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Kit Malone
@thekitmalone@hoosier.social
mastodon 4.7.2* Political Strategist @ Creative Political Strategy
* Wartime Consigliere | she/hers
#Democracy #AbortionRights #Trans #StopICE #LGBTQ #Civics #HoosierMast #Indiana #INLegis
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Joined January 10, 2023
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I remember during Trump's first run the Conservative Dad class was all "I'm voting for him because he's a businessman and that means he understands how to fix the economy." And Trump is hardly the only or even the first person to appeal to Conservative Dads in this specific way.
But by now can we just put the idea to bed?
Turns out knowing how to get wealth for yourself is literally the opposite of knowing how to make sure that everyone else can get access to wealth.
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Hey it's ok to just mute stuff on social media that stresses you out.
Like, yeah, nobody should hide their head in the sand completely, but there are better ways to stay informed than your feed.
Consider that making us feel overwhelmed is their actual strategy.
Here's where Newsom gets it very wrong and why I'm mad.
I don't need you to express views that are in 100% alignment with me.
I just need you to agree that purposefully targeting any group of people with misinformation and then using the platform of the Presidency to demonize them ... is wrong.
I don't think that's a weird or controversial view and I don't think it requires you to have any particular opinion about pronouns or whatever.
It's sine die in #Indiana and I can officially report that NO ANTI-LGBTQ LANGUAGE SURVIVED THIS SESSION.
This is the first time that's happened since 2020 - the start of the anti-#trans wave that has swept the country.
This is a very big deal, and today I'm pleased and proud to call myself a #Hoosier.
I don't have the energy for conspiracy theories when there are so many horrible things to concentrate on that are right out in the open and verifiable.
I don't want to be in danger, but I do like lighting candles and cuddling in the basement rumpus room with all the humans and cats and dogs that live here hey maybe I can do that without needing a tornado???!
Bold of Braun to schedule the release of his "Leave It To Beaver" kink fanfic in honor of Pride month.
Life is short and love is worth it
I'm weary of candidates who know the right things to say to me but lack a strategy for building power in the body they aspire to sit on with my vote.
Show me how you are going to build consensus and get practical work done.
I don't care how well you dance.
Marion County early vote turnout numbers are more than *double* where they were at this time in the last two primary elections.
Abdul is reporting that folks inside the clerk's office are estimating an 80/20 Dem/Rep split.
Those are *insane* numbers.
You know ... you can have a campaign that embraces sanity without throwing people under the bus.
I'd love to see candidates run hard on the value of strengthening basic democratic principles like checks and balances, and all of the other core elements of a functioning government we've turned away from.
It can be a patriotic message that appeals to a wide variety of people. It also has the advantage of being correct.
Yall @dragondaddy@hoosier.social is graduating summa cum laude from the IU Indy Lilly School of Philanthropy. I'm incredibly proud of him, obviously. If you wanna watch his commencement speech:
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Hey I actually think encouraging civic involvement (including but not limited to voting) really is a big deal and the ultimate cure for the cycle we're in.
You know what makes the cycle worse? Poopooing efforts to get people involved. Acting like our problems aren't solvable. Both-sides-isms. Easy, knee-jerk cynicism about baseline principles of democracy. Mocking people for trying to find common ground where they can.
I hate to say this but our only actual hope is for Indiana Dems to put aside their Big Feelings about the primary and get in fucking formation.
There's gotta be a first time for everything.
It's a genocide. Don't call it a "culture war." Or an "ideological difference."
The goal of eradication isn't even whispered anymore. It is regularly stated, loudly and proudly, by powerful mainstream conservatives.
Violent threats are being used, successfully, to intimidate institutions that support us into withdrawing that support.
They are successfully driving #trans people out of public life while folks soft pedal about terms and dismiss this as a fringy wedge issue.
I've often said that @dragondaddy@hoosier.social is going to be a Senator one day.
The good kind.
You owe it to your heart to give this a watch.
Dem primary turnout #s are a great sign for the general here in Indiana! Many counties seem to be far outpacing previous years in turnout and a few (Tippecanoe and Hamilton for example) are currently averaging more Dem ballots than Rep ballots for the first time in decades.
Let's bring that same level of energy to the general election even if our fav candidate doesn't emerge from the primary, huh?
I think the worst part of the past 3 years of rebuilding my work during the rise of the far right has been seeing how many people I formerly respected decide that expecting basic, ordinary decency can be "politically controversial" as long as it's about people like me.
I'm not talking about pronouns or language. I'm talking about just *basic* politeness. You don't have to be a member of Antifa or a Soros-paid protestor to know that going out of your way to be cruel on purpose is wrong.
Having a morning of overwhelm at the number of things that are *worthy* of my attention as an activist.
I always try to concentrate on the fights that I am best placed and best prepared for. It's just increasingly hard to keep my eye on what that is, and where one flight begins and the other ends.
I MISS FREE TIME.
Working my VERY FIRST #DiningOutForLife TOMMOROW NIGHT with TIA!!!!! - best first event assignment of all time.
Come have a laugh with us over dinner at Arni's in #Greenwood! Easy call - and an easy way to support #DamienCenter.
#DineOutEndHIV #DOFL317 #HIV #LGBTQ #HoosierMast #Indiana #Indianapolis
Just so you know, much of Disney's catalog is available for free at your local library, and many libraries have streaming options.
Middle fingers up to all the mediocre people in the past couple of years who counted me out, discounted my work, and thought they could just take me off the board.
Last night was a massive win for Trump in Indiana and a real blow to the idea that we might be able to correct the course of the general assembly's rightward drift.
There's no sugar-coating it. This primary was important.
Next legislative session is going to be a bloodbath for anyone the administration has in their sights.
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This is sure to work out well for all involved
I don't peak at a candidate's social media to learn their stated position on the issues. Public positions are easy to find, easy to declare and always subject to change.
I do it to learn if they possess the discernment, wisdom and forbearance that are prerequisite to earning my vote.
In 2026 you don't need to look far to see why I feel those qualities aren't negotiable.
I should really be watching the debate on #SB76 but honestly my heart can't take it..
These are the races I'm watching today. What happens in these Republican Senate primaries will determine whether Trump can reach into state elections and drive the #Indiana supermajority rightward.
This will at least set the agenda in Indiana for the next two years, minimum. Probably much longer.
If these incumbents perform well ... it's another black eye for him to match the one we gave him last December.
#Rogule 2026-2-28
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@synkr3tyk@mastodon.social the shrub wasn't dropping 1.5 mil a pop into state Senate races and wouldn't have been able to even if he'd wanted to.
I still believe Trump is gonna get some black eyes this cycle and the next but there's no denying what this means for the next couple of legislative sessions in Indiana. And maybe longer.
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I once had my life threatened on Twitter for saying that I think pineapple on pizza is good so this tracks.
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One of my favorite idiosyncratic personal reasons for instablocking is when someone refers to me as "you people."
Anybody know a good piano tuner in downtown Indy?
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