lead story - Biden picks transgender physician Rachel Levine as assistant health secretary

Press

NBC News

Dr. Rachel Levine

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

Donald Trump - Mitch McConnell: Capitol Hill mob was 'provoked' by Trump

Alex Rogers, Clare Foran

CNN

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-TN)

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please press:  www.cnn.com

New York - North Brooklyn Residents Plead With Gov. Cuomo To Keep Marsha P. Johnson State Park Open

Anna Conkling

Bklyner.

Brooklyn, NY (1900)

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please press:  bklyner.com

lead story - Montana Republican targets transgender youth with 2 new bills

Dan Avery

NBC News

Kalispell, MT

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

Donald Trump - Capitol rioter plotted to sell stolen Pelosi laptop to Russian intelligence

Tom Winter, Corky Siemaszko

NBC News

Moscow, Russia

FIS headquarters

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

Delaware - LGBTQ Social Group In Delaware Brings Community Together

Press

TechnoCodex

Wilmington, DE

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please press:  

lead story - For some transgender people, pandemic paves path to transition

Carol Leonetti Dannhauser

CT Mirror

South Windsor, CT

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please press:  ctmirror.org

Joe Biden - Washington, D.C., locks down as inauguration events kick off

Sarah Baldwin, Audrey McNamara, Caroline Linton

CBS News

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please press:  www.cbsnews.com

Idaho - Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe and Candace Parker Support Brief Against Idaho Anti-Transgender Law

Jenna West

Sports Illustrated

 

Boise, ID

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please press:  www.si.com

lead story - Judge: Alabama transgender license policy unconstitutional

Kim Chandler

ABC News

Montgomery, AL

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please press:  abcnews.go.com

Donald Trump - As Trump leaves the stage, Republicans grapple with new conspiracy caucus

Michael Warren

CNN

Eeeek! It's a conspiracy!

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please press:  www.cnn.com

NOTE - "American Reckoning", PBS

 Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7-iEx3yOsw

ezs note:  "American Reckoning" will be shown at 9 pm Eastern Time. 

India - Gender Should Never Be A Barrier In Life: Transmodel Archie Singh

Arshi Khanam

Outlook

Itangar, India

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please press:  www.outlookindia.com

Florida - Trump Judges Distort Precedent to Rule Against Transgender Inmate in Florida: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears

Paul Gordon

People For The American Way

Panama City, FL

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please press:  www.pfaw.org

lead story - Body of missing transgender woman, 37, found in SUV on Detroit's west side

Miriam Marini

Detroit Free Press

 Detroit, MI

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please press:  www.freep.com

ezs note:  Detroiters - if you have any information on the murder of Natasha Kieanna, please contact the Detroit police at 313-596-5840.  Thanks.

Joe Biden - Biden wrests control of Trump's spotlight and makes first big bet of presidency

Stephen Collinson, Maeve Reston

CNN

Hint - it ain't on Trump.

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please press:  www.cnn.com

Washington (state) - WSU announces Visiting Writers Schedule for Spring 2021

Staff

WSU Insider

Pullman, WA

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please press:  news.wsu.edu

lead story - Transgender man fatally shot in Puerto Rico

Dan Avery 

NBC News

Trujillo Alto, PR

(section of San Juan)

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please press:  www.nbcnews.com

ezs note:  Samuel Edmund Damián Valentin is the latest transgender man to be murdered.  If you  have any information, please contact the San Juan police department at 956-223-2400. Thanks. 

Nota de ezs: Samuel Edmund Damián Valentin es el último hombre transgénero asesinado. Si tiene alguna información, comuníquese con el departamento de policía de San Juan al 956-223-2400. Gracias.

Donald Trump - Trump Struggles to Find Lawyers as Impeachment Trial Nears

Tom Schoenberg, Jennifer Jacobs, Jordan Fabian

Bloomberg

law office

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please press:  www.bloomberg.com

IMPEACHMENT, AGAIN

 

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ezs note:  To see the final vote, go to 6:52:04.  Thanks.

Pennsylvania - Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania now offers hormone therapy for transgender and non-binary patients

Amanda Waltz

Pittsburgh City Paper

Pittsburgh, PA

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please press:  www.pghcitypaper.com

lead story - HRC Mourns Tyianna Alexander, Black Transgender Woman Killed in Chicago

Madeleine Roberts

HRC

Chicago, IL

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please press:  www.hrc.org

ezs note: Chicagoans -  it may be a coincidence, but two transgender women have been killed in less than a month.  Tyianna Alexander and Courtney "Eshay" Key were the victims.  If you have any information on the perpetrator(s), contact the Chicago police at 312-746-6000. Thanks.

Donald Trump - Trump's 5-year campaign of lies led to the Capitol attack. And we just let it happen.

Cindy L. Otis

USA Today

Uh... we told ya so...

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please press:  www.usatoday.com

UK - British trans clinic appeals puberty blockers judgment

Rachel Savage

Thomson Reuters Foundation News

London, UK

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please press:  news.trust.org

Michigan - Prosecutors won't proceed with charges against Michigan woman arrested during Capitol insurrection

Riley Beggin

The Detroit News

Grand Rapids, MI

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please press:  www.detroitnews.com

ezs note:  Leslie - you do have all your marbles together, don't you?  Just sayin'...

lead story - Sydney women-only ocean pool under fire over transgender policy

Helen Sullivan

The Guardian

 Sydney, Australia

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please press:  www.theguardian.com

Donald Trump - Early warning signs emerge for GOP after US Capitol riots

Mark Levy, Thomas Beaumont, Nicholas Riccardi

AP

A "friendly" little meet-up

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please press:  apnews.com

FLASH - Armed protests being planned at all 50 state capitols, FBI bulletin says

Aaron Katersky, Celia Darrough

ABC News

Connecticut State Capitol

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please press:  abcnews.go.com

Alabama - Alabama lawmakers again seek to ban transgender treatments for minors

Mike Cason

AL.com

Troy, AL

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please press:  www.al.com

lead story - How transgender protection laws differ by state

Alexander Raeburn

Napa Valley Register

Napa, CA

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please press:  napavalleyregister.com

Donald Trump - House Democrats plan to vote Wednesday to impeach Trump

Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju, Lauren Fox, Phil Mattingly

CNN

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please press:  www.cnn.com

ATTENTION

The following raw footage of the breach of the Capitol is over 6 hours long.  It is courtesy of globalnews.ca.  As I've said, the footage is raw, so you might only get a glimpse of someone.  If you're really lucky though, the FBI or Capitol police might find this very helpful.  If you're certain,     TURN THEM IN.  Thanks.

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNQRGohdW9Y

World - Activists around the world react to Capitol siege

Michael K. Lavers

Los Angeles Blade

The Earth

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please press:  www.losangelesblade.com

Iowa - Iowa Safe Schools will work to ban conversion therapy in new lawmaking session

Zach Sommers

We Are Iowa

Des Moines, IA (1907)

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please press:  www.weareiowa.com

ezs note:  No matter where you are in Iowa, it helps if you call your state Congressperson and tell her/him that you support  banning "conversion therapy".  Thanks.

lead story - Advocacy Group, Lawmakers Team Up to Support Transgender Chicagoans

Blair Paddock

WTTW

Chicago, IL

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please press:  news.wttw.com

Mike Pence - Pence has not ruled out 25th Amendment, source says

Jim Acosta, Pamela Brown

CNN

Vice President's residence

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please press:  www.cnn.com

An Air Force Combat Veteran Breached the Senate

Ronan Farrow

The New Yorker

J

Larry Rendall Brock Jr.

Turn him in to the police.

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please press:  www.newyorker.com

New Mexico - Victor Reyes, Top Aide To Governor, Launches Campaign For U.S. Congress

Press

Los Alamos Reporter

Estancia, NM 

(part of 1st Congressional District)

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please press:  losalamosreporter.com

lead story - Trump Jr. Incited Capitol Mob With Anti-Transgender Rant

Trudy Ring

The Advocate

Washington DC

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please press:  www.advocate.com

Donald Trump - DOJ announces charges against man carrying Pelosi's podium and others in US Capitol riot

Evan Perez, Katelyn Polantz

CNN

A fitting look

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please press:  www.cnn.com

TRAITORS

These are the names of the 147 cretins who did their best to upend the legal President of the United States, Joe Biden.  If you, or someone you know live in these areas, perhaps it would be best to oust them in 2022. Go to house.gov to find out if you live there.

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTodqC5STIY

Virginia - Transgender Homeless People Struggle to Find Shelter in Richmond. This Bill Would Help.

Arianna Coghill

Dogwood

Richmond, VA

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please press:  vadogwood.com

lead story - First-ever Jamaica transgender strategy looks beyond health

Press

Mirage

Kingston, Jamaica

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please press:  www.miragenews.com

Donald Trump - Former Trump communications director says President lied about 2020 election and should consider resigning

Veronica  Stracqualursi

CNN

Rats jumping a sinking ship...

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please press:  www.cnn.com

ezs note:  Uh, nice thought, Alyssa, but he's not coming out early. It takes an act of Congress.

lead story - BRPD asking for information about deadly shooting of transgender woman last summer

Michael Scheidt

BRPROUD

 Baton Rouge, LA

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please press:  www.brproud.com

ezs note:  Baton Rouge residents - if you have any information about the murder of Queasha Hardy, please call the BRPD at 225-344-STOP.  Thanks.

Donald Trump - Calls grow in Congress for Trump to be removed by impeachment or the 25th Amendment

Clare Foran

CNN

IMPEACH. NOW.

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please press:  www.cnn.com

A NOTE

Before working on this blog, I contacted Rep. John Larson and told his caller that the cretins that stormed the Capitol yesterday should be punished to the FULLEST extent of the law.  I hope you will do the same.  Please contact house.gov and follow the instructions to find out who your Representative is. Thanks.

Kansas - This Kansas Filmmaker Is Providing Opportunities For Other Transgender Creatives

Press

KCUR

La Crosse, KS

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please press:  www.kcur.org

lead story - Fox News Cuts Away From Donald Trump Jr’s Comments on Trans Women

Lindsey Ellefson

thewrap.com

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please press:  www.thewrap.com

Donald Trump - U.S. Capitol Locked Down As Trump Supporters Breach The Building

Elena Moore

NPR

US Capitol burned by British in 1814 

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please press:  www.npr.org

ezs note :  This is a rapidly developing situation; police from Virginia and Maryland are surrounding the Capitol; and it is not clear whether the Joint Session will resume today.  For more information, please go to NBC News live.

Addendum:  Riot police are storming the Capitol now.