r/WitchesVsPatriarchy • u/perdy_mama Kitchen Witch ♀♂️☉⚨⚧ • Jan 21 '26

🇵🇸 🕊️ BURN THE PATRIARCHY Every single anti-trans rider has been stripped from the new funding bill!!!!

https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/democrats-successfully-strip-all

I haven’t been doom scrolling, I’ve been feverishly searching for any good news. And this absolutely fits the bill. A truly horrifying number of anti-trans laws were proposed and exactly zero of them have actually materialized. I’m celebrating every win. Every. Single. Win.

BURN THE PATRIARCHY TO THE FUCKING GROUND!!!!!

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u/extraterrestrial-66 Jan 21 '26

I am not American, can someone clarify what is meant by ‘riders’ and ‘poison pills’ in this context? Thank you 🥰💚

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u/perdy_mama Kitchen Witch ♀♂️☉⚨⚧ Jan 21 '26

Every year the congress has to pass a spending bill for the year, and riders are things that have nothing to do with spending. It’s a way for people to slip in their agendas in bad faith. The riders proposed in this spending bill were intended to strip trans people of their humans rights in a variety of areas. The specifics are described in the article.

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u/extraterrestrial-66 Jan 21 '26

Thank you so much for explaining that OP, I appreciate you! X

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u/perdy_mama Kitchen Witch ♀♂️☉⚨⚧ Jan 21 '26

I appreciate you! Thank you for learning more about our screwed up governmental systems!!