Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Federal court rejects Trump's transgender military ban. Again.

Courtesy of Think Progress:  

A federal court in Seattle in a ruling on Friday shut down President Trump’s “new” ban on transgender people serving in the military, which was issued by his administration last month. 

Trump had claimed that the old ban was revoked and replaced with the new one, but U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman rejected this distinction, noting that the new documents “do not substantively rescind or revoke the ban, but instead threaten the very same violations that caused it and other courts to enjoin the ban in the first place.”


Indeed, she found the claim that the new ban has exceptions wholly unconvincing: 

The Court is not persuaded. The Implementation Plan prohibits transgender people — including those who have neither transitioned nor been diagnosed with gender dysphoria — from serving, unless they are “willing and able to adhere to all standards associated with their biological sex.” 

Requiring transgender people to serve in their “biological sex” does not constitute “open” service in any meaningful way, and cannot reasonably be considered an “exception” to the Ban. Rather, it would force transgender service members to suppress the very characteristic that defines them as transgender in the first place. 

As she did when she first ruled against the ban last year, Pechman also concluded that transgender people are a “suspect class” — a group vulnerable to unfair treatment and discrimination solely because of their identity. Thus, any rationale for categorically excluding them from service must be examined and considered with heightened scrutiny.

As my daughter would say "Booya!" 

I actually hate that phrase but it seems appropriate here.

I really cannot understand why Trump is so discriminatory about transgender folks.

I mean does he think this started out as a woman?

Not disrespecting the choice, you know live and let live, but she could at least try channeling a little femininity once in a while.

24 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:37 AM

    Kellyanne certainly has an alternative choice.
    She could be a spokesperson for hungry man dinners , iron man competition etc.
    She could even consider modeling for Carhart!
    What a moron.

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  2. Anonymous6:39 AM

    University of Alaska!
    https://greendot.alaska.edu
    "The UAF Green Dot strategy is a violence prevention program based on empowering bystanders. When people attend our bystander trainings, they learn to recognize potentially harmful situations and how to safely intervene. A green dot is the single choice to use your words or actions to prevent someone from being harmed.
    A red dot is the choice to use words or actions to harm another person. A red dot is a fight between dating partners, the moment a student can’t go to class because their stalker is waiting outside the building, the decision to have sex with someone without their consent. No one knows how many red dots happen at UAF but we can all agree there are too many.
    A green dot is the choice to use words or actions to prevent someone from being harmed. A green dot could be creating a plan with friends before going out, checking in with a friend who’s in a new relationship, calling dispatch when you hear your neighbors arguing, walking home with a friend, or recommending resources to someone in need.

    When the green dots start to outnumber the red dots, rates of violence will finally decrease."

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    1. Anonymous2:08 PM

      Is that before or after they get raped? Just sayin.

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  3. KelleyAnne is not human- it is a combat harpy imported into our universe through a wormhole, it's mission to protect Lord Trump by vanquishing his opponents with words and claws. I read that somewhere so it must be true.

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  4. Caroline Jumper (now in Mobile)6:51 AM

    Watch the comments about femininity please. Her talking to toasters is fair game.

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    1. Anonymous7:51 AM

      I second that. It is so easy for commenters to make foul comments about Conway, Sanders, etc. just based on their looks. Especially when this is an article about transgender people,
      comments about sexual appearance is totally inappropriate.

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    2. Anonymous7:58 AM

      Fuck~a~Bee $ting!

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    3. Anonymous12:20 PM

      Indeed. That shot is no better than the right's nasty assertion that Michelle is a man. Let's not be like them.

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    4. linda2:34 PM

      Agree 100%. I've heard that femininity line used against strong women my entire long life - most recently by a young woman against Hillary Clinton. Just like men, women come in all shapes and sizes and not all are traditionally feminine looking. Some heterosexual women look like men, believe it or not! So what??? Let's let the appearance and femininity thing die a natural death and focus on traits such as intelligence and compassion and actions such as hypocrisy and lying!

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  5. Anonymous6:51 AM

    Chic looks like a scarecrow bad witch.

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  6. Anonymous7:01 AM

    Scientology unleashed this ugly group of humans to enable trump and aid the world swamp of mobs to harm democracy.

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    1. Anonymous8:20 AM

      Can you believe those assholes are trying to normalize themselves with their own TV channel?

      The programming line-up looks like a Saturday Night Live fake commercial.

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  7. Anonymous7:23 AM

    Reporters have said that Conway is one of the biggest leakers in the White House. Her scarecrow look is due to too many DC cocktail parties.

    She would know about "alternative facts".

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  8. Anonymous7:49 AM

    Tag-Out>
    "Dent (PA-15) announced via Twitter on Tuesday that he is stepping down from Congress within the next couple of weeks"

    https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/charlie-dent-latest-republican-flee-congress-cant-take/

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  9. Anonymous7:54 AM

    OT? “Make America Horny,” 100~Gs! ;-)

    https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/stormy-daniels-releases-facial-composite-man-allegedly-threatened/

    Avenatti also offered a $100,000 reward for anyone who can identify the man. They’re asking that people email clues to idthethug@gmail.com.

    Find that G^ NOW!

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  10. Anonymous8:16 AM

    I thought I'd wake to seeing Sean Hannity's ugly face instead I see KellyAnnes. Ugh.
    So Sean Hannity was Cohen's third customers. Old Shawny boy said it was a talk due to real estate. Uh huh. What's her real name, and how much did Cohen have to pay her?

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  11. Anonymous8:24 AM

    Its hard to believe that any rational male would put their d#ck into any of Conway's holes.

    She is a Wench.

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    1. Anonymous11:11 AM

      Include S. Huckabee Sanders in the list. She is one unattractive woman. Her lying and scowling just make it worse.

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  12. Anonymous8:45 AM

    Kellyanne looks like she drives a Plymouth Reliant K.

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  13. Anonymous9:25 AM

    KkkCONblowjob lOOks like a Bloodhound Bitch.

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  14. I'm sure at some point Trump hit on what turned out to be a transgender person and has been emotionally scarred by the trauma to this day. All of his prejudices are probably motivated by personal trauma related to his ME ME ME ME-centric ego and his insistence that the world revolve around him, his wants and his beliefs. Violations or threats to them must be expunged from the face of the earth. That's why he's trying to eradicate Obama's legacy.

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    1. Anonymous1:51 PM

      Excellent post mlaiuppa.

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    2. Anonymous5:12 PM

      Maybe the Russian hookers were transgender , Jerry Springer style.

      Surprise!

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