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Trump Education Dept. formally removes Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students
Bathroom and locker room sharing by gender identity with no alternative cis gender restricted facilities.
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Trump Education Dept. formally removes Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students
The Biden administration Title IX rule is one of the reasons anti-trans sentiment has grown in the US. It gave school administrators the ability to completely ignore parents' concerns and implement policies with zero parental input.
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2026 US Midterms Megathread 🇺🇸 Election November 3, 2026
States decide if they will use the SAVE system to find non-citizens that are improperly registered. Most states do this because it is an easy way to keep their voter registration clean. The SAVE system has been used for years(over 40 years) for this, but was revamped by the Trump administration to use more federal government data sources. The main part that the original judge questioned when they made their initial decision was the use of the Social Security database, the most comprehensive database the government has. As far as being flawed, most cases it is people who gain citizenship and fail to inform the SSA of their change of status. Since Social Security is available no matter your immigration status, many people don't think they have to tell the SSA they are now citizens. The state runs their list through SAVE and the person gets flagged as a non-citizen.
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Shakira's new single tanking. Why?
FIFA women's world cup next year. Brazil is hosting. Mega hit probably already recorded and video in the works.
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2026 US Midterms Megathread 🇺🇸 Election November 3, 2026
I think many people forget that RCP just consolidates all polling and presents an average. If you look at the underlying polls, three of the four have Flannagan up with one tied. All have the candidate numbers well within the MOE of the poll. Makes sense to score this as a toss up at this point. Maybe the polls will firm up after the debates, if Tafoya agrees to any.
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Engaging in...bestiality...to no longer auto-disqualify potential FBI agent aspirants
He said applicants, so it implies at least twice.
- Do you see an economic recession occurring by 2028?
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Ate McDonald's, Wendy's, or BK this weekend? you may have eaten mystery meat <3
JBS also processes chickens, pigs, sheep and salmon, along with beef. The parent company, JBS N.V., is probably the largest owner of meat processing companies in the world.
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Anthropic researcher quits, fears AI could kill us by end of decade
No, as China is also pushing their own AI program. Some in intelligence have speculated China is secretly fueling the current anti-AI wave in the US to slow our progress in AI.
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2026 US Midterms Megathread 🇺🇸 Election November 3, 2026
There isn't. The federal government has zero say as to how primaries are held. Primaries are actually run by the states at the behest of the political parties and fall exclusively under state law. Primary elections have only been around since the 1910's.
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2026 US Midterms Megathread 🇺🇸 Election November 3, 2026
No, they dropped the Trump stuff because it totally relied on Cohen's testimony, which they determined to be probably not entirely true. This is just confirmation of what they suspected back in 2022. This could just be his own personal closure for that chapter of his life since he no longer is able to make money off of it.
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2026 US Midterms Megathread 🇺🇸 Election November 3, 2026
She started Mothers Demand Action, a organization based on Mother Against Drunk Driving but aimed at countering NRA lobbying on gun laws. That was a dozen years ago and she stepped back from leadership there in 2023 and the organization is part of Everytown for Gun Safety. She is still considered a voice in the suburban moderate mom crowd and still is on the advisory board of Everytown for Gun Safety.
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Oklahoma inmates earning $2/hr making phone calls for MAGA Super PACs
Prisons have a store, usually they are buying cigarettes and snacks. That pay rate is actually on the upper end of the range for prison work. At least they are indoors and aren't on a roadside maintenance crew.
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Mayor Mamdani bans the use of AI in NYC public schools, grades K through 8
Most likely anything beyond one year would require an actual law passed by the city council. As it is now, there barely enough council support to get some of the more basic parts of his agenda through the council.
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2026 US Midterms Megathread 🇺🇸 Election November 3, 2026
Mostly it would be for the occupation. It would not be difficult to land and overrun the country, that is what the current US forces are built to do. The hard part is maintaining control of an area once it's taken and the advance moves on. Remember, Iran has been a training ground for many organizations that are considered to be terrorist groups. The expectation is there will significant Iranian forces who will just go underground and make select small attacks behind the frontlines, and in many cases these actions could cause significantly more casualties than the actual frontline fighting. This has been the long history of war in the middle east, easy initial victories followed by long unsuccessful campaigns to maintain control.