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13 August 2020
12 August 2020
Donald Trump - The Republican Party just took another step toward a dangerous conspiracy theory
11 August 2020
Kansas - Kansas could elect its first openly transgender lawmaker this fall
Labels:
could,
elect,
fall,
first,
Kansas,
Katie Shepard,
openly,
Stephanie Byers,
transgender lawmaker
Location:
Wichita, KS, USA
lead story - New center in Santa Ana helps hard-hit transgender people during coronavirus pandemic
Donald Trump - Lincoln Project expands GOP target list, winning Trump ire
Jonathan Easley, Max Greenwood
The Hill
The Hill
Abraham Lincoln
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Labels:
Donald Trump,
expands,
GOP,
ire,
Jonathan Easley,
Lincoln Project,
Max Greenwood,
target list,
winning
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
10 August 2020
lead story - Florida teen wins transgender rights suit in federal court
Donald Trump - 'Unconstitutional slop:' Donald Trump spars with Ben Sasse, the GOP senator who attacked his executive order
09 August 2020
Mississippi - Hattiesburg clinic offers hormones for transgender community
lead story - The Matrix is a 'trans metaphor', Lilly Wachowski says
Press
BBC News
BBC News
The Matrix (1999)
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ezs note: Hmmm... but Ma Vie En Rose was made 2 years before The Matrix... and much more frankly.
Donald Trump - Pelosi calls Trump's coronavirus relief executive actions 'absurdly unconstitutional'
08 August 2020
Alabama - Birmingham rally calls attention to Black trans lives lost
lead story - Idaho district court upholds decision on transgender birth certificate changes
Donald Trump - Trump antagonizes GOP megadonor Adelson in heated phone call
Labels:
Alex Isenstadt,
antagonizes,
Donald Trump,
GOP,
heated,
megadonor,
phone call,
Sheldon Adelson
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
07 August 2020
lead story - New York county agrees to 'landmark' transgender jail reforms
Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News
NBC News
Bath, NY
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Labels:
agrees,
county,
jail,
landmark,
New York,
reforms,
Steuben County,
Tim Fitzsimons,
transgender
Location:
Bath, NY 14810, USA
05 August 2020
Donald Trump - Trump’s Bank Was Subpoenaed by N.Y. Prosecutors in Criminal Inquiry
David Enrich, Ben Protess, William K. Rashbaum, Benjamin Weiser
The New York Times
The New York Times
Subpoena!
please press: www.nytimes.com
03 August 2020
Donald Trump - 2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Trump Slides, Biden Advantage Expands Over 270 Votes
Labels:
advantage,
Domenico Montanaro,
Donald Trump,
electoral map,
expands,
Joe Biden,
ratings,
slides,
votes
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
02 August 2020
New Mexico - Members of New Mexico Council for Racial Justice named
lead story - El Salvador: Police Officers Convicted for Transgender Murder
Donald Trump - ‘Hating Joe Biden doesn’t juice up their base’: Key swing state slips away from Trump
Labels:
base,
doesn’t,
Donald Trump,
hating,
Holly Otterbein,
Joe Biden,
juice up,
key,
slips away,
swing state
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
31 July 2020
Donald Trump - Trump's trashing of democracy will have consequences far beyond America
Labels:
America,
consequences,
democracy,
Donald Trump,
far beyond,
Luke McGee,
planet,
trashing,
world leader
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
What I believe...
ezs note: I've given this some thought - no, a great deal of thought - but I've given a great deal of respect and admiration to Baha'u'llah (1817-1892). I'll be ending this with a quote of Baha'u'llah, as well as His son, Abdu'l Baha, as well as Shoghi Effendi (among others). If you wish to peruse the Writings more thoroughly, you can see http://bahai-library.com/. (Baha'i Library Online)
It behoveth thee to consecrate
thyself to the Will of God.
Whatsoever hath been revealed
in His Tablets is but a reflection of
His Will. So complete must be thy
consecration, that every trace of worldly
desire will be washed from thine heart.
This is the meaning of true unity.
(Baha’u’llah)
30 July 2020
lead story - House votes to stymie Trump's transgender troop ban
Connor O'Brien
Politico
Politico
US Capitol (interior, 1860)
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Donald Trump - Barack Obama’s Eulogy for John Lewis Was Perfect
Labels:
Barack Obama,
Donald Trump,
eulogy,
Jeremy Stahl,
John Lewis,
mourners,
perfect,
specific action
Location:
Atlanta, GA, USA
29 July 2020
lead story - A transgender female inmate received her gender confirmation surgery after a three-year court battle
Donald Trump - Trump again attempts to stoke racial divisions in housing message
What I believe...
ezs note: I've given this some thought - no, a great deal of thought - but I've given a great deal of respect and admiration to Baha'u'llah (1817-1892). I'll be ending this with a quote of Baha'u'llah, as well as His son, Abdu'l Baha, as well as Shoghi Effendi (among others). If you wish to peruse the Writings more thoroughly, you can see http://bahai-library.com/. (Baha'i Library Online)
I have heard Mulla Abdu'l-Karim
recount the following incident:
"My companions and I were fast
asleep in the vicinity of the tent of
the Bab when the trampling of
horsemen suddenly awakened us. We
were soon informed that the tent of
the Bab was vacant and that those
who had gone out in search of Him had
failed to find Him. We heard Muhammad
Big remonstrate with the guards. `Why
feel disturbed?' he pleaded. `Are not
His magnanimity and nobleness of soul
sufficiently established in your eyes to
convince you that He will never, for the
sake of His own safety, consent to involve
others in embarrassment? He, no doubt,
must have retired, in the silence of this
moonlit night, to a place where
He can seek undisturbed communion
with God. He will unquestionably return
to His tent. He will never desert us.'
In his eagerness to reassure his colleagues,
Muhammad Big set out on foot along the
road leading to Tihran. I, too, with my
companions, followed him. Shortly after,
the rest of the guards were seen, each on
horseback, marching behind us. We had
covered about a maydan
when, by the dim light of the early dawn,
we discerned in the distance the lonely figure
of the Bab. He was coming towards us
from the direction of Tihran. `Did
you believe Me to have escaped?'
were His words to Muhammad Big
as He approached him. `Far be it from
me,' was the instant reply as he
flung himself at the feet of the Bab
, `to entertain such thoughts.'
Muhammad Big was too much awed
by the serene majesty which
that radiant face revealed that
morning to venture any further
remark. A look of confidence had
settled upon His countenance, His
words were invested with such
transcendent power, that a feeling of
profound reverence wrapped our
very souls. No one dared to question Him
as to the cause of so remarkable a
change in His speech and demeanour.
Nor did He Himself choose to allay
our curiosity and wonder."
(Dawn-Breakers)
28 July 2020
Georgia - Savannah’s first openly gay council member helps shepherd city’s new LGBTQ+ task force
Labels:
City,
council member,
DeAnn Komanecky,
first,
helps,
LGBTQ+,
openly gay,
Savannah,
shepherd,
task force
Location:
Savannah, GA, USA
lead story - As transgender rights debate spills into sports, one runner finds herself at the center of a pivotal case
Labels:
center,
debate,
finds,
herself,
pivotal case,
Roman Stubbs,
runner,
spills,
sports,
transgender rights
Location:
Boise, ID, USA
Donald Trump - Misleading Virus Video, Pushed by the Trumps, Spreads Online
Labels:
Davey Alba,
Donald Trump,
misleading,
online,
pushed,
Sheera Frankel,
spreads,
video,
virus
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
27 July 2020
Donald Trump - Trump will not visit Capitol to pay respects to civil rights icon John Lewis
26 July 2020
Maine - Maine transgender man claims he was wrongfully fired and sexually harassed by Dunkin Donuts co-workers
lead story - Transgender women strive to create more accepting environment in Mansfield
Labels:
create,
environment,
Mansfield,
more accepting,
strive,
Tierra Thomas,
transgender women
Location:
Mansfield, OH, USA
Donald Trump - Trump is behind in a state no Republican has won the presidency without in 96 years
Labels:
behind,
Donald Trump,
Harry Enten,
presidency,
Republican,
state,
without,
won,
years
Location:
Florida, USA
What I believe...
ezs note: I've given this some thought - no, a great deal of thought - but I've given a great deal of respect and admiration to Baha'u'llah (1817-1892). I'll be ending this with a quote of Baha'u'llah, as well as His son, Abdu'l Baha, as well as Shoghi Effendi. If you wish to peruse the Writings more thoroughly, you can see http://bahai-library.com/. (Baha'i Library Online)
His face their lesson and their only book.
Learning of wonderment,
of longing love their duty,
of longing love their duty,
Not on learned chapters and
dull themes they look.
dull themes they look.
The chain that binds them
is His musky hair,
is His musky hair,
The Cyclic Scheme, to them,
is but to Him a stair.
is but to Him a stair.
(Baha’u’llah)
24 July 2020
lead news - Transgender man files discrimination suit after Maryland hospital cancels hysterectomy
Labels:
cancels,
discrimination suit,
files,
hospital,
hysterectomy,
Maryland,
Tim Fitzsimons,
transgender man
Location:
Towson, MD, USA
Donald Trump - Trump erupted over Esper's de facto ban on Confederate flag, sources say
Kaitlan Collins, Betsy Klein
CNN
CNN
Trump's real favorite flag
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23 July 2020
Donald Trump - Kimberly Guilfoyle under fire for Trump fundraising disarray
Alex Isenstadt
Politico
Politico
Kimberly Guilfoyle
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What I believe...
Credit: ezs note: I've given this some thought - no, a great deal of thought - but I've given a great deal of respect and admiration to Baha'u'llah (1817-1892). I'll be ending this with a quote of Baha'u'llah, as well as His son, Abdu'l Baha, as well as Shoghi Effendi. If you wish to peruse the Writings more thoroughly, you can see http://bahai-library.com/. (Baha'i Library Online)
O YE RICH ONES ON EARTH!
The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye My trust, and be not intent only on your own ease. (Baha'u'llah)
22 July 2020
Donald Trump - NFL owner and Trump ambassador to UK sparks watchdog inquiry over allegations of racist and sexist remarks and push to promote Trump business
Jennifer Hansler, Kylie Atwood, Nicole Gaouette
CNN
CNN
Woody Johnson
ezs note: Lemme see, he's racist, anti-Semitic, toady to Goya Foods... yep, just another day at the Trump house...
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21 July 2020
Indiana - Photos: Transgender rights supporters hold rally near Indianapolis Archdiocese building
lead story - Transgender official takes abuse while leading virus efforts
Donald Trump - Trump consults Bush torture lawyer on how to skirt law and rule by decree
Labels:
consults,
decree,
Donald Trump,
George Bush,
John Yoo,
Julian Borger,
law,
lawyer,
rule,
skirt,
torture
Location:
Washington, DC, USA
20 July 2020
Donald Trump - Donald Trump v Fox News Sunday: extraordinary moments from a wild interview
19 July 2020
Massachusetts - Human Rights Campaign Endorses Massachusetts Champions of Equality
Labels:
champions,
endorses,
equality,
Human Rights Campaign,
Lucas Acosta,
Massachusetts
Location:
Boston, MA, USA
lead news - Gun Match Leads to Arrest in 2017 Transgender Woman's Death
Labels:
arrest,
Candace Towns,
David Davis,
death,
gun,
Horace Jamal Marsh,
leads,
match,
transgender woman
Location:
Macon, GA, USA
Donald Trump - ‘Rachel Maddow Show’ episode with Mary Trump is big-time record-breaker
17 July 2020
Missouri - Mocked, rejected, KC transgender engineer on court ruling: ‘It’s not the finish line’
lead story - Brawley police investigate killing of transgender woman found inside an abandoned home
Colin Atagi
Desert Sun
Desert Sun
Brawley, CA
please press: www.desertsun.com
ezs note: If you have any information on the murder of Marilyn Cazares, please contact the Brawley Police Department at 760-351-1719. Thanks.
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