Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Tell Me That Trump & Company Are Not Racists!

They keep denying it, but their actions and words say otherwise.
USA Today
Anna Kaufman
Mon, February 2, 2026


The lineup for Turning Point USA's "All-American Halftime Show" is finally here.

The show, put on by the conservative organization to compete with Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance, will feature performances by Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert and Lee Brice. Gabby Barrett, 2021 winner of new female artist of the year at the Academy of Country Music Awards, will also perform.

Kid Rock is a close ally of President Donald Trump, becoming more outspoken in his conservative beliefs in recent years. Both Gilbert and Brice are mid-level stars in the country music space; Gilbert is known for hits like "Dirt Road Anthem" and "Bottoms Up" while Brice is known for tracks like "One of Them Girls" and "Rumor." Barrett is the only female performer so far announced, breaking through with her hit single "I Hope."
I hope everyone knows that Kid Rock is a racist!
"We're approaching this show like David and Goliath. Competing with the pro football machine and a global pop superstar is almost impossible … or is it?" Kid Rock said in a release announcing the lineup.

Kid Rock continued, taking jabs at Bad Bunny: "He's said he's having a dance party, wearing a dress, and singing in Spanish? Cool. We plan to play great songs for folks who love America."
"...singing in Spanish

Heavy Sports wrote this about the other halftime show...
By Nathan Dougherty
Feb 2, 2026


Details have finally emerged on the alternative to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show — and the show is already sparking some controversy online.

Turning Point USA had announced it would hold its own halftime show, responding to criticism when Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny was announced as the official Super Bowl show. The organization released its lineup on Monday, including some digs at Bad Bunny and garnering some pushback.

[...]

“Funny that they could only get washed-up artists to perform,” one person wrote on X in response to the lineup announcement.
Um... he just won a Grammy! That makes six Grammys! Yup, "could only get washed-up artists to perform"  I think that it is Kid Rock who's a has been!
“Yikes. I’d rather throw my silverware into my garbage disposal and listen to that,” another wrote on X.

Many others took issue with the insinuation that it was an “All-American” alternative to Bad Bunny, who is Puerto Rican and by extension an American citizen.

USA Today’s Kaufman pointed out that the Turning Point halftime show arose due in large part to the backlash of Bad Bunny’s selection, giving it an inherent tone of opposition to him.

“Bad Bunny, a Latin superstar who hails from Puerto Rico, sings primarily in Spanish and has been critical of Trump’s deportation efforts in the past,” Kaufman wrote. “When he was announced as the Super Bowl’s lead performer, several conservative pundits, and Trump himself, criticized the choice, alleging he wasn’t a popular enough artist and that he was a divisive pick. Bad Bunny was Spotify’s most-streamed artist globally in 2025.”
Not only is Kid Rock racist but so is all of Turning Point!

People, wake up — this is a racist government now.
In a Monday interview with Newsmax, Trump was asked by presenter Greg Kelly if he had any thoughts on the recent announcement that Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, would be the halftime performer at next year’s Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, Calif.

“The NFL just chose the bad bunny rabbit or whatever his name is. This guy who hates ICE, he doesn’t like you. He accuses everything he doesn’t like on racism,” Kelly told Trump. “Do you think maybe we should just entertain blowing off the NFL, like a boycott or something along those lines?”

Trump replied, “I’ve never heard of him. I don’t know who he is.” He added, “I don’t know why they’re doing it. It’s crazy. And then they blame it on some promoter they hired to pick up entertainment. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous.”
And now they’re criticizing Bad Bunny as being racist simply because he opposes the brutal treatment carried out by ICE.

In Their Hate...

Of us Indiana just pasted a draconian bill defining gender as having either egg or sperm. And the just disenfranchised the who intersex community in order to punish us.
Opponents said that the bill will increase the bullying of trans youth while supporters of the bill complained about expressions like “birthing people.”
LGBTQ Nation
Alex Bollinger (He/Him)
February 2, 2026


A bill that is being called the “most extreme anti-LGBTQ+ bill” in Indiana was passed by the state’s Senate last week.

S.B. 182 contains several provisions. First, it defines sex and gender in terms of reproductive organs and applies that definition to all laws in the state. Second, it says that trans students can only use the restrooms associated with their sex assigned at birth. Moreover, it allows students to sue schools if a trans classmate breaks this rule. Third, it forces jails and prisons to house trans inmates with their sex assigned at birth.
These laws are designed for one thing... to forced us back into the closet!
S.B. 182 passed the state Senate in a 37-8 party-line vote last week. The bill’s author, state Sen. Liz Brown (R), said that the bill is necessary to protect “women” in “their private spaces.”
Lies, lies, lies there have never been a problem with trans women in bathrooms! But all the Republicans lies are having a toll on the people's perceptions. The Williams Institution at UCLA School of Law found...
While we have found no evidence of increased harms to people who are not transgender when transgender people are allowed to use restrooms and other gendered facilities according to their gender identity, it is a consistent finding across studies and over time that transgender people report being denied access to these spaces and experiencing verbal harassment and physical assault from others in these spaces.
But facts don't matter tot he Republicans in their fear campaign on us. While most American think that the Republican are going overboard on us. The 19th News reported that,
Many Americans across the political spectrum would prefer that politicians avoid focusing on trans issues at all. Four in ten Americans — with an even split between Democrats and Republicans — think politicians should not focus on transgender issues. This alignment marks a notable difference from 2024, when 33 percent of Democrats agreed with this hands-off stance compared with 53 percent of Republicans. 
Meanwhile behind the smoke screen of the fear of us, the Republicans shred the Constitution!

And as usual in their anger against us... the Republicans haven't thought about the trans men!

Monday, February 02, 2026

They Are Seeing Though The Bull!

More and more judges are not only slapping the government hand, they are no holding back on what they thing.
A District Judge, Fred Biery, has ordered the release of an asylum seeker, Adrian Conejo Arias, and his son, Liam Ramos, from immigration detention.
KARE
 Megija Medne
CST January 31, 2026


A judge has ordered the release of an asylum seeker and his 5-year-old son, who were detained in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, and transferred to a detention facility in Texas. 

The U.S. District Court Judge Fred Biery ruled that Adrian Conejo Arias and his 5-year-old son, Liam Ramos, should be released from custody "as soon as practicable" but no later than Tuesday, Feb. 3. 

[...]

In an opinion, the judge strongly criticized the tactics used by immigration agents, saying that this case originates from "the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children."

In her ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut found President Trump “did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard.”
By Conrad Wilson (OPB) and Michelle Wiley (OPB)
Nov. 7, 2025


President Donald Trump was permanently blocked from sending the National Guard to Portland by U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut, who delivered her final order in the case Friday.

The litigation has centered around whether ongoing protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in the city warrant a National Guard deployment. In her ruling, she acknowledged “violent protests did occur,” but law enforcement was able to address them.

“Since that brief span of a few days in June, the protests outside the Portland ICE facility have been predominately peaceful, with only isolated and sporadic instances of relatively low-level violence, largely between protesters and counter-protesters,” the judge wrote in her 106-page order, “this Court concludes that even giving great deference to the President’s determination, the President did not have a lawful basis to federalize the National Guard.”

The ruling by U.S. District Judge William Young follows a November 2025 motion filed by Columbia’s Knight First Amendment Institute.
By Nadia Knoblauch and Dora Gao
January 22, 2026


A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deporting noncitizen students or faculty over participation in pro-Palestinian protests in a Thursday ruling, following a November 2025 motion filed by Columbia’s Knight First Amendment Institute.

[...]

The ruling states that Department of Homeland Security Director Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s threats to detain, deport, or revoke visas from students for political speech have “objectively chilled protected speech that violated the First Amendment.”The ruling states that the “ideological deportation” policy violates the APA due to its violation of constitutional rights and for being based on statutes that “have never been used in this way,” referencing Rubio’s invocation of the rarely used legal provision to detain Khalil.

Judges have ruled against the administration in more than 1,600 cases.
Politico
By Kyle Cheney
01/05/2026


Federal judges are increasingly exasperated by the Trump administration’s effort to lock up nearly everyone facing deportation proceedings — a draconian expansion of decades-old policies that hundreds of courts have rejected as illegal or unconstitutional.

More than 300 federal judges, including appointees of every president since Ronald Reagan, have now rebuffed the administration’s six-month-old effort to expand its so-called “mandatory detention” policy, according to a POLITICO analysis of court dockets from across the country. Those judges have ordered immigrants’ release or the opportunity for bond hearings in more than 1,600 cases.

[...]

Federal judges are increasingly exasperated by the Trump administration’s effort to lock up nearly everyone facing deportation proceedings — a draconian expansion of decades-old policies that hundreds of courts have rejected as illegal or unconstitutional.

More than 300 federal judges, including appointees of every president since Ronald Reagan, have now rebuffed the administration’s six-month-old effort to expand its so-called “mandatory detention” policy, according to a POLITICO analysis of court dockets from across the country. Those judges have ordered immigrants’ release or the opportunity for bond hearings in more than 1,600 cases.

PBS News Hour
By Mike Catalini, Associated Press, Steve Karnowski, Associated Press
Jan 27, 2026 


 The chief federal judge in Minnesota says the Trump administration has failed to comply with orders to hold hearings for detained immigrants and ordered the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to appear before him Friday to explain why he should not be held in contempt.

In an order dated Monday, Chief Judge Patrick J. Schiltz said Todd Lyons, the acting director of ICE, must appear personally in court. Schiltz took the administration to task over its handling of bond hearings for immigrants it has detained.

"This Court has been extremely patient with respondents, even though respondents decided to send thousands of agents to Minnesota to detain aliens without making any provision for dealing with the hundreds of habeas petitions and other lawsuits that were sure to result," the judge wrote.

The order comes a day after President Donald Trump ordered border czar Tom Homan to take over his administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota following the second death this month of a person at the hands of an immigration law enforcement officer.
The judges are seeing through all of Trump's crap!

What We Need Is More Lawsuits!

What we need is more lawsuits. Earlier this morning, I wrote about Trump suing everyone in sight—but we need to sue ICE and DHS!
Maine Public
By Michael Livingston
January 31, 2026


A South Portland man who says he was threatened with arrest by federal immigration officials last week has filed notice of his intent to sue ICE and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Robert Peck is alleging their actions violated his First Amendment rights to document and observe the agents conduct "Operation Catch of the Day," a recent immigration enforcement initiative launched by ICE in Maine.
He was following ICE when they stopped and surrounded his car and...
That's when he says the two agents stopped and approached his car. They told him he was impeding federal law enforcement by following them and he says they threatened to arrest him even though he says he kept a "safe and respectful distance from their vehicle."

Peck recorded the interaction which is now posted online.

The video shows agents asking Peck if he was following them. Peck replies "yes" which agents say is him admitting to impeding with federal law enforcement.

The agents cite a federal statute before Peck explains he was "observing" not "impeding."

One agent says, "if you keep doing it, we'll pull you back out and arrest you."
And that is why he is suing ICE, for threatening him!
Peck's attorney David Webbert says the agents caused his client emotional harm and trauma. The notice says Peck can't "drive his car without fear of violent and sudden arrest."

"He thought, if they ever see him again, they could easily kill him," Webbert said.
It was a very smart move on his part. Why? It is called "Discovery." I asked Gemini about Discovery:
The Discovery "Toolbox"
Lawyers don't just ask nicely for information; they use specific legal instruments to get what they need:
  • Interrogatories: These are written questions that the other side must answer in writing and under oath. They are great for getting basic facts, dates, and names.
  • Requests for Production (RFP): This is the "paperwork" phase. You can demand documents, emails, text messages, photos, or even physical access to a property to inspect it.
  • Depositions: This is the high-drama part. A witness or party is questioned in person (or via video), under oath, with a court reporter transcribing everything. It’s used to lock in a person’s story before they take the stand at trial.
  • Requests for Admission (RFA): These are "True or False" statements used to narrow the issues. For example: "Admit that you were driving a red sedan on June 1st." If they admit it, that’s one less thing to prove in court.
Just think of what we could find by digging through ICE records! I also hope this doesn't become a class action suit. Why? Because if DHS has to adjudicate each case separately, they are stuck fighting on every front. With a class action, it’s only one case—but with individual suits, they are forced to defend their actions over and over again.

I'm Going To Sue!

You know who said that... the guy who is lawsuit happy... the guy who sues at the drop of a hat... you know him, some people call him president, and others call him...
President calls host a ‘pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C’ after jibe about his connections to late sex offender at ceremony
The Guardian
Shrai Popat (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)
Mon 2 Feb 2026 


Trump threatens to sue comedian Trevor Noah over Grammys Epstein joke
President Donald Trump is once again in the mood for litigation. This morning he has threatened to sue Grammys host Trevor Noah after a joke he made about Jeffrey Epstein on stage.

Joking that this will be his last year as host, Noah quipped:

Song of the Year - that is a Grammy that every artist wants almost as much as Trump wants Greenland, which makes sense because Epstein’s island is gone, he needs a new one to hang out with Bill Clinton.

In repsonse, the US president said the comedian, who hosted The Daily Show on Comedy Central in the US for seven years, was a “total loser”, adding:

It looks like I’ll be sending my lawyers to sue this poor, pathetic, talentless, dope of an M.C., and suing him for plenty.

Trump criticised South African-born Noah‘s joke, made after the song of the year gong was handed out.

Writing on Truth Social, in his usual frenetic, rambling style, Trump said:

Noah said, INCORRECTLY about me, that Donald Trump and Bill Clinton spent time on Epstein Island. WRONG!!!

I can’t speak for Bill, but I have never been to Epstein Island, nor anywhere close, and until tonight’s false and defamatory statement, have never been accused of being there, not even by the Fake News Media.

Noah, a total loser, better get his facts straight, and get them straight fast.

He added:

Get ready Noah, I’m going to have some fun with you!
What we have here is the makings of a SLAPP lawsuit (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) and Trump is the King of SLAPPs!

Judges have rejected a great number of Trump lawsuits som eof them are Florida Federal Judge Tossed $15 B Defamation Suit vs. New York Times and Suit Against Maryland Federal Court System Dismissed

With Trump, it almost seems like he gets delight in suing the little guy. Yeah, they sue for the legal fees but in the NYT case the court ordered Trump to pay $400,000 which is pocket change for him!

Sunday, February 01, 2026

Battling Bills!

There are a number of bills before Congress this session that would change the way we vote. One set of bills expands voting rights, while another set imposes limits. Can you guess which party introduced each set?

Bill #1: Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) – H.R. 22
Bill #2: Freedom to Vote Act
Bill #3: American Confidence in Elections Act (ACE Act)
Bill #4: Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act
Bill #5: Same Day Registration Act (S. 2820)
Bill #6: SAVE VOTERS Act
Bill #7: Right to Vote Act
Bill #8: Fair Representation Act

First thought: There are a number of voter bills!

Bill Goal Party
SAVE Act (H.R. 22) Restrict / safeguard voting Republican
Freedom to Vote Act Expand voting access Democrat
ACE Act Restrict / safeguard voting Republican
MEGA Act Restrict / safeguard voting Republican
Same Day Registration Act (S. 2820) Expand voting access Democrat
SAVE VOTERS Act Expand voting access Democrat
Right to Vote Act Expand voting access Democrat
Fair Representation Act Expand voting access Democrat

Notice something?
  • Republican bills → focus on restricting voting or tightening rules
  • Democratic bills → focus on expanding access and protecting voter rights
Republicans’ restrictive bills build on the false narrative pushed by some in their party that the 2020 election was “stolen.”
AP News
By  LISA MASCARO
January 29, 2026


House Republicans are proposing sweeping changes to the nation's voting laws, a long-shot priority for President Donald Trump that would impose stricter requirements, including some before Americans vote in the midterm elections in the fall.

The package released Thursday reflects a number of the party's most sought-after election changes, including requirements for photo IDs before people can vote and proof of citizenship, both to be put in place in 2027. Others, including prohibitions on universal vote-by-mail and ranked choice voting — two voting methods that have proved popular in some states — would happen immediately. The Republican president continues to insist that the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden was rigged.

"Americans should be confident their elections are being run with integrity — including commonsense voter ID requirements, clean voter rolls, and citizenship verification," said Rep. Bryan Steil, chairman of the House Administration Committee, in a statement.
Every word is bull!

I repeat: There is no evidence of widespread or outcome-changing voter fraud in U.S. federal elections.
  • The Department of Justice (under Republican and Democratic administrations)
  • State election officials from both parties
  • Courts, including judges appointed by Republicans
  • Independent election audits and recounts
But facts don't count with the Republicans!

The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law wrote about how the changes will effect low income and minorities back in 2011 and 2019.
The Brennan Center submits written testimony for the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights hearing: “New State Voting Laws: Barriers to the Ballot?”


The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law thanks the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights for providing the opportunity to present testimony at this important hearing, and in particular, discuss the consequences of strict voter identification requirements.

[...]

II.        Photo ID Requirements for Voters Negatively Impact Voting

The best available empirical evidence shows that significant percentages of voting-age American citizens do not possess valid, government-issued photo identification.

Regardless of whether new photo ID laws are constitutional, they are certainly bad policy. Statutes obliging American citizens to obtain and produce government-issued photo ID before being permitted to vote threaten to disenfranchise millions of Americans.  The seminal study on this issue, Citizens Without Proof—a report based upon a nationwide survey by the National Opinion Research Corporation sponsored by the Brennan Center in late 2006—found that 11% of voting-age American citizens do not have current, government-issued photo IDs.[11]  That represents more than 21 million individuals.  Any policy that would operate to completely bar or limit access to a population of this size from the polls must be viewed with scrutiny and compels demand for a well‑supported rationale for its implementation.  
The goal of the Republicans is to disenfranchise likely Democrat voters!

In another Brennan Center for Justice article they write how it affects minorities,
There is a large and growing pile of evidence that strict voter ID laws disproportionately impact voters of color.
  • Using county-level turnout data around the country, researchers demonstrated that the racial turnout gap grew when states enacted strict voter ID laws.
  • Researchers have also looked specifically at the turnout of individuals in North Carolina without proper identification, and they found that the enactment of the law reduced turnout. The turnout effects continued even after the strict voter ID law was repealed.
  • Another study shows that voters in Texas who would be barred from voting absent the state’s “Reasonable Impediments Declaration” (a court-ordered remedy allowing voters without proper IDs to participate) are disproportionately Black and Latino. The study argues that its “findings indicate that strict identification laws will stop a disproportionately minority, otherwise willing set of registered voters from voting.”
  • An article using a similar methodology and administrative records found that voters of color in Michigan were more likely to show up to the polls without proper identification.
  • Yet another study used survey data to demonstrate that voters of color in states across the country lacked access to the needed IDs to vote in their state.
  • While some studies have argued that voter IDs have little effect on overall turnout, it is clear that voters of color are less likely to have the IDs needed to participate.
Restrictions on Sunday voting — such as those proposed last year in Georgia and Texas — would fall disproportionately on voters of color.
  • Our research showed that voters of color were substantially more likely to vote on Sundays in Georgia than white voters.
  • Another study argues that these Sunday voters do not seamlessly transition to other days after cuts are made. For example, when Sunday voting was outlawed in Florida in 2012, Black voters who voted on Sunday in 2008 were especially likely to abstain from voting.
These restrictive bills are not neutral policies; they are likely to disenfranchise groups that traditionally vote Democratic, including minorities and low-income citizens. In contrast, Democratic bills aim to expand access and reduce these barriers.

These bills are designed for one thing, and only one thing... to get Republicans elected!

Once Again We Are On The Chopping Block!

The right-wingers are at it again with their hate and lies. And they are winning! Trump has packed the court with judges who put the Bible before the Constitution!
San Jose State now has 10 days to agree to the administration's terms
Fox News
By Jackson Thompson
January 28, 2026


The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced Wednesday that it has determined San Jose State University violated Title IX due to its handling of a transgender former volleyball player. The university now has 10 days to comply with a series of agreements or risk "imminent enforcement action." 

The ED launched an investigation into the university last February after a highly publicized college volleyball season that saw seven teams forfeit games to SJSU amid the controversy. 

Former SJSU co-captain Brooke Slusser joined multiple lawsuits against the NCAA, the Mountain West Conference and representatives of the university after alleging she had been made to share changing spaces and bedrooms with trans teammate Blaire Fleming in 2023 without being told that Fleming is a biological male.
Of course Fox News is jumping up and down with glee!
"SJSU caused significant harm to female athletes by allowing a male to compete on the women’s volleyball team—creating unfairness in competition, compromising safety, and denying women equal opportunities in athletics, including scholarships and playing time," ED Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.
You know here in Connecticut they made the same claim! The judge in the case asked, "What injury (Legal injury, like a loss of income.) did they sustain from playing against a trans athlete?" The complaints could name any, they got athletic scholarships in colleges of their choice.

And of course Fox has to double down!
The coach's attorney believes the ruling will aid in a lawsuit against the school
Jackson Thompson By Jackson Thompson Fox News
Published January 29, 2026


Nearly one year after Melissa Batie-Smoose slipped into unemployment after San Jose State University did not renew her contract as an assistant volleyball coach, she can watch the institution face consequences from the federal government. 

Batie-Smoose rose to fame in the "Save Women's Sports" movement when she filed a Title IX complaint against the university for its handling of transgender athlete Blaire Fleming, in the fall of 2024. Her complaint included the first public allegations that Fleming conspired with an opposing player to have SJSU volleyball co-captain Brooke Slusser spiked in the face during a match. 

She was suspended from the program, and later not brought back, and she hasn't been able to find work in her field since. 
Well yeah, she should have known that she became a hot potato. What did she expect?

I want to point out one thing, through out these Fox articles they say, "...school violated Title IX..." that is not true! It is a lie!

The Supreme Court has not ruled against us in any case! So once again the right-wing media, lies! We will not know until the court rules on this latest case. It can rule against us, for us, or send the case back to a lower court.
Voters prefer Democrats on affordability, Republicans on border security
By Victoria Balara
Fox News
January 29, 2026


As the midterm election year gets underway, voters are already drawing clear lines between the Democratic and Republican parties on the issues.

A new Fox News survey, released Thursday, finds the Republican Party is seen as better able to handle border security (by 15 points), national security (+12), and immigration (+5).

The Democratic Party is favored on transgender issues (by 22 points), healthcare (+21), vaccines (+16), helping the middle class (+14), and affordability (+14). 

And on three issues where Republicans have recently held the edge, now neither party has shown a clear preference: taxes (+1D), foreign policy (even), and the federal budget deficit (+2R).
The voters are starting to see through the Republicans lies!



And then over in Kansas the attacks continue on us...
Government entities — including schools — could be held liable for allowing transgender Kansans to use bathrooms based on their gender identity.
KCUR
By Zane Irwin
January 29, 2026


Transgender Kansans could soon face financial and criminal penalties for using bathrooms that match their gender identity.

After six hours of tense debate, overwhelming Republican majorities in the state Legislature voted on Wednesday to pass a bill that mandates restroom use in government buildings based on one’s sex assigned at birth.

The policy won support from more than two-thirds of the state House and Senate — enough to override a likely veto by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and pass the bill into law.

The bill requires government entities, including public schools and universities, to segregate restrooms and locker rooms by sex. Individuals could be fined $1,000 and criminally charged for repeatedly using facilities that do not match the sex they were assigned at birth.

[...]

Democratic lawmakers rejected that argument.

“What this bill is about is about sending a very clear message to people who are transgender that you are not welcome and you are not safe here,” said Democratic Rep. Abi Boatman, a transgender woman who filled a vacancy in the House earlier this month.

“I have sat here for five and a half hours and listened to this entire room debate my humanity and my ability to participate in the most basic functions of society,” she said. “I hope none of you have to ever sit through something like that.”
Why did they not want hearings? Are they afraid that the public will see through their bigoty? They are rallying their MAGA base but they are also angering the other voters!

Total U.S. student-athletes: roughly 8–10 million, for trans athletes we are roughly 0.4–0.5 % of high school athletes (~35,000) — but this figure is indirect, based on extrapolation and not an official count!