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Senators Launch Effort Ban Elected Officials Profiting from Prediction Markets

https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-klobuchar-launch-new-effort-to-ban-federal-elected-officials-profiting-from-prediction-markets/

#HackerNews #Senators #PredictionMarkets #ElectedOfficials #Ban #Profiting #Legislation

Looking back on a post I wrote in 2011 right after Gabrielle Giffords was shot, in which I reflected on my political career and the risks that come with being in the public eye. https://biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com/2011/01/representing-aryans-political-speech.html

#politics #ElectedOfficials #WomenLead #HumanRights #Aryans #Nazis #NeoNazis #Idaho #CoeurdAlene #RichardButler #GabrielleGiffords #PoliticalMom

I never quite know when my daily poetry-reading practice and my work in transportation will overlap. They do more often than you might think, as with this poem by Maya Stein, "The Sting."
https://mayastein.com/campaigns/view-email/8IlGTYKuxyvQy0hmK3OHEjfOMRdy2x2AQlLIiBWo_WjX5YT_wuZJSPssXttWWIV6xb73h-sYS44F_Np43GkGoPdNtqYuTr-RFcCSGIkjWLBaFmrbLZMO-R9wwYNgTaFXQpcIxhXV9tzTDSlPmDc2a1mWXx1z3hTkNndNFw==?ss_source=sscampaigns&ss_campaign_id=68aca675e2f0fd766918dc26&ss_email_id=68ae19d5d2547058f5c7222c&

#poetry #poem #poems #TodaysPoem #PoemADay #transportation #TranspoPoems #ElectedOfficials #infrastructure #sidewalks #protest #bees #MayaStein #haibun #Basho #MatsuoBasho #haiku

Many of our elected officials responded to this week's betrayal by Trump & Congressional Republicans.

📃 Read their letter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vIwA_oRBeSOTvOO-JZi1_l-KXRPhyARYlJqJFjZQhF8/edit?tab=t.0

#Seattle #WAState #WAElex #WAPolitics #USPolitics #ElectedOfficials #Democrats

#Extremists #inspired by #conspiracytheories pose major #threat to 2024 #elections, #US #intelligence #warns.

#Candidates, #electedofficials, #election #workers, members of the #media and #judges involved in #election #cases are among those #intelligence #officials #identified as #targets.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/election-threats-rcna177274

#Laws #target #gendernonconforming #Idaho #residents. Here’s what they want you to know.

Many #Republican #electedofficials in the have continued to #dismiss #transgender people's #identities, and a few have grown even more #extreme.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Idaho #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article290844069.html

'Welcome to our #annual #convening of the #GayMafia': #EqualityPAC #celebrates 10 years.

The #political #fundraising #organization promotes #LGBTQ+ #electedofficials and held its annual #gala last week. Here's what went down.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Activism #Politics #Representation #Culture

https://www.advocate.com/politics/equality-pac-gala-dc

#NORC #Poll: 77% Say #ElectedOfficials Use #Transgender #Issues As A #Distraction.

A new NORC poll shows #support for #protecting #transgender #access to #medicalcare and finds that 77% of people in the United States think #politicians use #trans #people as a #distraction for their #failure at #leadership.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/norc-poll-77-say-elected-officials

#NORC #Poll: 77% Say #ElectedOfficials Use #Transgender #Issues As A #Distraction.

A new NORC poll shows #support for #protecting #transgender #access to #medicalcare and finds that 77% of people in the United States think #politicians use #trans #people as a #distraction for their #failure at #leadership.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/norc-poll-77-say-elected-officials

#NORC #Poll: 77% Say #ElectedOfficials Use #Transgender #Issues As A #Distraction.

A new NORC poll shows #support for #protecting #transgender #access to #medicalcare and finds that 77% of people in the United States think #politicians use #trans #people as a #distraction for their #failure at #leadership.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/norc-poll-77-say-elected-officials

#NORC #Poll: 77% Say #ElectedOfficials Use #Transgender #Issues As A #Distraction.

A new NORC poll shows #support for #protecting #transgender #access to #medicalcare and finds that 77% of people in the United States think #politicians use #trans #people as a #distraction for their #failure at #leadership.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/norc-poll-77-say-elected-officials

#NORC #Poll: 77% Say #ElectedOfficials Use #Transgender #Issues As A #Distraction.

A new NORC poll shows #support for #protecting #transgender #access to #medicalcare and finds that 77% of people in the United States think #politicians use #trans #people as a #distraction for their #failure at #leadership.

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/norc-poll-77-say-elected-officials

#GOP-led #RedStates #sue in attempt to #block #Biden's #studentloan #repaymentplan.

"The #JoeBiden-#KamalaHarris #Administration won't stop #fighting to provide #support and #relief to #borrowers across the country — no matter how many times #Republican #electedofficials try to stop us."

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/29/student-debt-cancel-lawsuit-republicans-biden-save

#LGBTQ+ #community in #Lubbock #protests their #citycouncil’s #failure to #pass a #Pride #proclamation

In the #conservative #HighPlains #city, #LGBTQ #leaders and #activists say they feel #unseen and #unsupported by their #electedofficials

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/27/lgbtq-lubbock-protest-council/

Number of #LGBTQ+ #ElectedOfficials at Record High — But Many More Needed.

LGBTQ+ #Americans are still far from #equitable #representation in #publicoffice, says a new #report from the #VictoryInstitute.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics #Activism #DemocraticParty #Allies #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.advocate.com/politics/lgbtq-politicians-2023-record