Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is pulling out of a federal program meant to help veterans transition out of homelessness, alleging the Trump administration would have required New York City to discriminate against transgender vets seeking shelter to receive the funding.
But federal officials are denying that claim, and say the city walked away from the program after the veterans agency notified the Mamdani administration the city would receive less money than it had in the past
Sound like weaponized culture wars by the GOP.
If NYC wouldn’t have dropped out the left (which was largely responsible for Madani’s election) would be in an uproar right now because NYC is joining the GOP in discriminating against trans people.
Once again, the Republicans have managed to maneuver the progressives into a lose-lose situation that they can then exploit to the fullest through their media (this is explicitly not referring to the source here, but I think you know what I mean).
Wouldn’t it make sense to keep the federal program and augment it with a city program specifically for Trans vets? That way you can put more money into the one program and let the feds fund the rest…
Opting out seems more performative than anything.
No. Because using this program would affect all anti-homelessness programs.
I been thinking for a while. Less people would ignore current government targeting minority groups if hurting minority groups directly hurt the ignoring people also.
A law that’s meant to specifically hurt trans veterans now hurts veterans in general. More people will protest that law now. I kinda like this.
Doesn’t always work. People chose to close public pools rather than desegregate, for example.
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Bot account.
Your comments list you as German, as South African, as employed, as unemployed, living in Kansas, living in Kentucky. Nearly all of them start with “Actually I’m…”
Cant believe we now have bots that auto-offended by everything on the internet. We gonna have bot posts a story, a bot is offended. Then of course a bot that will tell you how you feel and last stage one to charge you for the whole experience. 🤨
Wonder if this is how the right are going to try and disrupt the left leaning vibes here. Lots of “trump supporting” bots flooding comments with right wing trash like Reddit.
Honestly unaware why we haven’t collectively defederated SJW.
You’re so close.
