Absolutely incredible.

www.heritage.org/gender/comme...

Banned words list has real consequences.
A Head Start program operated by a tribe on a Native American reservation was told not to prioritize tribal kids, in clear violation of Head Start Act. The program director also can’t do training on trauma-informed instruction, or to support kids with autism.

This came out as part of a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration order to exclude certain immigrant children from Head Start
www.aclu.org/cases/washin...

More pages of that list of words forbidden from being used by Head Start programs:

While the algorithmic bias towards content that triggers emotional responses favored reactionary politics that Rufo traffics in, it was always likely to become even more concentrated towards extreme conspiratorial content detached from reality. They rode the tiger and now they're getting mauled.

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9. New Hampshire has become a case study rebutting the idea that surrendering on transgender rights slows Republican attacks or protects Democrats politically; neither claim has been borne out.

Now, trans people must fight again in the state for their basic rights in 2026.

8. Those same Dems pitched their votes as an appeal to “moderate” voters, yet the party went on to lose several seats that fall as Republicans expanded their control. In 2025, lawmakers doubled down, approving more bills targeting trans students and banning gender-affirming care for trans youth.

7. New Hampshire has seen a sharp escalation in anti-trans policy. In 2024, it advanced both a school bathroom ban and a ban on trans surgeries for youth—measures that passed only because multiple Dems crossed party lines, the only state to see significant defections on trans rights among Dems.

6. The bill is backed by thirteen cosponsors, including several with significant leadership roles, such as Sen. Kevin Avard, who chaired the Senate Rules Committee in the 2023–24 session, and Sen. Regina Birdsell, who led the Senate Health and Human Services Committee during the same period.

5. The bill does not require businesses to file charges, but it does say that signage is sufficient grounds for doing so. In practice, that means trans people would have to guess which businesses might enforce the law—and risk a trespass charge every time they use a public restroom.

4. The bill also targets trans people in a way not seen in any other state: it applies to private businesses. While previous bans have stopped at public schools or govt buildings, HB1442 extends to any “place of public accommodation”—hotels, bars, theaters, concert venues, retail stores, and more.

3. The new violation does not apply to trans men. In bathroom debates, Republicans have grown visibly uncomfortable when confronted with many trans men presenting with traditionally masculine feature.

NH republicans are apparently sidestepping this by shrugging and only applying it to trans women.

2. The bill, HB1442, at first glance resembles measures enacted in states like Texas, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

It has two important features though:
- The penalty is against the transgender person, not the facility
- It applies to private businesses, a first for these kinds of bills