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The Justice Department announced that it had sent more than 20 subpoenas to doctors and clinics involved in "performing transgender medical procedures on children."

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A DOJ memo encourages the Civil Division to investigate "illegal private-sector DEI," allegations of "antisemitism" at federally funded institutions, and health care providers and pharmacies offering trans care. It also asks the division to find ways to strip people of their citizenship.

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-- Truthout (@truthout.org) Jul 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM

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Republicans do love them a Witch Hunt!

#1 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-28 03:17 PM | Reply

They need to leave the young transgender people alone. Mind your own business Jeff.

#2 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-28 03:57 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Everyone knows the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship is in safe hands under Republican stewardship.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-28 04:03 PM | Reply

Ballwasher the little ----.

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-28 05:58 PM | Reply

If "Pregnancy Crisis Centers" are protected First Amendment Speech even when aimed at children without parental consent, then so is "trans care."

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-28 06:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Chemically castrating minors and surgically mutilating their genitalia is brutal and barbaric and should be treated as a criminal act. Once a person is an adult if he wants to lop off his dong that's his choice. Minors cannot give informed consent.

#6 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-07-29 12:37 PM | Reply

Chemically castrating minors and surgically mutilating their genitalia is brutal and barbaric and should be treated as a criminal act. Once a person is an adult if he wants to lop off his dong that's his choice. Minors cannot give informed consent.

Posted by BellRinger at 2025-07-29 12:37 PM | Reply

Not your place to decide that. It's between the trans person their parents and their doctors. That's it.

#7 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-29 12:42 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Let's not talk about the Epstein coverup scandal. Let's have yet another 200-post transphobia trollfest instead.

#8 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-07-29 12:45 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

"Chemically castrating minors and surgically mutilating their genitalia is brutal and barbaric"

We're sorry that happened to you.

You should be talking to a professional therapist about finding a better way to live.

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-29 12:49 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

This is involves a minuscule percentage of the population, and is only a distraction from Republicans ruining America for the most of us (oh yea, and from the fact that the king is a pedophile)

#10 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-07-29 06:07 PM | Reply

Chemically castrating minors and surgically mutilating their genitalia is brutal and barbaric and should be treated as a criminal act. Once a person is an adult if he wants to lop off his dong that's his choice. Minors cannot give informed consent.

#6 | Posted by BellRinger

You'll have to excuse Jeff

He got his Medical License the same place he got his Law License: Trump University.

#11 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-07-29 06:56 PM | Reply

The DOJ is getting involved?

Anything but going after pedophiles.

How are conservatives so hateful?

Homosexuality was attacked as a mental illness.

Left handedness was attacked as a mental illness.

Conservatives live their lives in constant fear and because of this they're easily manipulated.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-29 07:04 PM | Reply

Low hanging fruit.

#13 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-07-29 08:52 PM | Reply

Not your place to decide that. It's between the trans person their parents and their doctors. That's it.

#7 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-29 12:42 PM | Reply | Flag: GFY

Soooooooooooo.... if I see a parent abusing their child in such a way as to permanently damage their bodis... I should not be concerned or intervene?

GFY Laura... You don't get to orchestrate our interpretation of what it is we see going on in front of us... or how we respond... sorry... for me... it's a girl thing... a mother hen feeling that overtakes me...

You are a prime example of why men, males, guys, dudes... XY's... should not take estrogen... your brains are not made to handle it... it makes you emotional... irrational... autophobic.

You are not wired for the inherent responsibility estrogen imposes on one's life.... especially that synthetic estrogen crap you're eating these days... oooo the doctor gave it to me so it must be goooooood....you're always in PMS mode.

It makes (giving you the benefit of the doubt here) dysphorics like you act irrational and delusional... insisting that we all play along with the game... and affirm your crazy...
The preadolescent intervention is about prevention of secondary sexual characteristics and future passing... because it's a passing game for you... if you could do what you insist can be done passing is uneccesary. But it can't and subjecting children to chemical... or surgical mutilation... so they pass ... really?

Testosterone makes you egotistical... Estrogen makes you vain... I'm just seeing a dude wanting the attention women get.. so passing is what you value... because if you were a woman... you wouldn't have to pass

#14 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-07-30 06:08 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

"I'm just seeing a dude wanting the attention women get.."

Sounds like you're worried that if she manages to pass and earns your "attention," it means you really are gay after all. And we can't have that.

You're getting emotional about how Laura makes you feel, did you notice that about yourself?

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-30 08:01 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Re: #14 Rightistrite

Leave it to the scientists who study transgenderism, and the actual transgender people, before commenting ignorantly about what you don't understand

#16 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-07-30 08:17 AM | Reply

Leave it to the scientists who study transgenderism, and the actual transgender people, before commenting ignorantly about what you don't understand
#16 | Posted by hamburglar

You really think you can ask a woman to mind her own business?

That's not how a woman's brain is wired.

#17 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-30 08:18 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Leave it to the scientists who study transgenderism, and the actual transgender people, before commenting ignorantly about what you don't understand

#16 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-07-30 08:17 AM | Reply | Flag:PPPFFFFTTTTTT

Nonesense.I've been friends with talking to transters for over 50 years... 1978 or there abouts... since it was extremely difficult for a person to accomplish... and a doctor would only do it to those who could pass... they had to meet criteria.

You never argue the points. You present what "may" be in "scientific" theory... and what someone thinks about themselves.

Debate or dispute my points.

Fact is... Transideologs present the full political ideology gamut... including rightwingnut gun-toting goodie two-shoes christian transtoadies who love nothing more than bragging about their presence at republicl0wn conventions... and of course bragging bout their passibility which magically makes it all okay... because it has some sort of trans snob appeal. Pure hypocrisy.

Not all rightwing nuts are coming after you. Stop with the PMS-ing and trying to drag us into your "rights" drama. You ha e all the rights you can get... dress... marry... work... except the right to make us lie.

I don't care if you are a man or woman who wishes to present as the opposite sex. Accept that it is going to limit some of the things you get to do in life. In fact we need to stop altering birth certificate sex markers to satisfy the tran's whims. If you want to be accepted as who and what you are... YOU need to be realistic and stop insisting that we lie about who and what you are... and what you are doing right in front of us.

#18 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-07-30 10:33 AM | Reply

Accept that it is going to limit some of the things you get to do in life.

I'm not sure in what way my trans son is limited in what he can do in life. He can do everything any other man can do except stick his penis in stuff. While I will be the first to admit that sticking your penis in stuff is a great part about being a man as I've gotten older sticking my penis in stuff has become a much smaller part of my identity. So he just kind of beat me to that level.

I really can not think of anything else he would be limited in accomplishing unless society chooses to limit him for some reason.

#19 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2025-07-30 11:20 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I really can not think of anything else he would be limited in accomplishing unless society chooses to limit him for some reason.

#19 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2025-07-30 11:20 AM | Reply | Flag:SMILE

Our culture is more accepting of a Transman... because most of them know how far they can push the foolishness... before the risk of getting their @$$e$ dish ragged. Our culture is still very misogynistic and can even understand why a woman would want to do such a thing... but not so for a man.

(s)he will not be able to engage in high-level competitive sports... or serve in the military.... prisoners should be housed with those of the same birth sex. There are also travel restrictions... and don't b.s. yourself... his physical prowess will never match that of a man... of comparable size.

Small prices to pay if he's happy... really minuscule things in the big picture... which is why I am floored by all the fuss. After a certain age... most men are couch athletes anyway. It's for their safety and the safety of others.

It can be a very lonely life... most people have traditional ------- preferences and depending on how far the trans person took it... ----- want to be with a person of the same sex parts heteros want the opposite sex parts... ------- modification changes the landscape... in barely convincing ways.

I think the dysmorphic child should try sex out with the body they have before the voodoo experimentals... They might just be coming to terms with being -----exuals or hetero sexual transvestites... which quite frankly... is all any of them will ever be...

Back before synthetic hormones, antibiotics, and modern surgical procedures... other than Eunuchs... trans people had to live in their birth bodies.

The problems of a wealthy nation... Trumpanzee isn't the only one making us look like self-absorbed @$$e$


#20 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-07-30 09:45 PM | Reply

"Mind your own business Jeff."

All these "small government conservatives seem to have so much interest in things that are none of their business; I avoid them like the plague! If they are really concerned about the welfare of young teenagers then why did they vote for a pedophile rapist?

#21 | Posted by danni at 2025-07-31 08:54 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Again, leave it to the scientists and experts who've studied transgenderism. Your anecdotal evidence and personal theories are not the ultimate truth

#22 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-07-31 01:26 PM | Reply

"Debate or dispute my points."

The scientists have been doing that for nigh on a century

Burning their books was one of the first things the Nazis did.

You're an asshole.

#23 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-31 01:36 PM | Reply

"I don't care if you are a man or woman who wishes to present as the opposite sex."

Obviously you are deeply opposed to it.

"You ha e all the rights you can get... dress... marry... work... except the right to make us lie."

No different than saying women have equal rights but you'll personally never accept a woman as your equal.

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-31 01:38 PM | Reply

"which is why I am floored by all the fuss."

It's because you don't believe in the concept.

People don't get to decide if they're a woman or a man.

That's for Big Brother to choose.

You're like a person from an arranged marriage society asking what's all the fuss about "dating" and "talking to someone" in the West.

#25 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-31 01:42 PM | Reply

" Again, leave it to the scientists and experts who've studied transgenderism. Your anecdotal evidence and personal theories are not the ultimate truth

#22 | POSTED BY HAMBURGLAR AT 2025-07-31 01:26 PM | FLAG: "

The good old appeal to authority. As it is, this type of thing has no scientific consensus which is why Europe and Scandinavia have been pumping the breaks on these procedures for minors.

#26 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-07-31 01:44 PM | Reply

"The good old appeal to authority."

^
Denying the individual's right to determine their own gender.

Giving the State the power to enforce whatever gender the State determines.

Is the ultimate appeal to authority.

#27 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-31 01:49 PM | Reply

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