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HRC Article:

WASHINGTON — Last night, President Biden signed the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law, which includes a provision inserted by Speaker Mike Johnson blocking healthcare for the transgender children of military servicemembers. This provision, the first anti-LGBTQ+ federal law enacted since the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, will rip medically necessary care from the transgender children of thousands of military families – families who make incredible sacrifices in defense of the country each and every day. The last anti-LGBTQ+ federal law that explicitly targeted military servicemembers was Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, which went into effect in 1994.

Biden's press release:

No service member should have to decide between their family’s health care access and their call to serve our Nation.

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[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 30 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Further cementing both parties as part and parcel to the problems in America.

One wrecks shop, the other apologizes and "hopes" they don't wreck it more, really really with sugar on top, BLM, 💜💜

I'm not sure what I'm insulted by more, the fascists or the pandering corporate Democrat liars pretending we're all best friends.

Neither speak for our country. We, the workers, the toilers, the sticks that churn this economy should be the ones speaking for it, not these thieves and grifters.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world -1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

A big part of the issue is they need 60 votes on budgets, constitutional amendments, court decision reversals, and removal from court/congress/presidency.

So either you have bipartisanship between moderates and literally satan to cover 99.9% of troops families, or you have the entire government collapse leaving every single troops family without coverage.

The only way out is to give the progressive party 60 votes, but every election cycle we stray further away from that.

Although there is also a way for 34 states to come together and force a constitutional change, but idk if that has ever once happened in all of US History?

[–] Saleh 4 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

What about flipping the script and accusing the Republicans on every avenue that they want the troops to go without coverage, unless they get their bigotry in it too?

Why not accuse them of wanting to deny coverage to all these troops?

The reality is that the Dems are fine with this and never cared about Trans rights past identifying it as relevant to get votes with progressives. Now as it has served its usefullness to them, they discard Trans people, like they will discard other LGBT, ethnic and religious minorities...

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Because the election was a month ago and a new congress is about to take over immediately after a recess, at which point Trump will be entering office. Either a bipartisan bill passes now or a conservative one passes after January.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 0 points 10 minutes ago

Either a bipartisan bill passes now or a conservative one passes after January.

This is a conservative bill.

[–] Saleh 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

So what is the difference between a bipartisan anti-trans bill and a republican anti-trans bill, if both bills are designed by the Republicans?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Several Republican Amendments were removed from the final version of the bill, including blocking Palestinian Refugees, defunding the Pier in Palestine used to ship necessary aid in, stopping any military academy from engaging in Critical Race Theory, blocking reproductive care reimbursement for military, among many other things.

If you want to read up on it, heres a good SUMMARY