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March 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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1. Today, Senate Democrats showed spine, and killed a national transgender sports ban bill via filibuster.

Not a SINGLE Democrat voted for cloture.

S. Baum writes about what happened today, including some of the speeches.

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Senate Dems Show Spine, And National Sports Ban Bill Dies
The failed legislation reflects a wider effort to disallow trans women (or anyone suspected of being a trans woman) from women’s sports and spaces.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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1. The far right is falsely spreading that a new study shows that surgery "doubles depression" for transgender people.

This is an egregious misreading of the study, which does not look at transgender people before and after surgery.

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Debunked: No, New Study Does Not Show Transgender Surgeries Double Depression
The study, which has been paraded around right-wing media sources, does not evaluate the impact of surgery on transgender depression rates.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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"Jobs were also eliminated at the National Hurricane Center and Storm Prediction Center... and the tsunami warning centers in Alaska and Hawaii..."

www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Trump fired hundreds at NOAA, Weather Service. Here’s what that means for forecasts.
Current and former agency officials and lawmakers said the cuts could have major impacts on Americans and the economy, compromising important functions.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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