Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - Why do Repubs bully trans people? "It works." / Voters 'saved' Trump

Jay Bookman ⁠wrote a blistering-yet-sobering piece ⁠last week for the Georgia Recorder where he spells it out plainly: Republicans pick on the trans community because 'it works," writing "Because transgender Americans are an unpopular, powerless and almost friendless subgroup, which makes them the perfect target for politicians willing to leverage that unpopularity into votes." See, legislating for all Americans to ensure diversity & inclusion is really hard, whereas throughout American history, political leaders have consistently chosen the path of least resistance: selective bigotry. Marginalizing subsets is as American as apple pie, much like school bullies pick on the "unpopular, powerless and almost friendless" kid(s). Kinda pathetic, isn't it? On the topic of trans people and schools, it took mere minutes for Georgia Republican Senator Greg Dolazal to ⁠lob some anti-trans "red meat"⁠ - again, because equality and inclusion are too hard for him - on the first day of the 2025 General Assembly session. Surely this means it's the most important item on the Georgai GOP agenda. Meanwhile the recently exited special counselor, Jack Smith, finally had ⁠one of his two volumes of final reports on cases involving Donald Trump released⁠. Were we in normal times or in a nation that truly believed in a blind justice or justice at all, the findings would be damning. Instead, the convicted felon at the heart of that and the still-held-tightly classified documents case will be sworn in as President in six days. He, the leader of the party of "the rule of law."