Watching Gen Z men veer right hits different for Millennials. We lived through Columbine, 9/11, the Iraq War, 2008 crash, 2016 election, covid, abortion bans, & now this. We watched institutions repeatedly fail us while older generations selfishly protected the status quo. 🧵1/ Growing up, we did exactly what our elders told us to do to “succeed”. We worked hard, pursued higher education in record numbers, and became the most productive, educated, and highly skilled group of workers the world had ever seen. 2/

I’ve successfully pried family members out of the grasps of the far-right GOP and turned them into social-minded Democrats. It was really hard, often frustrating, and took a long time, but it worked.

There were a few strategies that I found had the biggest impact.

🧵thread 1/ Validate their feelings, not their “facts.”

I often used phrases like “it’s clear this is something you’re passionate about” & “I hear you”. I acknowledged how they felt without validating the Fox News talking points they just regurgitated. This made them feel seen/respected. 2/

I think puberty blockers are safe & necessary healthcare for trans youth. But dont take it from me. Take it from experts who agree:

🔹American Medical Assoc.
🔹American Academy of Pediatrics
🔹American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
🔹American Public Health Assoc. (cont.)
🔹 American Counseling Assoc.
🔹 Child Welfare League of America
🔹 National Assoc. of School Nurses
🔹 National Assoc. of Social Workers
🔹 American School Health Assoc.
🔹 National Assoc. of School Psychologists
🔹The Mayo Clinic
🔹 American Academy of Family Physicians

@CCoceans311 “Shorting” a stock is the opposite of typical trading (i.e., buying stocks you think will appreciate in value). If you predict the value of a stock will fall, you can still make money off of it by shorting it. But it’s risky because in order to do this, you essentially 1/ @CCoceans311 ...”borrow” the stock for a set period of time. So, let’s say it starts at $100 and ends at $60 - you’d make $40. However, if the value increases to $120 you’re now on the hook to pay the value of the stock when you borrowed it ($100) PLUS the amount by which it grew ($20) 2/

✌️California friends❤️

We are voting on a number of propositions this year, so I put together a voter guide that goes prop by prop with:

✅ Arguments for & against
✅ Major supporters, opponents, & how much they’ve spent
✅ My voting recommendation & rationale

Check it out!👇 This one is a no brainer. Huge strides have been made in stem cell research over the past decade, and more funding is needed to continue that work. #YesOn14

Midnight edition of my ongoing series: progressive heroes as cute animals.

I present @katieporteroc as bunnies 😍🐇🐰