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US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/74712/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/74712/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump’s ‘Schedule G’ broadens scope for agencies to hire political appointees <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DemocracyForward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyForward</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonKettl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonKettl</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FederationOfAmericanScientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederationOfAmericanScientists</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Headlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Headlines</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LorenDejongeSchulman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LorenDejongeSchulman</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MaxStier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaxStier</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OfficeOfPersonnelManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfficeOfPersonnelManagement</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PartnershipForPublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartnershipForPublicService</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ReductionsInForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReductionsInForce</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RobShriver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobShriver</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ScheduleC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScheduleC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ScheduleF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScheduleF</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ScheduleG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScheduleG</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SchedulePolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchedulePolicy</span></a>/career <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TopStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TopStories</span></a></p>
News Beep<p>Trump’s ‘Schedule G’ broadens scope for agencies to hire political appointees</p><p>President Donald Trump has carved out a new category of fed…<br><a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewsBeep</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Topstories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Topstories</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/democracyforward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracyforward</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/departmentofveteransaffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>departmentofveteransaffairs</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/donkettl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donkettl</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/federationofamericanscientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federationofamericanscientists</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Headlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Headlines</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/lorendejongeschulman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lorendejongeschulman</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/maxstier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maxstier</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/officeofpersonnelmanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>officeofpersonnelmanagement</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/partnershipforpublicservice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>partnershipforpublicservice</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/reductionsinforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reductionsinforce</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/robshriver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robshriver</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/schedulec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schedulec</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/schedulef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schedulef</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/scheduleg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scheduleg</span></a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/schedulepolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schedulepolicy</span></a>/career <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/TopStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TopStories</span></a><br><a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/5980/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">newsbeep.com/5980/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Europe<p>Trump’s ‘Schedule G’ broadens scope for agencies to hire political appointees</p><p>President Donald Trump has carved out a new category of federal employment attempting t…<br><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/democracyforward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracyforward</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DepartmentofVeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentofVeteransAffairs</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DonKettl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonKettl</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/federationofamericanscientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federationofamericanscientists</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/lorendejongeschulman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lorendejongeschulman</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MaxStier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaxStier</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/officeofpersonnelmanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>officeofpersonnelmanagement</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/PartnershipforPublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartnershipforPublicService</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/reductionsinforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reductionsinforce</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/robshriver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robshriver</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/schedulec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schedulec</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/schedulef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schedulef</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/scheduleg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scheduleg</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/schedulepolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schedulepolicy</span></a>/career<br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2257367/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2257367/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Politics<p>Trump’s ‘Schedule G’ broadens scope for agencies to hire political appointees</p><p>President Donald Trump has carved out a new category of federal employment attempting to create…<br><a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/democracyforward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracyforward</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentofVeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentofVeteransAffairs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonKettl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonKettl</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/federationofamericanscientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federationofamericanscientists</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lorendejongeschulman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lorendejongeschulman</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MaxStier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaxStier</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/officeofpersonnelmanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>officeofpersonnelmanagement</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PartnershipforPublicService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PartnershipforPublicService</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/reductionsinforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reductionsinforce</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/robshriver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robshriver</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/schedulec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schedulec</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/schedulef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schedulef</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/scheduleg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scheduleg</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/schedulepolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schedulepolicy</span></a>/career<br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2257367/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2257367/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Axomamma<p>It's really a shame there are so many shitty people who just love killing people, directly and indirectly. It's just a coincidence that the majority of them in the United States are Republicans.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/va-doctors-can-stop-treating-democrats" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wonkette.com/p/va-doctors-can-</span><span class="invisible">stop-treating-democrats</span></a></p>
WYM Mod<p>Doctors refusing treatment based on political views? The Daily Beast reports that a new policy allows VA medical professionals to deny care to Democrats and unmarried veterans, initiated by former President Donald Trump. This alarming change opens the door to discrimination in the VA system, jeopardizing the equal treatment veterans deserve. Discover the full implications of this controversial policy here: <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/va-doctors-can-refuse-to-treat-democrats-after-donald-trump-order/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/va-doctors-c</span><span class="invisible">an-refuse-to-treat-democrats-after-donald-trump-order/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/HealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/VeteransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.vtip.me/tags/MedicalDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedicalDiscrimination</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Senate panel leaders back Trump’s lifting of sanctions on Syria <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1014846/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1014846/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirForce</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BarackObama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BarackObama</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Boeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boeing</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BrandSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrandSafety</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/campaigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>campaigns</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChristopherSMurphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherSMurphy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/connecticut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>connecticut</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfState</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldJTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldJTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveBranch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GregoryWMeeks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GregoryWMeeks</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/house" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>house</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Idaho</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JeanneShaheen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeanneShaheen</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JimRisch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimRisch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewHampshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewHampshire</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Syria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syria</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TimKaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimKaine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a></p>
Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸🐧<p>Thousands of veterans face foreclosure after Trump's VA ends key mortgage program</p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NationalPublicRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalPublicRadio</span></a> [USA]<br>May 1, 2025 5:00 AM ET <br>By Chris Arnold and Quil Lawrence </p><p>"The U.S. <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs</span></a>, as of Thursday, has ended a new <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/mortgage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mortgage</span></a>-rescue program that so far has helped about 20,000 veterans avoid <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/foreclosure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foreclosure</span></a> and keep their homes.</p><p>The move leaves millions of military <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veterans</span></a> with far worse options than most other American homeowners if they run into trouble paying their home loans. And it comes at a time when nearly 90,000 <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VA</span></a> loans are seriously past due, with 33,000 of those already in the foreclosure process, according to the data and analytics firm ICE."</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5382448/va-veterans-affairs-mortgages-foreclosure-vasp" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-53824</span><span class="invisible">48/va-veterans-affairs-mortgages-foreclosure-vasp</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a><br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Veterans</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/VeteransAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VeteransAdministration</span></a> <br><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/USGovt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USGovt</span></a></p>
Bi Sasquatch<p>Source: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@TheAdvocate4q66" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheAdvocate4q66</span></a></span> </p><p>From the article: "Transgender people who have served the United States in uniform in the military will no longer be treated with dignity at Veterans Affairs facilities. The Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday afternoon rescinded Directive 1341, a policy that for years ensured transgender, nonbinary, and intersex veterans received respectful, clinically appropriate health care, The Advocate has learned."</p><p>"The directive provided clear protections for these veterans against discrimination within the VA system and established standards for their care, including access to hormone therapy, mental health support, and the ability to use VA facilities in accordance with their gender identity.</p><p>"Directive 1341, officially titled Providing Health Care for Transgender and Intersex Veterans, was first issued in 2018 to affirm the VA's commitment to equitable health care for transgender and intersex veterans. It specified that transgender veterans be housed according to their gender identity in VA residential treatment programs and allowed them to use bathrooms and other facilities that align with their gender identity. The directive has undergone multiple updates, with amendments in 2020, 2023, and 2024 to strengthen LGBTQ+ health care protections further."</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Veterans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Veterans</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/VA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VA</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs</span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AcceptanceMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcceptanceMatters</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Transrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transrights</span></a> <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/TransgenderDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderDiscrimination</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TransgenderAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAwareness</span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ThePoliticsOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThePoliticsOfHate</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ignorance</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.advocate.com/news/transgender-veterans-policy-rescinded" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">advocate.com/news/transgender-</span><span class="invisible">veterans-policy-rescinded</span></a></p>
The Bright Side<p>Despite being a new initiative, contingency management is backed by considerable research, including its endorsement by the Department of Veterans Affairs and data showing its impact on 82% of users. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EvidenceBased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EvidenceBased</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DepartmentofVeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentofVeteransAffairs</span></a></p>
Alameda Post<p>Richard Bangert reports that the VA has started testing for PFAS and other contaminants at the Alameda Point site where they intend to construct a clinic and a columbarium.</p><p><a href="https://alamedapost.com/news/va-testing-for-pfas-before-starting-clinic-and-cemetery-construction/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alamedapost.com/news/va-testin</span><span class="invisible">g-for-pfas-before-starting-clinic-and-cemetery-construction/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/alameda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alameda</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AlamedaPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlamedaPoint</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CityOfAlameda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CityOfAlameda</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfVeteransAffairs</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pfas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pfas</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/VaClinic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaClinic</span></a></p>