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submitted 21 hours ago • 14 comments

I’m really glad I decided to write this one today. Already got responses from family of transgender people thanking me for helping them understand. I truly do believe people are reachable as long as they are not too far gone.

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

We are getting reports of clinics shutting down that provide care to trans youth over the latest CMS letter threat. If your clinic has shut down or you work at one, or your child's clinic has shut down, please send us a DM - we are putting together a big story on this.

submitted 10 hours ago • 9 comments

The Senate bill aims to effectively end all civil rights lawsuits against the federal government except by entities rich enough to potentially pay million/billions in fees. I am not making this up.

submitted 13 hours ago • 118 comments

What's important to me as a science reporter about this is that "Do assessments improve outcomes?" is an actual open question in the field of youth gender-affirming care where experts who know the field inside and out genuinely disagree.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

The Israelis are calling this a "preemptive" strike. Whether you agree or disagree with this attack, these are not - from what we know tonight - "preemptive" strikes. The Israelis are using that word for a reason. Read on. /1

submitted 1 day ago • 51 comments

BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 1 day ago • 213 comments

If you have an iPhone, make sure you always have the latest security update. If you are concerned that you might be targeted by government spyware, enable Lockdown Mode.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

“We’re slowly going underground, underground, underground,” the mother said. “You put one thing in place, and then you have to prepare for when that gets taken away."

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Folks, CBO estimate of the distributional effect of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is out: www.cbo.gov/system/files... It's grotesque

submitted 1 day ago • 32 comments

HAPPENING NOW: Judge Charles Breyer (brother of retired SCOTUS justice Stephen) hears arguments on whether to grant California's emergency motion to limit Trump's deployment of the National Guard in LA. 🧵

submitted 1 day ago • 22 comments

I'm on my way to the Senate floor to talk about the assault on my colleague, Senator Alex Padilla. This is a horrifying moment in our nation’s history.

submitted 1 day ago • 2118 comments

real props to Padilla for everything he did today, this is exactly the kind of confrontation we need to see more of and the optics are fucking terrible for the Trump goons hasn't always been my favorite Senator but credit where credit is due, I hope others see this as a model

submitted 1 day ago • 25 comments

Afterwards, Sen. Padilla framed what happened in exactly the right way: "If this is how the Department of Homeland Security responds to a senator with a question...I can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day laborers, in Los Angeles & throughout California & the country."

submitted 1 day ago • 106 comments

In a world where enshitifcation makes all tech products and apps worse over time, the idea of "A new game machine that does everything the old one did but better, faster, and it isn't filled with AI" is a really compelling pitch. kotaku.com/switch-2-bet...

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

This is very dangerous way to phrase the mission when regular US military forces are part of it. "Liberate" a major US city from its duly elected state and local officials? Utterly unacceptable language

submitted 1 day ago • 58 comments

Notice she's not talking about "criminals" anymore. Now they're onto who they perceive as their enemies, including the people we elected. They want to use L.A. to show they can force liberal cities into submission.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

on a meeting like "hi! my country is violently descending into chaos instigated in no small part by its own government! lets chat about the powerpoint deck!"

submitted 1 day ago • 19 comments

This is basically the language of military reconstruction Needless to say, Los Angeles does not need to be subjected to military reconstruction

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

THIS A UNITED STATES SENATOR ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA BEING PHYSICALLY SHOVED OUT OF A MEETING ABOUT WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING TO THE BIGGEST CITY IN OUR STATE.

submitted 1 day ago • 279 comments

NEW: Here's a striking new amicus brief in support of California from 8 "former US Army and Navy secretaries and retired four-star admirals and generals" (inc. Michael Hayden, Thad Allen, Sean O'Keefe). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning. - <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT. - The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

submitted 2 days ago • 66 comments

A little more on RFK's new vaccine committee: Malone - claimed vaccines cause AIDS Kulldorff - promoted mass COVID infection Meissner - opposed vaccines and masks for kids Pebsworth - worked at antivax nonprofit Levi - FL Surgeon General cited his paper when recommending not to get COVID vax

submitted 2 days ago • 138 comments

IRS reportedly considering massive changes designed to make it harder for lower income non-white students to attend private nonprofit colleges. Circled paragraph is very interesting, need more reporting on what is happening there.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Democratic US Representative LaMonica McIver was indicted by a grand jury on three counts for 'forcibly impeding and interfering' with federal law enforcement, the US Attorney for the District of New Jersey said on June 10 reut.rs/4l48zqt

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

We feed you. They hunt us.

submitted 2 days ago • 1247 comments

Trump has wanted a police state with himself sitting at the top as its undisputed boss since his first administration. The standoff in L.A. shows how truly eager he is to turn America’s vast warmaking powers inward on his domestic foes and critics. Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 3 days ago • 65 comments

I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.

submitted 2 days ago • 98 comments

3 news alerts just now: @wsj.com: Inflation Rose to 2.4% in May, in Line With Expectations @axios.com: Inflation slowed in May despite tariffs, Consumer Price Index shows @nytimes.com: U.S. inflation remains muted, with limited effects from tariffs So it either “rose,” “slowed,” or “remained."

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

“Los Angeles descends into a moment of nervous silence as the curfew begins & troops keep watch over the people’s most sacred gathering spots… but with the rebels scurrying through the streets, how long can Ghoram stay quiet and will the Emperor have the city pacified before the Olympics next sol?”

submitted 2 days ago • 19 comments

"And let me conjure you, in the name of our common country, to express your utmost horror and detestation of the man who wishes, under specious pretenses, to overturn the liberties of our country, and who wickedly attempts to open the floodgates of civil discord." www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-gro...

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

I’m watching parliament’s women and equalities committee grill Baroness Falkner and the EHRC so you don’t have to, follow along with this thread for a summary of what’s said

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

NEW As usual for major news events, disinformation on social media is running unchecked during the ICE protests in LA So people are turning to chatbots like Grok and ChatGPT for fact checking The problem is, the bots are making the situation much worse www.wired.com/story/grok-c...

submitted 3 days ago • 17 comments