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"Its true effectiveness will depend not just on court challenges, but on the willingness of blue states to resist, ensuring their hospitals continue providing care and standing firm against federal pressure.
A Line By Line Analysis Of Trump's Youth Care Ban Executive Order
A week after a flurry of executive orders, Trump is still signing orders to target the trans community. The latest, released Tuesday, tries to ban trans youth care nationwide.
open.substack.com
This will be a test not just of the legal system, but of the resolve of the medical community, state governments, and ordinary citizens to protect transgender youth in an era of escalating attacks." @bostonchildrens.bsky.social PLEASE do not comply in advance. We need you!
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This fight isn't over. Our case challenging President Trump's executive order will still move forward.
In the meantime anyone who applies for a new, corrected, or replacement passport, or for a passport renewal, is at risk of having their passport issued bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.
In the meantime anyone who applies for a new, corrected, or replacement passport, or for a passport renewal, is at risk of having their passport issued bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This fight isn't over. Our case challenging President Trump's executive order will still move forward.
In the meantime anyone who applies for a new, corrected, or replacement passport, or for a passport renewal, is at risk of having their passport issued bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.
In the meantime anyone who applies for a new, corrected, or replacement passport, or for a passport renewal, is at risk of having their passport issued bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while our lawsuit makes its way through the courts.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
This decision undermines the freedom of transgender, non-binary, and intersex people to have our IDs reflect who we are.
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Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218.
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Even if the House was fully functional, they're in session for an avg of 147 days and out for 218.
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
Under Speaker Johnson, Congress has been in session only 12 of the last 97 days, and he still won't swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
These are the people who demand Work Requirements.😐
The cruelty is the point. This was never meant to be an administration for the people, by the people. We save us.
At the behest of corporate lobbyists, Trump's CFPB will block states from erasing medical debt from credit reports.
This comes as the GOP allows ACA subsidies to expire – which could cause millions to go uninsured and medical debt to skyrocket.
A perfect storm of cruelty.
This comes as the GOP allows ACA subsidies to expire – which could cause millions to go uninsured and medical debt to skyrocket.
A perfect storm of cruelty.
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The cruelty is the point. This was never meant to be an administration for the people, by the people. We save us.
"Just a building." Says people with no idea of its history.
“My living nightmare”: A historian of first ladies says destruction of the East Wing will have long-lasting consequences.
Why fallout from Trump’s demolition job may linger👇
Why fallout from Trump’s demolition job may linger👇
‘My Living Nightmare’: What’s Lost in the East Wing Demolition
A historian of first ladies laments Trump’s destruction of the East Wing.
www.politico.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"Just a building." Says people with no idea of its history.
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The first Gilded Age was an era of conspicuous consumption.
The second Gilded Age that we're living in is an era of conspicuous corruption.
Look no further than the corporations bankrolling Trump’s vanity ballroom — and what business they have with the government.
The second Gilded Age that we're living in is an era of conspicuous corruption.
Look no further than the corporations bankrolling Trump’s vanity ballroom — and what business they have with the government.
Here’s What Trump’s Ballroom Donors Want - The American Prospect
The price tag on Donald Trump’s garish White House ballroom, now up to $350 million, keeps increasing. That’s because th
prospect.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The first Gilded Age was an era of conspicuous consumption.
The second Gilded Age that we're living in is an era of conspicuous corruption.
Look no further than the corporations bankrolling Trump’s vanity ballroom — and what business they have with the government.
The second Gilded Age that we're living in is an era of conspicuous corruption.
Look no further than the corporations bankrolling Trump’s vanity ballroom — and what business they have with the government.
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Huge contrast with them illegally refusing to make SNAP payments.
What we’re seeing from the White House is them moving heaven and earth to pay what they want to pay, even if it’s illegal — and moving heaven and earth to NOT pay what they don’t want to pay, even if it’s illegal.
What we’re seeing from the White House is them moving heaven and earth to pay what they want to pay, even if it’s illegal — and moving heaven and earth to NOT pay what they don’t want to pay, even if it’s illegal.
October 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Huge contrast with them illegally refusing to make SNAP payments.
What we’re seeing from the White House is them moving heaven and earth to pay what they want to pay, even if it’s illegal — and moving heaven and earth to NOT pay what they don’t want to pay, even if it’s illegal.
What we’re seeing from the White House is them moving heaven and earth to pay what they want to pay, even if it’s illegal — and moving heaven and earth to NOT pay what they don’t want to pay, even if it’s illegal.
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The Pentagon will revoke the press passes of virtually every single major news outlet because they refused to sign a pledge that violates the freedom of press. Dictatorships know how important it is to control the press.
October 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The Pentagon will revoke the press passes of virtually every single major news outlet because they refused to sign a pledge that violates the freedom of press. Dictatorships know how important it is to control the press.
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Solidarity is the only way
October 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Solidarity is the only way
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Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
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I want to live in a country where we put flags half mast for Jane Goodall.
October 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I want to live in a country where we put flags half mast for Jane Goodall.
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Now Trump has reversed $187 Million in N.Y. counterterrorism cuts
Gov. Kathy Hochul had described the cuts, which would have devastated New York’s intelligence and counterterrorism operations, as “utterly shocking.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...
Gov. Kathy Hochul had described the cuts, which would have devastated New York’s intelligence and counterterrorism operations, as “utterly shocking.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...
Trump Administration Reverses $187 Million in N.Y. Counterterrorism Cuts
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Now Trump has reversed $187 Million in N.Y. counterterrorism cuts
Gov. Kathy Hochul had described the cuts, which would have devastated New York’s intelligence and counterterrorism operations, as “utterly shocking.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...
Gov. Kathy Hochul had described the cuts, which would have devastated New York’s intelligence and counterterrorism operations, as “utterly shocking.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...
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Service dog meets his hero.
October 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Service dog meets his hero.
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Essay: Jane Goodall inspired me to know that wonder was amendable to human senses, that it could be touched, described in human terms, and embraced.
Jane Goodall gave me the gift of wonder
Fred D. Ledley first encountered Jane Goodall in 1964, at a lecture hosted by the National Geographic Society when he was 9 years old. Goodall believed nature was attainable to all. She looked wonder ...
www.wbur.org
October 3, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Essay: Jane Goodall inspired me to know that wonder was amendable to human senses, that it could be touched, described in human terms, and embraced.
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‘We called ourselves the lifeboat crew’: how fired USAID workers launched a rescue project ‘to save as many babies as we can’
‘We called ourselves the lifeboat crew’: how fired USAID workers launched a rescue project ‘to save as many babies as we can’
After the Trump administration closed the organisation down, a group of former staff secured new funding for almost 80 programmes, benefiting an estimated 40 million people
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
‘We called ourselves the lifeboat crew’: how fired USAID workers launched a rescue project ‘to save as many babies as we can’
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October 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
For the record: Democracy Docket is not for sale and I have no interest in being editor in chief at ABC news.
If you want to support independent, pro-democracy media that will never bow down or compromise, subscribe to Democracy Docket now. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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Federal agents reporting to Secretary Noem have spent weeks snatching up families, scaring law-abiding residents, violating due process rights, and even detaining U.S. citizens.
They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.
They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.
October 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Federal agents reporting to Secretary Noem have spent weeks snatching up families, scaring law-abiding residents, violating due process rights, and even detaining U.S. citizens.
They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.
They fail to focus on violent criminals and instead create panic in our communities.
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History has many painful lessons.
October 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
History has many painful lessons.
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I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
people.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
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The government has effectively been shut down for months as Trump has destroyed checks and balances, usurped the power of the purse from Congress, and unleashed an authoritarian nightmare throughout the country.
Why would any Democrat vote for any continuing resolution that allows this to continue?
Why would any Democrat vote for any continuing resolution that allows this to continue?
October 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The government has effectively been shut down for months as Trump has destroyed checks and balances, usurped the power of the purse from Congress, and unleashed an authoritarian nightmare throughout the country.
Why would any Democrat vote for any continuing resolution that allows this to continue?
Why would any Democrat vote for any continuing resolution that allows this to continue?
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First they shut down the government. Then they tampered with federal workers’ emails to shift the blame. This is corruption in broad daylight.
Education Department employees surprised to find their email automatically changed to blame Democrats for shutdown
Five furloughed employees told NBC News they had put up nonpartisan out-of-office messages, only to see they were changed — without their permission — to partisan ones.
www.nbcnews.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
First they shut down the government. Then they tampered with federal workers’ emails to shift the blame. This is corruption in broad daylight.
Powerful leaders ✨️
Not everyone can make the commitment that these two extraordinary women have, but we can all do something to help each other, our Earth and its creatures
October 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Powerful leaders ✨️
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Not everyone can make the commitment that these two extraordinary women have, but we can all do something to help each other, our Earth and its creatures
October 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Not everyone can make the commitment that these two extraordinary women have, but we can all do something to help each other, our Earth and its creatures
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Sanders: These projects have been appropriated. They were signed by a president. It is illegal to rescind them. And to say to people in Vermont, in New York and California, oh, you didn't vote for Donald Trump, we're going to take away funding that was supposed to go to your state… illegal
October 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Sanders: These projects have been appropriated. They were signed by a president. It is illegal to rescind them. And to say to people in Vermont, in New York and California, oh, you didn't vote for Donald Trump, we're going to take away funding that was supposed to go to your state… illegal