The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (a joint city-county group which runs the LA homeless count) announced this afternoon it will lay of 284 employees. The move comes after the County voted to pull funds from LAHSA and also start its own homelessness department. www.lahsa.org/news?article...
come work with me!
NEW from me at @theguardian.com + @documented.net
An official at Trump-aligned AFPI said the quiet part out loud: They want to end medical transition for everyone, adults included. Children are the “low-hanging fruit” in their quest to do so. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@ayleighk.bsky.social aww hii hope you're well!!
apropos of nothing other than nostalgia for a different time, i found this pic from 2016 when i was reporting from myanmar and soulja boy came for his world tour. i attended the press conference with dozens of monks and teen girls at a newly built mall. he sang "kiss me through the phone." i miss it
The FDA said today that it's going to make it easier for cis men to access testosterone to help with low libido...because of course. This is the Trump admin's most recent step to make HRT more accessible for cis men and women while making it harder for trans folks www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
![Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination. Discrimination based on sex is expressly prohibited under Montana’s unique Nondiscrimination Clause––“[n]either the state nor any person, firm, corporation, or institution shall discriminate on account of . . . sex . . . .” Thus, Article II, Section 4 is
unequivocal in its intolerance for discrimination based on sex. Because sex discrimination involves a fundamental right under Article II, the appropriate level of judicial review is strict scrutiny. Snetsinger, ¶ 17.
¶28 Being transgender is also a suspect class under the Equal Protection Clause of
Article II, Section 4,––“[n]o person shall be denied equal protection of the law.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:inwzoq34u52clnzwfmmv4j3b/bafkreidt45gkkqkhg24folszm4hyzpnuoyoe3f6f3pmqpoiqtvf6lweexi)
Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination. Discrimination based on sex is expressly prohibited under Montana’s unique Nondiscrimination Clause––“[n]either the state nor any person, firm, corporation, or institution shall discriminate on account of . . . sex . . . .” Thus, Article II, Section 4 is unequivocal in its intolerance for discrimination based on sex. Because sex discrimination involves a fundamental right under Article II, the appropriate level of judicial review is strict scrutiny. Snetsinger, ¶ 17. ¶28 Being transgender is also a suspect class under the Equal Protection Clause of Article II, Section 4,––“[n]o person shall be denied equal protection of the law.”
MONTANA SUPREME COURT: “Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination,” and is subject to strict scrutiny under the Montana Constitution.
Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...
hey @robinyourgrave.bsky.social. i'm Levi Kalish, a trans reporter at HuffPost - I'd be very grateful to hear more about your experiences working ground ops/ with NASA if you ever want to chat. you can reach me at levi.kalish@huffpost.com or on Signal @levikalish.01 and i'm happy to honor anonymity
Trump's 2027 budget proposal would cut billions for NOAA, HHS, the Treasury Dept and more as part of his plan to eliminate "woke" from the federal gov't
Of course this would also means axing all kinds of programs that serve LGBTQ+ folks, ppl living with HIV, and POC
www.huffpost.com/entry/trumps...
Meanwhile Trump's proposed 2027 budget would eliminate HHS' more than decade old Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program dedicated to literally preventing teen pregnancy and educating young folks about sex and sexual health
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
no condolences necessary! i like that i get to microdose law school by yapping with lawyers
!["When you zoom out and look at all the cases together, you see the way that the ambiguities in the doctrine are always resolved in favor of states, governments or people who want to enforce traditional gender norms," Portuondo said. "[These cases are] resolved against those who want to defy them or live in ways that counter](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wzomutdimrovy4zhc2cjvyd3/bafkreibax5heca4ip77kmmzwn6erdnhvbj2hcno7lkjui2v576snbas3m4)
"When you zoom out and look at all the cases together, you see the way that the ambiguities in the doctrine are always resolved in favor of states, governments or people who want to enforce traditional gender norms," Portuondo said. "[These cases are] resolved against those who want to defy them or live in ways that counter
@lauraportuondo.bsky.social nails it
Everyone offer condolences to @kalish.bsky.social who had to condense my forty minute screed about first amendment doctrine into some important points moving forward from Chiles
I spoke with First Amendment lawyers about what SCOTUS' ruling in Chiles means not only for the future of bans on conversion therapy, but for the power of states to regulate therapy, telehealth, and healthcare altogether
www.huffpost.com/entry/health...
The death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Blind Rohingya refugee who was left on the freezing streets of Buffalo by Border Patrol officers, was ruled a homicide. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The fact that Trump is going to oral arguments to pressure the justices to acquiesce to his attempted nullification of a constitutional amendment and create a stateless class for the first time since the civil war, illustrates what is really at the core of the Trump project and it isn’t tariffs.
Imagine spending the first few weeks of your child’s life suing the Social Security Administration so your baby won’t be deported.
Ryan Williams post A hearty congratulations to @ClaremontInst Publius alum Gabe Kaminsky. Quote Gabe Kaminsky @gekaminsky · 13h Some job news: Today is my first day @CBSNews as an investigative reporter, continuing to cover money and influence in politics. Send tips, story ideas, say Hi: gabe.kaminsky@cbsnews.com, Signal (Gabe.704), same number, DM.
CBS hired a Claremont fellow.
what a day to be a Black trans Jewish journalist
thinking about the tentacles of state surveillance and the forever trap of visibility
also thinking about the queer folks and alt Black media i encountered as a teen which lit a path for my future
nothing to promote except to be kind to one another
Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Extract List of Jews From Penn The decision to allow the government to collect the names and phone numbers of Jewish people on campus could allow the government to pursue similar tactics elsewhere. • Listen • 3:32 min < 1 TODAY
As a Jewish historian who works at a university, I think it’s great that an administration committed to destroying “the internal globalist enemy” which is staffed by groyper antisemites is collecting lists of Jews. Can’t see any potential downside here at all.
New: there's big bipartisan energy for a crackdown on "prediction market" gambling.
Lawmakers aren't interested in curbing the regular gambling that's taking over pro sports, however www.huffpost.com/entry/congre...
thanks! and yes def, let's catch up soon!
omg congrats Madison!!
Hi! I'm looking to speak with doctors and health care providers offering gender-affirming care who have pivoted to private practices to continue servicing trans folks and avoid Trump's threats of fed funding cuts. Happy to honor anonymity!
DM me on Signal @levikalish.01 or at levikalish@proton.me
NEW: Documents obtained by @wired.com show that the salaries of a small NH town’s while police department are paid by ICE as part of its 287(g) program. @sammysussman.bsky.social has the scoop. No paywall: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
Royer Perez-Jimenez was 19 years old. He died by suicide at 3am on March 16 at Glades County Detention Center in Florida. He is the 2nd person to die in ICE custody this week, the 13th this year, and the 42nd under Trump. 🧵
This is what ICE has done to journalist Estefany Rodriguez.
