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Understanding How Moral Panic Threatens Freedom A moral panic is a mass expression of fear and concern over something or someone perceived to threaten the values and norms of society.

"Moral panics are often centered around people who are marginalized in society due to their race or ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality, or religion. As such, a moral panic often draws on known stereotypes and reinforces them."
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Cartoon by Matt Lubchansky. Panel 1: a greyscale picture of protestors holding signs saying, "Whites Have Rights" and "Segregation Forever". One is saying, "Denying Black people equal rights is the only way we can protect our precious children from these hypersexualized predators!" Panel 2: Protestors holding signs saying, "No gay teachers", "Homosexuality is a sin!" and "Marriage = Male + Female". One is saying, "Denying Gay people equal rights is the only way we can protect our precious children from these hypersexualized predators!" Panel 3: Protestors holding signs saying "Out of my toilet!", "Stop Gender Ideology!", "2 Genders", and "I care about women's sports suddenly!". One is saying, "Denying trans people equal rights is the only way we can protect our precious children from these hypersexualized predators!" Panel 4: One asks, "You think we might be wrong again?" Another replies, "This time is definitely going to be different."

Reference thread on the parallels between the transphobia and homophobia moral panics.

Hey! Time to support this Professor!

“While women’s rights decline around the globe, the ever-precarious position of women is overshadowed by spectacles such as this spaceflight, as seen just two days later as the UK Supreme Court ruled to exclude trans women from the legal definition of womanhood.”

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WashPo [24 Apr 25] -- More Trump polling numbers collapsing on his signature issue of immigration:
56% disapprove of handling of issue
62% oppose removing foreign students
52% oppose renditions to El Salvador
Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left in Salvadorian prison.
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“There has never been an instance where one group of people lose their rights and everyone else lives happily ever after. Either everyone is equal or no one is equal.”

Journal Club: Debunking the Cass Review’s Successor — Assigned Veronica Esposito debunks some of the basic claims made by the UK’s “Sullivan Review.”

Last week, the UK published another paper following up the Cass Review. Veronica Esposito takes some time to debunk a few core claims the paper makes.
Article by Veronica Esposito

Trans woman stepping out of the best sci fi machine you've ever seen drawn in Paint Scientist: ok! The transformation is complete! We've changed every single one of your sex characteristics: hormones, genitals, chromosomes, etc GC: still a man

You forgot to change the magical essence

The 14 defining characteristics of fascism.

PSA for trans firearm buyers

For those not aware: an FFL can deny a firearms transfer if the buyer's invoice and/or credit card doesn’t match their government-issued ID. This can throw a wrench in firearms purchases for folks who may be in the middle of a name change or haven't updated all of their documentation yet.

attorney referral list for SEVIS termination and visa revocation litigation.xlsx

Here is a list of immigration attorneys that can help with student visas that get revoked.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

If Trump had become President during WWII he 100 percent would have rounded up all of the Jewish scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project and sent them all to Hitler.

Trump is sending a Russian scientist who created a breakthrough cancer detection microscope back to Putin's Russia. She was a dissident who criticized Putin and now will be in danger.

The New York Times has always been anti-gay and anti-queer. The few years they pretended to support us around 2015 were an aberration, not the norm.

(Source x.com/mynameisjro/...)

This is, weirdly, the most purely fascist shit anyone in the administration has said so far

- Your health is an asset of the fatherland
- Illness is a failure or a moral failing
- You have a duty to maintain your health
- Healthcare is not a right, it's a finite resource
- Die for the fatherland

Anti-Trump protests this weekend turn focus to community action A grassroots-led campaign has hundreds of protests and events scheduled across the U.S. on Saturday. Organizers say the momentum built on resistance against the Trump administration has not slowed.

A grassroots-led campaign has hundreds of protests and events scheduled across the U.S. on Saturday. Organizers say the momentum built on resistance against the Trump administration has not slowed.

A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.

Troops arrive at the border to help with enforcement despite fewer migrant crossings According to the U.S. Army, soldiers won't be arresting people suspected of being in the country illegally, and instead will offer "logistical support" to Border Patrol agents.

According to the U.S. Army, soldiers won't be arresting people suspected of being in the country illegally, and instead will offer "logistical support" to Border Patrol agents.

Harvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration Demands Federal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful.

Breaking News: Harvard rejected the Trump administration’s demands, including that it submit to monitoring and reduce the power of faculty and students.

Old mobile phones and keyboards. Overlaid text reads: FT Exclusive: EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones to avoid espionage

Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...

Will the SAVE Act make it harder for married women to vote? We ask legal experts Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.

Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.

On the first night of Pesach.

REQUEST: ARCHIVE PLANNED PARENTHOOD GAC WEBPAGES!

Please help us track changes to GAC on your regional Planned Parenthood website.

Simply go to their page on trans care, and follow the instructions here to archive it on the Wayback Machine.

I'll do the rest.

help.archive.org/help/save-pa...

Here's the CMS letter being sent to state Medicaid directors that precipitated the Planned Parenthood AZ pause on trans care. Notably, this is literally just a letter and does not change any federal laws or regulations.

There's no reason to obey to this ridiculous request.
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The SAVE Act passed the House today

Crazy that four dems voted for the save act...
Voter suppression.