Linda looks, listens, talks

9. The opinion is the latest escalation in a years-long campaign by Republicans to weaponize every arm of state power against transgender youth. If enforced, it could make Texas the most hostile state in the country for transgender young people.

Texas AG Paxton Declares Therapists Affirming Trans Youth To Be Illegal And Child Abuse The declaration echoes his 2022 efforts to target parents of trans youth with child abuse, and may force conversion therapy on trans youth in the state.

1. This morning, Texas AG Ken Paxton just released a chilling new declaration:

Mental health therapists, counselors, and psychologists must cease affirming trans youth - using their name and pronouns - or potentially face child abuse charges and loss of licensure.

Its a horrifying escalation.

I had to turn the sound off. This was terrible.

‼️‼️‼️ Renee Good did NOT deserve to have her brains blown out in front of her dog for not complying with armed vigilantes who were terrorizing HER community.

You simply arrest, fine and release.

YOU DO NOT MURDER!
ARREST ICE AGENT ROSS NOW ‼️‼️‼️

i say again, FUCK texas

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else.

We mustn’t let this war do so.

👇👇

It’s not the president’s job to know what the fuck he is trying to do, Lindsey Graham?

Contracts worth $144 million dollars have been uncovered, to arm ICE with military style weapons, all this to arrest, kill and deport unarmed American citizens, and immigrants? Seems like over kill to me?

Republicans in congress could stop this war in a moment. But their sycophancy to Trump is greater than their desire to prevent the killing of innocent women and children. All this in the context of their knowing that Trump committed sexual crimes against children.

Dwell on this.

The thing about the U.S. and Israel is that both of their leaders are trying to stay out of prison.

Just remember what this is all for…. Distracting from the Epstein files

The President has launched an unlawful regime change war with Iran, putting American troops at risk.

Congress must return now to vote on the bipartisan War Powers Resolution.

Every member of Congress and candidate must take action to uphold the Constitution.

Donald Trump just started a war and is plotting to steal the 2026 election. Meanwhile, his buddy David Ellison just won control of CNN.

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Donald Trump cannot be trusted to lead America into war. He is unaccountable to America. He is lawless. He only seeks conflict to cover up for his failures.

Congress must step up, reassert its power, and represent the American people.

We do not want another forever war.

- "No new wars" campaigning
- Illegally 'elected' president
- who is netanyahu Puppet
- declares war on Iran
- withOut Congress approval
- to Distract from epstein-tRump files👿

Just another 'honest, legal, makes sense, normal, sane & well-informed' tRump move

Ima keep posting this

Donald Trump has learned nothing from decades of endless war.

I went to war three times for this country. Working class folks will pay the price of his military adventurism.

Americans are sick of it. I’m sick of it.

“Massive” war launched by a man with no plan. Again. Donald Trump is repeating George W. Bush's catastrophic mistakes.

“Massive” war launched by a man with no plan. Again.

The US and Israeli attacks—which both nations characterized as “preemptive”—are plainly illegal under international law, which prohibits the threat or use of force except in response to an armed attack. The Trump regime is also violating US law, which gives Congress the sole power to declare war.

Statement from Major General (Ret.) Paul D. Eaton, an Army commander during Operation Iraqi Freedom:

US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

He just murdered 40 children and who knows how many more lives he will end to distract from the Epstein files to be opened. This war is a distraction.
You have to ask Congress BOTH SIDES how long is he allowed to destroy so many lives.
It’s like living a nightmare!!

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The President has launched our nation and our great military into a war of choice, risking American lives and resources, ignoring American law, and endangering our allies and partners. It does nothing to help with the urgent problems here at home that Americans face every day.

This is a hideous betrayal of the country, in exchange for a bribe.

Just saying, but when people are trying to do everything they can to prevent you from voting, that’s when you absolutely need to vote.

Ready to make this the biggest midterm turnout in history?

Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song “Let Down” without permission.

Full statement from the band:

ICE is all over TN right now, kidnapping people off roads and construction sites. Nashville's seen the most visible pushback from citizens, but it's getting essentially zero media play. Johnson City has seen a surge in the past two weeks. Today it looks like they're pushing in Chatanooga.