national/world - Wisconsin governor to veto transgender ban

AP

The Mining Journal

Plymouth, WI (Gov. Evers' birthplace)

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lead story - Judge Asked to Dismiss Lawsuit Over WVa Transgender Ban

Press

US News & World Report

Charleston, WV

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lead story - 'Incredible courage': 3 who fought the military transgender ban took stands that opened eyes, shaped lives

Susan Miller

USA Today

University of New Haven

New Haven, CT

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lead story - Biden could take swift action on transgender ban, nuclear weapons

Bryan Bender

Politico

Fort Dix, NJ

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lead story - Missouri lawmakers debating a transgender ban for high school sports

Christine Morton
KY3

Springfield, MO

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ezs note:  If you live in Missouri, please tell your state congressperson and state senator to kill this stupid bill.  Thanks.  

lead story - I Served 30 Years in the Military. Trump’s Transgender Ban Calls Me Unfit

Dana Delgardo
TIME

US Air Force

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lead story - Trump's transgender ban is cruel, medically unethical and damaging to the US military

Robert H. Goldstein
USA Today

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

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lead story - Stop pretending the transgender ban isn’t a ban

Diane H. Mazur
Politico

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lead story - Trump’s Transgender Ban Brings Chaos and ‘a Lot of Fear’ to Troops’ Families

Samantha Allen
Daily Beast

San Antonio, TX

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lead story - Pentagon set to implement transgender ban

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CBS News

The Pentagon

Arlington, VA

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lead story - Op-Ed: Trump’s ‘failed leadership’ led to transgender ban

Alaina Kupec
Navy Times

San Francisco, CA

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Indiana - LETTER: Column on transgender ban by IDS opinion editor worse than actual ban

Tom Sweeney
IDS

Bloomington, IN

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ezs note:  Thank you, Tom, for providing the FACTS.

Arkansas - Arkansas veteran says transgender ban is insult to his sacrifice

Melissa Zygowicz
THV 11 (CBS)

Little Rock, AR

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civil rights - Commentary: Military ‘transgender ban’ disregards science, humanity

Kate Thomas
The Mercury

Manhattan, KS

Isaac T. Goodnow (1855)

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civil rights - Military Transgender Ban Not Ripe for SCOTUS, Justices Told

Jon Steingart
Bloomberg Law

US Supreme Court

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lead story - Trump administration asks Supreme Court to take up military transgender ban

Ariane de Vogue, Joan Biskupik
CNN

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civil rights - Md. judge blocks effort to shield military transgender ban info

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WTOP

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lead story - Former Navy secretary: Trump's transgender ban 'dumbest government policy'

Ellen Mitchell
The Hill

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lead story - New documents suggest Trump administration rigged military panel on transgender ban

Zack Ford
ThinkProgress

US House of Representatives

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lead story - Donald Trump’s transgender ban is as bad as Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, say 49 Senators

Josh Jackman
Pink News

Capitol Rotunda

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