State Department Files Motion To Revoke Transgender Passports

Three weeks after a federal court ruled trans people are constitutionally guaranteed the right to be issued passports, and one week after the State Department's help page was updated to indicate that transgender individuals can obtain a passport with their authentic gender, the acting assistant secretary for passport services filed a motion to revoke and replace passports issued under the current court ruling, "if a higher court allows it".

Erin Reed first reported that the State Department is keeping a list of those who have been issued a passport and intends to revoke those Passports even if the individual was out of the country. This action would be contingent on a ruling by a "higher court," which, of course, is the Trump appointees on the "Supreme" Court.

Scotus Trump appointees will face their most challenging case to date, as they will have to either uphold the constitutional rights of a class of US citizens as the did in BOSTOCK v. CLAYTON COUNTY or rule in favor of their benefactor, Donald Trump.

Abbott talks about Football when asked about the Guadalupe River Flood

Texas Governor Greg Abbott talked about football and called reporters "losers" who asked for accountability for lives lost after the fourth-deadliest flood in Texas history.

Gov. Abbott talking about football is a dog whistle to white supremacists, much like Trump did during the election. Abbott, you are to blame, as are the Republican legislators who instead of focusing on what Texas needs introduced over 100 anti-trans bills this year and intends on passing a bathroom bill during the upcoming special session, the Austin fire chief who delayed sending help for budgetary reasons, the Trump administration for the absence of Paul Yura, the long-serving meteorologist in charge of “warning coordination” who had recently taken an unplanned early retirement amid cuts pushed by the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, The inspectors who approved Camp Mystic’s non-existent disaster plan just 2 days before the deadly flood, and the lack of a warning system on the Guadalupe river flood plain where children's summer camps are located.

Abbott talking about football is dog whistle to white supremacists, much like Trump, who did during the election. You are to blame, as are the legislators, the Austin fire chief, the lack of warning system on the Guadalupe river flood plain where children's summer camps are located.

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Abbott responded in the same fashion, by going on the attack after police stood by as a gunman slaughtered 19 children and 2 adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalda, Texas.

The buck stops with you, Greg Abbott, or at least it should have long ago. Texas deserves better.