Still being called a ‘fool’ (& worse things) for my tweets about abortion, Federalism, voter turnout in state-level elections, inability to recognize that Roe v Wade spent a half-century being ripe for overturning, & bad understanding of basic civics.

One last ditch effort to engage in a *rational conversation. Read if you like. 😊 

🧵 1/ The meta-question:

To the extent one sincerely believes abortion will be completely banned at the federal level (i.e., no woman will have access to an abortion), exactly how will this ban come into being? What must happen in the federal and state legislatures or in the federal and state courts or in the executive branch of the federal government in order for abortion to be illegal throughout the United States.

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Andrew Sullivan is right.
Rachel Levine, @HHS_ASH, must go.

The Assistant Secretary of @HHSGov has been pushing the child butchery known as ‘gender-affirming medicine’ for years, but his recent interference with WPATH age limits is the final straw.

andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/rachel-levin… “WPATH, conferred with Levine. They gave her [sic] an early embargoed version of SOC-8, w/ lower age limits for some treatments, & her office responded, horrified. They feared the listing of “specific minimum ages for treatment…under 18, will result in devastating legislation for trans care”

#FireLevine #LevineMustResign

🎥 The film thread you’ve all been waiting for! 🎥

Here they are, the actors who didn’t need Harry Potter to make them famous (because they already were or would have been anyway), and the movies I associate them with.

Lights! Camera! Action!

🧵1/ Alan Rickman
TRULY MADLY DEEPLY (1990) ♥️ 😢

If this doesn’t drive you to tears, you ain’t human.

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A friend asked if I would compile some of the comments made specifically by publishing professionals in either their replies or their quote tweets to the announcement of the @SEENPublishing network.

So here we go. Ready?
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https://twitter.com/thebookseller/status/1805150635827909045

First, I am not naming names or taking (any additional) screenshots at this time.

Rather than call individuals to account, I think it’s more important to focus on the things people in positions of power within the publishing industry have said in reference to GC authors.

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Hang onto your hats.

This is going to be a long thread of embarrassing quotes from politicians, athletes, & special interest groups reminding us that the thing that’s happening in San Francisco isn’t actually happening. 🧵

#SaveWomensSports 1/

https://twitter.com/Outkick/status/1748803338542420194

Hakeem Jeffries D-NY / @RepJeffries

“MAGA Republicans are trying to sensationalize an issue that doesn't really exist in the way that they are falsely portraying” 2/

dailycaller.com/2023/04/20/hak…

Our fearless leader @POTUS is certainly busy today with all these proclamations, statements, fact sheets, and round tables!

A short 🧵on the government efforts to make this the best #TransDayOfVisibility ever!

1/ “Today, to hear directly about the joys, hopes, and challenges that transgender children are experiencing, the White House will host a Roundtable on Affirming Transgender Kids”

No information so far on who will be sitting at the roundtable. Feel free to guess.

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