US Politics & Civil Liberties

Aaron engaged with several politically charged stories on April 20. He reposted concern about Treasury Secretary Bessent's reported push to require bank customers to submit passport copies to prove citizenship — well beyond existing know-your-customer requirements — with commentary noting it would drive illicit financial activity. He also reposted coverage of a Montana court ruling affirming that government IDs must accurately reflect transgender people's gender identity, and shared alarm at McGill University doctors refusing to prescribe hormones to trans youth who are US citizens, in apparent deference to a US executive order that has no legal force in Canada. That report is covered in detail here.

Aaron reposted commentary on Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-Deremer's resignation, and amplified a piece arguing that the real scandal around recent Supreme Court shadow docket leaks isn't the leaks themselves but the underlying behavior that legal insiders have normalized.

On gun violence, Aaron reposted a call not to let the Shreveport mass shooting — which killed eight children — fade from public attention, framing ending gun violence as a moral obligation. On a lighter note, he reposted a take marking 4/20 by supporting legal marijuana while objecting to the public health nuisance of heavy pot smoke in cities like New York.