The Implausible Girl

The Implausible Girl

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Oh Noes! Gays In The Locker Rooms! Whatever Shall We Do? (thread) This thread will contain examples of how modern transphobia recycles homophobia from years past The Daily Utah Chronicle 1998-04-06 We Must Consider Who Works the Locker Room

Republicans: "Democrats believe black people are too dumb to get an id we've intentionally chosen because white people are more likely to have it *and* it costs money." Also Republicans: "Republicans don't know what an 'incumbent' is so we'll have to throw out an election if the Republican loses."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump says Alaska’s ballot is illegal because people don’t know what “incumbent” means

If you think that *shaming* a MAGA True Believer is going to work...you are wrong. They are INVESTED in their moral certitude that their Great White Savior Trump is going to bring back the Good Ol' Days. And mere facts, corruption, or child rape will not sway them. \6

What is going to work is protesting in the streets, actually holding corporations feet to the fire, and getting every damn person you can to the polls in November. We need to mount the largest voter registration and Get Out The Vote operation in US history. And destroy the Republican Party. \7

It has been driven home to many people since the 1960s that 'racism is bad'. So rather than admit that 'I'm angry about Black and Hispanic people being as successful as White people so I vote Trump' they come up with 'alternative facts' to justify their support for him. \4

This study showed that the dynamic driving Trump voters was the *perception* that they were 'falling behind' Black and Hispanic people economically. Notably *not* that they ACTUALLY were falling behind but that they *perceived* themselves to be falling behind. \2

On December 29th, 1170 King Henry II said: 'Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?' and the next day Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was killed. Trump and members of his administration make a habit of that kind of language on a daily basis

George Takei@georgetakei.bsky.social

No President should ever stoke this kind of division and dehumanize the other half of the country in this way.

It is ILLEGAL under US law for a living person to appear on US money. The Trump administration doesn't care. They are planning on doing it anyway. History is definitely rhyming here. #trump #hitler #coins #fascism

Tell me again how this isn't a fascist regime

Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social

"Armed federal agents in military fatigues busted down their doors overnight, pulling men, women and children from their apartments, some of them naked... Agents approached or entered nearly every apartment in the five-story building, and US citizens were among those detained for hours."

Something many people do not know is that members of the US military (including the National Guard) don't get paid during government shutdowns unless the Congress passes a separate bill for it. Which it hasn't yet. \1

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social

Will ICE get paid during the shutdown? Will they get the ridiculous perks ($50k sign on bonuses and student loan forgiveness)? Asking out of pure ignorance and potentially excitement.

The US government is allowed to *not pay them* as long as it acknowledges that it *owes them* the money. Yes. Really. So in addition to being part of a political intimidation campaign that most of them despise, US military families now get to try and survive *with no income* \2

Since Johnson is refusing to call Congress back into session because of fear that a vote on releasing the Epstein files will happen when newly elected Democrats are sworn in, I'm sure this will make the military all just LOVE Trump and his authoritarian project \s \fin

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I am not going to compromise my values. I am not going to speak in platitudes or shy away from the truth. And I certainly am not going to throw immigrants or trans kids under the bus because some consultant told me it polls really well with Republicans.

Two years ago Republicans pretended this wasn't REALLY their plan and that trans people were just overreacting *This* week prominent Republicans called for everything from forced institutionalization to public execution of transgender people in the wake of FALSE claims a shooter was transgender

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Mass revolt from queer authors in the UK after a major LGBTQ+ writing prize longlisted a self-proclaimed TERF. 11 authors and 2 judges have withdrawn from the Polari Prize. One of those withdrawals, that of June Thomas, is newly confirmed by our reporter, @evanurquhart.bsky.social. Read more here:

assignedmedia.orgQueer Authors Withdraw From Writing Prize En Masse Over Inclusion of Self-Proclaimed TERF — AssignedA UK LGBTQ+ writing prize seems to be crumbling as the queer community protests the inclusion of an anti-trans writer on the long list. Trans prisoners in Georgia accuse the state of cruel and unusual...

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Rep. Terry Wilson said he "felt threatened" by a trans woman "staring" at him at a Texas redistricting hearing. He tried to expel her from the building & called her "unruly" for testifying during the designated public comment period. Full credit @MamaMephistopheles on IG

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It would be neat if someone did a survey of Americans asking them to rank these forms of theft in order of how much money is stolen. My bet is that - if they were told shoplifting was part of larceny - most would think that was the biggest category.

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My t-shirt that says my getting a $400 million dollar plane as a gift from a foreign government is not "acceptance of any form of bribery, undue influence, or corrupt practice." has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt. #emoluments #bribery #corruption #trump