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Trump says he is a savior of women’s sports. His ice hockey joke showed what he really thinks | Austin Killips The president and his allies have never been interested in helping or elevating female athletes. His true feelings were exposed on Sunday

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...

The Birthrate Is Plunging. Why Some Say That’s a Good Thing. The political class is worried about the historic drop. But the biggest change is among the youngest women, who are the least ready to have children.

The Estrogen Patch Surged in Popularity. Now It’s in Shortage. Changing attitudes around menopause treatment have driven up demand for hormone therapy.

The Plunging Birthrate We asked women about their views on having kids.

Vichy NYT clutching pearls about barren birthrates

Notice the second, estrogen patches. Trans people will be blamed for this too, even though trans HRT is a drop in the bucket of Big Pharma's spreadsheets.

Darn autocorrect! 😉

Sure, if you have dark hair...

They only care about the "right kind" of kids...

A rather phallic helmet, captioned "The bronze Chalcidian helmet was worn by warriors in the 4th-5th c. BC, by Macedonian soldiers and other Greek tribes. Photo: Chalcidian type helmet, circa 500 BC, exhibited at the Walters Art Gallery, in Baltimore, Maryland."

I believe their enemies died laughing...

Melania Trump will preside over a UN Security Council meeting in a first for a first lady U.S. first lady Melania Trump will preside over a U.N. Security Council meeting in what the United Nations said Thursday would be a first.

C'mon, APNews, it's way too early for April Fools jokes...
apnews.com/article/mela... Trump will preside over a UN Security Council meeting in a first for a first lady

US hockey player Brady Tkachuk slams White House TikTok as 'clearly fake' after anti-Canada slur U.S. hockey player Brady Tkachuk says a White House TikTok video falsely paints him as insulting Canadians. Tkachuk calls the clip clearly fake.

"Lay down with MAGAts, wake up with fleas"
apnews.com/article/olym... hockey player Brady Tkachuk slams White House TikTok as 'clearly fake' after anti-Canada slur

5260.01 Management of Inmates with Gender Dysphoria This policy, signed by Bureau of Prisons Director Billy Marshall, outlines how federal prisons will treat gender dysphoria from now on. It upends nine years of policies which supported gender-affirmin...

So the US is rapidly moving towards medical experiments on incarcerated transgender people in federal prisons by forcing detransition. Many states already have similar policies. This is literal Nazism.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...

So given the well-established carcerality of the US regime this is just legalizing forcible detransition

Bookmarking this so the next time some cultist tells me this asshole is our only hope in 2028 I can reply with this clip of Newsom calling gay marriage "abnormal" and "not a tabletop issue"

Gay people have tables too, Gavin

TRANS APPRECIATION FRIDAY is here!!!!!

Let's spread some joy & build community, shall we?

How this works: Tell us your name, pronouns & a bit about you.

THEN- repost this post, say hi to those that join in & make new friends!

I'm Alyssa(she/her): Racer, hiker, climber, wifey.

Your turn!💜

I'm Maryland, She/Her
I turn 60 this year; my "egg crack" was 7yrs ago, come July...my wife & I have been together since 2000.

For trump, it's merely to distract his cult from their stagnant wages, & skyrocketing rent, utilities, & grocery bills.

Post Danae Hudlow @danae hudlow Follow 6 I need men to understand: at some point in every conservative gal's life, she will have the experience of sitting and listening to the men around her --men who are her friends -- discuss, in a detached way, whether or not her kind of people (women) should have the right to vote. 9:45 PM Feb 18, 2026494.8K Views

Sounds rough! I avoid this ever happening to me with One Weird Trick

Did Trump Tweet Multiple Predictions That Obama Would Attack Iran? Failed prognostications don't fade away -- they gain immortality in the digital age.

"trump's proffered rationales for an Obama-led attack on Iran eventually encompassed all of the following:

"to get elected" (to win re-election)
"because of his inability to negotiate properly"
"to show how tough he is"
"to boost his poll numbers"
"to save face"
www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

Gavin Newsom is the wrong choice—for trans people and for Democrats | Xtra Magazine The California governor’s backpedaling on trans rights represents a grim shift, two years out from the first presidential primaries

For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I explained why Gavin Newsom's flirtation with anti-trans policy won't win a single conservative or centrist vote for him and also makes him a non-starter for trans lefties. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...

Because y'all deserve it & it was shared to me...

Debunking chart that falsely suggests transgender people are more likely to commit mass shootings The data repeatedly shows that transgender people aren't more likely to commit mass shootings than any other groups of people in the U.S.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

Robert Duvall, Apocalypse Now and Godfather star, dies aged 95 From the classic To Kill a Mockingbird to blockbuster Gone in 60 Seconds, the Oscar-winning actor’s films spanned a remarkable range

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

Minnesota shooting of Venezuelan man is the latest where video evidence contradicts ICE accounts Federal authorities have announced an investigation into two immigration officers who appeared to have made untruthful statements under oath about a shooting in Minneapolis last month.

apnews.com/article/immi... shooting of Venezuelan man is the latest where video evidence contradicts ICE accounts

Context:

As Christian-Right Activists Push Anti-Trans Ballot Measures, Their Extreme Rhetoric is Ramping Up To most people, the word ‘plague’ conjures images of widespread infectious disease and death. It’s also the word that former GOP lawmaker Kevin Lundberg used to describe the transgender rights...

coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/02/as-c...

Hard hats and dummy plates: Reports of ICE ruses add to fears in Minnesota Legal observers and officials say they have received a growing number of reports of federal agents impersonating construction workers, delivery drivers and in some cases anti-ICE activists in Minnesot...

apnews.com/article/immi...

Hey Rep. Jeffries, Your answer should have been: "Yes. Among his many profound pathologies, he's a blatant racist." Giving a circuitous-political answer doesn't make you seem smart or wise, it only underlines your cowardice. Summon your courage, be direct – and LEAD. Anything else is complicity.

This is evolving into "Not being fit and healthy in order to work from high school to the grave is stealing labor from employers."

He already said last year that being healthy was patriotic.

I may have a stroke.

Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.”

A PROTESTant.

I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.