In Anxiety, We Trust-they/them

We need to critical more than ever because misinformation is so rampant and it is so easy to blindly trust people. I genuinely do not listen to one singular source for information. Do I have my favorites? Yes. Do I only listen to them? No. They aren’t perfect, but they are more reliable.

What I’m trying to point out is that it is important to go check if other sources are saying the same thing & if you can find evidence of the claim. I’m in no way saying any particular politician is perfect. I’m saying that we need to be more critical of everything we hear & see now more than ever.

One of the key characteristics that you see with MAGA and Q-Anon, is that they don’t question anything they hear or see. They genuinely hear Trump say absurd and wildly false statements and his supporters will take it as fact. They will not even have a doubt about it. To them, it’s gospel and fact.

These questions include- “did this person actually say that?” “Can I find evidence to show this is how this happened and what was said?” Or even “does this person have additional motivations that they aren’t telling us?” Just some examples. We need to be verifying whether it is true or not.

I’m not going to itemize every piece of rhetoric that has been debunked regarding Kamala Harris. Plenty of people have done that and there are tons of videos. I’m talking about the blind trust in what she said and what creators echoing her were saying. It is so important to be asking questions.

I’m not saying this to shame anyone (other than Stein herself). I’m saying this because I witnessed a concerning amount of people taking her word as gospel when it has come talking about the Democratic nominee. That’s not healthy. Doesn’t matter who the person is- that’s how you fall victim to this.

The one I’m talking about is Jill Stein. What I meaning by that is that she consistently campaigns on demonizing whoever is the Democratic candidate. She only gains traction in the rhetoric when the official nominee has been either a woman, person of color, or both- a woman of color. Here me out-

What I’m meaning by this is that there are paths down the alt right pipeline that exist on the left. To be honest, I’m talking about this for awareness because we need to be questioning everything we read and see. The biggest paths right now down the alt right pipeline is one I don’t see mentioned.

We already know the obvious ones with the manosphere. We know how easy it is to stumble upon alt right content on social media. Especially YouTube Shorts. Those are, of course, insidious paths down the pipeline. But I don’t think we talk enough about those on the far left falling down it.

I think I should remind everyone that no one is immune to unintentionally falling down the alt right pipeline. There are many pathways down it. And I don’t think enough people are really discussing how easy it is to fall down it or how to prevent it. I guess we dive into it here.

I don’t fuck with anyone that thinks we should stop talking about the Epstein files. If you’re reading this and got offended, I was including you in that. I don’t care who is in the files- RELEASE THEM. I want all of them to be held accountable.

What the Texas Republicans are doing is actually illegal. All of it- the Redistricting 3 years after they already redrew the districts. This is what it looks like when you have to cheat to win.

What it’s like being in Arizona right now. I’m fucking over it. I already have started fully indulging in fall shit. I need the weather to match my mood already.

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Just remember that Trump doesn’t like that the public isn’t letting go about the Epstein files. That’s because he is on the list. And his name shows up many times. For many of us, we already knew this based on what was already released years ago and the many pics of him with Epstein that exist.

With what the Texas republican legislators are doing right now, I just remind you that based on voter registration, they aren’t actually even a red state. There are actual more registered democrats in Texas than republicans. And they are holding Nicole Collier hostage to further gerrymander Texas.

Imagine this in Russian on Russian state TV

The word for what Jesse Watters is describing here is un-American. A shredding of the constitution.

There nothing funny about it.

I Don't Care if Democrats Are in the Epstein Files Hold them all accountable.

"I don’t care if Clinton is in the Epstein files. I don’t care if any Democrats are on the client list. I don’t care if any progressives are on the client list... You know why? Because I'm not in a cult."

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Shout to this absolute diva from the San Francisco Pride. Stole the hearts of the entire crowd and was so happy to hear everyone cheering.

Not to mention that responding like that does not help make you look innocent. In fact, it makes it pretty obvious that you’re guilty.

I was born and raised in the Phoenix area. I don’t understand enjoying this heat at all. Summer is my least favorite season.

If you say your favorite season is summer, I know a damn fact you don’t live in Arizona. The high in Phoenix was 117 Fahrenheit yesterday. For those of you on the metric system, that’s about 47-48 Celsius. It’s 100 and fuck you outside in Arizona right now.

Also, I will admit there were things about my grandparents’ lives that I wanted to know what it was like. However, that did not include a world war. I just wanted to have an economy where you could buy a house on one income easily. I also wanted to know my grandparents when they were young. Not war.

I don’t know how many people from other countries follow me, but I want it known that the American people do not support the strikes Trump did in Iran. We do not want war. Please do not think he speaks for us. He does not.

Just a BTW, if you misgender any trans person because a) you don’t like them, b) did something problematic, or c) don’t meet your idea what a trans person should be, you are NOT an ally to the trans community. This includes dead naming. This is not up for debate.

Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego Wants Trans Athletes to “Find Other Activities” Gallego is the latest in a string of Democratic politicians to turn their backs on trans youth in sports.

Ruben Gallego needs to address these comments. He’s forgetting that we made Krysten Sinema a one term senator for a reason. We can do the same to him.

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett Officially Announces Candidacy for Ranking Member of House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett officially announced that she is running to serve as Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

I’m officially running to be the Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee.

These are not normal times—and this cannot be a business-as-usual moment.

Read my full letter to my colleagues here:

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Happy Pride for my trans siblings from our feral nonbinary sibling! You are loved and you are valid.

Mood for whole month #pride #prideisstillaprotest