It’s so nice having my rights be shat on on such a high profile stage. They really can’t handle that trans people exist and have always existed, and they might even find some of us attractive.

I also really appreciate the article talking about the bullshit myth that trans athletes have some kind of advantage in sports. I don’t usually see that.

Anyone who says to not let politics affect your relationships is incredibly privileged and thinks that politics is just about taxes and different spending habits.

Carlson “proof” was that a producer of his show who is also gay said so. Saying about his producer, "Gays all keep close track of that stuff.” I didn’t know that gay folk all knew each other. I’m sure Tucker Carlsons producer is a well-connected gay person, totally not just a self-hating gay person who hates their community and anyone who is a part of their community who is well known.

Jack Smith is a special counsel. He was appointed by the Attorney General. That’s how those appointments work. Was Robert Hurr being appointed to investigate biden classified documents illegal? Was John Durham’s appointment for investigating the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation illegal? None of the special counsels in recent history have been appointed by the president or approved by the senate because that’s not what a special counsel is. It is a DoJ job appointed by the Attoryney general or, if the attorney general has recused himself, the assistant attorney general.

Their last statement was very poorly worded but did seem to be just a continuation of the policy that had already existed. This is actually the right, or at least better, way to phrase things. I knew people who thought they were saying all gender affirming care should be left to adults with their prior statement, so I’m glad we got this clarification. That said, that’s all it is, a clarification. This was only a story because of their poor phrasing. Hopefully, now my fellow trans folk can relax a little until the election in November decides whether or not we get made illegal.

Do you have a specific candidate that most fits with your ideals?

Ozma, I’ve got an actual question for you. For months you’ve been posting that you think biden will be replaced as the nominee at the convention. Before now you thought it was gonna be Newsom. My question is, if Newsom did replace biden, would that change your vote in november from third party to democrat? I’m not trying to be shitty here, I’m just genuinely curious.

She has 0 experience winning elections. She has 0 experience passing progressive policy. She has 0 experience debating and communicating progressive ideals. She has 0 experience in politics in general. And she has 0 interest in being a politician.

This is just like people wanting Oprah to run. She’s a popular black woman so obviously she should run? That’s stupid reasoning. Being a mom doesn’t give you any experience for running a fucking country. Same shit as thinking we should run the country like we run our households.

Michelle will never run and she shouldn’t because she’s just a partner of past politician.

While there’s a lot of fine print reasons, I’d imagine it all goes back to 1 thing. Bigotry.

Breaking: Rich tech guy thinks that the energy draw from rich tech projects is nothing to worry about.

Silver’s model will only actually matter once voting starts. Until then he may as well be a poll aggregator. Which, if the polls are flawed, then his aggregation and model will be flawed.

Fantastic article. Reminds me of a letter that Gandhi wrote to German jews, saying that if they simply were respectable to their oppressors, if they simply were always kind, that the Germans would naturally feel bad for them and stop being so antisemitic. It’s all bullshit. My family insists on respectability politics, and a lot of people in my area do too, although that’s not surprising since I live in a red state. Even have had people at pride say that we shouldn’t pay attention or counterprotest the bigots that yell slurs at us and call us pedophiles. I’ve done away with respectability politics in my own life but I hate having to have family lecture me on why me being disrespectful will simply make the Nazis stick around longer, that really all we need to do is ignore them and they’ll go away or stop being so Nazi. It didn’t work for Jews in the 20s and 30s in Germany, and it won’t work now. Again, great article, I’m gonna share it with my family even if they end up still disagreeing.