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Even before the Stonewall riots, our LGBTQ+ community has been fighting to survive. They deserve a leader who will stand up for them, and never compromise their rights. As your Council Member I know it’s my duty to be the first line of defense for my community. (1/3)

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This is not your standard McSweeney’s article. It is beautiful and absolutely worth reading.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

Please let this be real.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Carrie Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, has shared a photo of her children watching Leia in ‘RETURN OF THE JEDI’ on May the 4th.

submitted 6 days ago • 24 comments

“Whenever they try to ban drag, we just put students in drag, bitch.” New today from Joelle DiPaolo: @brigittebandit.bsky.social and other queens staged a joyful protest at the UT Austin campus over a university ban on drag performances.

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

Will this get reported on by American media, or are they all too afraid?

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

submitted 15 days ago • 611 comments

1/ Judge Gallagher, a Trump appointee, orders US to facilitate return of another Venezuelan man sent to El Salvador (in breach of binding settlement). "This Court is also guided by, and fully agrees with, the definition of 'facilitate' espoused by Judge Xinis and...Fourth Circuit in Abrego Garcia."

submitted 16 days ago • 14 comments

💥 BREAKING: Levi Strauss shareholders voted today to reject a proposal calling on the company to cease / abolish all DEI efforts (tally TBD). LEVI Board: “Diversity and inclusion principles are critical in ensuring that our products reflect and are relevant to our diverse global consumer base.”

submitted 17 days ago • 1026 comments

So here in France we have a 5G-enabled electricity meter called Linky, which naturally here in the land where people who live in heaven think they live in hell there were all kinds of protests — Linky gives you cancer, makes your kids autistic, kills your dog, sets your house on fire, and so on.

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Whew! Sen Chuck Grassley’s town hall should be a wake-up call for Trump & Republicans. Voters want Kilmar García brought home — and they’re pissed Trump’s thumbing his nose at a Supreme Court ruling. This isn’t “tough on crime,” it’s lawless, un-American trash — and folks know it. This is Iowa!

submitted 25 days ago • 381 comments

The tide is changing in Montana! Today, 17 Republicans joined with democrats to defeat another anti-trans bill in the MT house. Additionally, Republicans joined democrats to kill a "forced outing" bill in House Education yesterday. That's 2/2 in defeating anti trans bills this week!

submitted 32 days ago • 84 comments

What they’re doing to social security

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

What is the proper greeting when the window washers in your highrise are walking through your office to get to roof access? Good luck seems odd, and break a leg is wrong too.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

The Rachel Maddow Show - The Musical!!

submitted 33 days ago • 92 comments

Tariffs xkcd.com/3073

submitted 33 days ago • 264 comments

Absolutely incredible turn out at MN State Capitol! #HandsOff

submitted 35 days ago • 538 comments

A budget is a moral document. Show me a budget and I’ll show you who you think matters and who doesn’t.

submitted 36 days ago • 29 comments

And history will repeat itself unless Republicans join us and stand up to these across the board tariffs.

submitted 37 days ago • 44 comments

fuck you make me

submitted 37 days ago • 45 comments

Ok, it's a long thread. I know. But read it. The judges are seeing through all the bullshit.

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Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich

submitted 40 days ago • 274 comments

Bunch shows how it is done. The way he points out what the EO legally does (directs the VP, acting as just one of many regents) vs what it claims to do (“change the Smithsonian!”—something POTUS can’t do) is fantastic. We need more of this, less ppl taking EOs as law.

submitted 41 days ago • 29 comments

This needs to be said more and loudly.

submitted 42 days ago • 205 comments