Enigma

Happy Pride, Colorado! A reminder that:

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans youth belong.
🗣️ Pride is still protest.
✨ Our joy is powerful.
✊ Freedom is worth fighting for.
🌈 We're not going anywhere.

A MAGA supporter drove a car into a crowd, and another brandished a taser at peaceful protesters during a Tesla protest—both individuals are now facing charges. In response, we are launching our own investigative team to support local law enforcement.

"You can't do this to me, it's unconstitutional" said the US citizen as they were black bagged and flown to a concentration camp in El Salvador after they criticized Trump and Elon.

The rule of law only works as well as the number of people willing to enforce it and that number is dwindling.

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.

Health workers face a stark choice: become collaborators or resisters “Authoritarian regimes often rely on doctors and other health workers to provide a facade of legitimacy and willing hands armed with scalpels, syringes, pens, or simply locks on doors,” writes Eric Re...

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Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic

www.404media.co/the-200-site...

Photo of the exhibition as you first enter. There’s r shirts with slogans hanging on lines across the ceiling and a mannequin wearing an animal print long fur coat in the foreground.

A new exhibition celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the Museum of Transology opened this week with one of the world’s biggest collections of objects and stories celebrating trans, non-binary, and intersex lives. Organisers say hundreds of community curators have been involved in making the show

This has big, "Band who wears their own merch" energy and that shit is cringey AF

This is genius

For over 80 years, Voice of America delivered news to countries—many under authoritarian rule—where reliable information was scarce. Now, those broadcasts, once a vital tool for promoting democracy and transparency, are fading away.

pretty good representation of the mask off era here

A protester holds a white sign that reads, "STOP PROJECT 2025. The sign is bordered by U.S. flag tape.

We, the people, aren't going down without a fight.
(Feb. 5, 2025📍Colorado State Capitol)

Last week, we filed a public records request for more information on ICE's plans to expand detention capacity by nearly 1000 beds in Colorado or Wyoming.

A really concerning case.

There's a possibility that this case may blow up like the Sandy Peggie case.

Stores that rolled back diversity initiatives facing major boycott by shoppers A national economic boycott is taking place today (February 28) to protest against "corporate greed" and the rollback of DEI initiatives.

Shoppers begin major boycott of stores that have backtracked on diversity initiatives

Gay cruise rescues refugees adrift in Gulf of Mexico A gay cruise liner has rescued 11 refugees adrift in a small boat in the Gulf of Mexico in an “emotional” moment.

Gay cruise rescues refugees from small boat adrift in Gulf of Mexico

I’m in a similar but slightly different boat. I spent so much energy trying to stop this that now that it’s here I’m just this:

National parks and forests represent some of the best aspects of our identity. Reckless federal budget cuts pose a reckless threat to the residents of Colorado.

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Article snippet from the Steamboat Pilot with the headline, “What a loss of federal funding could mean for Colorado’s Department of Natural Resources.”

“​​The funding that Colorado receives from the federal government is imperative to accomplish projects that cover everything from flood mitigation to dam and mine safety — typically in rural communities,” Executive Director of the Colorado DNR, Dan Gibbs said.
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Scene from the movie don't look up. Jennifer Lawrence's character with red hair and blunt bangs sits at a modern glass news desk in a newsroom setting. She wears a dark green turtleneck and a gold pendant necklace. Her expression is serious and focused as she looks to the side. The background features a television screen displaying stock market charts and financial news, along with office equipment and warm lighting.

How I feel every morning telling people about the fascist coup currently underway but no one wants to talk about it because they don't want to hear about news or politics right now.

Trump threatened to sue journalists, authors, and book publishers who use anonymous sources. Granting certain sources anonymity is a common journalistic practice, especially when sources fear retribution.

Nine US states now have measures to try to overturn equal marriage At least nine US states have introduced measures to overturn the Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v Hodges ruling.

Marriage equality is firmly in the sights of conservative US politicians.

Anti-LGBTQ+ politician Kristi Noem is Trump’s Department of Homeland Security Secretary

https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/02/26/dhs-lgbtq-kristi-noem-department-of-homeland-security/

Trump's passport policy leaves trans, intersex Americans in the lurch President Trump's executive order that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, male and female, is disrupting the lives of some trans, nonbinary and intersex people applying for passports.

The Trump administration's denial of accurate passports has already wreaked havoc for transgender, non-binary, and intersex people.

We're taking the administration to court because we all deserve control over our own identities.

Michigan Republicans attempt to overturn equal marriage Michigan lawmakers have issued a resolution attempting to overturn a ruling that set a legal precedent for same-sex marriage in the US.

Michigan lawmakers have signalled an intent to overturn same-sex marriage.

Texas measles outbreak worsens with 124 cases across nine counties

The child who died was not vaccinated and was hospitalized last week after testing positive for measles, per the Texas department of state health services.

Trump pardons violent people who attacked officers, but peaceful protest—that’s where we draw the line.

Get in good trouble, necessary trouble.

A graphic with quote “If not remedied, the scandalous state of our present system of capital punishment will cast a pall of shame over our society for years to come. We cannot let it continue.” The quote is attributed to "— Thurgood Marshall, former Supreme Court justice" Above the quote is a photo of the top of the Supreme Court of the United States, a large building with pillars and an American flag waving in front.

The death penalty is a racist, inhumane system that should have long been abolished.

Justice Thurgood Marshall’s words echo as we continue our fight against murder at the hands of the state.

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.

Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.