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March 21, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Judge Trashes DOJ Lawyers’ Attempts to Lie About Military Trans Ban
Judge Ana Reyes accused Donald Trump’s lawyers of trying to gaslight her.
March 12, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Judge Forced to Pause Trial Because DOJ Lawyers Are so Unprepared
Justice Department lawyers had not read any of the three reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited in his ban on transgender military service members.
October 25, 2023
MagazineJack McCordick
The Shadowy Right-Wing Think Tank Pushing Transphobia
The American Principles Project has lost election after election but its influence in the GOP is still growing.
July 19, 2023
Grace Segers
Republicans Bring Their War on Transgender Americans to the Pentagon
The anti-trans amendments in the House defense bill are the latest shot in the GOP’s 2024 campaign.

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