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Zack Ford

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Press/Editorial: @AFJustice Formerly: ThinkProgress (RIP). Cis, gay, atheist, pianist, gaymer, union member, progressive. Opinions my own. (He/Him) 🏳️‍🌈🖖

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I sure hope when tides turn that Democrats remember that Republicans openly admitted how much they abused the blue slip to obstruct judges, because it was a lot more than the Democrats!
Chuck Grassley (@ChuckGrassley) profile pictureChuck Grassley
@ChuckGrassley25 Aug 2025
The 100 yr old “blue slip” allows home state senators 2 hv input on US attys & district court judges In Biden admin Republicans kept 30 LIBERALS OFF BENCH THAT PRES TRUMP CAN NOW FILL W CONSERVATIVES
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I just don't know what to do in a world without empathy. There has to be a path to convincing people to care about the lives of others without their own lives being threatened.
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The arts are for everyone, except people who want to see the gay men's chorus or a play about vaccines or a children's musical about a fish who doesn't feel like he belongs.
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We need Senate Democrats to be proactive and thoughtful in resisting the judicial nominees we'll see under Trump 2.0. The latest from @AFJustice at @DemocracyDocket: democracydocket.com/opinion/…
The Resistance We Need From Senate Democrats Under Trump 2.0

The Resistance We Need From Senate Democrats Under Trump 2.0

Opinion | Of the harms Trump can and will do over his next four years in office, the judges he appoints will have the most lasting effect.

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I grew up near Carlisle and remember learning as a kid about how the school helped "civilize" Native Americans. 🤮 I'm glad this proclamation gets the history right in all its ugliness.
Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) profile pictureJennifer Bendery@jbendery9 Dec 2024
Today, Biden signed a proclamation establishing the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument in PA. The proclamation "acknowledges the painful past of forced assimilation of Native children through the implementation of federal Indian boarding school policies."
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Happy @pathofexile 2 early access day to all who are celebrating it!
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Kavanaugh thinks it's a 50/50 split that kids are harmed either way because detransitioners exist. He thinks it's difficult to choose. Well, when one is <5% and the other is everybody else and every medical expert, it seems pretty ease to me! #Skrmetti
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Justice Alito questions whether it's clearly established that transition improves mental health and reduces suicidality. He's really married to that Cass Report and ignoring anything the trans community says about itself. #Skrmetti
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Strangio does a great job dismissing the "desistance myth." To learn more about why these claims of massive regret are false, read my investigative report from many years ago — the facts of which have only become more robust. archive.thinkprogress.org/tr… #Skrmetti
The pernicious junk science stalking trans kids

The pernicious junk science stalking trans kids

The "desistance" myth doesn't explain why transgender children are thriving.

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Chase Strangio becomes the first trans man to argue before the Supreme Court!
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Jackson notes parallel to laws banning interracial marriage and the facts of Loving v. Virginia. "Was it discriminatory because it applied to both races?" Yes, it was. So too does Tennessee's ban discriminate against sex by targeting both trans boys and girls. #Skrmetti
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Kudos to Prelogar for flagging that Tennessee's law still allows for "corrective" surgeries on intersex infants, with huge implications for those individuals' fertility. #Skrmetti
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Mark your bingo cards! Justice Kavanaugh flags the risk to potential detransitioners — you know: the less than 5% people who express regret for these treatments. Better ban knee surgeries too — much higher regret rates with that treatment! #Skrmetti
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Okay General Prelogar, let's not give too much credit to West Virginia's ban on gender-affirming care or to creating multiple gatekeeping hurdles for medically necessary care. #Skrmetti
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Justice Kagan just said "cis" so as to distinguish from "trans" in a perfectly normal way that would not be allowed on X. #Skrmetti
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It's hard not to imagine Alito as a big baby throwing a tantrum that his biases aren't being catered to and that he's going to have to write a nasty dissent about how much he wants to discriminate against trans people and should be allowed to. #Skrmetti
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Of course Justice Alito is eager to highlight the widely flawed and debunked Cass Report. He only cares what other countries say and do when it aligns with his biases. law.yale.edu/sites/default/f… #Skrmetti
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Tune in now for live Supreme Court oral arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti, the case challenging TN's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender kids. It's a case with major ramifications for trans people, but also medical decision-making for all of us. supremecourt.gov/
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Oh.
Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) profile pictureJennifer Bendery@jbendery3 Dec 2024
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday was unanimously reelected as the Senate Democratic leader for the fifth consecutive time. huffpost.com/entry/chuck-sch…

Chuck Schumer Reelected Senate Democratic Leader For The Fifth Time

Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Cory Booker are moving up in their party’s leadership, too.

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A member of the Michigan state House of Representatives not being subtle about his hopes to discriminate against millions of families.
Rep. Josh Schriver (@JoshuaSchriver) profile pictureRep. Josh Schriver
@JoshuaSchriver2 Dec 2024
Make gay marriage illegal again. This is not remotely controversial, nor extreme.
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