March 24, 2023

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Seniors are supposed to be the most loyal supporters of the monarchy. So it should have spent a shiver of alarm down the spine of Palace spinners when a new poll this week found that the over-55s had the least interest of all Britons in attending street parties or other community events to celebrate the coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla. The poll by Redfield and Wilton Strategies found that those who said they were least likely to attend community parties were older voters, aged 55 - 64 and 65+.

 

Transgender Americans experience stigma and systemic inequality in many aspects of their lives, including education, work and health-care access, a wide-ranging Washington Post-KFF poll finds.Many have been harassed or verbally abused. They’ve been kicked out of their homes, denied health care and accosted in bathrooms. A quarter have been physically attacked, and about 1 in 5 have been fired or lost out on a promotion because of their gender identity. They are more than twice as likely as the population at large to have experienced serious mental health struggles such as depression. Yet most trans adults say transitioning has made them more satisfied with their lives.

The Trumps live in separate quarters on their Palm Beach estate and are frequently seen sharing meals and attending events at the club, but they live separate lives and for the most part they do their own thing...Melania Trump, 52, is still living at the couple’s Mar-a-Lago estate, and she’s still angry over her husband's alleged 2006 affair with the former adult-film actress... “They don't spend that much time together,” the source said....

The League of Women Voters] revealed that it had been denied permission by the Florida Department of Management Services to hold an outdoor rally on the steps of the Old Capitol in Tallahassee under a new DeSantis administration rule requiring groups to first get sponsorship from a sympathetic state agency.”

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