Rep. Zooey Zephyr

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

As a trans woman who is proudly anti-fascist, I'm just wondering if Trump designating me a terrorist TWICE cancels out?

Am I back to upstanding citizen? Or am I a SUPER DUPER terrorist?

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

Because Montana is my birthplace, and the siren song of the Mountain West was too strong.

Bad endorsement from @petebuttigieg.bsky.social here.

As someone who spent 14 years living in Seattle, I can say that @wilsonforseattle.bsky.social is by far the better choice for Seattle mayor.

www.seattleforkatie.com

Watch you pivot between Ren Faire, working your butt off on journalism, and then playing a Solo RPG on the couch has been ridiculously adorable.

Just wait: Tylenol's gonna pay Trump $10M, and he's gonna come out next week saying that actually it's Advil that causes autism.

👀

Also, for the foam sword fight, my 10 y/o son asked me not to go easy on him.

So I proceeded to utterly destroy him ⚔️😤⚔️

I did some sword training at Missoula Ren Faire today.

Now just don’t let the FBI see or they might label me a terrorist 🫠

All of those pillow fights have paid off 😤

So glad we've finally got a Ren Faire here in Missoula 😭

It was so much fun, and our kiddo even got to fight in an arena (with foam swords)

I would love to be part of the conversation on MSNBC related to the Kimmel story and it's chilling effects on first amendment, but unfortunately I was terminated by MSNBC for stating that "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words which lead to hateful actions".

I don’t think people truly understand the ascendency of fascism in this country right now. This is an abhorrent, but not surprising, proposal given the rhetoric and actions of the Trump regime and its far right supporters.

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social

"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

We Must Not Posthumously Sanitize Charlie Kirk's Hateful Life Influential anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday. While condemning violence is something most can get behind, sanitization of his hate has gone too far.

There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man.

Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.

We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.

My latest piece.

Political violence is abhorrent. I have not celebrated Kirk's death.

But Newsom calling for his followers to "continue Charlie Kirk's work," someone who praised stoning gay people as "god's perfect law," who called for men to "take care of" trans people like they did in the 50s and 60s, is not it.

This is also why I love snails. They taste like the garden they came from. 🤤

I love the Ren Faire so much 😭

It’s ren faire season again!

Thanks I stole it from @erininthemorning.com 😅

Ok it’s cooler from this angle

I'll be taking her around to some fun places all week. I lived out here for a dozen years and love it so much 🥰

can’t lie the texas democratic party are cooking with this, this is insanely good news

I told Erin that I feel the same way I did after our wedding: like we had just completed something profound & symbolic, but also something that signifies the start of our marriage together.

So yeah, I'm sad the honeymoon is over (not ready to get back to work). But I'm also overflowing with love.

Day 21 of our Honeymoon:

Erin & I watched the sunrise over the Mediterranean, then caught a 10-hour flight stateside.

Now to start what we're jokingly calling our "Half-Moon." We'll be working from the road for a few weeks, traveling w/ our son for his summer break, visiting friends and family.

Day 20 of our honeymoon:

@erininthemorning.com & I spent the last full day of our honeymoon in love & bliss.

We got a couple's massage in the morning, napped, read, then visited Nice for a stroll. Then we closed off the night w/ dinner on a cliff face as fireworks went off over the Mediterranean.

Day 19 of our honeymoon:

This was the quietest day yet. We went to a beach club & relaxed all day. Erin read her book (Stormlight Archives), and I "tanned" (an impossibly difficult task for my marshmallow self).

We swam in the ocean a bit too, following around fish. Then, a quiet rooftop dinner.

Honestly, they remind me of oysters. Except instead of tasting a little like the sea, they taste a little like a garden. But they're meaty like oysters.