#federal
🛑 🏛️ In the event of a government shutdown, it's not just federal employees & contractors who face upheaval. WIC, the USDA program that provides health care services and food to millions of low-income women and their children, will end immediately, Deena Zaru Pettiford reports in ABC News.
Read the story here: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/millions-women-children-risk-losing-wics-nutrition-assistance/story?id=103473348
#Children #Mothers #Poverty #Nutrition #WIC #Federal #FederalGovernment #Shutdown #GovernmentShutdown #PublicPolicy #PublicHealth
At the #GOP #Debate, #Candidates Promised a #Federal #GenderAffirming #HealthCare #Ban
So called "#Christians" #MikePence and #VivekRamaswamy took the #strictest #positions on #treatment for #trans #youth.
https://www.them.us/story/mike-pence-vivek-ramaswamy-presidential-debate-trans-youth
#GOP #candidates outlined #sweeping #antitrans #agenda at second #presidential #debate.
None of the other five #Republicans onstage criticized #MikePence and #VivekRamaswamy’s proposals, which would amount to a major #federal #intervention in #American #adults’ ability to work with their #doctors to decide what #medicaltreatments are #appropriate for themselves and their #children.
#Tesla workers faced #slurs, #racist graffiti & #retaliation, #federal #suit says
#ElonMusk’s EV company Tesla allowed racial #harassment of its #Black employees to run rampant at its Fremont, CA, plant & retaliated against some workers who complained, the federal agency charged w/ enforcing #CivilRights #laws alleged in a #lawsuit Thurs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/28/tesla-federal-lawsuit-racial-harassment/
Nearly 1k tax filers who earn >$1 million per year have still not filed #federal #tax returns for at least one year from 2017 to 2020, acc/to #IRS data provided to #Senate #Finance Cmte Chairman Ron #Wyden.
What’s more, the 2k people who represent the highest-income non-filers in one or more of those years owe a total of more than $900 million in federal taxes, the data shows.
#Federal #prosecutors on Thurs accused #Trump’s #lawyers of trying to employ an arcane #law governing the use of #classified material to “intentionally derail” the timing of his trial on charges of mishandling #NationalSecurity documents & #obstructing efforts to retrieve them.
#SpecialCounsel #JackSmith #ClassifiedDocuments
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/us/politics/trump-documents-justice-department.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
…in the mid of a pres race where the defendant is the leading #Republican contender & tied in “polls” w/the incumbent Dem (cuz…polls…believed? after 2016?) #Trump is accused of #illegally trying to keep (#Biden) out of #power.
#Chutkan …will try Trump in the same courthouse where she became a #UScitizen…, where she became a #federal #judge, where she blocked his admin on #DeathPenalty & #abortion policies & where she ordered his records be given to lawmakers investigating the…(insurrection).
Two #men #charged with #attacking #Homeless #trans #PuertoRican #woman #plead #guilty to #federal #hatecrimes #charges
#AlexaNegrónLuciano attacked with #paintballgun just hours before her murder
In #PuertoRico, 2 #men #plead #guilty to #federal #hatecrime involving #AlexaNeulisaLuciano, a #slain #transgender #woman.
The #men were accused of #threatening and using a #Paintballgun to shoot at the victim, who was later found #dead from #bullet #wounds
No one has been charged in her murder.
Senator #BobMenendez of #NewJersey arrived Wednesday morning in a #Manhattan #FederalCourt to be #arraigned on #federal #charges for the second time in 8 years.
#Menendez, holding hands w/his wife, #NadineMenendez, pushed through a crowd of journalists & entered the courthouse w/o answering questions. A lone protester shouted “Resign!”
Governor Dunleavy Prepares the State of Alaska for Potential of Federal Government Shutdown
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(Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska is prepared to minimize impacts to Alaskans in the event of a federal government shutdown.
Governor Dunleavy instructed state executive branch departments...
https://alaska-native-news.com/governor-dunleavy-prepares-the-state-of-alaska-for-potential-of-federal-government-shutdown/69988/
#alaska #federal #shutdowm #dunleavy
US judge refuses to block venture capital fund's grants for #BlackWomen
A #federal #judge in #Atlanta on Tues rejected a bid by the #AntiAffirmativeAction activist behind the successful #SCOTUS challenge to #race-conscious #CollegeAdmissions policies to bar a small #VentureCapital fund (#VC) from awarding #grants to businesses run by #Black #women.
House GOP to Hold Biden Impeachment Hearing as Shutdown Nears
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"MAGA House leaders are holding baseless impeachment hearings against President Biden to deflect attention from the ongoing major legal efforts to hold Trump and his cronies accountable."
A government shutdown with potentially disastrous implications...
https://alaska-native-news.com/house-gop-to-hold-biden-impeachment-hearing-as-shutdown-nears/69972/
#biden #impeachment #federal #gop #shutdown #congress #house
Every #federal technical oversight staff for whom I have consulted touts an impressive resume that is an alphabet soup of #CyberSecurity and #Operations #certificates—FIPS, NIST-800, HIPPA, HCISPP, CISA, CAP, CCSP, CCFP, CISA, CISSP, SEC, ...—and many other acronyms I have not heard of. Bless them.
And every one of those agencies have been successfully #hacked by our foreign adversaries whose highly-skilled operators possess none of those certificates.
Every federal agency, civilian or otherwise, for which I have consulted has a policy mandate to use #OpenSource in order to obtain the best value for the expenditure of public funds (tax dollars). But every one of those agencies also mandate the use of #cloud services and myriad #proprietary software platforms, none of which is free, inexpensive, or open.
There exists an unacknowledged chasm between policy and practice in #federal #IT practice.
#Canada’s #conservatives take #hard #turn against #transgender #people.
#Canada’s #federal and #provincial #ConservativeParties are suddenly joining #Americanstyle #culturewars centered on #transgender #issues. #Party #leader #PierrePoilievre #spoke at #policy #convention.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Canada #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Homophobia #Transphobia #ExportingHate
At the #federal courthouse in DC, a woman called the chambers of the judge assigned to the #Trump #ElectionInterference case & said that if Trump were not re-elected next yr, “we are coming to kill you.”
#FBI agents have reported concerns about #harassment & #threats being directed at their #families amid intensifying #anger among Trump supporters about what they consider to be the #weaponization of the #DOJ. “Their children didn’t sign up for this,” a snr FBI supervisor testified to #Congress.
In a court of #law, defendants are entitled to a presumption of innocence. In… #PublicOpinion, Bob #Menendez enjoys no such indulgence.
The #Democrat from #NewJersey was #indicted…—along w/his wife, Nadine, & 3 others—on 3 counts of #corruption. #Federal prosecutors say the grp accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of #bribes to assist the Egyptian govt. Among other allegations, they say he gave #sensitive #US-govt info to #Egypt & tried to shield 2 of the defendants from prosecution.
But the #CodeOfConduct only applies to the lower courts. At the #SupremeCourt, justices decide what’s appropriate for themselves.
“I can’t imagine — it takes my breath away, frankly — that he would go to a #Koch network event for #donors,” said John E. Jones III, a ret #federal #judge appointed by President George W. #Bush. Jones said that if he had gone to a Koch summit as a district court judge, “I’d have gotten a letter that would’ve commenced a #disciplinary proceeding.”
The #CodeOfConduct for the #federal #judiciary lays out #rules designed to preserve judges’ #impartiality & #independence, which it calls “indispensable to #justice in our society.” The #code specifically prohibits both #political activity & participation in #fundraising. Judges are advised, for instance, not to “associate themselves” w/any group “publicly identified w/ controversial #legal, #social, or political positions.”
That puts #Thomas in the extraordinary position of having served as a #fundraising draw for a network that has brought cases before the #SupremeCourt, including one of the most closely watched of the upcoming term.
Thomas never reported the 2018 flight to PalmSprings on his annual #financial #disclosure form, an apparent #violation of #federal #law…. A #Koch network spox said the network did not pay for the #PrivateJet. Since Thomas didn’t disclose it, it’s not clear who did pay.
@gcblasing the problem is that the #USA is not a nation-state in the sense of #federal #law ruling above #state laws...
“Those #bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle, & other things of value,” the #indictment charges.
#Federal prosecutors had previously tried #Menendez on separate federal #corruption charges. That trial ended in Nov 2017 w/a deadlocked jury. The #senator won reelection in 2018.
#Senator #RobertMenendez (D-NJ) & his wife have been #indicted on #federal #bribery charges offenses, #DOJ ofcls announced Fri morning.
#Menendez & his wife, Nadine Menendez, allegedly accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars of #bribes from #NewJersey business execs in exchange for using the senator’s #power & #influence to help them, according to the #indictment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/22/menendez-indictment/
A second rally on Parliament Hill in #Ottawa heard from chiefs and #FirstNations scholars in #Ontario who vehemently object to the #federal #legislation #BillC53, which recognizes #selfgovernment for the #Métis Nations of #Ontario #Alberta and #Saskatchewan.
At issue is six additional historic Métis communities the #MNO is claiming.
#rights #treaty #Indigenous #cdnpoli
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Via NPR: A #federal agency just dropped a music album about #safety . End the #wgastrike . Bring back “Last Week Tonight” NOW
The #FederalReserve, along with the #SupremeCourt and the entire #state and #federal #judicial #systems (including all #prosecutors), need full and immediate restructuring from their foundations, up, because they do not at all serve the #public interest, as most #citizens believe they are designed and meant to do (they never have been).
Here we go again! It's #September and time for the #annual #federal #budget. As has been the wont since 1996, this "exercise" has degenerated into what has been "colorfully" described as a "clown show" and a "theatre of the absurd".
Like every #year, this time too, the #republicans, and especially the #maga crowd seem to "revel" in pleasing their "boss", #donaldtrump, who is the only "winner" in a potential #government #shutdown.
Woooooooo - #DOJ #Probe #Scrutinizes #ElonMusk #Perks at #Tesla Going Back Years. #Federal #prosecutors also have sought information about #transactions between Tesla and other entities related to the #billionaire https://www.wsj.com/tech/justice-department-probe-scrutinizes-elon-musk-perks-at-tesla-going-back-years-3493e321?st=rr5xrx3f4fhppon&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
US National Debt has surpassed the 33 trillion mark. If there's one message I'd like for the intelligent folks to share and circulate, this would be it. 🧠
Ken #Chesebro claims in a new court filing that the #FakeElectors from #Georgia who claimed to be "duly elected & qualified" weren’t lying because they *had* been elected ... by the #Republican Party.
This is a false. It runs afoul of both #federal (Electoral Count Act) & state #law. There are very specific requirements for #electors to be both “elected” & “qualified.”
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23980228-23sc188947-motion-11
While certain #libertarian types in #politics think the best solution is to eliminate entire departments of the #federal government, it has not escaped my attention that no one ever calls for the elimination of an entire branch of #law
What happens if we just 86 copyright law? Just rip those pages out of the book. Would it be worse than eliminating the CDC or the Department of Education?
I think not! I do not believe anyone would notice.
"Copyright? What's that?"
Forgotten!
@amaditalks @aprilfollies @aburka @futurebird @zzzeek
So like in #Germany where the #Federal #Law is above #State #Laws!
I'm registered to #Vote in Webb County, #Texas, the last place I had a legal residence in the US.
Of all the Texas counties to be registered to vote in, it's probably the best, if you actually want to vote.
The #Election office staff there, most of whom seem to be #Tejano, do active outreach to registered voters to make sure they have correct information AND to help make sure people will be able to vote.
For example, the admin advised me that as someone who now lives outside the US, I can no longer vote in state elections. However, I can certainly vote in #Federal elections, and, without my asking, she told me how to be ready for the big federal election next year. Subhanallah, may Allah SWT bless her.
The #legality of #ScheduleF was never tested because Biden revoked the order before any federal #workers were reclassified. But #Trump has vowed to reinstate it if he returns to office in 2025 — & his motivations, now, are openly #vengeful. He has boasted that he will #purge a #federal bureaucracy that he has disparaged as a “deep state” filled by “villains” like globalists, Marxists & a “sick political class that hates our country.”
Critics saw the move as a throwback to the #corrupt 19th-century #PatronageSystem, when all #federal #jobs were #partisan spoils rather than based on #merit. #Congress ended that system with a series of #CivilService #laws dating back to the Pendleton Act of 1883. Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of #GovernmentEmployees, described #ScheduleF as “the most profound undermining of the civil service in our lifetimes.”
#Trump & snr advisers on his team came to believe #career ofcls who raised objections to their #policies on #legal or practical grounds — including some of their disputed #immigration plans (#TheCrueltyIsThePoint #FamilySeparation)— were deliberately sabotaging their agenda. Portraying #federal #employees as unaccountable bureaucrats, the #TrumpTeam has argued that removing #JobProtections for those who have any influence over #policymaking is justified because it is too difficult to fire them.
The rule addresses a move #Trump tried to make late in his presidency by issuing an EO known in shorthand as #ScheduleF. It would have empowered his admin to strip #JobProtections from #career #federal #employees — who are supposed to be hired based on #merit & cannot be arbitrarily fired. While the EO said agencies should not hire or fire Schedule F employees based on #political affiliation, it effectively would have made these employees more like political appointees who can be #fired #AtWill.
#Federal #judge #rejects #motion to #block #Fascist #Florida #Governor #RonDeSantis backed #trans #healthcare #restrictions
He claims the plaintiffs did not prove they "will #suffer #irreparableharm" while waiting for the November trial.
He cited the 5 ongoing requests for #federal #removal, defense attorneys w/scheduling conflicts this fall & parties who wanted more time to examine the state’s voluminous #discovery — #evidence & other info which must be shared between the parties before trial.
“The precarious ability of the Court to safeguard each defendant’s #DueProcess #rights & ensure adequate pretrial preparation on the current accelerated track weighs heavily, if not decisively, in favor of #severance,” #McAfee wrote.
So, to start looping back to #Canadian #politics - it's a bit of a journey...
All of the semi-serious or serious #national #federal #political parties - #Conservative, #Green, #Liberal, New Democrat in alphabetical order - fall in the upper-right quadrant of the chart. They're not even particularly close to the center; the closest to the center would be the Conservatives, but they're only a tiny bit closer than the Liberals, a bit more than the others.
8/x
The #filing marks the 1st ofcl confirmation of the extent of the #FTC’s initial findings of its probe into whether the co was #violating the terms of a #settlement #Twitter made to address allegations that it collected #user #data #deceptively. FTC orders are among the most critical #enforcement tools that the #federal govt has to hold #SiliconValley accountable, & Facebook in 2019 had to pay a multibillion #fine to the agency for violating the #terms of its own #privacy agreement w/the agency.
#Trump demands recusal by Judge #Chutkan in #federal #Jan6 prosecution
#Attorneys for Trump on Monday asked US District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to disqualify herself from presiding over his federal #ElectionObstruction case, asserting that Chutkan in past cases involving #Jan6, 2021, riot defendants made statements that give the appearance that she has prejudged Trump’s guilt.
(Not going to happen)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/09/11/trump-chutkan-recusal-jan-6-judge/
@threetails @douglasvb @GreenFire @fuchsiii @notjustbikes Sadly #VehicleTaxes and #Tolls are a #federal and not a #city level decision in #Germany....
Otherwise some Cities would try the same as one did with Bulldogs and tried to outlaw them with an absurd dog tax of €3.000 p.a. which OFC got canceled by courts as it was clear that it's an illegally high #paywall ...
But IDK how it's done in the #USA...
#Japan does incentivize #KeiCars tho with lower costs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo&t=1811s
Conservative are set for a majority say recent polls.
We need to stop that.
Join and/or donate to https://ndp.ca or https://liberal.ca now. Election time vote for the candidate to defeat the Conservative.
#cdnpoli #canpol #canpoli #cdnpol #liberal #ndp #federal #politics #ActionNotAnger
The #US state of #Georgia is the best current example of the death of even the idea of #democracy in this country as it prosecutes people in clear and open violation of the most basic of our supposed #CivilRights, #FreedomOfSpeech and association, as the #federal #government does literally nothing to stop the #state, tacitly granting its full approval.
#Mexico's #SupremeCourt upholds #AbortionRights #nationwide, paving way for #federal #access
#MexicoSupremeCourt on Wednesday struck down a federal #law #criminalizing #abortion, reaffirming an earlier ruling that #criminal penalties for abortion were #unconstitutional & allowing the federal #healthcare system to provide services.
(#SCOTUS has some explaining to do)
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexicos-supreme-court-upholds-abortion-rights-nationwide-paving-way-federal-2023-09-06/
#Alabama's congressional map is struck down again for diluting #Black voters' power
A panel of 3 federal judges has struck down Alabama's latest map of congressional #ElectionDistricts for not following a court order to comply w/the landmark #VotingRightsAct.
In an order released Tues, the judges said they are "deeply troubled that the State enacted a map that the State readily admits does not provide the remedy we said #federal #law requires."
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/05/1193749552/alabama-congressional-map?origin=NOTIFY
U.S. deficit projections double even as economy grows
The #federal #deficit is projected to roughly #double this year, as larger interest payments and lower tax receipts widen the nation’s spending imbalance despite robust overall economic growth.
The higher deficit may undermine Biden’s attempts to take credit for reining in the budget ahead of the 2024 presidential election...
And pose a challenge to Republican lawmakers, who — despite their calls for fiscal responsibility — are pushing to extend more than $3 trillion in tax cuts they approved in 2017.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/03/us-debt-deficit-rises-interest-rate/
DeSantis says Florida will apply for federal disaster relief money. He opposed it as a congressman.
#DeSantis #Florida #DisasterRelief #Federal #Money #Opposition #Politics #News
Surely your #federal #government has a responsibility and right to ensure that people can use interstate highways freely?
Multiple investigations into the #election have revealed no #evidence of #fraud, & #Trump now faces #federal #criminal charges connected to his efforts to overturn the election. Still, #YouTube, #X & #Meta have stopped labeling or removing #posts that repeat Trump’s claims, even as #voters increasingly get their #news on #SocialMedia.
¿Qué nos cuenta Pizzabel? Que el PSOE está rompiendo esquemas con su propuesta de una república federal laica y plurinacional.
¡Ahí voy yo! El partido que nos lleve a una #República #Federal, #Laica y #Plurinacional se gana mi voto para siempre.
#Federal #Judge temporarily #blocks #Texas #ban on #MedicallyNecessary #GenderAffirming #Healthcare for trans youth.
The #law was set to go into effect next month but an #Austin-based #judge #ruled the #law is #discriminatory and #violates #parentsrights to decide what is best for their #children.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
#Trump #lawyer John Lauro, in arguing that he needs 2 years to prepare for the DC #federal #charges against his client, said there are 250 potential govt #witnesses “and counting” so far.
#Lauro noted that figure doesn’t incl any potential #defense witnesses, & efforts by Trump’s legal team to conduct their own investigation.
#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy #law #legal #justice
#Federal #prosecutor Molly #Gaston said her team has already produced most of the #DC case’s #discovery — pretrial #evidence given to the #defense before #trial. Much of the 10 million pages is from “entities associated w/the #defendant,” Gaston said, including #tweets & #Trump #PAC & campaign documents. That means in theory the defense could review it relatively quickly.
#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy #law #legal #justice
From 23 Aug: YouTube may face billions in fines if FTC confirms child privacy violations - EnlargeSOPA Images / Contributor LightRocket Four nonprofit groups seeking to... https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/youtube-may-face-billions-in-fines-if-ftc-confirms-child-privacy-violations/ #behavioral-advertising #child-safety #coppa #data-privacy #facebook #federal-trade-commission #ftc #google #online-advertising #policy #youtube
Both #Jeffrey #Clark and former White House chief of staff #Mark #Meadows have sought to move their cases from Fulton County to federal court.
On Wednesday afternoon, prosecutors asked U.S. District Court Judge Steve C. Jones to reject those motions — arguing Clark and Meadows were seeking to circumvent regular criminal procedure by asking a judge to block state authorities from arresting them.
In response to Meadows’s request, prosecutors pointed out that another “#former #federal #officer … the former president of the United States” had “agreed to voluntarily surrender to state authorities.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/23/trump-indictment-georgia/
Baylor University has not been controlled by the Baptist church since 1990. The Board of Regents has only 1/4 members from the church, yet they've applied for *and received* permission to discriminate against LGBTQ rights while receiving federal funds!
#baptist #church #not a Baptist #university #federal #funding #allowing #discrimination #against federal #law - #religious #exemption #private #school #LGBTQ #rights #are #human rights #conservative #culture #wars #winning https://baptistnews.com/article/baylor-asks-for-and-gets-new-exemption-to-discriminate-against-lgbtq-students/
# Judge rules Arkansas ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors violates US Constitution
* #Arkansas was the first state to enact a #ban on #GenderAffirmingCare for #minors.
* The #law was #temporarily #blocked in 2021, and on Tuesday, a #federal #judge #issued a #permanent #injunction against it.
* The judge #ruled that the #ban #violated the #DueProcess and #EqualProtection #rights of #transgender #youth and families.
* The law also violated the #FirstAmendment rights of medical providers.
* This is the first ruling to overturn such a prohibition, and it is likely to have a significant impact on the legal challenges to similar bans in other states.
https://apnews.com/article/politics-arkansas-gender-lgbtq-legislation-us-news-2a0d032f4e4f3195c180d879239e6521
A #federal #AppealsCourt has #ruled that a #KatyTexas company and #church can #deny #employment to #LGBTQ #workers without legal recourse. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (#5thCircuit) #overturned a #lower #court's #ruling that the company, #BraidwoodManagement, and the church, #BearCreekCommunityChurch, #violated #TitleVII of the #CivilRightsAct of 1964 by #discriminating #against LGBTQ workers.
The #court determined that the two entities are not mandated to abide by #federal #discrimination law because they are #religious #organizations. The court's opinion said that Braidwood Management follows the belief among some Christians that "marriage is between one man and one woman."
The ruling is a #setback for #LGBTQRights advocates, who had hoped that the 5th Circuit would follow the lead of the Supreme Court (#SCOTUS), which ruled in 2020 that Title VII protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination. The Supreme Court's ruling was a landmark decision, but it did not explicitly address the issue of religious exemptions.
The 5th Circuit's ruling leaves open the possibility that other religious organizations could also deny employment to LGBTQ workers without legal repercussions. This could have a significant impact on LGBTQ workers, who could be #denied jobs or #fired simply because of their #SexualOrientation or #GenderIdentity.
The ruling is also a reminder of the importance of the ongoing fight for LGBTQ equality. Despite progress in recent years, there are still many challenges that LGBTQ people face, including discrimination in the workplace. It is important to continue to fight for the rights of LGBTQ people and to ensure that they are protected from discrimination.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/katy/article/katy-company-and-church-can-deny-lgbtq-workers-18167418.php
# Kansas AG seeks to bar transgender people from updating birth certificates
The #Kansas #AttorneyGeneral has asked a #federal #judge to modify a consent judgement that required the state to allow #transgender people to #update their #birth #certificates. The request comes after the passage of new legislation that would bar transgender people from updating their birth certificates. The law, which is set to go into effect next week, was passed by the #Republican-controlled #legislature over Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto. The attorney general argues that the new law requires state officials to act in a way that would violate the consent judgement.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4066501-kansas-attorney-general-seeks-to-bar-transgender-updates-birth-certificates/
#US #Senate #Confirms #PatrickCaseyPitts, a #Gay #Man to #Federal #DistrictCourt in #SanFrancisco.
Pitts is a #labor-side #attorney and #partner in the #publicinterest #lawfirm of #AltshulerBerzon in #SanFrancisco. He will now join the #DistrictCourt for the #NorthernDistrictofCalifornia, covering #SanFrancisco, #Oakland, #SanJose, and #eureka
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #Courts #Progress
Then each new rotation, you move to a broader reach, next time it's #municipal, then it's #state or #provincial, then it's #federal, then #international, & as experienced #seniors, they #mentor in areas of expertise. Or just be retired from #publicservice.
All can participate bc there is a lot of work we need to do to survive #climatechange & we need to make it about #governance & #caring for the #earth & life including ourselves.
END #elections
BUILD #sortition
#Elections are for #oligarchs
#ACLU sues #Tennessee over #ban on #genderaffirming #Healthcare for #minors
The #federal #lawsuit was filed on behalf of three #Tennessee #families with #transgender #children
#LlanoCounty [#Texas] will convene to discuss whether to cease operations of the entire library system rather than comply with a court ruling "to end the [#LGBT and #CRT] literary witch hunt".
US #federal #judge Robert Pitman in Austin ruled that Llano county commissioners violated the constitution by #banning a dozen #books - mostly #children’s titles with #LGBTQ & #race-related themes - and orders them to put these books back in circulation in the libraries.
https://qz.com/texas-banned-books-llano-county-public-libraries-1850326794
#Restrainingorder on #Tennessee’s #oppressive #drag #ban #extended.
The #Federal #judge has moved to extend the #restrainingorder on #SB3 until 26 May.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Tennessee #DragQueens #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/09/tennessee-drag-ban-restraining-order-extended/
Watching "Age of Easy #Money (full #documentary) | FRONTLINE" on #youtube about #American monetary shenanigans from the #crash of #2008 to the present.
Am trying to keep a running tally of the trillions the #Federal #Reserve and the government pumped into the #economy and am getting dizzy. Tempted to spend time to figure out how much "real" growth we had when we count the #Fed's #QT & other lending, #trump #taxcuts & good old budget borrowing.
new class-action #lawsuit alleges US beverage maker #BolthouseFarms deceived customers with claims that its #GreenGoodness smoothie is made of “100% fruit juice” after testing found the drink contains #toxic #PFAS, a synthetic chemical, at levels far above #federal advisory drinking #water limits.
@TheConversationUS I do not have the right to leave my country, or return to it. I am required to apply to receive a #Passport. A #federal document which regulates the privilege of entering/exiting the #US
It is WILD to me that the Bureau of Prisons was willing to give second chances to this guy -- a warden! -- but so many prisoners IN the BOP who did the exact same shit will not get any second chance.
#bop #federal #prison
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The US House of Representatives has passed #legislation that will enshrine #marriage #equality in #federal #law, protecting the rights of #same-sex and #inter-racial couples. 39 Republicans joined Democrats to vote in favour of the #Respect for Marriage act. President Biden says he’ll sign the legislation proudly and promptly.
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