My son is staying home from school due to suicidal thoughts that were triggered by the passage of sb16. He said tearfully, “I feel like the world doesn’t want me here.” So thanks your actions have real consequences.
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Salt Lake Tribune Columnist. Opinion and legal writer. Mother of 7. Involved in law/politics for over 20 years.
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Do you see these replies suggesting that female attorneys not have long hair or appear feminine in order not to be tasked with secretarial duties?
DO YOU SEE THEM?!?!?
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Fellow women attorneys, how do you handle male co-counsel who treat you like their personal secretaries? I'm at a loss.
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Finally. Too bad I don’t want to listen to anything they say at this point.
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House and Senate leaders holding a news conference to unveil bills on water conservation and the Great Salt Lake. @fox13 #utpol #utleg
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Two ways that #UTpol legislators often talk about #UTed funding: 1) citing total increase over time (state budgets are in the billions) 2) citing the high child-taxpayer ratio to explain low per-pupil funding.
These aren't the only ways to talk about school funding, though. twitter.com/gopTODD/status…
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Dan, I'm not trying to change your mind, just trying to disseminate accurate information. I'm not sure what you mean by castration medications, but if you are referring to some of the hormones used for people who are transgender, some of the effects are irreversible.
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Because men and boobs - no matter how young they are!
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But it’s still ok for a teenager to get breast augmentation with parental consent. Interesting set of priorities here
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It doesn’t matter how much you “invested” in #uted if it’s still wholly underfunded. Here’s a simple explainer: if something costs $20 and you give $10, you can’t keep saying you funded it because you gave $10. It costs $20.
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This is why it’s hard to take @sltrib serious. The #utleg has invested $2.4 Billion in new money into #uted since 2015 — and poised to invest another $300+ million this year. Also, “almost no public input?” HB215 had two public hearings — which is the same as every other bill.
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Alta had 26 saloons before the turn of the century. #themoreyouknow
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Thousands and thousands of injunctions would likely be affected. Not a great bill and it shouldn’t pass.
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The Utah State Bar opposes #HJR2 on the grounds that it will hinder access to justice and adversely affect the administration of the courts. The Bar takes no other position on any other issue that may be driving this bill. #A2J #HJR2
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Yes. My political power is oozing over. If only I wasn’t single the world would be a better place and social order would be reestablished. If only there was a man out there willing to support me and my 7 children so I could go back to the kitchen. Please oh please?
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The political power of single women, especially single mothers, must be diminished in order to regain traditional values, traditional family, and to reestablish social order.
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Want to stop domestic violence in Utah?
Believe women. Get the guns out of your homes. Promote gender equality. Pass good legislation.
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I don’t understand Quinn Kotter’s vote. Wasn’t he the one to pull out the Bible and talk about the moral truths of male and female?
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Behind every husband who thinks he wears the pants...
Is a wife who told him which pants to wear.
#NationalSpousesDay
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*Doctors
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BREAKING: South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is ordering pharmacies who provide birth control to be prosecuted and is banning Doctor's from talking to women about having an abortion.
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*know.
Derp.
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As a single, working mom with a disabled child, getting calls from school telling me he couldn’t go was heartbreaking. This bill sends public money to private schools with no protection for students, especially for disabled students. It’s a world most ppl no nothing about.
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The worst part of it was that I had no rights. They could do what they wanted, because they had no obligation to educate my son. They could kick him out at any point, and they did.
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My son with DS had a Carson Smith scholarship to attend a private school. It was not enough to cover tuition, & the $3k therapy package, & the $12/hr personal aide the school deemed necessary. I couldn’t afford to keep him there. $8k wouldn’t be enough either.
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.@Mskriebe (a teacher in her day job) says education groups do not support it. She says lawmakers are not having conversations with educators.
She says existing scholarships (like Carson Smith) are not being fully used. She questions accountability and has an amendment. #utpol
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Oof. HB215’s bunk approval % of 74 is already down to 59% - and the question asked isn’t even relevant to the legislation. 😬
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Dan Jones surveyed 601 Utahns:
“Utah lawmakers may consider legislation that would allow parents to use the tax dollars designated for their child's education to send their child to the public or private school. Would you support or oppose this?
Support 59%
Oppose 32%
DNK 9%
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In the Capitol, A LOT of kids brought up to push for the school choice/teacher salaries bill. We do not expect the bill to be voted on in the Senate today. @fox13 #utpol #utleg
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A normal non-crazy-hands picture!
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ICYMI: @HollandHart’s Michelle Quist joined the @HinckleyReport’s “2023 Legislative Session Begins” panel to discuss historic budget surplus, tough topics elected officials are already taking on, and priorities outlined in the State of the State: video.pbsutah.org/video/2023-leg @pbsutah
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I’d like to see the Legislature’s data that parents support HB215.
The School Board opposes it. It’s being rammed through so fast the legislators haven’t had time to receive comments from their constituents. Parents support it? Prove it.
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It’s pretty clear this is one of the worst starts the Utah Legislature has had in a long time. They should have stuck to winning issues - the Great Salt Lake, housing, heck, even a stupid tax cut. They need some good PR people.
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Denied by who? Their parents? Yes. The government. No. Go away Chris Stewart.
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Should children under 16 be denied access to social media apps? @repchrisstewart @netchoice
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Yeah - let’s get back to the real public enemy #1 - trans kids.
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Generally when we label people as Public Enemy #1 we’re talking about terrorists or existential threats to our country. But instead, @betterutah
has sent out texts and emails across the state identifying myself and Senator Cullimore as Public Education Enemy #1…
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I could say a lot about how private schools serve disabled students - even private schools SET UP to serve these students (they only accept up to a certain % of the classroom pop). And it’s not that great. And $8k is nothing. But I’m tired tonight. So maybe some other time.
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Show me the survey results of how Utah parents feel about their tax dollars being taken from public ed and given to private elite businesses who pick and choose their student population and intentionally discriminate against disabled students.
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The number of kids using their left hands also skyrocketed in the 1930s-1970s ONCE THEIR TEACHERS STOPPED BEATING THEM.
Stop trying to practice medicine. twitter.com/UtahLCR/status
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Aww thanks!
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@MichelleLQuist on The Hinckley Report tonight #utpol
@MichelleLQuist on The Hinckley Report tonight #utpol6
Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down .... #MaryPoppinsBill
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HB215, @CandicePierucci’s bill on school choice/ teacher salaries just passed the House on a vote of 54-20. It now goes to the Senate.
Here’s how representatives voted.
#utpol #utleg #uted @abc4utah
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Meet our panelists! We are joined by with , , columnist for , and , government and politics reporter with . Tune in TONIGHT at 7:00 p.m. to #TheHinckleyReport!
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It was never about protecting kids.
Yesterday in Utah, Senator Escamilla called Republicans bluff by making them vote on banning teenage breast implants in an anti-trans healthcare ban.
All Republicans voted against it.
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Yup. They aren’t trying to serve poor communities.
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The #Math isn’t hard on #HB215
Private elementary school average tuition is $10,865. High school is $12,872.
A $8,000 voucher doesn’t cover tuition. The deficit families pay = $3,000-$5,000 per child/year. This bill doesn’t expand education opportunities. #utpol #utleg #voteNO
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Is the government oversight over every medical procedure? Yikes. 2023 to 1984.
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Kennedy says there has been "no government oversight whatsoever" over practitioners in transgender health.
"This Legislature has done nothing in the past decade in this area" #utpol #utleg
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What?!? The medical community has rushed to judgment on a political agenda? That’s laughable.
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.@gopTODD says he's been disappointed to see "some in the medical community ... rush to judgement on what's mostly a political agenda" rather than what's in best interest for their patients.
He says it makes sense to hit "pause" on this issue #utpol #utleg
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Ugh. I’ve offended multiple friends today, & THE LG, wasted tons of time, procrastinated a 10th Cir brief, had to relive terrible memories, and I can’t stop thinking about those dang kids.
I hate #utleg season. I hate Utah patriarchy. I hate Twitter. No more tonight.
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In an effort to protect children, the Utah Leg spent its 1st day banning gender-affirming care for trans kids. Are kids self-harming after care? Want to know what does harm kids? Mormon bishops who don’t report abuse and Mormon dads who gun down families. Tackle that next #utleg.
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Except for the kids shot down by fathers in towns where police won’t prosecute the abuse of choking young girls and where priesthood leaders look the other way when women complain of abuse.
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The Utah Capitol belongs to the people and the future belongs to our kids.
I loved visiting with the Riverton Youth Council and Clearfield City Youth Commission on the first days of session.
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I don't understand Twitter's new "For you" and "Following" distinctions. How is Twitter defining the "For you" category/algorithm?
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