Since cavemen sat around a fire, the primary entertainment of mankind has always been storytelling. As any English teacher can tell you, there are only two basic stories: a) Hero goes on a journey, and b) Stranger comes to town. The former is usually the favorite, and for good reason.
A bill that was introduced in the South Dakota State Senate that would have required the state's public school students to use locker rooms, shower rooms and changing facilities matching the gender they were assigned at birth was withdrawn yesterday. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Lance Russell, who said he withdrew the bill because of Gov.
The federal and North Dakota governments are not complying with their own regulations and laws. One part of the army has written to another part of the army and asked for the easement to be granted so that Energy Transfer Partners can install pipe under Lake Oahe. In response, Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) has started a disinformation campaign, claiming that construction has been approved. Construction has not been approved and the comment period for the Environmental Impact Statement is open until February 20 (scroll down to the section "Do What You Can" for how to add your comment). Construction isn’t legally approved, but it isn’t stopped either. The collusion between the government, the cops, and ETP has allowed the illegal pipeline construction to continue.
Marketplace is a radio program produced by American Public Media, and it's heard on many public radio stations. A transgender reporter, Lewis Wallace was recently fired from his position at Marketplace for posting the following on his personal blog:
I'm a bit worried about the state of America at the moment. My friends and family are suggesting we should invoke Article 25 to have DJT removed from office. After 9 days of being President.
This strikes me as being a bit harsh, because I don't see any "the republic is on the brink" reasons to invoke this clause for the first time in the nation's history. By the way, this is by no means a defense of DJT or his henchmen, or his negligently underqualified cabinet.
In the present situation, I'll depart from my original intention of discussing the continuity and discontinuity emerging in the Trump Presidency. Everyday now, everyone I see proclaims to hold dear "American Values", but everyone in America and the rest of the world doesn't understand or experience these values in the same way. So I'll take a different path for now.
I've been waiting to say that, "Donald Trump is a War Criminal". Like Obama, the Bush's and the Clinton's, now Donald Trump is a verifiable war criminal, a murderer. He has waged illegal war in Yemen and killed innocent human beings.
We have another murderer for president. A child killer. Another United States government criminal wanted for the crime of murder. Support that and it's on you too.
Trump's policies on immigration may get lots of headlines, and cause gratuitous beating of breasts and gnashing of teeth amoung liberals, but back in the real world immigration policies barely even register with a vast majority of Americans.
It simply isn't important on Main Street.
A week after the UK opened membership in the Girl Guides to transgender girls, a few days after the Irish Girl Guides followed suit, and facing a lawsuit over discriminating against New Jersey trans boy, Joe Maldonado, The Boy Scouts of America has announced that it will begin accepting members based on gender identity.
For more than 100 years, the Boy Scouts of America, along with schools, youth sports and other youth organizations, have ultimately deferred to the information on an individual’s birth certificate to determine eligibility for our single-gender programs. However, that approach is no longer sufficient as communities and state laws are interpreting gender identity differently, and these laws vary widely from state to state.
They don't sound so enthusiastic about accepting trans kids.
