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Politics & News Editor for @advocate.com, @out.com, and @them.us. GLAAD Media Award winner. Love sushi. Opinions are mine and obviously always correct. 🇩🇪🏳️🌈🇺🇸🕷 Politics nerd and big fan of democracy. (he/him) Signal: cwdc.98 Insta: thatdcreporter
@jonathancapehart.bsky.socialReposted by @cwnewser.bsky.socialTelevising a military execution of a prisoner paralyzed from the waist down would be shocking. It would be appalling. But it would not be surprising. Trump and his administration seem to bask in their barbarism.
@cwnewser.bsky.social“I’m speechless that something like that can exist on live national television,” Dan Levy said of the terrible Saturday Night Live episode.
@cwnewser.bsky.socialBut drag queens must be banned from public view because a child could see a whimsical costume.
@nclrights.bsky.socialReposted by @cwnewser.bsky.socialWe are continuing the fight to allow transgender service members to do their jobs. Read the full article by @cwnewser.bsky.social featuring the words and experiences of plaintiff Nic Talbott over at @advocate.com: https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/nicolas-talbott-discharge-papers-fight.
@cwnewser.bsky.social“It’s like I’ve been teetering on the edge of a cliff for a while now, and finally somebody came along and pushed me over the edge,” Lt. Nic Talbott, who is suing the Trump administration over the trans military ban, told me.
@cwnewser.bsky.socialUm, what does it matter?
@cwnewser.bsky.socialWhat are Democrats doing?
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@cantb.bsky.socialReposted by @cwnewser.bsky.socialThe state of Alabama imposed a state law that requires pubic schools and universities to use the term “Gulf of America.” And obvious and flagrant authoritarian move and textbook example of what Barrett Taylor and I call postliberal governance.
@cwnewser.bsky.socialAnd just like that we’re back. lol that was quick.
@cwnewser.bsky.socialNew Bluesky glitch unlocked. My blue checkmark is gone and I’m now invalid. Cool. Anyone else encounter this?
@cwnewser.bsky.socialThe White House answered none of my questions about this.
@cwnewser.bsky.socialHigh T Pete Hegseth is just out there bringing merit back or something.
@cwnewser.bsky.socialWith Democrats like him...who needs enemies?
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@cwnewser.bsky.social“He is becoming this amazing little man, and that’s all Renee ever wanted to see,” Becca Good, Renee’s wife, said about their 6-year-old son. “And watching him grow into that person without her beside me is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.”
@cwnewser.bsky.socialSCOOP “When I look at who is being pushed out, who is losing their positions I see people who have been vocal about workplace conditions, people who have been involved in union activity, and people who have raised ongoing concerns about our leadership,” Ash Orr said.
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@cwnewser.bsky.socialI asked the administration in good faith whether trans and nonbinary young people in crisis can expect to be treated with respect.
What I got back was about being aligned with Trump to “defend women from gender ideology extremism and restore biological truth.”
@cwnewser.bsky.socialThis will really bring down the price of gas and groceries.
@cwnewser.bsky.socialSCOOP: I spoke exclusively with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer earlier today, ahead of her keynote speech at this evening’s Human Rights Campaign National Dinner.
On her allyship, she said, “I’ve never wavered."
@cwnewser.bsky.socialDon Lemon told me that Hyde-Smith’s refusal to engage was “insulting” to Mississippians. “She should feel, as a public servant, an obligation to inform people and also to try to comfort the people of her own state,” he said. "I find it insulting to Black people.”
@cwnewser.bsky.socialSCOOP: We were invited to join NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Prime Minister Rob Jetten of the Netherlands as the two visited the LGBTQ+ Center in Manhattan today.
