AMEN!!!

I really don't care whether you are a believer or not.  Pastor Gino Jennings RIPS 'prophetess' Paula White a new one - as well as the morons who believe in Trump. This is hilarious and TRUE.

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EU - European Human Rights Court Fines Romania For Transgender Rights Violations

Press

RFE/RL

Bucharest, Romania

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Kentucky - With Transgender Military Ban Lifted, Kentucky Native Eager to Enlist

Adam K. Raymond

Spectrum News

Glasgow, KY

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lead story - With ban lifted, transgender service members free to figure out what comes next

Jo Yurcaba

NBC News

Fort Bliss, TX

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Joe Biden - Fact Check: Did Joe Biden Set Modern Record For Executive Orders in His First Week?

Darragh Roche

Newsweek

World record!

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Massachusetts - 'It's still hard to think about' : Jacob Lemay shares what living under Trump has felt like for transgender youth

Dialynn Dwyer

Boston.com

Boston, MA

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lead story - Biden lifts Pentagon's ban on transgender people serving in military

Luis Martinez

ABC News

cold weather training

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Joe Biden - Biden attends first Sunday Mass as President

Arlette Saenz, Allie Malloy, Jasmine Wright, Chandelis Duster

CNN

Holy Trinity Catholic Church

Washington DC

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India - Standing on a precipice: A peep into the plight of Northeast India's transgender community

Pritisha Borthakur

EastMojo.com

Kohima, India

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Maine - OUT Maine releases free guidebook ‘Best practices for LGBTQ+ inclusive youth programming’

Press

Bangor Daily News

Bangor, ME

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lead story - Biden Moves to Reverse DeVos on Transgender Students’ Treatment

Andrew Kreighbaum

Bloomberg Government

Department of Education

Washington DC

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Joe Biden - Here are the executive actions Biden will take this week

Brett Samuels

The Hill

Climate

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India - Transgenders To Collect Parking Fees In Bhubaneshwar

ANI

Business World

Bhubaneshwar, India

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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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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

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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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