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There are already 178 state-level anti-LGBTQ education bills introduced in 2026. Source: @aclu.org

so crazy to me that a woman asked trump if he has any words for epstein's victims and he said "you as a young woman should smile more." it will go nowhere bc republicans refuse to hold trump accountable, but it's still pretty crazy.

Federal Court Rules Requiring Use of Trans Student’s Pronouns Does Not Violate First Amendment A Christian substitute teacher first sued the school for having to use a trans student's pronouns in 2024.

Federal Court Rules Requiring Use of Trans Student’s Pronouns Does Not Violate First Amendment

Destroying federal support for civil rights in education has cost us millions and we will pay the price for increased educational inequity for decades to come.

1) Anthropology of Religion
2) Egyptology
3) Shakespeare
4) Tudor England
5) Art as religious propaganda

We need more DEI in schools, not less.

RFK Jr. is indeed coming for the HPV vaccine. He has support from the religious right, so it may move fast. All genders can contract & spread it & all genders can receive the vaccine. Non-penetrative sexual contact can spread it-- so ya' know, the sex stuff young teens do. It can be given at age 9.

Targeting access to education.

Ok, not everyone. But everyone w critical thinking skills.

I want him to live long enough to understand that everyone thinks he is beyond ignorant and incapable of complex thought.

The Episcopal Church has not always been on the right side of social issues even in to the 2000s. This public stance from the church is all the more powerful given that history.

Or. Because he’s a white man.

www.aft.org/press-releas...

ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.

they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.

ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.

the family is here legally.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

NYers: There are FOUR anti-trans education bills introduced in the 2026 NY State legislature already. All four are advancing. There are concrete things you can do: Call your state representatives, Assembly & Senate. Educate others & encourage them to call. Meet w your rep. It matters!!

@mta.info FIx the damn 1!!! It is ridiculous that MTA cannot keep this critical north south manhattan route operational!!!!

SCOTUS seems likely to uphold transgender athlete bans. They might not stop there.

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

In 2022 I started tracking changes in how news outlets were describing trans people, and set up a bot to record every article pushed to the Google News index based on a handful of search phrases, including “biological sex” in both the US and UK. The amount in 2023 alone was absolutely staggering.

The Trump administration is trying to impose a brutish, brutalizing macho fascist politics, writes @sorayachemaly.bsky.social.
https://bit.ly/3NsEt4u

Do you guys think Riley Gaines is such a slow swimmer because she’s so full of shit?

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#Justice4ReneeNicoleGood ⚖️

I don’t think I’m on this one. Add please?

It was an act of gendered violence. It was gender policing— punishment for lack of deference, for not cowering to white male authority, for thinking independently, for being queer. Executing a disobedient woman. So blatant & clear, and yet too little acknowledgment of it!

Renee Good’s Crime Understanding the law she broke and why it was punishable by murder

Her crime against heterosexist patriarchy was punishable by murder katemanne.substack.com/p/renee-good...

The message from the regime the last few days is clear: Submit or die. We don’t care which.

Same.