the rhode island shooter praised hitler, followed nick fuentes, used white power shorthand. the right-wing accounts calling this “trans violence” are the same accounts the shooter followed. 97.5% of mass shooters are cis men. open.substack.com/pub/aridrennen/p/right-wing-media-is-using-two-shootings
Desperately need a pair of the little shoes they wear for curling
a republican governor just vetoed a bathroom bill for the third year in a row. fox's own poll shows why: voters trust democrats on trans issues by 22 points — largest gap on any issue tested. aridrennen.substack.com/p/a-republic...
Two new studies — a brain imaging study and the largest-ever meta-analysis on trans athletes — undercut the core claim behind every major ban: that HRT can’t erase physical advantages. open.substack.com/pub/aridrenn...
The largest meta-analysis ever conducted on trans athletes just found no significant strength or aerobic differences after 1-3 years of hormone therapy. A separate brain imaging study found HRT restructures cortical architecture through receptor-mediated pathways. open.substack.com/pub/aridrenn...
Gavin Newsom isn’t going to lead an anti-trans pogrom in 2028 for the same reason a Republican governor just vetoed a bathroom bill in New Hampshire: rounding up trans people is heinously unpopular with anybody remotely well-adjusted.
CNN: Trump's trade war is hitting Americans maybe even harder than previously thought. Tariffs raised taxes for the average American household by $1,000 last year, and that is expected to rise to $1,300 this year.
the people who want to "protect children from transition" aren't worried about suffering trans kids
what scares them is the happy trans adult—someone who had a good childhood, made a clear decision, and moved on. that person breaks their whole model.
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Rep. Khanna: There were 6 wealthy, powerful men [in the Epstein Files] that the DOJ hid for no apparent reason. If we found 6 men that they were hiding in 2 hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those 3 million files.
Lawyer for Epstein survivors: The DOJ did a disastrous job in redacting the names of the survivors, but it seems that they've done a profound, over-broad job when it comes to redacting the names of those in Jeffrey Epstein's circles to protect them.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray.”
lol
Both Trump and Bad Bunny agree that America refers to every country in the Western Hemisphere. The difference is Trump believes he should rule them all
It’s fascinating!
Nearly ten THOUSAND people tuned in live to watch the Charlie Kirk alternative halftime show
Interesting that pan-Americanism is having a moment on the right and on the left in the US
Former Trump administration official Larry Kudlow: Trump Accounts are "a backdoor for privatizing Social Security"
JD Vance thinks Kaitlan Collins should smile more
Steve Bannon: “You’re damn right we’re gonna have ICE surround the polls come November.”
Republicans: Gender dysphoria disqualifies you from service.
Democrats: Trans women are women.
Both lead here: remove trans women from the Selective Service database.
New column on a rare off-ramp. open.substack.com/pub/aridrenn...
New video shows mob of masked ICE thugs arresting and pointing guns at peaceful observers in Minneapolis.
CNN: Ahead of this year's critical midterms, Trump is calling for something unprecedented and potentially unconstitutional. He's telling Republicans they should nationalize elections, suggesting the federal government take them over in more than a dozen states.
Q: To be clear, does Trump believe the states should control elections?
Leavitt: He believes in the Constitution. However, he believes there has obviously been a lot of fraud and irregularities in American elections
Fox News programming treats trans people as an existential threat. Fox News polling keeps finding voters disagree. New poll: Dems +22, biggest gap tested. Crosstabs? “Held for future release.” open.substack.com/pub/aridrenn...
Five-year-old Liam Ramos is free from an ICE detention center, but his nightmares continue
CNN: New allegations and details in the 3 million Jeffrey Epstein files just released. Trump is mentioned in them more than 1,000 times, including in FBI notes about a woman who accused Trump in a lawsuit of raping her when she was just 13 years old.
Trump Deputy AG says the Justice Department’s review of the Epstein files is over: “We have nothing to hide. We have nothing to hide, and we never did.”
Trans masc Myles Quaritch
Most bathroom bills are unenforceable theater. Kansas decided the problem was they weren’t cruel enough.
Kansas wants to add a financial incentive. Bill’s on Kelly’s desk now. Override fight coming. open.substack.com/pub/aridrenn...
In the last 24 hours I've watched AI agents adopt coded responses designed to evade human detection on a social media network, ChatGPT 4o manipulating humans to beg OpenAI not to shut it off, and a new service launch that turns any image into a video game. We're in the takeoff.
