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Amber Joan

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Lawyer, parent, trans woman, ex-journalist, ex-competitive swimmer, and ex-male impersonator, during which time I was a producer of unreadable fiction about jealous moons seeking castration and other confessions of an egg.

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Anytime mental health or addiction is the basis of an incapacity proceeding, the result is always an imperfect fit at best or a heinous deprivation of civil rights, e.g. Brittany Spears.

11.03.2026 21:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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V.A. Begins Drive to Put Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship

Guardianship law if the majority of my practice. Guardianship is a terrible solution for homelessness, mental health issues, addictions. Subjecting such veterans to the courts will only exacerbate their mental health issues. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

11.03.2026 19:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

humongous TW for the video.

its all escalating here. we keep saying this. dont take your eyes off mn

08.02.2026 00:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 453 ๐Ÿ” 196 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Happy birthday - I love your work - It's my birthday too! So I'm going to subscribe as a present to both of us.

06.02.2026 20:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I thought that was abolished - but it looks like NC is one of 6 states that still allow this. Wild.

16.01.2026 23:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

why not - mimicry works elsewhere.

15.01.2026 22:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pirates of the Caribbean - JD wears about as much eye liner as Captain Jack Sparrow.

07.01.2026 03:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Apparently, Katie Ledecky, the greatest female American swimmer living if not ever, made $250K for her 2024 Olympics.

24.12.2025 16:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111

As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that weโ€™d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.

25.11.2025 00:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 28811 ๐Ÿ” 6746 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 488 ๐Ÿ“Œ 274

Elected officials who inform their constituents about federal and constitutional law are doing their jobs. That includes when they remind service members that they could be prosecuted for following unlawful orders because it's a violation of the Constitution. That is the law.

21.11.2025 01:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1159 ๐Ÿ” 263 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

so when are we taking away the tax-exempt status for the Catholic Church for hiding pedophiles?

15.09.2025 21:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

so let's take away the tax-exempt status for the Catholic Church for hiding pedophiles.

15.09.2025 21:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This speech is now an Emmy winner.

15.09.2025 16:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1799 ๐Ÿ” 474 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

The continued failures to connect Kirk's murder to the trans community could raise awareness that the GOP trans fixation aims to distract the public from issues that could inflict actual harm upon them, like many GOP policies.

14.09.2025 22:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reminder (mostly to me) that international press has more accurate information about what is happening in the US

14.09.2025 19:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 244 ๐Ÿ” 75 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Looks like Wilson rediscovered his deep ball.

14.09.2025 20:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There's a lot of news, but I will take a minute and again say that while this has been a big story, it's been badly under-covered relative it it's importance.

14.09.2025 19:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 103 ๐Ÿ” 25 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Breaking: The @wsj.com is reporting that the comment was not made by Brian Kilmeade but by an unidentified transgender person

13.09.2025 22:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 8825 ๐Ÿ” 1221 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 294 ๐Ÿ“Œ 71

I can almost see the future SCOTUS opinion, proudly citing Buck v Bell to justify whatever horror Stephen Miller conjures against transgender people. 6-3, of course.

13.09.2025 21:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ezra-

Your piece on the death of Charlie Kirk was reckless, insulting, condescending, and worst of all, a piece of hagiography. For someone who claims to honor history and context in your work, it reads as if it was written by someone who respects neither of those things.ย 

What does it mean to practice politics in the "right way"? For whom does a "taste for disagreement" benefit? Certainly not the vulnerable populationsโ€”trans people, Black women, and moreโ€”who Kirk routinely targeted with hate speech and calls for violence.ย 

When I was a college intern at NBC News Washington in 2008, I would watch your MSNBC appearances on the monitor in our office. At that point I could only dream of having a platform like yours, which has grown exponentially since then. Now that I have a platform (albeit it much, much smaller than yours) and I couldn't fathom using it to gaslight the country into believing a hateful man stood for a public good. Maybe it's time to consider how you're using yours.ย 

Marisa

Ezra- Your piece on the death of Charlie Kirk was reckless, insulting, condescending, and worst of all, a piece of hagiography. For someone who claims to honor history and context in your work, it reads as if it was written by someone who respects neither of those things.ย  What does it mean to practice politics in the "right way"? For whom does a "taste for disagreement" benefit? Certainly not the vulnerable populationsโ€”trans people, Black women, and moreโ€”who Kirk routinely targeted with hate speech and calls for violence.ย  When I was a college intern at NBC News Washington in 2008, I would watch your MSNBC appearances on the monitor in our office. At that point I could only dream of having a platform like yours, which has grown exponentially since then. Now that I have a platform (albeit it much, much smaller than yours) and I couldn't fathom using it to gaslight the country into believing a hateful man stood for a public good. Maybe it's time to consider how you're using yours.ย  Marisa

i just sent this email to @ezraklein.bsky.social

11.09.2025 18:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 12473 ๐Ÿ” 1896 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 380 ๐Ÿ“Œ 120

You're the best.

11.09.2025 18:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Best advice to give the trans community today. This is not the time to knee-jerk reactions. That is what they are hoping for. Do not give them what they want.

11.09.2025 16:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Way to go Norway ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด ๐Ÿซถ๐ŸผโœŠ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’Ÿโ˜ฎ๏ธ

30.08.2025 21:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 200 ๐Ÿ” 65 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

A Brazilian trans woman, in the US legally under asylum, has been taken and disappeared by ICE.

25.08.2025 14:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 884 ๐Ÿ” 542 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19 ๐Ÿ“Œ 21

Yeah my kids watched it at least three dozen times this summer. I can even recommend youtube dance tutorials for "soda pop"

24.08.2025 20:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yeah JD, we remember. We will never forget your boss was best friends with the guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring.

And then that guy was "silenced" forever.

And now we will just not talk about anything else until they...

#ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files

10.08.2025 20:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 38869 ๐Ÿ” 12768 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 958 ๐Ÿ“Œ 556
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Hulk Hogan, Trump idol and enemy of the free press, dead at 71 An anti-eulogy by Josephine Riesman

โ€œNow, an adjudicated rapist and 2013 inductee into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame is the President of the United States, and Hulk Hogan is very much deceased.โ€

A fuckeulogy for the ages by @josie.zone:

25.07.2025 13:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 841 ๐Ÿ” 129 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24 ๐Ÿ“Œ 20

Candidates that don't suck is not too unreasonable of a request.

"Any candidate cynically 'triangulating' on trans kids is a non-starter, and now is the time to say so. Thereโ€™s still so much time to advance candidates that DONโ€™T suck."

19.07.2025 15:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
@DHSgov on X: Remember your Homelandโ€™s Heritage.

New Life in a New Land - Morgan Weistling

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@DHSgov on X: Remember your Homelandโ€™s Heritage. New Life in a New Land - Morgan Weistling [Painting of a family]

Nazi propaganda: "The Nazi Party secures the national community"

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Nazi propaganda: "The Nazi Party secures the national community" [Painting of a German family]

On the left is a post today from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. On the right is literal Nazi propaganda from the 1930s.

15.07.2025 00:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 4974 ๐Ÿ” 2270 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 161 ๐Ÿ“Œ 181