RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet. "I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one.

Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

This part

Looking for corporate media coverage of the @booker.senate.gov filibuster and finding NONE. Currently live on CSPAN2 and YouTube.

Woman with brown hair and blonde highlights, wearing a pink t-shirt and striped pink dress, heeled shoes with the trans flag on it. The dress has the words 'trans people have always existed' written on it.

Trans and nonbinary people are essential to the movement for sexual and reproductive health and rights.

They should be free to live authentically — with dignity and respect. Trans and nonbinary communities deserve that and more. 💞🏳️‍⚧️ #TransDayofVisibility #TDOV #ImForPP
🎨: @liberaljane.bsky.social

Hell yeah AOC.

GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.

We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.

A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.

HAIRCUTS.

This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.

Green card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detained Fabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court.

“Schmidt being “violently interrogated” at Logan Airport for hours, and being stripped naked, put in a cold shower by two officials, and being put back onto a chair.”

Whatever happened to #abolishICE? It needs to be abolished. This is torture.

11th Circuit Court Finds Florida School Was Not Obligated to Forcibly Out Trans Students “Children do not give up their constitutional rights by enrolling in public school.”

1. Major court ruling!

The 11th Circuit Court has ruled that there is no constitutional parental right to out trans students at a Florida school in a major ruling against January Littlejohn, who was referenced at Trump's address.

The latest from S. Baum.

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Governor Walz is back on the scene and he’s not pulling any punches. ✊🏼
Good to see you Coach!!

"Have You No Decency?": Republican Calls Sarah McBride "Mister," Dems Erupt And End Hearing During a meeting of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, a Republican representative, Rep. Keith Self, called transgender congresswoman the "gentleman from Delaware." Dems pushed back.

1. Finally some fight.

"Have you no decency!?" asked Rep. Keating after a Republican rep called Sarah McBride "Mr. McBride" repeatedly.

McBride shot back, calling the chairman "Madam Chairman."

Fireworks erupted, Dems protested, and the hearing was cancelled.

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New poll shows most Texans oppose school vouchers, even if described as 'school choice' The new survey comes as the Texas House prepares to hear public testimony on its school voucher bill.

Texans don’t want Greg Abbott’s private school voucher scam! (via the San Antonio Current) #txlege

Exclusive: U.S. CDC plans study into vaccines and autism, sources say The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links.

The studies have been done. All the published papers are in my linktree. Honestly, spending money to reexamine this is “waste, fraud and abuse”. Should I report to DOGE?

www.reuters.com/business/hea... 

Congressman Al Green on X: "Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl" / X Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl

Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...

A whole host of overpaid consultants and talking heads told them not to do the right thing and they still chose to do the right thing, so I'd even go a step further and encourage people to contact Senators who opposed this measure (SB 9) and thank them for standing by trans people and our families

They're so mad that they couldn't pass a trans sports ban through congress y'all.

An important statement from the American Bar Association. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...

Thus far this has been the least political—not just US politics but broadly—Oscars in recent memory, maybe my lifetime.

Just like 1984's Winston Smith after Big Brother declared "we have always been at war with Eastasia," GOP senators are frantically tossing their past statements down the memory hole

New Yorkers Deserve Stronger Health Data Protections Now—Governor Hochul Can Make It Happen With the rise of digital surveillance, securing our health data is no longer just a privacy issue—it's a matter of personal safety. In the wake of the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade and the g...

Without strong health data privacy laws, those seeking reproductive & gender-affirming care risk being criminalized based on digital data. Gov. Hochul, protect New Yorkers and sign A.2141/S.929.

Vitamin A does not prevent measles!!

Get your kids vaccinated.

here we go again.

I will be at Cheer Up Charlies today (Wed) from 6p-9p (and later or earlier if needed) to help prepare testimony with anyone who wants to come testify against the anti-drag storytime bill being heard this Thursday.

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

https://propub.li/43487Tj

Public comments are open for gender marker changes for trans people on passports.

DS-11 Application for passport: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

DS-82 Passport Renewal:
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

DS-5504 Name Change and Corrections.
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

You Ask Me How I'm Doing Here's an answer.

"I'm not doing great." It's tragic that @charlotteclymer.bsky.social even had to write this column, which is all the more powerful for being so restrained. charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/you-ask-me...

This is why you fight these cowards.

The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.

Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.

He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return Yosemite halts camping reservations, with no timetable for their return at a time when federal employees are being laid off

Want to go visit the national parks this year?
Sorry.
The reservation system is shut down, EMT personnel are gone, so don't get hurt or lost. No one can clean the bathrooms or cabins, so they'll be closed. Rangers are fired.

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Have you heard about the SAVE Act? It's the newest effort at voter suppression by the House GOP & it's important for all of us. If you're a married woman or someone who doesn't have their birth certificate/passport handy, you're especially going to want to see this. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

There have been a lot of questions about measles in the face of the TX outbreak, and I haven’t been able to answer them all, so here is a FAQ. Please note that I’m not a physician and posting things on social media makes it difficult to express nuance, so I urge you to seek multiple sources.