The State of the Dumpster Fire
The government shutdown is now Day 8, and the GOP still can’t spell “govern.” Trump’s MAGA minions are busy blaming immigrants, Democrats, and possibly your grandma for their own chaos. Federal workers are furloughed, flights are delayed, and air-traffic controllers are warning this mess could turn deadly—because apparently “law and order” doesn’t apply to planes or paychecks.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration has deployed Texas National Guard units to Chicago—yes, you read that right. Troops. In. Cities. The “law and order” crowd is staging a political photo op that looks like an authoritarian field trip. State and city governments are already pushing back, and lawsuits are coming faster than you can say “Posse Comitatus.”
⚖️ Supreme Clown Court Highlights
Yesterday, the Supremes heard Chiles v. Salazar, a Colorado case about banning “conversion therapy” for minors. Quick refresher: conversion therapy is the junk pseudoscience that pretends you can “pray away the gay” and has been condemned by every major medical and psychological association for decades.
But here we are in 2025, and the conservative justices are suddenly very concerned about the “free speech rights” of therapists who want to harm kids. Justice Gorsuch practically purred about “speech regulation,” and Alito looked like he was auditioning to headline at a “Religious Liberty” conference.
Let’s be clear: this isn’t about speech—it’s about child abuse disguised as therapy.
The data is brutal: LGBTQ youth subjected to conversion therapy are twice as likely to attempt suicide and report lasting trauma (The Trevor Project, 2023).
If the Court guts these bans, states will lose one of the few tools they have to protect queer kids from predatory “counselors” and church-backed torture programs.
Also on the docket this term: cases testing Trump’s claims of near-unlimited presidential power, election law shenanigans, and a few bonus culture-war cases about transgender rights and religious exemptions. Because nothing says “freedom” like policing bodies and silencing dissent.
🧠 Why We Need to Worry
This Court isn’t just conservative—it’s weaponized. If they rule that “conversion therapy” bans are unconstitutional, they’ll open the floodgates for every kind of extremist “religious counseling” to sneak back in. Today it’s queer kids. Tomorrow it’s reproductive rights. Next week? Who knows.
And all this chaos gives cover for Trump’s ongoing authoritarian theater—using troops in cities, muzzling the press, and keeping the country on edge so no one notices he’s rewriting the rulebook.
🐈⬛ Today’s To-Do List
- Protect the Kids: Share verified info about conversion therapy harms. Post The Trevor Project’s resources and crisis line (1-866-488-7386).
- Call Your State AG: Demand they defend existing bans on conversion therapy, no matter how SCOTUS rules.
- Amplify Local News: Highlight the human cost of the shutdown—especially unpaid federal and state workers.
- Boycott: Skip Walgreens and CVS today. Both have faced backlash for right-wing political donations and misinformation on reproductive health.
- Show Up: Join virtual protests supporting youth mental health protections—check ResistanceDirectory.com for events.
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🐾 Kitty’s Final Scratch
They want you too tired, too broke, too scared to fight back. Don’t give them that satisfaction. Rest, recharge, then come out claws-first. Every protest, post, and conversation chips away at their control. Remember—tyranny doesn’t collapse overnight. It crumbles when we stop being afraid.
Stay loud. Stay clawed. Stay free.
—Resistance Kitty
Sources
- Reuters – SCOTUS hears Colorado conversion therapy case
- PBS NewsHour – What the justices signaled in conversion therapy arguments
- CBS News – Shutdown Day 8 coverage
- The Guardian – National Guard deployment to Chicago
- The Trevor Project – Research on conversion therapy harm
- Just Security – Federal judge blocks political grant changes