L & G On The Chopping Block!

Yup, Trump & Company has put lesbians and gays on the chopping block...

Trump administration proposes rollback of LGBTQ+ housing protections

The Trump administration has proposed a sweeping rollback of LGBTQ+ housing protections, including one that could force trans women into men’s shelters and strip away federal anti-discrimination safeguards.

The Pink News

by Tom Hutt-Dixon

April 25. 2026

The new rule from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development would eliminate protections based on gender identity and sexual orientation first introduced under Barack Obama.

It would instead require shelters receiving federal funding to house people based on what it defines as their “biological sex”, even in states where local laws prohibit this, as per Transitics.

Okay, how are they going to determine “biological sex?” How?

Under the new rule, providers could request ‘reasonable assurances or evidence’ of someone’s sex. It doesn’t clarify what this means.

DROP YOUR DRAWS!

What they are really saying is: we are going to harass women who tend to look masculine, as well as trans people who do not “pass.” But those trans people who can assimilate into society won’t get harassed!

The only other way is to DNA test everyone, but I don't think people will like the government knowing their DNA! But that then brings up the question of intersex people... what will the law say about someone with XXY chromosomes? Or someone with Complete AIS?

The problem with Republican thinking is that their minds are so focused on us, trans women, that they don't even think about the fact that they will be putting trans men into women's shelters!

Then we have lesbians and gays... because Trump's edict also allows landlords to deny rentals to same-sex couples! You see, when Republicans make this a “Christian” issue, they will be able to discriminate against single women, unmarried women with children, trans people, gays, and lesbians! The Fair Housing Act of 1968 listed the protected classes: race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, and disability. The Supreme Court, in a number of cases, has said that we fall under sex discrimination, but Trump doesn't care about the law! He will just leave us to battle it out in court.

Danger Will Roberson!

There are a few things that raises my heckles, I don't get a warm fuzzy feeling with this, religious zeolites rewriting the military code of justice... I don't know.

Pentagon begins sweeping review of military legal system

"Reviewing the military legal system is not a problem, reviewing it inside the building without independent structure is structural concern," Ira Rushing said.

Federal News Network

Anastasia Obis

May 18, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has launched a sweeping review of the military legal system, directing the Pentagon to evaluate legal programs across the services, compare them with one another and benchmark them against the Justice Department and criminal justice systems. 

In a May 8 memo to service secretaries, the Joint Chiefs staff and legal offices across the Defense Department, Hegseth instructed the Pentagon’s general counsel to convene a special review panel that will conduct what he described as an “ongoing, long-term, departmentwide review of all aspects of the military legal system as it affects our warriors.” 

The panel is expected to issue interim reports and recommendations over time rather than produce a single final study. Hegseth said the effort is intended to “cut unnecessary bureaucracy, strengthen training and organization and make military legal professionals more effective.”

And what will the religious make-up of this panel be, and who choses them?

The question is not whether to review the system — the military legal system faces a number of challenges, including yearslong backlogs, inconsistent policies across the services and chronic staffing shortages — but how that review is structured.

“There’s a lot of areas in the military legal system that need reform,” Ira Rushing, an associate at the Tully Rinckey law firm, told Federal News Network.  “I would have some reservations about having the panel structured and convened by DoD general counsel, which is a bureaucratic position, so a bureaucrat making suggestions on how to reduce bureaucracy. I think throughout the history of time that has never been a very good idea. But again the difference between this being an executive branch panel versus a legislative branch panel is its ability to actually effectuate any change to begin with.”

I don't really trust Hegseth, I am scared he will change the balance of their legal system to favor the military!

Some of the things to watch over the next six months to better understand where this panel is heading include its membership list, once it is released — the credibility of the effort will depend heavily on whether the panel includes independent voices such as retired military judges, defense practitioners and academic experts or it is dominated by political appointees and Pentagon insiders.

“The more diverse the better. If it’s a roster of political appointees or inside the building council  — maybe that’d be a different signal,” Rushing said.

Yup!

NO!

This is so wrong!

This is corruption!

DOJ official told GOP ally that big payouts were coming for Jan. 6 defendants

Months before the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund was announced, Ed Martin predicted Capitol rioters would get millions, even if it took until 2028, two people told NBC News.

NBC News

By Ryan J. Reilly

May 19, 2026

Earlier this year, not long after Trump administration official Ed Martin was stripped of his role as head of the Justice Department’s “weaponization” working group that targeted the president’s political foes, he sat down for breakfast at an upscale spot near the White House.

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The two touched on the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, D.C. federal grand juries and former special counsel Jack Smith, according to two people with direct knowledge of their conversation.

Martin also predicted the Justice Department would dole out millions of dollars to those charged, and then later pardoned, in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the people said. Even if it took until the end of President Donald Trump’s term.

Martin estimated it would be something like $40 million, the people said.

The pot ended up much, much larger.

This week, the Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion fund using taxpayer dollars to provide payouts for those “who suffered weaponization and lawfare” at the hands of the government. The money comes as part of a settlement with President Donald Trump, who sued the executive branch that he oversees — an unprecedented legal move, experts said.

This is nothing more than trying to influence voters!

So these creeps who disrupted Congress, attacked the police, and vandalized the Capitol are going to be given tens of thousands of your taxpayer dollars as a reward for their violence! In an AP News article, they wrote:

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday wouldn’t rule out the possibility that people who carried out violence during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol will be considered for payouts from a new $1.776 billion fund to pay individuals who believe they were targeted politically.

Pressed during a Congressional hearing over whether those who assaulted police officers would be eligible for compensation from the “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” Blanche responded that all people can apply if “they believe they were a victim of weaponization.” The acting attorney general also refused to say whether he would direct those responsible for deciding who receives payments — a commission whose members he is tasked with appointing — to restrict funds to those convicted of violence.

“What I will commit to is making sure that the commissioners are effectively doing their jobs, and that includes setting guidelines as you’re describing,” Blanche told Sen. Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat. The decisions on payouts will be made a five-member commission appointed by the attorney general.

It is a private slush fund to pay off MAGA loyalists!

This is:

• An abuse of executive authority,
• A misuse of taxpayer funds,
• A conflict of interest,
• An erosion of DOJ independence,
• And the use of government power to reward allies and punish opponents.

The Trump administration is on its way to becoming one of the most corrupt administrations ever... he is well on his way to surpassing Warren G. Harding's Teapot Dome scandal!

So who are inline for the handout?

Longtime Trump ally Michael Caputo files first known claim for ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

Caputo, a spokesperson at the Department of Health and Human Services during Trump’s first term, filed the claim a day after the Justice Department set up the $1.8 billion fund.

NBC News

Garrett Haake

Tue, May 19, 2026

Political operative and longtime Trump ally Michael Caputo filed the first known claim for the Justice Department’s new “anti-weaponization” fund Tuesday, seeking $2.7 million in restitution.

Caputo, who was a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services during President Donald Trump’s first term, says he was the target of “Crossfire Hurricane” — an FBI investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

Caputo posted a letter on X addressed to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche saying that “the machinery of government was clearly politically weaponized against my family from July 2016 to December 2025.”

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Trump said Monday that the fund, which he said he had no involvement in establishing, was meant to reimburse people who were “horribly treated.”

Okay who believes that Trump has "no involvement?"

And just look at the amount... 1776!

Gun Shy!

Trump's attack on trans healthcare is having the exact effects he wants: hospitals are now terrified of anything involving trans care!

Hospitals dodge questions on restoring trans youth care despite judge ruling they can keep providing it

Several hospitals cut trans youth care under Trump administration pressure and still won’t say if those programs will return.

The Advocate

Jack Walker

Apr 27, 2026

Many hospitals that cut off youth from gender-affirming care over concerns around the Trump administration are remaining silent on whether they will resume care, despite a federal court giving their programs legal clearance.

Last December, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump’s secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, directed hospitals across the country to stop providing minors gender-affirming care, or risk losing funds from federal health programs like Medicaid. But on April 18, a federal judge in Oregon struck down the policy, ruling that Kennedy had overstepped the federal government's role and created inconsistencies with existing laws.

Do you really think that any hospital is going to resume healthcare for us when the Trump administration is clearly out to get us?

The Advocate reached out to several hospitals that eliminated gender-affirming care for minors under the Trump administration to ask about the future of their health programs for trans youth in light of the court decision.

That included University of Michigan Health; Fenway Health in Boston; Rady Children’s Health in San Diego; Yale New Haven Health and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Connecticut; NYU Langone and Mount Sinai in New York; and Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Mount Sinai declined to comment on the court ruling when reached by The Advocate. None of the other hospitals returned requests for comment.

Trump has successfully created an atmosphere of fear among medical professionals and providers.

A significant portion of a hospital's income comes from Medicaid and Medicare, so having those funds threatened makes them run scared. Furthermore, these hospitals know that even if they win in court, Trump is a master of SLAPP lawsuits... except now, his administration has the full power and weight of the United States government behind their legal attacks.

Pay-To-Play!

Whether it is a presidential pardon, exclusive access to the Oval Office, an invitation to a White House dinner, mining rights on native lands, no-bid contracts, or an ambassadorship—everything comes with a price tag. Trump has effectively dragged the corruption of Tammany Hall and the Teapot Dome Scandal into the modern era.

I believe that the Trump administration will go down in history as the most corrupt administration ever!

Let us take a look at his latest adventures with Trump's cash cow!

First. Every president has a library now, but Trump is doing something very Trumpish! His library is going to be a hotel! With a museum dedicated to the greatness of Trump inside!

Miami residents sue to stop Trump’s presidential library from taking prime waterfront plot
The lawsuit alleges Florida officials violated the Constitution when they granted President Donald Trump the valuable real estate.

NBC News

By Kyla Guilfoil

May 13, 2026

 

 

A group of Miami residents sued Wednesday in an effort to prevent President Donald Trump’s presidential library from occupying a prime piece of waterfront property in the city.

 

The lawsuit argues that state officials violated the Constitution when they transferred the downtown property for the library, which Trump has teased as a towering skyscraper. Specifically, the suit says Florida officials violated the Emoluments Clause, which says sitting presidents cannot accept gifts or advantages from any state that goes beyond their fixed salary.

 

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Trump, a former real estate magnate, has said he hopes the structure will not just be a library but also include an adjacent hotel. The proposal would make Trump’s presidential library the first to also host a hotel development.

The lawsuit also cites Trump’s comments emphasizing his focus on developing the structure as a hotel; he told reporters at the White House in March, “I don’t believe in building libraries or museums.”

Trump the huckster, always trying to work the angles.

 

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Under Trump, More Big Donors Are Named Ambassadors — And Controversies Have Followed

NPR

Michele Kelemen
August 18th, 2020

 

 

U.S. presidents have a long history of rewarding wealthy political donors with ambassadorships. Many appointees ably take on the work of diplomacy. Some others cause controversy.

Jeffrey Ross Gunter, President Trump’s ambassador to Iceland, shocked that country — one of the world’s safest — when he advertised earlier this summer for private bodyguards and requested permission to carry a gun. Trump’s envoy in London, Robert Wood “Woody” Johnson IV, who owns the New York Jets NFL team, is said to have asked authorities to hold the British Open, a major golf tournament, at a Trump-owned property in 2018.

 

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The inspector general's report did not address the controversy around the British Open.

Trump has denied that he spoke to Johnson about lobbying the U.K. to move the golf tournament to his property in Scotland, and the British government has stated, "Johnson made no request regarding the British Open or any other sporting event."

But Lukens tells NPR that the ambassador did raise the request with British officials — even though Lukens had warned him that doing so would violate federal ethics rules.

Trump the shyster. Always looking for a way to make a buck!

 

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Then we have the shady deal with the
DOJ creating a slush fund to hand out money to Trump's "friends"

What to Know About the DOJ’s $1.7B 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' That Could Compensate Trump Allies Investigated Under Biden
Time
by Nandika Chatterjee
May 18, 2026 

 

 

The Justice Department has announced the creation of a new “Anti-Weaponization Fund” designed to compensate individuals who allege they were unfairly targeted by the government—as President Donald Trump has long claimed he and his allies were under the Biden Administration. 

The $1.776 billion fund was established as part of an agreement to settle Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the I.R.S. over the leak of his tax returns. Under the agreement, the President, his sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization will also receive a formal apology, but no direct monetary damages.

 

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 While the DOJ did not release detailed eligibility criteria, officials said the fund is intended for individuals who believe they were improperly targeted by the federal government on political, personal, or ideological grounds.

Notice the word "believe"... no evidence needed! Talk about a shady deal!

Then we have members of his administration milking their jobs for all the "bennies" they can get!

Kash Patel Takes $60M FBI Jet to See Girlfriend 2 Years After Slamming His Predecessor for Using Government Plane
Patel was reportedly "outraged" that flight data from the trip to State College, Pa. was made public
People

By Amy McCarthy
November 4, 2025

 

 

 NEED TO KNOW

•     Two years after criticizing his predecessor Chris Wray for "private jet travel that he pays for with taxpayer dollars to hop around the country," FBI Director Kash Patel allegedly used a government plane to see his girlfriend
•     Patel flew on a $60 million FBI jet to see country singer Alexis Wilkins, who he is dating, perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" at a wrestling event in State College, Pa.
•     After reports surfaced that he used a government-owned plane to travel to Pennsylvania to see his girlfriend perform the national anthem, Patel reportedly fired the official in charge of the FBI's fleet of airplanes, Stephen Palmer

Patel, just another pettifogger!

 

And how about a road trip across the country on our expense...

Would-be sponsor balked at paying for Sean Duffy’s tour across America
Some Democratic lawmakers say further examination of Duffy’s travel is warranted.

Politico

By Chris Marquette and Sam Ogozalek

05/16/2026 

 

 

 Sean Duffy’s reality-show-tinged family road trip has drawn sponsorships from companies including Toyota and Boeing. But at least one would-be sponsor balked at the ethical implications of seeming to buy access to President Donald Trump’s Transportation secretary, a person directly involved in the outreach told POLITICO.

The person said the company declined to get involved after being approached by Great American Road Trip Inc., the Delaware-registered nonprofit that paid for the Duffy family’s gas, car rentals, lodging and activities during the eight months of on-and-off filming.

The Trump administration is turning out to be the most corrupt...

I'll Tell You What I See.

One thing that tell me that the Supreme Court knew what they were doing when they waved the 32-day certification period that normally delays the court ruling... they want the states to wipeout the Black vote for the November elections!

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson On Supreme Court Speeding Process Of Eliminating Majority-Black Districts: 'Spawned Chaos'

Blavity

By Christopher Rhodes

May 18, 2026

The Supreme Court’s decision to effectively gut the Voting Rights Act has set off a scramble of Republican-led Southern states rushing to redraw their congressional maps before this year’s midterm elections. After a subsequent Supreme Court decision helped speed along this process of eliminating majority-Black districts, the court’s only Black woman has issued a scathing dissent criticizing her colleagues.

The fast-tracking led Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who dissented on the original case, to issue a scathing rebuke of her colleagues.

In her latest dissent, Jackson said, “The Court’s decision in these cases has spawned chaos in the State of Louisiana.” Jackson noted that mail-in ballots in Louisiana had been distributed and some had already been completed and mailed back by the time the court made its decision. By speeding up the implementation process of its ruling, Jackson argued that the court is going beyond the requirements of the ruling to influence a political outcome. Their decision to waive the usual 32-day certification period “is tantamount to an approval of Louisiana’s rush to pause the ongoing election in order to pass a new map.” Jackson called out the Supreme Court for violating two of its principles by inserting itself into a partisan redistricting process and by not following its own “Purcell principle,” by which the courts are generally hesitant to implement last-minute rule changes for elections. “The Court unshackles itself from both constraints today and dives into the fray,” Jackson wrote. “And just like that, those principles give way to power.”

The court went beyond the ruling on the constitutionality and entered realm of politics 

How Stupid!

I never even heard of the song... now I have.

Watertown school board pulls song tied to LGBTQ+ history from spring concert

Students have been practicing instrumental piece all year

Wisconsin Public Radio

By Corrinne Hess 

May 13, 2026

Board Vice President Sam Ouweneel said the decision to pull the music six days before the concert reflects the platform board members campaigned on. 

“This is a perfect example of what everyone here ran on, which was ending indoctrination and radical curriculum,” Ouweneel said.

Board member Christina DeGrave said political violence should not be celebrated through music or song. 

Camila Siebenlist, seventh grader who plays the trombone, asked the school board to reconsider.

“I don’t think you guys understand how hard it is to listen to you guys not accept them, because I know it’s like to not be accepted,” Camila said.

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Thomas dedicated the work to transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson, a key figure in the 1969 Stonewall Uprising against police raids in New York City.  The uprising is considered a milestone in the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement and its site is recognized with a national monument.

But because it is about LGBTQ+ history it got axed!

“The purpose behind studying Mother of a Revolution is not to provoke controversy, but to deepen students’ understanding of how music reflects the diverse experiences of humanity,” LaDew wrote. “Engaging with this piece helps foster empathy, cultural awareness, and respect for the stories and struggles that shape our shared history.” 

One citizen said this about the Board little narrow minds...

Watertown resident David Mazzie played “A Mother of A Revolution!” while speaking to the board.

“I’m sorry that you get your collective panties in a bunch because you are offended by this,” Mazzie said. “I’m sorry that our idea of what’s fair and what’s right only includes the little bubbles that you live in.”

I never even knew about this but thanks to the Watertown school board now I do!

Is Time To End Air Shows?

I remember how much I used to love air shows and military planes. But is it past time to end the military's participation in them?

4 crew members eject safely after two Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho

AP News

By  REBECCA BOONE and MATTHEW BROWN

May 18, 2026

All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho, officials said.

The collision involved two U.S. Navy EA18-G Growlers from the Electronic Attack Squadron 129 in Whidbey Island, Washington, said Cmdr. Amelia Umayam, spokesperson for Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet.

I am extremely glad that no one got hurt!

However, is it time to end military participation in air shows altogether? Back when I used to go to these shows, the planes were just airplanes. Now, they are so stuffed with electronics that a new F-18 Growler costs between $100 million and $125 million! That crash not only put four lives in danger but also cost taxpayers around $250 million—that is a quarter of a billion dollars!

Meanwhile, these assets are desperately needed for the war in Iran. Taking elite pilots and highly specialized aircraft away from active duty or combat readiness to perform stunts can easily be viewed as a misuse of vital resources. They say that air shows are the military's most powerful recruiting tool, and I totally agree! But that recruitment should happen on the ground, not in the air—except for simple flyovers.

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