Oh, and by the way, that Supreme Court ruling is where that Harry Potter money goes.

Context.

This isn't even a slight exaggeration. JKR has openly given at least £70,000 to For Women Scotland to campaign against trans rights and fund this exact supreme court ruling. x x

Her anti-trans Crisis Centre in Edinburgh has the director of For Women Scotland on the Board of Directors. x

We can presume she's given more (financial) support off the record or in other ways.

Rowling consistently makes passive income on all Harry Potter products. Multiple sources have cited that Rowling earns anywhere between $50 million to a $100 million each year from royalties. Forbes estimated she earned $95 million in 2017 alone. x x x

It is a well-known fact that she earns net profit percentages on all her IP. Every time you buy any HP merch, from anywhere, she gets a cut. Every time you watch one of her films, even streaming or just on the tv, she gets a cut. Every time you visit Universal Studios or Harry Potter World, she gets a cut.

And she uses that money to do this. To strip trans rights at every opportunity.

This is where that Harry Potter money goes.

Here are emergency issues for this week about which to call your Congresspeople (202-224-3121):

1) The bill mandating a strict code of ethics for SCOTUS needs a yes vote.

2)Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home. Jess Craven has great scripts for your phone calls.

3)Vote no on Bill HR1526. This bill states no court in the US can tell Trump and the Executive Branch what to do. It is the final nail in the coffin of democracy and will complete the transition to full dictatorship.

4) Vote no on the Save Act.

From Jess Craven, here are the scripts for the Garcia issue:

[See extra talking points at the end of the script!]

Hi, I'm a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is ______. I’m deeply alarmed that the Trump administration is ignoring the Supreme Court’s order to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home. Trump is in clear violation of the Constitution, which the Senator/Congressmember has taken an oath to protect and uphold. If the government can bypass courts for Abrego Garcia, they can potentially do it to any of us. We are in a Constitutional crisis. What is the Senator/Congressmember doing about it?

[If GOP add:] If the Senator/Congressmember won’t act to uphold our constitutional rights then they should resign. And shame on them.

[If Dem add:] I understand that Senator Chris Van Hollen has announced that if Kilmar is not home by midweek he plans to travel to El Salvador to check on his condition and discuss his release. EVERY DEMOCRAT should be saying the same.

If your lawmaker’s staffer says “but he is a criminal/gang member” you can say “first of all, that’s false and your office shouldn’t be spreading lies. He’s been neither accused nor convicted of any crimes in the U.S. or in El Salvador. Would you like me to send you the article debunking that misinformation? There are several. And even if he were a criminal, he’s still entitled to due process, which isn't optional in America—it's guaranteed.

If they say “he’s not a citizen” you can say: He was here legally. Let me read to you from the Supreme Court’s ruling: The United States has acknowledged that Abrego Garcia was subject to a withholding order forbidding his removal to El Salvador, and that the removal to El Salvador was therefore illegal," The Justice Department acknowledged the removal was the result of an “administrative error.” This is very cut and dried. He needs to be returned to the U.S.

If they say “the President no longer has jurisdiction over this. El Salvador needs to do it,” say: “So Donald Trump is admitting that he’s weaker than the President of El Salvador? That’s pathetic. It’s also not true. If we could extract Kristi Noem from that prison we can extract an innocent man. We need to do so now.”

as a brit, I never want to hear another thing about how I shouldn’t care or talk about american politics. bc ever since the us allowed that orange fucking idiot back into power, bigots here are getting more and more emboldened too.

lolll

what timeline is oop tweeting from because in the one i live in kill-em-all kier appointed a right-wing christian health secretary who apologized for every having called trans women women, banned trans youth healthcare, and regularly expresses support for transphobic activists and conversion therapy groups. the only reason he's not 'for sale' is because he'll do it all for free -- the labour right all already genuinely believe the exact same shit as JKR!

Yeah. I also live in this timeline, and this is how it's going in the UK.

For equality purposes.

They're so scared of trans women using the sacred bathrooms that they just made it a legal requirement for trans men to use them? Am I reading this right?

It's for equality purposes, I'm told.

Punk band UK Subs were detained upon entering the US and kept locked up for 24 hours with little to eat or drink and no sleep before being sent back to London.

They had the correct paperwork for their visit.

Basically don't bother going to the US folks, waste of your time and money.

Notes are a binfire on this one. Handy blocklist if you fancy reading what a bunch of cunts have to say.

what timeline is oop tweeting from because in the one i live in kill-em-all kier appointed a right-wing christian health secretary who apologized for every having called trans women women, banned trans youth healthcare, and regularly expresses support for transphobic activists and conversion therapy groups. the only reason he's not 'for sale' is because he'll do it all for free -- the labour right all already genuinely believe the exact same shit as JKR!

Yeah. I also live in this timeline, and this is how it's going in the UK.

For equality purposes.

This bill is intended to deny married women and trans people the vote as they are most likely to have name changes as well as poor people who can't afford travel and extra documents.

I beg of you to contact your Senators as four Quisling Democrats voted for this in the House, knowing that Republican claims of wide spread voter fraud are a lie and that all this is going to do is steal the right to vote from American citizens.

If you can't safely contact your Senators in person, here are some other options for contacting your Congress Critters:

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the loss of your right to vote is how democracy dies

the US is already waist deep in shit creek, but we can prevent ourselves from sinking further. remember: anyone who tells you voting is pointless/doesn't do anything/rigged/etc is a bad faith actor and probably a psyop too.

Way ahead of you, boss!

to be like ‘this is what they do in north korea!’ abt the arkansas gender-nonconforming haircut bill…..when the united states has sordid history of policing the appearance and bodies of minorities since it’s inception is not only tone death american exceptionalist nonsense dribble but uh…..directly racist.

At no point did I expect what he was making. I think I just assumed it was book binding?

Lads, he is not making a book.

I know enough about book binding I assumed he was making a belt, or kink gear? But that is NOT what he is making.

OP: so this is the ‘intense regional downpour’ on the weather forecast

I love when the weather says 'fuck you, get soaked,' to a single mile-wide or square-mile piece of land.

I'm sorry was that first one on fire a bit

I keep seeing people call the Trump administration shit like “schizophrenic” and “psychotic” and can we fucking not do this please???? schizophrenics and people with psychosis have a biological and neurological basis for their behavior and beliefs. there is no biological basis for being racist and sexist and a monster. schizophrenics and ppl with psychosis are innocent. you can’t beat bigotry with more bigotry