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“Every time that an anti-trans bill passes, it is another attempt at removing trans people from the public eye.”
Here's my analysis of the statewide bathroom bill in Texas, which went into effect this week, from @TexasObserver: texasobserver.org/texas-bathro…
#LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #trans #law #Texas #TXlege #politics #USpol #news #HumanRights
How the Bathroom Bill Weaponizes Transphobia Against Public Institutions
A legal expert called the new anti-trans Texas bathroom law “the most plainly unlawful, undemocratic legislation I’ve seen in recent history.”Kit O'Connell (The Texas Observer)
The Pulitzer-winning Investigative Reporting Workshop teamed up with the team at The Barbed Wire to trace the #history of anti-trans legislation such as bathroom bills, and found it traces back to the 2014 right-wing attack on #Houston's Equal Rights Ordinance. thebarbedwire.com/2025/12/04/a…
#LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #trans #transgender #GulfCoast #Texas #news #law #HumanRights
Where Did Anti-Trans Laws Start? How a Forgotten Houston Ordinance Turned Into a Massive, Nationwide Culture War
In fighting for bathroom bills in Houston, Texas conservatives provided a blueprint for the rest of the country.Cara Kelly (The Barbed Wire)
The Justice for Victims of Sex Trafficking Act and
Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act passed in the year before the first Trump administration.
#Law
#NoKings !
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
#eff #government #law #privacy #regulation #vpn
eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/lawm…
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to protect their privacy and…Electronic Frontier Foundation
DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign.
We found that a firm with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly benefitted from the deal.
propublica.org/article/kristi-…
#News #KristiNoem #DHS #Government #USPolitics #Law #TV #Advertising #Media
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.Alex.Bandoni@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Under DOJ standards and requirements, people seeking pardons generally must wait five years after release, demonstrate good conduct and remorse, and file petitions through the Office of the Pardon Attorney.
Trump has largely abandoned that process.
propublica.org/article/trump-p…
#News #Trump #Pardons #DOJ #CriminalJustice #Law #USPolitics #Jan6
How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters
The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)
#FBI orders #domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is site
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
#copyright #copyleft #subpoena #law
FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is site
Tucows subpoenaed in criminal probe for info on “customer behind archive.today.”…Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
"The Atlas of Surveillance is a database of surveillance #technologies deployed by #law enforcement in communities across the United States.
This includes drones, body-worn cameras, automated license plate readers, facial recognition, and more."
via @eff atlasofsurveillance.org/
#privacy #data #repression #USA #Antireport
Atlas of Surveillance
Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Researchatlasofsurveillance.org
—You
#Antiimperialist #anticolonization #anarchism #anarchist #anarchopunk #antifascist #anticapitalism #anticapitalist #anarchocomunism #antifascista #antifascism #AbolishTheMonarchy #abolishthestate #antizionism #noKings #today #Resist #Trump #law #immigration #RightToProtest #MilitaryState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #fascism #terrorism #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #whiteSupremacy #trump #donaldtrump
Donald trump nazi pedophile accomplice genocide
#Antiimperialist #anticolonization #anarchism #anarchist #anarchopunk #antifascist #anticapitalism #anticapitalist #anarchocomunism #antifascista #antifascism #AbolishTheMonarchy #abolishthestate #antizionism #noKings #today #Resist #Trump #law #immigration #RightToProtest #MilitaryState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #fascism #terrorism #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #whiteSupremacy #trump #donaldtrump
Journalism tip: If someone says drop the story, that’s a sign to keep reporting.
Read our full investigation ➜ propublica.org/article/paul-ne…
Back reporters who won’t flinch. Support our independent journalism here ➜ give.propublica.org/campaign/7…
#Journalism #Nonprofit #News #Media #NorthCarolina #Law #USPolitics
God’s Chief Justice
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.Emily.Goldstein@propublica.org (ProPublica)
Peofessional communist #Antifa agitator
#abolishthestate #antizionism #noKings #today #Resist #Trump #law #immigration #RightToProtest #MilitaryState #ICE #CBP #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #fascism #terrorism #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #whiteSupremacy #trump #donaldtrump
