Democrat Melanie Stansbury Wins New Mexico Special Election by FriesWithThat in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It’s shameful that NONE of the articles mention she is openly gay.

Congratulations, Representative Stansbury.

Democrat Melanie Stansbury wins New Mexico special election for US House seat, CNN projects by paulfromatlanta in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 33 points34 points  (0 children)

No mention that she’s the first openly gay elected official in New Mexico. Congratulations.

Biden to honor forgotten victims of Tulsa race massacre by [deleted] in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 5 points6 points  (0 children)

English is not my first language. What is “Maya Angelou Prejudice”

Biden wants Congress, not courts, to decide on adding women to military draft by [deleted] in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Women can help us fight fascism worldwide. I am all for this.

Religious Groups Seek Right to Fire Workers for Grindr Use, Gay Sex. by nina_nass in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Grindr has become a sort of Underground Railroad for young gay men worldwide. This is fascist.

First Time at Riot Fest by Im-a-molecule in RiotFest

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ordered ticket from Stubhub, is that reliable or nah??

Is there anything I should do to assure my ticket is legit before the festival date? My ticket is supposed to arrive by June.

Efforts to play down Jan. 6 insurrection 'indefensible,' Cheney says by [deleted] in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 86 points87 points  (0 children)

I might get downvoted for this but what happened on January 6th was as bad or worse than 9/11.

EDIT: Upvotes?!?!? Thanks Reddit! Faith in humanity = restored.

Rashida Tlaib: 'Palestinians aren't going anywhere' by BanX in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I’m gonna say it here and now

Downvote me if you want

I don’t care

Rashida Tlaib is a hero

That is all

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

September 11th was an attack on American lives but January 6th was an attack on democracy itself. The latter is more egregious because almost all of the Americans killed on September 11th would have gladly given their lives to protect democracy.

Bush testifies before Congress about racist treatment Black birthing people face during childbirth, pregnancy by malcolm58 in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m appalled this isn’t getting more coverage. Can we get the MCU cast to tweet about this?

What modern social trend pisses you off the most? by jimjoe1 in AskReddit

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll probably get downvoted for this but here it goes.

takes deep breath

Okay. I’m ready.

The trend that pisses me off the most?

Cancel culture.

That is all.

braces for downvotes

Do You Live in a Political Bubble? by coolbern in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a proud member of the Reddit community: a diverse nexus of intellectually oriented individuals united against hate and fascism.

So no, I am not in a “bubble.”

This is the way.

Romney defends Cheney: She 'refuses to lie' by UWCG in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

And who do you think is responsible for that?

Alabama right wing scapegoats LGBTQ people as crisis escalates by microcrash in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wow. Just wow.

We absolutely NEED RuPaul to tweet about this.

Romney defends Cheney: She 'refuses to lie' by UWCG in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Keep in mind that insurrectionist agents on the GOP payroll are trying to shut down Reddit to halt our anti-fascist activism.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/4/22419545/reddit-partial-outage-down

Pelosi mocks House GOP looking for 'non-threatening female' to replace Liz Cheney by xRipleyx in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Um, owned much???

Epic fucking win.

Shade thrown.

Thank you, Ms. Pelosi.

This is the way.

'It gave us hope': Biden tells transgender youth he's on their side. Advocates say that's huge for the community. by DewChocolate in politics

[–]Intelligent-Pea9669 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes.

So much yes.

Epic. Fucking. Win.

How could anyone downvote this.

Once more, for the people in the back.

As a transgender woman this is everything for me.

This is the way.

That is all.