So... I think the potential issue that none of them have foreseen is that some trans kids have supportive parents, and this would basically require teachers to ignore the parents' wishes as well as the kid's.

Truly vile, they're essentially holding the education of the class hostage in order to demand mistreatment of the individual. Still, this seems grossly unconstitutional.

Felon trump is from the business world where it is dog eat dog. He controls by threats and punishment. He has no compassion or understanding of human beings. His ego is enhanced every time he gets someone to back down or sing his praises.

Let the lawsuits begin ‼️

That's the plan, because while we file lawsuits, they are already turning their maga cult against anyone who disobeys. Maga will be on the hunt.

That'll last about 24 hours. What a douche.

Why??

Teachers are so much better than he thinks they are. They aren’t intimidated by middle school girls. They aren’t intimidated by shooters. This man holds no power here.

Now he’s attacking disabled persons of America laying blame for the crash on disabled people. This is who the far right Christian’s put in office. A man full of hate, revenge, and discrimination. THIS IS NOT THE CHRISTLIKE ACTIONS OF THE CHRIST I KNOW. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

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He cannot tell people what they can say. It's the first Amendment, #FreedomofSpeech.

Well, seems TN seems to think otherwise based on the rule they passed in committee.

It will be challenged in the State Supreme court.

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He cannot. But he can withhold federal funding from places that do not comply. THAT is why this is so scary. He is forcing compliance. He said he wanted to be a dictator, he is well on the way.

If you agree, share! 1. Change your W-4 tax deductions to THE MAX until Nov 2. Set aside what you normally pay in a tax bank acct 3. Jan-Nov, you pay zero, your employer pays zero 4. for Dec 1, change W-4 deductions to zero and include add'tl funds of X (amount residing in the tax account for Dec)

He actually can't do that, either.

The president should not have direct control of where funding is allocated. He thinks he is a king, and that has to be rectified as soon as possible.

Feel free to come to EU. We are a very welcoming Continent.

I can't afford that

It's a flight that most likely will cost you like a coast-to-coast.

i'd still need funds for housing, food, among every other thing required I have an EA (Educational Assistant) certification, and about $400 to my name As much as i'd love to leave this shithole country for the next 4 years, I just don't have the money to, not even counting my family

I am not the type of person that the EU is trying to import, I'm just a slightly below average fat American, not worth the trouble

We need mothertongue teachers. Many. Especially Italy, France, Spain and Portugal. Not bad places where to live. Get in touch with private schools. Some might also provide housing. And some have canteens for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Believe in yourself and you can do whatever you want.

He’s is absolutely despicable. I truly hope karma hits him hard & fast.

What a hateful person.

#SMDFTB!!!!

Wow, did you see the price of eggs drop with this announcement.

Must be truly terrifying times for any US citizen who isn't a white heterosexual male ... but then I remember that millions of women and non-whites actually voted for this hate agenda. I just can't get my head around it.

Sort of a deplorable....

somebody please wake up Schumer

They literally get offended by people saying words to other people (names, no less) in conversations that have nothing to do with them at all... but we're the snowflakes. Got it.

It is also illegal, I believe!

Yeah, good luck with that!

Fine - then everyone is now “they/them” in my classrooms.

Yeah this is really gross and egregious. I hope school do not comply.

I thought Republicans were about local control and small government?

They only believe in power

They don't believe in anything. Except hate. They love hate.

And helping billionaires.

Absolutely repugnant.

I really don’t understand why people have an issue calling people by their preferred name. We’ve always done it. If we have to call Richard “Dick” and Margaret “Peg” and Elizabeth “Betty” we can call trans kids by their chosen name.

Far worse, this is about requiring schools to tell parents who might disown them or beat them.

I had a Chinese exchange student one year -- when I hesitated over his name during roll call the first day, he grinned and said "Let's go with 'Tony.'" So Tony he was in my class, and probably all the others, not the legal name on his transcript and passport.

I think it’s sad that they needed to rename themselves to be addressed. Learn the name, practice it until you get it as close as you can. Give them the respect be called by their!

Trump is a very small man

So sad... nightmare!

So wrong! It has become a crime to show compassion and respect for students. I am a retired teacher and I am appalled!

More criming. More lawsuits he will lose.

Next up Trump will order schools that correctly teach that the German Nazi Party was a murderous threat to the world to instead teach they "were good people, just misunderstood" or lose their funding.

This man’s fully evil and in need of death

How in Hel's sweet name does using a student's preferred name actually HURT anyone?? MAGA = sad little snowflake people.

with liberty and justice for all

Didn't some Republican garbo already win a court case that said it was his religious freedom to refer to students by any name he chose? Shouldn't other teachers have that same right?

It's called extortion

The GOP - putting children's lives at risk for 50 yrs

I hope to see stories of student walk-outs here soon. Students standing outside their schools protesting.

Maga was always the woke cancel and defund crowd. Making getting emotional and having a hissy fit great gain.

This is despicable! This what 'they' voted in.

Fuck Trump

..right out of the nazi playbook. disgusting and vile

He is the “SnailTrail” of all presidents…the slime that’s left as the GOP passes through.

How long before Trangender people are forced to wear yellow stars on their clothes?

I stand corrected on the yellow star/pink triangle issue. I must brush up on my oppression techniques.

I need new fingers; I can't type worth a damn on here.

Pink Triangles are what LGBTQ people had to wear, and I’m sure they’re coming.

Pink Triangles. #History

Oh well I guess blue states are gonna have to use more taxes to funding their own schools. That just means less taxes for the red states to sponge off. Better grab onto those bootstraps worthless states!

Why is that even a law? wtf!?

From a man who identifies as orange. 🙄

He's just vicious for the sake of it. An absolute nutcase.

The students are the reason I keep doing this. Take away my ability to make them feel safe and respected and I don’t see how I could continue teaching. It’s the opposite of an inclusive environment that impacts our community and ability to collaborate.

Yep...stay the course and do the best we can... take care...

You can’t train me for my whole career to protect these kids with my whole being and then throw them under the bus at the first provocation.

Thank you! It’s not indoctrination to need your whole class of students to be respectful to one another. I doubt I could expect just that from grown adults. No one needs to explain their existence to you nor does their existence cease because it makes you uncomfortable.

Isn’t this a violation of free speech??

I have and will continue to call students (and anyone else) whatever they prefer to be called. Because, you know, they're people I don't hate.

Telling Trump to fuck off is contagious. And it feels great.

Hey, at least eggs are affordable

They’re not though.

Yeah, that’s the joke.

Hmm… standard rule of modern education. If accommodations aren’t documented they didn’t happen.

That will be struck down in courts. Just another stupid order that rarely if ever affects most Americans. He makes up this stupid bs to get the idiots riled up while he pick pockets them .

It will affect *children* - many of whom are already at the risk of violence and/or suicide.

I work with children and I agree 100% I ve worked with children as young as 5 who feel being comfortable being the sex they weren’t assigned as birth. Just like in nature there are animals that identify differently for Their birth sex.

Where’s Elon and his free speech now? These teachers are being censored, Elon. Get ya boi under control, Elon! #GarbagePeople

Unreal. His cruelty knows no bounds. Watch as suicide rates soar.

Calling enock please lift the red phone.

Transgendered individuals have never harmed a school and are under attack. Guns on the other hand...

The only way to fight this , is to support us, in all way possible, Us Trans artist, we do fight for our right, and if I need, I'll throw a brick! By supporting us, you are part of the fight Fight, with us youtu.be/rc5eWXEGp8I

Just when you think they cannot get anymore despicable they add another level to Dante's hell!!!

Illegal as his other BS. Just more distracting, divisive bloviating and flooding the channels as his puppeteers direct him. Where is the parsing and digging into the likely far worse stuff that we aren’t seeing?

How would they possibly enforce this? Are they going to start spying on every classroom and make sure that every teacher addresses every child by a pre-approved name every day?

I am honestly so sick of this piece of trash…. I just can’t ! 😵‍💫

I know this marks me as a fussy killjoy with no sense of the modern presidency, but — under what legal authority does he purport to do this?

Stripping kids and schools of civil rights, exactly what nobody asked of POTUS ever.

If you see a sudden drop in attendance at schools. Don't be surprised. They're scared. And we should be doing more to defend them. They're our literal future.

Wondering how i could start an independent, online school which is secular, inclusive, respectful, and safe.

Does B C Jenner are you listening?

I like California’s response. To summarize, “…that’s right, and the horse you rode in on.”

I love California so much💙

#CaliforniaPride

Decency and empathy fuels the libs. Cruelty and hatred fuels maga.

And it's finally out in the open. It's never been about not being forced to use 'pronouns'. It's about anger and resentment that they couldn't force you to not use them. Until now. Fuck that.

I sensing my days as a public school teacher may be coming to an end...

they have a real problem with personal identity and bodily autonomy. you do all realzie what this isreally all about right? sex outside of marriage. think about it. abortion? contraception? heteroseuxality? homosexuality? all involves sex.

and sex is just for men with women. oh but not the other way around!

He's going to kill the Dept. of Education anyway, so it doesn't really matter.

They've conditioned us to put ourselves in front of bullets. What makes them think teachers will cave?

Public schools are 90% funded by the state. Feds fund military, Medicaid, social security and veterans funding, farming subsidies, earned income credits and child credits, stuff like that. States do most everything else. Feds don't really have much say in public schools.

It’s still bottles my mind that people voted for him. What an uneducated racist country we are. It’s just so sad.

Isn’t that extortion?

What a piece of .... he is. Karma will get him

Interesting position when most of school funding comes from property taxes and curriculums are set by the state. The DoE/Federal Gov. really doesn't get a say here, and all they will do is end up hurting Title 1 schools (ie low income), and special education.

So if a Michael chooses to go by Mike, teachers have to call them Michael?

Thanks, President Trump

Kids are getting shot in schools and this is what they focus on. A disgrace.

He must go.

I've decided that the shortest measure of time is between the moment he signs an executive order and the moment it's challenged in court.

F TRUMP AND HIS FLUNKIES

Teacher here. How are they going to enforce this? Will I have a minder in my room? Will I be watched? Who’s going to pay for that? Will I be informed on? Come and take it Fed.

Also completely illegal.

F this hateful bullshit

Hurting the weakest, it's the only thing bullies know.

So then, what, we are going to ask children to turn their teachers in???

This MF needs his teeth kicked in.

What in the actual F*** is wrong with him? He's just a despicable piece of shit.

Burn him. Alive.

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First they came for the Trans people, and we did nothing because it didn’t affect us directly and it didn’t hurt the economy or our billionaire campaign donors.

I’m the proud mum of a trans son, don’t know where to begin with this one! These kids have a hard enough time as it is without the minion in chief making it more difficult! This is a dangerous road to go down. We nearly lost our son a few years ago, how many more are now gonna slip through the net.

Make sure your son knows there are loads of us out here rooting for him. I have a couple young trans friends, and they are so brave and determined. We'll get through this.

Thank you, luckily we are in the uk but god knows what’s gonna change over here. I honestly hate the world we live in right now.

I honestly have no words for this!

But isn't he planning on turning education over to the states anyway? Could he just be baiting us to distract from his most current debacles?

Illegal!

No he can’t. All children are guaranteed a free public education. ALL CHILDREN.

Next step is making people - real people - wear stars and triangles.

Child’s legal name is William but he answers to Lee, since birth, who’s gonna decide if Lee is appropriate does he need to declare his sexuality, which is none of the schools business. This is illegal and unnecessary. Our schools have bigger issues- like keeping them from getting killed!

Public schools don't get most of their funding from the Federal government.

I made a video about this here: #HungryHungryHypocrites

A 300+ pound mound of undetermined orange fecal matter.

So much for freedom of speech.

He’s such a really really big POS!!!!! He’s the devil!

Not to mention illegal under a good few states individual constitutions and probably under The Constitution!

Let’s all refuse to pay taxes. They use our money to try to force us to comply with their cruel perversions, we take away their health insurance, meal per diems, travel budgets, and anything else they “need” to do their jobs. Let’s seem them fund the military without a budget.

What.

Oh fuck.

HOW are teachers supposed to know if the pronounces are wrong? Are they expected to verify it by looking? Good grief. I don't care about what kind of plumbing kids have.

Pretty similar to the insane rule that preimer Danny Trump (Danielle Smith) did to Alberta. Disgusting all around.

It's not his money to use it as it fits his agenda. What a evil grifter.

How long are we going to let this go?

Trump is such an evil fucking POS and he makes me sick to my stomach such a evil vile mean spirited man child example of a living creature

Absolutely disgraceful

How very Christian of him. But then, that’s actually very Christian

Trump is a pig. I’m so disgusted with him.

Hate is always on trump's agenda.

Wait, I thought they were going to send education back to the states? Can’t keep up with the crazy.

Sounds like trump (small t on purpose) needs to read the Declaration of Independence again or for the first time.

Hate doesn’t stop unless people stop it.

I would become so obnoxious calling every single person by their full government name everytime I address them and stripping all pronouns from my language.

This is my level of petty for sure!🔥🤗

George, my friend, we must also be clear eyed in stating he does not have this authority. He’s not only embarking in an animus-fueled campaign of discrimination but usurping the authority of Congress while doing it. It’s a hateful power grab.

Congress needs to take action on this and other encroachments on their Constitutional authority by the Tangerine Taintsicle. I’m sick of the pressers. I want to see something actionable done. If Leadership doesn’t have the spine to do it then let @aoc.bsky.social and @repjasmine.bsky.social take it.

And if he ignores a court ruling that he doesn’t have authority, what then? How would this play out?

That's right. He does not have the authority to do this.

And look at how well that went for Germany. It's gross.

This is how genocides get started. I have been warning and warning and warning but nobody listened.

More accurately this is actually a few steps down the road…it’s ramping up…

Illegal acts by a felon.

Mitch McConnell, Merrick Garland, and Republicans own every bit of hate this guy inflicts on our country.

Evil

Also, how is this small government? If I want to go by fluffy mcstuffins, what does the government care?! How is the way I refer to myself, and would like others to refer to me, infringing on ANYBODY’s rights to life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness?!

Do not comply in advance. Trans rights are human rights.

I worked in a school that had a sprinkling of trans students and parents complained about it. They will get away with this atrocity because now racism and discrimination is worn like a badge of courage (or how I would call it a badge of caucasity).

I used to live in liberal cities, my experience with trans women wasn't them trying to dominate girls sports. They like doing hair, makeup, and getting fucked in night clubs lol

They also like being the hottest woman in the room

100%. It's an attempt to try to govern by fear but like the funding freeze this is totally untenable. If peoples schools start closing due to compelled speech it will cause riots. There's no way they follow through.

That’s exactly what Trump wants, riots means he can declare a state of emergency and martial law, which gives him unchecked power.

America needs to Gangnam style this ahole before more people die

Give me a time and place and I’ll whip and naenae all over him

A dance off has yet to be tried to get rid of him, can’t do less than his two impeachments

As I said, give me a time and place and I’ll hit the griddy on him

And, can arrest and take voting rights away from every one he rounds up.....

Personally, I don't care what he wants. An abuser is going to abuse whether you to try to appease them or not.

Lawsuits..lawsuits..lawsuits. Let's keep him in court. All day..everyday.

That won’t matter if he takes full uncontested power. Stalling won’t work this time around, the only way to remove him is if he dies naturally (disappointing) or if we rise up and manage to scare him enough to flee to his sugar daddy in Russia

Or we just arrest him. He can sit in a cell next to Weinstein for a few years.

He stacked the Supreme Court, the House and Senate in his favor remember? That’s how he’s dodged a jail sentence this far.

Yeah because our legal system has done a great job with him in the past. /s/

Notice I didn't say anything about "legal system"? I'm not a lawyer, but I'm not a fool either. We the People can arrest him and sit on him in a secure location as long as we have the numbers to do it. That's the question that he should worry about.

He should already be in jail. He never should have been allowed to run. Convicted felons should not be allowed to hold office

Correct, again he also stacked the court in his favor so even if he’d been convicted, he would’ve left. The man has been breaking the law in regards to the election years before and nothing was done to stop him.

Well you Americans better do something. Cause if you don't you all are gonna see the inside walls of a concentration camp

Not much we can do beyond resisting what we can or get out which I am trying to do

Hes the president now. He doesnt have to spend a second in court.

yep, it was actually on Mike Lindell‘s notes he’s so proudly allowed a picture of back in 2019/2020 👇🏻

What does that say? It’s really blurry and hard to read

found a more clearer picture

Second Mark sentence “move Kash Patel to CIA acting“

Sentence marked at the top, of what I can make out is “martial law upon the first hint of any“

No, the riots would be literally the perfect thing to have happen, including his state of emergency and martial law It would be his fatal flaw. Government workers and the military would turn on him fast, but not if we wait for him to replace all of our generals and feds with loyalists. #Revolution

Shit you right, we just need to gather en mass

Yep, and no new elections.

He declare martial law if he think he can get away with it. I hope the Scums involves will get thier Karma after the smoke clear.

It seems like such an attempted power grab is inevitable at this point. He'll declare martial law even if protests are peaceful. We already know from Esper's testimony he wanted to use live ammunition on peaceful protestors last time.

As if this wasn’t a sufficient enough power grab, either or when the time comes I’ll be taking to the streets.

Christianist 'Religious Freedom?' Really?

So, this free speech thing y’all so big on, it only applies in certain situations for some people ?

Fascist M-F

Gross overreach of power

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"The Declaration of Independence states that the pursuit of happiness is an unalienable right, meaning it is a right that cannot be taken away." "The Declaration of Independence also states that governments are created to protect these rights." Does this not apply to transgender people?

Such a hateful smug man

What I'd love to see in (age-appropiate, ofc) classrooms at the beginning of term is a civics exercise in which the subject is debated and voted on, for conduct inside class. I know reality tho, never gonna happen. It would be the bravest teacher who'd plant those seeds.

Fucking sick. This will result in bullying, violence, and suicides. It helps NO ONE!

The post is false. Nothing references teachers using pronouns as related to funding. This is exactly why your side lost.

So only your team can use lying as a way to sway voters? If this is a lie it certainly is a believable one. Go pound sand.

I realize conservatives are anti-education, but you could at least put a little effort into your reading skills. Section 2e clearly identifies using pronouns as one of the things targeted by this EO. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Pretty sure an "Executive Order" can't affect state laws that govern schools

If USA people won't GO OUT NOW and protest by the millions it will turn out exactly like my suffering of my grandparents in Europe with A.H. after 1933 with a more modern twist. But the fear in your mind and your everyday life will be very real. They'l be like leaves eaten by near invisible aphids.

What are they going to do after they lock up all the teachers and the kids keep being queer or transgender? (Rhetorical question, the WWII history people already know.)

If my Gov agrees, I’m calling him by his legal name. No chosen name for you John Stitt.

There’s no way to enforce this order outside of mob justice. Not to mention it’s totally unconstitutional.

Anyone have an actual report of this and not just a meme. I have taken a quick look and can't find much.

WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!

But I thought education was with the states

Fascism?

And we know how to deal with fascists.

This cis white mom is wondering why the federal government is preventing the education of students about tolerance and acceptance and- yes!- love🤔

"You've got to be carefully taught" 🎶

Real cool of him to take time out of his busy day of blaming the deaths of 68 people on DEI to single out trans kids. I hope this piece of shit lives long enough to sit on a bench, aware and conscious of how absolutely fucked he is.

Very soon, you will have teachers that refer to students as the correct pronouns, put in jails, and you will have trans people who are visibly Trans in front of children, or raising children, be thrown in jail as a groomer/sexual predator. I do not believe Congress or SC will stop this. #Revolution

I believe lower court judges will put a hold on this in a heartbeat, since it's an obvious First Amendment violation with zero real governmental interest. Trans folk are the first group being targeted, but they won't be the last. We need to stick up for them now.

The problem with this, and this line of thinking, it's naive at best If it gets blocked by Lower Court judges, who does it go to? Do you think those people that it goes to will stand up against trump? There's a lot of hope and wishful thinking, but there are no checks and balances now #Revolution

For clarification as to what I'm talking about, it would have to go to the Supreme court, and they would have to block it as well. The Supreme Court is securely on the side of trump. Congress has ways of intervening, but would require the majority of Congress to agree against trump. they wont.

I'm a retired appellate lawyer. I fully understand how the legal system and SCOTUS works. But I also know that pushback matters. Two judges blocked the funding freeze, and within hours, OMB yanked it. Lawsuits + public pressure + prominent voices speaking out often gets stupid edicts reversed.

I really hope that I'm wrong. I apologize if I did sound condescending in any way though. I just don't believe that scotus or congress will step in to stop this. I do hope that you are correct about the pushback being enough. I'm not holding out hope, but I'll be very happy to hear "I told you so"

Step further: And the only way to know if teachers comply would be to have other students (children) report them. Something reminiscent of oh, I don’t know - NAZI Germany!

Let's start campaigning for the future. Find a candidate and start now. He did it and look at where is now. Our candidate can react to all his BS in real time and provide a better solution. Let's stop reacting to his "Wag the Dog" BS and do it right this time.

How long before more children die from his Final Solution execution orders?

Despicable Spawn of Lucifer!!! F**K THIS FASCIST SCUM!!! 🤬 I have always been a friendly person and feel bad if I wronged even an "enemy", but NEVER have I felt more hatred towards another human than this 🍊💩head!

Colombia first, schools second. Who or what next?

How do they plan on making this compatible with their order that assigns sex at conception (making everybody women)? And if everybody are women, imagine the reaction of certain members of congress who see transpersons in the women's bathroom the same way four-year-olds see monsters under the bed

I can't help but think Trump knows a poorly educated populous is a more complient populous and a more right wing populous.

George Wallace must love this.

He is pure evil….and I can’t repeat that enough.

Project 2025. People, you need to read this right wing craziness.

Speaking as a retired teacher, I would always respect whatever name a student wished me to address them by. Common courtesy.

Vile POS.

As if he and the other Republicans aren't going to just gut schools and cease funding later down the road to 'save money' anyway. Keep doing what you're doing and if anyone asks: no, you don't know any gender non-conforming students or teachers in your school.

Nothing like being involved in the minutiae of everyday Americans lives. The level of control the "small government" is attempting is mind boggling.

I feel like if every group and organization in the country targeted by this asshole just told him to go fuck himself, then followed up with whatever lawsuits they can launch to protect themselves, these worms would back down quickly. It's certainly better than the only remaining option.

Setting limitations to the simplest form of human expression is beyond pathetic. Trans rights are human rights.

theres a 1st amendment lawsuit in there somewhere!

That's pretty much every school here in Oregon😥

Government mandated transphobia. As if teachers didn't already have enough on their plates.