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Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’ A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

LCBO* website and app are currently down while they remove all US products.
*Liquor Control Board of Ontario

Glad the Democrats closed ranks!

Called Sen Slotkin. Demanded she vote against S9 and shared how I felt about her vote that halted gender affirming care for minors with Tricare. Also called Peters.

Social Security has never missed a payment. DOGE actions threaten 'interruption of benefits,' ex-agency head says New changes at the U.S. Social Security Administration may put its ability to deliver monthly benefit checks at risk, former agency head says.

The former head of the Social Security Administration says he expects the agency to miss on some payments over the next three months, interrupting some people's benefits, for the first time in Social Security's history of eight decades: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/d...

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

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Andrew Feinberg & @AndrewF..•23m UPDATE from a @WhiteHouse official: ••• "TASS was not on the approved list of media for today's pool. As soon as it came to the attention of press office staff that he was in the Oval, he was escorted out by the@PressSec. He is not on the approved list for the press conference."

The White House position is now that Russian state media breached the security of the Oval Office.

Oliver Darcy has some very good points here

Iowa Legislature Votes to Strip Trans People From Civil Rights Protections The bill will now go to the Governor for a final signature, and will mark the first state to strip any group from a civil rights act.

1. Today, the Iowa Legislature shamefully stripped transgender people from the State Civil Rights Act.

It becomes the first state to ever strip any group from a civil rights act.

There were powerful speeches, and huge protets.

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CLAIM: The House budget resolution (H Con Res 14) doesn't touch Medicaid.

FACT: The resolution directs the Energy & Commerce committee, which oversees Medicaid, to find $880 billion in cuts, and Republicans have openly called for spending less on Medicaid. Connect the dots.

Gentle sunrise

Thank you! It was a magical evening!

Patriots ❤️❤️

I threw out the first pitch at Fenway!