Tom Steyer: “I’m totally in favor of trans athletes in high school. When you understand the vulnerability, the stress, the danger of being a trans kid and you understand almost half of them try to commit suicide. Then you think we’re gonna punish those kids, we’re gonna cut them off from team sport. It’s like, no we’re not”
Melissa Barrera says the people who "accused me of being antisemitic" still "deny that what’s going on [in Gaza] is a genocide. So, we’re never going to see eye to eye on that... And they’re wrong. Just factually wrong."
"The specifics of my situation were like a perfect storm. I’m a woman of color in this industry. I’m 'on the rise,' but I don’t have a big enough name to be untouchable, so they can make an example out of me. I am well-known enough that you can write articles and create all the clickbait propaganda that you need, but also not big enough that people are going to care enough or revolt or do anything in the industry for me. I was the perfect scapegoat."
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“My problem is not with Jews,” he said brownly, stretching his hands out, presumably in the direction of Mecca.
I gathered my courage and timidly asked if Israel had a right to exist as a Jewish state.
His eyes, dark as crude oil, narrowed, Jafar-like, and an Islamic grin spr
Knowing now what a poster she is, I more respect her willpower to not grin in this moment. Her restraint, that’s the temperance of someone who should be a leader.