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Read this now: "Just as a private equity firm buys out a corporation and strips it for parts, the consultant class installs friendly operatives, charges fees, raids the party’s long-term assets, and gives strategic advice that ultimately serves itself over the long-term health of the party."

Hi. I, a trans woman, am the Executive Producer of this show. I wrote the question. He called trans girls men. He has now said it in three different places in the past week.

Doctors and nurses are voicing their objections. I-638 would require EVERY girl who wants to participate in sports to go through biological sex verification. That means expensive, invasive, and utterly gross examinations. Protect our kids and let them play. Vote NO on I-638

The episode is here and it's such a good listen. You can also find it in the B*tch, Listen feed wherever you get your podcasts.

This creepy ultrarich right-winger in WA wants to conduct “sex verification” exams of every girl K-12 who wants to play sports. He’s trying to make the law. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

No thank you, I will not be voting for anti-trans candidates. You want to cuss me and call me names, go ahead. I have a 17 year old trans teen that calls me Mom, you can’t hurt me. Curse me and call me a single issue voter, go ahead.

"The people behind I-638 say they want to protect me from a tiny, vulnerable, and already bullied minority, transgender girls. I don’t need protection from my peers. I need to live in a community that includes, protects, and cares for all youth, regardless of gender identity."

NHS killed 27 year old trans women due to not having a single room bed for her despite her pleading to be placed on a male ward for treatment. Read share, write to your MP and donate. www.translegalclinic.com/justice-for-...

“Hi, these are my kids, Wilder & Finn. Wilder is learning how to make friends. Can we play w/ you?” And then I stare past their eyes right down to the bottom of their little souls to let them know ‘yes’ is the only acceptable answer…” #NCBRS Emily McCollum

"Sports give young people a place to make friends and be part of a team, but sports bans on transgender girls send the hateful message that some children don’t belong simply because of who they are." www.aclu-wa.org/news... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

School shootings are horrific, and anyone enabling them deserves to be prosecuted. This tragedy is going to be weaponized by the right, isn't it? www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/oct/06/...

The grammatical 'colon' and the anatomical 'colon' are not etymologically related. The anatomical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kolon’ which means “large intestine.” The grammatical 'colon' comes from the Greek ‘kōlon’ which means “limb.” Both are a means to an end.

In 1807, Napoleon wrote to his wife that, if Alexander I of Russia was a woman, he'd have to make him his mistress. I am writing a graphic novel that asks, well, what if that was exactly what happened? It's called SACHA, and it's the extraordinary (un)true story of an unbelievable romance...

Am I capable? Cooking: first to leave GBBO Whistle: better than singing Draw: never got past coloring outside the lines Paint: worse than drawing Swim: wait, do trans people swim? Dance: yes, in my head Gifting: getting better Write: with keyboards Guitar: if they would apply themseves Speaking: …

New Baby Boom! Lawyered: In a SCOTUS filing this week, Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas likened the mailing of abortion pills to mailing anthrax or mail bombs. (Only one of those has FDA approval.) The ban states are challenging New York, California, and Massachusetts' telehealth shield laws.

In July, we released Courtney 50.0. It may not be the fastest writing machine, but it has been honed fifty years of intensive language training. Based on the benchmarks demonstrated by this chart, Courtney 50.0 crushes the competition so significantly that we should have used a log axis.

i hope that men notice how whenever a rape story gets widespread coverage, women use it as an opportunity to vent about how fucking disgusting we think many of you are and how many have made our lives measurably worse, and take a few moments to deeply process that.

If you’re wanting to figure out your gender, you’re better off talking to your trans friends than you are seeing a “gender therapist” about it. No, your trans friends will not just push you to transition. That’s social contagion crap. What they will do is tell you about their experiences. They’ll

FCC boss Brendan Carr is changing FCC policy to make it easier for Republicans to flood the public with AI-generated political robocalls without their consent:

as always, if you are an apologist for trans-exclusionary Dems, and especially if you do so in the name of supposed concern for the GOP putting trans ppl into "camps", & especially especially when you won't listen to trans ppl telling you why this is fucked up logic & strategy, I will block you.

so the official bluesky policy position is that you can't tell someone to kill themselves but you can tell a protected minority category that you hope that state kills them. Am i getting that right.

NEW ESSAY on last week's deluge of Dems embracing anti-trans positions. let's stop fixating on trans ppl & instead recognize that Dems have a cisgender problem. pls share! Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... & Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-democra...

9/11/2001 I was a freshman in high school in Alabama, I wore a hijab. In gym class my teacher wheeled in a screen. Something horrible was happening. I watched, mouth agape as the second tower hit. We were silent. As that period reached an end, my name was announced on the loud speaker. 1/

It's always a good time to share this.

One hundred years ago, a trans pool shark traveled the country to show off her skill. @piperbomb.bsky.social brings you the story here in this month's Clippings!

"Now is a good time the best time the only time to come together Fractious Kicking Spilling Burly Whirling Raucous Messy Free Exploding like the seeds of a natural disorder" From my #letterpress 🎨 archive: text from June Jordan's "From Sea to Shining Sea".

ICE threatened to arrest community members. Four people then moved to the center of the street and sat down, linking arms to prevent more ICE vehicles from coming onto the street. ICE tried to intimidate them with sirens but they wouldn’t budge. (Frederick, MD - September 4, 2026)

post-op vaginal dilating??? 😨😱👻

There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”

Introduce myself with 10 Acts I've seen live Carole King Grateful Dead Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention Elton John Firesign Theatre Laurie Anderson Genesis Dire Straits Metric The Decemberists

The anti-trans, anti-queer movement is grounded in a profound antipathy toward young ppl. WA state has two measures on the November ballot that put young people’s interests last. One would subject girls from kindergarten up to invasive sex exams. The other would force school officials to out kids

Seth Moulton is going to eat shit today because he is out of touch with his electorate. He tried to make himself a national media figure by coming out against trans athletes in the midst of voters scrambling to handle the internal trans refugees moving to our state to flee red state anti-trans laws.

video from @hopegiselle.bsky.social split in two for posting here. 1/2

Six anti-trans measures are on November ballots in five states. This is a concerted right-wing strategy of using transphobia to benefit Republicans. In WA, an ultra-rich hedge fund guy is funding this invasion of girls' privacy.

I-638 is the most extreme MAGA measure of its kind in the country because it targets girls with invasive genital exams. Over 100 doctors and other medical professionals have signed a statement rejecting I-638. Join them and vote NO on I-638 this November. #NoHateWAState

She was not "neutral" bsky.app/profile/imar...

Unlike Trump, @DollyParton loved trans women and Drag Queens. @DollyParton she was a trans and drag queen ally who put her money and her music where her mouth is❤️🏳️‍⚧️

I have a dire update on this story. I have reason to believe my source, Aurora Rush, was taken by the federal government as a political prisoner. www.erininthemorning.com/p/trans-coup...

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Advocate Seattle considers $300K boost for nonprofit groups serving trans people displaced by red-state bigotry www.advocate.com/politics/sta...