DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> seeks to mandate proof of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterRegistration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterRegistration</span></a></p><p>"Only about half of Americans have a U.S. passport, and only five states currently offer enhanced driver's licenses that show proof of citizenship."</p><p>By Jude Joffe-Block, March 26, 20251:09 AM ET</p><p>Excerpt: "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VotingRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingRights</span></a> advocates, however, warn outdated databases can erroneously list naturalized citizens as noncitizens. Past efforts by states to purge noncitizens from voter rolls have sometimes swept up eligible U.S. citizens.</p><p>"The executive order also seeks to stop states from counting mail or absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day but received after by withholding funding from states that allow such ballots to be counted.</p><p>"Proof of citizenship requirement</p><p>"Ahead of the 2024 election, Trump and his allies made baseless claims about the threat of noncitizens voting in large numbers.</p><p>"The current federal voter registration form asks registrants to swear, under penalty of perjury, that they are U.S. citizens and eligible to vote, and to provide a driver's license number, state ID number or Social Security number. Those who attempt to vote illegally can face prison time, fines or deportation. Past audits and studies have shown such cases are incredibly rare.</p><p>"Yet Republicans have made requiring documentary proof of citizenship a policy priority. The executive order borrows heavily from the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, known as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SAVEAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SAVEAct</span></a>, a Republican-backed bill. House Republicans have signaled that they intend to pass it in their chamber but it faces difficult odds in the Senate.</p><p>"The executive order shows <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> isn't waiting for Congress. But legal experts say that he does not have the authority through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> to make such changes, and the order conflicts with existing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FederalVotingLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalVotingLaw</span></a>.</p><p>"'It's illegal at many different levels,' said Sean Morales-Doyle, the voting rights director at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrennanCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrennanCenter</span></a> for Justice, a nonprofit that studies and advocates for voting rights. The order directs the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElectionAssistanceCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionAssistanceCommission</span></a>, a small, independent bipartisan agency, to make various changes, including to the federal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterRegistration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterRegistration</span></a> form, but Morales-Doyle said the president can't tell that commission what to do.</p><p>"Requiring documentary proof of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizenship</span></a> would radically upend voter registration if such a mandate were to take effect.</p><p>"The order is explicit that applies to anyone who uses the federal voter registration form. What is less clear is if the order would also pressure states to require showing proof of citizenship with state registration forms, such as by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WithholdingFunds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WithholdingFunds</span></a>.</p><p>"The order only lists a limited number of ways to prove U.S. citizenship. The options given are a U.S. passport, an ID that complies with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RealIDAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealIDAct</span></a> that shows citizenship or a military ID that shows citizenship. A fourth option is a valid government photo ID that 'indicates that the applicant is a United States citizen or if such identification is otherwise accompanied by proof of United States citizenship,' but does not say if a birth certificate would count."<br> <br>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/g-s1-55927/trump-voting-citizenship-executive-order" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/26/g-s1-55927/</span><span class="invisible">trump-voting-citizenship-executive-order</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsPutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsPutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DictatorInChief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorInChief</span></a> <br>Are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LiteracyTests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiteracyTests</span></a> Next? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VoterDisenfranchisement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoterDisenfranchisement</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a> - Federal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHHS</span></a> refers <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JusticeDepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeDepartment</span></a> for enforcement of ‘noncompliance with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleIX</span></a>’ </p><p>The office announced the referral in a post on social media shortly after 5 p.m.</p><p>by Daniel Kool, March 28, 2025, 5:49pm</p><p>"The federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights referred Maine to the Justice Department for enforcement of what it alleges are Title IX violations stemming from allowing transgender women to compete in women’s sports.</p><p>"The office announced the referral in a post on social media shortly after 5 p.m.<br>'HHS will continue to protect women’s sports and keep the promises of Title IX for America’s women and girls,' the office said.</p><p>"The announcement comes a day after Maine officials refused to sign a proposed agreement to stop allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ high school sports by a Thursday deadline.</p><p>"Maine officials refuse to sign Trump agreement on transgender athletes<br>A spokesperson for Attorney General Aaron Frey’s office declined to comment Friday evening.</p><p>"Spokespeople for Gov. Janet Mills did not immediately return a request for comment. The Justice Department did not immediately return questions about its next steps and potential enforcement actions submitted through its media portal."</p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/federal-dhhs-refers-maine-to-justice-for-enforcement-over-noncompliance-with-title-ix/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pressherald.com/2025/03/28/fed</span><span class="invisible">eral-dhhs-refers-maine-to-justice-for-enforcement-over-noncompliance-with-title-ix/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.md/6jnDs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/6jnDs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTransKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTransKids</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthletes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EducationFunds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EducationFunds</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainePol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration targets <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> again, this time on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> policy in schools </p><p>The U.S. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a>. which Trump wants to abolish, is investigating whether dozens of Maine school districts are violating or misusing federal privacy laws and infringing on parents’ rights.<br> <br>by Eric Russell, March 28, 2025</p><p>"The Trump administration is once again targeting Maine over its policies on transgender youth.</p><p>"The U.S. Department of Education – an agency the president is trying to abolish – announced Friday it has initiated an investigation into Maine’s Department of Education over allegations that school districts in the state are violating the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FERPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FERPA</span></a>).</p><p>"Specifically, the federal agency says school districts are allowing officials to create 'gender plans' that support a transgender student’s identity but then not making those plans available to parents. </p><p>"A similar investigation was launched in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> this week.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"Schools in Maine have been caught in a legal gray area between respecting student privacy and parents’ rights to be informed when it comes to children’s expression of gender identity while at school. Many youth live in families whose members might not be supportive of their gender identity.</p><p>"The Trump administration already has been investigating Maine for allowing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthletes</span></a> to compete, something that is allowed under the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineHumanRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineHumanRightsAct</span></a> but defies an executive order the president signed in February. This month, the administration found that Maine violated the federal law known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleIX</span></a> and warned that if the state didn’t make changes, it would risk referral to the U.S. Department of Justice and the potential loss of tens of millions of dollars in federal funding. </p><p>"The announcement from the U.S. Department of Education this week also warns that if any Maine district is found in violation of the federal privacy act, it could lose federal funding. It’s unclear how that will play out, though, because Trump is trying to eliminate the education department at the federal level. </p><p>"A spokesperson for the Maine Department of Education did not immediately respond Friday to questions about the investigation. A spokesperson for the Maine Attorney General’s Office declined to comment.</p><p>"Trump and his supporters have elevated transgender rights as the biggest battle in the country’s culture war and believe their messaging is a political winner, even beyond traditional party lines.</p><p>"In addition to his executive order barring transgender girls or women from competing in athletics, Trump signed another that says the federal government would only recognize two genders, male and female, a move some advocates said was designed to erase transgender individuals from existence.</p><p>"Many states, Maine included, have strong protections for transgender individuals."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/28/trump-administration-targets-maine-again-this-time-on-transgender-policy-in-schools/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pressherald.com/2025/03/28/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-administration-targets-maine-again-this-time-on-transgender-policy-in-schools/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.md/b6gpf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/b6gpf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainePol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTransYouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTransYouth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>So, they are also coming for pro <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiRussia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiRussia</span></a> students and professors. Evidence that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is SUCKING UP to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>! WHERE WILL IT END?! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RESIST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RESIST</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KseniyaPetrova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KseniyaPetrova</span></a>, Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School detained in U.S., faces deportation and likely arrest upon return due to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiWar</span></a> stance</p><p>The Insider<br>27 March 2025</p><p>"A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School has been detained in the United States and placed in immigration detention. According to multiple independent Russian media outlets and the scientist’s friends, she now faces possible deportation to Russia, where she could be subject to political persecution over her anti-war stance.</p><p>"The news of her detention was shared on Facebook by her friend and colleague Cora Anderson. Friends of the scientist also launched a GoFundMe campaign, which has already raised over $14,000 to support her legal and living expenses. <br>'<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kseniia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kseniia</span></a> is in danger,' a person familiar with the case told the Telegram channel Mozhem Obyasnit’ (lit. “We Can Explain”).</p><p>"Kseniia, a Russian bioinformatics researcher, arrived in Boston from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RepublicOfGeorgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicOfGeorgia</span></a> in the spring of 2023 to work at Harvard Medical School. She had been compelled to leave Russia due to her outspoken anti-war stance, which could have led to criminal charges back home. While her surname was not disclosed in the original posts, Mozhem Obyasnit’ was able to locate her Facebook page, suggesting her name is Kseniya (Kseniia) Petrova, a graduate of MIPT (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology). Her page includes multiple posts criticizing the Russian government and denouncing the invasion of Ukraine. Petrova's page on Linkedin listed her as an associate researcher at Harvard Medical School working in Dr. Marc Kirschner's lab in the Department of Systems Biology.</p><p>"On Feb. 16, after returning from a trip to France, she was detained at Boston Logan International Airport, where her visa was revoked. When Kseniia stated that she feared persecution if she were to return to Russia, she was transferred to immigration detention, first in Vermont, then in Louisiana. She is now being held in an ICE detention facility, in a room shared with 80 other women. The exact reason for the cancellation of her visa has not been disclosed by her friends."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://theins.ru/en/news/280037" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">theins.ru/en/news/280037</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistAuthoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistAuthoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsPutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsPutinsPuppet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FuckOligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckOligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The headlines should read, "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> gives <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> the Finger -- Decides to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaxTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxTheRich</span></a> to pay for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> cuts" (assuming the bill passes).<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainePol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> officials refuse to sign <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> agreement on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthletes</span></a> </p><p>The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said earlier this month that it would give state and local officials in Maine 10 days to sign a proposed agreement banning transgender athletes or the state would risk referral to the U.S. Department of Justice.</p><p>by Rachel Ohm, March 27, 2025</p><p>"Leaders of the Maine Principals’ Association and Greely High School say they will not sign a proposed agreement from the Trump administration requiring Maine to stop allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ high school sports. </p><p>"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services gave the Maine Department of Education, Maine Principals’ Association and Greely High School 10 days to sign a proposed resolution agreement in response to its findings that Maine violated federal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TitleIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TitleIX</span></a> law by allowing a transgender high school student to compete in a girls’ indoor track championship last month.<br>Thursday marks 10 days since the Maine entities were notified of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHHS</span></a>’ findings and presented with a proposed resolution.</p><p>"'In a letter to the community Thursday, the school board of School Administrative District 51, which includes Greely High School, said the district will not sign the agreement.</p><p>"'As stated during our Board meeting on March 6th, MSAD 51 will continue to follow state law and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineHumanRightsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineHumanRightsAct</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MHRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MHRA</span></a>),' the letter said. 'Compliance with the proposed (agreement) would be a violation of current Maine law.'</p><p>"A spokesperson for the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MPA</span></a> said Wednesday it also will not sign the agreement. The MPA also sent a letter to DHHS last week saying the federal agency doesn’t have any jurisdiction over the private non-profit organization and asking it to dismiss its finding of a violation. </p><p>"'The Maine Principals’ Association is bound by the law, including the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA), which our participation policy reflects,' the MPA said in a statement Wednesday. 'We are unable to sign any resolution agreement that would mandate we create a new policy that would violate the law and MHRA. As such, we have not signed and will not sign the resolution agreement sent by the federal Department of Health and Human Services.'"</p><p>[...]</p><p>"The Trump administration has said it could refer the findings to the U.S. Department of Justice if the agreement is not signed. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has also threatened to sue Maine if the state refuses to comply with Trump’s executive order calling for a nationwide ban on transgender student-athletes.</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/03/27/maine-officials-refuse-to-sign-trump-administrations-proposed-agreement-on-transgender-athletes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pressherald.com/2025/03/27/mai</span><span class="invisible">ne-officials-refuse-to-sign-trump-administrations-proposed-agreement-on-transgender-athletes/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.md/itxCl" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/itxCl</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistAuthoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistAuthoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/District13" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>District13</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Wait what? Yes, this was before <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crackdown</span></a> on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a>!<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernorJanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernorJanetMills</span></a> fires back after <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s demand for 'full throated apology'</p><p>by Randy Billings, Mon, March 24, 2025</p><p>Mar. 24—"Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Monday brushed off President Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s weekend demand that she issue a 'full throated apology' for publicly challenging him during a White House event last month.</p><p>"The governor responded to Trump's social media post while at a public event in Bangor. But it was not an apology.</p><p>"Mills contested Trump's claims that he wants to protect women through his executive order barring <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthletes</span></a> from women's sports, pointing out that women in the United States and around the world will be hurt by his moves to eliminate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a>, attack <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a>, and impose <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> that will spark <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TradeWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWars</span></a> and drive up consumer prices.</p><p>"'If the current occupant of the White House wants to protect women and girls, he should start by protecting the women and teenage girls who are suffering <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/miscarriages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miscarriages</span></a> and dying because they can't get basic, life-saving health care in states across this country,' Mills said, according to the Bangor Daily News. 'If he truly cares about women and girls and people of this country, let's see the economic plan. Let's see the health care plan. Let's see the education plan.'</p><p>"Mills, who was in Bangor celebrating the purchase of a mobile home park by its residents under a new state law, added that 'if he cares about women and girls, he should talk about the little girls and boys and infants in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sudan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sudan</span></a> and other countries who are dying right now because he has cut off their supply of food and life-saving medicines.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/gov-mills-fires-back-trumps-224700049.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/gov-mills-fires</span><span class="invisible">-back-trumps-224700049.html</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeeYouInCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeeYouInCourt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTransYouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTransYouth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProBirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProBirth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensHealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GirlsHealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GirlsHealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernorMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernorMills</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is such a pathetic, petty man-child (much like his first buddy). Stand strong, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernorJanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernorJanetMills</span></a> !</p><p>Petulant Trump Demands Groveling From Governor Who Stood Up to Him</p><p>by Liam Archacki, Sat, March 22, 2025</p><p>"President Donald Trump suggested he would continue to punish <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> until the state’s governor offers a 'full throated apology' for standing up to him on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> and promises never to 'challenge' him again.</p><p>"Gov. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JanetMills</span></a> went viral after she took on Trump in a fiery verbal exchange at a meeting of the National Governors Association last month. After the president called her out for not complying with an executive order against transgender athletes, Mills retorted, 'We’ll see you in court.'</p><p>"On Saturday, Trump—who has sicced multiple federal agencies on Maine as retaliation—took to Truth Social to demand that Mills grovel."</p><p>Read more: <br><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/petulant-trump-demands-groveling-governor-204627663.html`" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/petulant-trump-</span><span class="invisible">demands-groveling-governor-204627663.html`</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeeYouInCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeeYouInCourt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTransYouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTransYouth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>So, I've been bullied and have defended others who were being bullied, and the advice I would give ANYONE being bullied is NOT to give in! That just empowers the bully!<br> <br>Under threat from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColumbiaUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColumbiaUniversity</span></a> agrees to policy changes</p><p>By JAKE OFFENHARTZ<br>Updated 7:19 PM EDT, March 21, 2025</p><p>NEW YORK (AP) — "Columbia University agreed Friday to put its Middle East studies department under new supervision and overhaul its rules for protests and student discipline, acquiescing to an extraordinary ultimatum by the Trump administration to implement those and other changes or risk losing billions of dollars in federal funding.</p><p>"As part of the sweeping reforms, the university will also adopt a new definition of antisemitism and expand 'intellectual diversity' by staffing up its Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, according to a letter published Friday by the interim president, Katrina Armstrong.</p><p>"The announcement drew immediate condemnation from some faculty and free speech groups, who accused the university of caving to President Donald Trump’s largely unprecedented intrusion upon the school’s academic freedom.</p><p>"'Columbia’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitulation</span></a> endangers <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AcademicFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicFreedom</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CampusExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CampusExpression</span></a> nationwide,' Donna Lieberman, the executive director of the New York <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilLibertiesUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilLibertiesUnion</span></a> said in a statement.</p><p>"Earlier this month, the Trump administration pulled $400 million in research grants and other funding over the university’s handling of protests against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. As a precondition to restoring those funds — along with billions more in future grants — federal officials last week demanded the university immediately enact nine separate reforms to its academic and security policies."</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/columbia-university-funding-trump-fa70143c715df8fd4ef337c0e1ccf872?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/columbia-un</span><span class="invisible">iversity-funding-trump-fa70143c715df8fd4ef337c0e1ccf872?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>My personal favorite part of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a>’ speech tonight:</p><p>“There’s something about people being treated unfairly or overlooked that, frankly, just gets to me. I don’t like it. It’s what my mother instilled in me, a drive to hold accountable those who use their wealth or power to take advantage of other people.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FuckBullies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuckBullies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeAreNotGoingBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreNotGoingBack</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HarrisWalz2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisWalz2024</span></a></p>
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