Christine Kelley

Why, hello. Fancy meeting you here. I won't apologize for going so long without writing any "Leads" posts. When you're a trans person working in Trump's America who covers the news for a living, writing weekly recaps of the state of the world loses its appeal. Over the last day or two, I've received

The U.S.-Israel relationship continues to be an apocalyptic farce. The Biden administration's half-hearted humanitarianism extends to demands for aid to Gaza, but not to withholding state-of-the-art anti-missile systems from Israel. Biden calling Bibi "a fucking liar" doesn't amount to much after mo

Fuck.

I'm withholding judgment until Jeffries and Schumer weigh in. Biden is hell-bent on staying in the race — he's good enough at politics to pull this off. But if Congressional leadership pulls its support, he's done. Let's call it 50-50. Biden has always been a master of backdoor deals. He's less skil

As I write this, I am packing for a trip to Syracuse, where I will see Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, Robert Planet, and Allison Krauss at this year's Outlaw Music Festival. I've seen Dylan before, but not Willie — best to see him while there's still time. You'll hear more from me later. I have not watch

I was initially uninterested in the Hunter Biden thing. He's a troubled dude whose father happens to be President. The President has conducted himself in a way befitting a man who isn't stupid. The fact Hunter has been convicted on gun charges makes it fascinating though. This is explicitly a Second

So. That executive order is awful. It's many of the worst instincts of the Obama administration resurfacing in Biden's White House. The A.C.L.U. is right to pursue legal action against this order. At the same time, calling a temporary halt to border crossing equivalent to Trumpism is just ghastly. I

Missed Friday's post, but hey. Trump becoming the first American president to become a convicted felon was both predictable and hard to believe. I didn't believe he'd be charged, must less tried and convicted. But if anyone was going to become the first felon President... it wasn't going to be Nixon

When the Pope calls you a faggot in the Vatican, does anyone notice? Apparently, yes. Not that this would surprise anyone who's been paying attention. Papa Frank upholds the Catholic ban on gay marriage. He has stridently opposed the ordination of gay men. He's compared trans people to nuclear weapo

Cat tax, as they say. Doing a bit of rebranding over here. In lieu of weekly roundups, I'll be doing similar posts on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday under the headline Leads. This serves two purposes: firstly, to give you more bang for your buck, and secondly to keep me writing frequently. We all ben