The funding comes amid a federal battle over gender-affirming care.
  • Johnny_Arson [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    53·
    14 days ago

    I’ve heard all the critiques of this guy and while a lot of them are valid, he’s actually been pretty god damn strong out the gate in terms of actually addressing material conditions and while people should continue to critique him when he says or does anything stupid I gotta say I am impressed so far.

    • halfpipe [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      52·
      14 days ago

      Electoralism is a dead end in terms of actually changing anything, but it’s nice to see the Democrats finally become so discredited that actual socialists are winning elections and throwing their political capital around to help people

    • kristina [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      312·
      14 days ago

      It’s a telephone line and “research” (wtf does that even mean, what exactly is being researched?). 15 mill if distributed for surgeries would be like 300 trans people getting help. Better than nothing but I really question the resource allocation here, 15 mill would be better spent on housing for homeless trans people as that is a permanent investment in helping poor trans people, not something that will ultimately just give money to telephone operators and doctors.

    • ConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      26·
      14 days ago

      Sewer socialism

      Sewer socialism is what this country fucking needs. Sustainability requires more people living in dense cities but most cities in the US fucking suck, I lived in Denver CO for a few years and it was disgusting. All the parks were filled with trash, all the public transit was over crowded, trash service was inconsistent. Also I get reactionaries like demonizing the unhoused but I think we should be honest about the fact that living in a city with a big unhoused population is very unpleasant, it’s not nice having to see people with clear mental health and substance abuse issues all over the sidewalk every time you go to grab a six pack from the corner store.

      More leftist candidates could win just by running on forming some kind of “urban beautification corps” where they pay 20 somethings to clean shit up and build homeless shelters and other stuff so people don’t have to see fucking McDonalds bags full of puke every time they walk their dog.

        • Chana [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
          151·
          13 days ago
          1. Challenging others to reveal potentially personally identifying information online about organizing is fed behavior.
          2. Canvassing and phone banking for elections is usually not organizing, it is just trying to get people to vote for a candidate and then ignoring them otherwise. Perhaps that’s different for this one case but I wouldn’t cite it as an organizing credential, more like just getting comfortable talking to people about politics. The absolute worst shitlibs do canvassing and phone banking for candidates.
          • CyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
            51·
            13 days ago

            1. You’re right; I was wrong to even ask, cause most of you don’t bother organizing in any capacity, so I was setting myself up for disappointment there

            2. The fact you think that armchair pseudo-radical diarrhea represents anything other a quintessential example of termininally online wrecker behavior, tells me all I need to know about your priorities; you don’t even have basic knowledge of the importance of voter databases/files, data appending, structure tests, neighborhood mapping, and tracking metrics or how they’re used later for non-electoral, structural base-building like with mutual aid networks, tenant defense orgs or something as basic as finding out who the organic leaders of a community are, or custom tags like “Hey, a predatory landlord owns that property.”

            3. Go touch grass and stop talking about subjects that you have no professional knowledge in, 'cause you’re talking total bullshit

            • Chana [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
              9·
              13 days ago
              1. No it was wrong because it was fed behavior. I recommend anyone reading to specifically not answer the question or the baiting to do so. It is important to guard your personal information online by default, especially around work with a good likelihood of being (further) subject to state repression going forward.
              2. That is not usually what happens with canvassing and phone bank data for elections. Like I said, perhaps it is different in this particular case but that would be rare and again still not something I would cite as an organizing credential.
              3. Professional? lmao
              • CyborgMarx [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
                4·
                13 days ago

                There are countless ways to answer that question without revealing anything, like the way I did, “yeah I help at a soup kitchen”, wow what a breach of opsec, also get real, the government will never come after wreckers who disdain organizing so you lot have nothing to worry about

                That is not usually what happens with canvassing and phone bank data for elections. Like I said, perhaps it is different in this particular case but that would be rare and again still not something I would cite as an organizing credential.

                “just trust me bro, it’s rare” lmao If you think data porting, CRM migration, and using electoral cycles to build independent base infrastructure is ‘rare,’ you are actively exposing that you haven’t participated in real-world organizing at any point in the last fifteen years

                Again, you have no clue what you’re talking about and how election data is used in organizing, or for that matter how crucial it is to any socialist org worthy of the name. Seriously, go touch grass

                Professional? lmao

                Yes, professional ORGANIZING a concept that you clearly don’t believe in, I guess the armchair is more comfortable

                • Chana [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
                  9·
                  13 days ago

                  There are countless ways to answer that question without revealing anything, like the way I did, “yeah I help at a soup kitchen”, wow what a breach of opsec

                  Your personal sharing revealed location and time. You modeled something that I recommend others do not.

                  also get real, the government will never come after wreckers who disdain organizing so you lot have nothing to worry about

                  Please refrain from lying about me and trying to bait people into revealing organizing habits, especially repeating the sort of information you did.

                  “just trust me bro, it’s rare” lmao If you think data porting, CRM migration, and using electoral cycles to build independent base infrastructure is ‘rare,’ you are actively exposing that you haven’t participated in real-world organizing at any point in the last fifteen years

                  Most campaigns use one of a small handful of integrated platforms and it tends to limit what they can do, though they also don’t prioritize doing more than turnout and soliciting donations. A common example for vaguely left folks is NationBuilder, though those closer to Dems often use one of a couple other platforms. I’ve seen some try to build their own stuff but everything I’ve seen fizzles out, unmaintainable. They are already at capacity to just get people to do the basic volunteer work.

                  I’m not sure what “CRM migration” is supposed to mean, I would guess it’s a term you or those around you relied on internally. Without context it would mean moving from one CRM to another, or maybe a poorly-phrased database migration of a CRM, but neither of those make much sense for this performative and petty comment. Similar for data porting, which just means moving data from one place to another, perhaps using an exchange format or less elegant methods, and not really anything special. Or maybe it’s another internal reference?

                  Using “election cycles” to build “base infrastructure” is indeed rare if it extends beyond voter identification, turnout, and soliciting donations.

                  Finally, real world organizing extends far beyond using bourgeois electoral data platforms and it is just ridiculous to suggest otherwise.

                  Again, you have no clue what you’re talking about and how election data is used in organizin

                  It is usually not used in organizing at all beyond what I’ve already mentioned. Electoralism tends to be its own all-consuming project.

                  or for that matter how crucial it is to any socialist org worthy of the name. Seriously, go touch grass

                  Election data is not necessary for organizing at all. It is just one thing you could use if you wanted to and planned for it appropriately, and that planning tends to be the last thing electoral campaigns are concerned with. Just being at meetings where they plan out scripts for volunteers reveals this.

                  Yes, professional ORGANIZING a concept that you clearly don’t believe in, I guess the armchair is more comfortable

                  I’m laughing at the various people I’ve interacted with who treat DSA electoralism as a meal ticket and how often they seem to lash out.

  • GayTuckerCarlson [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
    18·
    14 days ago

    a direct gender-affirming care access fund, a call and text line that will connect trans New Yorkers to available resources to receive care, and more funding for research on LGBTQ+ healthcare.

    Millions for the direct care fund could be life changing for any income struggling trans people

  • BigMacHoleEnglish
    4·
    13 days ago

    Trans CARE? No WONDER why the DNC DOESNT support Him!

    -DNC Presidential Pick Gavin Newsom!