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Trans teen at center of Supreme Court sports case wins West Virginia state title

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/people/becky-pepper-jackson-championship-win

Inside a hidden summer camp where trans youth in the South thrive

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/culture/trans-kids-summer-camp

NYC Pride grand marshal Peppermint says this year’s focus must include trans people’s humanity

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/culture/peppermint-new-york-city-pride

Kansas judge refuses to block law voiding transgender residents’ drivers’ licenses & policing bathrooms

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/kansas-transgender-license-law-proceeds

We Read Banned Books – YouTube

by ACLU

Video source: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/5FoA/aclu-every-book-featuring-judy-blume-and-jason-reynolds

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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwfdTKcPlB5lValVsFOoyPd0fM1z_8_Er

 We Read Banned Books – Description from YouTube…

Since 2021, dozens of states have moved to introduce and pass classroom censorship bills that restrict students and teachers from discussing race, gender, and sexual orientation in public schools. At the same time, politicians and school boards are making moves to ban books — predominately those by Black and LGBTQ authors — from public schools and libraries. We partnered with some of our favorite artists to read books that have been banned around the country, because everyone has a First Amendment right to learn and read free from censorship or discrimination. To learn more about book bans and how to combat classroom censorship, go to https://www.aclu.org/rtl-resources

Continue/Read Original Article Here: We Read Banned Books – YouTube

Making Sense of Due Process with Legal Expert Lee Gelernt

On this episode of Making Sense, the deputy director of our #Immigrants’ Rights Project Lee Gelernt discusses the Trump administration’s #massdeportation agenda and our fight to defend due process.

#ACLU #AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion #immigration #ICE #dueprocess #law #makingsense

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK0whVe2DeE

7 takeaways from Supreme Court arguments about bans on trans women and girls in sports

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/trans-athletes-scotus-takeaways

ICE OUT For GOOD – Actions You Can Take

https://medi-nerd.com/2026/01/12/ice-out-for-good-actions-you-can-take/

House passes bill banning Medicaid from covering gender-affirming care for youth

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/medicaid-gender-affirming-care-bill

#DeporterInChief | #ACLU #AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion (from 2014)

https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/deporter-chief

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Millions Turn Out for October 18 ‘No Kings’ Protests Across U.S.

[features eyewitness reports from various cities by participants]

from #WorldOutlook
Oct. 20, 2025

More than 7 million people turned out for the #NoKings #protests in about 2,700 cities and towns in all 50 #US states on October 18, 2025. These numbers are based on reports from the organizers and media across the country.

The main sponsors included the liberal group #Indivisible, the #AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion, and hundreds of other national and local organizations.

Some of the largest actions took place in Chicago (250,000), Washington, D.C. (200,000), New York City (where estimates ranged between 100,000 and more than 300,000), and Boston (125,000). Thousands marched in many cities in the South, including Dallas and Houston, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; and Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina.

https://world-outlook.com/2025/10/20/millions-turn-out-for-october-18-no-kings-protests-across-u-s/

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#US cities to resist Trump’s crackdown on dissent with #NoKings protests: ‘We will not be bullied’

Second round of protests at more than 2,500 sites are set for Saturday, including in cities where #Trump has sent troops

from #TheGuardian
Rachel Leingang
Fri 17 Oct 2025 06.00 EDT

More than 200 organizations are signed on as partners for the 18 October protests; none have dropped off for fear of a Trump backlash, Levin said. The #AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion, the civil rights group, is a partner, as is advocacy group Public Citizen. #Unions including the American Federation of Teachers and SEIU are in the coalition. The new protest movement #50501, which began earlier this year as a call for protests in all 50 states on a single day, is also a partner. Other partners include the Human Rights Campaign, MoveOn, United We Dream, the League of Conservation Voters, Common Defense and more.

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Banned Books Week 2025 | American Civil Liberties Union

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Banned Books Week 2025

Tell Congress: No Book Bans In Military Schools

The Trump administration cannot violate the First Amendment by banning books and curricula it doesn’t like from DoD schools or any public school. Send Your Message

Last updated on October 6, 2025

Find an event or learn more about your First Amendment freedoms.

The freedom to read is fundamental to our democracy. This Banned Books Week, the ACLU is highlighting the vital work happening across the country to combat book bans in schools and public libraries, celebrating the power of literature to bring people together, and protecting the First Amendment.

Find a Banned Books Week Event in Your State

If you don’t see your state here, check out your local ACLU affiliate, or Bannedbooksweek.org

• Alaska
• Georgia
• Massachusetts
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• North Dakota
• Wisconsin

Learn More About the Right to Read

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Banned Books Week 2025 | American Civil Liberties Union

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ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for #deportation.

from #Wired
Oct 3, 2025 9:21 AM

The Electronic Privacy Information Center has similarly sued #ICE, calling its reliance on data brokers a “significant threat to privacy and liberty.” The #AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion has argued that buying bulk datasets—such as smartphone location trails gathered from ordinary apps—helps ICE sidestep warrant requirements and helps it pull in vast amounts of data with no clear link to its enforcement mandate.

The newly proposed social media program is only the latest in a string of #surveillance contracts ICE has pursued over the past few years.

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-social-media-surveillance-24-7-contract/

#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
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#USA #US #USpol #politics #Trump
#news

Trump admin asks Supreme Court to restore anti-trans passport policy

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/trump-appeals-passports-supreme-court

Trump Administration Opens New Immigration Jail at Texas Military Base

Despite local opposition, the Trump administration has opened what’s expected to be the largest immigration jail in the country, on the grounds of the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas. In addition to Fort Bliss, the Trump administration also plans to detain immigrants on military bases in New Jersey and Indiana. On August 18, Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas)…

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ACLU Petition – Ohio Public Colleges and Universities: Reject Participation in Federal Immigration Enforcement

“Our message is simple: Our campuses must be places of learning, not fear. Spaces of community, not criminalization.”

Sign the petition here.

Civil Rights Groups Sue to Stop ICE Abductions in New York Courthouses

Civil rights groups are suing the Trump administration to stop ICE officers from abducting people who show up to New York courthouses for their immigration appointments. On August 1, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), and others filed suit in the Southern District of New York on behalf of The Door and African Communities Together…

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Trump’s Desaparecidos
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/19/trumps-desaparecidos/
A hacker found more than 40 people not previously acknowledged by the Trump administration on the list of migrants deported to CECOT, according to 404 Media. By Julia Conley Common Dreams Dozens of people who have never been acknowledged by the…
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https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:d81cb5d1-30d0-45d1-aa37-1f2a065b9126

Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans

The ruling, which is limited to the Southern District of Texas, prohibited the administration from using the wartime law because the president’s claims about a Venezuelan gang do not add up to an “invasion.”

By Alan Feuer, Mattathias Schwartz and Charlie Savage
Published May 1, 2025
Updated May 2, 2025, 3:00 a.m. ET

The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and criminal justice organizations are asking state lawmakers to roll back bills that would keep people accused of violent crimes in jail before their cases move to trial.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/criminal-justice/2025/04/30/520217/criminal-justice-aclu-advocates-decry-bail-reform-legislation-while-abbott-advocates/

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https://action.aclu.org/send-message/wrongful-deportations

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...most abused provisions of FISA,” #PatrickToomey, the deputy director of #AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion’s #NationalSecurityProject, which filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case, said in a statement.
👉“As the court recognized, the #FBI’s rampant digital searches of Americans are an immense invasion of privacy, and trigger the bedrock protections of the Fourth Amendment.👈
👉#Section702...

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