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Chicago-area and other IL proximate (STL!!) Jews!

Buncha August events and retreats at this groovy Jewy regenerative agriculture community:

Bill passes with no more debate on Previous Question. 🙄

And now the theologian ideologists speak, Rep from Krypton, Genesis 1:3… I don’t believe in separation of church and state and god said this is a good bill. This is DEI.

Rep. Hruza- “Jews are not protected currently under law. Jews they are not a religion and they are not a national origin.” Not quite, buddy.

Rep. Walsh Moore: “It wasn’t only Jews they killed in the Holocaust. Are we going to discuss that as well? Are we going to say with one side of our mouth that we’re protecting some students against discrimination while we’re wiping out everyone else.” Thank you for speaking up 👏👏

Bill Sponsor, “this bill is meant to keep Jewish students safe on college campuses.” That’s what the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism would do, not the IHRA definition.

Let’s just say if the community for which this bill is protecting cannot agree on the definition of antisemitism, and there is no one in the chamber with this identity or background, that’s all you need to know about Missouri electeds.

And then it gets amended with the CROWN Act to coerce lawmakers to vote in favor of it since it now includes protections for very real problems.

Currently #mohouse is debating HB089, a bill adding antisemitism to protected discriminations in education settings. This body, or any government body, should not be codifying this working and offensive definition in statute that was never meant to be defined in law.

If you're thinking to yourself: huh, I actually do have too much money, don't I--

here's a sleepaway camp for queer and trans youth that could not be more lifesaving now-- and they're committed to making sure nobody is turned away for lack of funds.

It's run by @ravbogard.bsky.social, mensch.

Trump said we're a country of survivors and I don't think he knows how true that is - for LGBTQI+ people. Trans folks, above all else, know how to survive. We existed before Trump, we will exist after him.

We've got us, no matter what.

Transgender Medical Care: What You Should Know and How To Preserve Access to Care Transgender medical care is safe, effective, lifesaving—but access to it is under attack.

Trump claims he criminalized best practice medical care for trans youth. It is imperative that folks understand - he did not. Executive orders do not create new crimes.

Trans medical care is life-saving, best practice care. Read more about it here.

www.americanprogress.org/article/tran...

All this business I am reading about social security is nonsense. My mom died on 2/18. My dad got a letter yesterday informing him her benefits were ending and he had to repay the February payment because they don’t give a payment in the month someone dies. They know where every dollar is.

This is not a presidential speech. It is a disinformation operation.

Arrived; fascism.

With everything bad in the world, I’m taking my traditional pun-filled Oscars menu and turning it into something good for LGBTQ+ youth. For a donation of $5 or more, get a cookbook inspired by this years movies and filled with terrible photoshops. Ya gotta give. gofund.me/f20ca6f6

Got our work cut out for us running a real democrat candidate for that seat

Mo Sen voted down an amendment that would revert the 2001 amended definition of marriage claiming such a commitment could only be between a man and a woman back to being between 2 people. A STL Dem voted it down - voted gay marriage down - in 2025. How are we still here?

There’s not a day that’s occurred this session in which #moleg hasn’t attempted to ban being queer or trans in Missouri. Today #MoSen is back on their construction bill stacked with amendments to permanently ban trans gender affirming care and trans athlete participation in sports.

There’s not one Missourian #MoAG cares about- not trans kids, not our workforce, not farmers.

BREAKING: A federal court temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order aiming to restrict access to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under age 19 nationwide.

This is a major victory for our freedom to access life-saving care.

Missouri Senate votes to make restrictions on transgender care for minors permanent Missouri’s current law, which prevents minors from accessing cross-sex hormones or puberty blockers for gender transition, is set to expire in 2027. The Senate voted to remove the expiration date.

About #MoSen last night:
Don’t sleep on the Freedom Caucus’ conniving behavior to ban gender affirming healthcare in any bill.

A summer safe haven for LGBTQ+ kids Photos from Camp Indigo Point, where the yurts are decorated with pride flags and campers have a liberated freedom of expression.

Feels like a good time to lift this up:

Camp Indigo Point is entering its 5th summer, and I can’t wait to find myself back here at the end of a marathon legislative session 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

It’s been years in this 1/2 week of #moleg.

Monday: 8 hours of public testimony on 7 anti-trans bills
Tuesday: 7 hours of public testimony on 5 anti-trans bills
Wednesday: 1st Senate filibuster… an anti-trans amendment, still going

#protecttranskids #stopwastingmissouritaxesattackingtranskids

Bills extending gender-affirming care restrictions spark passionate testimony Bills lifting expiration dates on gender restrictions passed in 2023 were included in a hearing that lasted hours.

"Equality is an issue in women's sports, but trans people aren’t the reason why women's sports are underfunded and under-resourced." — @caitesmith.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Here we go---Rep Christ, the Chair, is introducing anti-trans day of hate in the Missouri Legislature. Here's how it's going to go: the four identical bills will go first, with each of the bill sponsors getting 5 minutes each to create hateful media moments and raise money. #MOLeg #ProtectTransKids

the ADL’s tweet about Elon Musk’s Nazi salute edited to say, “This is a genuinely scary moment. A fascist is now president and so many are on edge. Trump's agenda directly threatens many of us, and social media only adds to the anxiety. @elonmusk made a Nazi salute, and his vocal, increasing support for neo- Nazis and fascists has not earned him the benefit of the doubt. Let's speak truth to power fight fascists & protect each other in the months and years ahead.” The ADL’s handle and logo is crossed out and replaced with the words “a different org that actually takes antisemitism seriously.”

Fixed it.

This isn't a culture war. This is the only trans congresswoman, ever being bullied through the press and legislation, and having only 1 of hundreds of colleagues stand up for her. They can do more than 1 thing at a time. Defending her will not take so much effort that they can't do their jobs.

Hope this doesn’t indicate a fallback on Bailey though

You know that report is real bad. I hope it gets leaked. In any case Gaetz fucked himself into unemployment.