⟳ Репост от Billie Jean Sweeney
Nothing like positioning without principle.
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Billie Jean Sweeney
Journalist, advocate, trans woman. Proud ex-Committee to Protect Journalists, Associated Press, Hartford Courant. Oh proud state school grad too (Go UConn!) Hmm did I work somewhere else 🤔. She/her. wesweeney.com
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⟳ Репост от Billie Jean Sweeney
Misogyny and transphobia are partners in MAGA’s extremist agenda. These far-right ideologues want to control girls and women, our bodies and civil rights.
Assigned Media@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul 19thNews deep dive on extremist WA ballot initiative which would require EVERY K-12 girls to have their B-A sex medically verified through genetic or hormone tests [which are expensive] or reproductive anatomy inspection [yuck] before they can play girls’ sports.
We wrote about this billionaire-funded, science-denying anti-women campaign. www.importantcontext.news/p/heritage-f...
The Heritage Foundation Has a Radical New ProjectThe rights of women, people of color, gay people, disabled people and trans people—a vast majority of the country—are being targeted by a billionaire-funded network.www.importantcontext.newsMisogyny and transphobia are partners in MAGA’s extremist agenda. These far-right ideologues want to control girls and women, our bodies and civil rights.
Assigned Media@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul 19thNews deep dive on extremist WA ballot initiative which would require EVERY K-12 girls to have their B-A sex medically verified through genetic or hormone tests [which are expensive] or reproductive anatomy inspection [yuck] before they can play girls’ sports.
⟳ Репост от Billie Jean Sweeney
This piece was a nice reprieve to write amidst all the daily horrors. Give it a read then check out the whole quilt online here!
Trans Unity QuiltA giant, collaborative patchwork quilt created by trans people and their loved ones from across the country. It is the product of many hours of work in community centres, social and support groups and...www.transunityquilt.comAssigned MediaThese panels from the Trans Unity Quilt project unveiled in London on Saturday are giving us comfort. Take a break and learn about the project and see some of @valorievandieman.bsky.social's favorite entries on Assigned Media today. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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The Tates have, in other words, been arrested so many times and in so many diverse locales that it’s become a kind of marketing strategy for them.
Every time the Tates get arrested, their media empire kicks into gearThe online ecosystem they’ve created whirs into action to lie, twist, rebut, confuse, and profit.www.motherjones.com⟳ Репост от Billie Jean Sweeney
Cleese has also become a full-throated member of the Rowling transphobia hate club, which is now out to silence human rights defenders.
George MonbiotJust loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.
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The nyt *communications dept* has attacked the AMA for its position in support of gender affirming care. (After its newsroom misrepresented the AMA) The nyt opinion pages ran a 4500w story on a *retracted* study that promoted anti-trans falsehoods The nyt has led the way in anti-science propaganda
Michael HobbesThe piece also has a ton of victim blaming. It's not the anti-science movement's fault that public opinion has shifted against public health, it's the public health authorities they're constantly lying about!
The nyt *communications dept* has attacked the AMA for its position in support of gender affirming care. (After its newsroom misrepresented the AMA) The nyt opinion pages ran a 4500w story on a *retracted* study that promoted anti-trans falsehoods The nyt has led the way in anti-science propaganda
Michael HobbesThe piece also has a ton of victim blaming. It's not the anti-science movement's fault that public opinion has shifted against public health, it's the public health authorities they're constantly lying about!
Cleese has also become a full-throated member of the Rowling transphobia hate club, which is now out to silence human rights defenders.
George MonbiotJust loving how John Cleese, now reduced to one of his own caricatures, rages about immigrants coming to the UK and failing to accept "our" culture, from his home in ... (checks notes) ... Nevis in the Caribbean.
⟳ Репост от Billie Jean Sweeney
The actual harsh truth about MAHA is that it is an anti-vaxx, anti-science, pro-diarrhea conspiracy movement. It cloaks its arguments in abstractions about "big pharma" and "free speech" to generate *the exact op-ed The Atlantic keeps publishing*. Movements like this need to be fought, not placated.
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As the piece admits, the second MAHA took power it started gutting basic science, promoting quack treatments and loosening health regulations. *This* is what the movement is. Yet it's up to critics not to conclude or predict anything from these actions and bend over backward to find common cause.