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Hi all,
👏 U.S. Rep. Becca Balint and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg slammed Donald Trump after the president spent this afternoon blaming DEI, Buttigieg, and more for Thursday's crash involving an American Airlines flight landing at Reagan National Airport and an Army helicopter.
Check out our other recent coverage below. ⬇️
📰 In other news:
- Trump signs executive order targeting transgender students, their teachers, and their schools
- Target dropped DEI, so Minnesota’s largest Pride festival dropped Target's sponsorship — and raised even more
- EEOC won't advocate for trans and nonbinary people, in keeping with Trump's 'two sexes' order
- Brittney Griner says she will sign with the Atlanta Dream, celebrates career 'rebrand'
- Gender-affirming care ban leaves Trump with ‘blood on his hands,’ group says, joining others in outrage
- Under Trump's 'authoritarian era,' these LGBTQ+ and abortion rights activists are standing up
- RFK Jr. lies to senators about claiming that pesticides make kids transgender in HHS confirmation hearing
Onwards and upwards,
Alex Cooper
Editor-in-chief, Advocate.com
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U.S. Rep. Becca Balint says Trump’s ‘disgusting’ plane crash press conference proves ‘he is not well’
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Pete Buttigieg blasts ‘despicable’ Donald Trump for blaming D.C. plane crash on DEI
Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images; Win McNamee/Getty Images
Gender-affirming care ban leaves Trump with ‘blood on his hands,’ group says, joining others in outrage
Brian Stukes/Getty Images; Shuran Huang for The Washington Post via Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/shutterstock
Under Trump's 'authoritarian era,' these LGBTQ+ and abortion rights activists are standing up
Nikki Aye for The Advocate
Trump signs executive order targeting transgender students, their teachers, and their schools
WoodysPhotos/Shutterstock
Target dropped DEI, so Minnesota’s largest Pride festival dropped Target's sponsorship — and raised even more
IVY PHOTOS via shutterstock; shutterstock creative
EEOC won't advocate for trans and nonbinary people, in keeping with Trump's 'two sexes' order
Artie Medvedev/Shutterstock
Brittney Griner says she will sign with the Atlanta Dream, celebrates career 'rebrand'
Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images
RFK Jr. lies to senators about claiming that pesticides make kids transgender in HHS confirmation hearing
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
🌈 Look, a hint! 🌈
Each week, The Advocate newsletter has a little bit of LGBTQ+ trivia. Today, you'll get a hint.
This week's question: Who was the first out LGBTQ+ person to be the White House press secretary?
This week's hint: She's also the first immigrant to be in the role as well.
✨ Respond with the right answer and you might receive a shoutout in a future newsletter.
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