Lenny Lopatto
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A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
Heartbroken family of trans teen speaks out about how bullying led to his death
The family of trans Iowa student Miles Phipps has spoken out about bullying following losing their son to suicide. He was just 15-years-old.
www.thepinknews.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
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Servicemembers deserve answers, and we're working to get them.
We’re investigating a Trump-Vance admin policy that makes it more difficult for male veterans with breast cancer to access medical care.
We’re investigating a Trump-Vance admin policy that makes it more difficult for male veterans with breast cancer to access medical care.
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Servicemembers deserve answers, and we're working to get them.
We’re investigating a Trump-Vance admin policy that makes it more difficult for male veterans with breast cancer to access medical care.
We’re investigating a Trump-Vance admin policy that makes it more difficult for male veterans with breast cancer to access medical care.
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New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.
October 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
New satellite images show the scale of demolition that has occurred on the East Wing of the White House in less than a month.
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1/ Today Boston senior federal judge William Young has issued a clarion defense of the 1st Amendment rights of non-citizens which may go down as the most notable decision of his 47-year career. It begins with an unheard-of preface *above the caption* which reproduces a threat he received in chambers
September 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
1/ Today Boston senior federal judge William Young has issued a clarion defense of the 1st Amendment rights of non-citizens which may go down as the most notable decision of his 47-year career. It begins with an unheard-of preface *above the caption* which reproduces a threat he received in chambers
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Ric Grenell, Kennedy Center president, organized a claque of Republicans to heckle a musician critical of Trump. It's like junior high school
www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/23/l...
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Log Cabin Republicans Disrupted Yasmin Williams’s Kennedy Center Performance - Washingtonian
Staffers say center president Ric Grenell's office set aside passes for the group, which booed and heckled the musician.
www.washingtonian.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Ric Grenell, Kennedy Center president, organized a claque of Republicans to heckle a musician critical of Trump. It's like junior high school
www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/23/l...
www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/23/l...
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Russian dissidents now pleading with Canada to let more of them in as the US conducts mass deportations to Russia www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
Russian dissidents in U.S. warn of deportation unless Canada intervenes
ICE has already sent at least 80 people back to Russia this summer. Activists say a third mass-deportation flight is expected in the coming weeks
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Russian dissidents now pleading with Canada to let more of them in as the US conducts mass deportations to Russia www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’
Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities
www.thetimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
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“We have observed approximately 90% of the workers targeted for terminations due to a perceived association with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are women or nonbinary,” said an attorney representing federal staffers.
(Published June)
(Published June)
Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”
The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs.
www.propublica.org
September 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“We have observed approximately 90% of the workers targeted for terminations due to a perceived association with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are women or nonbinary,” said an attorney representing federal staffers.
(Published June)
(Published June)
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NEW: The Trump administration is pushing its anti-trans agenda globally at the United Nations.
U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical waste.
U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical waste.
The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations
U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical wast...
www.propublica.org
August 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
NEW: The Trump administration is pushing its anti-trans agenda globally at the United Nations.
U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical waste.
U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical waste.
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A new lawsuit argues that the Trump administration is pursuing a backdoor strategy to restrict gender-affirming care nationally, while skirting state laws.
More than a dozen states sue to protect gender-affirming care from federal investigations
A new lawsuit argues that the Trump administration is pursuing a backdoor strategy to restrict gender-affirming care nationally, while skirting state laws.
19thnews.org
August 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A new lawsuit argues that the Trump administration is pursuing a backdoor strategy to restrict gender-affirming care nationally, while skirting state laws.
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The 17 experts who were ousted from an HHS vaccine committee have published a commentary on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, saying that Robert Kennedy, Jr., and his self-picked panel are abandoning rigorous scientific review and open deliberation.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
July 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The 17 experts who were ousted from an HHS vaccine committee have published a commentary on Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, saying that Robert Kennedy, Jr., and his self-picked panel are abandoning rigorous scientific review and open deliberation.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Why did National Geographic disappear its own documentary about a queer climate scientist? defector.com/why-did-nati...
Why Did National Geographic Disappear Its Own Documentary About A Queer Climate Scientist? | Defector
If you’re not a particular kind of mountain sports nerd, you might not be familiar with the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour. But for people who live their lives in the overlapping…
defector.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Why did National Geographic disappear its own documentary about a queer climate scientist? defector.com/why-did-nati...
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Buried in Columbia's agreement/bribe with the Trump regime (and not reported by the news) is a section which agrees to segregate trans women from women's housing, sports, and bathrooms. Functionally, trans women are no longer welcome at Columbia University.
July 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Buried in Columbia's agreement/bribe with the Trump regime (and not reported by the news) is a section which agrees to segregate trans women from women's housing, sports, and bathrooms. Functionally, trans women are no longer welcome at Columbia University.
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Thread from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on the latest in the case over the injunction blocking Rubio's anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy.
tl;dr: The injunction is being followed now and passports are being issued to trans and nonbinary people with the appropriate markers for them.
tl;dr: The injunction is being followed now and passports are being issued to trans and nonbinary people with the appropriate markers for them.
Update on the classwide injunction blocking Rubio's anti-trans/anti-nonbinary passport policy in Orr v. Trump. Plaintiffs filed a motion to enforce the order, which appeared to press State into compliance.
State started implementing the 6/17 order the days before its 7/3 response deadline:
State started implementing the 6/17 order the days before its 7/3 response deadline:
July 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thread from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on the latest in the case over the injunction blocking Rubio's anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy.
tl;dr: The injunction is being followed now and passports are being issued to trans and nonbinary people with the appropriate markers for them.
tl;dr: The injunction is being followed now and passports are being issued to trans and nonbinary people with the appropriate markers for them.
Rolling Stone has located and interviewed my sleep paralysis demon
July 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Rolling Stone has located and interviewed my sleep paralysis demon
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"For the life of me, I can't tell you what led me to reflect on the moment when Nicholas II lost control over a once-burgeoning empire due to widespread unrest that he himself had a hand in shaping."
I Have No Idea Why I’ve Suddenly Started Thinking About the 1917 Russian Revolution
So there I was, minding my own business, when, for some inexplicable reason, I found myself idly thinking about the fall of the Romanov dynasty. Fo...
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June 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"For the life of me, I can't tell you what led me to reflect on the moment when Nicholas II lost control over a once-burgeoning empire due to widespread unrest that he himself had a hand in shaping."
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I spoke to four trans service members are being forced out of the military due to Trump’s ban
“Nobody feels like this is voluntary. This is coercion. This is under duress.”
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
“Nobody feels like this is voluntary. This is coercion. This is under duress.”
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
These trans service members are being forced out of the military due to Trump’s ban
Four trans service members who are in the process of separating said nothing about their decisions feels voluntary: “This is coercion. This is under duress.”
www.nbcnews.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I spoke to four trans service members are being forced out of the military due to Trump’s ban
“Nobody feels like this is voluntary. This is coercion. This is under duress.”
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
“Nobody feels like this is voluntary. This is coercion. This is under duress.”
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
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The Trump administration is shutting down services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide hotline.
“This is a death sentence potentially to thousands of youth across the United States.”
“This is a death sentence potentially to thousands of youth across the United States.”
The Trump administration is shutting down the national suicide hotline's program for LGBTQ youth
"This is a death sentence potentially to thousands of youth across the United States."
www.motherjones.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Trump administration is shutting down services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide hotline.
“This is a death sentence potentially to thousands of youth across the United States.”
“This is a death sentence potentially to thousands of youth across the United States.”
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Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
June 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.
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Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender youth medical care
From @lawrencehurley.bsky.social
More from me later on the immediate and potential future effects of this.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
From @lawrencehurley.bsky.social
More from me later on the immediate and potential future effects of this.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender youth medical care
The ruling is a major setback for transgender rights, with more than 20 states enacting laws similar to that of Tennessee.
www.nbcnews.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Supreme Court upholds Tennessee ban on transgender youth medical care
From @lawrencehurley.bsky.social
More from me later on the immediate and potential future effects of this.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
From @lawrencehurley.bsky.social
More from me later on the immediate and potential future effects of this.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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3. It stands for “Juliet Delta Kilo,” a discharge code labelling someone a liability to national security. The designation shows up on job applications and government forms; it impacts a person’s ability to get jobs with a security clearance or even immigrate.
Transgender Troops Face Tough Choice As Deadline Looms
Active-duty transgender troops have until June 6 to self-identify and begin the voluntary separation process, or be involuntarily kicked out.
www.airandspaceforces.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
3. It stands for “Juliet Delta Kilo,” a discharge code labelling someone a liability to national security. The designation shows up on job applications and government forms; it impacts a person’s ability to get jobs with a security clearance or even immigrate.
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1. Trans troops are now being separated from their jobs, and we have learned what discharge code they are being given:
"JDK," a code that was used to remove communists and gay people, and can be seen as a "black mark" on their service.
The latest from S. Baum.
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"JDK," a code that was used to remove communists and gay people, and can be seen as a "black mark" on their service.
The latest from S. Baum.
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Trans Troops Given A Black Mark Discharge Code Under Military Ban
“This is the kind of code that they gave to homosexuals and communists in the '50s.”
www.erininthemorning.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
1. Trans troops are now being separated from their jobs, and we have learned what discharge code they are being given:
"JDK," a code that was used to remove communists and gay people, and can be seen as a "black mark" on their service.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
"JDK," a code that was used to remove communists and gay people, and can be seen as a "black mark" on their service.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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The Decline and Fall of Area Studies, by Alex Thurston
The Decline and Fall of Area Studies
Federal funding cuts and attacks on academic freedom are imperiling area studies programs. It’s important to understand what they are, and aren’t—and what will be lost if they disappear.
www.foreignexchanges.news
June 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Decline and Fall of Area Studies, by Alex Thurston