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We really hit on something with the 12 year old theory of governance because that’s really the entire political project. It’s being 12 years old and not even normal 12 year olds but real pieces of shit 12 year olds

Wow, the University of Washington's Psych 201 class does *not* play

go fuckin Huskies

Nazi UW students fuck off

Cruising crackdown in Penn Station bathroom puts at least 20 men in ICE custody State and city laws prohibit local police departments from turning people over to ICE. That restriction does not apply to the federally run Amtrak Police Department.

What might not occur to you upon reading this headline is that, in other words, ICE is targeting gay men of color

Every queer press org should be picking up this story

Right now: As an ICE agent sets up floodlights facing a few protesters outside the Broadview ICE facility, one activist remarks that photos “better not be for your spank bank.” “Nothing from your genetic lineage would be in my sp…” the agent began to reply, cutting himself off.

We have a white supremacist gestapo with complete immunity in our country now.

This vision of liberalism requires Black people to accept their humanity will always be a matter of “debate.”

that wsj story now feels like a culmination of anti-trans panic that should prompt a reckoning in the mainstream media. was totally bunk, false, peddled. it’s the kind of thing that has led to reconciliation before, and it should now. news editors should be looking at themselves in the mirror

This is the line that Dems need to push. It can't be simply. "Political violence is bad" it MUST be "Political violence is bad and Trump and his ilk are responsible for creating conditions ripe for political violence"

i don't have a lot of non-sarcastic responses to this that don't include the words "concentration camp"

"Graphic from the NRA with a red border and dark blue background. White and yellow text states: 'The NRA supports the Second Amendment rights of all law abiding Americans to purchase, possess and use firearms. NRA does not, and will not, support any policy proposals that implement sweeping gun bans that arbitrarily strip law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights without due process.' The NRA logo is at the bottom. The tweet caption reads: 'The Second Amendment isn’t up for debate.'"

Oh my god, Trump actually got the NRA to come out to defend trans people owning a gun.

I agree. It is not time to panic, but it is time to soberly face the fact that the executive branch is increasingly acting as an autocracy, is not being meaningfully checked by congress or the courts, and is openly preparing to treat large classes of people as enemies devoid of any rights.

at no point did we defund the police. it's important when we talk about defunding the police to note it never actually happened. would it work? we don't know! but merely phrasing the idea succinctly incited a reactionary backlash that put fascists in charge of all 3 branches of government. curious!

edited tweet by normal_now Sometimes on campus you accidentally walk by a Law school and the professor is writing like "laws = real" on the board and everyone is taking notes like its actual school

Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

used to be you could get an indictment against a ham sandwich. now you can't even indict a guy who throws a ham sandwich. folks, www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

Authoritarian creep is real: the reaction to Shin’s arrest now (minimal on a national level) versus what it would have been six months ago should worry us all.

You may not like that it takes 100 years to pass some watered down social welfare program because of the constitution but that's also what protects us from dictatorship [some dumb slob does dictatorship in 6 months]

Too bad that our legal and institutional safeguards only work to prevent good policies. It would be cool if they also stopped the evil stuff

If you're a cisgender american who agrees with Newsom and believes that trans people deserve respect then you won't have a problem with ending your own life at the age of 54. Cutting 25 years out of your life isn't a big deal, right? Life expectancy is 79. Shouldn't be a big ask of y'all.

I am. I'm telling you that i will not light myself on fire to keep you warm.

You have three years to figure it out.

If you can't, i will take you down with me.

You have been warned

for you it is not. we've got a ps5

my town told me they needed to resurface the road near my home so i asked how often they do that and they said they just do it when the surface wears off, about every year or two so i said it sounds like they're just feeding asphalt to the creek and then they approved another mall in a watershed

the only good lawyer

Everyone everywhere needs to stop trying to get out of jury duty. The social norm around avoiding it at all costs is morally degrading, I feel

Their daughter can't use the right bathroom IN THEIR OWN STORE! Where's their 'parent's rights' motherfuckers?

This is who your Democratic leaders are encouraging with their 'broader tent' bullshit.

Fuck this shithole country. and fuck the Democratic Party fascists too

Fix your hearts or die!

civilization vi leader two turns before you destroy his lone attacking trebuchet unit with a missile cruiser

We in the legal profession really need to have a moment of introspection about how our commitment to "civility" above all else didn't just enable everything we're seeing now, it helped *cause* it.

Some arguments should not be met with civility. Sometimes civility only serves oppression.

Trans Americans, it will probably pick up on aliases that would out us anyway. Having consistent docs for routine use keeps you from having to deal with routine pushback from cops, banks, the DMV, and so on in your daily life.

It’s a risk for sure. My take is that if you are planning on living in a way where using your birth name/ID will instantly out you based on your appearance, you’re probably better off getting it changed. If there’s the kind of data gathering being done where there’s a meaningful list put together of

I help folks with name changes and gender marker changes professionally and personally, so reach out if you need assistance with this.