Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Dec 19, 2024

#ConvictedFelon #DonaldTrump: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love #Authoritarianism

He #campaigned on #hate and #darkness—exactly what most of his #voters wanted or accepted. It’s #comforting to #pretend they were #unaware of his #darkness or thought he didn’t mean it, but that’s just #lyingtoourselves.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #emptythepews

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/authoritarianism-and-trump-voters

President Trump, Or, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Authoritarianism | Common Dreams

Trump didn’t win because he ran a better or longer campaign; Trump won because a plurality of the people who voted in this election bought what he was selling.

Common Dreams
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Sep 30, 2024

The Coming #Trump #Revenge #Tour

#Trump has #campaigned on a wave of #retaliatory #criminal #prosecutions. It’s not the first time he’s promised to #lockup his #rivals — but a #second #term would be different.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/30/trump-doj-revenge-political-enemies-00178218

Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈May 30, 2024

#Texas #Democrat #Loses #Primary After #Joining #GOP in #Support of #AntiLGBTQ #Bill

A #Texas #Democratic #lawmaker who broke with her #party by supporting a #ban on #genderaffirmingcare for #Trans Kids, was #ousted in a #primary #runoff that galvanized #LGBTQ+ #groups #nationwide who then #campaigned for her #opponent in the #race for the south #Houston seat.

https://time.com/6983505/texas-democrat-loses-primary-anti-lgbtq-bill/

Texas Democrat Loses Primary After Joining GOP in Support of Anti-LGBTQ Bill

Rep. Shawn Thierry's defeat followed four terms in which the Houston lawmaker typically joined her fellow Democrats on major issues.

Time
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈May 15, 2024

#GOP #Texas #schoolboard #member #campaigned against #schools #indoctrinating #kids. Then she read the #curriculum.

#GranburyISD #schoolboard member #CourtneyGore, disavowed the #farright #platform she #campaigned on. Her #defiance brought backlash.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/05/15/texas-granbury-isd-school-board-courtney-gore/

A GOP Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. Then she read the curriculum.

Courtney Gore, a Granbury ISD school board member, has disavowed the far-right platform she campaigned on. Her defiance has brought her backlash.

The Texas Tribune
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈May 1, 2023

#Republicans ramp up #attacks on #transgender #people, in #State #Legislatures and on the #campaign trail

Despite a poorer-than-expected showing in last fall’s #midterm #elections when various #GOP #candidates #campaigned on #antitrans #MoralPanic, many #conservatives have only amplified their attacks this year.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/30/politics/republicans-transgender-attacks-statehouse-haley-trump/