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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
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7. The proposed rule nevertheless asserts that these guidelines would preempt state laws, placing a direct target on the “shield laws” enacted by states like California, Minnesota, and New York. The text is explicit in its intent to override state sovereignty.
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
7. The proposed rule nevertheless asserts that these guidelines would preempt state laws, placing a direct target on the “shield laws” enacted by states like California, Minnesota, and New York. The text is explicit in its intent to override state sovereignty.
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6. The government attempts to get around this by stating that gender affirming care is not part of “the practice of medicine.” In a section dedicated to this anticipated challenge, the new rule states:
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
6. The government attempts to get around this by stating that gender affirming care is not part of “the practice of medicine.” In a section dedicated to this anticipated challenge, the new rule states:
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5. This rule violates multiple U.S. statutes and constitutional limits on federal authority. Most notably, Section 1801 of the Social Security Act explicitly bars the federal government from using Medicaid regulations to exercise direct supervision or control over the practice of medicine.
![Sec. 1801. [42 U.S.C. 1395] Nothing in this title shall be construed to authorize any Federal officer or employee to exercise any supervision or control over the practice of medicine or the manner in which medical services are provided, or over the selection, tenure, or compensation of any officer or employee of any institution, agency, or person providing health services; or to exercise any supervision or control over the administration or operation of any such institution, agency, or person.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m65ifh7vn5zdgs7izcmht4gy/bafkreidhzf5v75y3nezosb7cknbeylyereyi6mkazzfbhvqdg6ofgvxqlm@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
5. This rule violates multiple U.S. statutes and constitutional limits on federal authority. Most notably, Section 1801 of the Social Security Act explicitly bars the federal government from using Medicaid regulations to exercise direct supervision or control over the practice of medicine.
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4.The new rule contains no exceptions for patients already receiving care, meaning transgender youth who have remained in treatment even under some red-state bans would immediately see that care cut off. For many, this would amount to forced medical detransition.
The government acknowledges this.
The government acknowledges this.
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
4.The new rule contains no exceptions for patients already receiving care, meaning transgender youth who have remained in treatment even under some red-state bans would immediately see that care cut off. For many, this would amount to forced medical detransition.
The government acknowledges this.
The government acknowledges this.
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3. Rather than directly banning Medicaid reimbursement for transgender care, the rule would bar any hospital that accepts Medicaid funding from providing gender-affirming care for trans youth at all, regardless of whether that care is paid for by Medicaid.
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
3. Rather than directly banning Medicaid reimbursement for transgender care, the rule would bar any hospital that accepts Medicaid funding from providing gender-affirming care for trans youth at all, regardless of whether that care is paid for by Medicaid.
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2. On Thursday, the Trump administration’s HHS, under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., released a new rule that uses Medicaid "conditions of participation" to strip funding from hospitals that treat trans youth—the most aggressive attack on trans healthcare in U.S. history.
The rule is seen here:
The rule is seen here:
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
2. On Thursday, the Trump administration’s HHS, under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., released a new rule that uses Medicaid "conditions of participation" to strip funding from hospitals that treat trans youth—the most aggressive attack on trans healthcare in U.S. history.
The rule is seen here:
The rule is seen here:
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1. The federal government has just attempted to enact a national trans youth care ban.
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
Nationwide Trans Youth Care Ban Imminent As Trump Admin Announces "Nuclear Option" Federal Rule
The new federal rule formalizes previous threats to hospitals to pull Medicaid funding, and represents a significant legal stretch by this administration.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
1. The federal government has just attempted to enact a national trans youth care ban.
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
A new HHS rule would shutter most gender-affirming care for trans youth nationwide.
It violates multiple laws and the constitution, and will likely go into effect in a few months.
Our latest story here:
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For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
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A second national anti-trans healthcare bill has passed the US House, a medicaid ban for trans youth. 4 Democrats crossed party lines to vote for it. Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA). It is not expected to get through the Senate filibuster.
December 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A second national anti-trans healthcare bill has passed the US House, a medicaid ban for trans youth. 4 Democrats crossed party lines to vote for it. Henry Cueller (TX), Vincente Gonzalez (TX), Don Davis (NC), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA). It is not expected to get through the Senate filibuster.
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Today, AG Letitia James of New York responded to the Trump administration's new rule attempting to ban trans youth care in hospitals nationwide.
"I will not let the administration come for you."
Read the latest from our writer, S. Baum here.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not...
"I will not let the administration come for you."
Read the latest from our writer, S. Baum here.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not...
“I will not let this administration come for you”: NY AG Letitia James Vows to Protect Trans Kids
“Your healthcare is still legal and protected, and your doctors cannot cut off your access to gender affirming care based on the administration's reckless proposal.”
www.erininthemorning.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Today, AG Letitia James of New York responded to the Trump administration's new rule attempting to ban trans youth care in hospitals nationwide.
"I will not let the administration come for you."
Read the latest from our writer, S. Baum here.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not...
"I will not let the administration come for you."
Read the latest from our writer, S. Baum here.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/i-will-not...
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I fucking loathe these smug ass art-hating self-congratulating ghouls & the system that allows them to fail upwards into unfathomable wealth on the backs of 1000s of overworked creative people whose livelihoods get passed around like trading cards every time these dillwads have a stonks circle-jerk.
"Zaslav will receive $30 million in "Golden Parachute' compensation along with $537 million in equity for a total of $567 million in a transaction-associated pay."
half a billion dollars for being terrible at your job
half a billion dollars for being terrible at your job
Warner Bros. Golden Parachutes Revealed: What David Zaslav and C-Suite Will Get In a Deal
The CEO stands to gain $567 million if a deal is sealed to sell the WB empire while longtime lieutenant Gunnar Wiedenfels will see $144 million in cash and stock considerations if a transaction close...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I fucking loathe these smug ass art-hating self-congratulating ghouls & the system that allows them to fail upwards into unfathomable wealth on the backs of 1000s of overworked creative people whose livelihoods get passed around like trading cards every time these dillwads have a stonks circle-jerk.
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I spent a month in Uganda, where LGBT (especially T) is HIGHLY criminalized. Ppl most at risk when laws like the 2023 AHA (Anti Homosexuality Act) are those who’ve already started living openly, ESPECIALLY trans ppl who are transitioning, bc they are reliant on medication & thus open to extortion.
December 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I spent a month in Uganda, where LGBT (especially T) is HIGHLY criminalized. Ppl most at risk when laws like the 2023 AHA (Anti Homosexuality Act) are those who’ve already started living openly, ESPECIALLY trans ppl who are transitioning, bc they are reliant on medication & thus open to extortion.
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Parents of trans kids in the US: It’s not available to most of you, unfortunately, but if you have a roadmap open to your family to a better country, it’s probably time to pack up and go. Even if this bill doesn’t pass the Senate, the moral panic is just too hot and relentless in the US, sadly.
Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers.
4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against.
It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power.
Story to come.
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Parents of trans kids in the US: It’s not available to most of you, unfortunately, but if you have a roadmap open to your family to a better country, it’s probably time to pack up and go. Even if this bill doesn’t pass the Senate, the moral panic is just too hot and relentless in the US, sadly.
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Breaking: House Republicans pass Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill to criminalize doctors that provide gender-affirming care for trans kids. Her bill imposes jail time penalties up to 10 years. Now, it's headed to the Senate where it is not likely to advance as it would need 7 Democrats to sign on
December 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Breaking: House Republicans pass Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill to criminalize doctors that provide gender-affirming care for trans kids. Her bill imposes jail time penalties up to 10 years. Now, it's headed to the Senate where it is not likely to advance as it would need 7 Democrats to sign on
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an entire generation losing their minds that their children and grandchildren would DARE to do anything they don't understand and turning the full might of the world's imperial powers against the people they profess to love most
Breaking: House Republicans pass Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill to criminalize doctors that provide gender-affirming care for trans kids. Her bill imposes jail time penalties up to 10 years. Now, it's headed to the Senate where it is not likely to advance as it would need 7 Democrats to sign on
December 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
an entire generation losing their minds that their children and grandchildren would DARE to do anything they don't understand and turning the full might of the world's imperial powers against the people they profess to love most
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It's so jarring to see how truly out of touch executives and upper management are, not just with what the public wants and expects, but with what their organizations actually even do
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's so jarring to see how truly out of touch executives and upper management are, not just with what the public wants and expects, but with what their organizations actually even do
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“To shutter this facility is, frankly, a national security risk” - @kimcobb.bsky.social 🎁🔗
Trump Administration Aims to Dismantle Key Climate Research Hub
The US plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a key climate-science hub in Boulder, Colorado, which the Trump administration says strayed from its mission decades ago by taki...
www.bloomberg.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“To shutter this facility is, frankly, a national security risk” - @kimcobb.bsky.social 🎁🔗
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1. Earlier this year, Yale and CCMC capitulated to the Trump administration and ended care for trans youth.
Now, 10 families are suing them for violating state law.
Hospitals cannot be made to believe throwing trans people under the bus is risk free.
Our latest story.
Now, 10 families are suing them for violating state law.
Hospitals cannot be made to believe throwing trans people under the bus is risk free.
Our latest story.
Families Bring Legal Challenge Against Yale, CCMC For Capitulating To Trump On Trans Youth Care
Yale New Haven Health and Connecticut Children's Medical Center abruptly ended care for transgender people earlier this year.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
1. Earlier this year, Yale and CCMC capitulated to the Trump administration and ended care for trans youth.
Now, 10 families are suing them for violating state law.
Hospitals cannot be made to believe throwing trans people under the bus is risk free.
Our latest story.
Now, 10 families are suing them for violating state law.
Hospitals cannot be made to believe throwing trans people under the bus is risk free.
Our latest story.
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One of them was Northwestern, which paid Trump’s shakedown of $75 mil. Most trans profs at NU I knew are gone. I’m gone, and no longer teaching the LGBT reporting class in the hospital LGBT research institute (which no longer exists). This is at a university hospital in a blue city in a blue state!
7. As of late December, at least 20 major hospital systems have ended gender-affirming care for transgender youth. While a handful of providers have attempted to absorb displaced patients, many families have been left without appointments, continuity of care, or any clear path forward.
At least 21 hospitals have ended or restricted trans care for minors since January
The disruptions follow multiple efforts by the Trump administration to block such care for patients younger than 19.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
One of them was Northwestern, which paid Trump’s shakedown of $75 mil. Most trans profs at NU I knew are gone. I’m gone, and no longer teaching the LGBT reporting class in the hospital LGBT research institute (which no longer exists). This is at a university hospital in a blue city in a blue state!
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The fifth episode of Only If You Get Caught is also out now, wherein the great @maitreyiaa.bsky.social and I talk WNBA labor battles, charter flights, and the gender wage gap in sports podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
December 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The fifth episode of Only If You Get Caught is also out now, wherein the great @maitreyiaa.bsky.social and I talk WNBA labor battles, charter flights, and the gender wage gap in sports podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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Yah, WSJ, you’re a decade late on this, so let me point you (and anyone else interested) at a much better source of understanding, and without a paywall!
www.issendai.com/psychology/e...
www.issendai.com/psychology/e...
December 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Yah, WSJ, you’re a decade late on this, so let me point you (and anyone else interested) at a much better source of understanding, and without a paywall!
www.issendai.com/psychology/e...
www.issendai.com/psychology/e...
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Whenever I read stuff like this, my first and overriding thought is that the man who wrote this hates most women.
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Whenever I read stuff like this, my first and overriding thought is that the man who wrote this hates most women.