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This is going to be an extremely important case. Right now orgs ranging from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to AIDS/HIV advocacy, colleges, crisis centers, and more are being told to pretend trans people don't exist or lose your funding... and many are choosing to pretend!
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Feb 19
BREAKING: Nonprofits sue over Trump's anti-diversity, anti-trans executive orders, alleging they violate the First Amendment & equal protection guarantees, are void for vagueness, exceed the president's authority, & violate the Administrative Procedure Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The terms of the Executive Orders are extraordinarily vague and could prohibit Plaintiffs from engaging in any targeted effort to help a specific group of people facing unfair disadvantages. The Executive Orders equate banned "DEIA" with any equity-related work— potentially including work that is specifically authorized or required by civil rights laws-and explicitly prohibit references to "DEI and DEIA principles, under whatever name they may appear." Without any discernible standards or criteria of what is and what is not "dangerous, demeaning," "immoral," and "illegal" DEIA,' as understood by this Administration, the future of Plaintiffs' fiscal viability and programming are subject to the unfettered discretion of an Administration that has made clear its predisposition against any speech or action that advances equal opportunity for historically marginalized groups, including people of color, women, LGBTQ people, and/or people with disabilities. Such vague terms without sufficient standards or criteria deprive Plaintiffs of their due process rights under the Fifth Amendment. 9. In addition to violating Plaintiffs' free speech and due process rights, the Executive Orders have a clear discriminatory purpose in violation of equal protection: to malign the targeted communities; to undermine and dismantle a wide spectrum of policies, programs, and activities intended to help historically marginalized, underserved, and under-resourced groups; and to erase transgender people from public life. REQUEST FOR RELIEF Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court grant the following relief: A. A declaration pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201 that Executive Order Nos. 14151, 14168, and 14173 and any implementing agency actions are unlawful, unconstitutional, and invalid. A permanent injunction enjoining Defendants, their officials, agents, employees, assigns, and all persons acting in concert or participating with them from implementing or enforcing Executive Order Nos. 14151, 14168, and 14173, including without limitation the promulgation of any rules or regulations, in any manner against Plaintiffs by way of contract, subcontract, purchase order, grant, or sub-grant. C. A permanent injunction mandating that Defendants permanently rescind all agency-wide directives implementing and effectuating Executive Order Nos. 14151, 14168, and 14173 against Plaintiffs that were issued prior to this injunction. D. A permanent injunction mandating that Defendants unwind, rescind, strike, modify, or otherwise rectify contracts, subcontracts, agreements, and/or any other such binding documents entered into with Plaintiffs, in which terms, clauses, or provisions have been inserted pursuant to or in furtherance of Executive Order Nos. 14151, 14168, and 14173.
February 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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tbfightertofu.bsky.social
A message for #Danaher:
Brian David Gilbert holding a large sign that is resting on top of his round glasses. He has his mouth wide open in an O, and his eyes are wide open. Photoshopped onto the sign is "TB testing shouldn't be a luxury"
February 15, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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sleebyghost.bsky.social
I am Izzy.
February 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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exilra.bsky.social
Literally the Flight Rising experience
flightrising.com Flight Rising @flightrising.com · Jan 27
How bad could it be? #Dragon
January 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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bluefoxmoon.bsky.social
• Get a library card
• Use your library card
• Support indie booksellers
• Read banned books
• Read diverse authors
• Resist
• Repeat

#booksky #resist
January 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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sleebyghost.bsky.social
We are stronger than we think. We will get through this.
January 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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richtaur.bsky.social
Probably my game dev doodles such as:

💀 Game Development Difficulty Tiers
Game Development Difficulty Tiers S: Doors, Finishing, Marketing, Online Multiplayer A (brain melting): Shaders, Physics, Tutorials B (extremely difficult): Game Balance, User Interface, Level Design, Animation C (very hard): Optimization, Passing Certification, Collisions, Sound Design D (hard): It's all very hard :( v1.0
November 14, 2024 at 4:21 PM