Massachusetts - Kennedy to Trump: Drop your administrative actions harming trans people

Chris Johnson
Washington Blade

Newton, MA

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lead story - Transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson will get a monument in her New Jersey hometown

Christina Maxouris
CNN

Elizabeth, NJ

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Donald Trump - Trump Program to Cover Uninsured Covid-19 Patients Falls Short of Promise

Abby Goodnough
The New York Times

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lead story - Transgender woman says she was beaten in her Point Breeze home and called slurs

Julie Shaw
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Point Breeze, PA

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Donald Trump - Will Jerry Falwell Jr's fall from grace end his influence over Trump voters?

Harriet Sherwood
The Guardian

       

Jerry Falwell Jr.

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Texas - Local Groups Condemn Proposed Ban on Trans People in Homeless Shelters

Lourdes Zavaleta
OutSmart

San Antonio, TX

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lead story - Andersonville’s ‘Say Their Names’ Street Art Honors Black Transgender People Lost To Violence

Joe Ward
Block Club Chicago

Andersonville, IL (part of Chicago)

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Donald Trump - Melania Trump taped making derogatory remarks about Donald and Ivanka – report

Martin Pengelly
The Guardian

the (ex-) First Lady of the United States

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Vermont - Rhianna Kendrick: We cannot allow HUD to remove protections for trans people experiencing homelessness

Rhianna Kendrick
VTDigger

Brattleboro, VT

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lead story - Livestreamed Hollywood Attack On 3 Transgender Women Shows How “Truly Unsafe” Being Trans Is

Jamie Wareham
Forbes

Los Angeles, CA

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Donald Trump - In secretly recorded audio, President Trump’s sister says he has ‘no principles’ and ‘you can’t trust him’

Michael Kranish
The Washington Post

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Scotland - Transgender and non-binary cyclist takes on first ever ‘Tour de Trans’

Caitlin Hutchison
The Herald

John O' Groats, Scotland

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Pennsylvania - Lawmaker mimics top health official’s call for transgender acceptance to defend not wearing a mask

Cynthia Fernandez, Julia Shanahan
Spotlight PA

Annville Township, PA

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lead story - Los Angeles police arrest two men, seek another in attack against three transgender women

Alexandra Meeks
CNN

Los Angeles, CA

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Donald Trump - The party of Trump is already a convention of ghoulish clowns

Kathleen Parker
The Washington Post

The Republican Convention

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What I believe...

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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) 

Be fair: Is the testimony of those

 acceptable and worthy of attention

 whose deeds agree with their words,

 whose outward behavior conforms

 with their inner life? The mind is 

bewildered at their deeds, and the soul 

marveleth at their fortitude and bodily

 endurance. Or is the testimony of these

 faithless souls who breathe naught but

 the breath of selfish desire, and who lie

 imprisoned in the cage of their idle fancies,

 acceptable? Like the bats of darkness, they

 lift not their heads from their couch except

 to pursue the transient things of the world,

 and find no rest by night except as they

 labor to advance the aims of their sordid

 life. Immersed in their selfish schemes, they

 are oblivious of the Divine decree. In

 the daytime they strive with all their 

soul after worldly benefits, and in the

 night season their sole occupation is to

 gratify their carnal desires. By what law

 or standard could men be justified in

 cleaving to the denials of such petty-minded

 souls and in ignoring the faith of them

 that have renounced, for the sake of the

 good pleasure of God, their life and

 substance, their fame and renown, their

 reputation and honor?... (Baha’u’llah)

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

Nolan McCaskill
Politico

ezs note:  Aw, all we're doin' is havin' a little meetin'...

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To all my Black friends:  I urge you - really, really urge you - to do the following - if you have any doubts, register to vote.  And when the time comes around, VOTE. (And this goes for you allies, too.) 

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

Christina Gonzalez
FOX News

Los Angeles, CA

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

Erica Orden, Kara Scannell
CNN

ezs note:  Oh, this is too rich!!!

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

Madeline Holcombe, Andy Rose
CNN

Pocatello, ID

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

Miles Davis
NPR

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El Salvador - Trans Salvadoran Woman Who Fled to Guatemala Murdered

Ernesto Valle
South Florida Gay News

Salcajá, Guatemala

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Rhode Island - Documentary on transgender boxing promoter is filming in R.I.

Rob Duguay
Providence Journal

Cranston, RI

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lead story - Trump rule on transgender health blocked at the 11th hour

Press
NBC News

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Donald Trump - Gergen: Trump traps GOP in boneheaded position

Caroline Cohen, David Gergen
CNN

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lead story - Why transgender people are ignored by modern medicine

Zaria Gorvett
BBC News

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

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

Matthew Daly, Lisa Mascaro
ABC News (US)

Louis DeJoy

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New Zealand - New Zealand rugby grapples with transgender debate

Greg Stutchbury
Reuters

Wellington, New Zealand

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Kansas - Human Rights Campaign on Kansas Republican Primary Results

Lucas Acosta
HRC

El Dorado, KS

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

Patrick Kelleher
Pink News

Birka, Sweden

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

Maeve Reston
CNN

USPS truck

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

Jamie
worldofbuzz.com

Indonesia

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

Press
Georgia State University

Georgia State University College of Law

Atlanta, GA

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lead story - Bronx Man Arrested for Fatally Stabbing Transgender Woman

Press
Spectrum News

The Bronx, NY

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

Jason Hoffman
CNN

William Perry Pendley

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

Asia Ewart
Refinery29

Mount Rushmore

Keystone, SD

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

Haley Lerner
Miami Herald

Miami, FL

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

Lisa Remers France
CNN

Marge Simpson (voiced by Julie Kavner)

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

Editorial Board
Oklahoma News

Oklahoma City, OK

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lead story - Employers reject transgender people

Linköping University
EurekAlert

Linköping University

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

Katelyn Polantz
CNN

The Evidence (2006)

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

Chris Cillizza
CNN

Conspiracy Theory (1997)

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

Katie Shepard
The Washington Post

Wichita, KS

  

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

Deepa Bharath
The Orange County Register

Anaheim, CA

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

Jonathan Easley, Max Greenwood
The Hill

Abraham Lincoln

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

Tim Fitzsimons
NBC News

Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

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

David Jackson
USA Today

Trump signs his order

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Mississippi - Hattiesburg clinic offers hormones for transgender community

Sarah Fowler
Clarion Ledger

Hattiesburg, MS (April 1968)

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

Press
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'

Chandelis Duster
CNN

Sisyphus, Franz Stuck

(Absurdist art)

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