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LGBTQ groups aren’t celebrating the nomination of Scott Bessent as President-elect Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary the way they heralded the nomination of Pete Buttigieg for Transport Secretary.
US
Frustration about park space for migrants boils over in 29th Ward: ‘I have compassion but I can only go so far’
Chicago is going to explode by next summer. At some points throughout the meeting, the crowd chanted in unison “you work for us” and “what about kids?”
A guide to 59 titles from 2024 to challenge in your local school library next year
The sociologist Musa al-Gharbi argues that the “Great Awokening” alienated “normie voters,” making it difficult for Kamala Harris—and possibly future Democrats—to win.
SCOTUS justice treated like Make-a-Wish kid with special Broadway part made just to fulfill her dream
To mark Disability History Month, Just Like Us ambassador Simone Penn writes for Attitude about the experience of navigating the NHS as a queer woman with chronic illness
Pierre John Parsons abducted and raped a 12-year-old girl in 1995, taking her clothes afterwards to wear for “cross-dressing purposes”.
Last month, Connolly, 74, announced he had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and that he had immediately begun treatment. He has since been conducting regular business at the Capitol.
Liberal Party crisis deepens as Trudeau faces growing calls to step down
Arguing before the Supreme Court, Chase Strangio concedes that suicide is “thankfully and admittedly rare” among transgender-identifying people.
Democrat State Rep. Ellen Read reportedly asked the Satanic Temple to join in on the display near a Nativity scene because she wanted their participation to symbolize "our pluralistic society."
Wage Theft Worsens The “Happiest Jobs On Earth”
Business
Microsoft Recall screenshots credit cards and Social Security numbers, even with the "sensitive information" filter enabled
"Just Eppstein me already, fam"
The day before the Online Safety Act is enforced
Professor Darío Fernández-Morera details the forgotten history of a millennium of Christian responses to Islamic aggression
America Jr. trying to recover from long postal strike. Neither rain, nor sleet, but fuck your medicine if I don’t get paid.
Spoiler: He’s raped before.
Nigger did it in front of her granddaughter
Science
Flat Earther YouTuber Doesn’t Have An “Answer” To Explain Theory After Experiencing 24-Hour Sun In Antarctica
YouTuber admits to having no answers about the flat Earth theory after he experiences 24-hour Sun in a visit to Antarctica.
Spelling is patriarchy.
The result paves the way for snap elections to be held on 23 February, with polls indicating Germany could be heading for a right-wing shift in power.
President-elect Trump’s picks to lead the nation’s top public health agencies also don’t inspire confidence.
"Many friends of mine are pretty deep in the slough of despond. I occasionally plead with them to make their predictions of catastrophe less hopeless and categorical, but with less success than I wish."
The program "Mi Primo es Así" faced heavy criticism on social media after a deplorable performance that emulated the birth of Jesus
The “donald trump and fascism” wikipedia page appeared the same day the guardian published a 4,000-word article called “is donald trump a fascist?” — and it’s still up
Habeck demands that VW (Volkswagen) come up with and sell electric cars for 20,000 euros
Chinese smash hit loses to game I never heard of before to own the chuds.
Culture
Transgender Gang Trapping Young Men, Changing Their Gender to Dance and Collect Gifts at Functions
Progressive third-gender society helps children find their true selves
Turns out that Green politics are incompatible with proper housing and firefighting. But don't you dare say anything bad about the Greens, or else cops kick your door in.
"The law Congress passed this year to force the Chinese parent company of social media giant TikTok to either sell the service or face a U.S. ban is constitutional, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled Friday."
Jay Leno explains he did not get beat up for gambling debts after getting beaten up for gambling debts
Business
Store closures have surged 69% in 2024. Here are the retailers shuttering thousands of stores.
The surge in store closures comes at a time when consumer spending appears strong, helping to lift the nation's economic growth.
Someone isn’t getting presents this Christmas
After the election, pro-Trump students at Beverly Hills High School held two days of what the district termed “spirited demonstrations” to celebrate the election results.
Cafeteria melees. Students kicked in the head. Injured educators. Technology is stoking cycles of violence in schools across the United States.
Culture
Female Power Triumphs At Box Office Amid Fanboy Fallout As ‘Moana 2’ & ‘Wicked’ Kick ‘Kraven The Hunter’ & ‘Lord Of The Rings’ To Curb
Sony's 'Kraven the Hunter' 'Lord of the Rings' animated movie are bombing while 'Moana 2' is seeing her third weekend at No. 1 with $26M.
US
George Stephanopoulos and ABC apologize to Trump, are forced to pay $15 million to settle defamation suit
As part of the agreement, Stephanopoulos and the network issued statements of 'regret' for comments that prompted the lawsuit
Stuart Thompson has monitored right-wing media since 2020. He watched 47 hours of video on Rumble for this article
By a woman calling herself "King Captain"
A national identity scheme would help to modernise the state
Just Like Us ambassador Rush Mittal explores the power of a haircut in an LGBTQIA+ person’s journey of self-discovery.
Homo Sapiens means One Wise, Homo means one, Sapiens means wise
US
AP: Biden, Harris thank major Democratic donors and urge them to stay engaged after tough loss to Trump
While Biden acknowledged the sting that Democrats continue to feel about last month’s loss, he said they should take pride in being losers.
Disaster
Prestigious private school diversity conference devolved into ‘festival of Jew hate’: outraged attendees
Some nigger wore watermelon earrings, Jews most offended.
Despite Wray’s announcement that he will step down, the effects of his heavy-handed leadership leaves scars on his victims.
Tech leaders and companies are shelling out big bucks to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural fund, as they prepare for the next four years of a Trump White House.
...somehow it is all Trump's fault...
Queer and trans communities deserve more than just existence
Sam Altman redeems a saar
Culture
Outrage on the web - Deutschlandfunk journalist calls for "death penalty, but only for the super rich"
Surely this is antisemitic hate speech, no?
The lawsuit alleges Kaya Clementine Breen, 20, was misdiagnosed with gender dysphoria and rushed into “irreversibly damaging” transition-related treatment and surgery.
US
AP: Black denomination upholds stance against same-sex marriage. A gay pastor in its ranks seeks change
Leath, 43, self-identifies as “quare” — terminology designed to capture both her same-sex attraction and intellectual heritage as a “blackqueer womanist” thinker.
The Israeli government approved a plan on Sunday to expand settlements in the Golan Heights, a Syrian territory currently occupied by Israel, according to a statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.
Everything you ever liked is gay coded now. Yes even that.
Opinion
On the possible departure of Syrian migrants and taking away their cultural enrichment with them
Or: Dumb question from the WDR - the drivel of prominent journalist Isabel Schayani
‘One Day I'll Grow Up And Be a Beautiful Woman’ seethes with resentment, rattles bars of injustice
Meld Islamofobie’s co-founder reflects on a decade in which the far right has moved from the fringes to leading the Dutch coalition government
Naziism is when German men get no sex.
“They actually said flat out to us, ‘don’t do AI startups like, don’t fund AI startups,” he said.
In his first public response to the consumer outcry following the fatal shooting of one of his top executives, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said Friday that the US health system “is not perfect” and that coverage decisions “are not well understood.
The County Board of Supervisors passed a measure this week aimed at ending transfers to ICE. But the sheriff says she won't enforce it, leaving major questions about what's next.
Law
Swiss Supreme Court rules parents must facilitate daughter’s gender ‘transition’ under threat of criminal charges in ‘heartbreaking’ decision
Parents separated from daughter for over a year and a half by court order because they objected to her ‘transition’
A districtwide policy requires literacy educators to prioritize black, Hispanic, and Native American children.
For Document’s Fall/Winter 2024–25 issue, Kyle Carrero Lopez examines LGBTQ+ organizations across the globe who are imagining a new definition of home and togetherness
Let's do more of that thing that doesn't work!
In which "be themselves" means stopping or altering their natural body processes and having cosmetic surgery as minors
What the fascination with a C.E.O.’s killing reveals about this political era.
Two books explore the price we’ve paid in handing over unprecedented power to Big Tech—and explain why it’s imperative we start taking it back.
Crime
Virginia McCullough, 36, Murders Parents for Money, Lives with Their Bodies for Over Four Years
The remains of Lois and John McCullough, aged 71 and 70, were found in sleeping bags at their house in Great Baddow, Essex, in September 2023.
January Littlejohn claims she was told she was ‘harming’ her child by not affirming her new identity
Few countries are as aggressive as Brazil in prosecuting racist speech. The number of cases was up fivefold between 2020 and 2023, reaching 4,871 prosecutions.
Law
Judge clears charges against alleged white supremacists, says there’s a bias against the far right
Carney granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss, agreeing that Rundo and Boman were being selectively prosecuted, while “far-left extremist groups, such as Antifa” were not.
Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) is at a global high — and it can be transmitted without symptoms
"The highest percentage of twinks live in the Netherlands"
Quad9 has been presented with demands by Canal+, a French media company, to block a list of sites they claim are infringing on their intellectual property
Child-raping US servicenigger Brennon Washington finally sentenced in Japan (5 years)
"Remaining silent on the issue of birthright citizenship would betray our movement's highest values because there is nothing pro-life about ending it. Life begins at conception, but it doesn't end at birth."
Washington has much to learn from new research chronicling the US massacre of the Moros in the Philippines in 1906
Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who won a conviction of Donald J. Trump, has been a favorite target of the right. After Mr. Penny’s acquittal in a subway choking, Mr. Bragg faces a fresh round of anger.
Senate staff members are urging that Bank of America be investigated for the way it reported payments to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier.
Median age is 77 allegedly
Interviews and intelligence documents Reuters found in an abandoned military office in the capital, paint a detailed picture of how Assad's once-feared army had been hollowed out.
Fort Liberty has walked back a slideshow presentation on terrorism that named two pro-life organizations as “terrorist groups,” saying it was a mistake.
Law
US jury finds Vegas police fabricated evidence in 2001 killing, awards $34 million to exonerated woman
Oops.
Real journalism, brought to you by Taylor Lorenz and the Washington Post
If you are in charge of a slow-growing democracy, it’s not looking good right now
Man-made horrors, TVD, etc.
Laying the foundations to justify increasing immigration again, because we need houses for all the immigrants that came in before.
Mobilization and the horrors of war have caused a rift
>tfw brown people don't make the line go up
turn out the lights, the groomer pizza party's over
Cop leaves his K9 partner in hot car and he dies.
Conservative leader of Ontario, whose deceased crackhead brother was Mayor of Toronto, believes his province has any hope of fighting Trump with aggression, instead of listening to what he wants, proving that no Canadian party is trustworthy
Germany: The Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Federal Criminal Police Office have come up with a "definition" - don't get too excited now, enjoy reading about "LGBTIQ*"
No European or Anglophone nation other than Canada has the blanket birthright citizenship that the US has.
It is necessary to talk about Islam, just as it is urgent to deconstruct the negative portrayals that have endured for centuries. Ignorance fosters fear, and it is also a tool of domination.
Science
Scientists issue an urgent warning over lab-made 'mirror bacteria' that could wipe out mankind
"So-called 'mirror life' are synthetic organisms that are constructed out of mirrored versions of the molecules found in nature." "The creation of mirror bacteria is at least a decade away"
Can’t drop loads? Drop niggas instead.
That’ll leave a mark.
In case you're looking for a list of media your kids shouldn't watch
Once news outlets called the election for Trump in the early hours of November 6, panic ripped through the LGBTQIA+ community and hotlines saw a dramatic surge in calls. Michelle Del Rey reports
"how do sewers on the street work."
Being Jewish and being an Arsenal fan is entirely normal
So autism it is.. cow of history
There are better health-care heroes to valorize.
Content warning: this blog explores the impact of transphobia, and includes mention of deaths of trans people.
There is no evidence the youngster was exposed to livestock or any infected animals, deepening the mystery about the spread of H5N1 bird flu.
Disaster
2 kindergarteners in "extremely critical condition" after Northern California school shooting, sheriff says
Be American, Get Shot
US
Florida mom arrested for saying ‘Delay Deny Depose’ on call with BlueCross BlueShield health insurer: ‘You people are next’
Murderers get out on less bail than ill mothers.
UN
Icelandic Politician Under Police Investigation For Social Media Posts Criticizing Gender Ideology, Male Breastfeeding
If found guilty under Article 233 of Iceland’s hate speech laws, the politician could face either a fine or up to two years in prison.
two Venezuelan illegals are accused of assaulting and murdering a 12 year old girl
Flordia Sheriff's department learns that constant targeted constant harrasement against people because a computer told them to is illegal.
Crime
Bizarre reason why McDonald's worker might not receive $60,000 reward for identifying Luigi Mangione
The tip-off from the employee is apparently crucial in the case, but the question remains if the worker will be able to cash in on the $60k reward at all.
Faggot with an ankle monitor
Culture
A delegation from Kalmykia visited Myanmar on a working trip to discuss cooperation in the fields of spiritual and Buddhist education
Male professor asks class of women's studies students to write down their earliest sexual memories for him to read. This is fine. This is empowering.
A federal civil rights complaint has led L.A. Unified to end racial preferences in a program aimed at helping struggling Black students.
Billions Must Be Paid
Those are the regions where the Catholic church is growing fastest
UK
EXCLUSIVE Revealed: NHS calls for midwives specialising in inbred babies - as Labour refuses to back ban on marrying first cousins
A textbook example of shifting the standards of evidence to suit its authors' needs.
OINK OINK OINK OINK OINK
Trans author accidentally gets the point
Commentary: In Supreme Court case on gender-affirming care, conservative justices seem ready to throw away the concept of equal protection under the law.
A reader favors teaching the Bible in public schools since it enhances students’ grasp of literature, art, law and history
easy come easy go
UK
After all those promises, the fruit of 14 years of Conservative Party rule: Immigration has hit an all-time high
Terrifying looking man celebrates a thousand days of skinwalking horror
The design of the gun police say they found on the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer—the FMDA or “Free Men Don’t Ask”—was released by a libertarian group.
Researchers attending the American Geophysical Union conference worry their work could disappear when a president who rejects climate science takes office.
How to make going the spa insufferably snobby
