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💢 Out Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Elon Musk reportedly got into a screaming match in the White House last week that was so heated that an aide had to physically separate them.
❌ Republican lawmaker Nancy Mace has made a name for herself for spewing anti-LGBTQ+ comments, including transphobic slurs. We go over some of her worst moments.
🎉 The Department of Defense will resume providing gender-affirming care for transgender service members, according to a memo leaked to the media. The Defense Department is complying with a court order that found the restrictions on trans service members unconstitutional.
Onwards and upwards,
Alex Cooper
Editor-in-chief, The Advocate
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Trump AG Pam Bondi falsely compares gender-affirming care for minors as the same as female genital mutilation
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12 batsh*t things Nancy Mace has done in her anti-transgender attention grab
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Meta Oversight Board rules anti-transgender videos don't violate hate speech rules
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images; Kevin Winter/Getty Images
What LGBTQ+ audiences should see at the TCM Classic Film Festival
Courtesy TCM Classic Film Festival
Disgraced Republican George Santos asks judge to ignore his posts while considering his prison sentence
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Blasphemy is coming to St. Peter’s Square as Trump tries to hijack Pope Francis’s funeral to feed his ego
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'WWE in the West Wing:' Elon Musk got into a screaming match with Scott Bessent
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This week's question: The origin of the word lesbian comes from the name Lesbos, a Greek island, and home to which famous poet of ancient Greece?
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