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FDA: Three psychedelic drugs to get review following Trump directive

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration said Friday it will…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/548831/

A look at birthright citizenship, and how it’s seen around the world

The Supreme Court is once again hearing arguments on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to …
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https://www.newsbeep.com/461821/

More coverage of Friday's appellate briefs from the four #LawFirms who stood up for the #Constitution against the tyranny of Trump's extortionate #ExecutiveOrders.

• (paywallled) https://www.law360.com/articles/2458839 "Firms Targeted By Trump Urge DC Circ. To Uphold EO Rulings"

How is it this terse and hard to unpack? Does... does Law360 think they are print journalism?

• https://www.jdjournal.com/2026/03/30/law-firms-urge-court-to-uphold-block-on-trump-orders/ — A great example of how trying to sound fair to both sides can minimize the fact that one side is completely crazypants, is an affront to the Constitution, and is willing to drag us all to hell. SNAFU.

I guess we're lucky that anyone in the "view from nowhere" camp even covered Friday's briefs because it's not getting a lot over coverage from the big networks with more visible failures like the elective war based on overdependence on AIs trained to be echo chambers replacing critical thought and Trump deciding first to put untrained ICE agents in airports to "help" TSA without a plan and then deciding that if the Constitution says he has to negotiate with Congress then laws mean nothing.

• https://abovethelaw.com/2026/03/biglaw-to-d-c-circuit-this-isnt-just-about-us-its-about-whether-the-president-can-put-lawyers-on-a-leash/

> Biglaw To D.C. Circuit: This Isn’t Just About Us — It’s About Whether The President Can Put Lawyers On A Leash

> Susman, Jenner, Perkins, and Wilmer say the executive orders are retaliatory, abusive, and very much not okay.

Now that's the headline I want to see.

And the author, Kathryn Rubino, ends the piece showing she and the law firms knows what's at stake:

> The question isn’t whether Biglaw can survive; it’s whether the legal system, as we understand it, can.

But, I guess Liz Dye is busy, because there could always be room for sharper language. :)

More coverage of Friday's appellate briefs from the four #LawFirms who stood up for the #Constitution against the tyranny of Trump's extortionate #ExecutiveOrders.

• (paywallled) https://www.law360.com/articles/2458839 "Firms Targeted By Trump Urge DC Circ. To Uphold EO Rulings"

How is it this terse and hard to unpack? Does... does Law360 think they are print journalism?

• https://www.jdjournal.com/2026/03/30/law-firms-urge-court-to-uphold-block-on-trump-orders/ — A great example of how trying to sound fair to both sides can minimize the fact that one side is completely crazypants, is an affront to the Constitution, and is willing to drag us all to hell. SNAFU.

I guess we're lucky that anyone in the "view from nowhere" camp even covered Friday's briefs because it's not getting a lot over coverage from the big networks with more visible failures like the elective war based on overdependence on AIs trained to be echo chambers replacing critical thought and Trump deciding first to put untrained ICE agents in airports to "help" TSA without a plan and then deciding that if the Constitution says he has to negotiate with Congress then laws mean nothing.

• https://abovethelaw.com/2026/03/biglaw-to-d-c-circuit-this-isnt-just-about-us-its-about-whether-the-president-can-put-lawyers-on-a-leash/

> Biglaw To D.C. Circuit: This Isn’t Just About Us — It’s About Whether The President Can Put Lawyers On A Leash

> Susman, Jenner, Perkins, and Wilmer say the executive orders are retaliatory, abusive, and very much not okay.

Now that's the headline I want to see.

And the author, Kathryn Rubino, ends the piece showing she and the law firms knows what's at stake:

> The question isn’t whether Biglaw can survive; it’s whether the legal system, as we understand it, can.

But, I guess Liz Dye is busy, because there could always be room for sharper language. :)

More coverage of Friday's appellate briefs from the four #LawFirms who stood up for the #Constitution against the tyranny of Trump's extortionate #ExecutiveOrders.

• (paywallled) https://www.law360.com/articles/2458839 "Firms Targeted By Trump Urge DC Circ. To Uphold EO Rulings"

How is it this terse and hard to unpack? Does... does Law360 think they are print journalism?

• https://www.jdjournal.com/2026/03/30/law-firms-urge-court-to-uphold-block-on-trump-orders/ — A great example of how trying to sound fair to both sides can minimize the fact that one side is completely crazypants, is an affront to the Constitution, and is willing to drag us all to hell. SNAFU.

I guess we're lucky that anyone in the "view from nowhere" camp even covered Friday's briefs because it's not getting a lot over coverage from the big networks with more visible failures like the elective war based on overdependence on AIs trained to be echo chambers replacing critical thought and Trump deciding first to put untrained ICE agents in airports to "help" TSA without a plan and then deciding that if the Constitution says he has to negotiate with Congress then laws mean nothing.

• https://abovethelaw.com/2026/03/biglaw-to-d-c-circuit-this-isnt-just-about-us-its-about-whether-the-president-can-put-lawyers-on-a-leash/

> Biglaw To D.C. Circuit: This Isn’t Just About Us — It’s About Whether The President Can Put Lawyers On A Leash

> Susman, Jenner, Perkins, and Wilmer say the executive orders are retaliatory, abusive, and very much not okay.

Now that's the headline I want to see.

And the author, Kathryn Rubino, ends the piece showing she and the law firms knows what's at stake:

> The question isn’t whether Biglaw can survive; it’s whether the legal system, as we understand it, can.

But, I guess Liz Dye is busy, because there could always be room for sharper language. :)

More coverage of Friday's appellate briefs from the four #LawFirms who stood up for the #Constitution against the tyranny of Trump's extortionate #ExecutiveOrders.

• (paywallled) https://www.law360.com/articles/2458839 "Firms Targeted By Trump Urge DC Circ. To Uphold EO Rulings"

How is it this terse and hard to unpack? Does... does Law360 think they are print journalism?

• https://www.jdjournal.com/2026/03/30/law-firms-urge-court-to-uphold-block-on-trump-orders/ — A great example of how trying to sound fair to both sides can minimize the fact that one side is completely crazypants, is an affront to the Constitution, and is willing to drag us all to hell. SNAFU.

I guess we're lucky that anyone in the "view from nowhere" camp even covered Friday's briefs because it's not getting a lot over coverage from the big networks with more visible failures like the elective war based on overdependence on AIs trained to be echo chambers replacing critical thought and Trump deciding first to put untrained ICE agents in airports to "help" TSA without a plan and then deciding that if the Constitution says he has to negotiate with Congress then laws mean nothing.

• https://abovethelaw.com/2026/03/biglaw-to-d-c-circuit-this-isnt-just-about-us-its-about-whether-the-president-can-put-lawyers-on-a-leash/

> Biglaw To D.C. Circuit: This Isn’t Just About Us — It’s About Whether The President Can Put Lawyers On A Leash

> Susman, Jenner, Perkins, and Wilmer say the executive orders are retaliatory, abusive, and very much not okay.

Now that's the headline I want to see.

And the author, Kathryn Rubino, ends the piece showing she and the law firms knows what's at stake:

> The question isn’t whether Biglaw can survive; it’s whether the legal system, as we understand it, can.

But, I guess Liz Dye is busy, because there could always be room for sharper language. :)

Now the #LawFirms that went 4-0 defeating the #ExecutiveOrders in the District Courts have filed their appellate briefs on 2026/03/27.

#WilmerHale:
• The Executive Order is unconstitutional and ultra vires from stem to stern, from retaliatory motive to (lack of) methodology or support in statute.
• The Article III judges rule what constitutes wrongful filings, not the President. Also, many of those filings won. Is Trump tired of (us) winning?
• Not only is the blanket security revocation an impermissible act but it was reversed at law firms that capitulated and therefore obviously done for improper, extortionate, purpose. Previously, the Government said that these were blanket revocations given to law firms, so it is too late and too far a stretch to claim *now* that they were individualized.
• The preamble can't be severed from the order when it is the organizing principle for the extortion scheme.

#JennerBlock:
• First Amendment forbids retaliation for associating with the President's political enemies.
• Everything that isn't retaliation is a fig leaf of post-hoc pretext (23 words of pretext and 200+ words of Trump's grievances).
• Blanket security clearance revocation with a promise to look for cause in a later review isn't individualized judgment (as required by the 1st, and 5th Amendments) it is just retaliation without facts or permissible method. This decision is improper and subject to court review.

Now the #LawFirms that went 4-0 defeating the #ExecutiveOrders in the District Courts have filed their appellate briefs on 2026/03/27.

#WilmerHale:
• The Executive Order is unconstitutional and ultra vires from stem to stern, from retaliatory motive to (lack of) methodology or support in statute.
• The Article III judges rule what constitutes wrongful filings, not the President. Also, many of those filings won. Is Trump tired of (us) winning?
• Not only is the blanket security revocation an impermissible act but it was reversed at law firms that capitulated and therefore obviously done for improper, extortionate, purpose. Previously, the Government said that these were blanket revocations given to law firms, so it is too late and too far a stretch to claim *now* that they were individualized.
• The preamble can't be severed from the order when it is the organizing principle for the extortion scheme.

#JennerBlock:
• First Amendment forbids retaliation for associating with the President's political enemies.
• Everything that isn't retaliation is a fig leaf of post-hoc pretext (23 words of pretext and 200+ words of Trump's grievances).
• Blanket security clearance revocation with a promise to look for cause in a later review isn't individualized judgment (as required by the 1st, and 5th Amendments) it is just retaliation without facts or permissible method. This decision is improper and subject to court review.

Now the #LawFirms that went 4-0 defeating the #ExecutiveOrders in the District Courts have filed their appellate briefs on 2026/03/27.

#WilmerHale:
• The Executive Order is unconstitutional and ultra vires from stem to stern, from retaliatory motive to (lack of) methodology or support in statute.
• The Article III judges rule what constitutes wrongful filings, not the President. Also, many of those filings won. Is Trump tired of (us) winning?
• Not only is the blanket security revocation an impermissible act but it was reversed at law firms that capitulated and therefore obviously done for improper, extortionate, purpose. Previously, the Government said that these were blanket revocations given to law firms, so it is too late and too far a stretch to claim *now* that they were individualized.
• The preamble can't be severed from the order when it is the organizing principle for the extortion scheme.

#JennerBlock:
• First Amendment forbids retaliation for associating with the President's political enemies.
• Everything that isn't retaliation is a fig leaf of post-hoc pretext (23 words of pretext and 200+ words of Trump's grievances).
• Blanket security clearance revocation with a promise to look for cause in a later review isn't individualized judgment (as required by the 1st, and 5th Amendments) it is just retaliation without facts or permissible method. This decision is improper and subject to court review.

Now the #LawFirms that went 4-0 defeating the #ExecutiveOrders in the District Courts have filed their appellate briefs on 2026/03/27.

#WilmerHale:
• The Executive Order is unconstitutional and ultra vires from stem to stern, from retaliatory motive to (lack of) methodology or support in statute.
• The Article III judges rule what constitutes wrongful filings, not the President. Also, many of those filings won. Is Trump tired of (us) winning?
• Not only is the blanket security revocation an impermissible act but it was reversed at law firms that capitulated and therefore obviously done for improper, extortionate, purpose. Previously, the Government said that these were blanket revocations given to law firms, so it is too late and too far a stretch to claim *now* that they were individualized.
• The preamble can't be severed from the order when it is the organizing principle for the extortion scheme.

#JennerBlock:
• First Amendment forbids retaliation for associating with the President's political enemies.
• Everything that isn't retaliation is a fig leaf of post-hoc pretext (23 words of pretext and 200+ words of Trump's grievances).
• Blanket security clearance revocation with a promise to look for cause in a later review isn't individualized judgment (as required by the 1st, and 5th Amendments) it is just retaliation without facts or permissible method. This decision is improper and subject to court review.

Now the #LawFirms that went 4-0 defeating the #ExecutiveOrders in the District Courts have filed their appellate briefs on 2026/03/27.

#WilmerHale:
• The Executive Order is unconstitutional and ultra vires from stem to stern, from retaliatory motive to (lack of) methodology or support in statute.
• The Article III judges rule what constitutes wrongful filings, not the President. Also, many of those filings won. Is Trump tired of (us) winning?
• Not only is the blanket security revocation an impermissible act but it was reversed at law firms that capitulated and therefore obviously done for improper, extortionate, purpose. Previously, the Government said that these were blanket revocations given to law firms, so it is too late and too far a stretch to claim *now* that they were individualized.
• The preamble can't be severed from the order when it is the organizing principle for the extortion scheme.

#JennerBlock:
• First Amendment forbids retaliation for associating with the President's political enemies.
• Everything that isn't retaliation is a fig leaf of post-hoc pretext (23 words of pretext and 200+ words of Trump's grievances).
• Blanket security clearance revocation with a promise to look for cause in a later review isn't individualized judgment (as required by the 1st, and 5th Amendments) it is just retaliation without facts or permissible method. This decision is improper and subject to court review.

Here we go. #Anthropic sues the Government for labeling it a security risk out of animus. #WilmerHale, one of the #LawFirms that stood up to #Trump's bullying #ExecutiveOrders now gets paid to explain again that the government doesn't get to have hurt feelings.

Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Department of War (California N.D. 26-cv-01996) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72379655/anthropic-pbc-v-us-department-of-war/

Five counts, one theme — animus omnia vitiat:

Count I — APA / 10 U.S.C. § 3252 — The "supply chain risk" designation doesn't follow the statute or the facts.

Count II — First Amendment Retaliation — "AI shouldn't autonomously kill people" is protected speech.

Count III — Ultra Vires / Article II — No law lets a President destroy a company by social media post.

Count IV — Fifth Amendment Due Process — You can't de facto debar someone with no notice, no hearing, no findings.

Count V — APA § 558 — Agencies can't impose sanctions outside their delegated authority.

The Trump Administration had a temper tantrum and said "You're not the boss of me, I'm the boss of you. I'll end you!". Anthropic points out that animus is no substitute for #RuleOfLaw.

So why did they sue #Hegseth's #DepartmentOfWar rather than the statutory #DepartmentOfDefense? Because Trump authorized the name, because it shows respect to #Hegseth's sensitive feelings, and because it underscores the ridiculousness of the government tasking #AI to kill (and surveil) people autonomously. #skynet! On the off-chance the judge orders a caption change, their hands are clean and the lawyer's can't point to any act of defiance.

https://gizmodo.com/anthropic-officially-sues-the-pentagon-for-labeling-the-ai-company-a-supply-chain-risk-2000731365

Here we go. #Anthropic sues the Government for labeling it a security risk out of animus. #WilmerHale, one of the #LawFirms that stood up to #Trump's bullying #ExecutiveOrders now gets paid to explain again that the government doesn't get to have hurt feelings.

Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Department of War (California N.D. 26-cv-01996) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72379655/anthropic-pbc-v-us-department-of-war/

Five counts, one theme — animus omnia vitiat:

Count I — APA / 10 U.S.C. § 3252 — The "supply chain risk" designation doesn't follow the statute or the facts.

Count II — First Amendment Retaliation — "AI shouldn't autonomously kill people" is protected speech.

Count III — Ultra Vires / Article II — No law lets a President destroy a company by social media post.

Count IV — Fifth Amendment Due Process — You can't de facto debar someone with no notice, no hearing, no findings.

Count V — APA § 558 — Agencies can't impose sanctions outside their delegated authority.

The Trump Administration had a temper tantrum and said "You're not the boss of me, I'm the boss of you. I'll end you!". Anthropic points out that animus is no substitute for #RuleOfLaw.

So why did they sue #Hegseth's #DepartmentOfWar rather than the statutory #DepartmentOfDefense? Because Trump authorized the name, because it shows respect to #Hegseth's sensitive feelings, and because it underscores the ridiculousness of the government tasking #AI to kill (and surveil) people autonomously. #skynet! On the off-chance the judge orders a caption change, their hands are clean and the lawyer's can't point to any act of defiance.

https://gizmodo.com/anthropic-officially-sues-the-pentagon-for-labeling-the-ai-company-a-supply-chain-risk-2000731365

Here we go. #Anthropic sues the Government for labeling it a security risk out of animus. #WilmerHale, one of the #LawFirms that stood up to #Trump's bullying #ExecutiveOrders now gets paid to explain again that the government doesn't get to have hurt feelings.

Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Department of War (California N.D. 26-cv-01996) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72379655/anthropic-pbc-v-us-department-of-war/

Five counts, one theme — animus omnia vitiat:

Count I — APA / 10 U.S.C. § 3252 — The "supply chain risk" designation doesn't follow the statute or the facts.

Count II — First Amendment Retaliation — "AI shouldn't autonomously kill people" is protected speech.

Count III — Ultra Vires / Article II — No law lets a President destroy a company by social media post.

Count IV — Fifth Amendment Due Process — You can't de facto debar someone with no notice, no hearing, no findings.

Count V — APA § 558 — Agencies can't impose sanctions outside their delegated authority.

The Trump Administration had a temper tantrum and said "You're not the boss of me, I'm the boss of you. I'll end you!". Anthropic points out that animus is no substitute for #RuleOfLaw.

So why did they sue #Hegseth's #DepartmentOfWar rather than the statutory #DepartmentOfDefense? Because Trump authorized the name, because it shows respect to #Hegseth's sensitive feelings, and because it underscores the ridiculousness of the government tasking #AI to kill (and surveil) people autonomously. #skynet! On the off-chance the judge orders a caption change, their hands are clean and the lawyer's can't point to any act of defiance.

https://gizmodo.com/anthropic-officially-sues-the-pentagon-for-labeling-the-ai-company-a-supply-chain-risk-2000731365

Here we go. #Anthropic sues the Government for labeling it a security risk out of animus. #WilmerHale, one of the #LawFirms that stood up to #Trump's bullying #ExecutiveOrders now gets paid to explain again that the government doesn't get to have hurt feelings.

Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Department of War (California N.D. 26-cv-01996) https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72379655/anthropic-pbc-v-us-department-of-war/

Five counts, one theme — animus omnia vitiat:

Count I — APA / 10 U.S.C. § 3252 — The "supply chain risk" designation doesn't follow the statute or the facts.

Count II — First Amendment Retaliation — "AI shouldn't autonomously kill people" is protected speech.

Count III — Ultra Vires / Article II — No law lets a President destroy a company by social media post.

Count IV — Fifth Amendment Due Process — You can't de facto debar someone with no notice, no hearing, no findings.

Count V — APA § 558 — Agencies can't impose sanctions outside their delegated authority.

The Trump Administration had a temper tantrum and said "You're not the boss of me, I'm the boss of you. I'll end you!". Anthropic points out that animus is no substitute for #RuleOfLaw.

So why did they sue #Hegseth's #DepartmentOfWar rather than the statutory #DepartmentOfDefense? Because Trump authorized the name, because it shows respect to #Hegseth's sensitive feelings, and because it underscores the ridiculousness of the government tasking #AI to kill (and surveil) people autonomously. #skynet! On the off-chance the judge orders a caption change, their hands are clean and the lawyer's can't point to any act of defiance.

https://gizmodo.com/anthropic-officially-sues-the-pentagon-for-labeling-the-ai-company-a-supply-chain-risk-2000731365

Their Conspiracies Just Broadcast What They'll Do When in Power 1/5
"Obama's coming after your guns!" He couldn't get gun laws thru the #Senate & his #ExecutiveOrders would trigger background checks, require licenses.
>Despite issuing #pardons for his own armed #Jan6 attackers, our #DearLeader says when #liberals like #AlexPretti bring guns to #protests, they deserve to be murdered by his #brownshirts.
#fascist #USA #GOP #DOJ #NRA #ICE #SCOTUS #NoKings #OurPutin
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/obama-tears-into-the-nra-at-town-hall-on-gun-violence

Disability groups are standing united for trans rights. That hasn’t always been the case

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/disability-protections-transgender-trump

UNC System details painstaking process to root out diversity, equity and inclusion  – NC Newsline

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UNC System details painstaking process to root out diversity, equity and inclusion 

By: Clayton Henkel – January 8, 2026 9:00 am

The University of North Carolina System assured state legislators Wednesday that they are doing everything in their power to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion language and programs across the 17-campus system.

The UNC Board of Governors voted in May 2024 to formally repeal the system’s policy on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in favor of “principled neutrality.”

Still, equity has remained in the political crosshairs, with Republicans lawmakers filing multiple bills in the 2025 session to  prohibit the support, funding or implementation of DEI programs in state government and education.

Bart Goodson, the UNC System’s senior vice president for government affairs, told members of the House Select Committee on Government Efficiency that by the time President Trump’s executive orders on discrimination and DEI rolled out in January 2025, the system was ahead of the curve.

Goodson said each campus was advised on the remaining steps necessary to bring campuses into full compliance with the Trump administration’s orders.

“The guidance emphasizes the policies refocus on student success and reminds campuses of the constant, ongoing vigilance campuses must use,” said Goodson.

A memo from the system also mandated that all general education requirements that included completion of course credits related to diversity, equity and inclusion be suspended.

The system further mandated an annual campus reporting requirement with the chancellor’s signature to verify compliance.

To date, 59 positions tied to DEI have been eliminated and 131 have been realigned. The system estimates that the implementation of the equality policy across the University of North Carolina system has saved $17.1 million. The savings have been redirected to student mental health, military and veteran student services and academic advising, according to Goodson.

But efforts to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion from higher education in North Carolina have not been quick or easy.

“We’re turning over every stone,” Goodson told committee members.

The campuses have manually reviewed more than 4,756 web pages, revised 1,270 web pages, and reviewed over 8,000 gifts, including scholarships and grants. Of those gift funds, 345 were flagged, 29 amended, with some spending paused. Funding from 85 foundations required working with individual donors to bring agreements into compliance.

“It takes a lot of manpower and a lot of man hours to review this information,” Goodson told the committee. “It’s a time-consuming area.”

Continue/Read Original Article Here: UNC System details painstaking process to root out diversity, equity and inclusion  • NC Newsline

This Maine school district passed trans-inclusive policies. Online comments forced it to up security

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/maine-school-district-security-transgender

This Maine school district passed trans-inclusive policies. Online comments forced it to up security

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/maine-school-district-security-transgender

This Maine school district passed trans-inclusive policies. Online comments forced it to up security

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/maine-school-district-security-transgender

This Maine school district passed trans-inclusive policies. Online comments forced it to up security

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/maine-school-district-security-transgender

Zohran Mamdani’s tenure as NYC mayor begins with subway commute and Israeli backlash

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Zohran Mamdani’s tenure as NYC mayor begins with subway commute and Israeli backlash

NEW YOR…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Affordablehousing #America #BilldeBlasio #EricAdams #Executiveorders #Generalnews #Governmentandpolitics #israel #Israelgovernment #LocalNewsforApple #Manhattan #Masstransit #MichaelBloomberg #NewYork #NewYorkCity #politics #Queens #socialism #Transportation #U.S.news #UnitedStatesofAmerica #ZohranMamdani
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Transgender NSA employee files discrimination lawsuit against Trump administration

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Here's what Zohran Mamdani has promised to do for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers as mayor

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-lgbtq-campaign-promises

Here's what Zohran Mamdani has promised to do for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers as mayor

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-lgbtq-campaign-promises

Here's what Zohran Mamdani has promised to do for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers as mayor

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-lgbtq-campaign-promises

Here's what Zohran Mamdani has promised to do for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers as mayor

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-lgbtq-campaign-promises

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/11/26/trump-stalls-ai-preemption-order-after-maga-revolt-pivots-to-genesis-mission-xcxwbn/

Trump Stalls AI Preemption Order After MAGA Revolt, Pivots to ‘Genesis Mission’

#AI #DonaldTrump #Politics #BigTech #AIRegulation #ExecutiveOrders #USGovernment #TechPolicy #RonDeSantis #JoshHawley #GenesisMission #BEAD #Broadband

Southern states ban transgender books from YA and children's sections in libraries

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Southern states ban transgender books from YA and children's sections in libraries

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Southern states ban transgender books from YA and children's sections in libraries

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/alabama-tennessee-transgender-books-libraries

Southern states ban transgender books from YA and children's sections in libraries

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/alabama-tennessee-transgender-books-libraries

Southern states ban transgender books from YA and children's sections in libraries

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/alabama-tennessee-transgender-books-libraries

The Liberal Scholars Who Influenced Trump’s Attack on Birthright Citizenship

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-liberal-scholars-who-influenced-trumps-attack-on-birthright-citizenship

Texas will target professors 'pushing leftist ideologies,' Greg Abbott says

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/greg-abbott-texas-professors-ideologies

Texas cracks down on state universities teaching about gender identity

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/texas-gender-identity-universities-audit

Holy shit. #Trump just announced the #USA is a #WhiteChristianNation.

With him as Jesus and #charliekirk as Peter.

As for orthodox, it's doctrine is #Protect2025, with implementation directives in a set of #ExecutiveOrders.

#facism #racism #firstammendment

Holy shit. #Trump just announced the #USA is a #WhiteChristianNation.

With him as Jesus and #charliekirk as Peter.

As for orthodox, it's doctrine is #Protect2025, with implementation directives in a set of #ExecutiveOrders.

#facism #racism #firstammendment

Holy shit. #Trump just announced the #USA is a #WhiteChristianNation.

With him as Jesus and #charliekirk as Peter.

As for orthodox, it's doctrine is #Protect2025, with implementation directives in a set of #ExecutiveOrders.

#facism #racism #firstammendment

Holy shit. #Trump just announced the #USA is a #WhiteChristianNation.

With him as Jesus and #charliekirk as Peter.

As for orthodox, it's doctrine is #Protect2025, with implementation directives in a set of #ExecutiveOrders.

#facism #racism #firstammendment

Holy shit. #Trump just announced the #USA is a #WhiteChristianNation.

With him as Jesus and #charliekirk as Peter.

As for orthodox, it's doctrine is #Protect2025, with implementation directives in a set of #ExecutiveOrders.

#facism #racism #firstammendment

Confederate statues in DC area to be restored and replaced

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Wa…
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Confederate statues in DC area to be restored and replaced

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Wa…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/us/61692/

A #PoorlyEducated populace elected a #fascist as #POTUS who has signed numerous illegal #ExecutiveOrders that are turning the #UnitedStates into a #PoliceState.

In other old news, for multiple generations at public #universities in every state, the two majors with the lowest GPA are almost always #Education and #CriminalJustice. (Ask your friendly neighborhood prof.)

People who can’t see the connexion between these facts of #American life are part of the problem the #resistance must solve. 🤔

A #PoorlyEducated populace elected a #fascist as #POTUS who has signed numerous illegal #ExecutiveOrders that are turning the #UnitedStates into a #PoliceState.

In other old news, for multiple generations at public #universities in every state, the two majors with the lowest GPA are almost always #Education and #CriminalJustice. (Ask your friendly neighborhood prof.)

People who can’t see the connexion between these facts of #American life are part of the problem the #resistance must solve. 🤔

A #PoorlyEducated populace elected a #fascist as #POTUS who has signed numerous illegal #ExecutiveOrders that are turning the #UnitedStates into a #PoliceState.

In other old news, for multiple generations at public #universities in every state, the two majors with the lowest GPA are almost always #Education and #CriminalJustice. (Ask your friendly neighborhood prof.)

People who can’t see the connexion between these facts of #American life are part of the problem the #resistance must solve. 🤔

A #PoorlyEducated populace elected a #fascist as #POTUS who has signed numerous illegal #ExecutiveOrders that are turning the #UnitedStates into a #PoliceState.

In other old news, for multiple generations at public #universities in every state, the two majors with the lowest GPA are almost always #Education and #CriminalJustice. (Ask your friendly neighborhood prof.)

People who can’t see the connexion between these facts of #American life are part of the problem the #resistance must solve. 🤔

The Scold’s Bridle

The Scold’s Bridle, sometimes called the Gossip’s Bridle, or the Brank’s Bridle, was a form of punishment and public humiliation in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. It was a device placed over the face and into the mouths of women whose words offended men.

They were brutal instruments. Sometimes they were an iron framework and sometimes they were a mask. They had a bridle-bit that was placed into the mouth, often with a spike that went through the tongue. Their purpose was to silence the women, and they worked.

There have been times when I have heard someone nagging or berating someone else and thought, “Damn. I wish they would just shut up!” And I have sometimes wondered what it must be like to live with constant haranguing, but I have never once considered that permanently silencing the scold might be a solution.

Today we don’t have Scold’s Bridles. Instead, we have executive orders that silence individuals, male and female, whose words offend someone in high office. The person in power gets to decide who can speak.

It doesn’t matter if most of what they say is benign or true or simply practical advice. If any spoken or written words criticize or question the leader’s words or actions, the critic must be silenced not because the words are scolding or nagging but because the leader feels berated and his ego cannot withstand that. To save face, he bullies.

Hence we see efforts to silence particular news organizations and even a children’s television show. They become silenced not with mechanical bridles but with the firing of employees, the dismantling of agencies that run them,  and the removal of funding. But make no mistake, these are Scold’s Bridles.

When enough people are silenced through executive orders, others are silenced through fear so that ultimately the only voices we hear or read are those in support of the leader. In effect, the scolds are being permanently silenced, one by one. Their tongues have been spiked.

Even so, the rest of us see this and we remember it. We record it. We talk about it among ourselves. The silencing of voices will go down in history as shameful and regrettable, and over time the memories of those who witnessed it will matter more and will endure. We have seen how it played out in the past and in other lands, so we know how this story ends. Silencing is temporary and, ultimately, counter-productive.

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