Daily newsletter 9/25

➡️ Oklahoma’s far-right state superintendent Ryan Walters has resigned — though it’s doubtful schools and teachers have seen the last of him. The Advocate spoke with several education advocacy groups about the move.

In the latest “everything is trans people’s fault for some reason” news, Trump ranted about “transgender operations for everybody” to deflect blame for a looming government shutdown, and Glenn Youngkin is trying to pin trans issues on Democrat Abigail Spanberger in the Virginia governor’s race — which makes it all the more awkward that a Wisconsin GOP candidate for governor was caught following a nonbinary adult star on social media.

Also, Democrats are shifting their sights to Sinclair and Nexstar as the Trump-friendly media companies continue to block ABC viewers from watching Jimmy Kimmel's show.

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Until tomorrow,

Christine Linnell
Social media manager, The Advocate

Oklahoma advocates & educators celebrate state superintendent Ryan Walters’s resignation as ‘pivotal moment’

Courtesy WALTERS FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT 2022

The controversial Republican announced his resignation on Fox News.

Donald Trump bizarrely blames transgender rights for looming government shutdown

Evan El-Amin/Shutterstock; Shutterstock Creative

After cancelling a meeting with congressional Democratic leaders, the president issued a list of reasons that mentioned gender-affirming care for minors, trans sports participation, and "transgender operations for everybody."

Glenn Youngkin injects trans issues into Virginia governor's race, where Democrat Abigail Spanberger leads

Kaitlyn DeHarde/Office of Governor Glenn Youngkin

Republicans are returning to Donald Trump's 2024 playbook of demonizing transgender people.

A Wisconsin Republican candidate for governor followed sex-positive accounts for nonbinary adult star, others

Courtesy Bill for Wisconsin

Does this make Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bill Berrien a hypocrite? His staff says no.

Democrats demand answers after Jimmy Kimmel blackout from Nexstar and Sinclair media companies

Philip Yabut/Shutterstock; lev radin/Shutterstock; ABC

The comedian returned to late-night television on Tuesday, but many viewers in markets with Nexstar or Sinclair Broadcasting-owned ABC stations were unable to see the show.

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