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Donald Trump's reaction to the horrible Orlando massacre was predictable.

The Orlando massacre was carried by someone with a mental disease who latched on, late in his existence, to radical Islam. This lone wolf stochastic terrorist, with easy access to assault rifles and ammo, channeled his hate of LGBTQ people through a framework of radical Islam. His ex-wife is a clear data point.

The National LGBTQ Task Force and the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights released a resource guide this week to help fight workplace discrimination against transgendered and gender non-conforming people.

It is one of many issues that we concentrate on this week and it is an ongoing issue in general.

--Victoria Rodriguez-Roldan, Trans/Gender Nonconforming Justice Project

Note: This is a very long post, and contains the response of the authors of the study, "Are we witnessing a dishonest election?

of a friend. I am close friends with some of my former high school teachers (I met them in their first year teaching...they weren't much older then, and are far less older, now.) My old civics teacher has me included on an email list, and this came through, yesterday. I thought it was worth sharing, and the writer, "Ron", said yes, go for it.

What right is lost if you can't buy a high capacity magazine?

What state interest is served by allowing their sale?

This is a post from Reich's facebook page.

The May jobs report was a huge disappointment. Only 38,000 jobs were added in May, the slowest rates in five years.

I’m angry. As many of us know, what’s often behind anger is hurt. So, I’ll admit that my anger is stemming feeling hurt. Why? Because the political is personal.

Prime Minister David Cameron has gone into full scaremongerry, the-end-of-the-world mode. He wants the voters to curl up in the fetal position in a total panic instead of voting to leave the EU.