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Speaker Johnson calls off a vote on a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown
  • I feel like if I neglected doing a critical function of my job for a year and then grudgingly half did it so that I can coast a few more months, my boss would probably fire me.

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    2 transgender New Hampshire girls can play on girls sports teams during lawsuit, a judge rules
  • How many trans kids in an age bracket in a single sport across the whole country do you think there are? For any team sport, it would be difficult to field a single team, let alone another team, for them to play against.

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    Transgender issues largely absent from the DNC
  • Really doesn't matter. It's a written part of the party platform. The Justice Department has spent the better part of four years pushing back on regressive state policies. Every federal department has improved their policies for LGBTQ folk. None of us benefit from the mere mention at the convention.

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    Transgender issues largely absent from the DNC
  • As a trans person, I kinda don't give a fuck. There's so much going on at the national level, I don't need them to devote speaking time to it. So long as I can continue to count on them when it matters, of course.

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    Transgender Texans blocked from updating sex on driver’s license.
  • My state still does that and requires an updated birth certificate and social security card. My birth state requires an updated driver's license and secondary ID and court order. I don't have the energy, time, and money to argue with 2 states, the judicial system, and multiple federal offices, and get a therapist to sign off on the fact that I'm not just submitting myself to all this as an elaborate prank.

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    SpaceX accused of dumping mercury into Texas waters for years
  • Dumping into the water. It is an overall expense, and not related to the business interests. They just needed some evil villain stuff going on because Elon really wants to meet Captain Planet.

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    Expansive new study points to distinct brain networks linked to sex and gender
  • I always get a little antsy around this kind of stuff because eventually, it's going to get to a point where it either gets treated as a diagnostic tool or insurance requirement for trans people accessing healthcare.

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