Hereβs what parenting can look like.
When I told my dad I was trans, my dadβs response was, βOh! I can send you jewelry now!β (He was retired and made jewelry as a hobby).
Two days latter, I had a letter in the mail addressed to Joelle, the first time βJoelleβ ever got mail, with a necklace in it. Later he made me this one. He told me, βI hope I got the colors right, I looked it up online.β
You donβt have to mourn a child transitioning. You can be the first to do so many affirming things.
I just donated to #MastodonForHarris! Please boost and join me if you're able! #KamalaHarris #YesWeKam
Kudos to @heidilifeldman for making this possible! π
@GottaLaff I'll settle for a small majority with a willingness to eliminate the filibuster.
Wajahat Ali on the stark contrast between Biden's speech last evening and Trump's at the RNC:
"If there ever was an argument to end the dangerous 'both sides'' false equivalence, it was surely tonight. Just compare the speeches of both men. Put the transcripts side by side. Look at the words, the tone, the substance, and the messages of the speeches. Thereβs no 'both sides.'"
#Biden #Trump #democracy #BothSides
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https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-kid-from-scranton-makes-good
π¨ #MISSOURI: After a failed bill to CHARGE WOMEN WHO HAVE ABORTIONS WITH MURDER, Republicans have a bill to DENY MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR LIFE to any woman who's ever had one. Pregnant women CAN'T GET DIVORCED there either.
Donate to MO Dems today. #Blue24
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It saddens me that the future direction of this country is dependent on the narrow group of people who donβt see the clear choice we have.
On one side we truly have The Deplorables who want to send us back to the 1950s except with the richest 1% not paying 1950s taxes. Minorities losing rights. Women losing rights. Environment being destroyed. Destroy Social Security. Cold War. Christian values in the bad sense.
On the other side, we have people trying to have universal healthcare, multicultural society, science-based policy, democracy, equality. Social programs.
And it all hinges on people who canβt decide between these two because Biden was 3 years older, or Israel is an ally, or Kamala laughs or was a prosecutor once, or immigration is out of control even though itβs not actually any different than historical average.
Biden would have to shoot a baby in the face, burn down a thousand orphanages, and nuke England for me to start to consider voting for Trump. Same goes for Harris. #MAGA
#MastodonForHarris now has its own QR code. If we share it widely, we can make mobile giving easier.
Even if Trump says he won't ban abortion pills and he refuses even to promise that. He'll hire fundie goons who regulate them out of existence. https://project2025istheocracy.substack.com/p/project-2025-outlaw-chemical-abortion
She's doing it. "The same Black voters who split 70% for Biden to 23% for Trump in previous polling now break 78% for Harris to 15% for Trump." ππΏ
Future president Kamala Harris did not come to play games. If this holds, and Black folk check and re-check their voter registration every month, then Harris wins.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/07/24/politics/cnn-poll-kamala-harris-donald-trump
CNN/SSRS polling still makes the same mistake that everyone makes about US elections: They report on the category "people of color,"π€¦πΏββοΈ
What color? Is it Black?
Think youβre registered to vote? Think again. With all this purgeβn going on, you could be xβd out and not know it. So, check online with your Sec of State or call your County Board of Elections. Then register your girlfriend, your wife, and your mailman.
Then contact the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, League of Women Voters, Rock the Vote or Black Voters Matter, and commit to a couple of days at your local registration drive. In Florida, it may mean youβll get arrested. Iβll send a file in a cake.
So... me. Work in aerospace, more space, not as much aero. Can fix my own car, choose not to. Can fix the random appliance of your choice. Hardcore introvert in person, which is why I love online. Lifelong science fiction fan. Read constantly. Scalzi is my favorite author, because he mixes exactly the right amount of snark into his writing. Together with a guy 30+ years, married since it was legal. Own a home in CA and don't plan to leave unless I immigrate to another country.