Also.Also.Also: White Supremacist Violence and Insurrection
I absolutely could not bring myself to do our “traditional” twice-a-week link roundup. Instead, today we are going to talk about white power and white supremacy.
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The Quiet Parts Get Louder and Louder
The insurrection in DC on January and making sense of this chapter of the story of power in the US.
Extra! Extra!: Some of the Changes We Can Already See as the Trump Era Drags On
In this week’s Extra! Extra! we continue following America’s election 2020 saga, the havoc the Trump administration continues to wreak in its final two months and a few encouraging outcomes from the 2020 election. We also have some States-side updates on the COVID-19 pandemic and other situations unfolding around the world.
Extra! Extra!: As the Dust Settles, Here’s What We’ve Learned So Far in the 2020 Election
Last week I was full of the nervous anxiety you feel when you know something big is about to happen, and you’re just counting down the clock. This week I’ve been full of the nervous anxiety of indefinite waiting. And yet, in that time, so much has happened in the world. In this week’s Extra! Extra! we share some reflections on the 2020 election and news on events from Vienna to Poland to Ethiopia to the Philippines to New Zealand to Chile.
What Does It Mean to Have a “Civil Debate” with a Man Who Put Children in Cages?
“This debate was not civil. There is nothing civil about orphaning 500+ kids as a matter of public policy. There is nothing civil about putting them in cages. There is nothing about the way we’ve treated these families who came to the United States — in accordance with the law and asked for our mercy.”
Biden Addresses LGBTQ Protections while Trump Aggressively Meanders in Dueling Town Halls
Instead of one town hall, where audiences would get to hear from both candidates and where the candidates would get to critique each other live, voters had to choose between the dueling town halls. Or, you could just wait and let me watch them for you.
Extra! Extra!: Where to Start, Trump’s Tax Avoidance or COVID Superspreading?
This week’s Extra! Extra! gives an update on the latest scandals from Trumpland, some reflections on what happened in Minneapolis this summer, another setback in the fight for Indigenous rights and sovereignty and news on some of the growing conflicts in the Western world.
Extra! Extra!: In Search of an Order of Magnitude to Even Measure Trump’s Unforgivable Immigration Legacy
This week’s Extra! Extra! turns to some devastating immigration news and a look at women’s rights more broadly. This week also brought, perhaps unsurprising, news that the fossil fuel industry knew half a century ago the devastation they would wreak on the planet and did nothing. We also take a look at the state of police brutality globally before turning to a few updates on the upcoming US election.
Extra! Extra!: How Much Does Yet Another Trump Reveal Actually Reveal?
This week’s Extra! Extra! Offers more reflections on police brutality and delves into some damning news coming out of Trumpland. We also look at some LGBTQ+ news from around the world and dive into some of the not-so-great situations unfolding in Europe. And to close out, a look at the state of the Internet, climate change and the pandemic.
Extra! Extra!: The US’s COVID-19 Cases Peak as Stimulus Package Passes; Here’s All That Explained
This is the week that the US finally reached the top of the global rankings in terms of number of confirmed cases; Congress just passed a stimulus package the likes of which, I truly believe, have not been seen in a long, long time, if ever. There is a much, much bigger world that is getting hit with COVID-19 right now, and I definitely want to turn to that. But there’s a lot to say in the US alone right now.
Extra! Extra!: A Socially Distant Democracy
This week’s Extra! Extra! considers the shocking indictment against Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and what democratic action looks like during social distancing.
Here’s Why Trump-Era Republicans Are Obsessed with Trying to Outlaw Trans People
In a post “love-wins” America, we’ve circled back to the underlying legal thinking of the 1950s. In the late 2010s and especially under Trump, gender and gender conformity are back under the legal microscope in a move that targets the gender nonconformity fundamental to aspects of gay identity for many, and also increasingly and dangerously, trans people.
Trump Administration Continues to Decimate Asylum Process, Putting LGBTQ Migrants at Risk
A new executive order from Trump changes the rules for how someone has to have entered the US to apply for asylum, leaving many immigrants — including LGBT migrants seeking asylum — in dangerous limbo.
“Trans People Don’t Exist” Added to Trump Admin’s Anti-Reality Agenda
This morning, the New York Times broke the story that the Department of Health and Human Services under the Trump administration is “[considering] defining transgender out of existence.”
You Need Help: Your Christian Family Loves Trump’s Debauchery, Hates Your Gayness
Jesus doesn’t have anything to say about gay people, but he has PLENTY to say about the kinds of religious leaders who support a man like Donald Trump.
Billionaire Oil Baron Tillerson Is Out as Secretary of State, Anti-Gay “Traditional Families” Fanboy Mike Pompeo Is In
In a stunning clinic on how to make a major state decision with global implications with less gravitas and forethought than the finale of The Bachelor, Trump announced yesterday via Twitter that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was being fired and replaced by Mike Pompeo, who has a concerning anti-LGBT record and sounds a lot like Mike Pence!
GLAAD Survey Finds Straight People Fine with “Equal Rights” in 2018, Not So Much Actual LGBT People
The statistics on acceptance of LGBT people were generally staying the same or improving, until last year — when, as GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis puts it, “the acceptance pendulum abruptly stopped and swung in the opposite direction.”
Also.Also.Also: You’re Making Straight People Uncomfortable Again :(
You make straights more uncomfortable now, the ‘daddy stitch is real, giving birth while nonbinary, Carrie Brownstein, lesbians in politics, queers in the Olympics, LGBTQ lawyers have gotta spread out, and so much more for you to read!
Also.Also.Also: Oh Wow This Trump Judicial Nominee Is a Real Piece of Work and Other Stories for Your Whole Life
They’re coming for your legal weed, American homophobia, Cuba’s LGBT revolution, growing up gay in the 1960s, Puerto Rico’s mental health crisis, that Coachella guy is still shitty, and so much more!
Also.Also.Also: Entire HIV/AIDS Council Has Been Fired and Other Stories for Lord Please Make It Stop
Look up, Inca knots, criminalized poverty in the US, Erica Garner, trans and NB fitness trainers neat!, and other stories for your last AAA of 2017!
Top 7 Melania Trump Body Double Costumes on Amazon
First Amazon made a Bob’s Burger’s “Supportive Burger Wife” costume, now they’re cashing in on Melania Trump’s body double!