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William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Despite their expressed grievance that they are discriminated against because of some wokeness they believe is holding their country hostage, it remains a fact that no one on Planet Earth is more privileged than a white male fortunate enough to be born in the USA and given opportunities that exist nowhere else in the world to build a good and successful life."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteMales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMales</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/masculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>masculinity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaleEntitlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleEntitlement</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaleGrievance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleGrievance</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homophobia</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Do not listen to the lament that has become the tired and loathsome refrain of many insecure white (and supposedly) heterosexual men in the Trump era."</p><p>~ Robert Mickens</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteMales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMales</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/masculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>masculinity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaleEntitlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleEntitlement</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaleGrievance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleGrievance</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/homophobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homophobia</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.ucanews.com/news/born-in-the-usa-blessings-and-curses-come-with-first-american-pope/109558" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ucanews.com/news/born-in-the-u</span><span class="invisible">sa-blessings-and-curses-come-with-first-american-pope/109558</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The probe could begin yet another <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> battle between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>, the largest US state &amp; a bastion of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a>.</p><p>The state's Democratic governor, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GavinNewsom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GavinNewsom</span></a>, sued after Trump took control of CA <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/troops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>troops</span></a> to *quell* anti-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LosAngeles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosAngeles</span></a> earlier this month. The Trump admin has said it is investigating the state over a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> allowing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> athletes to compete on girls' teams in state <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Institutional directives that use race- &amp; sex-based hiring practices expose employers to legal risk under federal law," Harmeet Dhillion, the head of the *Civil Rights* Division, said in a statement.</p><p>A spox for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UC</span></a> system said it would work with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> "in good faith" during the investigation.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> to probe hiring practices at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UniversityOfCalifornia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfCalifornia</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> *<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a>* Dept will investigate hiring practices at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> system to examine whether its efforts to boost <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/faculty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>faculty</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> run afoul of *anti-discrimination* laws, the DOJ said in a statement on Thurs.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-justice-dept-probe-hiring-practices-university-california-2025-06-26/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/litigation/u</span><span class="invisible">s-justice-dept-probe-hiring-practices-university-california-2025-06-26/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>I am not an asshole.</p><p>I am a person that sees.</p><p>I see the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a>.</p><p>I see the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oppression</span></a>.</p><p>I see the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sadness</span></a>.</p><p>I see the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a>.</p><p>I see the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a>.</p><p>I see the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a>.</p><p>I see it all.</p><p>Maybe I’m just an observer, but I’m still a romantic jackass full of hope that at least here, in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a>, on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a>….</p><p>You all are listening. And your followers are listening. This is the actualization of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grassroots</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CounterDisinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CounterDisinformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaziState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaziState</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mastodonmigration</span></a></span></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Can our differences in skin color, gender, or who we love really be a threat to Trump and his clan? No. This is about fueling prejudice to increase his power.</p><p>For Trump, renaming is a conspicuous way to show he is fighting for 'oppressed' white men everywhere!"</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HarveyMilk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarveyMilk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <br>/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"As someone who was deeply involved in reporting on the Civil Rights Movement long before Hegseth was born, I am appalled that he would dismiss the struggles, the pain and suffering, even the death that so many Americans of color faced and the fight for recognition and equality that so many Americans strived for — those who weren’t straight white men."</p><p>~ Dan Rather</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HarveyMilk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarveyMilk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://steady.substack.com/p/you-cant-erase-the-truth" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">steady.substack.com/p/you-cant</span><span class="invisible">-erase-the-truth</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrietTubman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarrietTubman</span></a>, who, after being born into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/slavery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slavery</span></a>, became an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abolitionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abolitionist</span></a> instrumental in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UndergroundRailroad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UndergroundRailroad</span></a>; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LucyStone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LucyStone</span></a>, a prominent abolitionist &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/suffragist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suffragist</span></a>; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MedgarEvers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedgarEvers</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> leader who was assassinated by a member of the Ku Klux Klan; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CesarChavez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CesarChavez</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> leader; &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DoloresHuerta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoloresHuerta</span></a>, another labor leader.</p><p>2/2<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It gets predictably worse:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarveyMilk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarveyMilk</span></a> is just one of several trailblazers whose name has been identified for possible removal from naval vessels. …they include <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ThurgoodMarshall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThurgoodMarshall</span></a>, the first <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> justice; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RuthBaderGinsburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuthBaderGinsburg</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RBG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RBG</span></a>], another Supreme Court justice, who became a feminist icon; </p><p>1/<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanAutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAutocracy</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/politics/navy-ships-harvey-milk-renamed.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=38D79453-1DC0-4D75-BF31-6387C3AEDEF0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/03/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/navy-ships-harvey-milk-renamed.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=38D79453-1DC0-4D75-BF31-6387C3AEDEF0</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> seems likely to let religious families opt out of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ storybooks<br>
The lawsuit over public school story time with titles like “Uncle Bobby’s Wedding” &amp; “Love, Violet” is one of 3 major <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> cases on the high court’s docket.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartisanCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActivistCourt</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewApostolicReformation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NAR</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-04-22/supreme-court-favors-parents-right-to-opt-out-their-school-children-from-lgbtq-stories" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/politics/story/202</span><span class="invisible">5-04-22/supreme-court-favors-parents-right-to-opt-out-their-school-children-from-lgbtq-stories</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Admin Threatens to Withhold <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Funds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funds</span></a> From <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchools</span></a></p><p>State <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> officials will be required to verify that they have eliminated all programs that promote <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inclusion</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a>] that the administration deems *unlawful* [uncomfortable for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigots</span></a>] according to a new memo.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/indoctrination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indoctrination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Whitewashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Whitewashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/politics/public-school-funding-trump-dei.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=AEB43A0E-0ED5-401C-9960-8E17975F9091" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/public-school-funding-trump-dei.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=AEB43A0E-0ED5-401C-9960-8E17975F9091</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s order calls the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a>’s evolving approach a “revisionist” history “with a distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth” that is “inherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed.”</p><p>Does he just describe himself but sub the names of the institutions he attacks wherever his name was?</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteWashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CultureWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWars</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-5342914/smithsonian-president-trump-executive-order" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/27/nx-s1-53429</span><span class="invisible">14/smithsonian-president-trump-executive-order</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smithsonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smithsonian</span></a>, the official keeper of the American story, has operated independently as a public-private partnership created by an act of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> in 1846. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> is an unprecedented act to edit an institution that — reflective of the nation itself — has expanded to include a wider, richer &amp; more diverse telling of the nation’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteWashing</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CultureWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWars</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Photos and histories of people of color, women, and the LGBTQ+ community are being purged, and nearly every day some new erasure is being uncovered. ... But there is one unique period in U.S. history that Trump and his cronies are very interested in preserving and promoting: the Confederacy."</p><p>~ Oliver Willis</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/purges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>purges</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Confederacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Confederacy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaleEntitlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleEntitlement</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/22/2311705/-Why-conservatives-are-obsessed-with-erasing-history-except-the-Confederacy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/22</span><span class="invisible">/2311705/-Why-conservatives-are-obsessed-with-erasing-history-except-the-Confederacy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On brand…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s Secy of State <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> removes <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ people &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> from annual <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> report</p><p>He also removed sections on people with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabilities</span></a>, &amp; Government <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ableism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteCisHeteroChristianMaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCisHeteroChristianMaleSupremacy</span></a><br><a href="https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marco-rubio-removes-lgbtq-people-women-from-annual-human-rights-report/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/marco-</span><span class="invisible">rubio-removes-lgbtq-people-women-from-annual-human-rights-report/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The women said in court papers that they were living in constant fear of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexualAssault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SexualAssault</span></a> &amp; other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> after being moved to male prisons. Male inmates repeatedly propositioned them for sex &amp; male officers subjected them strip searches w/o female officers present, they said [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a>].</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/prisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prisons</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteCisHeteroChristianMaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCisHeteroChristianMaleSupremacy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A judge on Wednesday ordered the federal Bureau of Prisons <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBP</span></a> to transfer 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> women inmates back to federal women’s prisons after they had been sent to men’s facilities in the wake of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> that truncated transgender protections.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexualAssault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SexualAssault</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteCisHeteroChristianMaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCisHeteroChristianMaleSupremacy</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/federal-prisons-transgender-trump-executive-order-inmates-b4bb058cb6e922a536a26e534f92b005" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/federal-pri</span><span class="invisible">sons-transgender-trump-executive-order-inmates-b4bb058cb6e922a536a26e534f92b005</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trans</span></a> people, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a>, people of color [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/POC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POC</span></a>] are being erased</p><p>Across <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s federal government, agencies have been busy scrubbing photographic and written references about women, people of color &amp; members of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ community from their websites.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RepresentationMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepresentationMatters</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MaleSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misogyny</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5317567/federal-websites-lgbtq-diversity-erased" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-53175</span><span class="invisible">67/federal-websites-lgbtq-diversity-erased</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"To maintain this charade, they have brandished the Bible like a cudgel, bludgeoning poor people, people of color, the Indigenous, women, LGBTQ+ people, and others with tales of their supposed sinfulness meant to distract, demean, divide, and dispossess."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/evangelicals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evangelicals</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MaleEntitlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaleEntitlement</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/heterosexism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heterosexism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> <br>/3</p>