Federal prosecutor in Virginia fired after refusing to lead Comey case

Robert McBride, deputy to Trump ally Lindsey Halligan, is latest in series of dismissals…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/12/us-attorney-virginia-fired-james-comey

 

Congresswoman says GOP attack on trans rights is ‘attempt to misdirect’ voters

"Every single time we hear them say the word 'trans', look at what they're doing with their right hand. Look at what they're doing to pick the pocket of American workers, to fleece seniors by privatizing social security and Medicare. Look at what they're doing, undermining workers." 

"Every bit of time and energy that has been used to divert the attention of the federal government to go after trans people is time and energy that is not focused upon addressing the cost of living for our constituents, and we have to be clear that there is a real cost to the American worker every time they focus on this."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/24/sarah-mcbride-republicans-trans-rights-misdirect-voters

House Republicans’ troubling new anti-trans bathroom policy, explained | Vox

A 2018 UCLA study on the issue found no evidence that trans people using bathrooms that match their gender identity has increased safety risks, but that data has not changed GOP rhetoric. Instead, the GOP has kept investing in anti-trans attacks and channeling more harm toward trans individuals, who are already the disproportionate subjects of violence and who already experience high rates of self-harm...

https://www.vox.com/politics/386777/mike-johnson-bathroom-nancy-mace-sarah-mcbride