New York - New York Democrats finally ready to repeal ‘walking while trans’ loitering law

Denis Slattery

New York Daily News

Yonkers, NY

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lead story - Pennsylvania state representative mocks Dr. Rachel Levine on Facebook, apologizes

AP

ABC 6

Ford City, PA

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please press:  6abc.com

Joe Biden - Psaki announces new White House effort to combat domestic extremism in wake of Capitol riot

Brittany Shepherd

Yahoo! News

Press Secretary Jen Psaki

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Australia - Margaret Court's Order of Australia award sparks anger

Press

BBC News

Perth, Australia

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Colorado - Transgender pastor from Colorado takes part in the Inaugural Prayer Ceremony

Deborah Takahara

FOX 31

Longmont, CO

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lead story - Biden order may mean trouble for Idaho transgender sports law

Sally Krutig

Post Register

Arco, ID

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Joe Biden - Biden wants to remove this controversial word from US laws

Catherine E. Shoichet

CNN 

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New Hampshire - BOSC Policy Committee recommends new transgender policy

Andrew Sylvia

Manchester Ink Link

Manchester, NH

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lead story - Biden issues executive order expanding LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Elementary classroom

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Joe Biden - 'Welcome Back America': Newspapers around the world react to Biden's inauguration

Rob Picheta

CNN Business

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Maryland - Maryland bill would ease requirements for trans people to legally change their name

Bil Browning

LGBTQ Nation

Elkton, MD

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lead story - Biden to reverse transgender military ban imminently, White House says

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

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Joe Biden - Joe Biden is now president, but Trump has changed the US for a generation

Martin Kettle

The Guardian

Aerial view of Capitol

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DING DONG, THE WITCH IS DEAD! (live coverage of Pres. Joe Biden inaugural speech)

 

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A Reporter’s Footage from Inside the Capitol Siege | The New Yorker (video)

 

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Nebraska - Bethel Church breaks away from U.C.C., citing left-leaning activism

Dan Swanson

News Channel Nebraska

Nebraska City, NE

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ezs note:  Uh, try as I might, I don't find "don't be transgender' in the sayings of Jesus.  Ever.

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

Press

NBC News

Dr. Rachel Levine

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

Dan Avery

NBC News

Kalispell, MT

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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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Delaware - LGBTQ Social Group In Delaware Brings Community Together

Press

TechnoCodex

Wilmington, DE

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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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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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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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NOTE - "American Reckoning", PBS

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.