Senator Marco Rubio and Rep. Jim Banks have introduced legislation seeking to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marco-rubio-jim-banks-introduce-bill-ban-trans-military-1234681140/
First let’s ban Rubio and Banks from serving in our government.
Ken Paxton has been under indictment on felony securities fraud and corruption charges for almost a decade
He’s abused his office to get away with high crimes all while continuing his attack our most at-risk citizens in the LGBTQ+ community
Just now, the Justice Department in DC has taken over Paxton’s corruption investigation removing the ineffectual former team
It’s on.
Write your federal representatives and tell them to end the $400 million dollar give away to education privitizers and profiteers https://p2a.co/Du4U7Jl #Education #Politics
Is this at least a violation of HIPPA? Or is Ron planning on taking on the medical care of all these students?
Big congrats to Spain for successfully passing reforms of their gender recognition laws today 💜
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/02/16/spain-trans-law-self-id/
As the New York Times once again defends the underprivileged, marginalized, and oppressed J.K. Rowling, it’s important to remember that a pretty big chunk of hand-wringing about cancel culture is in fact just status anxiety, as people used to having their opinions unchallenged and their prejudices celebrated are now facing criticism, and they hate it.
Trump grand jury recommends perjury indictments, finds no fraud in Georgia 2020 election
Well that sucks.
Stephen Owens: The Public School Is the Best Choice for a Just Society - This evangelical Christian points out how important and unprecedented our unique public schools system is. Don't wait until it's gone to see it. https://dianeravitch.net/2023/02/15/stephen-owens-the-public-school-is-the-best-choice-for-a-just-society/ via @dianeravitch #Education
#UPDATE Raquel Welch, the American actress who became an international sex symbol after appearing in a deerskin bikini in "One Million Years BC," has died at age 82 https://u.afp.com/isJv
Indiana: GOP Legislator Has Misgivings About Vouchers After Abrasive Meetings - Not only do public schools outperform voucher schools, the administration is much more professional and responsive to parents. https://dianeravitch.net/2023/02/15/indiana-gop-legislator-has-misgivings-about-vouchers-after-abrasive-meeting/ via @dianeravitch #Education
Fox News was just hit with a BRUTAL ruling in a New York State Appeals Court, allowing Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation case to proceed against the network. Just wait till you hear who will be forced to testify: https://youtu.be/lQe6Oq21Q7U
They came for the trans girls but I didn't do anything because I'm not trans.
Then they came for the lesbians but I didn't do anything because I'm not a lesbian.
Mark my words... the #ChristianTaliban will not stop until they make the U.S. into #Gilead and a version of The #HandmaidsTale
#WomensRights intersect with the rights of #TransWomen and gay women.
#VoteBlue
#ThrowTheBumsOut
https://jezebel.com/oklahoma-judge-transfers-lesbian-woman-s-parental-right-1850117787
Long Live Social Security: Chief Actuary Says Bernie Sanders’s Plan Would Keep Program Alive Another 75 Years: The proposal includes applying two new taxes: one 12.4% tax on investment income for individuals earning $250,000 per year, and another 16.2% net investment income tax for specific business owners, including active S-corp. holders and active limited partners (the latter tax would be divided among retirement & disability benefits as well as the general TSY fund)-: https://www.barrons.com/articles/retirement-social-security-benefits-plan-17fc8330
Interesting that Mike Pence is resisting his Grand Jury subpoena.
Got something to hide, Mike? Got secrets of your own you'd rather We The People didn't know about?
Mike knew everything about the plan but told no one. Sure, Mike didn't pull the trigger, but Mike knew the plan - and said nothing like the co-conspirator to commit insurrection that he is.
Mike will lose this fight. This is the last battle. Pence's testimony - his isn't the only testimony here - is the icing on the cake.
Long #COVID now looks like neurological disease https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/long-covid-now-looks-like-a-neurological-disease-helping-doctors-to-focus-treatments/ #science #medicine
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