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Military Vet and exasperated Grad student. Here to vent, rage and take. Hopefully not in that exact order but I'm taking it day-to-day.
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BEHOLD! The fragility of the richest man.
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Because the rest of America doesn't get good night kisses from the president while having a sleepover at his luxury golf club.
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If the people that needed to see this could read, they would be very upset
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What a disgusting situation filled with proof that the system is absolutely broken. I hope they can all sue and be made at least somewhat whole at some point. When she speaks about the profit driven motive to extend the incarceration while providing almost nothing Ghouls and their blood money.
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That's how she knows this video she found on telegram of Hilary Clinton wearing a kids face is real. And the "5G street lights" (LED) are burning people with radiation.
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Just in: Elon and Trump issue order to redefine speech to mean conservative words and hate to mean everything else. Mass removal and round up of violators to begin immediately. "I'm coming on- with Elon to get these mean people. It'll be yuge. Biggest free speech yet. Just yuge. Yuge Elon"
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"Notably, during Secretary Del Toro’s “three and a half years as Secretary,” he “reviewed thousands of disciplinary cases and personnel matters,” yet he cannot “recollect a single disciplinary case or performance issue related directly to a service member’s transgender status.”
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"High-ranking military leaders who implemented the Austin Policy have submitted sworn declarations in which they testify, from personal experience, that transgender persons serving openly has improved, not decreased, military preparedness." -Again, facts are 180 from Trump and Hegseth
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Never let anyone in this administration pretend this was about the money, the quality, or the health of any service members.
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"Defendants analyze the costs of discharging and replacing thousands of trained service members, many with decades of experience and specialized skills""The military’s practice of discharging gay and lesbian service members under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” “cost taxpayers more than $600 million.”"
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"Defendants do not explain why the former (and every other medical cost) is acceptable while the latter requires banning transgender persons from military service." -Hegseth and Trump are in the pocket of big dick pill. Likely half an act of projection half cause they think it's "manly". Fragile
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"It states that the amount to treat gender dysphoria is $52 million over ten years and that this amount is too high. Comparisons are important, though. For example, the Department spent approximately $41 mil for Viagra in 2023, compared to an estimated $5.2 mil for gender affirming care."
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"Assuming $5.2 million per year, estimated transgender care costs was fifty-seven hundred thousandths of a percent (00.00057%) of total military spending for 2024."
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"No one summarizing the Review in good faith could draw these conclusions. To start, the Medical Literature Review did not survey studies on transgender persons in military service: i.e., individuals already found to be physically and mentally fit." So all the cited literature is used in bad faith
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"The Court instead finds that the Action Memo’s summary of the AMSARA Report is inexplicably misleading. Further, the Report contradicts, rather than supports, the conclusions the Action Memo draws from it." Goes on further to say it shows a lack of military judgement.
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Quote (emphasis added) "were comparable to those of all service members evaluated for disability", completely the opposite of the claim leading to the policy leading to this lawsuit, lies all the way down
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"No one who has read the Report could find that it supports this conclusion. To start, the Action Memo fails to mention the Report’s key finding: rates of transgender persons experiencing the conditions of the cohort group were comparable to those of all service members evaluated for disability."
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"Here, Defendants did not analyze the “Department’s own data and experience since the [Austin] Policy took effect.”" -The kicker is this new unfounded policy was thrown together in a month, and completely ignored any and all resources on the matter. Hate, feelings and ideology are the Animus.
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".. That uncertainty no longer exists. Transgender persons have served openly in the U.S. military since the Austin Policy issued in 2021, and medical studies now overwhelmingly conclude that gender dysphoria is “highly treatable.” Mattis had limited data but used it to make his policy in 8 months
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"By its own terms, moreover, the Mattis Policy’s findings were limited by “uncertainty.” Transgender persons had not served openly previously and the medical literature concerning “the study and treatment of gender dysphoria” was then also in a state of flux. This mandated “caution.”.."
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No panel of experts—or any other kind—informed the Hegseth Policy. The Record reflects only that it “was informed through consideration.” Action Memo at 4 (cleaned up). But, again, Defendants do not even know who undertook the “consideration.” *Malice or ignorance, grow some intestinal fortutude
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(1) the “SecDef Memorandum” from February 22, 2018 (i.e., the Mattis Policy); (2) “a 2021 review conducted by . . . the Accession Medical Standards Analysis and Research Activity,” (AMSARA Report), (3) “[a] 2025 medical literature review,” and (4) “a review of cost data.”
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"The Action Memo, an internal document accompanying the Hegseth Policy, explains that the Military Ban “was informed through consideration of, among other things,” Hegseth Policy, and the following:
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"the Hegseth Policy provide nothing to support Defendants’ view that transgender military service is inconsistent with military readiness. So instead, Defendants turn to the Action Memo."
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"The Government also concedes that, together, Plaintiffs have made America safer. The active-duty Plaintiffs have adhered to all military standards and serve without accommodation." *They've improved the country and with no additional requirements like Trump claims.
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"The Government concedes that each active-duty Plaintiff is honorable, truthful, and disciplined, and that each is currently physically and mentally fit to serve. They have “served honorably” and “have satisfied the rigorous standards” of military service..." *So they meet performance standards
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"...this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member.” -Penned by the little guy who used family connections and "bone spurs" to evade the call of duty when his country was in need, often referring to service members as chumps and fools.
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"It claims that “adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life. A man’s assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor..."
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"It's quiet at first, this song of love for all the living things. But once you start to hear it, it's quite impossible to pretend there's something better you could be doing" -Kai Skye Being good people unconsciously gives everyone around permission to be good as well.
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Funny, 8 year old studies? What happened to that fancy review of transgender service member from 2025 you were touting? As an academic, it sounds like a pretty disingenuous study. This wouldn't be cherry picked to show a single point of view over prevailing current evidence would it?
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"An “Action Memo” claims the Policy “was informed through consideration of” three studies and cost data. Who considered the information, however, is anyone’s guess; Defendants do not know. Maybe no one, because one study is eight years old and the other two support Plaintiffs’ position."
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"COURT: There’s nothing [supporting these assertions] in the studies; right? DEFENSE: That says those same things, no, Your Honor, not that I know of. COURT: [No study] says anything close to those things; correct? DEFENSE COUNSEL: Not that I know of, Your Honor." Is any of it backed up. NOPE!
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"COURT: Okay. And if I asked you about all the other words in [the Military Ban], with respect to the characterization of transgender people or people with gender dysphoria, you would have the same answer? DEFENSE: Yes, Your Honor." So they claim they stand by the hateful rhetoric
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Rob Schneider: