One of those videos is the currently ongoing The Majority Report. But I find I can’t deal with it all right now. I am melting down. My endoscopy, the upper GI came back with very bad news after the procedure, and they sent out three biopsies. I am struggling with bad news on my cateract surgery as the closest place I want to have it done after they couldnt do it locally was to do it in Naples as I live in North Fort Myers but they contacted me and they are debating forcing me to go to Miami at a much higher cost both finiancailly and time wise. I am just worn out. I am looking at every comment and saving it to reply to. I am trying to get enough posts ahead so that if I go down for a few days the posts won’t stop. This afternoon I have been in a lot more pain than normal in my back so I have had to take more medication which is also something that is causing my gastroparisis to be worse. I have the results of the endoscopy exam to share including the bad spots they found and a lot more but I have been too tired to scan the report and save it, then post it. I have struggled to get my eating issues under control and will soon do the posting on the exam and the findings. At the same time this is going on Ron can’t devote as much time as he wants to me as his sister is here and wants him to get both her homes here ready including for sale of the small one while accompanying her to her appointments while I need him to accompany me to some of mine as I have gotten that “bad”. I am sure everything will work out but I have days when I am so tired I struggle to function and like today I was doing ok until I simply became over whelmed due to pain and couldn’t stand the news I was listening to which made me feel outraged and also helpless. I have so much more I want to post but I just can’t. So I hope everyone is well. I am simply shutting down and listening to music until I soon go to bed. Loves and hugs. Scottie
I have not given a large update on Ron’s health after his eye surgery nor on my own health. Good news is Ron had his cataract surgeries and his eyes are wonderfully improved. Ron wore glasses since he was in the second grade and now no longer needs to do so daily. His eye sight is now 20 / 25. In fact he now only needs 1.5 readers for fine print.
My health how ever has been deterrating steadly. I wont go into the speculations on it as I am going through the tests. I will say my blood work is very unnormal. The blood cells are wrong, the white and red blood cells are too low or deformed. My PSA has jumped to 7 in only 3 months.
I won’t go into the speculations as we only have fear causing “it could be this and we need to test for that”. I will tell you what is going on with me and how I feel. I have no energy. I used to wake up between 3 and 5 am and be full of energy to the point that when Ron got up he hated it. Now I can’t get up. I go to bed between 3 or 4 pm and stay there until 5 or 6 am and then go back to bed by 9 or 9:30. My pain levels have soared at a time I have been told that both my pain pills and treatments are being restricted. Not due to my situation but because RFK Jr., a former adict is trying to deny pain relief to everyone who needs it in the US. The clinic I see recently had a provider abusing trigger point steriod injections which I desperately need desperately due to back spasms, so the doctor in charge lowered the procedure to 3 times a year that a person can get steriods. The provider in question only did the steeriod injections without doing any other treatments, I get all the other treatments. But I need steriod injections into my destroyed shoulders, spine vertabrea, and also the muscles. So I have to talk to the in charge pain doctor about his ruling.
So along with my pain levels soaring and my blood labs being far outside the normal range I am suffering from extreme fatigue, weakness, and the inability to eat. I use yogurt and supplement drinks. I normally have a small yogurt and drink for breakfast if I am not vomiting or nauseated. Later that day Ron will try hard to get me to eat some soild food but mostly I can only get some soup down and have it stay down. If I have solids it has to be a small amount.
So that explains why I miss getting to the comments. I do read them and then save them in open tabs. I will reply to them soon. But right now I am on full liquids and tomorrow only clear liquids until 6 pm. Then Tuesday at 8:50 I check in for my upper GI. Then later in the month I will repeat the prep for a lower GI.
I can’t do both because I have gastroparisis and that means my stomach is slow to empty due to neurological damage. So they are afraid to do both until they can examine my stomach and make sure I won’t asperate during the procedure. I have been seeing doctors 2 or 3 times a week now and it just leaves me in a lot of pain and exhausted. I am trying to get the cartoons / memes / and news posts ahead so on days I can’t sit at the computer the post will get out. I do try to post news stuff but I simply put the articles in a tab to post when I can. So this is what is going on. The posts of memes and cartoons are the easiest for me to see.
Oh I forgot I started with the University of Miami in Naples to have my cataracts removed. They called me last monday but I have not felt well enough or had the energy to call them back. I will try to do it this week. Ron worries I am not strong enough right now for the hour long trips both ways and the procedures.
OK this got longer than I planned. If you reply I will save it in an open tab to respond to after I feel stronger or I have more news to share. I was working on the cartoons / memes / news post for 14th because it maybe that I may not be able to be at my computers for a few days, so I am trying hard to get posts ahead. Sadly with everything going on with me and Ron’s sister being here he totally stopped work on my new office with lots more light and windows. I understand why. Thank you to everyone who still comes here and reads what I post. Some times the videos are the only thing I can post or see for a while until I lay down and recharge. I find I am so tired I just watch the videos and lose track of time. I fall asleep at my desk a lot now. I value everyone of you and when I get better I will be much quicker to respond to you. Hugs
We need to add our voices to stop this assault on trans people. Notice it starts with trans kids being denied care and then moves to banning funding for poor or disabled adults. This is about hate, disgust, and bigotry driven by religion or misinformation. Notice that the article adds the information that no sexual reasignment surgery is done on minors something this group pushes as they know the “we must protect the children” is an easy sell. Everyone wants to protect children including the parents of transitioning kids who will have extreme stress and emotional disrest that could lead to suicide or self-harm. Trans minors get to socailly transition until puberty and then they are put on puberty blockers so they do not suffer from going through the wrong puberty for how they feel inside. Puberty blockers once stopped if not replaced with HRT the young person simply goes back through puberty of the sex assigned at birth. Socail transitioning means a name they choose to be called hair cuts that they prefer, and clothing they wish to wear all the genders they feel they are. These people don’t care about the individual kids, they care about the cause. They want trans people not to exist and they really don’t want those that pass because of puberty blockers to exist. That is the point they are driving to. It all comes down to forcing people to live their lives by our church doctrines or by our rules rather than live and let others live their lives. It is about enforcing a hedgomony of everyone being the same as cis straight people, which leads to everyone being one race is superior. We have to do everything possible to defend our trans folk because the corporate democrats got scared by the right into thinking that if they stop fighting for the rights of the vulnerable they will be accepted by the right. Sadly what happens when the rights of one group are abandoned the haters come for the next vulnerable of the group. The hater Christian right is already pushing for the over turning same-sex marriage as they feel they are winning on the wipe the trans out of existence. Hugs
A sign directs Election Day voters to the ballot drop box and polling center at the La Familia Recreation Center in Denver Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Lindsey Toomer/Colorado Newsline)
Two ballot measures that would restrict rights for transgender children in the state will appear on the Colorado ballot in 2026.
Protect Kids Colorado, a coalition led by prominent anti-LGBTQ+ activist Erin Lee, submitted signatures in February for ballot measures that would prevent transgender children from participating in school sports and receiving gender-affirming surgeries. Lee led several anti-LGBTQ+ initiatives that the Colorado Title Board rejected ahead of the 2024 election.
There isn’t clear data on the number of transgender student athletes in Colorado, and the two major hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to minors in the state do not offer surgeries to minors.
“Across Colorado, citizens are stepping forward because they believe the legislature has failed to protect children and families,” Lee said in a statement. “When elected officials refuse to act, the people of Colorado are using their constitutional right to bring these issues directly to the ballot.”
LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations in Colorado oppose both measures.
“Coloradans have always valued individual freedom and the rights of families to make private decisions without political interference, but these measures would go against those core values,” Nadine Bridges, executive director of One Colorado, said in a statement. “One could expose students to invasive inspections just to play sports, while the other would place politicians between families and their doctors in deeply personal health care decisions. That kind of government overreach puts privacy and dignity at risk and doesn’t align with our Colorado values.”
Ballot Initiative 110 would prohibit health care professionals from knowingly performing any surgery on a minor “for the purpose of altering biological sex characteristics.” The measure would also prohibit state and federal funding including Medicaid from being used to pay for gender-affirming procedures.
Children’s Hospital Colorado and Denver Health have paused gender-affirming care for youth amid the Trump administration’s threats to pull Medicaid and Medicare funding entirely.
Ballot Initiative 109 would add language in state statute to define boys and girls based on physical anatomy, excluding transgender people.
Sports teams sponsored by schools or athletic associations would be required to expressly designate those teams for men, women or co-ed. Schools and their athletic departments would be required to adopt policies implementing the requirements of the initiative.
The measure would not affect any student’s ability to participate in co-ed sports.
The state’s commissioner of education would be tasked with enforcing the measure, and would have discretion to determine how to “take appropriate remedial action” against any school not in compliance with its requirements.
The Colorado secretary of state’s office verified that Initiative 109 had enough petition signatures Monday and that Initiative 110 had enough petition signatures Tuesday.
Bruce Parker, executive director of Rocky Mountain Equality, said Coloradans “don’t need outside interests to tell them how to raise their families.”
“In the coming months we are going to hear intentional lies from anti-trans extremists about this ballot measure,” Parker said in a statement. “They aren’t being honest about their agenda to erode privacy and access to credible medical care they don’t agree with. Their next targets are care for trans adults and abortion services if we let them get away with this.”
Protect Kids Colorado is also backing a ballot measure to increase penalties for child human trafficking in Colorado. The election will occur on Nov. 3.
Lindsey Toomer
Lindsey Toomer covers politics, social justice and other stories for Newsline. She formerly reported on city government at the Denver Gazette and on Colorado mountain town government, education and environment at the Summit Daily News.
Colorado Newsline is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.
BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, a Pentagon official confirmed to The Hill.
U.S. forces are set to depart from bases in Iraq following two decades of American involvement that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and thousands of U.S. troops, and now leaves Iran at the center of the region’s future.
🚨 BOOM! SecWar Pete Hegseth just dropped this line: "No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals — just warriors!"
"Just tough, ready, committed troops. The War Department is colorblind, gender-neutral, and merit-based. Or, as the President likes to… pic.twitter.com/1Ko5nHTwmZ
Hegseth: "Today, at my direction, I'm establishing the Office of Religious Affairs. It will report straight to the top — a direct line to the secretary … as Psalm 33:12 extolls us, blessed is the nation in which God is the Lord" pic.twitter.com/YutqQAsqB3
Hegseth: "Enter a new core of cadets. To meet this critical need we are partnering with a new crop of premier higher ed institutions, including LSU, Liberty University, Tuskegee University, Mississippi State University, and Hillsdale College." pic.twitter.com/SsPiFlYqyI
Hegseth: "We need students of western civilization and the pillars of our republic. Leaders who understand the faith of Jerusalem, the philosophy of anthems — Athens. The power of Rome, and the freedom of Philadelphia circa 1776." pic.twitter.com/wA3kEsLDnF
Hegseth: "A free press is of course important, but partisan activism that intentionally smears the troops and the historic mission that they are undertaking is fundamentally anti-American. It's sick. It's a national betrayal. It's treason." pic.twitter.com/2WrXZEhs9C
How the Pentagon Is Escalating Trump’s Drug War in Latin America – By Shelby Holliday, Vera Bergengruen and Lara Seligman (The Wall Street Journal).- Gen. Francis Donovan shared exclusive new details on the use of high-tech drones in the jungle, says U.S.-assisted land strikes are an option
Jamie Raskin calls out the shitty ads as a crime (this was cited by CNN and other stories). This is the kind of Xitter post that I beg of @raskin.house.gov or other MoCs to cross-post over here — not least bc more people over here are likely to magnify it.
Tho I actually like this post better.IMO, one smart response to these ads is to taunt GOP MoCs that Trump is still sitting on mountains of $$ and instead using taxpayer dollars to remind voters what a corrupt asshole he is.
“Knowingly and willfully spending or obligating federal funds in violation of congressional appropriations limits can constitute a criminal violation of the Antideficiency Act" 31 U.S.C. § 1350. Does accepting those funds knowing expose MS NOW and CNN to possible criminal liability? #holdfast
RFK Jr. says AI can offer patients “a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country” and has the power to “free us from medical tyranny.”He spoke at an industry-backed MAHA Summit, whose sponsors included AI companies.www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h…
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem — his facts were totally wrong.Here's the whole sequence:
The internet is erupting in mockery after Eric Schmitt’s spectacular Jack Smith faceplant.
Now people are openly speculating: Did his team plant the glowing 2028 story AND coordinate with MAGA influencers in advance, expecting a victory lap that blew up in their faces?…
In a bid to frame Jack Smith as a liar, Sen. Schmitt (R-Missouri) accused the former special counsel of perjuring himself after he denied attending an Atlanta Hawks game on Feb. 3, 2024.
It appears @bennyjohnson has now deleted his X post where he clearly pre-composed a post about Sen. Schmitt getting Jack Smith to perjure himself. Genuinely crazy how many big accts on this website appear to be coordinating with Republican politicians behind the scenes.
Schmitt: Who knew jack Smith was a Caitlin Clark fan? We had information he was at a basketball game. There was only one NBA game that night which is why I asked him if he was in Atlanta. He answered the question. That's what these hearings are for. You ask questions, you get… pic.twitter.com/FKwdbvierp
Shameless is Trump’s superpower. Schmitt is like one of those knock-off cosplaying Batman guys Heath Ledger’s Joker slaps around. pic.twitter.com/O6eHdSMO6b
NEW: Eric Schmitt says he did not mix up the Atlanta Hawks and Iowa Hawkeyes.
"There was no confusion between Hawkeyes and Hawk," the Republican senator told FOS after his questioning of Jack Smith went viral as he believed he was about to catch Smith perjuring himself.
Every single MAGA legislator in that hearing today predicted Jack Smith would plead the 5th. Not only did Jack Smith not plead the 5th, he answered every question, and he wiped the floor with that sleazy motherfucker Ted Cruz
Eric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) — and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Jack Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha
Rep. Jim Baird (R-Indiana), who expensed more for lodging and meals than any other House member in each of the past two years, including $39,789 in 2025, did not respond to multiple attempts to speak with him. Neither did Rep. Abraham Hamadeh (R-Arizona), a first-term member who was the second-biggest spender last year with $39,131.
House members’ expenses surge in program that doesn’t require receipts
To manage the Hope Florida initiative, DCF moved workers away from administering Medicaid and food assistance. The staff left behind are less trained and poorly paid, and the DCF department is now failing by nearly every federal measure. #DefendDemocracyhttps://t.co/jp9bkCH9Zh
— Florida Center for Government Accountability (@FLCTRGA) September 28, 2026
Now @AshleyMoodyFL. Why would I want to abolish the police when I want you arrested and in jail for stealing $10 million from sick kids? BFFR
Ken Paxton is a corrupt con man who has used his office to enrich himself and live a lavish lifestyle with his various mistresses at taxpayer expense. pic.twitter.com/DYYqzJcFsD
Judge bars U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro from charging ex-Olympian in Reflecting Pool case after Trump’s comments http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus… via @nbcnews
DOJ is reviewing whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the Watergate break-in committed misconduct, according to people familiar with the matter, more than half a century after that scandal led to Nixon’s resignation. W @PhilipWegmann https://t.co/1AuZ47w9wB
Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw DealRevisionist historian went to DOJ headquarters to present his case that former president, his associates weren’t treated fairlyFREE WSJ GIFT ARTICLE 🎁 http://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/…
Next up, rethinking the conviction of Al Capone. After all, if he had his taxes treated the way Trump's have been, he'd still be a free man today. Admittedly he would be 127 years. But no criminal will go unavenged by Trump, Blanche & Co. http://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/…
White House continues with campaign to convince people that in an age of AI-led job destruction, it is honorable and lucrative to join the ranks of Plumbers.www.wsj.com/us-news/law/…
Virginia pastors, we invite you to add your name and stand with us for the sanctity of life and marriage. Virginia must vote no on the abortion and marriage amendments. Please read this letter and share it widely. https://t.co/nfx1vfyuFf
Phillip Jauregui and other religious-right leaders want to move the Supreme Court further to the right by insisting that future nominees pass their "biblical worldview" test.https://t.co/STcqskzHk9
Last night Trump filed his DC Circuit appeal seeking to rename the Kennedy Center. "[W]ithout appropriate recognition [for Trump], the Kennedy Center will" continue its "race toward physical & financial ruin. The stakes are existential."https://t.co/b9BH0hRq0rpic.twitter.com/GSk0NLWI8S
The ICC has condemned new US sanctions targeting its president and a senior trial lawyer, calling them “a flagrant attack” on the court's independence. The move expands a growing list of ICC officials barred from the US financial system.https://t.co/jRBfV39zBQ
(NYT) With the extra money granted by the GOP in Congress, the ICE agency is trying to add 5,000 more ICE agents by the end of the year. This is to make up for their horrible vetting of many ICE agents who were not trained well and did poorly.www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u…
The statement is a remarkable break from Trump admin
“in this situation, with all that’s going on and all the stuff, we probably got to step back from it and say, 'Maybe we're doing something wrong here or there,' and then adjust to that.”
Trump on DataCenters: I'm very good at real estate. Some of those buildings are absolutely beautiful. They're big and they're, you know, big, strong, powerful buildings, but they're beautiful and they add greatly to a community pic.twitter.com/87JXU5FPeS
As MS Now has reported, FBI officials say the bureau has been placing people on the Most Wanted list whose capture is believed to be imminent. In other words, these officials tell us—they are gaming the system. One fugitive was captured in Mexico an hour and 13 minutes after… https://t.co/M1WWaLE0b1
47-51: Senate blocked Maryland Democratic Senator Van Hollen's resolution to require the State Dept. to report to Congress on violence in the West Bank and Israel's human rights practices. Paul was the only Republican to vote Yes & Fetterman the only Democrat to vote No. Cassidy… pic.twitter.com/Kas1ABL8nC
Cue Rachel Dratch and the womp-womp Debbie Downer music:G.O.P. Nominee in Texas Privately Said Trump’s Convention Hurt Him http://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u…
This is not good for paxton. trashing trump in a fundraiser. also trying to shift blame for his bad numbers. will be interesting to see if this gives SLF/Texas PAC the impetus to give up on their massive, $125M spend there. https://t.co/dt1Zwx9DfA
British PM Andy Burnham has made clear that an attempt to rejoin the EU could be among the options his government considers as it eyes a fundamental shift in the country’s relationship with the bloc.
"Support Builds on the Right for Prosecuting Women Who Get Abortions. ‘What is the accountability for these women?’” Of course this where the GOP is heading. The GOP is about religious fascism. Oppressing women is a big part of that. Gift link below http://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/u…
John Oliver discusses why trans athletes seem to be at the center of U.S. politics right now, the nuances around competition and safety, where the conversation could be headed, and what The Rock would do in a barre class.
Another great video for trans information from a medical provider. She talks about a lot of subject trans people face and have to deal with along with offering advice and support. Hugs
I have posted this before and it is a great source of easy to understand science on sex. The old idea is that there are only two sexes, male and female so if it dangles your a boy / male and if it doesn’t your a girl / female. But as always medical science like most other sciences progressed and more data and facts became clear. Sex is not binary instead it is a spectrum. So for those that say you can’t change your sex, actually sex determination by genital inspection is incomplete and our sex is determined by far more than your genitalia. I once posted an article by a biologist that did a full chemical work up on a woman who had given birth to three children. That woman was happily female but her genetic markers and chemical make up had her slightly male. I have read of men with full working penises whose genetic makeup marks them as female. Life is far more diverse and wonderful than we once understood. Hug
We’re taught that chromosomes define biological sex: XX = female, and XY = male. However it’s not quite that straightforward. Hank Green hosts as we explain how science proves that biological sex is a spectrum.
