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@NYCMayor If it isn't a political issue, why are you making it one?

Today is Trans Day of Visibility. Trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming people have always been here — from the hijra of India to the Diné nádleehi to the leaders who built the modern LGBTQIA+ movement here in New York. Your existence is not up for debate. Your lives are not a political issue. We’re fighting for a city where every trans New Yorker can live openly, safely, and with joy.

From Ken Blackwell over at FaceBook. GREAT read! A thread. 1) No Kings explained for people who think they're fighting fascism. 500 groups. Three billion dollars in revenue. Pre printed signs stacked and shipped before you even knew what you were supposed to be mad about. That is not a spontaneous uprising. That is infrastructure. That is planning. That is money. That is message discipline. And that is what you walked into on Saturday. You looked around, saw the crowd, saw the slogans, felt the energy, and told yourself this was democracy. “No Kings.” It sounded clean. It sounded righteous. It felt like you were part of something organic. But the signs were ready before your outrage was. That should bother you. Because you are not living under a king. You are living in a constitutional republic with elections, term limits, and a press that has spent years attacking the most powerful figures in the country without consequence. No one is being arrested for calling a president a fascist. No one is being silenced for dissenting. That is not tyranny. And yet you are being told it is. You are being trained to see normal functions of a country as authoritarian. Loving your country becomes suspicious. Wanting a secure border becomes immoral. Believing parents should have a say in their children’s lives becomes dangerous. Asking basic questions about elections becomes taboo. That is not clarity. That is conditioning. Every country on Earth enforces its borders. Most require identification to vote. That is not controversial anywhere else. It is only controversial here because you have been told it should be. And you believed it. Meanwhile, look at the people who actually hold power and how long they have held it: Chuck Schumer. 46 years. Longer than Stalin. Steny Hoyer. 45 years. Longer than Mao. Mitch McConnell. 42 years. 5x more than Napoleon. Nancy Pelosi. 39 years. Longer than Henry VIII. Maxine Waters. 35 years. Longer than Mussolini. Bernie Sanders. 35 years. Triple Hitler’s entire reign. That is what entrenched power looks like. Decades. Not months. Not a single term. Decades. But you are told the threat to democracy is the outsider who disrupted that system for a brief window of time. You are told he is the king. No. What you are reacting to is not monarchy. It is loss of control. You do not hate kings. You hate kings that are not yours. Because when power consolidates on your side, you justify it. A sitting president steps aside. Within days, a replacement is effectively crowned without a real contest, without a meaningful debate, without voters having a say in a process that is supposed to belong to them. No primary. No debate. No ballot. And you said nothing. Three days before you marched, lawmakers aligned with your movement rejected voter identification requirements. At the same time, you lived through a period where you had to show documentation to participate in basic parts of life. You needed proof to eat, to travel, to work. But asking for proof to vote is suddenly oppression. That contradiction should stop you cold. Instead, it gets waved away. Look at how power is actually maintained. Non citizens are counted in the census. Census numbers determine representation. Representation determines power. Remove verification, expand the count, and you increase influence without ever needing a crown. That is how modern systems entrench themselves. Then look at speech. There is written evidence of government officials pressuring platforms like Facebook to suppress information. Not just misinformation. Information that later proved to be accurate. Scientists were sidelined. Doctors were ignored. Even humor and satire were targeted. Humor.

Brandi Kruse made a strong observation about the recent “No Kings” protests that deserves repeating and expanded. Supposedly millions took to the streets in protest. But here’s the uncomfortable truth for those who wasted their day in protest: You’re protesting a man who didn’t sneak into office. He didn’t “steal” the election. He didn’t win by accident or by technicality. He won decisively by a large margin, across the board chosen by the people, for the people. And he did it despite everything: - Ten years of relentless media attacks - Two impeachments - Multiple criminal prosecutions - Constant public ridicule and character assassination The entire institutional machine was aligned against him… and he still won in a landslide. That almost never happens. So the real question isn’t “Why is Trump winning?” The real question is: “Why are voters choosing him anyway?” Despite the nonstop accusations, the mean tweets, the sarcasm, and the chaos. A lot of Americans voted against what the Democratic Party has become. They rejected: - Radical ideology being forced as the new normal - Open-border policies sold as compassion while cities and citizens suffered - Pandemic-era overreach that crushed livelihoods and shattered public trust - A complete absence of accountability, replaced by ever-louder messaging and gaslighting At some point, people stop listening. Instead of pausing to ask, “Where did we lose the public?” the response has been: - More outrage - More protests - More name-calling - More insistence that the voters are the problem But what if that refusal to self-reflect is exactly why you keep losing? You can keep calling him dangerous. You can keep calling him unfit. You can launch more investigations and impeachments. But when millions of Americans still choose him anyway… that should tell you something profound. You don’t fix it by getting louder. You fix it by getting honest. And until that happens, nothing will change.

@gman5180 Not at all. I thought the protests were hilariously stupid. But whatever ... it was their Saturday to spend how they wanted.

Furious? 🤔 I talk to A LOT of Maga folks every day & I've yet to hear the word "furious" be said. 🙄 Are you "FURIOUS"? 🤭😏

@JoaquinCastrotx They WILL release them ... to their home country ... which I'm sure DOES have medical services and hospitals. The US is not the only country w/hospitals. Where is your outrage at the parents for not taking the govt. up on help ($) to leave the US and come back properly?

Two-year-old Kaleth is being locked away at the Dilley trailer prison. He is getting sicker with each passing day. He will not eat the food CoreCivc serves, which detainees have said sometimes has mold and worms. He now has a fever. When his mother asked for help, the staff said it was all “mental.” A vulnerable child at the Dilley trailer prison was suffering and ICE denied their reality and their needs. It’s shameful and must stop. I am calling for ICE to provide proper medical care to Kaleth and to release him and his mother Joani immediately.

@KATUNews Rents have already been coming down. They are down by around $200 right now from six months ago. I think deportations are helping!

Portland City Council members soon will consider a proposal to use unspent housing funds to buy down low-income housing owners’ mortgage debt in an effort to lower rents and fill vacant units. katu.com/news/local/por…

@RepDexterOR Yes. You also can't defend your constituents when you LEAVE THE STATE to help non-Oregonians. Where is your blame for the parents of these children who had not gained citizenship and did not taken the govt. help (& money) to leave and return properly? They have no responsibility?

I held the House floor for an hour last week to highlight how ICE and CBP are terrorizing families and the horrific conditions in the nation's largest child detention center in Dilley, Texas. My constituent Diana made it out, but kids are still in there having thoughts of depression and even suicide. I will do all I can to help them, because kids deserve compassion. Not cruelty.

@RepMarkPocan We WOULD have enough if we sent illegal citizens home to their own countries. Rent in Portland, OR, has already fallen a couple hundred dollars! It's amazing. I can't wait for healthcare costs to come down now.

Isn’t it interesting how we always have billions of dollars for bombs but never enough for helping American citizens meet their basic needs?

@even_steven8tht You do these things, as a govt., AFTER basic services are provided and when you have a SURPLUS available in funding to provide for it. It's an "extra", beneficial or not. You don't do it by raising people's taxes for a "govt.-only" job perk and with no vote by those being taxed.

America is such a fascinating place because this man is providing a service that actually materially benefits people, arguably what the government is designed to do, and you will still see articles upon articles trying to convince you he’s actually doing a bad thing.

I love that the person is FOR democracy and then BLOCKS me. Lol. Ironic. It's only democracy if you agree with this person. Otherwise, not. Hive mind.

@Lori74458665 @maddenifico Except you weren't protesting for the constitution, human rights, or against being robbed. You were protesting a person. A person you didn't vote for. You know how you really protest a president you don't like? You vote him out in the next election. THAT's democracy.

@OregonCatPerson @maddenifico Whacko? Yeah, certainly protesting for the constitution, human rights and against the pedophile robbing us blind is totally whacko. Unlike your support for murder, torture, rape and pedophilia.

Chills. This is No Kings in Portland, Oregon. 🙌💪👏✊️👇

Some days you can’t love social media enough. This is one of those days. It began like this. Someone stole 12 tons of KitKats. And then the replies started coming in. Scroll down.

@UnrealBluegrass Running scared? Naw. It's nice that you got to protest. It was a good day to be outside. But really ... I just shook my head as I drove by the "crowd" of 15 or so senior citizens over the overpass near my house. Glad they were having a good time, though. :) Pretty silly protest.

Participated in a local No Kings protest. Quite enjoyable. To be surrounded by like minded freedom lovers is a good thing. Joy spreads when we all look around at each other realize Trump and MAGA are running scared...and they should be. Look,we're winning . We're going to continue to win. Please remember that. We are the good people working for good things. Thanks. #NoKings PS I was not paid.

@funder 😂🤣😅

Who else agrees that Biden was without a doubt a better president than Trump could ever be? #FundHealthcareNotWar

In our home, faith isn't just something we talk about on Sundays; it's the foundation that guides how we raise our 3 kids, love our neighbors, and face every challenge. After 28 years of marriage and building a life together in Sisters, my wife Chris and I know that strong families create strong communities. Oregon deserves leaders who will protect the values that matter most: faith, family, and freedom. That's why I'm running for Governor. What does faith & family mean to you? dudley4oregon.com

Guard dog.. 😅

@tanomuzeA As an American, I find it poor manners, as well. It is in poor taste.

🇺🇸アメリカにおいての、 Twerkの意味を教えて欲しい。 日本ではお尻を人に向ける事は マナー的に良くないとされているので 実に興味深い

As gas prices continue to rise, Salem is still pushing a gas tax that puts even more pressure on Oregonians. But Oregonians have already shown that our state’s real strength lies outside of Salem. No one person can take credit for getting the gas tax on the ballot. This is the result of Oregonians coming together and standing up for ourselves. Countless volunteers stood in frigid temperatures to collect signatures, and families across the state made the effort to sign and take action for the betterment of all Oregonians. Now we’re going to finish the job. Vote down the gas tax in May and make it clear that the people of Oregon will decide the future of our state. ktvz.com/news/2026/03/3…