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Federal government launches investigation into Maine hours after Democratic governor stood up to Trump’s ‘bullying’

www.advocate.com Federal government launches investigation into Maine hours after Democratic governor stood up to Trump’s ‘bullying’

“In America, the President is neither a King nor a dictator, as much as this one tries to act like it – and it is the rule of law that prevents him from being so,” Gov. Janet Mills said.

Summary

Within hours of Maine Gov. Janet Mills publicly defying Donald Trump’s ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports, the U.S. Education Department launched a Title IX compliance probe targeting Maine’s transgender-inclusive policies.

Trump threatened to withhold federal funding if Maine did not comply. Mills firmly responded, “We’ll see you in court.”

She condemned the investigation as political retaliation and an unconstitutional use of federal power.

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey vowed to fight back.

LGBTQ+ advocates praised Mills for standing up for students, saying Trump’s bullying would be legally challenged.

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Who's weaponizing agencies now, you projecting, pants-shitting little bitch?
AND it's the department you were going to kill? Jesus Christ who the fuck is writing this timeline‽
- "We accused the other guys of doing it, which makes it okay when we do it."
  
  Modus operandi.
- "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
  
  This rewrote my brain, first time I heard it.