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About to cha cha real smooth off a fucking pier
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In a move that could substantially reshape California’s natural landscape, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued an emergency order Friday to accelerate timber harvesting across nearly 113 million acres of national forests.
Trump administration issues emergency order to open California forests for logging
The Trump administration issued an emergency order to boost logging in California’s national forests, aiming to combat what it called a “forest health crisis.”
www.sfchronicle.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
In a move that could substantially reshape California’s natural landscape, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued an emergency order Friday to accelerate timber harvesting across nearly 113 million acres of national forests.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has spent much of his career trailed by a raft of criminal and civil accusations.
The most serious legal threat he faced — a federal criminal probe into allegations of corruption — is now over.
With @texastribune.org
The most serious legal threat he faced — a federal criminal probe into allegations of corruption — is now over.
With @texastribune.org
Texas AG Ken Paxton Won’t Face Federal Corruption Charges as He Gains Momentum for Likely Senate Run
The federal criminal investigation was the most serious legal threat the once-embattled Republican faced. With the probe now over, Paxton is gearing up to likely challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in…
propub.li
April 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has spent much of his career trailed by a raft of criminal and civil accusations.
The most serious legal threat he faced — a federal criminal probe into allegations of corruption — is now over.
With @texastribune.org
The most serious legal threat he faced — a federal criminal probe into allegations of corruption — is now over.
With @texastribune.org
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The Social Security Administration has stopped allowing people to make changes to their sex identification with the federal agency, I reported exclusively overnight at Law Dork.
The anti-transgender “emergency” change was issued on Friday and went into effect “immediately.”
The anti-transgender “emergency” change was issued on Friday and went into effect “immediately.”
Exclusive: Social Security "immediately" stopped making sex identification changes on Friday
"Effective immediately, we can no longer process changes to the sex field."
www.lawdork.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Social Security Administration has stopped allowing people to make changes to their sex identification with the federal agency, I reported exclusively overnight at Law Dork.
The anti-transgender “emergency” change was issued on Friday and went into effect “immediately.”
The anti-transgender “emergency” change was issued on Friday and went into effect “immediately.”
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The State Department website has replaced "LGBT" with "LGB"
January 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The State Department website has replaced "LGBT" with "LGB"
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For those unaware, in 1933, the first major Nazi book burning was of the first 30 years of research into trans and queer people, far before the concentration camps.
Now, Trump has digitally burned the government's research on the same.
hmd.org.uk/resource/6-m...
Now, Trump has digitally burned the government's research on the same.
hmd.org.uk/resource/6-m...
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | 6 May 1933: Looting of the Institute of Sexology
On 6 May 1933, the Institute of Sexology, an academic foundation devoted to sexological research and the advocacy of homosexual rights, was broken into and occupied by Nazi-supporting youth. Several d...
hmd.org.uk
February 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
For those unaware, in 1933, the first major Nazi book burning was of the first 30 years of research into trans and queer people, far before the concentration camps.
Now, Trump has digitally burned the government's research on the same.
hmd.org.uk/resource/6-m...
Now, Trump has digitally burned the government's research on the same.
hmd.org.uk/resource/6-m...
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The three women, all suing under pseudonyms, were all pulled out of the general population last week, and returned a few days later. I covered a similar effort at FMC Carswell, in Ft. Worth, over the weekend. theintercept.com/2025/01/28/t...
Trans Women in Federal Custody Face the Terror of Being Transferred to Men’s Prisons
Following Trump’s executive order, a trans woman held at a federal prison was told she would be moved to a men’s prison.
theintercept.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The three women, all suing under pseudonyms, were all pulled out of the general population last week, and returned a few days later. I covered a similar effort at FMC Carswell, in Ft. Worth, over the weekend. theintercept.com/2025/01/28/t...
The romantic tension between me and the business end of a gasket pick is getting hot and heavy every time I have to look at RFK
January 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The romantic tension between me and the business end of a gasket pick is getting hot and heavy every time I have to look at RFK
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A reminder: Deadnaming and misgendering transgender victims of crimes is not only insensitive — it can make it harder to solve the case.
Read @lucaswaldron.bsky.social and @schwanksta.com's story from 2018:
Read @lucaswaldron.bsky.social and @schwanksta.com's story from 2018:
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The way cops in Jacksonville and other jurisdictions investigate the murders of transgender women adds insult to injury and may be delaying justice.
propub.li
January 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A reminder: Deadnaming and misgendering transgender victims of crimes is not only insensitive — it can make it harder to solve the case.
Read @lucaswaldron.bsky.social and @schwanksta.com's story from 2018:
Read @lucaswaldron.bsky.social and @schwanksta.com's story from 2018:
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USAID official tells me that in addition to DEI materials, the agency’s anti-corruption webpage has been taken down
See for yourself: usaid.gov/anti-corrupt...
See for yourself: usaid.gov/anti-corrupt...
January 29, 2025 at 5:16 AM
USAID official tells me that in addition to DEI materials, the agency’s anti-corruption webpage has been taken down
See for yourself: usaid.gov/anti-corrupt...
See for yourself: usaid.gov/anti-corrupt...
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Trump admin memo sent to federal officials offering “Fork in the Road” (actual words used) decision between deferred resignation or remaining on despite possibility of termination later. Document provided to me by U.S. official
January 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Trump admin memo sent to federal officials offering “Fork in the Road” (actual words used) decision between deferred resignation or remaining on despite possibility of termination later. Document provided to me by U.S. official
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Seems to be coming true.
A key ally to President Donald Trump detailed plans to put career civil servants “in trauma” in a series of previously unreported speeches that provide a sweeping vision for a second Trump term. (story from October)
A key ally to President Donald Trump detailed plans to put career civil servants “in trauma” in a series of previously unreported speeches that provide a sweeping vision for a second Trump term. (story from October)
“Put Them in Trauma”: Inside a Key MAGA Leader’s Plans for a New Trump Agenda
Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought’s “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.
www.propublica.org
January 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Seems to be coming true.
A key ally to President Donald Trump detailed plans to put career civil servants “in trauma” in a series of previously unreported speeches that provide a sweeping vision for a second Trump term. (story from October)
A key ally to President Donald Trump detailed plans to put career civil servants “in trauma” in a series of previously unreported speeches that provide a sweeping vision for a second Trump term. (story from October)
Every time I open the news I question why the fuck I quit smoking.
January 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Every time I open the news I question why the fuck I quit smoking.
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Everyone should be aware of the line that has been crossed in the Trump trans military EO.
No longer is this about "evidence," "science" or "protecting kids."
Now, explicitly, black and white, it's about trans people being "liars," "dishonorable," "false."
It's a big step towards very bad things.
No longer is this about "evidence," "science" or "protecting kids."
Now, explicitly, black and white, it's about trans people being "liars," "dishonorable," "false."
It's a big step towards very bad things.
January 28, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Everyone should be aware of the line that has been crossed in the Trump trans military EO.
No longer is this about "evidence," "science" or "protecting kids."
Now, explicitly, black and white, it's about trans people being "liars," "dishonorable," "false."
It's a big step towards very bad things.
No longer is this about "evidence," "science" or "protecting kids."
Now, explicitly, black and white, it's about trans people being "liars," "dishonorable," "false."
It's a big step towards very bad things.