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21 August 2020

Donald Trump - ‘It was great’: In leaked audio, Trump hailed low Black turnout in 2016

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Nolan McCaskill Politico ezs note: Aw, all we're doin' is havin' a little meetin'... Credit: https://upload....

20 August 2020

lead story - Disturbing images of robbery and attack on transgender women in the heart of Hollywood

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Christina Gonzalez FOX News Los Angeles, CA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Palm_tree_expo_park_c...

Donald Trump - Steve Bannon, three others charged with fraud in border wall fundraising campaign

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Erica Orden, Kara Scannell CNN ezs note: Oh, this is too rich!!! Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41...

19 August 2020

lead story - Federal judge says Idaho cannot ban transgender athletes from women's sports teams

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Madeline Holcombe, Andy Rose CNN Pocatello, ID Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Eastern_Pocatello.j...

Donald Trump - Trump, While Attacking Mail Voting, Casts Mail Ballot Again

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Miles Davis NPR Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/USPS_Mailbox.jpg please press: www.npr.org

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18 August 2020

17 August 2020

lead story - Why transgender people are ignored by modern medicine

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Zaria Gorvett BBC News University of Washington Seattle, WA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Hus...

Donald Trump - Amid outcry, postmaster general to testify before House

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Matthew Daly, Lisa Mascaro ABC News (US) Louis DeJoy Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Louisdejoy.p...

16 August 2020

New Zealand - New Zealand rugby grapples with transgender debate

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Greg Stutchbury Reuters Wellington, New Zealand Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Old_High_Court_bu...

Kansas - Human Rights Campaign on Kansas Republican Primary Results

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Lucas Acosta HRC El Dorado, KS Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/El_Dorado_Kansas_Pine_Main_Interse...

lead story - Ancient Viking warrior given a hero’s burial may have actually been ‘transgender, non-binary or gender fluid’, researchers say

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Patrick Kelleher Pink News Birka, Sweden Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Birka_Boot_2008.JPG ...

Donald Trump - Trump's finger-pointing on USPS is latest attempt to rewrite history in real time

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Maeve Reston CNN USPS truck Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/United_States_Postal_Service_Truck.jp...

15 August 2020

Indonesia - Meet Hendrika Kelan: Indonesia’s First Ever Transgender Public Officer

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Jamie worldofbuzz.com Indonesia Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Jakarta_Panorama.jpg please p...

Georgia - Timothy Graves (J.D. ’20) strives for inclusivity Timothy Graves (J.D. ’20) strives for inclusivity

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Press Georgia State University Georgia State University College of Law Atlanta, GA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wiki...

lead story - Bronx Man Arrested for Fatally Stabbing Transgender Woman

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Press Spectrum News The Bronx, NY Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Melrosebx1.JPG please press...

Donald Trump - Trump administration to withdraw controversial nominee for Bureau of Land Management

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Jason Hoffman CNN William Perry Pendley Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/William_Perry_Pendley.jpg...

14 August 2020

South Dakota - Trump Denies Asking To Add A President’s Face To Mount Rushmore. OK!

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Asia Ewart Refinery29 Mount Rushmore Keystone, SD Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Mount_Rushmor...

lead story - Two transgender women arrested at rights rally call treatment at Miami jail ‘dehumanizing’

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Haley Lerner Miami Herald Miami, FL Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Bayfront_Park_-_panoramio_%28...

Donald Trump - Marge Simpson responds to Trump adviser's Kamala Harris comparison

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Lisa Remers France CNN Marge Simpson (voiced by Julie Kavner) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0b/Marge_Si...

13 August 2020

Oklahoma - Oklahoma ScissorTales: Array of talent on OKC police reform panel

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Editorial Board Oklahoma News Oklahoma City, OK Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Sonic_Drive-In_co...

lead story - Employers reject transgender people

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Linköping University EurekAlert Linköping University Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Link%C3%B6pi...

Donald Trump - Judge orders Trump campaign to produce evidence of voter fraud in Pennsylvania

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Katelyn Polantz CNN The Evidence (2006) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/The_Evidence_%28TV_series%...

12 August 2020

Donald Trump - The Republican Party just took another step toward a dangerous conspiracy theory

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Chris Cillizza CNN Conspiracy Theory (1997) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Conspiracy_theory_poster.j...

11 August 2020

Kansas - Kansas could elect its first openly transgender lawmaker this fall

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Katie Shepard The Washington Post Wichita, KS Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Sedgwick_co_hist...

lead story - New center in Santa Ana helps hard-hit transgender people during coronavirus pandemic

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Deepa Bharath The Orange County Register Anaheim, CA Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/AnaheimPanor...

Donald Trump - Lincoln Project expands GOP target list, winning Trump ire

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Jonathan Easley, Max Greenwood The Hill Abraham Lincoln Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Abraham_L...

10 August 2020

lead story - Florida teen wins transgender rights suit in federal court

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Tim Fitzsimons NBC News Ponte Vedra Beach, FL Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/TPC_Sawgrass_17.jpg...

Donald Trump - 'Unconstitutional slop:' Donald Trump spars with Ben Sasse, the GOP senator who attacked his executive order

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David Jackson USA Today Trump signs his order Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/TuskIII.jpg ple...

09 August 2020

Mississippi - Hattiesburg clinic offers hormones for transgender community

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Sarah Fowler Clarion Ledger Hattiesburg, MS (April 1968) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/March%2C...

lead story - The Matrix is a 'trans metaphor', Lilly Wachowski says

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Press BBC News The Matrix (1999) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c1/The_Matrix_Poster.jpg please pres...

Donald Trump - Pelosi calls Trump's coronavirus relief executive actions 'absurdly unconstitutional'

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Chandelis Duster CNN Sisyphus, Franz Stuck (Absurdist art) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Sisy...

08 August 2020

Alabama - Birmingham rally calls attention to Black trans lives lost

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Jonece Starr Dunigan AL.com Birmingham, AL Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Alabama_Theatre.jpg ...

lead story - Idaho district court upholds decision on transgender birth certificate changes

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KTVB Misty Inglet Boise, ID Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/W._E._Pierce_Building_Turret_%28C._W....

Donald Trump - Trump antagonizes GOP megadonor Adelson in heated phone call

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Alex Isenstadt Politico Sheldon Adelson Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Sheldon_Adelson_crop.jpg ...

07 August 2020

lead story - New York county agrees to 'landmark' transgender jail reforms

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Tim Fitzsimons NBC News Bath, NY Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Soldiers_Monument%2C_Bath%2C_N.Y...

Where Do Republicans Go From Here?

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David Brooks The New York Times Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Eisenhower_Inauguration_ticket.jpg ...

05 August 2020

Donald Trump - Trump’s Bank Was Subpoenaed by N.Y. Prosecutors in Criminal Inquiry

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David Enrich, Ben Protess, William K. Rashbaum, Benjamin Weiser The New York Times Subpoena! Credit: https://upload.wikimed...

03 August 2020

Donald Trump - 2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Trump Slides, Biden Advantage Expands Over 270 Votes

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Domenico Montanaro NPR Road to 270 Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Road_in_Rain.JPG please ...

02 August 2020

New Mexico - Members of New Mexico Council for Racial Justice named

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Press The New Mexican Santa Fe, NM Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/NewMexicoPalaceSantaFe.jpg ...

lead story - El Salvador: Police Officers Convicted for Transgender Murder

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Press Human Rights Watch San Salvador, El Salvador Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Torre_Futura_y...

Donald Trump - ‘Hating Joe Biden doesn’t juice up their base’: Key swing state slips away from Trump

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Holly Otterbein Politico ezs note: Yaaaaaaaahhhhh!!! ezs note: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/RedLakeCr...

31 July 2020

Donald Trump - Trump's trashing of democracy will have consequences far beyond America

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Luke McGee CNN Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Littering_in_Stockholm.jpg please press: www.cnn...

What I believe...

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Credit: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f0/09/1e/f0091ec9866fe44540227b6b851fb283.jpg ezs note: I've given this some thought...

30 July 2020

lead story - House votes to stymie Trump's transgender troop ban

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Connor O'Brien Politico US Capitol (interior, 1860) Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/United_St...

Donald Trump - Barack Obama’s Eulogy for John Lewis Was Perfect

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Jeremy Stahl Slate.com Barack Obama Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/President_Barack_Obama.jpg ...

29 July 2020

lead story - A transgender female inmate received her gender confirmation surgery after a three-year court battle

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Andy Rose, Hollie Silverman CNN Pocatello, ID Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/-IDAHO-A-0053-_Amer...

Donald Trump - Trump again attempts to stoke racial divisions in housing message

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Kevin Liptak, Gregory Wallace CNN Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/WhiteTradeOnlyLancasterOhio.jpg ...

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