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#BreakingNews - Federal #DHHS refers #Maine to #JusticeDepartment for enforcement of ‘noncompliance with #TitleIX

The office announced the referral in a post on social media shortly after 5 p.m.

by Daniel Kool, March 28, 2025, 5:49pm

"The federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights referred Maine to the Justice Department for enforcement of what it alleges are Title IX violations stemming from allowing transgender women to compete in women’s sports.

"The office announced the referral in a post on social media shortly after 5 p.m.
'HHS will continue to protect women’s sports and keep the promises of Title IX for America’s women and girls,' the office said.

"The announcement comes a day after Maine officials refused to sign a proposed agreement to stop allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ high school sports by a Thursday deadline.

"Maine officials refuse to sign Trump agreement on transgender athletes
A spokesperson for Attorney General Aaron Frey’s office declined to comment Friday evening.

"Spokespeople for Gov. Janet Mills did not immediately return a request for comment. The Justice Department did not immediately return questions about its next steps and potential enforcement actions submitted through its media portal."

Original article:
pressherald.com/2025/03/28/fed

Archived version:
archive.md/6jnDs
#MaineResists #ProtectTransKids #TransgenderAthletes #Fascism #Resistance #EducationFunds #USPol #MainePol #TrumpIsABully #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Press Herald · Federal DHHS refers Maine to Justice Dept. for enforcement of ‘noncompliance with Title IX’The office announced the referral in a post on social media shortly after 5 p.m.

#MaineResists! #Maine officials refuse to sign #Trump agreement on #TransgenderAthletes

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said earlier this month that it would give state and local officials in Maine 10 days to sign a proposed agreement banning transgender athletes or the state would risk referral to the U.S. Department of Justice.

by Rachel Ohm, March 27, 2025

"Leaders of the Maine Principals’ Association and Greely High School say they will not sign a proposed agreement from the Trump administration requiring Maine to stop allowing transgender athletes to compete in girls’ high school sports.

"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services gave the Maine Department of Education, Maine Principals’ Association and Greely High School 10 days to sign a proposed resolution agreement in response to its findings that Maine violated federal #TitleIX law by allowing a transgender high school student to compete in a girls’ indoor track championship last month.
Thursday marks 10 days since the Maine entities were notified of #DHHS’ findings and presented with a proposed resolution.

"'In a letter to the community Thursday, the school board of School Administrative District 51, which includes Greely High School, said the district will not sign the agreement.

"'As stated during our Board meeting on March 6th, MSAD 51 will continue to follow state law and the #MaineHumanRightsAct (#MHRA),' the letter said. 'Compliance with the proposed (agreement) would be a violation of current Maine law.'

"A spokesperson for the #MPA said Wednesday it also will not sign the agreement. The MPA also sent a letter to DHHS last week saying the federal agency doesn’t have any jurisdiction over the private non-profit organization and asking it to dismiss its finding of a violation.

"'The Maine Principals’ Association is bound by the law, including the Maine Human Rights Act (MHRA), which our participation policy reflects,' the MPA said in a statement Wednesday. 'We are unable to sign any resolution agreement that would mandate we create a new policy that would violate the law and MHRA. As such, we have not signed and will not sign the resolution agreement sent by the federal Department of Health and Human Services.'"

[...]

"The Trump administration has said it could refer the findings to the U.S. Department of Justice if the agreement is not signed. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has also threatened to sue Maine if the state refuses to comply with Trump’s executive order calling for a nationwide ban on transgender student-athletes.

Read more:
pressherald.com/2025/03/27/mai

Archived version:
archive.md/itxCl
#Resistance #ResistAuthoritarianism #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransgenderRights #TrumpIsABully #USPol #District13

Press Herald · Maine officials refuse to sign Trump agreement on transgender athletesThe Maine Principals' Association and Greely High School said it would violate Maine law for them to sign the agreement requiring the barring of transgender athletes.

I have to celebrate a small win for my sensory sensitive disabled self.

It’s taken me four years but I believe I have finally won the battle with Concord Hospital over the abusive level of the hold music the call center uses.

It would give me #PEM every time I had to call my doctor. And if I send a message through the portal it takes three days for them to get back to me so that’s not always practical.

They didn’t care when I complained that it hurt because of #MECFS, they didn’t care when I asked them how #autistic people who have more sensory issues than I do even call their doctor, they didn’t care when I told them that everyone on their staff in the clinical locations hates the call center as much as I do, but they did care when I accused them of trying to trigger #migraines so that they can admit me and bill #Medicare $25,000.

But you know what actually did it? I found out there was a civil rights division at Concord Hospital and I complained to them instead of patient relations. When I started talking about the rehabilitation act of 1974 (or 1973 idk) patient relations didn’t care, but the civil rights department did.

And I’m still dying to know who owns that call center because it’s the same call center used by NH #DHHS if you have to call the welfare office. So I suspect it’s someone related to Chris Sununu and they’re locked into some awful contract. The food stamp workers hate the call center too. I’ve been talking to people about this for four years.
I finally won. It’s been a good week for me here in New Hampshire.

>>Late Monday night, Kelley expanded the pause on the NIH cost-cutting nationwide, writing the NIH and the Department of Health and Human Services and “their officers, employees, servants, agents, appointees, and successors are hereby enjoined from taking any steps to implement, apply, or enforce” the NIH cost-cutting “in any form with respect to institutions nationwide until further order is issued by this Court.”<< #NIH #DHHS #Science
cnn.com/2025/02/11/politics/tr

CNN · Federal judge expands block on Trump administration effort to cut public health fundingBy Katelyn Polantz
Continued thread

“The Dr. Who Fooled the World”: Author Slams RFK’s Embrace of Disgraced Anti-Vaxxer Andrew Wakefield
democracynow.org/2025/1/31/and

* author/investigative journalist Brian Deer
* debunked disgraced ex-doctor Andrew Wakefield’s fraudulent claims vaccines linked to autism
* Wakefield & Trump2 nom. Sec. Health & Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. major leaders of anti-vaccine movement
* “They basically run this movement together”

#AndrewWakefield #RFKjr #antivax
#Trump2 #fascism #DHHS #HHS

Democracy Now! · “The Dr. Who Fooled the World”: Author Slams RFK’s Embrace of Disgraced Anti-Vaxxer Andrew WakefieldBy Democracy Now!
Continued thread

"Will low-income families be able to keep the heat on? Will seniors have access to another meal on wheels? Will Medicaid continue? Will low-income children get breakfasts or lunches at school? Will children be able to go to Head Start?"

~ Amy Goodman

#Trump #Medicaid #FundingFreeze #MealsonWheels #DHHS #LIHEAP #SchoolLunchProgram #HeadStart #LowIncomeFamilies
/9

democracynow.org/2025/1/29/tru

Democracy Now! · “Complete Chaos”: Medicaid, Meals on Wheels & More on Chopping Block as Trump Freezes TrillionsBy Democracy Now!
Continued thread

United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_S

DHHS oversees 11 agencies

Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

#HHS #DHHS #RFKjr #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #disinformation
#theocracy #transgenocide #misogyny #theocracy #paternalism #sexism #antiabortion
#WomensRights #ReproductiveRights

en.wikipedia.orgUnited States Secretary of Health and Human Services - Wikipedia
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McConnell defends polio vaccine after RFK Jr. adviser seeks to revoke approval
nbcnews.com/politics/congress/

* McConnell: polio survivor w. lifelong effects

Comment: deeply ironic that someone of McConnell's Machiavellian ilk (filibuster; working w. Leonard Leo to stack SCOTUS w. conservative supermajority ...) voices rational dissent. 🤔

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiave

NBC News · McConnell defends polio vaccine after revelation that RFK Jr. advisor sought to revoke approval of the inoculationBy Ryan Nobles
#Trump2#GOP#fascism
Continued thread

RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Aaron Siri Asks FDA to Revoke Approval of Polio Vaccine
nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/

* Aaron Siri spec. in anti-vaccination lawsuits
* advising RFK Jr. for top jobs at Dept. of Health Human Services
* petitioned U.S. gov't to revoke approval of polio vaccine
* protects millions f. virus that causes paralysis/death
* 1 front in Siri's war Siri on all vaccines

The New York Times · RFK Jr.’s Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Polio Vaccine ApprovalBy Christina Jewett
#Trump2#GOP#fascism
Continued thread
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Trump HHS pick RFK Jr.'s views on vaccines, abortion, LGBTQ+ issues
19thnews.org/2024/11/robert-f-

* DHS: vast power/influence
* disease prevention/monitoring, LGBTQ+ health access, reproductive health
* fringe views could undo decades of progress against spread of infectious diseases
* transphobia/anti-LGBT conspiracy theories

#RFKjr #ConspiracyTheorists #antivax #disinformation #DeptHealth #DHHS
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#Christofascism #antiLGBT #homophobia #transphobia

The 19th · Where Trump HHS pick RFK Jr. stands on vaccines, abortion and LGBTQ+ issuesBy Shefali Luthra

[thread] RFK Jr. | RFKjr | Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F.

* politician, environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, conspiracy theorist
* promoted anti-vaccine misinformation public-health conspiracy theories
* deeply devout Catholic
* advisory personnel for Trump2

[thread] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign
mastodon.social/@persagen/1106

#RFKjr #ConspiracyTheorists #antivax #disinformation #DHHS
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #Project2025 #Christofascism #antiLGBT #transphobia

en.wikipedia.orgRobert F. Kennedy Jr. - Wikipedia

4 years ago, tens of thousands of Americans needlessly died, millions infected because the #Trump administration lied, misled and promoted delusional crackpot theories about COVID.

Now, they are threatening to ban all vaccines based upon conspiracy theories and #deranged propaganda.

Are you better off than you were 4 years ago?

Do you want even worse with #RFKjr in charge of #DHHS?

I know some folks want to vote 3rd Party or stay home in protest.

I'm asking you now.
Reconsider what you do.