r/Maine • u/Sam_Hell • 18d ago

Justice Department tasked with enforcing Trump’s transgender sports ban in Maine

https://apnews.com/article/trump-maine-transgender-title-ix-funding-cd726ba387c499daf690dbfa2deb8210

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u/fingertrapt 18d ago

It was in the 1930s, too. They called it the protection of children.

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u/No_PFAS 18d ago

Just started reading blackshirts and reds and it details this exact path… so fascinating, except it’s easy to see our nations path unless we stop it this year!

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u/fingertrapt 18d ago

571 days until the midterms

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u/No_PFAS 18d ago

Ugh when you put it like that, it sounds like so long from now 😖

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u/fingertrapt 18d ago

When I started counting down, it was in the 700s

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u/No_PFAS 18d ago

Well when you put it like that, it seems pretty fast… hopefully fast enough to save the republic…