Some news items you might have missed:
• LGBTQ Nation: Florida cities are removing rainbow crosswalks and Black history murals, but citizens are fighting back. The rainbow memorial at the site of the Pulse nightclub shooting is facing the same threat.
• The Advocate: Christopher Wiggins shares the story of Technical Sergeant Alyx Anguiano, another 15-year Air Force veteran who’s being stripped of retirement under Trump’s transgender purge.
• Right Wing Watch: Brooks Potteiger, who is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s pastor, says that Obergefell must be overturned because “gay marriage does not exist in the world. It can’t, any more than a square triangle can exist.”
Brooks Potteiger, who is Pete Hegseth’s pastor, says that Obergefell must be overturned because “gay marriage does not exist in the world. It can’t, any more than a square triangle can exist.” pic.twitter.com/KA38SwN5sq
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) August 15, 2025
• Politico: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott immediately called another special session to pass a new congressional map, just two hours after the first attempt failed due to Texas Democrats leaving the state.
• Washington Post: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem (who earns $200K in her position and is worth an estimated $5 million) is living for free in a military home typically reserved for the U.S. Coast Guard’s top admiral.
• New York Times: The District of Columbia government filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging the Trump administration’s power-grab of the D.C. Police Department, saying the move “far exceeds” the president’s authority under the Home Rule Act of 1973.
Breaking News: The D.C. attorney general filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to take over Washington’s Police Department. https://t.co/bXuslG8ZIh
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 15, 2025
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