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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/09/2026

Now do Amy Acton. I want to also say, Equality Ohio and other progressive dem orgs weakness on holding Amy Acton’s feet to the fire is what lead to Marcy Kaptur feeling emboldened to proceed with her own anti-trans ad.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 23/09/2026

Right hates trans people - most public go "it's the right, they're nuts". So-called left join in - "Well now, what's going on, there must be an issue if they agree!" It's why the Guardian/Labour going anti-trans is, ultimately, more much more harmful than the Times/Telegraph/Tories doing it.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/09/2026

Political winds do not only flow from voters to politicians, they go in reverse as well. Democrats running ads like these signal to the general public and their voter base that this issue now has support by both parties, and that hating trans people is publicly acceptable. They do harm to us.

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Panel 1:
A woman and a man sit on a low stone wall in a park. The woman is upset; the man listens.

WOMAN: And now the Democrat in the race is backing some anti-trans laws! I’m not sure I can vote for that.

MAN (thinking): Uh-oh. Democrats need every vote. How can I convince her to vote for the Democrat anyway?

Panel 2:
The woman and man walk through the park, the woman ahead of him.

WOMAN: Of course, the Republican is even worse. But if Democrats turn against trans people… I’m so frightened.

MAN (thinking): I’ve got to be empathetic and persuasive.

Panel 3:
Close-up of the man, looking thoughtful with his hand on his chin.

WOMAN (off-panel): Look at what happened to the UK — they’ve now got two anti-trans parties. If we let that happen here, trans rights are dead.

MAN (thinking): Okay, I think I know how to reassure her and get her vote.

Panel 4:
The man is suddenly furious, leaning toward the startled woman and pointing at her.

MAN: You’re a Trump supporting moron and you deserve to die!

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PANEL 1:
A good dog with a halo peers out a window. A hand sticks out of a hole in a tree holding a sign that says SEND CANDY.

PANEL 2:
Groucho peeks from behind some bushes. A poster nailed to a tree reads "Background gag to come and it'll be so funny!" A bad rabbit (we know it's bad because it's smoking) sits beside a bad worm (also smoking). A bottle lying in the grass is labeled "BARRY BEER" and has a disturbed-looking drawing of Barry. A mouse holds a knife to a cat; the cat raises its front paws in surrender.

PANEL 4:
A giant mouse (?) in a shirt and tie sits on the wall reading a newspaper, called "Daily Blah Blah," whose headline says "Literate Rodent Escapes Lab."

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Underrated point here: when you alienate your base, you're not just losing votes. You're losing people who would campaign for you. Who would phone bank for you, knock on doors for you, tell their friends and family to vote for you. Is the hypothetical genital-obsessed centrist gonna do all that?

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

Again, 5 years ago, none of these policies existed. 15 states require the forced outing of trans students 16 states ban medicaid coverage of gender affirming care 14 states have "Don't say trans" laws banning discussion of trans people's identities. 29 states have banned participation in sports.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

5 years ago, there were over 100 multidisciplinary gender clinics for trans youth. Today, there are less than 31 (as of July 2026). bsky.app/profile/esqu...

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

So when libs say, you need to do incremental progress like gay marriage, it completely ignores the rollbacks that have happened in 5 years. It is every aspect of trans life from where we use the bathroom, how we are addressed, what our IDs say, to even censorship on discussions about our existence.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

So when a Dem says they agree with any of this, they are taking a position that is against what trans people ALREADY HAD just 5 years ago. That's why trans people won't accept it. It's not about progress, it's about preventing a managed decline in civil rights agreed to by Democrats.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

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Just once in my life I would like to see a Democrat being interviewed by right wing media like Fox News or right wing media like every single other outlet treat their questions with the contempt they deserve. I know it's not going to fix everything or maybe even anything but how much coverage and how much groundswell of excitement from the base do you think it would inspire if when asked about "boys in girls sports" or some other stupid fucking culture war distraction one of them finally said "What the fuck are you talking about man? You sound like a dumb asshole right now."

What's the worst that's going to happen the New York Times is gonna work overtime to make sure you don't get elected? They were already doing that buddy.

You simply say "Are you stupid? Do you think I am stupid? And do you think all of the people watching at home are stupid? Everyone sees through what you are doing. Using one group as a scapegoat for the very real problems everyone has – all caused by Republicans by the way – unlike this fake one you have made up. Dumb asshole."

Just go on the attack for once instead of sitting there trying to please your enemy who is in the process of trying to humiliate you.

And if you want to say something else true that almost no Democrat ever says for some reason you can top it off with a “Every single Republican in our lifetime has sought to make our lives worse in every way possible. I’d like to try to stop that.”

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When Democrats attempt to triangulate on trans rights, it's my sense that many liberals and people in politics don't understand why many trans people are so upset. I wrote about the differences between then and now, what trans people have lost, and what we still stand to lose

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This Is Not A Love Song

Explaining the “maximalism” of trans rights

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 10/09/2026

i don't care what the issue is, if your election opponent is running millions of dollars in ads about one single issue, you cannot, under any circumstances, say that your opponent is right about the issue.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026

The point is that it's not going to stop with sports. They are using this seemingly ✌🏾reasonable✌🏾 argument about sports to scaffold other forms of discrimination against trans people writ large and cis women too! Conservatives want to push all women out of sports ultimately. What's more:

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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Good job, Seattle Times Editorial Board. Excluding trans girls from sports (or telling them they have to play with boys, which is the same thing) is ritual humiliation. www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

IL 26-638 would send Washington back to the days of “femininity certificates,” when amateur women athletes, including Olympic athletes, had to carry proof that they had passed visual exams and chromosome testing that proved they were women. Under this proposed initiative, parents of girls as young as 12 could be subject to this violation of privacy.

The ballot initiative states that athletes “must provide, as part of the required routine sports physical examination, a health examination and consent form or other statement signed by the student’s personal healthcare provider that verifies the student’s biological sex, relying only on one or more of the following: The student’s reproductive anatomy, genetic makeup, or normal endogenously produced testosterone levels.”

Aside from the humiliation and violation of privacy, testing for genes and hormones isn’t cheap, which would keep girls without means out of competitive sports.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This is a story about men harassing women. It's being sold to the public as a story about conservatives protecting women, but it's the opposite of that.

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 20/08/2026

"Democrats in any race are going to be smeared as tranny-loving commies regardless of how many times you call trans women 'men'." Please subscribe! www.burnsnotice.com/democratic-c...

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Democratic Candidates Must Beware of Betraying Queer Voters

New data from the Human Rights Campaign shows how much power LGBTQ voters have at the ballot box

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Who me? @whomequestionmark.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

In other news, NCAA president Charlie Baker has announced that a special task force will be commissioned to study canine participation in college basketball in response to an online outcry over the movie Air Bud.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

you can give em feedback here www.amnesty.org.uk/contact-us/

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 20/07/2026

Whats worse... A single Democratic loss in a statewide race to a right-wing governor? Or a Democratic Party win in Ohio that uses transphobia to get there, teaching dems across the country that this is a new acceptable tactic? The latter results in no party left to fight for us.

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Who me? @whomequestionmark.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Good thread about why Democrats' silence on trans issues in the face of Republican attacks did not help them. Dems would have been viewed more favorably if they had actually pushed back. And in their silence, they allowed Rs to sway opinions and push anti-trans lies deeper into the public psyche.

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Already seeing advice from punditocracy that Dems ought to tack to the right to (ironically) raise the saliency and affirm the positions of Republicans on so-called "cultural issues." Let's ask Keir Starmer how well this worked - I hear he has loads of free time.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026

I love going to modern websites. You’ll be looking for a pancake recipe, and then the pancake recipe site will hit you with “by looking at pancake recipes, you have agreed to arbitration”

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 30/11/2023

posting this Classic over here in honor of the big man himself. adios bitch

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/07/2026

CEO Reveals How He Used AI To Build One-Person Company That's $1.3 Billion In Debt

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Amy Sundberg @amysundberg.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

More evidence as to why you might choose to care about things like cameras and surveillance, this time co-written by renowned security technologist Bruce Schneier.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

So, this is in print now. Title pretty much says it all. virginialawreview.org/articles/abo...

https://virginialawreview.org/articles/abolish-conspiracy/

Abolish Conspiracy, by me, now in the Virginia Law Review

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This was correct in 2014, as was "Sotomayor & Kagan should immediately retire in Jan 2021," as was "Thurgood Marshall should have retired in 1978" etc. Pretending Justices were irreplaceable geniuses instead of aging partisan votes in a 9-member super-legislature has been Democrats' fatal error.

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Who me? @whomequestionmark.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Dems CONSTANTLY do this. The GOP makes up stupid nonsense about liberals/the left. The Dems are like, "Well, I don't support this stupid nonsense." And suddenly the made up stupid nonsense has been legitimized by both parties as a thing that actually exists and that we should care about.

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Who me? @whomequestionmark.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I am more surprised that a TV journalist in 2026 had the guts to actually press him on this, rather than just fawn to keep access or "both sides" his lies.

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Who me? @whomequestionmark.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Gosh. A criminal vs. a VEGAN (who eats meat and cheese)?!? Fuck that Vegan! I'm voting for Mr. Securities Fraud!

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Who me? @whomequestionmark.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This is the most brain dead article. It serves up a few boring ass Talarico quotes opposing racism and supporting trans people and goes, "Ohhh look at these faux pas! How can we elect him?!?" Meanwhile, not a single quote from Paxton, who has a history of saying the most heinous shit imaginable.

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James Talarico says he ‘missed the mark’ on ‘cringey’ comments as Texas general election starts

Republicans have attacked Talarico’s past comments on gender, religion, race and more as the Senate race in Texas heats up.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It's going to be hilarious (in the soul-crushing way) to see how fast Alabama goes to #SCOTUS for a stay of this ruling under Purcell, after obtaining relief from the Court from a similar injunction <checks notes> 15 days ago on the ground that it *wasn't* too close to the election.

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Who me? @whomequestionmark.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Look at this guy being a normal fucking human being about some kids who have it rough and could use a little support. It is startling nowadays to hear someone talk about trans kids without a hint of panic in their voice. And that is deeply sad.

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Who me? @whomequestionmark.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Holy shit indeed. That's disbarment level misconduct.

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Hot dog meme www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19p...

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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Tbh to me there are very few Dems who sound like college professors. What Obama is so close to getting here though is that many Dems could sound more “regular” by sounding less focus-grouped to death, less afraid of pissing off literally anyone. But that’s not about being professorial.

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Who me? @whomequestionmark.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Why does Bluesky's discover feed periodically decide to serve me smut? For some reason it has concluded that I need gay muscle daddy accounts in my life, which is something I have not previously sought out at all! I mean it could be worse but I am still confused.

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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This is like watching the Yankees hold open tryouts

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a team of bumblebees @saramchenry.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The deleterious effects of not having a hobby are becoming a defining point in this cultural moment—and who is poised to help? That’s right: the autistics. Job fair day where we all set up tables explaining our deep dives and give people a hand out, a path back to society.

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Who me? @whomequestionmark.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

As someone who hasn't really used AI, I thought it would be interesting to ask ChatGPT an obscure factual question to see how accurate its response was. I asked, "What is the lightest touring ski on the market today that is between 104 and 106 mm under foot?" And woo boy, let me parse the slop:

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 02/04/2026

Even if Trump loses at the Supreme Court, I promise you that opposition to birthright citizenship is already mandatory for any future Trump judicial nominees. The conservative legal movement never treats a decision it dislikes as "settled." It just waits for another shot.

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The Right’s Crusade Against Birthright Citizenship Is Just Getting Started

A single vote for Trump would be as shameful as anything the Court has done in recent memory—and set the stage for future attacks on the Constitution’s promises.

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This. The court may even pair the release of the ruling in favor of birthright citizenship with the one gutting the Voting Rights Act, and the usual suspects will proclaim it’s a sign of moderation

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