North Dakota - Council faces ire for rainbow flag raising

 Jill Schramm

Minot Daily News

Minot, ND

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Minot residents:  Well, don't just sit there!  The next time a town/city meeting comes up, go and speak up. 

lead story - 'Transgender Black Marxists' seek to overthrow U.S., Trump backer Michele Bachmann says

 Sakshi Venkatraman, Brooke Sopelsa

NBC News

Michele Bachmann

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Donald Trump - Trump's historic dereliction of duty laid bare

 Stephen Collinson

CNN\

ezs note:  Donald's hair-raising event (again!)

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Colorado - CSU updating systems to improve experiences for transgender and nonbinary students

 Joe Giordano

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO

Colorado State University

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lead story - Canadian WNT player Rebecca Quinn comes out as transgender

 Jason Owens

Yahoo! Sports

Toronto, ON (Quinn's birthplace)

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Donald Trump - 'Play it down': Trump admits to concealing the true threat of coronavirus in new Woodward book

 Jamie Gangel

CNN

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lead story - Temple senior’s thesis film shares transgender experience

Nico Cisneros
The Temple News

Philadelphia, PA (home of Temple)

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Donald Trump - Trump visibly distressed over Atlantic story fallout from claims he disparaged the military

Kaitlan Collins
CNN

White House (ca. 1846)

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Idaho - 6 eastern Idaho districts with competitive November races

Nathan Brown
Post-Register

Idaho Falls, ID

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ezs note:  Idadoans - If you live in District 33 (Idaho Falls)  you have a decent chance of unseating Barbara Ehardt (R).  Now, wouldn't that be a pleasant surprise!   

lead story - Transgender crisis hotline is flooded with calls every time Trump admin rules threaten LGBTQ community

Press
KTLA5

Los Angeles, CA

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Donald Trump - Trump reportedly took home $750,000 worth of art from the home of the US ambassador to France in 2018 after canceling a World War I cemetery visit

Sinéad Baker
Business Insider

Chen Hongshou, Leaf album painting, (1598-1652)

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Alabama - Parks, Rice, Ledbetter among 10 influential women from Alabama

Melissa Brown
The Gadsen Times

Laverne Cox

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lead story - Mexico's Transgender Community in Fear After Second Murder

Jose Luiz Gonzalez
US News & World Report

Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

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Donald Trump - Trump says Department of Education will investigate use of 1619 Project in schools

Kevin Liptak
CNN

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REGISTER.  VOTE.

Kazakhstan - Fighting For Identity: Kazakh Laws Make Life Difficult For Transgender Community

Kira Leadholm
RFE/RT

Almaty, Kazahkstan 

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Maine - Downtown Bangor Partnership turns an ugly situation into something beautiful and prideful

Sam Rogers
NewsCenter Maine

Bangor, ME

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lead story - Conservative group relea ses anti-transgender political ads in Michigan

Brooke Sopelsa
NBC News

Lansing, MI

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Donald Trump - Biden puts two feet in the ring as Trump wobbles

Gregory Krieg
CNN

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

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Maryland - After life sentence overturned, guilty plea in Md. transgender murder case

Neal Augenstein
WTOP

Rockville, MD

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lead story - Star Trek introduces first non-binary and transgender characters

Alix Culbertson
Sky News

क

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Donald Trump - What Will You Do if Trump Doesn’t Leave?

David Brooks
The New York Times

ezs note:  First, make the fences way higher...

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lead story - U.S. Marine Who Killed Transgender Woman in Philippines Is Ordered Released

Jason Gutierrez
The New York Times

Jennifer Laude (1987-2014)

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