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Friday, September 5, 2025

July 8 (Reuters) - Churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates to their congregations without risking losing their status as tax-exempt nonprofits, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service said. In a court filing on Monday to resolve a lawsuit by two Texas churches and the National Religious Broadcasters, the IRS said traditional religious communications are exempt from a decades-old provision in the U.S. tax code that bars nonprofits, religious and secular, from endorsing political candidates.

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Monday, September 1, 2025 →

Judge Orders Florida Rainbow Sidewalk Chalk Protestor Released From Jail—Arrests Continue

Monday, September 1, 2025 →

The Adams County Sheriff Has Been Cooperating With ICE. Does That Violate Illinois Law? (Yes)

Sunday, August 31, 2025 →

Trump administration orders rewrite of state sex education

Sunday, August 31, 2025 →

Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert | PBS News

Friday, August 29, 2025 →

“lorida’s Department of Transportation once again sent crews to scrub out the rainbow colors. The following day, residents returned to re-chalk the Pulse memorial crosswalk. But this time, they were met with something new: a line of police officers stationed at the site, watching to ensure no color would be laid down.”

Friday, August 29, 2025 →

Maybe the Trump Administration is using ’the Purge’ as its model …

Friday, August 29, 2025 →

Salting (union organizing) - Wikipedia

Friday, August 29, 2025 →

‘Hell of a 90 minutes’: Gavin Newsom reveals ominous hints from private Trump meeting

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 →

Don’t Let His Based Tweets Make You Forget That Pick-Me Presidential Hopeful Gavin Newsom Actually Sucks - Jezebel

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 →

“Earlier this week, [U.S.] Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent letters to all 50 governors calling for the removal of Pride crosswalks. […] the absurdity of stationing a squadron of officers to guard a single crosswalk.”

Sunday, August 24, 2025 →

We Can Save Public Radio and Television

Sunday, August 24, 2025 →

“The Air Force says in a new memo that transgender airmen ousted under a recent Trump administration directive will no longer have the chance to argue before a board of their peers for the right to continue serving their country. [; …that] military separation boards cannot independently decide.” Priya Rashid, a military lawyer[:] “I’ve seen people with three DUIs retained, I’ve seen people that beat their wives retained, I’ve seen all kinds of people retained because the board is empowered to retain anyone for any reason if they feel it’s in the best interest of the service[.]” […] The new Air Force guidance also prohibits recording the proceedings. […] Rashid said the lack of an independent transcript would not only prevent Air Force leaders from reviewing the hearings to ensure they were conducted appropriately but would undercut any meaningful chance to appeal. www.pbs.org/newshour/…

Sunday, August 24, 2025 →

“On Friday, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management issued a memo announcing that, beginning in 2026, all federal employee health plans will be barred from covering gender-affirming care […it] mandates that insurers cover [conversion therapy] for transgender individuals.”

Sunday, August 24, 2025 →

‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Judge orders closure of Trump’s migrant detention centre

Sunday, August 24, 2025 →

Democrats told [by Centrist think tank Third Way] to stop saying ‘LGBTQIA’ and ‘cisgender’

Sunday, August 24, 2025 →

Florida government paints over Orlando’s Pulse memorial crosswalk - but Orlando recolors the Pulse Memorial Sidewalk Rainbow after DeSantis paved over it. We are Orlando Strong and no one can ever erase the LGBTQIA+ Community 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

Sunday, August 24, 2025 →

“Over 2,800,000 people in the U.S. are transgender […] 0.8% of adults […] 32.7% (698,500) are trans women[.]”

Sunday, August 24, 2025 →

Gail Berman, the woman responsible for cancelling Firefly.