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Happy Monday, y'all! And a Monday it has been...

➡️ Top Democrats are condemning Trump's announcement Monday that his administration would take over D.C. police. “This is dictator-level stuff,” House Oversight Committee Democrats posted on X. “Deploying the military on D.C.’s streets only creates fear and chaos. Donald Trump will be held accountable for this brazen power grab.”

💡 Need a primer about Trump's decision to take over the D.C. police? We have you covered.

👀 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has come under fire for sharing a video in which pastors associated with his church called to criminalize gay sex and ban women from voting. Are we surprised?

Onward and upward,

Alex Cooper

Editor-in-chief, The Advocate

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Donald Trump orders authoritarian takeover of Washington, D.C.

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What the heck is happening in D.C.? Nothing, until Trump deployed the National Guard

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Influential Democrats condemn Donald Trump’s ‘dictator-level’ takeover of nation’s capital

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Pete Hegseth shares video of pastor calling to ban gay sex and ban women from voting

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UCLA rejects Trump's demands to accept anti-transgender policies — for now

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Trump’s militarization of D.C. is blatant dictatorship

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Men caught kissing in Indonesia sentenced to public caning

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