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22 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
THREAD: @LouisianaGov vetoes a transgender sports ban bill

The Governor said: “...discrimination is not a Louisiana value, and this bill was a solution in search of a problem that simply does not exist in Louisiana. Even the author of the bill...”
katc.com/news/covering-…
(2/3) “...acknowledged throughout the legislative session that there wasn’t a single case where this was an issue. Further, it would make life more difficult for transgender children, who are some of the most vulnerable Louisianans...”katc.com/news/covering-…
“... when it comes to issues of mental health. We should be looking for more ways to unite rather than divide our citizens. And while there is no issue to be solved by this bill, it does present real problems in that it makes it more likely...”katc.com/news/covering-…
“... that NCAA and professional championships, like the 2022 Final Four, would not happen in our state. For these and for other reasons, I have vetoed the bill.” It was authored by Senator @BethMizell. katc.com/news/covering-…

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22 Jun
Yasmin Perez died today.
She was beaten & shot in Chicago. Her boyfriend, Gyovanni, came to her aid & was shot dead “almost execution style”. They were involved in a minor car crash while celebrating the Puerto Rican day parade. The killers ambushed them. chicago.suntimes.com/2021/6/22/2254…
Important: Chicago’s mayor “...Lightfoot said police have “promising leads” and have identified the suspected shooter...”
“There’s one person who dealt the fatal shot. But there were others who were standing by who dragged that poor woman out of the car,” the mayor said. “The man who was killed literally used his body as a shield and paid for that with his life.”
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19 Jun
THREAD: Puerto Rico representative @lisieburgospr held up this picture in the capitol, Friday, using it to defame gay people and what she says is the “gender ideology” agenda she objects to.
The look of her colleague, @denismarquezpip, says it all.
He wrote to me:
“Al inicio de cada Sesión Legislativa, los portavoces tenemos un turno inicial de 5 minutos en el cual podemos hablar de cualquier tema de nuestro interés. La Representante Burgos hablaba, una vez más, de lo que ella denomina “ideología de género”en esta ocasión utilizando...”
“... esas fotos. Esta imagen refleja mi molestia e indignación a su constante discurso contrario a la equidad, a los derechos humanos y la solidaridad y su manifiesta homofobia.

Representante Denis Márquez”
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18 Jun
THREAD: Congratulations to the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez which won NASA’s RASC-AL competition. Finalists presented their space mission designs to NASA leaders & industry judges. UPRM beat out MIT, & Virgina Tech among others.
@seds_uprm @NIARASCAL
.@amxvie told me about the project:
“NASA Rasc-al 2021 competition is a competition that is made for undergraduate & graduate students around the world to create innovative missions by themes & requirements they give us…”
“…Our Mission, DECIPHER, was developed by 39 undergraduate students of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. Our mission is crewed 5 year duration mission to the dwarf planet Ceres. This mission is to be developed for the 2040’s…”
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17 Jun
Rita Moreno says “she is “incredibly disappointed” with herself for glossing over concerns of representation from the Afro-Latino community in Warner Bros.’ musical In the Heights”hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n…
Rita Moreno: “I’m incredibly disappointed with myself. While making a statement in defense of Lin Manuel Miranda on the Colbert Show last night, I was clearly dismissive of black lives that matter in our Latin community...”
“... It is so easy to forget how celebration for some is lament for others. It is so easy to forget how celebration for some is lament for others...”
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15 Jun
Puerto Rico's former governor Ricardo Rossello stages a comeback

“...I hadn't anticipated the opportunity given to me by the people of Puerto Rico in this election, it's an honor and I'll work arduously to achieve the objective...” of statehood.

thehill.com/latino/558587-…
Rossello spoke with @Rafael_Bernal_:
“I know that I made mistakes in the past, but I am a person who's committed to causes: equality, equality for women and discriminated groups, action against climate change is close to my heart," said Rosselló.
Today, the fmr governor was also pictured standing alongside other individuals who were recently elected as shadow congressmen & women to advocate for statehood. Tomorrow at 1pm ET, @NRDems will hold a 2nd status hearing on Puerto Rico.
Watch live here:
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15 Jun
BREAKING: Florida’s education commissioner just released a letter, dated today, that he sent to S. Florida principal Melissa Carter saying he finds probable cause justify sanctions against her educators certificate after she paddled/beat a 6yo student at school in Hendry County. Image
Florida’s education commissioner finds probable cause for administrative sanctions, & Florida’s Dept of children & families says the principal was inappropriate & shouldn’t be around vulnerable children again but the local prosecutor concluded: the principal did not break the law
Note how the document to Melissa Carter was signed: “please govern yourself accordingly,” Image
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