Laura Nelson
@lauranelson1005.bsky.social
Philosopher, Theologian, Polite Leftie Radical, Ex-techie, Episcopalian, Trans Woman, Optimist of the Will only
Good for her.
And if the Federal Government gives her a hard time, then I think we need to take "Soft Secession" more than a bit seriously.
If the Secretary of HHS is hell bent on harming NY's trans youth, then they should not expect our tax money.
'Jes sayin'.
And if the Federal Government gives her a hard time, then I think we need to take "Soft Secession" more than a bit seriously.
If the Secretary of HHS is hell bent on harming NY's trans youth, then they should not expect our tax money.
'Jes sayin'.
Today, AG Letitia James of New York responded to the Trump administration's new rule attempting to ban trans youth care in hospitals nationwide.
"I will not let the administration come for you."
Read the latest from our writer, S. Baum here.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not...
"I will not let the administration come for you."
Read the latest from our writer, S. Baum here.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not...
“I will not let this administration come for you”: NY AG Letitia James Vows to Protect Trans Kids
“Your healthcare is still legal and protected, and your doctors cannot cut off your access to gender affirming care based on the administration's reckless proposal.”
www.erininthemorning.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Good for her.
And if the Federal Government gives her a hard time, then I think we need to take "Soft Secession" more than a bit seriously.
If the Secretary of HHS is hell bent on harming NY's trans youth, then they should not expect our tax money.
'Jes sayin'.
And if the Federal Government gives her a hard time, then I think we need to take "Soft Secession" more than a bit seriously.
If the Secretary of HHS is hell bent on harming NY's trans youth, then they should not expect our tax money.
'Jes sayin'.
I am shaking the cobwebs of some of my earlier pieces, revising and polishing and posting them on my Substack. This one is about the role of the "public intellectual" and its pitfalls. open.substack.com/pub/lauranel...
The Public Intellectual as Dilettante and Polymath
Review of Robert Boyers, Maestros and Monsters: Days and Nights with Susan Sontag and George Steiner (Mandel Vilar Press/Dryad Press, 2023)
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I am shaking the cobwebs of some of my earlier pieces, revising and polishing and posting them on my Substack. This one is about the role of the "public intellectual" and its pitfalls. open.substack.com/pub/lauranel...
FYI, cisgender allies. FYI.....
Cis people really have no idea how it feels to watch a regime hold a press conference to admit, on camera, the pogrom against trans people they've been waging for 11 months is not only real, but they're going to double down on genocide and try to wipe out all the children first.
December 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
FYI, cisgender allies. FYI.....
I really don't want to hear "we are at the edge of authoritarianism" rhetoric there anymore. We are there. This is Maximum Leader's Gestapo/SS/Brownshirts all rolled up into a single unaccountable entity.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I really don't want to hear "we are at the edge of authoritarianism" rhetoric there anymore. We are there. This is Maximum Leader's Gestapo/SS/Brownshirts all rolled up into a single unaccountable entity.
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Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Happy 100th birthday to Dick Van Dyke!
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Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social.
December 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Cartoon by @bagleycartoons.bsky.social.
Word also.
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Word also.
Probably this one from Cezanne. I'm old. Got a problem with that?.....
December 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Probably this one from Cezanne. I'm old. Got a problem with that?.....
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Nearly all of these people revealed themselves to be monsters.
6 Republican Voters on U.S. Strikes on Boats Suspected of Smuggling Drugs
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Nearly all of these people revealed themselves to be monsters.
Wow. Just wow.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/k...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/k...
Did Kristi Noem genuinely thank Trump for keeping hurricanes away?
The homeland security secretary made the remark during a White House Cabinet meeting on Dec. 2, 2025.
www.snopes.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Wow. Just wow.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/k...
www.snopes.com/fact-check/k...
A Breakup Letter to Capitalism prospect.org/2025/12/05/b...
A Breakup Letter to Capitalism - The American Prospect
I’m just not that into you.
prospect.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A Breakup Letter to Capitalism prospect.org/2025/12/05/b...
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market — theonion.com/crypto-leade...
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market — theonion.com/crypto-leade...
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
He Can't Do That!
The Limits of Representative Democracy
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Thanksgiving, reason #1.....
Ten years between the first and last picture. Something to be grateful about: I smile a hell of a lot more.
Ten years between the first and last picture. Something to be grateful about: I smile a hell of a lot more.
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thanksgiving, reason #1.....
Ten years between the first and last picture. Something to be grateful about: I smile a hell of a lot more.
Ten years between the first and last picture. Something to be grateful about: I smile a hell of a lot more.
Wow. Just wow.
Larry Summers Announces He Will Step Down From Chair With Belt Around Neck
November 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Wow. Just wow.
Am I the only one who is at least SOMEWHAT pissed that Zohran Mamdani--who I support unequivocally and admire greatly--paid a house-call to Maximum Leader?
I agree that, as 3-dimensional political chess, Mamdani played Trump like a Stradivarius and set the heads of the MAGA elite and masses 1/
I agree that, as 3-dimensional political chess, Mamdani played Trump like a Stradivarius and set the heads of the MAGA elite and masses 1/
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Am I the only one who is at least SOMEWHAT pissed that Zohran Mamdani--who I support unequivocally and admire greatly--paid a house-call to Maximum Leader?
I agree that, as 3-dimensional political chess, Mamdani played Trump like a Stradivarius and set the heads of the MAGA elite and masses 1/
I agree that, as 3-dimensional political chess, Mamdani played Trump like a Stradivarius and set the heads of the MAGA elite and masses 1/
The equivocation going on in the mainstream press, glossy pages or not, is absolutely dumbfounding. You cannot hang yourself while hogtied, and you cannot hogtie yourself while hanged. For God's sake, call a murder a murder.
The USA is now an abomination. This is also true. Admit it, Newsweek.
The USA is now an abomination. This is also true. Admit it, Newsweek.
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The equivocation going on in the mainstream press, glossy pages or not, is absolutely dumbfounding. You cannot hang yourself while hogtied, and you cannot hogtie yourself while hanged. For God's sake, call a murder a murder.
The USA is now an abomination. This is also true. Admit it, Newsweek.
The USA is now an abomination. This is also true. Admit it, Newsweek.
Never mind primarying the Senate Dems who are prepared to cave. They need to go. Now.
Said it before, saying it again: General Strike, open-ended boycotts, "soft-secession" of blue states and cities, massive protests centered in DC. The Federal Government is worse than useless.
Said it before, saying it again: General Strike, open-ended boycotts, "soft-secession" of blue states and cities, massive protests centered in DC. The Federal Government is worse than useless.
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Never mind primarying the Senate Dems who are prepared to cave. They need to go. Now.
Said it before, saying it again: General Strike, open-ended boycotts, "soft-secession" of blue states and cities, massive protests centered in DC. The Federal Government is worse than useless.
Said it before, saying it again: General Strike, open-ended boycotts, "soft-secession" of blue states and cities, massive protests centered in DC. The Federal Government is worse than useless.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It's a movement!!!!!
Mamdani is going to implement Shania law. Everyone will have to feel like a woman!
a woman in a top hat and gloves is holding a microphone .
ALT: a woman in a top hat and gloves is holding a microphone .
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It's a movement!!!!!
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Hey Joe, where you going with that sub in your hand?
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Hey Joe, where you going with that sub in your hand?
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what else is there to say really
THIS MOTHERFUCKER HELD A GREAT GATSBY PARTY WHILE 43 MILLION PEOPLE GO HUNGRY AND HEALTHCARE COSTS KEEP RISING.
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
what else is there to say really
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Is everyone feeling sufficiently aware of transgender people now it’s November? Keep an eye out: they could be anywhere.
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Is everyone feeling sufficiently aware of transgender people now it’s November? Keep an eye out: they could be anywhere.