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Andy Biggs Was a Founding Director of the Group That Became Family Watch International, a Designated Anti-LGBTQ Hate Group. He Says He'll Sign the Bills Arizona's Governor Vetoed, Dozens of Them Aimed at LGBTQ Arizonans.

Andy Biggs Was a Founding Director of the Group That Became Family Watch International, a Designated Anti-LGBTQ Hate Group. He Says He'll Sign the Bills Arizona's Governor Vetoed, Dozens of Them Aimed at LGBTQ Arizonans.

A Phoenix New Times and Arizona LOOKOUT investigation traces Andy Biggs' 24-year alliance with Sharon Slater, whose Family Watch International is designated an anti-LGBTQ hate group. Biggs was a founding director of its forerunner, spoke at its forum, and says he'll sign the bills Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed.

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Republicans Are Selling Sarah Sanders, Tom Cotton and French Hill With Anti-Trans Ads. Arkansas Already Bans the Care the Ads Warn About.

Republicans Are Selling Sarah Sanders, Tom Cotton and French Hill With Anti-Trans Ads. Arkansas Already Bans the Care the Ads Warn About.

Republicans have spent an estimated $183 million on anti-transgender TV ads this fall, and in Arkansas they've run for Sarah Sanders, Tom Cotton and French Hill. Arkansas banned gender-transition care for minors in 2021, the ban is now enforced, and only about 1 in 10 voters call the issue one of the most important.

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Tom Tiffany Attacked a Madison High School on Social Media. Its Principal Got About 50 Emails, Most Calling Staff Pedophiles or Groomers.

Tom Tiffany Attacked a Madison High School on Social Media. Its Principal Got About 50 Emails, Most Calling Staff Pedophiles or Groomers.

Tiffany posted that a student drag show at Madison East High was 'unacceptable.' Isthmus obtained about 50 emails the principal got in the next two days — most accusing staff of pedophilia or grooming, one implying she'd be better off drowned. The school asked police for officers. Tiffany then boosted a Libs of TikTok post that included her contact details.

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Greg Abbott's Ad Says Gina Hinojosa 'Voted to Allow for Parents to Be Prosecuted for Child Abuse.' In 2022, Abbott Ordered Child-Abuse Investigations of Parents Over Their Trans Kids.

Greg Abbott's Ad Says Gina Hinojosa 'Voted to Allow for Parents to Be Prosecuted for Child Abuse.' In 2022, Abbott Ordered Child-Abuse Investigations of Parents Over Their Trans Kids.

Abbott's new 'Transition Your Kids – or Face Prosecution' ad rests on Hinojosa's vote against HB 1106, a bill saying it isn't child abuse for a parent to refuse a child's pronouns. Voting no on it allowed nothing — it passed, and Abbott signed it. In 2022, Abbott himself ordered the state to investigate parents of transgender kids for child abuse.

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Steve Hilton Made an AI Xavier Becerra Say 'I Fought for Boys to Play in Girls' Sports' — and Then 'Sorry' When Girls Get Hurt. Becerra Never Said Either.

Steve Hilton Made an AI Xavier Becerra Say 'I Fought for Boys to Play in Girls' Sports' — and Then 'Sorry' When Girls Get Hurt. Becerra Never Said Either.

Hilton's Spanish-language ad shows a hulking, mustached player knocking down teenage girls, then cuts to a computer-generated Becerra taking the blame. The words in the fake Becerra's mouth are Hilton's. Becerra's real position is that sports bodies should decide who plays, and he backs California's current law.

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