Senate Passes Defense Bill, Steering Clear of Far-Right Policy Dictates - The New York Times

Proposals that Republicans pushed through the House to ban transgender health care, diversity training officers and drag shows were also jettisoned from the final bill… 

The House is expected to vote on the legislation on Thursday under fast-track procedures that offer opponents fewer chances to scuttle it, but which will require a two-thirds majority for passage. Leaders expect that it will pass with support from a coalition of Republicans and Democrats…

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/us/senate-defense-bill.html

Progressive Perfectly SHREDS GOP Nutjob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SZeo4XSXOE

Southlake, Texas, schools at center of anti-‘critical race theory’ battle face federal investigation

…The district's proposal to address the issues, the 34-page Cultural Competence Action Plan, would have required diversity training for all students and teachers, a new process to report and track incidents of racist bullying, and changes to the code of conduct to hold students accountable for acts of discrimination, among other changes. But after the district unveiled the plan in August 2020, conservative parents packed school board meetings, formed a political action committee and funded a civil lawsuit to block the changes…

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/southlake-texas-critical-race-theory-investigation-rcna5839