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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org Reminder that anti-trans fearmongering is a political malign influence campaign. Partisan bigots use it to manipulate elections & enrich billionaires. The lives of people upended as a cheap & cynical ploy by conservatives & foreign despots. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/how-the-gops-trans-panic-has-shades-of-putins-anti-lgbtq-playbook https://19thnews.org/2022/05/white-evangelical-voters-gop-anti-trans-bills/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/well-known-right-wing-influencers-duped-to-work-for-covert-russian-operation-u-s-prosecutors-say https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/trump-russia-putin-tenet-media-i-told-you-so/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/22/trump-republican-transgender-strategy-advertisements/ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-04-28/republican-party-adopts-russia-authoritarian-playbook https://www.npr.org/2024/09/05/nx-s1-5100829/russia-election-influencers-youtube https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/opinion/gop-anti-trans-advertising-harris.html https://www.advocate.com/obituaries/lindsey-graham-dead