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UPDATE: Cody Balmer, 38, of Harrisburg, turned himself in to State Police on Sunday afternoon and admitted to “harboring a hatred” toward Gov. Shapiro, according to the criminal complaint filed Sunday.

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Happy Trans Day of Visibility!

#transgender #ftmtransgender #transman #trans

Vet found hanging draped in trans flag The suicide letter they won't publish

I'm sad to share that the trans vet that took her life outside the VA last week was apparently Elisa Rae Shupe.

She's someone many of us know - she was responsible for the mass email leak that let us know how the ADF, Heritage, etc planned to enact trans eradication we see today.

RIP Elisa.

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They didn’t even let us stay until midnight. 😥

I listen to Apple Music. So I have a replay instead of a wrap.

One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election.

Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control

Nancy Mace's Federal Trans Bathroom Ban Would Apply To Major Airports, Hindering Travel Congresswoman Nancy Mace, who has targeted Congresswoman Sarah McBride with a bathroom ban in the capitol, is now pushing a sweeping federal bathroom ban for trans people.

1. On Wednesday, Nancy Mace announced a federal bathroom ban proposal.

If it becomes law, it will impact major DC airports like Reagan and Dulles, and could snarl travel in the leadup to world pride, which is expecting over 3,000,000 LGBTQ+ visitors.

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How Republican Nancy Mace went from LGBTQ+ ally to pushing US Capitol's trans ban Nancy Mace was not always an anti-trans figurehead. She used to be one of a few Republicans supporting LGBTQ+ equality bills. What happened?

How Republican Nancy Mace went from LGBTQ+ ally to pushing US Capitol’s trans ban

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Democrats wrestle over role of transgender rights in election Democrats are wrestling with the role the party’s broad support for transgender rights played in its failure to capture the presidency and either chamber of Congress, with sharp views being exchang…

Two things can be true, and are true:

1. Trans rights are not negotiable. Full stop.

2. Democrats need to stop pandering to the fringe left. Their policies aren't real and they only exist to take us down.

Bonus: Fuck Seth Moulton forever.

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Ohio's Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, goes all-in on axing the U.S. Dept. of Education. Closing it would rip away $18 billion per year from high-poverty schools, $15 billion from special education, $28 billion from Pell Grants to help high-performing kids in poverty go to college.

nazis marching down High Street with flags and face coverings

Nazis in a rental uhaul pulled over by police an hour ago according to a reddit post

how it started / how it ended

(Columbus, Ohio)

Now this from NBC News

“Attorney Joel Leppard told NBC News:

‘My client testified to the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed Rep. Gaetz having sex with a minor at a house party in Orlando in 2017.’”

It takes until the *tenth paragraph* in this piece to introduce the phrase “thousands of children may die”

Graphic with text: “Every child deserves a safe and welcoming learning environment. We have been dismayed in recent years as extremist legislators have pushed for laws that target, intimidate, and harass trans and non-binary students. They do so at the expense of actually solving the real problems that students and educators face. Their latest attack on Ohio students, SB 104, would ban trans K-12 and college students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity. SB 104 passed in the senate today without any opportunities for concerned Ohioans to testify."

graphic with text: "Bills like this make our most vulnerable students less safe. According to the Trevor Project, 54% of transgender and nonbinary youth in Ohio considered suicide in 2022 alone. More disturbingly, a peer-reviewed study recently found that anti-transgender laws lead to even higher rates of suicide attempts for transgender and nonbinary youth. The actions that legislators take have profound effects in the real world and a growing body of data shows how dangerous bills like this are."

graphic with text: "This bill has nothing to do with student safety and everything to do with political opportunism. There is no epidemic of student assaults in bathrooms and locker rooms. There is however an epidemic of gun violence in our schools and communities; firearms are the leading cause of death for American children and teens. Motor vehicle accidents are the second leading cause of death. These are real safety issues that need to be addressed. "

graphic with text: "As educators, library workers, and social work professionals, OFT members will continue to treat every child with whom we work with respect and dignity. We urge Governor DeWine to protect Ohio kids and veto this bill.” — OFT President Melissa Cropper

Every child deserves a safe & welcoming learning environment, but extremist legislators continue to bully vulnerable students rather than tackle real problems that our schools & communities face.

Read our full statement on SB104, the latest harmful, divisive attack on trans & nonbinary students:

Headline reads: Rep. Jim Jordan falls short on first House speaker ballot

Breaking news: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed to win over enough Republican holdouts to reach a majority on the House floor. A second round of voting is expected. wapo.st/48Ze1FI

Just read Politico Playbook’s dive into Scalise vs Jordan. Imagine writing an entire piece about those two men and not mentioning one’s ties to David Duke or the others involvement in a massive sexual abuse scandal. And people wonder why folks get mad at the media.

So, let me get this straight. The two top contenders for McCarthy’s spot are either 1) the guy who covered up cases of molestation while an assistant wrestling coach or 2) the guy who said he is David Duke of the KKK but without the baggage? Got it.