Advocate NL 6/9/26

Hello and Happy Tuesday folks, this is Audience Editor Edgar Ramirez, a little tired from staying up late watching Game 3 of the NBA Finals.

I shouldn't complain though, as those who were probably in attendance -- or just near the famed Madison Square Garden, as writer John Casey was, where the New York Knicks were taking on the San Antonio Spurs -- got to bed even later due to the security congestion President Donald Trump's appearance caused.

And no surprise, his visit to the Garden brought about a not-so-warm welcome, both inside and outside the arena.

"What made it more grotesque was the decision to put Trump’s face on the Jumbotron during the 'Star-Spangled Banner,' ostensibly, one assumes, to shame people into silence. It didn’t work," Casey writes. "And that image, hate-fueled booing drowning out our national anthem because of one man, is a metaphor for what Trump is doing."

The president isn't the only one feeling the heat from New Yorkers, as Jacob Ogles writes: "New York elected leaders slammed the Mount Sinai Health System after the medical provider said it would turn over records of transgender patients to the Trump administration."

Going back to that "one man" Casey mentioned, he was also put in check Monday night by the West Coast, although briefly, as Christopher Wiggins reports: "A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from obtaining confidential medical records belonging to transgender youth and their families, intervening just one day before federal prosecutors sought to force a California children's hospital to turn over the documents."

It's Pride Month, so we'll take any small victory we can get right now.

Stay safe, stay booing, and we'll see you next time!

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