“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.

  • Lukas Murch@thelemmy.clubEnglish
    4·
    3 小时前

    She got under his skin so fast and he never recovered, throwing in the, “you’ll never win in politics” stuff.

  • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    11 小时前

    I know it goes without saying, but can you imagine if Biden or Obama literally went on national television and declared to a United States governor “I am the law!” like he’s a dollar-store Judge Dredd?

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
    51·
    56 分钟前

    No taxation without representation

    Why be part of the US if it doesn’t represent your interests and if there’s a dictator in power?

  • brvslvrnst@lemmy.ml
    45·
    14 小时前

    “Well—I’m—we are the federal law. You better do it because otherwise, you’re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don’t.”

    This sentence. First, almost “I’m the federal law,” followed by just a completely wonky sentence. What a technically human being

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      18·
      12 小时前

      I would fucking love for the Feds to try this with any blue state that is a net contributor (which is like, basically all of them). And then set up a (federally illegal, but we don’t care about that anymore apparently) interstate commerce and trade pact between blue states for mutual aid and economic assistance, since the federal government is currently busy destroying the federal government.

    • baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
      22·
      14 小时前

      I would have also added, “What federal funding? You’re stealing it all to pay for the handouts to the rich that think you’re a fool.”

  • snekerpimp@lemmy.world
    84·
    17 小时前

    Party of small government, right? Party of states rights, right? Sounds to me they are the party of dictatorship, tyranny and oppression.

      • ryegye24@midwest.socialEnglish
        8·
        12 小时前

        If we have free and fair elections in 2026 I’m looking forward to seeing these little shits dragged in front of Congress and grilled.

        • JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml
          1·
          4 小时前

          As stupid as I think they are, I also feel sorry for them; they don’t realize they’re being used as pawns and will be hung out to dry as soon as it suites Musk and Trump.

          The reason they’re so young and inexperienced is that everyone else realized the implications and refused for their own well-being. The fact that none of the DOGE leadership wants to be officially “in-charge” is a giant red flag.

  • Ghyste@sh.itjust.works
    138·
    19 小时前

    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‽

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      33·
      14 小时前

      “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.”

    • Davin@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 小时前

      How many transgender athletes are there? Of the very few there are, how many dominate?

      You likely don’t know, otherwise you’d have no issues at all with them. And if you do know, and you still have a problem, then your issue is one of bigotry and not protection.

      For reference, there have been more female athletes sexually assaulted by coaches and other male identifying staff by a large margin than there have been medal placing transgender athletes. I’m sure you can find a few examples of transgender athletes placing in the top three, but unless you’re completely stupid, then you know that’s fallacious thinking to ignore the whole data set by cherry picking non representative samples.

      You’re basically for something that’s not a problem in any measurable way, but not against things that are actually harming women. And I get it, you can be against both, but that doesn’t change that transgender athletes are not a problem in any rational, real way. But to enforce a non-transgender policy will necessarily require putting women through very invasive examinations and tests that open them to even more sexual assault.

      Now imagine being such a piece of shit against someone you’ve never met, who’s not hurting anyone, that you don’t want them to play sports against their peers. And then being so idiotic and emotionally irrational to say that they are not the victim of your idiotic bigotry.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
      201·
      9 小时前

      Can you name 10 women in women’s sports? Or do you not actually give a shit about women’s sports and this is just an excuse for hatred and bigotry?