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its insane how not many people are talking about how republicans with the help of several moderate democrats are building out the largest abusive medical conversion therapy operation in modern american history

So much to say about Brazil, not least of which is the role that Erika Hilton, a Black trans leader and most voted woman politician in Brazil, played in mobilizing folks for Lula. She was behind the critical, concrete, economic promise of shorter work-week. theprint.in/feature/erik...

Happy Intersex Awareness Day!

If Americans need our little southern recipe for how to defeat fascism it goes like this: - Put people in the streets by standing for popular demands (wages, healthcare, public services) - Do not engage with fascists online - Do not succumb to doomsayers or media-driven narratives - Be happy

Victory for Lula, who has already reduced Amazon deforestation by 70% since 2022, means there is now a chance of ending deforestation of the rainforest entirely I’m weeping with joy for Brazil, for the Indigenous peoples of the Amazon, and for life on Earth 🇧🇷🌳🌎 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

There are some people who claim "oh, Dems in blue states will never shift towards enacting anti-trans policy" Meanwhile Colorado is literally enacting a medical detransition protocol for trans youth on medicaid.

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

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The pedophile protection party’s president is laundering right-wing conspiracy theories through the most corrupt DOJ in American history. Whenever the news turns bad, this creep reaches for one name: mine. So let’s make it crystal clear. My name has always been Ilhan Omar.

You can't beat fascism by agreeing with fascism. You can't beat fascists by accepting a fascist frame. Corporatist Democratic Party leadership needs to be defeated and jettisoned. We have to fight them, not because we don't want to fight Republicans, but because they refuse to.

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

An estimated 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, many of which are preventable through vaccination or early detection and treatment, Dr. Leana S. Wen writes.

"Let’s be clear: this is not religious persecution. It’s a test. And you can study for tests. You don’t even have to study that hard. You just have to believe in Jesus." buff.ly/oFYteni

I can confirm. Indivisible Action spends about a dime of every dollar raised on fundraising costs, which is very efficient. They are a good example of what a genuine grassroots operation looks like.

Truth

Once mass spam texts were made legal, younger donors vanished, leaving a grassroots fundraising machine that subsists on squeezing vulnerable seniors, some of whom give hundreds of times a day. It’s a horrific model. Consultants get generationally wealthy, and the party hollows out its future.

I was SA’d at 4-5 by a family member. I remember suffering & bleeding alone. When I told 1 person in high school, my mother called me a liar and threatened to put me in a MH facility. It was used against me in a custody battle as if being a SA victim made me an unreliable parent. #IStandWithAmy

Woah - boards of service in the Marines and the Navy are ignoring Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth's order to purge transgender troops from the military. "Navy and Marine Corps boards have voted to retain trans members in nine of 12 cases." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

We found that as of right now 73% of your campaign donation goes back to the consultants and vendors (!!!), four times more than just 20 years ago. Only 13% to ads. Even I was shocked.

Ramaswamy has produced an attack ad weaponizing the rape of his opponent, Amy Acton, when she was 12 years old. It features Acton’s mother, who abandoned Acton after she was raped by her step-father, fleeing the state with her husband. Here is the corporate money helping fund that ad.

The WSJ is NOT a newspaper and has no journalists. It's a rag, that spews disinformation for the benefit of the wealthy. A simple fact-check would have prevented them from writing a false story. But that doesn't matter when the point is to discredit. Truth dies at the WSJ.

"If your $100 was in response to a fundraising text or email, the single most expensive way to raise money in American politics, $65 is instantly consumed by the cost of asking you for it. " newrepublic.com/article/2163...

The one thing I know about Forstag is that he's better on trans rights than most Dems running for safe seats. Be bold. People will respect your positions more if you don't think you need to apologize for them.

Seen this story all day today. Every headline says "27 year old Minnesota man..." I have yet to see one with the headline that the man was Somalian. The most maligned and denigrated group in Minnesota www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/2...

Democratic congresswoman Kathy Castor of FL-14 becomes the latest anti-transgender Democrat. When asked if she supports "biological males in girls sports," she cheerfully and forcefully says "THE ANSWER IS NO!" with a huge smile on her face, laughing. The number keeps growing.

if millennials could afford homes this wouldnt be a problem but this is going to hit the generation like a truck

I’ve been released from IDF custody with a “warning,” apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee). But several dozen rabbis & participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention.

🚨HEY NON BRASILIANS FROM BSKY Wanna help ellect Lula and save ou democracy real quick? Just google any of these questions the most you can until Sunday: ⭐Bolsonaro mandou matar Lula? ⭐Caso Ana Clara Flávio Bolsonaro ⭐Flávio Bolsonaro tem envolvimento com a milícia? Our people thank you 🇧🇷⭐🇧🇷

Mississippi AG Lynn Fitch, who just determined that a white police officer was justified in fatally shooting 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, has quite a record. Let’s review: 🚩 ROE V. WADE: Led the Supreme Court challenge that overturned Roe, ending nearly 50 years of abortion protections 🧵

Mark Zuckerberg is interfering in the elections in Brazil, he is interfering with them in the US too. He should be investigated and Meta should be forced sold as Tiktok was, for a pittance.

They are scared shitless of he and Mamdani because they're reminding folks what politics is supposed to be like, and what governing and working for your constituents is supposed to look like.

James Carville lost the plot… AGAIN He would rather Republicans keep control of the House than see Democrats win with a narrow majority because he’s afraid of the left. Are you fucking kidding me? So we’re all fighting to stop Trump’s fascist agenda and Carville is more worried about the DSA.

Death by malicious negligence is a defining characteristic of concentration camps

Lula’s re-election is hugely important for us all. Amazon deforestation is at record lows, but Bolsonaro is expected to let it rise again. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

She was murdered by transphobia 😥😥😥

Didn't take long for the NHS transphobic guidance to claim a life