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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

🇺🇲 Cowards! Democrats’ “Reshuffling” on Trans Issues Cedes Key Territory to Far Right
truthout.org/articles/democrat

Democrats Learned Absolutely Nothing f. Defeat
jacobin.com/2025/03/signal-gro

#TransLivesMatter
#USpol #cowardize #sycophancy #Democrats #FailureToLead #abandonment
#GOP #Trump #fascism #Christofascism #SCOTUS #transgenocide

CAVE: collaborate, advocate, vote, educate
#solidarity #community

Transgenocide: mastodon.social/@persagen/1141

Demonstrators call for the repeal of HB2 in Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 25, 2016.
Truthout · Democrats’ “Reshuffling” on Trans Issues Cedes Key Territory to the Far RightRepublicans are using trans rights as a wedge issue. We must not fall for it.
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Glyn Moody

#Republicans put the sick in #sycophancy as they compete to fawn over #Trump - theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f "From adding the president’s face to Mount Rushmore to pushing for him to serve a third term, party members are getting inventive in their brown-nosing" shameful and revolting

The Guardian · Republicans put the sick in sycophancy as they compete to fawn over TrumpBy David Smith
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John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺

"Google Removes Black History Month From Calendar"

by egmasylne
February 11, 2025

"Google has removed several important cultural observances from Google Calendar, including Pride Month, Black History Month, and Holocaust Remembrance Day. The company explained in an email to Newsweek that its previous system for adding these events was 'unsustainable.' Going forward, Google Calendar will only display public holidays and national observances.

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newsone.com/5924301/google-rem

NewsOne · Google Removes Black History Month From CalendarBy egmasylne
#Sycophancy
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[cowardice; abrogation of duty] I’m a Doctor Appalled at Silence f. American Medical Association
motherjones.com/politics/2025/

“Many physicians feel our values do not align w. the values of our advocacy organization” 🤔

#cowardice #abrogation #abandonment #sycophancy #AMA
#NIH #NSF #CDC #science #medicine
#USpol #USlaw #Trump #fascism #theocracy #censorship #PostTruthism
#Christofascism #Catholicism #transgenocide
#epistemology #CriticalThinking
#WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #SelfDetermination

Mother JonesI’m a doctor, and I’m appalled at the silence from the American Medical AssociationMany physicians feel that our values do not align with the values of our advocacy organization.
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Hegemonic masculinity: Trump2 cabinet of sex predators
mastodon.social/@persagen/1135

Zuckerberg Tells Rogan Society is Neutered/Emasculated
mastodon.social/@persagen/1138

What Zuckerberg's 'masculine energy' talk means for Meta's future
cbc.ca/news/business/mark-zuck

* rhetoric/structural changes could lead to exodus of minority groups f. Meta

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Project2025
#ChristianRight #TitleIX #antiLGBT
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #Meta #sycophancy #paternalism #misogyny
#Christofascism #transgenocide

MastodonVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ (@persagen@mastodon.social)Hegemonic masculinity: Trump's cabinet of sex predators https://theconversation.com/a-trump-cabinet-full-of-alleged-sexual-predators-heres-why-it-makes-perfect-sense-244374 * men accused of sex. abusing women/girls * Elon Musk, Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. * + Linda McMahon: woman alleged to have enabled such abuse Hegemonic masculinity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemonic_masculinity * practice that legitimizes men's dominant position in society * dom. over women/other gender identities perceived as "feminine" https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113193182356581153 #Trump2 #misogyny #sexism #paternalism #transgenocide
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Bill Gates bends knee to Trump
newrepublic.com/post/190402/bi

* long list of billionaires sucking up to Trump

“I felt like he was energized & looking forward to helping to drive innovation …
I was frankly impressed w. how well he showed a lot of interest in the issues I brought up”🤨

* stunning remark f. Gates
* $106B forbes.com/profile/bill-gates
* $50M+ to Harris’ campaign

#ChristianRight #TitleIX #antiLGBT
#billionaires #BillGates #sycophancy
#Trump2 #fascism #Project2025
#Christofascism #transgenocide

The New Republic · Bill Gates Becomes the Latest Billionaire to Bow Down to TrumpAdd the Microsoft CEO to the long list of billionaires trying to land in Trump’s good graces.
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Zuckerberg & power of media: Cynical display of revisionist history
technologyreview.com/2025/01/1

Facebook
* Cambridge Analytica data scandal
* militia call to arms on FB presaged 2 Wisconsin killings
* fueled Myanmar genocide

Meta now allows
* people to call transgender people “it”
* argue women are property
* claim homosexuality/"transgenderism" [sic] a mental illness

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Project2025 #antiLGBT
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #Meta #Facebook
#Christofasciam #transgenocide

MIT Technology Review · Mark Zuckerberg and the power of the mediaBy Mat Honan
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Meta facilitates transgenocide

Trump Gets New Propaganda Machine as Mark Zuckerberg Caves on Meta
mastodon.social/@persagen/1137

Meta enables anti-LGBTQ+ hate by eliminating fact checking
mastodon.social/@persagen/1137

Meta Allows Users to Call LGBTQ+ People Mentally Ill
mastodon.social/@persagen/1137

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #hatred #antiLGBT
#billionaires #Musk #Zuckerberg #sycophancy
#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Threads #transphobia #disinformation
#Christofascism #transgenocide

MastodonVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️ (@persagen@mastodon.social)Trump Gets New Propaganda Machine as Mark Zuckerberg Caves on Meta https://newrepublic.com/post/189940/mark-zuckerberg-donald-trump-meta-fact-checking * Zuckerberg trying to compete w. Elon Musk over who can suck up to Donald Trump the best https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113787684023398033 #billionaires #Trump2 #GOP #sycophancy #libertarianism #propaganda #fascism #authoritarianism #Musk #X_Corp #Twitter #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #libertarianism #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #WealthTax #AssetSeizure #AssetForfeiture #WealthInequality
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

Meta Allows Users to Call LGBTQ+ People Mentally Ill
them.us/story/meta-lgbtq-polic
wired.com/story/meta-immigrati

“allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender/sexual orientation”

* "transgenderism"
* new policies directly relax speech restrictions re: transgender people/topics
* allows “sex/gender-exclusive language” in “political/religious topics"
* affects trans rights/immigration/homosexuality

#Trump2 #fascism #antiLGBT #Zuckerberg #sycophancy
#Christofascism #transgenocide

Them. · Meta Will Now Allow Users to Call LGBTQ+ People Mentally IllBy Samantha Riedel
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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

GLAAD: Meta & Mark Zuckerberg Remove Long-Standing anti-LGBTQ Hate Speech Policies by Ending Fact-Checking
glaad.org/releases/meta-remove

Meta Removes Hateful Conduct Policies Protecting LGBTQ Peopl/ Other Marginalized People

“Zuckerberg’s removal of fact-checking programs & industry-standard hate speech policies make Meta’s platforms unsafe places for users & advertisers alike”

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #antiLGBT
#billionaires #Zuckerberg #sycophancy #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #cowardice
#transgenocide

GLAAD | GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. · GLAAD RESPONSE: META AND MARK ZUCKERBERG REMOVE LONG-STANDING ANTI-LGBTQ HATE SPEECH POLICIES AFTER ANNOUNCING END OF FACT-CHECKING PROGRAM | GLAADMeta Quietly Removes Major Sections of Hateful Conduct Policies Protecting LGBTQ People and Other Marginalized People GLAAD: “Zuckerberg’s removal of fact-checking programs and industry-standard hate speech policies make Meta’s platforms unsafe places for users and advertisers alike.” January 7, 2024 — GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization,
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