Gillian Branstetter

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 20:35 UTC

right wing think tanks are making thinly veiled threats of political violence, the Supreme Court has neutralized the regulatory power of broad swaths of government, and the fate of the executive branch depends on whether the 81 year old atop it can learn to breakdance or something. Happy July 4th

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 20:15 UTC

This isn't going to stop. This isn't one news cycle but now the tone and tenor of the entire campaign as long as Biden is on the ticket. Things can only get worse.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 19:50 UTC

"I won't accept defeat" babe defeat is accepting you. Defeat thinks you're so valid. Defeat is outside your window right the fuck now

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 19:45 UTC

Biden could catch up on so much sleep with this one cool trick
www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/p...

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 19:43 UTC

The Sleepiest of Joes

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 17:37 UTC

I think we should move 4/20 to July 4. It just makes sense logistically

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 13:51 UTC

I also hate fireworks so what if like I just rented a ranch in a remote place and all the dogs and people with PTSD could go hang out somewhere together

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 13:25 UTC

Like what the fuck is this? And it was timed right around the "1776 Project" that wanted to install "patriotic" curriculum standards

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 13:22 UTC

One of the lesser-noted things Trump did as President that always struck me as strange was, in December 2020, declare Classical Greco-Roman architecture to be the official architectural style of the US government and condemn modernist or brutalist buildings in DC

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 13:00 UTC

She said one of my favorite things about DC, namely that it looks like it's meant to be ruins after the apocalypse

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 12:52 UTC

Is there a reason more trans people don't talk about Jan Morris?

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 12:51 UTC

I'm also just strange (autistic) among Americans but yes I'm gathering that. Starting with a week in Barcelona this summer then looking to Chile next winter

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 12:27 UTC

Fair! I've never had the means to leave the US before so very new and admittedly naive

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 12:07 UTC

Nothing but respect for MY Mr. Adams youtu.be/09A6oY5cb0I?...

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 11:55 UTC

Years ago when I confronted a creep for being a creep (threatening, stalking, etc) he immediately called all of our mutual friends and said "I'm really worried about Gillian, she's saying some really crazy stuff. You know her childhood was rough etc etc"

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 11:49 UTC

Traveling solo as a trans woman is googling "is X safe for trans women" and getting "X is very safe for wealthy white gay men"

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 03:34 UTC

It's true! And has me googling our aqueduct system

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 03:29 UTC

Because as you'll notice he wasn't doing great to begin with

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 03:28 UTC

The question to ask with these isn't "how big was the dip" but rather "what's the plan to reverse the downward trend"

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 03:15 UTC

Here's my Sorkin pitch--the meeting with the family, WH staff, campaign staff, Hill leaders, and governors was to tease a drop out. But, they can't get ahead of an official announcement so everyone's putting on a show

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 01:36 UTC

If Dems are going to switch it needs to be clean and bloodless. The idea of a "mini-primary" crammed into 5 weeks is madness and would look like madness

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 01:07 UTC

Yes! The more power the more indifferent they are to others

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 00:59 UTC

The more I think about it the more Futurama is my favorite dystopia. It's such a perfect combination of abject goofiness and banal terror

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 17:53 UTC

I'm critical of Biden BECAUSE I hate Trump and recognize the threat he poses to me and the people I love

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 23:27 UTC

Ok maybe I'm wrong lol

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 22:23 UTC

Just realized that alongside the challenge to TN's ban on medical care for trans youth the other big SCOTUS case next term is a challenge to age verification laws for online porn so that should be fun

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 19:37 UTC

puck.news/biden-plunge...

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 19:36 UTC

👍

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 18:23 UTC

I've said it before but I'm genuinely grateful for JK Rowling as a very public example of how trans misogyny rots both your brain and your soul. She's like those anti-drug ads that were just photos of meth users' mouths

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 18:16 UTC

This isn't a hypothetical; Dems specifically fund far-right candidates in GOP primaries to give themselves a better chance in the general

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 18:00 UTC

One proposition to wit

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