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Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

You can’t opt out of my family.

Fuck scotus.

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You Can’t Opt Out of My Family

Let me be crystal clear: this ruling is bullshit.

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June 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

The “Billionaire First Budget” guts Medicaid, and LGBTQ+ lives are on the line.

• 25% of LGBTQ+ adults rely on Medicaid
• Cuts threaten mental health, HIV, and gender-affirming care
• 1.2M queer elders lose critical support

This isn’t just policy, it’s an attack on our survival. And others, too!

PROTECT
HEALTHCARE
The "Billionaire First
Budget" guts Medicaid leaving LGBTQ+ lives and more on the line.
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May 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

If your Mother’s Day love doesn’t include trans moms, it’s not about honoring motherhood, it’s about control.

Motherhood is care, not chromosomes.

Happy Mother’s Day!

#MothersDay

Motherhood isn't defined by a uterus.
@dadnails

May 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

✊🏽 The People’s Declaration is a bold vision for freedom, care, and justice—for all of us. Not corporations. Not billionaires. Us.

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#ThePeoplesDeclaration #WeAreTheMajority #PeoplePower

A Declaration for Our Liberation
Issued by the People Who Have Been Pushed to the Margins.
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April 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

Trump’s latest article isn’t a critique—it’s a censorship blueprint.

It mocks queer people, drag, science, and demands NPR & PBS be defunded for telling the truth.

This is propaganda.

We deserve to take up space.

#PublicMedia #Propaganda #NPR #PBS #Censorship

What Just Happened?
This "article" attacks NPR and PBS.
It labels science and inclusive storytelling as "radical" and uses taxpayer funding as a weapon to silence dissent. This is state propaganda in action - and it's dangerous.
Fuck that.
@dadnails

What the article is really doing...
• Attempts to defund public media for including LGBTQ+ people, discussing racism, and platforming scientific facts about gender and identity.
• Paints education and diversity as threats.
• Relies on selective, exaggerated examples to demonize marginalized voices.
@dadnails

Why It's So Dangerous
• Uses charged, dehumanizing language to stoke moral panic.
• Attacks free press and
independent journalism - classic authoritarian move.
• Treats inclusive programming as propaganda while ignoring actual disinformation.
• Targets fact-based reporting on race, gender, and health.
@dadnails

Don't let them rewrite reality.
This is about control - over information, identity, and public thought.
Stand up for public media.
Call it what it is: censorship in a suit.
@dadnails

April 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

Nothing “lately” about it, sadly. It’s seemingly just a thing.

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More than half of GOP Sex Crimes Target Children

The Real Threat to Children? GOP and Conservative Men.

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April 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

Never forget.
Never forget that humanity is stripped from non-whites whenever it's convenient for the white folx.
Not all brown people are terrorists.
@dadnails

Never forget.
Never forget how brown people were treated after terrorists attacked
American soil.
Not all brown people are terrorists.
@dadnails

February 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

I wrote this poem on 10/08/2023, and it still feels just as important. The erasure, the dehumanization, the selective outrage, it’s by design. Never forget what has been done, what continues to be done, and who benefits from our silence. We must resist, remember, and demand justice.

Never forget.
When the words "free
Palestine" have been uttered over the years, they've been labeled barbaric and subhuman.
Not all Palestinians are or support Hamas.
Not all brown people are terrorists.
@dadnails

Never forget. Americans are so bent on maintaining their whiteness that they blindly support the Israeli government - no matter their war crimes.
Never forget the Israeli government has created the largest open-air prison and had worked to eliminate Palestinians.
Not all brown people are terrorists.
@dadnails

February 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

The South Korea
Lesson
When South Korea's president tried to seize control, the people fought back:
• Millions mobilized in protests.
• Investigative journalists exposed the corruption.
• Lawmakers, pressured by the public, upheld the rule of law.
South Korea stopped authoritarianism. Why aren't we doing the same?
@dadnails

February 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

Trump “swore” he knew nothing about Project 2025, yet every move aligns with it. He’s even brought its architects into power. This isn’t a shift, it’s a coup.

America is unraveling in real-time. We have the power to stop this, but will we wield it?

#Project2025 #ThisIsNotNormal

Trump's Presidency =
Project 2025 in Action
What's Happening?
Trump claimed he knew nothing
about Project 2025.
Yet, since Jan 20, his policies perfectly align with its blueprint.
He's even brought its architects into
his administration.
America isn't just shifting right-it's
being dismantled in real-time.
@dadnails

Key Moves That Prove It
• Slashing USAID → Cutting foreign aid & global health initiatives.
Gutting the Department of Education
→ Eliminating federal oversight.
Sanctioning the ICC → Shielding U.S. &
Israeli officials from war crime investigations.
Eradicating DEl programs →
Dismantling equity efforts in government.
Expanding presidential power
Centralizing control, weakening checks & balances.
All straight from Project 2025's
playbook.
@dadnails

Who's Behind
This?
* Trump is staffing his
administration with Project 2025 architects:
Russell Vought → Now directing federal budgets, pushing Christian nationalism.
Heritage Foundation insiders →
Driving policy from within the White House.
Right-wing think tanks →
Embedding extreme conservative policies at every level.
This isn't accidental...it's a
takeover.
@dadnails

What's At Stake & What We Must Do
A Public education? Under attack.
A Global accountability? Gone.
A Civil rights? Being erased.
A Democracy? Hanging by a thread.
# Expose the truth-share this.
A Stay engaged-follow the policies, not just the headlines.
# Fight back-dismantling democracy
isn't inevitable.
Resistance matters.
* We're watching America unravel in real-time. The question is: Will we stop it with what power we do have?
@dadnails

February 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

Trump just sanctioned the ICC to block war crimes investigations into U.S. & Israeli officials. Freezing assets, banning officials…this is about avoiding accountability, not justice.

Who will hold war criminals accountable now?

#JusticeForAll #ICC #WarCrimes

Trump Sanctions the ICC - A Direct Attack on Global
Justice
What Just Happened?
Trump just sanctioned the
International Criminal Court (ICC) to stop investigations into U.S. & Israeli war crimes.
Freezes ICC officials' assets
Bans them & their families from entering the U.S.
Claims ICC is overstepping its power
• This is a direct attack on global accountability.
@dadnails

Why Is Trump Doing This?
A The ICC is investigating war crimes by U.S. troops & Israeli officials.
A Neither country recognizes
ICC jurisdiction, but the investigations continue.
A The U.S. says this threatens sovereignty, but critics say it's about avoiding accountability.
@dadnails

Why This Is Dangerous?
Blocks justice for war crimes & human rights violations.
Further isolates the U.S. from international law.
Weakens global justice efforts-who will hold war criminals accountable now?
Signals U.S. will protect allies from scrutiny, no matter what.
@dadnails

What You Need to Know
This is about shielding U.S. & Israeli officials, not justice.
Human rights groups condemn
this move as an attack on accountability.
International backlash is
growing-will the ICC push back?
Justice must be for ALL, not just for those in power.
@dadnails

February 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

I’ve written extensively on this on my substack: open.substack.com/pub/dadnails...

Nouveau Aryans:
How White Christian
Nationalism Has Reinvented Racial
Supremacy in America
A Chilling Examination of Christian Nationalism's Takeover of the United States
@dadnails

February 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

Trump’s “Anti-Christian Bias” order is pure propaganda.

Repeat after me: There is no attack on Christianity!

This is about weaponizing religion to push a nationalist agenda. The U.S. is fundamentally secular, not a theocracy. We must fight back.

#ChurchAndState #StopChristianNationalism

Trump's "Anti-Christian Bias" Order is Propaganda, Not Policy
What Just Happened?
Trump just signed an executive order to "Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias" in the U.S.
X Claims Christians are under attack.
X Establishes a DOJ task force to remove "anti-Christian" policies.
X Threatens funding for organizations deemed "anti-Christian."
This isn't about protecting religious
freedom-it's about weaponizing
Christianity.
@dadnails

The Lies Behind This Order
* There is NO widespread anti-Christian bias in the U.S.
* The real goal? To silence critics of Christian nationalism & dismantle secular policies.
* The order falsely claims:
• Peaceful "pro-life" protesters were unfairly prosecuted. (Reality: They broke the law.)
• The FBI targeted Christians.
(Reality: They investigated extremism, not faith.)
• Christian institutions face more vandalism than ever
(Reality: No evidence supports this.)
@dadnails

The Real Agenda
A This order isn't about religious freedom-it's about Christian supremacy.
A It gives the government power to punish policies that don't align with Christian nationalist views.
A It sets a dangerous precedent for using religion to justify bigotry & discrimination.
A The U.S. is a secular country.
Religion should NEVER dictate policy.
@dadnails

What You Can Do
* Call this what it is:
propaganda & misinformation.
* Push back against religious extremism in government.
* Defend true religious freedom-which includes freedom FROM religion.
# We must fight to keep
church & state separate.
@dadnails

February 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

Trump’s USAID funding freeze is a disaster for global health.

🚨Malaria & HIV research is stalled, drug-resistant diseases could spread, and millions may lose lifesaving treatments.

Science shouldn’t be a political pawn, speak out now!

#SaveGlobalHealth #StopTheFreeze

Trump's USAID Funding
Freeze: A Global Health Crisis
What Just Happened?
The Trump administration froze USAID funding for global health research, including:
Malaria vaccine trials
HIV prevention programs Drug-resistant disease
studies
A 90-day review is underway, but experts fear permanent cuts and major setbacks.
@dadnails

Why This Is a Disaster
Decades of research on malaria & HIV are at risk.
Millions rely on these programs for lifesaving treatments.
A Drug-resistant diseases could spread unchecked.
Leading institutions like
Johns Hopkins & Oxford are scrambling for funding.
@dadnails

Why It Matters & What You Can Do
Global health affects us all - pandemics don't stop at borders.
Share this post to raise awareness.
Contact your reps & demand action.
& Support independent research through WHO & nonprofits.
We can't afford to let science & public health be defunded.
@dadnails

February 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

As I’ve said, Trump’s EO isn’t about fairness, it’s about erasing trans people, fueling hate, and defining who or what is a woman. It sets the stage for genital checks on those deemed “questionable.” This isn’t about sports. It’s about control. Gross.

#ProtectTransKids #TransRightsAreHumanRights

The Dangerous Reality of Trump's Anti-Trans Executive Order
Trump's Executive Order:
"Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports"
•Reality Check: This isn't about
"protecting women's sports." It's about erasing trans people from public life and stoking hate for political gain.
* What It Does:
• Bans trans women & girls from competing in female sports.
• Threatens to cut federal funding to schools that allow trans athletes.
• Pressures the lOC to ban trans women from the Olympics.
• Demonizes trans athletes as
'fraudulent' and allows Homeland Security to deny them entry into the U.S.
@dadnails

Fact Check:
There are only 5 trans athletes competing in K-12
girls' sports.
FIVE.
This is not about fairness.
It's about manufactured a crisis to fuel hate.
@dadnails

This Is a Hate Policy, Not a Sports Policy.
• The Real Impact:
• Puts trans kids in danger of increased bullying, harassment, and suicide.
• Gives the government power to define who is a "real" woman, disgusting.
• Does NOTHING to protect women from actual threats like abuse and assault in sports.
If this were about safety, Trump & the GOP would address abuse by male coaches. Instead, they target kids.
# This isn't about sports. This is about
control.
@dadnails

February 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

Read more here: open.substack.com/pub/dadnails...

Inbox | Substack

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February 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

Trump’s latest executive orders are a direct attack on equity and inclusion, targeting DEI, LGBTQ+ service members, and public health. I break down the harm and what’s at stake in my latest Substack:

Read here: open.substack.com/pub/dadnails...

#Resist #EquityMatters #DEI #DadNails

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January 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

Target’s DEI rebrand isn’t progress—it’s a rollback. Accountability matters, and equity isn’t optional. I break it all down in my latest Substack:

“Expect More? Target Delivers Less.”

Read here: tinyurl.com/TargetExpect...

#DEI #EquityMatters #AccountabilityNow #DadNails

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January 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM

Jeffrey B (@dadnails)

@dadnails.bsky.social

Excited to launch my Substack: @dadnails, a space for justice, advocacy, and humanity.

In my first post, I share who I am, what I stand for, and why this fight matters.

Read & subscribe: Welcome to @dadnails

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Let’s build something together. #Justice #Advocacy #DadNails

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January 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM

Ida

@peacewithin.bsky.social

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More than half of GOP Sex Crimes Target Children

The Real Threat to Children? GOP and Conservative Men.

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March 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM

Choco Harvey Milk

@chocoharveymilk.bsky.social

@dadnails.bsky.social shares this beautiful piece on the loss of his cousin the last witness of the holocaust in his family

💕

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The Last Witnesses: Carrying Forward the Truth

In loving memory of Paula Nissenkorn, the last of a Jewish generation

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March 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM

Choco Harvey Milk

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March 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM