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In a rare step illustrating the utterly cruel anti-trans laws being passed by Republican legislatures, the entire Florida Democratic Congressional Delegation wrote a letter urging the Biden Administration to protect transgender Floridians who are about...
by CyberMindGrrl
on Sat Feb 03, 2024 at 09:45 AM PST
with 21 Recommends
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A suspect has been named in the investigation into the homicide of four University of Idaho students who were found killed in an off-campus rental apartment in Nov. 2022. Three of the four victims were roommates and one victim was the boyfriend of one...
by Marissa Higgins
on Wed Jan 04, 2023 at 02:07 PM PST
with 58 Recommends
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Conservatives have made it clear they’re more than happy to demonize LGBTQ+ people—including youth—if it means getting their voter base hyped up to show up to the polls for midterm elections. Whether it’s pushing anti-trans sports bills and bathroom...
by Marissa Higgins
on Thu Jun 30, 2022 at 11:35 AM PDT
with 181 Recommends
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If anything concerning LGBTQ+ rights gets coverage lately, it’s the Republican crusade to keep trans girls and women out of girls’ sports. Conservatives are hammering these bills out across the nation, and a worrisome number of Republican governors...
by Marissa Higgins
on Tue Mar 22, 2022 at 10:42 AM PDT
with 57 Recommends
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As Daily Kos continues to cover, Republicans are attacking trans youth from every possible angle. For example, we know conservatives have made their ongoing effort to keep trans girls out of girls’ sports a priority, including for players as young as...
by Marissa Higgins
on Mon Mar 21, 2022 at 11:02 AM PDT
with 52 Recommends
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When it comes to trans rights, we’ve had a real, real rough of it in recent months especially. To be clear, the United States has consistently failed trans people (and LGBTQ+ people more broadly), but a conservative onslaught of anti-trans legislation...
by Marissa Higgins
on Wed Mar 16, 2022 at 01:48 PM PDT
with 54 Recommends
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In the sea of anti-trans, hateful legislation coming from Republicans, it becomes all too easy to miss bills that aren’t getting the same mainstream media attention. One example comes to us out of Idaho, where the House State Affairs Committee recently...
by Marissa Higgins
on Tue Mar 08, 2022 at 12:48 PM PST
with 68 Recommends
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If you’re closely following news about anti-trans legislation, you might feel that stories are beginning to blur; is it really possible that yet another Republican is pushing yet another transphobic bill? Are people really trying to keep youth from...
by Marissa Higgins
on Wed Feb 09, 2022 at 01:00 PM PST
with 45 Recommends
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Hi’. Ross Douthat has the best opinion pieces on the New York Times, in that they are dumpster fires (NYT). They give the occasion for anti-trumpists to vent about how horrible it is that: The president who told and got progressives to cave on a bill...
by Vuld Edone
on Sun Jan 16, 2022 at 07:51 AM PST
with 24 Recommends
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Here in the United States (and, really, globally) there are plenty of LGBTQ+ people and allies who are religious. This might sound surprising as religion can be harmful, oppressive, and isolating for queer people, but it can also be a space of...
by Marissa Higgins
on Wed Dec 08, 2021 at 11:09 AM PST
with 39 Recommends
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Here at Daily Kos, we’ve covered the ongoing slew of anti-trans legislation pushed by state lawmakers. Republicans have been more than happy to target trans folks when it comes to medical care, sports, and even birth certificates and other legal...
by Marissa Higgins
on Wed Oct 27, 2021 at 12:52 PM PDT
with 68 Recommends
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We know that students—including marginalized students, like members of the LGBTQ+ community—learn from and work with professors, staff, and other employees who hold and espouse discriminatory, hateful beliefs while the students attend many evangelical...
by Marissa Higgins
on Mon Jul 26, 2021 at 02:04 PM PDT
with 67 Recommends
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As Daily Kos continues to cover, Republicans have been at the helm of an absolute onslaught of anti-trans bills in recent months. Most national media attention has centered around bills aiming to keep trans girls out of girls’ sports, but other bills...
by Marissa Higgins
on Fri Jun 11, 2021 at 11:52 AM PDT
with 47 Recommends
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In the 2020 election let’s do all we can to Flip Everything! It’s been a while since I’ve written diaries for both personal and other reasons, but in my lurking across different Democratic supportive websites I’ve always seen the same question over and...
by Mattrek
on Fri Jul 10, 2020 at 05:26 AM PDT
with 21 Recommends
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It’s been a while since I’ve written any diaries for both personal and other reasons, but in my lurking across different Democratic supportive websites I’ve always seen the same question over and over asked by those newly activated and long time...
by Mattrek
on Fri Jun 19, 2020 at 08:03 AM PDT
with 16 Recommends
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If legislation is on anyone’s mind right now, it’s likely focused on the coronavirus pandemic. As countless people lose their jobs, the general public is hoping for economic relief, especially for small business owners, restaurant employees, and people...
by Marissa Higgins
on Wed Mar 18, 2020 at 12:33 PM PDT
with 52 Recommends
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NOTE: Since June 2019, I’ve been contracted to do occasional healthcare data analysis & advocacy for the Center for American Progress. The 2020 Open Enrollment Period may have ended (for real this time) for HealthCare.Gov and a few other states,...
by Brainwrap
on Mon Dec 23, 2019 at 11:55 AM PST
with 15 Recommends
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It’s August 7, 1974 and Barry Goldwater’s feet hurt.
The Senator (R-AZ), along with House Minority Leader John Rhodes (R-AZ) and Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott (R-PA) have just made the trip from the Capitol Building to the Old Executive Office...
by Casey and Miranda
on Mon Dec 10, 2018 at 10:52 AM PST
with 28 Recommends
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The 11 dudes above need to hear from you. Do you live in LA, UT, SC, TX, NE, AZ, ID, or NC? Do the USA a solid, and call them, email them, fax them today please….yes I know that Collins and Murkowski are not on the image or in the list here — they are...
by LokiMom
on Wed Sep 26, 2018 at 04:48 AM PDT
with 3 Recommends
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Going to get one's driver's license from the local government office is pretty universally hated. I just spent hours waiting in the sun outside my local Department of Motor Vehicles to get a new license myself and the mood was universally gloomy.
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by Wagatwe Wanjuki
on Fri Aug 24, 2018 at 12:59 PM PDT
with 113 Recommends
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