Stephen Collinson
CNN
Winston Churchill
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11 September 2020
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)
His Holiness Christ says: Travel ye to the East and to the West of the world and summon the people to the Kingdom of God. Hence the mercy of God must encompass all humanity. Therefore do ye not think it permissible to leave that region deprived of the breezes of the Morn of Guidance. Consequently, strive as far as ye are able to send to those parts fluent speakers, who are detached from aught else save God, attracted with the fragrances of God, and sanctified and purified from all desires and temptations. Their sustenance and food must consist of the teachings of God. First they must themselves live in accordance with those principles, then guide the people. Perchance, God willing, the lights of the most great guidance may illumine that country and the breezes of the rose garden of the love of God may perfume the nostrils of the inhabitants of Alaska. Should ye become confirmed in thus rendering such a service, rest ye assured that ye shall crown your heads with the diadem of everlasting sovereignty, and at the threshold of oneness you will become the favored and accepted servants. (A?)
10 September 2020
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
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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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please press: www.cnn.com
09 September 2020
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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please press: source.colostate.edu
lead story - Canadian WNT player Rebecca Quinn comes out as transgender
Jason Owens
Yahoo! Sports
Toronto, ON (Quinn's birthplace)
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please press: sports.yahoo.com
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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please press: www.cnn.com
08 September 2020
lead story - Temple senior’s thesis film shares transgender experience
Nico Cisneros
The Temple News
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
CNN
White House (ca. 1846)
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please press: www.cnn.com
07 September 2020
Idaho - 6 eastern Idaho districts with competitive November races
Nathan Brown
Post-Register
Post-Register
Idaho Falls, ID
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please press: www.postregister.com
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
KTLA5
Los Angeles, CA
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please press: ktla.com
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
Business Insider
Chen Hongshou, Leaf album painting, (1598-1652)
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please press: www.businessinsider.com
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06 September 2020
Alabama - Parks, Rice, Ledbetter among 10 influential women from Alabama
Melissa Brown
The Gadsen Times
The Gadsen Times
Laverne Cox
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please press: www.gadsdentimes.com
lead story - Mexico's Transgender Community in Fear After Second Murder
Jose Luiz Gonzalez
US News & World Report
US News & World Report
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
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please press: www.usnews.com
Donald Trump - Trump says Department of Education will investigate use of 1619 Project in schools
Kevin Liptak
CNN
CNN
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please press: www.cnn.com
REGISTER. VOTE.
05 September 2020
Kazakhstan - Fighting For Identity: Kazakh Laws Make Life Difficult For Transgender Community
Kira Leadholm
RFE/RT
RFE/RT
Almaty, Kazahkstan
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please press: www.rferl.org
Maine - Downtown Bangor Partnership turns an ugly situation into something beautiful and prideful
Sam Rogers
NewsCenter Maine
NewsCenter Maine
Bangor, ME
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please press: www.newscentermaine.com
lead story - Conservative group relea ses anti-transgender political ads in Michigan
Brooke Sopelsa
NBC News
NBC News
Lansing, MI
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please press: www.nbcnews.com
Donald Trump - Biden puts two feet in the ring as Trump wobbles
Gregory Krieg
CNN
CNN
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!
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please press: www.cnn.com
04 September 2020
Maryland - After life sentence overturned, guilty plea in Md. transgender murder case
Neal Augenstein
WTOP
WTOP
Rockville, MD
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please press: wtop.com
lead story - Star Trek introduces first non-binary and transgender characters
Alix Culbertson
Sky News
Sky News
क
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please press: news.sky.com
Donald Trump - What Will You Do if Trump Doesn’t Leave?
David Brooks
The New York Times
The New York Times
ezs note: First, make the fences way higher...
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please press: www.nytimes.com
03 September 2020
lead story - U.S. Marine Who Killed Transgender Woman in Philippines Is Ordered Released
Jason Gutierrez
The New York Times
The New York Times
Jennifer Laude (1987-2014)
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please press: www.nytimes.com
Donald Trump - Donald Trump accidentally revealed something very important in a tweet
Chris Cillizza
CNN
CNN
Jackass-in-chief
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please press: www.cnn.com
02 September 2020
Donald Trump - Mike Pence's laughable response to questions about Trump's Walter Reed visit
Chris Cillizza
CNN
CNN
Mike Pence
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please press: www.cnn.com
01 September 2020
lead story - Transgender Woman Found Dead in Sand at NYC Beach, Police Say
Press
NBC News
NBC News
New York City, NY
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please press: www.nbcnewyork.com
Donald Trump - How Jim Gaffigan's profanity-laced tirade could hurt Trump
Dean Obeidallah
CNN
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CNN
Jim Gaffigan
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please press: www.cnn.com
ahem... VOTE!!!!
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ezs note: If you aren't one of those who vote regularly, hey, I feel for you. For those of us in the northern climes, I much prefer to stay in a warm apartment.
But this, my friends, is life in Shithead Country.
While Voting Day is officially November 3, some states offer mail-in voting as early as 50 days earlier! That's, like, really no excuse. What you can do now is REGISTER.
See you in a week.
31 August 2020
Donald Trump - Biden condemns violence and asks if Americans 'really feel safe under Donald Trump'
Eric Bradner
CNN
CNN
Joe Biden
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please press: www.cnn.com
29 August 2020
Massachusetts - Kennedy to Trump: Drop your administrative actions harming trans people
Chris Johnson
Washington Blade
Washington Blade
Newton, MA
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please press: www.washingtonblade.com
lead story - Transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson will get a monument in her New Jersey hometown
Christina Maxouris
CNN
CNN
Elizabeth, NJ
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please press: www.cnn.com
Donald Trump - Trump Program to Cover Uninsured Covid-19 Patients Falls Short of Promise
Abby Goodnough
The New York Times
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The New York Times
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28 August 2020
lead story - Transgender woman says she was beaten in her Point Breeze home and called slurs
Julie Shaw
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Point Breeze, PA
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please press: https://www.inquirer.com/news/attack-on-transgender-woman-kendall-stephens-point-breeze-20200826.html
Donald Trump - Will Jerry Falwell Jr's fall from grace end his influence over Trump voters?
Harriet Sherwood
The Guardian
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The Guardian
Jerry Falwell Jr.
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please press: https://www.theguardian.com
25 August 2020
Texas - Local Groups Condemn Proposed Ban on Trans People in Homeless Shelters
lead story - Andersonville’s ‘Say Their Names’ Street Art Honors Black Transgender People Lost To Violence
Donald Trump - Melania Trump taped making derogatory remarks about Donald and Ivanka – report
Martin Pengelly
The Guardian
The Guardian
the (ex-) First Lady of the United States
please press: www.theguardian.com
23 August 2020
Vermont - Rhianna Kendrick: We cannot allow HUD to remove protections for trans people experiencing homelessness
lead story - Livestreamed Hollywood Attack On 3 Transgender Women Shows How “Truly Unsafe” Being Trans Is
Donald Trump - In secretly recorded audio, President Trump’s sister says he has ‘no principles’ and ‘you can’t trust him’
22 August 2020
Scotland - Transgender and non-binary cyclist takes on first ever ‘Tour de Trans’
Pennsylvania - Lawmaker mimics top health official’s call for transgender acceptance to defend not wearing a mask
Cynthia Fernandez, Julia Shanahan
Spotlight PA
Spotlight PA
Annville Township, PA
please press: www.spotlightpa.org
lead story - Los Angeles police arrest two men, seek another in attack against three transgender women
Donald Trump - The party of Trump is already a convention of ghoulish clowns
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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)
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)
21 August 2020
Donald Trump - ‘It was great’: In leaked audio, Trump hailed low Black turnout in 2016
Nolan McCaskill
Politico
Politico
ezs note: Aw, all we're doin' is havin' a little meetin'...
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please press: www.politico.com
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.)
20 August 2020
lead story - Disturbing images of robbery and attack on transgender women in the heart of Hollywood
Christina Gonzalez
FOX News
FOX News
Los Angeles, CA
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please press: www.foxla.com
Donald Trump - Steve Bannon, three others charged with fraud in border wall fundraising campaign
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19 August 2020
lead story - Federal judge says Idaho cannot ban transgender athletes from women's sports teams
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