House to vote on White House rescission package to claw back $9.4 billion in funding for foreign aid, NPR, PBS The House is expected to vote Thursday on White House's rescission package to claw back funding for NPR, PBS, foreign aid.

The House on Thursday narrowly approved a request from the White House, known as a rescissions package, to claw back funding for NPR, PBS and international aid that lawmakers had previously appropriated.

Largest Trans Survey Ever: Top Reason Trans People Stop Transitioning Is Transphobia “In almost every single case, the reason was anti-trans discrimination in the form of pressure to ‘detransition’ from one’s family, friends, or community.”

1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning.

- <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT.
- The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia.

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Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.

1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.

So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.

They opened the drawbridge to block them.

So they marched to a different bridge.

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HHS letter tells health care providers to disregard treatment protocols for trans people, adhere to report by unnamed authors | CNN The US Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sent a letter urging health care providers and medical boards to update treatment protocols for youth...

The HHS is now telling medical centers to adhere to their latest sham report on transgender healthcare which literally says is not a treatment guideline.

They’re sending this letter to hospitals in blue states and threatening them unless they stop trans care.

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He Became the Face of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement. Now He’s Fed Up With It. A 54-year-old mechanic called Pathways to Coverage a “great program” at the governor’s press conference. But after getting kicked off the health insurance program for low-income Georgians twice,…

Nine months after Luke Seaborn starred in a video testimonial for Georgia Pathways to Coverage, the state’s Medicaid experiment, his opinion of the program has plummeted:

“I used to think of Pathways as a blessing,” he says. Now he’s not so sure.

"You're not the Rebellion- you're the Empire"....Bro, weird AI Trump is standing in front of 2 flags and holding a Sith lightsaber. LOL

Yeah… this HHS review isn’t going so well for them.

Watch how CNN is covering it.

“Conversion therapy using friendlier language”

“Peer reviewed but they won’t say by who”

2-year-old U.S. citizen apparently deported 'with no meaningful process,' judge says Federal judge says he suspects 2-year-old U.S. citizen was deported 'with no meaningful process"

President Trump forcibly removed children who are U.S. citizens from the country, one of whom has been receiving cancer treatment.

This cruelty isn't a policy solution — it's illegal.

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Mississippi Supreme Court Allows Judge to Block Name Changes for Trans People Under 21 15-year-old girls can get married in the state, but trans people may have to wait until they’re 21 years old to change their name.

1. In major ruling out of Mississippi, the Mississippi Supreme Court now allows judges to block name changes for trans people to the age of 21.

Meanwhile, 15 year old girls can change their name after being married.

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"Merit-based hiring"

Measles case confirmed in New Orleans, Louisiana Department of Health says The New Orleans case is in an unvaccinated adult from Region 1, which includes Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard Parish. The Louisiana Department of Health stated that the patient, who is in isolation and and has been treated at a hospital, likely contracted measles through international travel. Last year, Louisiana saw three measles cases, the LDH said, all in the greater New Orleans area and all travel-associated.

The Louisiana Department of Health stated that the patient, who is in isolation and and has been treated at a hospital, likely contracted measles through international travel.

'Lab Leak,' a flashy page on the virus' origins, replaces government COVID sites The new page emphatically promotes a theory that many scientists question. Meanwhile, basic information about COVID testing and vaccines has disappeared.

The new page emphatically promotes a theory that many scientists question. Meanwhile, basic information about COVID testing and vaccines has disappeared.

Another huge ruling! The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals just DENIED the government's motion for a stay in the trans military ban case.

The government CANNOT enforce it's ban on transgender people in the military still.

BIG day for pro-transgender rulings.

BREAKING: A federal judge finds Trump’s order banning transgender people from getting accurate passports is likely unconstitutional.

The court ordered the State Department to allow correct gender markers for our clients as we continue to argue until this order is blocked for everyone.

FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.

The FDA is drawing up plans that would end most of its routine food safety inspections work, multiple federal health officials tell CBS News, and effectively outsource this oversight to state and local authorities. https://cbsn.ws/3Y5MkHF

I have been reviewing the budget proposal most of the day. The cuts would be devastating, especially in rural communities. Please advocate to protect rural health programs.

RFK pushes to find 'environmental' cause of autism, calls rising rates an 'epidemic' Researchers and advocates have pushed back at what they consider inaccurate and stigmatizing comments made by the health secretary, and note the causes of autism are complex.

Researchers and advocates have pushed back at what they consider inaccurate and stigmatizing comments made by the health secretary, and note the causes of autism are complex.

How many more?

How many more people have to be kidnapped or trafficked before something is done?
How many more people until someone with authority intervenes?
How many more until it’s someone you know, someone you care about, someone you love?

These aren’t nameless numbers, these are people.

HHS Launches Snitch Form to Report Gender Affirming Care Providers The new HHS guidance encourages people to snitch on trans-affirming health care providers—including in instances that do not violate the law.

1. The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a national "snitch form" to report gender affirming care providers.

The last few times state Republicans did this, they were overloaded with memes and Bee Movie scripts.

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The Trump Administration Threat To Transgender Adult Care Is Growing At Lightning Speed Many transgender adults have wondered when their care would be banned by the Trump administration. Now, we are seeing the first vectors to do so.

1. I am raising the alarm: If you are a transgender adult, your care is under threat by President Trump.

You should prepare for severe supply disruptions and policies that amount to potential bans.

The latest CMS letter indicates an expansion to target adults.

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Stop the SAVE Act The SAVE Act would keep millions of people from being able to vote – and would shut countless eligible voters out of our democracy. Urge Congress to vote no now.

The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would make it much harder for millions of people to register to vote.

Tell your Senator to reject this harmful legislation.

The SAVE Act would silence the voices of tens of millions of Americans. Tell Congress we don’t need any more barriers to voting; we need voting to be easy and accessible for everyone. Vote NO on SAVE Act.

#ProtectVotingRights
#FreedomToVote
#HandsOffOurVote

73-year-old grandfather detained by ICE agents last week in Louisiana is free Jose Francisco Garcia Rodriguez, a Lafayette grandfather arrested by ICE agents on April 1, was released Monday from a detention center in Pine Prairie.

73-year-old grandfather detained by ICE agents last week in Louisiana is free
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Didn't expect J.K. to come for me today. Lol
#AsexualityDay

International Asexuality Day (IAD) is celebrated worldwide every year on April 6th to recognize asexual people and to promote understanding of the ace umbrella. The day is dedicated to raising awareness and promoting the rights of the ace community.

ICE agents arrest 73-year-old grandfather in Louisiana who has lived in US for 45 years The Lafayette man was detained outside of a gas station on his way to work, and his family posted a video begging for prayers and help to bring him home.

The Lafayette man was detained outside of a gas station on his way to work, and his family posted a video begging for prayers and help to bring him home.

A newly propsed rule would let Affordable Care Act insurers DROP coverage for gender-affirming care. DACA recipients & low-income trans folks would be hit hardest. Fight back by submitting your public comment today! buff.ly/1dKJEC7

Everything about this proclamation is horrifying. As someone who volunteers with children in foster care, the fact that this proclamation ignores the real issue of child abuse while focusing on this disgusting transphobic and homophobic rhetoric is like salt in a festering wound.