Some underreported news and the return of Your Moment of Zen

Some underreported stories from the last couple of weeks. Let’s get this all out there.

“Trans women are not biological men“: New Study Bolsters Idea of Athletic Differences Between Men and Trans Women. It includes specific and consistent physical deficits trans women have vs. other women, including worse lung and cardiovascular function on average, and less jumping capability. This is, naturally, the exact opposite of fundamentalist and fascist ideas and lies, which paint trans women as super-powered super-villains out to physically crush and beat down Real Women.

Link is to Next Impulse Sports recapitulating a paywalled New York Times story, but they link to the Times if you want.

Musk Calls on US to Quit NATO, Stop Paying for Defense of Europe: With Trump already trying to betray Europe to Putin, Musk also apparently being onboard really sets the pieces into place. I’m figuring late summer before the Europe doesn’t have to lick out the US because the US have already quit.

Arkansas shows where the Christofash want to go: GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors. The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person’s transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.

You think that’s nonsense and bullshit? Clothing and hairstyle laws were some of the laws being enforced at Stonewall. Enforcement of these laws in New York City were exactly why the riot started, and they want it all back.

Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups: The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.

Yeah, they’re going there. It’s mostly harassment, but if they get far enough in their fascist agenda they’ll start making up crimes to charge them with. This is part of Putin’s system and Trump’s no doubt been coached on it.

See also:

AG Bondi to Criminally Prosecute Private Entities for DEIA: This week a contact at the DOJ sent me a dozen memos just been issued by new US Attorney General Pam Bondi. The memos, among a range of instructions, informed DOJ employees that the Department will criminally prosecute private entities that implement Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEI/DEIA) policies. This is Project 2025 in action.

Cishet white Christian men first, foremost, and where possible, only. That’s the agenda – and the reward to their followers. (See also this EO.)

Trump and Musk are playing ‘Russian roulette’ with the Northwest power grid: “It is clear that these impacts are all top down from the Trump-Musk team,” says former Bonneville Power administrator.

The GOP have been making Cascadian cities huge disinformation and propaganda targets for the last 20 years. They’re going to move beyond that without question. Is this a chance to fuck with us? Yes, it is. BPA is self-funded. This doesn’t save the Federal government a single goddamn penny. It’s just about breaking shit.

Project 2025’s Creators Want to Dox Wikipedia Editors. (See also.) Look under “Stochastic terrorism.”

Meta Hires Chief Correspondent From Tucker Carlson-Founded Daily Caller. Carlson is yet another Putin fanboy and this close >< to being a flat earther. Meta’s “fact checking” was slanted hard to the right already, now “public policy” will be as far to the right as possible too. See also their starter move of specifically allowing anti-LGBT abuse/hate on their platforms.

Finally, to dig back in the meme locker a bit, here’s your moment of Zen:

Open White nationalist and Trump dinner partner Nick Fuentes Admits “Liberals Were Right Fundamentally About Trump’, says that Trump is a “populist demagogue” who is just “stirring up the rubes” to empower himself.

Still a fuckhead who has no place in discourse, but wow. Not something I expected.

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