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Rep. Shawn Thierry joins anti-trans policy group after losing Democratic primary

The Houston Democrat lost her seat after backlash for voting with Republicans to ban transition-related care for minors.

The Texas Tribune

Journalists Are Becoming Cogs in the Outrage Machine

As the industry decays, social media has become a go-to place for tips and quotes. That’s a problem

The Walrus

Planet Fitness outlets receive bomb threats after far right derides gym policy

More than 40 locations across the US reported the backlash after rightwing account stokes anti-trans rhetoric about its rules

The Guardian - US

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MAGA's "trans terrorism" misinformation

Trump Jr., Libs of TikTok use Texas megachurch shooting to spin a debunked narrative demonizing transgender people

Salon

The incoherence of MAGA's culture war

Instead of thanking a Breitbart writer for outing their leader, this conservative Alabama town is outraged

Salon

Bomb threats follow Libs of TikTok posts

Schools report threats after being named by right-wing social media account that pushes "groomer" propaganda

Salon

Bomb threats clear Highland Park elementary school two days in a row

Highland Park Police determined Thursday’s bomb threat was not credible and part of a string of threats to public buildings across the country.

Chicago Sun-Times

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California elementary school evacuated over bomb threat after rightwing harassment

Chabot elementary in Oakland received racist and threatening emails, forcing 50 students and staff to vacate the premises

The Guardian - US

Elon Musk appears to entertain conspiracy theory that Texas mall shooting was a ‘psyop’

This isn’t the first time Mr Musk has entertained conspiracy theories about violence inspired by right wing actors.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk appears to entertain conspiracy theory that Texas shooting was a ‘psyop’

This isn’t the first time Mr Musk has entertained conspiracy theories about violence inspired by right wing actors.

The Independent UK

Right-wing story hour: Libs of TikTok

Libs of TikTok cruelty superspreader Chaya Raichik lost her anonymity a year ago. Her second act remains unclear

Salon

AOC blasts ‘bigot’ Libs of TikTok creator after she corners congresswoman in selfie ambush

‘NYC doesn’t play with bigots and transphobes and neither do I,’ New York progressive says

The Independent UK

Undercover agents saw nothing ‘lewd’ at Orlando drag show. Florida is going after venue anyway

When the historic Plaza Live theater in Orlando hosted an event last December called “A Drag Queen Christmas,” the show drew a full house, noisy street demonstrators — and a small squad of undercover state agents there to document whether children were being exposed to sights that ran afoul of…

McClatchy Washington Bureau

AOC condemns ‘incitement of violence’ against trans people during GOP-led hearing on Twitter

The congresswoman took aim at the influential Libs of TikTok account after accusations of harassment and threats

The Independent UK

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Fortune

Musk locked his Twitter account to test complaints from alt-right power users

Chaya Raichik from Libs of TikTok, Ian Miles Cheong and Ben Shapiro all complained their online voices were being unfairly silenced.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk admits ‘something is wrong’ as right-wing accounts press him on Twitter engagement

Billionaire locked his own acount after complaints from Ian Miles Cheong and ‘Libs of TikTok’

Salon

Libs of TikTok owner now a media star

She began with an anonymous troll account in April 2021 — now she's an agenda-setter in the right's anti-LGBTQ war

The Independent UK

Elon Musk, who has a trans daughter, likes anti-trans tweet from notorious right wing account

“So Musk just liked this vile transphobic tweet full of lies by an inciter of pogroms and terror. Yes, he knows exactly what he’s doing and who he supports,” wrote one Twitter critic

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Salon

Anti-LGBTQ hate amplified after shooting

Anti-trans conservatives on Elon Musk's platform respond to Colorado Springs shooting — by ramping up the vitriol

Chicago Tribune

Lurie Children’s Hospital takes action after its gender development program is targeted on Twitter

Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago has increased security and moved a transgender youth support group from in-person meetings to virtual ones after it became the latest children’s hospital to face criticism online over its gender development program.

WEKU

Children's hospitals are the latest target of anti-LGBTQ harassment

The harassment campaigns are organized online, raising questions about what role social media platforms should play in preventing abuse.

Salon

Right wins big in Fla. school boards

Anti-"woke" right-wingers score major victories in Miami, Sarasota — but elsewhere in Florida, liberals push back

Reason

If Elon Musk Is 'Targeting' Twitter Employees, Isn't The Washington Post 'Targeting' Elon Musk?

If there is a headline, it should probably be: "Elon Musk Agrees With Twitter That Censoring the Hunter Biden Story Was Wrong."

Salon

The Twitter troll who took Trump's place

Trump’s off Twitter — but Republicans have a new troll to issue marching orders

Benzinga

Washington Post writer Taylor Lorenz has found herself in the social media spotlight for a new article that identified the anonymous creator of Libs of TikTok, a Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) account that has become popular with conservatives for reposting videos that alleged to show

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