powerwhidbey.bsky.social
@powerwhidbey.bsky.social
POWER is the acronym for People of Whidbey Elegantly Resisting. We formed in 2017 to try and do our part to prevent the slide of our country from Democracy to authoritarianism. I am also one of the authors of "The Dangerous Case of Donald J Trump."
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The point of a trans athlete ban isn’t to save women’s sports, which most right wing commentators openly despise. The point of a trans athlete ban is to hand the Federalist society and the ADF a legal precedent for banning trans women from everything else, too.
January 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Law enforcement has long refused to recognize that it has a white supremacy problem, but the January 6 insurrection made the issue harder to ignore. Former FBI agent Mike German shines a light on the issue and proposes solutions:
Police Must Do Better Against Far-Right Violence
In this book excerpt, former FBI agent Mike German, who worked undercover in white supremacist and militia groups, issues a wake-up call about law enforcement’s dangerously lax approach to far-right v...
www.brennancenter.org
January 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Happening now, a transgender sports ban is being heard in Congress.

This ban might ban trans people from dancing, darts, and even chess in many universities.

It'll also target 9 year olds playing soccer.

I'm covering live, follow along with me.

live.house.gov
January 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM