#Midwestern cities become transgender health sanctuaries amid GOP legislative threats

#Midwestern cities become transgender health sanctuaries amid GOP legislative threats

A growing number of Midwestern cities are declaring themselves safe havens for gender-affirming health care, often in direct defiance of laws passed by conservatives at the state level. While state legislatures across the Midwest are controlled overwhelmingly by Republicans, cities and metropolitan areas tend to lean more Democratic, driving some local leaders to introduce resolutions that distinguish the…

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#Manchin walks an Inflation Reduction Act tightrope

#Manchin walks an Inflation Reduction Act tightrope

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is walking a tightrope on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). While most Democrats tout it as a signature accomplishment for President Biden, Manchin is weighing his political future in a ruby-red state Biden lost by more than 40 points. That’s left him with a love-hate relationship with the bill he helped…

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#Trump criticizes judge after he’s warned against ‘inflammatory statements’

#Trump criticizes judge after he’s warned against ‘inflammatory statements’

Former President Trump criticized the judge presiding over his 2020 election case, just days after she warned him against making any “inflammatory statements” that could intimidate witnesses or prejudice the jury pool.  In a statement posted overnight on Truth Social, Trump called U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan “highly partisan” and “very biased & unfair.”…

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