🏳️‍⚧️Mama Bear

If you think you love "freedom" but you don't care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is "PRIVILEGE." Read that again.

@O_lymbias @CaelanConrad RIGHT?! "WE pay for your cell phone, so we don't have to respect your most basic humanity" is... wow.

@GCapital_LLC @EdKrassen I'm so sorry, I couldn't hear you over the right wingers screaming "LOCK HER UP" and the GOP congressmen bleating about "witch hunts," did you say will the LEFT finally acknowledge the integrity of the justice system?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

It's indeed challenging to claim bias when a Trump-appointed judge oversees the case. But here's a twist - if the outcome doesn't favor Trump, will the left finally acknowledge the integrity and autonomy of our judiciary system? Or would the tune change again? The case's outcome should be based on facts, evidence, and the rule of law - not public sentiment or political bias. Let's remember, Judge Cannon's actions at Mar-a-Lago were an attempt to uphold privacy rights, a fundamental tenet of our constitution. If she overstepped, that's why we have a system of checks and balances in place. So let's focus on the due process, not the politics. It's about time we let the legal system do its work, not influence it with speculation and conjecture.

Breaking: Trump appointed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has been assigned to handle Trump's case. She is the same judge who appointed the Special Master to review materials seized from Mar-a-Lago. She was criticized by many on the left and many legal experts for prohibiting the FBI from using documents until she reviewed them. That order was thrown out by the 11th Circuit Court of appeals which ruled that she overstepped her boundaries. So now that Miami is the venue and Cannon is the judge, it will be very difficult for Trump to claim that the judge and jury are biased. What are your thoughts?

Timeline Cleanse: a thread.

Every online game ad: "Play this relaxing game MATCH THE JEWELS OR THIS MAN WILL DROWN IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES HURRY TIME IS RUNNING OUT. PULL THE PIN OR THIS WOMAN AND HER BABY WILL FREEZE TO DEATH DOWNLOAD NOW!

I always thought there would be *some* kind of climate reckoning when it got bad enough but Covid has taught me that, no, people will just step on the gas and happily mow people down so they never have to admit taking a wrong turn.

@Fidelissma @CalltoActivism You must be so fun at parties, Deb

”Last night, while waiting to board our plane, our daughter Carter was being her usual inquisitive self wanting to meet and say “hi” to everyone she could, until she walked up on this man. He reached out and asked if she wanted to sit with him. He pulled out his tablet and showed her how to draw with it, they watched cartoons together, and she offered him snacks. This wasn’t a short little exchange, this was 45 minutes. Watching them in that moment, I couldn’t help but think, different genders, different races, different generations, and the best of friends. This is the world I want for her. In a country that is so deeply divided by beliefs, I want her life to be filled with moments like this... not liberal or conservative republican or democrat, socialist or capitalist, just HUMAN. Joseph from Samsungus in Oklahoma, if this should happen to find you. Thank you for showing my daughter what kindness and compassion looks like. Continue to shine your light in the world.” Credit: Kevin Armentrout

"HELP I GOT EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED AND I DON'T LIKE IT." 🙄🤣🤣🤣

@MikeOfTheSouthW @aidangulamedia Actually it proves y'all only get mad about something when you're told to get mad about it, but go off. 🤣🤣🤣

@aidangulamedia You know this proves the point for those critical of this modern trans nonsense don’t you? 😂😂😂😂

It costs you $0.00 to RT the work of a Black self-taught artist. Many of my watercolor pieces are painted using rain. I am based in South Carolina where I was born and raised

The way that Bud Light and Target are reacting to the far right angry at including LGBTQ+ people is EXACTLY why many of us have railed against corporate pride. If your advocacy consists merely of rainbows that disappear at the first gust of fascist wind, it amounts to net harm.

@WajahatAli As a millenial mom who, for a solid two years of my childhood ACTUALLY thought I was Ariel, I am 💯 with your wife on this one. 🤣🤣🤣

My wife has just informed the family that we are all going to see #TheLittleMermaid. My children have not expressed a desire to see it, but my wife, a grown woman of 43, has told me, "We are going."

So @CNN are we still gonna give the town hall platform to the convicted sexual abuser or nah?

@ZoAndBehold @ErinInTheMorn Congratulations!!! 🥰 So lovely to see some happy news in my feed!

Tonight I asked Erin to marry me. A year ago, I told Erin that I was looking for a love that felt like home. I have found that and so much more. I have found my future, my family, and my forever.

As I left the House chambers, I pressed my light to speak—a reminder that this legislature is removing 11,000 Montanans from discussion on every bill going forward. I will always stand on behalf of my constituents, my community, and democracy itself.

@AM97577808 @JackRay9799 @EdKrassen Puberty blockers have been FDA approved for 20 years, my dude with the ironic handle.

@JackRay9799 @EdKrassen The premise, and major foundation of Ed's reasoning is incorrect. Putting a child on puberty blockers is damaging, and the extent of the long term consequences will be measured in medical observations of this current generation... meaning these kids are being experimented on.

Gender-affirming Care in Children - My opinion (please read & debate) Let's envision a scenario: You are a parent of a 13-year-old male child who constantly has said since early childhood that they feel as if they were meant to be a girl and insists they will be a girl when they grow up. If you aren't biased against transgenderism, you will have to debate what the right thing to do for that child is. Your two main options are as follows: (1) Hope that these feelings change and they outgrow them. (2) Visit with a pediatrician and a child psychologist to find out if your child has gender dysphoria and to discuss the possible use of puberty blockers. note: Puberty blockers usually have no lasting side effects. If you decide on option (1), you may still elect to speak to a pediatrician and a psychologist. Let's say that both of these individuals tell you that it is unlikely that your child will outgrow these feelings, and that puberty blockers are a good, safe way to prolong their options with very little chance of longterm side effects. You then weigh the following: A) Allow your child to start puberty blockers to extend the runway for an ultimate decision. B) Allow puberty to kick in, ensuring that a future transition to a transgender woman will be much less successful, and most likely cause your child to live a life in a body that they feel they don't belong in. As a parent who cares about their child, and whose ultimate goal is to see your child have longterm happiness and acceptance of who they are, you elect to start the puberty blockers until they are 15 or 16. At this point, you (along with a doctor and psychologist) need to decide on whether or not they should start hormone therapy to begin transitioning, or stop puberty blockers and let the male hormones turn them into a man. This is a super tough decision for parents. At this age the vast majority of teenagers know which gender they ultimately want to identify as and those who transition typically don't live to regret that decision (not everyone; there are a very small percentage that changes their minds later in life). So as parent you must decide what is best for your child: Let them transition and look more feminine in the long run, or allow the male hormones to kick in, ultimately masculinizing your child permanently against their wishes. Both options result in permanent changes to your child. In this case, either puberty gives them permanent male traits or hormones give them permanent female traits. It's a tough decision for parents who have no bias against transgenderism, who truly love their children and only want them to be happy in the long run. To some the idea might seem insane or ridiculous but that's not how every parent feels when it comes down to it. So ask yourself if the government should ultimately make this decision or should a parent, along with their child, a pediatrician and a psychologist make that decision? I believe it's the latter. I'd love to hear your thoughts. And for the record I am strictly against sex change surgeries for anyone under 18 years of age and don't know where I would stand on hormone therapy if it was my child. But I do know I don't want someone else making that decision for us based on political motives.

"ARTICULATE."

@brianstelter "Thinly-veiled" sure, if saran wrap qualifies as a veil.

The WSJ also says "some higher-ups within Fox" felt that Carlson trafficked in "thinly veiled racism on his show." As I've been saying in interviews, Tucker had critics on the inside, not just the outside. Upper management lost tolerance with him.

This @wsj story by @keachhagey, @JBFlint and @thesimonetti is filled with so many scoops about Tucker Carlson and Fox that it deserves a thread 🧵 👇🏼 wsj.com/articles/tucke…

@VERONASFILMS Really? They're gonna argue about "unrealistic" aspects of a movie about mermaids and a sea witch and singing crabs? Sounds reasonable and normal. 🤣

@ACTBrigitte Omg, PLEASE tank Fox to own the libs, PLEASE. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Fox News has gone woke. Now they must go broke.

@RitaForFlorida Families of Trans kids wish the same thing. 😭

Sitting in the Health and Human Services Committee, watching a debate regarding issuing subpoenas to orgs that endorse gender-affirming care, thinking about how my property insurance went up 50%, and wishing we put as much effort into solving that problem. #MinorityPartyTings