Nire Bryce
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Cartesian Duelist. Conceptual Midwife. Liberation Technologist. Insightful Nuisance. Reality is the battlefield. disc: nire she/they 30s, Trans, ND, ∞ill Somerville (BOS🇺🇸) Eggbug lives
![The talks finally stalled, with President Reagan asking if General Secretary Gorbachev would "turn down a historic opportunity because of a single word", referring to his insistence on laboratory testing. Gorbachev asserted that it was a matter of principle, and the summit concluded. A photograph taken of the two departing Höfði House portrays a visibly-angered Reagan and a solemn Gorbachev.[8]
Result
Despite getting unexpectedly close to the potential elimination of all nuclear weapons, the meeting adjourned with no agreement; however, both sides discovered the extent of the concessions the other side was willing to make.[6] Human rights became a subject of productive discussion for the first time. An agreement by Gorbachev to on-site inspections, a continuing American demand which had not been achieved in the Partial Test Ban Treaty of 1963 or the ABM and SALT I pacts of 1972, constituted a significant step forward.[9]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mes2cq5c4kbe2gc64u7yxblm/bafkreiabevno2bsbwbgrwgib4jloyske74u2nmibbztxzogkfpaq2sywzq)
![Democrats will build on this progress to expand mental health and suicide prevention services for LGBTQI+
people.
[...]
Trump is running on an extreme plan to punish doctors who treat transgender youth and to
ban gender-affirming care, and his MAGA Republican allies have pushed a tidal wave of
extreme anti-LGBTQI+ bills in statehouses across the country. Democrats will vigorously
oppose state and federal bans on gender-affirming health care and respect the role of
parents, families, and doctors – not politicians – in making health care decisions.
Democrats will continue to fight for LGBTQI+ youth by building on President Biden’s historic
actions to ban so-called “conversion therapy”; protecting LGBTQI+ children from bullying
and discrimination; guaranteeing that transgender students are treated fairly and with
respect at school; and ending the homeless crisis among LGBTQI+ youth.
LGBTQI+ Americans have long faced threats to their safety just for being who they are.
President Biden launched the LGBTQI+ Community Safety Partnership to provide
community safety trainings, support health care providers who serve the LGBTQI+
community, and support LGBTQI+ communities to report hate crimes, and build
cross-community partnerships to address hate-fueled violence. The Justice Department is
taking an all-of-department approach to protecting LGBTQI+ rights. Democrats will end
violence against transgender Americans, especially Black and brown transgender women, and prioritize the investigation of hate crimes against non-binary and transgender people](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mes2cq5c4kbe2gc64u7yxblm/bafkreih2g646mz4zi77hmdcx5da3lfzrvsjidrulkzhab2kkegiu2ublqy)
![LGBTQI+
For generations, LGBTQI+ Americans have summoned the courage to live authentically and
proudly, even when it meant putting their lives and livelihoods at risk. LGBTQI+ Americans
continue to inspire and bring hope to all people seeking a life true to who they are, and to
enrich every aspect of American life. But the fight for equality is far from over, as the
LGBTQI+ community continues to face attacks and bigotry in states across the country.
Democrats are committed to defending LGBTQI+ rights.
President Biden is committed to leading the most pro-equality Administration in history.
[...]
When a person can be married in the morning and thrown out of a restaurant for being gay
in the afternoon, something is still wrong. That’s why Democrats will pass the Equality Act to
codify protections for LGBTQI+ Americans and their families. We will prohibit employment
discrimination in the federal government, including contractors, and make federally-funded
seniors programs LGBTQI+ inclusive. And we have and will continue to make great strides in
protecting LGBTQI+ children and prospective parents in the adoption and foster care
systems.
[...]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mes2cq5c4kbe2gc64u7yxblm/bafkreiavtkrq5i7qznbwzoudph5qic6swu3sf6uc6dzpxvlrdkyzimwknu)
![FSIS Announcement
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7, 2026 – Corte Argentino USA LLC, located in Aventura, Fla., is recalling approximately 29,628 pounds of raw beef products that were imported from Argentina without the benefit of import reinspection into the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The raw beef products were produced between May 15, 2026, and May 20, 2026, and have use or freeze-by dates between September 15, 2026, and September 20, 2026. The following products are subject to recall [view labels]:](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mes2cq5c4kbe2gc64u7yxblm/bafkreigrc5z5qolcvps3isco63cr4bozsyrziwilfd3g5yj3ox6qc4j7wi)
