Reposted by Confused PenguinJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/05/2025JOINT DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF THE GOP TAX SCAM Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Whip Katherine Clark and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar just released the following statement: 34767773009
Reposted by Confused PenguinCanonicallytrans @canonicallytrans.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I'm going to say this as somebody who for several reasons, including disability + financial issues cannot relocate to a different country: if you can get the fuck out of here. Live and survive. 0332
Reposted by Confused PenguinErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/04/20259. Not every can or wants to leave - many, if not most, will stay and fight as we always have. But many of us can no longer find safety here. It is hard to pick a moment and say this is when we should open our doors. I stress to other countries: do not wait until it is too late. 234827
Reposted by Confused PenguinErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/04/20258. Since then, policy after policy has chipped away at what few rights transgender people retained in the United States, reducing them to second-class citizens. The administration has cracked down on medical care, now targeting trans youth and adults. www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-trump-...erininthemorning.comThe Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning SpeedMany transgender adults have wondered when their care would be banned by the Trump administration. Now, we are seeing the first vectors to do so. 120912
Reposted by Confused PenguinErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/04/20257. Week after week, the administration’s policies grow more punitive. In its opening salvo, Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from the military declared them inherently “dishonorable, untruthful, and undisciplined”—an official government stance.erininthemorning.comTrump Military Ban Says Being Trans Conflicts With "Honorable, Truthful, Disciplined Lifestyle"The ban leaves much of the details to defense secretary Hegseth for implementation. 121612
Reposted by Confused PenguinErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/04/20256. When conservative leaders openly talk about “eradication” and declare the elimination of all gender-affirming care their “endgame,” the calculation many trans people make is a grim one—that safety may no longer be possible within U.S. borders. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...rollingstone.comCPAC Speaker Calls for Eradication of 'Transgenderism' -- and Somehow Claims He's Not Calling for Elimination of Transgender People“For the good of society... transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely,” Daily Wire's Michael Knowles told the CPAC audience. 424325
Reposted by Confused PenguinErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/04/20255. Many transgender people have told me they are planning or actively working to leave the United States—and some have already done so successfully. Most are using existing immigration pathways, such as job-based visas or close family ties in safer countries. Not every trans person has that. 225521
Reposted by Confused PenguinErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/04/20254. The reality is clear: life as a transgender person in America is becoming unlivable for many. The time has come for countries with strong human rights protections to extend refuge to those who can no longer exist safely or openly within U.S. borders. 226322
Reposted by Confused PenguinErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/04/20253. The Trump administration has moved to erase transgender history from public institutions and end legal recognition altogether. Passports and identification documents are being flagged, with transgender visa seekers being denied entry to the United States.erininthemorning.comMarco Rubio May Have Just Banned Trans Foreigners Seeking Visas From US EntryA new state department cable, meant to target transgender athletes, indicates a potential broader application to all transgender visas, which it states must contain "sex at birth." 523214
Reposted by Confused PenguinErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/04/20252. The situation for transgender people in the United States is unraveling at an alarming pace. Teachers now face criminal investigation for the basic act of respecting a student’s name. Medical care for both transgender youth and adults is being gutted, with states seeing widespread shutdowns.whitehouse.govEnding Radical Indoctrination in K-12 SchoolingBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and 125917
Reposted by Confused PenguinErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 16/04/20251. It is time that countries begin accepting trans refugees from the United States. Refuge has always been a defining act in times of political persecution—this is one of those moments. History will remember who opens the door. I make the case in my latest. Subscribe to support my journalism.erininthemorning.comCountries Should Accept Transgender Refugees From The United StatesThe situation on the ground for transgender people is deteriorating in real time in the United States. Other countries should open up refugee programs to allow those moving from the US. 622500696
Confused Penguin @confused-penguin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I would like to see his face and hear his voice less. It would be great if someone just wrote down what he says. Word for word. Imagine if people had to try to make sense of that instead of going off his general vibe. 000
Reposted by Confused PenguinConfused Penguin @confused-penguin.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Who is really being harmed, and who is really causing harm? Inktense, watercolor, white ink, 4"x6" #art #watercolorpencils #watercolor 052
Reposted by Confused Penguinconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 12/04/2025"This flagrant conflict of interest stands to serve the interests of Elon Musk while the American people are robbed of fair access to THEIR Social Security Administration," said one former agency leader. www.commondreams.org/news/us-soci...commondreams.org'Welcome to the Oligarchy Era': Social Security Administration Switches Communications to Musk's X | Common DreamsThe Trump administration is facing backlash for cutting Social Security communications staff and shifting from press releases to Elon Musk's X platform. 021
Reposted by Confused PenguinMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Marth Stewart went to prison for insider trading on *one* stock. Marjorie Taylor Greene bought *17* stocks just before Donald Trump declared his "pause" in tariffs that caused those stocks to rise in value. How many others were tipped off? How many stocks did Donald buy? Ivanka? Mike Johnson? 22054491783
Reposted by Confused PenguinUnite Against Book Bans @uabookbans.bsky.social · 10/04/2025@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social released NEW censorship data this #NationalLibraryWeek, finding that 72% of book bans in 2024 were initiated NOT by parents, but by organized groups and elected officials. Read more on the #UniteAgainstBookBans blog: uniteagainstbookbans.org/ala-releases... 14428
Reposted by Confused Penguinduenorth1@blue.sky @duenorth1.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Two American Heroes. Plus,'Civvi' Cassidy Hutchinson, they must feel less lonely today. 062
Reposted by Confused PenguinRebekah is Pro-Choice @rebekahwriter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025They had legal status. Trump revoked it. Now he’s trying to force them to self-deport by revoking their legally-obtained SSNs. This isn’t protecting the border. It’s purging the population of non-white individuals. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...reuters.comTrump seeks to revoke immigrants' Social Security numbersThe Trump administration aims to convince some immigrants without legal status to self-deport by adding them to a database of dead people, thus rendering their Social Security numbers inoperable, an administration official told Reuters. 23200120
Reposted by Confused PenguinKye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 11/04/2025BREAKING: The Trump admin just erased 6,300 legal immigrants from the system—literally marked them dead. Their Social Security numbers? Gone. Rights? Erased. Lives? Digitally killed. This is calculated cruelty. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t... 20264120
Reposted by Confused PenguinCatherine Subsisting in revolting times...Unbelievable @glasscatty.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Wonderful idea! 70802250
Reposted by Confused PenguinKye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 11/04/2025BREAKING: Trump’s budget kills NOAA — the agency that gives us tornado warnings, hurricane models, and climate data. In the middle of climate chaos, he’s erasing the science that keeps us alive. This isn’t just reckless — it’s a direct attack on public safety. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/... 77921
Reposted by Confused PenguinKye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 11/04/2025This isn’t a presidency. It’s a criminal enterprise. And the only reason he’s not in a jumpsuit is because the system was built to protect the powerful. You’re not watching history — you’re watching a cover-up in real time. 311017
Reposted by Confused PenguinKye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 11/04/2025If SignalGate happened in any other country, we’d call it what it is: Espionage. Treason. An inside job. But here? We debate it for 6 hours and move on. This is American rot at work. 515222
Reposted by Confused PenguinRick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 11/04/2025About 90% of the 238 migrants sent to El Salvador lacked a U.S. criminal record 35389623058
Reposted by Confused PenguinTrans skater boyfiancé @eddieengels.bsky.social · 11/04/2025It is eugenics. It is labor camps (RFK's "wellness farms). And it will not stop with targeting adults. Gutting the Department of Education removes protections for autistic students, and like all fascist policies, it will affect Black, Indigenous, and immigrant autistic children first. 0548
Reposted by Confused PenguinTrans skater boyfiancé @eddieengels.bsky.social · 11/04/2025I need y'all to understand that, to the fascist, the logical conclusion of "autism is an epidemic" is the mass sterilization and/or incarceration of autistic people. 18220
Reposted by Confused Penguinchula-mamacita76.bsky.social @chula-mamacita76.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I mean… Crime won’t go up because everything is more expensive, right? Humans enjoy pain inflicted on them traumatically so drug and alcohol use won’t go up? People working 2-3 jobs to survive want to have a bunch of babies so birth rates won’t fall, right? Greatness feels dystopian, doesn’t it? 0205
Reposted by Confused Penguin 🫚🌶️ Caitlin Spice 🌶️🫚 @catespice.bsky.social · 11/04/2025The anti-trans movement has achieved less than nothing in Aotearoa New Zealand. Zero victories, zero policy changes, zero progress stopped, zero rights revoked. Seven years of their lives wasted on literally nothing. Losers, every single one of them. 822535
Reposted by Confused PenguinEric @edpch38.bsky.social · 11/04/2025substack.com/@ariellaelm/...substack.comAriella Elm on SubstackDELAWARE!!!! Tomorrow Newcastle is having their municipal election if you live in Newcastle, please remember to vote! https://ariellaelm.substack.com/p/election-day-is-every-tuesday-46 084
Reposted by Confused PenguinErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10/04/2025The Massachusetts House has taken a major step towards banning trans athletes in sports. It would be the first blue state to do so. The amendment has been inserted into the state budget bill. This is a five alarm fire for trans people in Massachusetts. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/09/m...bostonglobe.comMass. House passes language barring students from playing on teams of the opposite sex, but requires state analysis - The Boston GlobeThe Massachusetts House on Wednesday passed language that would ban public schools from allowing students to play on a team of the opposite sex, but only after the state is able to study the policy’s ... 581784638
Reposted by Confused PenguinIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/04/2025The Trump Administration is trying to undo protections in the Affordable Care Act while using federal power to target immigrants, LGBTQ+ communities, and working-class families. But you can help us fight back from your phone or computer in just a few minutes. 🧵 25816338
Reposted by Confused PenguinRembrandt 🇺🇦 @rembrandt77.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Moms in China these days 🙄 0303
Reposted by Confused PenguinKye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 09/04/2025BREAKING: Adam Schiff just cracked open what could be the biggest financial crime of Trump’s presidency. Tariff threats. Market chaos. Massive profits for the right people. This is a RICO case in a red hat. 25359100
Reposted by Confused PenguinKevin ANTIFA Ressler 💙🐈⬛😁 @kevinressler.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Good question. 25913
Reposted by Confused PenguinKye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 08/04/2025BREAKING: Drone strikes in Mexico? Trump wanted to bomb a sovereign nation without congressional approval. That’s not border security—that’s an act of war. www.reuters.com/world/americ... 1012343
Reposted by Confused PenguinChronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Yes, I do mean I'll be sick forever ever ever ever ever No, I can't believe it either 1022028
Reposted by Confused PenguinPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 08/04/2025this is a staggering amount of money to build camps—suggesting that building & running a gulag will be the primary function of the otherwise gutted Trump-state in last fiscal yr: "D.H.S. allocated about $3.4 billion for the entire custody operation overseen by ICE" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...nytimes.comTrump Administration Aims to Spend $45 Billion to Expand Immigrant DetentionA request for proposals for new detention facilities and other services would allow the government to expedite the contracting process and rapidly expand detention. 27541932440
Reposted by Confused PenguinI Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 07/04/2025"Jesse Huddleston, board chair at Durham’s Pauli Murray Center, said they first noticed the website page deletion yesterday. The edits are part of a federal sweep of NPS content related to LGBTQ+ history; an NPS page for Pauli Murray’s home appears untouched so far." indyweek.com/culture/fede...indyweek.comFederal Agency Deletes Website Page On Durham's Pauli Murray; Censors Other References to Queer HistoryNumerous National Park Service websites have been censored in recent weeks in response to an executive order. 312767
Reposted by Confused PenguinAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 08/04/2025Veterans getting fired, social security is at risk, and Elon is telling you what you don’t need in govt, all while he just got a $6billion space x contract today! He makes money on you! 36393322965
Reposted by Confused PenguinMemento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Someone needs to explain to these billionaires that the manliest thing they can do is take a submarine to the ocean floor and that safety checks during the building process are woke. 1527239
Reposted by Confused PenguinRuth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Authoritarian Party Line Alert. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comJustice Dept. suspends lawyer who acknowledged deportation was a mistakeErez Reuveni had worked at the Justice Department for nearly 15 years, most recently as the acting deputy director of the Office of Immigration Litigation. 19632981320