in this piece about Trump's repeated attacks on female reporters but Bari's MIA when it comes to standing up for Cordes.
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-c...
November 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Weiss is a right-wing propagandist who for years has cynically used the tools of journalism to promote her insatiable self interest. She won’t defend her own journalists bc she isn’t one herself and has no stake in professional principles.
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Juan Orlando Hernández was selling coke the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Juan Orlando Hernández was selling coke the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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In the US, Sulzberger’s nyt has been declaring victory over trans ppl for more than year. Bullshit.
The paper that enabled Trump’s racist and misogynistic destruction of American democracy has revealed its lack of morals and principles. Readers see that. We won’t be defeated by media bigots
The paper that enabled Trump’s racist and misogynistic destruction of American democracy has revealed its lack of morals and principles. Readers see that. We won’t be defeated by media bigots
Don't believe newspapers that say we've lost. The fight back is strong 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/dont-believe-newspapers-that-say-weve-lost-the-fight-back-is-strong/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/dont-believe-newspapers-that-say-weve-lost-the-fight-back-is-strong/
Don't believe newspapers that say we've lost. The fight back is strong
We’re constantly being told what to think by the papers, but are we listening?
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
In the US, Sulzberger’s nyt has been declaring victory over trans ppl for more than year. Bullshit.
The paper that enabled Trump’s racist and misogynistic destruction of American democracy has revealed its lack of morals and principles. Readers see that. We won’t be defeated by media bigots
The paper that enabled Trump’s racist and misogynistic destruction of American democracy has revealed its lack of morals and principles. Readers see that. We won’t be defeated by media bigots
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Super excited about this Good Law Project and Not a Phase gig at Wembley. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
November 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Super excited about this Good Law Project and Not a Phase gig at Wembley. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Wolf Alice, Beth Ditto, Adam Lambert, Sugababes and more for huge ‘Trans Mission’ charity Wembley gig
The concert is "a statement that trans people are loved, valued, and celebrated, and that the entertainment industry stands proudly with them." www.nme.com/news/music/w...
The concert is "a statement that trans people are loved, valued, and celebrated, and that the entertainment industry stands proudly with them." www.nme.com/news/music/w...
Wolf Alice, Beth Ditto, Adam Lambert, Sugababes and more for huge 'Trans Mission' charity Wembley gig
Wolf Alice, Beth Ditto, Adam Lambert, Sugababes and more for huge 'Trans Mission' charity Wembley gig. See how to get tickets.
www.nme.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Wolf Alice, Beth Ditto, Adam Lambert, Sugababes and more for huge ‘Trans Mission’ charity Wembley gig
The concert is "a statement that trans people are loved, valued, and celebrated, and that the entertainment industry stands proudly with them." www.nme.com/news/music/w...
The concert is "a statement that trans people are loved, valued, and celebrated, and that the entertainment industry stands proudly with them." www.nme.com/news/music/w...
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MOTHER JONES: “You should be paying attention to the race in Tennessee’s 7th congressional district”
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
MOTHER JONES: “You should be paying attention to the race in Tennessee’s 7th congressional district”
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THANKFUL AND FIRED UP
Grateful for my team, friends, family, and the incredible support from across the state and country. Starting tomorrow, we've got phonebanking and canvassing every day, including a statewide Day of Action on Saturday!
SIGN UP: www.mobilize.us/afty...
Grateful for my team, friends, family, and the incredible support from across the state and country. Starting tomorrow, we've got phonebanking and canvassing every day, including a statewide Day of Action on Saturday!
SIGN UP: www.mobilize.us/afty...
November 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
THANKFUL AND FIRED UP
Grateful for my team, friends, family, and the incredible support from across the state and country. Starting tomorrow, we've got phonebanking and canvassing every day, including a statewide Day of Action on Saturday!
SIGN UP: www.mobilize.us/afty...
Grateful for my team, friends, family, and the incredible support from across the state and country. Starting tomorrow, we've got phonebanking and canvassing every day, including a statewide Day of Action on Saturday!
SIGN UP: www.mobilize.us/afty...
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Don't believe newspapers that say we've lost. The fight back is strong 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/dont-believe-newspapers-that-say-weve-lost-the-fight-back-is-strong/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/dont-believe-newspapers-that-say-weve-lost-the-fight-back-is-strong/
Don't believe newspapers that say we've lost. The fight back is strong
We’re constantly being told what to think by the papers, but are we listening?
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Don't believe newspapers that say we've lost. The fight back is strong 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/dont-believe-newspapers-that-say-weve-lost-the-fight-back-is-strong/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/dont-believe-newspapers-that-say-weve-lost-the-fight-back-is-strong/