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Politics
Maddow busts out laughing at the latest election conspiracy theory about “bamboo ballots”
People doing the Arizona recount think that 40,000 ballots made out of bamboo were flown in from Asia to steal the election for Joe Biden. Really.
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News (USA)
Republican governor vetoes bill requiring parental permission to talk about LGBTQ people
Arizona GOP lawmakers compared talking about LGBTQ people to “an R-rated movie.” The governor stood up to them.
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News (USA)
Gay couple claims “people were laughing instead of helping” as they were beaten by a mob
“They don’t do that gay [expletive] here,” a patron at the nightclub allegedly said before the violence started.
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Commentary
Arizona’s shocking anti-LGBTQ school law wouldn’t just affect queer students
It’s in everyone’s best interests if the LGBTQ community is protected from discrimination.
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News (USA)
Four more states pass anti-LGBTQ school laws as onslaught of hate accelerates
Two states want to ban teachers from talking about LGBTQ people without parental permission, and two banned transgender girls from school sports.
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News (USA)
Schools will need a parent’s permission to mention LGBTQ people in history class in Arizona
Republican legislators passed it. But will the Republican governor sign the revamped version of the state’s old “No Promo Homo” law?
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Commentary
Joe Manchin may have officially killed the Equality Act & the rest of Biden’s agenda
Manchin, along with out senator Kyrsten Sinema, not only thinks bipartisanship is possible, but that Republicans are going to defect from the party line to collaborate on Biden’s agenda. Have they not seen Charlie Brown?
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Politics
AZ State Rep. Andrés Cano knows how to take on the GOP majority to defend LGBTQ rights
“As Arizona’s youngest LGBTQ+ state legislator, I felt it was important for me to be a voice for marginalized and disenfranchised communities,” he told LGBTQ Nation.
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Commentary
There’s a close connection between the religious right’s anti-trans & anti-abortion efforts
The religious right is using the same tactics, for the same reasons, to stop medical treatment or sports for trans youth as it has against abortion providers.
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News (USA)
Arizona passes anti-mask law after Republican argues masks weren’t used to stop AIDS
“We heard about that in the ’80s. Yet no masks were required.”