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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

aaaaaand today in 'shit that happened while I was writing this shit'

"NEWS: Deputy AG Todd Blanche says the DOJ will only release a partial batch of the Epstein files today, rather than all of them. Blanche says DOJ needs more time to make redactions."

https://bsky.app/profile/meidastouch.com/post/3mae2dbbqbk2w

FUUUUUCK YOU TODD

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JsuttraL's avatar

We are going to end up with thousands of sheets of black paper, with spots of white space.

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

exactly

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Babe Paley's avatar

They probably ran out of printer ink from all the blacking out and that's the issue. There was a bunch of entry level staffers at DOJ last night furiously taking out the toner cartridges and shaking them to print just a few more pages.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Res ipsa loquitor, counselor. If he's not in 'em, why redact? We all know he doesn't care about anyone else and so would not redact for them.

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

He might for his rich owners/donors, that are in the files they could pay him to be redacted, just like with the pardon czar Ed Martin. Just pay in strump crypto.. done!

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Lucy Conner's avatar

😆🤣😂

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James Starr's avatar

I understand (from various/random online readings) there is more than once source out there (unredacted version) of the E-Files. Including the estate of Jeffery Epstein, why oh why can't any of them come to light, or leak? That is what we need to see.

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Leu2500's avatar

the House Dems released another 90+ pictures from the estate files yesterday.

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Chris Hierholzer's avatar

Kinda like measles.

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Sher''s avatar

Thats what I envision.

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

Not a problem, just replace every redacted space with "Donald Trump"

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Mps's avatar

This

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Major Kong's avatar

People will just read "Trump" into every redaction. I am An Old, and I remember when Nixon was forced to release transcripts of the White House tapes. Every time I came across "expletive deleted" I just read it as "fuck".

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Exactly! Res ipsa loquitor. If he's not in them, why the redactions? If he never banged Stormy, why the NDA and payoff?

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arne link's avatar

Trump doesn't pay for what he doesn't get.

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

And doesn't pay for what he DOES get, either

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Connie Hillyer's avatar

Expletive deleted! I had forgotten about that. Those Nixon days seem so benign now.

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Lairbo's avatar

"Expletive Deleted" should be the headline of every news source the day Trump shuffles off this mortal coil.

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Sher''s avatar

👍👍👍💯💥

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Kay-El's avatar

There’s a shit ton of Trump mentions in those files I reckon.

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PEACE, LOVE, RESIST's avatar

Knew it. Very predictable.

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Teri Springer's avatar

Yes, because they think that there are no consequences. Bondi and Blanche need to be taken into custody for contempt of court.

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Leu2500's avatar

This release was not ordered by a court. it's public law

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Andrea Jennings's avatar

But they will be the best redactions ever, no one will have seen redactions like these.

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Mary Greenwald's avatar

Thank you for your attention to this issue.

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Charles Austin's avatar

😂

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Susan Niemann's avatar

JFC. I seriously do hate these people. It’s all gonna come out one way or the other.

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Charles Austin's avatar

The Epstein estate will fill in the blanks.

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Cheri Collins's avatar

🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

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Marie Drozdis's avatar

Before I noticed that it's your comment, I was hearing it in Jeff Goldblum's voice. I can't express how deeply I hate these people, too. Can't we/they live our own lives in peace?

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Seriously!! The arrogance is breathtaking. Who the hell do they think they are!

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RZolu's avatar

Where is Wikileaks when you need him today?

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Bob's avatar
3hEdited

He’d be licking Putin’s balls were he not in Australia. His latest act? Filing a complaint against the Nobel committee over Machado being awarded the peace prize.

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Kay-El's avatar

I’m not sure that I disagree with that. She dedicated the prize to Trump.

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

So she wouldn't *accidentally* fall out of an upper-story window 🙃

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John Nerdrum's avatar

"No Testicles for you! DJT!!!

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Joe Witkowski's avatar

Lock every fucking one of them up - not for contempt of court - but for BREAKING THE LAW 🖕

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Joe Witkowski's avatar

They confused “redact” with “re-dicked” and refused to do it because each one costs over $150K. Morons of cosmic proportion.

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robbie lemon's avatar

hahahahahahahahahahaha

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Jan Moon's avatar

Whatever happened to DEADLINE? Oh, I guess that's only for Democrats and Jack Smith.

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Paula Dean's avatar

I wish I could be surprised.

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Krista Allen's avatar

In violation of the recently-passed Congressional act, too. But when has that ever stopped this criminal administration before?!

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Abigail Norling's avatar

Yup, as expected. They'll kick and scream and lie, and we'll never see the shit that implicates the rump!

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Cathy Wray's avatar

We'll see EVERYTHING when he is dead.

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Nancy Braus's avatar

I am sure they have stalled all this time so they can doctor the content. There is absolutely no possibility that these liars will allow the actual evidence of the orange man's very tight relationship with this provider of young women. While the Democrats have released telling photos, by the time the actual files are released, Bondi and the other shits will somehow use AI to place ultimate family man, Barack Obama, at the epicenter of Epstein's crimes. He is always living in DT's sick brain.

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Susie's avatar

Todd Blanche needs to eat my entire, not-inconsiderable, flabby ASS!!! All of it! 😡🤬😡🤬😡

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Cheri Collins's avatar

Mine, too, plus contents!

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Sher''s avatar

We knew they'd run some kind of game....did we not?

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Susan Niemann's avatar

“The price of peeners is on the rise.” 🤣🤣🤣

It’s a great question why republicans are so interested in everyone’s private parts and what they do in their bedroom.

ITS NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS! LEAVE US ALL ALONE.

There. I feel better now. 🙄

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Nancy Potter's avatar

Since right wing men believe in their own superiority and right to control everyone based on what's between their legs, they are horrified at the thought that anyone would voluntarily give that up, and just as offended by the idea that an inferior person, i.e., someone born without a dick, would have a way to acquire one.

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PurpleHoorean's avatar

They fear the control will shift away from them. They certainly don’t want competition from someone who is savvy on what’s what with both the vulva and penis. They’re so insecure.

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CroneEver's avatar

My understanding is that Musk had a bad penile implant (which is why all his carefully curated kids were IVF) and has been taking it out on the whole human race ever since.

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Grace Kennedy's avatar

Musk has had so much “gender affirming care” it’s a wonder he’s even marginally recognizable. Chin, cheekbones, hair… and all these guys taking steroids - come on! Such fragile little babies.

Every accusation is a confession with these toads.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Shows how fragile and foolish these aging alphas are. As we age, our prostates enlarge. Taking testosterone makes it worse, along with increasing the risk of prostate cancer, which no one in their right mind would want. Insecurity makes men do very stupid things.

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Sher''s avatar

All that and he's still yicky looking...🤢

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Charles Austin's avatar

Was dickless, is dickless, and will always be dickless.😂😂😂

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Mingo's avatar

You got that right. Mush is a dickless wonder.

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Susie's avatar

Well said. The eloquence! 😘

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Dr J's Sanity Space's avatar

On target!

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Chris Hierholzer's avatar

Hence...his fascination with rockets.

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Mingo's avatar

Phallic symbolism.

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Cheri Collins's avatar

😂

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Charles Austin's avatar

😂😂

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Sher''s avatar

What a waste of money. He's about as sexy as a sour dill pickle...

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Paula Dean's avatar

Well, there goes my Christmas present for my transgender son.

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Bob Bowden's avatar

Penis inflation is a killer, as proven by Nelson A. Rockefeller

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

Reminds me of the song 🎵

DETACHABLE PENIS

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AuntTeeFa's avatar

What is it with Republicans? And their supporters!

they all seem to have obsessions of a sexual nature. Whether it’s pedo or trans, maybe they should put Bobby Jr in charge of the perversion department and appoint Nancy Mace as chief inspector since her political life seems to be spiraling. Thankfully.

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Joyce's avatar

Don't forget porn, Holy Brother Mike Johnson's one area of expertise.

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Charles Austin's avatar

So do I.😂😂😂

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Dave Drell's avatar

They are all sexually repressed white males who can only get a BJ. from the local skank ho!

Be gone with these odiferous

swag-bellied malcontents!

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Lairbo's avatar

They're probably looking for ideas.

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Babe Paley's avatar

I hate to say this out there on the internet, but what's the difference between the "high quality" penis and the (I can't believe I'm about to say this) "entry level" one? Like, if you think you could manage with a Ford Fiesta penis? And are they circumcised? And how much extra for the balls?

In his next speech trump should note that he's lowered prices on penises by 600%.

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Megan Ross's avatar

"...Ford Fiesta penis." I'm still laughing!🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Charles Austin's avatar

Yugo.😂😂

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Susie's avatar

Right?!? The brilliance!!! 🤣🤣🤣

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Joe Witkowski's avatar

At a 600% discount, a new penis is a Republican “innie” rather than an “outie”….

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Irascible Ink's avatar

🤣🤣🤣

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Richard Von Busack's avatar

At that price, one nut will be enough!

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Susan Jane's avatar

Why stop at two?

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Irascible Ink's avatar

😂🤣 Start a trend!

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Mingo's avatar

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.

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PEACE, LOVE, RESIST's avatar

Omg🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂

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Joyce's avatar

The Mini Coopeenie is not setting sales records.

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Jane's avatar

"entry level penis" 😂😂😂

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AuntTeeFa's avatar

Be sure not to get into a rear ender in that Fiesta! 💥

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Bob's avatar

Ford Fiesta, like a “starter penis”

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Bill Corbett's avatar

I had a "junk"-er in High School. It was short but got the job done.🤣

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Bob's avatar

Like unreliable cars, there’s much to be learned.

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Grace Kennedy's avatar

All good questions🤣🤣🤣

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Bob Bowden's avatar

The one thing he’s actually lowered by 600% is penis credibility. An erection used to mean its owner was honestly attracted to someone; Then along comes this lying prick

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Jane's avatar

😂😂😂

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Lin Talbot-Koehl's avatar

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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steve robertshaw's avatar

Babe, you're on a roll today!

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Nightmaher's avatar

Very funny Babe!

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LoveMuley's avatar

Maybe they can do a BOGO on the balls!

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Dr J's Sanity Space's avatar

😆😆😆😆

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SethTriggs's avatar

Terrible people voted for the creature because trans people are among the minorities they wanted to torment. It feels good to make life worse for these tiny minorities. And once that minority is destroyed they'll move on to the next largest one, like a horde of locusts.

Remember, anything like "groceries" or "inflation" or "respect" is just a smokescreen...a paper-thin excuse used to launder their actual desire. One votes for this unreconstructed party and the pricktator that leads it in order to HURT people. HURT people different from them. HURT people who live in Democratic-run cities. HURT people who become Americans but were born elsewhere. HURT people who don't worship their interpretation of Christianity. It's all about pain, and this is the point of sadopopulism, to keep unreconstructed sadists in power.

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Dave Drell's avatar

Seth: one of your best and definitely accurate rates!

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Dave Drell's avatar

I mean posts

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AuntTeeFa's avatar

Absolutely 🏆

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Alethia St. Joan's avatar

Right on.

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Frosty McGillicuddy's avatar

These dudes are obsessed with the penis

And invading the poor Mound of Venus

They're rapists and cretins

Deservin' an eatin'

By a boatload of rabid hyenas!

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Dr Andrew's avatar

Because they’re all closeted. That’s why. Like cornholio Graham who hasn’t met a young intern that he didn’t like or molest. What pure unadulterated garbage in this country

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Bill Corbett's avatar

Now that guy truly is a 'dick" of the worst kind.

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247kath's avatar

Good one😁😂

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Susie's avatar

Beautiful!!!

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Dave Drell's avatar

Why Frosty, you’ve done it again! (sounds like Mr. Magoo)

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Unity In Defiance's avatar

I swear to God they are using every dystopian book, movie, and show as a guidebook on how to govern vs actually governing.

And Dr Oz?? My God, now I wish he HAD won that Senate seat in PA — because Fetterman ended up just being a rank and file Republican anyway. Oz in that seat would be doing less damage than he is now.

And can we please — for the love of Christ — stop worrying about what is in someone’s pants and what their preferred bedroom proclivity is?

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Paula Dean's avatar

Especially since no transgender person has ever caused harm to anyone else.

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Terri Nighswonger's avatar

They are simply warped in every way. Deranged and demented.

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Butch's avatar

Transgender as a percentage of the total U.S. population is a rounding error. I just don't get the fixation.

Having said that, my niece is now my nephew so maybe it's a little personal.

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Darrell Smith's avatar

I have a great niece Ashley that is married to another Ashley. They are raising a couple children and are doing well at it. I have always been strictly heterosexual but I wish only happiness for your nephew and my great niece.

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Lin Talbot-Koehl's avatar

I have a cousin who's son *used* to be her daughter. I have a good friend who's son is now her daughter. I have a niece who, w/ her wife, just had their son back in Aug. And my next-door neighbors, Brittany & Kayla, have a son who's almost 5 yrs old. I also have an acquaintance who's now a *female* professional musician.

NOT ONE OF THEM has EVER held me down & "shoved it (their lives) down my throat", as all these SEXUALLY OBSESSED MAGAtS seem to "believe" is being done to them....by people THEY DON'T EVEN *KNOW*.

I'll tell you what all these friends & relatives ARE doing, though: THEY'RE BEING SCARED TO DEATH OVER ALL THIS VILE RHETORIC, & wondering WHO'S GOING TO HURT THEM &/OR THEIR FAMILIES!! Amongst all these friends & relatives, there are THREE college professors (TWO w/ PhDs), TWO high school teachers, ONE professional musician, & ONE IT expert for a large, national company. These are NOT bums, & NOT perverts; they're SIMPLY PEOPLE TRYING TO LIVE THEIR LIVES, & trying to "fly under the radar" so they aren't RECOGNIZED AS "ABNORMAL PEOPLE", & ATTACKED FOR BEING WHAT THEY *ARE*....PEOPLE WHO ARE FINALLY ABLE TO LIVE THEIR LIVES, FINALLY ABLE TO HAVE BODIES THAT MATCH THEIR MINDS.

What the actual fuck is WRONG W/ THAT??? *THEY'RE* NOT THE PERVS WANTING TO INSPECT OTHER PEOPLE'S CROTCHES!

Schweeet Jeeebus, already!!! 🤬

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Alethia St. Joan's avatar

Thank you 🙂💕

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Carol C's avatar

Jeff always has “the best words.”

please leave these people alone. just let them be who they want to be.

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Joyce's avatar

Just let everybody alone and let them be who they want to be.

I fondly remember one student I had who fancied three-piece suits; she wasn't transgender--she was a girl; she felt like a girl; she was happy being a girl....But she liked men's dress clothing and men's haircuts.

Two Trumpet mothers called my friend in the adminstration, who was in charge of student behavior, to lodge a complaint about the girl's "blatant defiance" of the dress code and to demand she be punished. My friend mildly observed, "Well, there's nothing in the dress code against it, and she is actually abiding more fully to the dress code than every boy in the school."

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Tess's avatar

Congrats to your nephew!❤️

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Butch's avatar

If you knew "Alice" before she became "Alvin" and were surprised by the transition I'll just say mildly that your powers of observation are deficient.

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counterlife's avatar

Fascism self sustains on fear and hatred. The easily manipulated Republican/MAGAs need new hatreds and fears. They don't give up on the old favorites (black, brown, women, LGBTQ etc., -anyone not a white born with a penis straight man, ) but the fascists have to bring on a new hate and fear category of human periodically and the latest is trans persons. MAGA is a movement based on ignorance, fear and hatred. It's okay though, because it's "christian". It's an old as humanity story. This is just a recent very terrible version.

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meryl selig's avatar

Statistically speaking you are 100% right… Trans became an issue because it gave Rethugs something to inflate and create “fear” around…. While also playing on the many profound insecurities of MAGA “men.”

The other side has intentionally made it sound as if the population is overwhelmed by trans or trans-leaning people. Really a non-issue in a sane and civilized society.

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Mark Slattery's avatar

I do all my penis shopping at Costco. I buy their 12-pack and hand out the extras as gifts.

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Megan Ross's avatar

LOL 🤣🤣🤣👍

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Irascible Ink's avatar

😂😂🤣

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Charles Austin's avatar

🤣🤣🤣

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Bob's avatar

😂😂😂

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Doreen Dalesandro's avatar

🤣🤣🤣🤣🖖🏻

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Cheri Collins's avatar

😂

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Derek Smith's avatar

Why are they so obsessed? They were taught to fear genitals. Talking about them, thinking about them, touching them.

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

yOu'LL gO bLiNd 🤪

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Irascible Ink's avatar

hAiRy pALmS 🤪

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

The SIN of ONANISM !

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mermcoelho's avatar

Is t it up to states to set medical stuff? Isn’t that why we have state abortion bans? Can’t these people fuck off and leave already-struggling people to live their lives? Trans rights are human rights.

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

technically the ban prevents any hospital or doctor that accepts medicare or medicaid from doing gender care — which means -every- hospital. that how they're getting around states rights

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Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

I have one question though. They're banning reassignment surgery for minors, which typically isn't done. Are they also banning non-surgical treatments such as hormone replacement therapy or puberty blockers, which not only typically ARE done, but lead to better outcomes for trans people, as I've seen among the 17 trans people I know, ranging in transition age from early teens to 60s?

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Nancy Potter's avatar

Yes. So a teenager who would transition to female, after long and careful consultation with parents and doctors, would end up with all those secondary sex characteristics, like a deeper voice, which hormones and puberty blockers are intended to prevent.

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Charles Austin's avatar

That seems to be the case.

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Paula Dean's avatar

I am worried about my transgender son. He's been getting his hormone shots from a clinic in Boston for about 20 years. This clinic is entirely dedicated to treating gay and transgender patients.

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RZolu's avatar

Thank you to whatever God you chose for Massachusetts...The English tried to fuck with us during the Revolutionary War and we told them to go to hell...And the rebellion continues...fingers crossed that clinic tells Bobby Brainworms and "Doctor" Oz to go fuck himself from here to Sunday. WTAF?

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Irascible Ink's avatar

Natch. Let's starve AAALLL the hospitals of AAALL the money and just use voodoo and witch doctors. 🫩

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Doreen Dalesandro's avatar

Irascible, RFuckingK, as far as I’m concerned, is a voodoo doctor 🤨 Yet another totally unqualified person that the repugs confirmed because that was what agent orange wanted🤬

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Bob's avatar

And the source of payment for gender care doesn’t matter. If a hospital provides it, they’ll pull the funding. There is supposed to be a public comment period.

I won’t be surprised if they worm their way out of it.

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Alison Parker's avatar

Jeff, I nearly spit out my tea when I saw that title pop up in my inbox 😆😆😆

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

mission accomplished

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Charles Austin's avatar

😂😂😂

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Irascible Ink's avatar

Unless you're in the market for a vag or a peen, why would you give a rat's ass how much they cost? Are you also outraged about the high price of basketball boobs and lips blown up to the size of a baby's butt?

Unless you plan to make any of that shit cheaper for those who want it, STFU.

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

Inflate that dick with filler ?

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Cathy Wray's avatar

Irascible, I am sick and tired of republicans demanding to know what's in other people's pants. I thought Republicans wanted little intrusion in their lives from the government. And yet, they insist on telling EVERYONE else what to do. We ALL need to tell them STFU!!! And vote them out of office!!

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Kay-El's avatar

What do gentiles have to do with any medical procedures? I don’t care what religion my doctor is.

What? Genitals? Never mind

And it’s none of your fucking business.

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Cheri Collins's avatar

Miss Emily Litella! ☺️

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Stephen Brady's avatar

tRump surrounds himself with crackpots. Oz is crank with a medical degree - and as someone who attended medical school back in the day - NO!, we were not made to taste urine... As for Bobby Brainworms, he is a crackpot lawyer who obviously has no scientific or medical training - making public health decisions for the whole Nation... something, for which he is manifestly unqualified to do.

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RZolu's avatar

And yet Bobby Brainworms vaccinated his own children...go figure

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Chicky Mama's avatar

Is it too much to hope they are also sterilized???

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Annabelle's avatar

I KNEW this shit was gonna happen. That is the most worthless group of motherfuckers that have ever been elected, selected, or cheated their way in the door. An 80 year old senile speed-freak is their leader, talkin' about some Hunger Games shit!! I'm tellin' y'all, the sonuvabitch has completely lost what little mind he's got. And, no it's NOT anybody's business whattheactualfuck is in anybody else's drawers. Just LEAVE PEOPLE ALONE DAMMIT.

Great article, Jeff, as usual!

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Chicky Mama's avatar

You go, girl!! Say it louder for us in the back ❤️

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Annabelle's avatar

Darlin' I can get all kinds of loud, if need be..😉

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Chicky Mama's avatar

I’m thinking we are related somehow hehehe

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Annabelle's avatar

You never know....the world is a very small place

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Tess's avatar

“morbidly wealthy shitwits”…and fucking delusional “physicians!” Give me a break…Time for these delusional idiots to be done! ARGHHHHH

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