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Because of a Trump executive order, the Census Bureau is stopping work on statistics that could help protect the rights of transgender people, its recently departed director, Robert Santos, tells NPR. By @hansilowang.bsky.social
Census Bureau stopped work on data for protecting trans rights, former director says
Because of a Trump executive order, the Census Bureau is stopping work on statistics that could help protect the rights of transgender people, its recently departed director, Robert Santos, tells NPR.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Yesterday, I was forced to sit through coverage of Commerce Secretary Lutnick's swearing in, as I sat in the green room waiting to appear on NewsNation (will share that link when I have it). So I heard Lutnick say, to the President...
February 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul responds to Trump's attempt to force an end to congestion pricing:

"I'm here to say, New York hasn't laboured under a king in over 250 years. We sure as hell are not going to start now."
February 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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How’s the whole, ‘no taxes on tips’, ‘no taxes on overtime’ and ‘lower grocery prices’, working for you fuckin’ ignorant, gullible assholes?😏
February 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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On Friday, hundreds of transgender and queer New Yorkers and their allies gathered outside the Stonewall Inn to declare that a brazen act of historical revisionism from the Trump administration would not stand. Here's what I saw and heard over about 10 interviews:

www.huffpost.com/entry/stonew...
Trump Erased Trans People From Stonewall’s Website. They Showed Up In Person.
“We know what Stonewall was. And we're here to protect that history."
www.huffpost.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM