Transphobic Ballot Questions Reveal the Right's Anti-Girl, Anti-Kid Agenda
Seven initiatives in five states would exploit trans people to promote a gender-policing surveillance state.
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Transphobic Ballot Questions Reveal the Right's Anti-Girl, Anti-Kid Agenda
Seven initiatives in five states would exploit trans people to promote a gender-policing surveillance state.
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A mother who blamed vaccines for the deaths of her toddler twins and joined the anti-vax group’s lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics has been charged with murdering her children.
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HHS Releases Another Report Attacking Transgender Americans and Their Allies
“In my opinion, all the authors have done in this farce of a survey is measured political affiliation.”
New HHS Report on Gender-Affirming Care Rife With False Information
“As soon as you politicize any sort of healthcare it's a really slippery slope.”
Trump Allies Deflect From Explosive Diarrhea Epidemic
“The real epidemic here is the relentless legacy media effort to attack Trump and Kennedy on public health issues.”
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Transphobic Ballot Questions Reveal the Right's Anti-Girl, Anti-Kid Agenda
Seven initiatives in five states would exploit trans people to promote a gender-policing surveillance state.
Right Wing Celebrates Former Biden COVID Czar’s Embrace of Unproven COVID Origin Story
“It’s going to shift the Overton Window.”
Plaintiff in Children’s Health Defense Lawsuit Charged With Murder
A mother who blamed vaccines for the deaths of her toddler twins and joined the anti-vax group’s lawsuit against the American Academy of Pediatrics has been charged with murdering her children.