On Tuesday, May 19, the U.S. House passed H.R. 2616, the “Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act,” by a vote of 217-198. The bill would hand the Trump administration enormous leverage to strip federal funding from any school that “teaches or advances concepts” related to transgender people, codifying into federal law the anti-trans definitions from Trump’s executive order 14168, “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism.” It would also require public schools to forcibly out transgender students to their parents before using their pronouns or chosen names. The bill is significant on its own terms for the harm it would inflict on transgender youth if it became law. But what made Tuesday’s vote especially notable was the eight Democrats who joined every Republican to pass it—the largest Democratic defection on any standalone anti-trans bill of this Congress.

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    1 day ago

    STOP. VOTING. FOR. CAREER. POLITICIANS. (rep and dem alike; they are all inhuman monster pieces of shit.)

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      14 hours ago

      There is nothing wrong with making a career out of politics. Like any other business, the system operates better with experienced, knowledgeable people operating it. We are currently seeing the results of amateurs in office.

      The difference is between Good Faith and Bad Faith politicians. I’ll take a Good Faith politician like Bernie for decades, while I am happy to see a Bad Faith guy like Fetterman gone after one term.