Lisa Melton

Thanks, sweetie! Much love and hugs back. We miss you over on Mastodon but I understand why you're here. And I still boost your bsky posts when I can anyway. 🤗💖

And to the many, many, many people who went, "But even a Dem who is bad on trans rights would be better than a Republican!" I want you to talk to some trans people in the UK to ask them how things are going under the current Labour government.

Today, senator Ron Wyden will raise a point of order to remove the Medicaid and CHIP ban on gender affirming care. The Republicans need 60 votes to keep it in but they only have 53. Call your Dem senator today and urge them to vote to strip the ban from the bill. Senate switchboard 202-224-3121.

You *must* swallow your impulse to parse and nitpick and find fault with protestors’ actions right now. We need solidarity so badly. It’s literally all we have. I am begging you, as a mother of 2 kids who is terrified of martial law, to find it in yourself to support the protestors. We need you.

19-20 months from now, Trump will have pushed the economy off a cliff and left the civil service a smouldering husk. If you're a Democratic elected and you think a government shutdown from a CR fight is gonna be the thing voters remember, you need your fucking head examined.

MAGA: No, Biden can't wipe away student loans. That's hella illegal unless Congress acts.

Also MAGA: If Trump declares an entire federal agency "lunatics" he can do away with it and all the funding it distributes without bothering to inform Congress, let alone requiring any action.

Protest downtown Los Angeles over ICE raids moves through streets The large group, calling for a National Day of Action, could be seen through aerial footage walking in the middle of Spring Street, moving along to block an intersection at Chick Hearn Court and 11th ...

We have voices. Use them.

“Protests over the recent ICE raids and deportations continue Monday as demonstrators march along streets through downtown Los Angeles.”

www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n...

So with DOGE [sic] head Elon Musk shutting down Xitter accounts that discuss the boys Elon has installed at DOGE [sic], followed by threats from Acting US Attorney Ed Martin to prosecute them, have we gotten to the time to file a 1A suit?
@stevevladeck.bsky.social @jameeljaffer.bsky.social

WIRED is tracking numerous reports of Musk-related shenanigans across the federal govt.

We're looking for fed employees open to discussing the activity they're seeing or to help confirm other reports. Anonymity offered.

Please use @signal.org (contact dell.3030). Do not use work networks/devices.

Please do not read this if suicide is a major trigger.

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It has just been reported that a transgender person committed suicide today wrapped in a transgender flag in Syracuse at the VA.

These attacks are killing us.

This must stop.

On day one Trump's EO said we were harmful to kids. On day two, it said we were dishonorable and disloyal. On day three, it said we were unAmerican.

Transgender people have been a part of this country for centuries.

We are not going anywhere.

Do not comply with these EOs, they are not law.

Hi there, girlfriend! 👋🥰

I've had this account for awhile but I've never really followed anyone until today. You are my first follow!

The one ending in 50 is me. The one ending in 68 is Alice. I have no idea what the one ending is 80 is. Maybe an old work number.

Apparently! What number were you using?

I'm still recovering from surgery but should be ambulatory at the end of this week. Let me know.

Radical like a fine wine, eh? Better to have a little spice than that mellow flatness.

Good luck with teaching! I'm know you'll be good at it.

On Mastodon, mostly. :)

But really I'm hiding at home recovering from a non-gender affirming surgery.

What are you up to lately?

D'oh! I'm barely on this thang. 😂 Sorry that I didn't notice your message or follow back until now. 💖 I only got the account to lock down my username. 🤷‍♀️ I have no idea if I'll actually post here. Any visibility online is a concern for me right now.