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Don Lemon was arrested in a hotel

The Trump regime is indicting journalists. Protesters entered a church. The Trump regime believes it can stop this. It got a grand jury indictment. But journalists also have constitutional rights.

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Rahm Emanuel: ‘Acceptance,’ not ‘advocacy’

He’s describing a culture of self-acceptance. However you choose to treat trans people, proudly accept yourself! You’re doing great! His discourse infantilizes and rejects us. There’s no plan let us co-lead, especially on issues that matter to us. He wants to let MAGA have their way.

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English only, two sexes: A mashup of two executive orders

Interlace the lines to read things like: A designated language attacks women in society by depriving them of dignity. When I read Trump’s instruction ‘to designate one — and only one — official language,’ I remembered his prior instruction ‘to recognize two sexes.’

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Pausing in the darkness

Trump’s latest anti-trans executive order calls us ‘anti-Christian’. Trump has labeled as ‘anti-Christian’: trans inclusion, trans visibility, supporting queer kids, and even holding Christians accountable to the law.

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Now, there’s a no-sports order

Let’s kick it open, bounce it against the wall, and dunk on it. The anti-trans movement has never been about sports. it enacts arbitrary exclusion to make trans people less safe. It’s a political assault.

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I use my real name on the internet

I always have. But even if I didn’t, the U.S. government could find me. Traits I believe are ethical are what authoritarians target. Being ethical is not safe. In times of political upheaval, it never is.

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