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Happy Pride, Bodie and everyone!

Yes, obviously we should bring Kilmar Abrego-Garcia back ASAP. But none of those people deserved to be disappeared into a horrendous foreign oubliette without even due process - at our taxpayer expense, to boot

I can't watch this and say nothing. The arrest of people lawfully here because of things they have said is nothing short of creating a new class of political prisoners. Then sweeping them away to Louisiana to evade the rule of law is atrocious. We cannot stay silent.

This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

With all the concern about what messaging app was used by our leaders, I'd love it if we also considered that we dropped bombs on a civilian apartment building and killed 53 people. Some number of whom were children. If another country did this to the United States, we'd call it a war crime.

It's disgusting

David French on how Signalgate shows that we are at risk of our military culture sliding into a political military. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/o...

This whole thread, I'm crying, I needed this laugh so badly

But her emails 😭😭😭 these people are literally bumbling fools

19 years ago, I inadvertently replied all to my advisor and said I wasn't sure what our collaborator meant - not realizing she was on the chain. I have never recovered. I think I can start to forgive myself now 😂 www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

We know who the villains are in this coup. But so many heroes are showing up to oppose them, and many of them are federal employees, including judges. I give you supreme boss-hero champion Judge Ana Reyes, telling Team Trump they don't know shit and schooling them in the facts about gender and sex.

The community note 🤌😘

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

The resistance, scientist division. “This work is too important to die.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/c...

Ron Howard FTW 🎯

"There are many good reasons to accommodate budding dictators, and only one reason not to: Anticipatory obedience is a key building block of their power." A powerful warning from @mashagessen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...

The look on netanyahu's face right now 🤢

1. Multiple hospital systems are complying with an unlawful executive order with dubious enforcement mechanisms and pulling their trans kids off care. While most have not, those that have are harming their trans patients. The latest from Mira Lazine. Subscribe to support our journalism.

So who's feeling like this week was a great use of our taxpayer dollars

Thanks to George Conway for posting Caroline Kennedy's letter so everyone is informed about RFK Jr. Please repost far and wide.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

Everyone should be aware of the line that has been crossed in the Trump trans military EO. No longer is this about "evidence," "science" or "protecting kids." Now, explicitly, black and white, it's about trans people being "liars," "dishonorable," "false." It's a big step towards very bad things.

Teen Vogue leading the way. Lots of great accounts to follow here. Trans rights are human rights.

"Many of the cuts Republicans are contemplating target programs aimed at helping low-income Americans, all in the service of paying for the extension of tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the wealthy." Sure, they care about your grocery bill ... 😒

Congratulations to America's first female president, President Trump! Way to break the glass ceiling, Madam President!

Attacks on transgender people by the government are being couched as defense of women. We women do not want your toxic, patriarchal "defense."

Nice retrospective for last year! wurdtorn.com

Rippled ice on the lake at sunset

Love this! "Now kiss" say young astronomers everywhere with their plushy planets

Good words. wurdtorn.com