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Because not being able to discriminate against transgender people hurts Moms for Liberty how?

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Who knows? The damage to the trans person who is discriminated against is obviously a great deal worse than anything the person discriminating suffers but seemingly the judge doesn’t care about that. Nor about the problems faced by the DoJ in complying with the injunction. In normal jurisdictions, ie those not driven by MAGA ideology, those would be serious issues which a judge would have to consider before granting any injunction.

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As a trans person I have dealt with so much shit in my life I now have a complex trauma diagnosis. Sometimes I wonder how much worse off I'd have it if I wasn't a white trans person, also. I've been keeping a protective eye on my local synagogue, and people like me around me, come November if things go wrong, I'm ready to be the reliable bear.

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Thanks Jens. Sorry you’ve been targeted for merely existing as yourself. 🤬

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It IS much worse. As a Black transman, I don't know if people are being idiots because I'm one, the other, or both. I don't play the "stay in your place" bullshit. My place is where I decide it to be, and I was raised in white neighborhoods. But believe you me, it's happening out here directly in my face. At the same time, most white trans people don't even care because they're taught not to. It's crazy!!! This country is so divided & segregated ... on purpose. If things go wrong in November, I'm out of here. Got a fellow in Australia who has family I can stay with in Canada. It will be buh-bye for these United States that aren't United anymore.

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Can you explain why Caitlyn Jenner was at the rnc circus 🎪? What was the mummy in a wheelchair? That party is OUT OF THEIR EFFING MINDS.

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I have no idea. I didn't watch the RNC and can't stand that heffa. Found myself agreeing with 1 single thing she has said in the past, but other than that, she's a poison pill. As far as I've ever known, she's always been a Republican. I don't follow GOP at all. They make me sick.

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Hugs.

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Alito is woke in the 16th

century. Ill gotten gains Alito.

Leonard Leo = a leopard that

will eat the face of a

democracy and lick his

chops.

MFL = soft domestic

terrorists, double bent and

determined to dumb down

the educational system in

our country.

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That's an accurate assessment.

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The Judge wants the DOJ to prove a negative - "Show me where it says I can't"

That's not how law works. That's not how ANY law works.

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I was accused of only being informed on “one issue” (abortion) and proudly stated so much from your reporting that has kept me informed. They shut up. Thank you.

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Honestly this prompted me out of curiosity to see if they were any close to my county in a blue state, and to my horror, two chapters in bordering counties. So much for Minnesota nice.

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JD Vance seems to be getting “woke” alerts too putting our national security at risk.

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Ever since white folks took that word from us & changed it, I don't even know what it means anymore. Seems to always happen where they weaponize a word that wasn't a weapon to begin with.

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I'm not convinced that right wingers know what it means (or what they mean by it) either.

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Wouldn't it be better for the

judge to ask for a breakdown

in all these county schools -

no matter how long that takes - on exactly how many

MFL are in those individual

county schools in comparison

to non-MFL individuals, by a

non partisan group? Order a

stay until that count is

completed and submitted

to him.

Sure, a little more time

involved, but perhaps a more

fair take on the actual

situation. Just don't take

MFL word as facts.

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So the judge said, tell me where your kids go to school and I’ll block the rule there? Do I have that right?

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