anyway, here is the democrats acquiescing to right-wing framing on the issue this very election year.

  • TheDoctor [they/them]
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    5 months ago

    I think there’s some nuance where the executive bureaucracy has a lot of discretion over federal spending depending on how that funding is allocated. I’m not sure of the specifics, but once a federal agency has funding, it often has the ability to pull certain funding from the states. I think a big part of Project 2025 (which is basically a more Trump-oriented version of what The Heritage Foundation has been pushing for decades) is the idea that federal employees can be reclassified from merit-based jobs to politically appointed positions, allowing for specialized positions which were previously protected from administration to administration within various agencies to become direct presidential appointees. And Project 2025 has thousands of people lined up for Trump to appoint along party lines.

    All this said, I still think that many states will have protections for existing trans rights. Like New York specifically has protections beyond the relevant federal laws.