The fact that Congress can't get this done really is a dark sign of how dysfunctional our government is. This is a lay-up.
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The fact that Congress can't get this done really is a dark sign of how dysfunctional our government is. This is a lay-up.
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Imagine holding out hope that Kristi Noem, of all people, will come back to her senses and be your wife again.
I mean, no sympathy for Bryon Noem, who is also a MAGA Republican. Just baffled.
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Yes, but again, most people are aware cis men don't have periods.
07.03.2026 20:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Yes, but this is just applying basic common sense. You don't need any scientific knowledge to ask this question.
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For an upcoming video, I'm looking into the dumbass talking points against birth control, and man. I wish people would think for just a second. One video argues you need a "natural" period for a "true detox."
So what? Is every prepubescent girl and every post-menopausal woman toxic? What about men?
"Noem is in many ways taking the fall for Stephen Miller.
"While she is morally and professionally responsible for her blunders as secretary, she was also reportedly acting on direct orders from the White House deputy chief of staff."
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"Lewandowski is portrayed in a role that, on the right, is usually reserved for women: as Noem’s support staff.
"To Trump, who has rigidly hierarchical notions of gender, that probably seems emasculating."
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"Federal immigration agents were instead slipping on ice or shooting unarmed protesters, all while whining about how persecuted they were."
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Why read past headlines: Let's wallow in Noem's final humiliation together!
But also some crack feminist analysis about the trap MAGA women think they can avoid — but they can't.
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Happy Friday! Enjoy my piece about how Kristi Noem was disposable to Trump, despite being the saddest booklicker in his Cabinet.
You can destroy your face to please MAGA, ladies, but it doesn't matter. You're still a woman and they don't respect you.
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New "Standing Room Only!" This week, I look at the gender dynamics of the MAGA Catfight© between Candace Owens and Erika Kirk.
These two are peas in a pod: Telling you to be a tradwife while pursuing fancy careers.
But that's why they hate each other.
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My guest this week is @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social, an MS NOW reporter who has watched over 70 hours of Candace Owens' show.
In this clip, she explains why Candace rose to fame and why she's starting to get imitators.
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New "Standing Room Only!" This week, I look at the gender dynamics of the MAGA Catfight© between Candace Owens and Erika Kirk.
These two are peas in a pod: Telling you to be a tradwife while pursuing fancy careers.
But that's why they hate each other.
youtu.be/BO4CRSGatC8?...
What's wild about these stories is how quickly people go from "using it for research" to completely losing their minds.
It speaks to how the software is designed to addict people, flattering them and manipulating them so they don't log off.
We can hold two truths: most people know and mostly need help with the how and why, not the if. But some people don't. And a kid probably needs context to figure out which camp they belong to, which is why gender care for minors has so much therapy attached.
04.03.2026 23:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0So what's the argument here? You fully agree that a child should have space to explore without heavy expectations on outcome. I think our best weapon to deal with discomfort is for people to understand kids are getting help from experts who understand these issues.
04.03.2026 23:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0And obviously, children are a product of both plus more, because they also live in the world and absorb information from peers and other adults. That's why the right pushes homeschooling and other forms of extreme isolation for children.
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Of course this loser POS lashes out and fires people who are actually good at their jobs.
This is what Hannah Arendt mean in large part by the "banality of evil". Fascism gives losers access to power they would never have in a remotely functional system.
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I'd go ahead and relax a little. Not every kid who has questions lands on "I'm trans" on an answer. We can avoid giving credibility to the accusations of force by making it clear it's a process and it's okay not to have all the answers on day one.
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How weird it would be if something as huge as "who am I" were easy answer. I'm cis and middle-aged and I struggle daily with what my gender identity means. Imagine how it must be for a potentially trans child.
But nah, the trans panickers want you to believe it's just naive kids being manipulated.
We live in dumb times where everything has to be binary. Either a person (especially a child) is a perfect narrator of their experience or they have no credibility.
In reality, complex feelings — such as gender identity — take time and effort and ideally help to sort out. That's a good thing!
That's why you have medical professionals who are equipped to handle nuance. Even adults in therapy are there to sort out what inside them corresponds to reality and what feelings are counterproductive. It's complex.
But part of the process is putting some weight on a person's feelings!
This is a fraught issue, of course, because kids are not well-equipped with knowledge and experience and so *do* need adults to help them. I mean, my thread agreeing that kid pickiness is a social construction, not a biological fact (for most) is based on this.
HOWEVER....
Anti-trans panic is being used to smuggle in an assumption that kids are not credible witnesses of their own internal lives. That assumption doesn't just hurt trans kids, but will be weaponized against gay kids, sexual abuse victims, and kids suffering mental health issues.
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Insofar as Talarico is reaching out to Republican voters, I think it’s that more moderate subset that is struggling to reconcile their purported Christianity with the sadism of MAGA.
You don’t have to abandon progressive values to speak to those people.
Good points, and I’ll add: This narrative had created a false assumption that Talarico is not a progressive, or even that he’ll betray the party like Fetterman.
There is no evidence of that. He has a solidly progressive platform and record.
"Right-wing media’s fragmentation means that condemnation from established outlets often strengthens, rather than weakens, insurgent figures like Owens."
More from me tomorrow on the gender dynamics, but in the meantime, enjoy this from @sophiatesfaye.bsky.social.
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If advancing conservative causes were the goal, then Republican voters should have backed John Cornyn overwhelmingly.
Instead, it's basically a tie between him and Ken Paxton, who is so odious he could turn Texas blue.
I explain how this happened.
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If I may gently push back: they are *promoting* her as their favorite villain. As the article notes, they think voters will be more motivated to vote against Crockett than Talarico.
Republicans definitely wanted her as the nominee. You can argue this was unwise, but they think she’s easy to beat.
And yet they control the GOP.
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