Kay Whitlock
@kwhitlock.bsky.social
Writer. Activist. Co-author "Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States"
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Kay Whitlock
@kwhitlock.bsky.social
· Feb 11
This Is How You Win the Culture Wars | Kay Whitlock | INQUEST
Faced with violence and authoritarianism, survival demands prioritizing relationship building over reactivity and solidarity over silence.
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My latest for @inquest.bsky.social ...and yes, we can ultimately win, if we are willing to work in transformative ways. It will require the best we have in ourselves, but along the way, we may become quietly courageous in ways that will surprise and energize us. inquest.org/this-is-how-...
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Pete Hague-seth.
Pete Hegseth didn’t authorize a strike. He authorized a murder. I wore the uniform; I know the difference. Two unarmed men in the water is not a “target,” it’s a crime scene. And this dude struts around with a flag pocket square like a Macy’s mannequin auditioning for valor.
#WarCrimes
#WarCrimes
November 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Pete Hague-seth.
For those who believe "the rule of law" is sacrosanct: so much evil has been legal. The Black Codes (and chattel slavery itself); Indigenous genocide; internment of Japanese Americans in WWII; so much more. The law is always a double-edged sword.
Black Codes didn’t “restore order.” They rebuilt slavery with paperwork — criminalizing rest, movement, labor, even childhood. Freedom was legal in theory, illegal in practice. New shackles, same fear of Black autonomy. #ReconstructionTruth #AbolitionLogic
November 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
For those who believe "the rule of law" is sacrosanct: so much evil has been legal. The Black Codes (and chattel slavery itself); Indigenous genocide; internment of Japanese Americans in WWII; so much more. The law is always a double-edged sword.
Good 🧵 by a journalist giving history/context to Trumpian interest in Honduras.
Wait so there are Peter Thiel-backed landlocked seasteading libertarian cities that the current Honduras govt wants to get rid of that Roger Stone has been advocating for that JOH also supports? And Stone has also been advocating for JOH 's pardon?
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/m...
www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/m...
The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down (Published 2024)
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Good 🧵 by a journalist giving history/context to Trumpian interest in Honduras.
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@moryan.bsky.social’s excellent BURN IT DOWN makes me think it’s not just about rehabbing talent but about a desire of some to return to the culture of the bad old days….
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
@moryan.bsky.social’s excellent BURN IT DOWN makes me think it’s not just about rehabbing talent but about a desire of some to return to the culture of the bad old days….
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Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
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"[T]he U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles (a sanctuary city) created a special inter-agency unit for finding people that are incarcerated in local jails, issuing federal arrest warrants to charge them with immigration crimes ... and then arresting them out of the local jail for a federal crime."
November 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"[T]he U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles (a sanctuary city) created a special inter-agency unit for finding people that are incarcerated in local jails, issuing federal arrest warrants to charge them with immigration crimes ... and then arresting them out of the local jail for a federal crime."
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The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
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ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
ICE is using Uber stickers in order to disguise themselves and kidnap people. Spread this for awareness!
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I feel like the fractures we are seeing in the MAGA coalition have some people hoping the status quo will simply make a roaring comeback, and judicial consequences will simply engulf all of the bad guys. There's really no precedent that supports that expectation.
November 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I feel like the fractures we are seeing in the MAGA coalition have some people hoping the status quo will simply make a roaring comeback, and judicial consequences will simply engulf all of the bad guys. There's really no precedent that supports that expectation.
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And who does it serve for Dems, liberals, etc. to do a "GOTCHA!" game with the current administration on who vetted applications by Afghan nationals (including the recent shooter) for admittance into the US? That only serves to escalate anti-immigrant/refugee sentiment in general.
November 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
And who does it serve for Dems, liberals, etc. to do a "GOTCHA!" game with the current administration on who vetted applications by Afghan nationals (including the recent shooter) for admittance into the US? That only serves to escalate anti-immigrant/refugee sentiment in general.
The virulent agendas – violent white nationalism, misogyny, attacks on reporters, trans people, etc., war agendas – are key elements of fascist tactics and strategies. They may serve to "distract" from the Epstein files nightmare, but they are not mere distractions; they never were.
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The virulent agendas – violent white nationalism, misogyny, attacks on reporters, trans people, etc., war agendas – are key elements of fascist tactics and strategies. They may serve to "distract" from the Epstein files nightmare, but they are not mere distractions; they never were.
From the novel "Paradise" by Toni Morrison: "All paradises, all utopias, are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in."
This endlessly repeats in my mind, heart, spirit as I think of Miller, Fuentes, Carlson, MTG, all US architects/promoters of violent white nationalism.
This endlessly repeats in my mind, heart, spirit as I think of Miller, Fuentes, Carlson, MTG, all US architects/promoters of violent white nationalism.
November 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
From the novel "Paradise" by Toni Morrison: "All paradises, all utopias, are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in."
This endlessly repeats in my mind, heart, spirit as I think of Miller, Fuentes, Carlson, MTG, all US architects/promoters of violent white nationalism.
This endlessly repeats in my mind, heart, spirit as I think of Miller, Fuentes, Carlson, MTG, all US architects/promoters of violent white nationalism.
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I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I think that somewhere along the way something in Stephen Miller got fundamentally damaged. This is neither an excuse nor a mitigating factor; the dude is genuinely fucking evil and he and everything he stands for should be fought against and stopped. But he is something beyond mere sociopathy.
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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On today's Tucker Carlson show, he makes clear that he believes that the US fought on the wrong side in World War II. In particular he says that the UK was mistaken to declare war on Germany just because it invaded Poland. And he has lots of sympathy for Herr Hitler throughout.
Tucker Puts Piers Morgan’s Views on Free Speech to the Ultimate Test
YouTube video by Tucker Carlson
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November 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
On today's Tucker Carlson show, he makes clear that he believes that the US fought on the wrong side in World War II. In particular he says that the UK was mistaken to declare war on Germany just because it invaded Poland. And he has lots of sympathy for Herr Hitler throughout.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
The one thing this administration does well is to generously distribute evil and pain.
A new federal directive by Mehmet Oz allows the sharing of Medicaid applicant data with DHS effective immediately, rescinding previous “interagency integrity” firewalls. This forces mixed-status families into an impossible calculus: access life-saving medical care or remain invisible to enforcement.
NEWS: Medicaid Data Now Flows to ICE
Effective today, a new federal directive allows immigration enforcement to access state healthcare enrollment data, TPS ends for thousands of Burmese war refugees, plus Kristi Noem explainer video.
migrantinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The one thing this administration does well is to generously distribute evil and pain.
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The anti-woke Wikipedia alternative aims to create a parallel version of the truth for the right wing.
Elon Musk Had Grok Rewrite Wikipedia. It Calls Hitler “The Führer.”
Grokipedia, the anti-woke Wikipedia alternative, aims to create a parallel version of the truth for the right wing.
interc.pt
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The anti-woke Wikipedia alternative aims to create a parallel version of the truth for the right wing.
Add Venezuela to the list. Again. Shameful. Corrupt. Rooted in greed and insatiable desire for domination.
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Add Venezuela to the list. Again. Shameful. Corrupt. Rooted in greed and insatiable desire for domination.
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
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Oh my goodness, please encourage the white and otherwise respectability-pilled protesters in your life to read Chapter 6 of Let This Radicalize You! It’s available to read for free through the generosity of @mskellymhayes.bsky.social and @prisonculture.bsky.social!
Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate
"We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."
organizingmythoughts.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Oh my goodness, please encourage the white and otherwise respectability-pilled protesters in your life to read Chapter 6 of Let This Radicalize You! It’s available to read for free through the generosity of @mskellymhayes.bsky.social and @prisonculture.bsky.social!
A gentle, important reflection. Remember, friends, that some white nationalist/MAGA Christians argue against empathy and compassion, framing it is a left-wing con to pull people into support for such heresies as equality, inclusion, fights against structural violence, reproductive justice, and more.
How have we managed to come so far away from compassion? from empathy?
Déjà vu: Do we learn empathy?
Or is it always there and some of us manage to unlearn it?
judithmcdaniel.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A gentle, important reflection. Remember, friends, that some white nationalist/MAGA Christians argue against empathy and compassion, framing it is a left-wing con to pull people into support for such heresies as equality, inclusion, fights against structural violence, reproductive justice, and more.
Formerly with Teen Vogue. A brilliant writer/editor.
redid my personal site post-layoff :)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
my contact form is open! if you're looking to talk to or commission someone with expertise in covering and analyzing social movements, prison and police abolition, trans politics, climate organizing, cultural criticism... reach out! (my DMs are cursed rn, lol)
Lex McMenamin
Lex McMenamin is a writer, editor, and organizer from Philadelphia, based in New York.
lexmcmenamin.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Formerly with Teen Vogue. A brilliant writer/editor.
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"According to the FBI, a “sensitive source with excellent access” provided the information, dodging the requirement for a warrant."
"According to the FBI, a “sensitive source with excellent access” provided the information, dodging the requirement for a warrant."
Gmail privacy has always been a misnomer.
This is a crisis.
This is a crisis.
FBI Caught Spying on Signal Group Chat of Immigration Activists
Keep a close eye on who’s joining your group chats.
newrepublic.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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"According to the FBI, a “sensitive source with excellent access” provided the information, dodging the requirement for a warrant."
"According to the FBI, a “sensitive source with excellent access” provided the information, dodging the requirement for a warrant."