Hundreds Trained To Defend Elections. Trump Budget Goes After Queer Community

During operation metro surge Monarca and Monarca Rapid Response Line trained 50,000 Minnesotans to be legal observers. Now, using that same model, Monarca and Unidos Minnesota are building grassroots Election Defense Networks for the upcoming November midterms. Joining us to discuss…Jose Alvillar Hinojosa is an artist, educator, and organizer based in Minnesota. Link: https://monarcamn.org/training

THEN Joe Reberkenny is back. Hes the White House Correspondent for the Washington Blade

His newest reporting:

Trump budget targets ‘gender extremism’

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/04/13/trump-budget-targets-gender-extremism/ 

New YorkCourt orders Pride flag to return to Stonewall

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/04/13/court-orders-pride-flag-to-return-to-stonewall/ 

Federal GovernmentInside the LGBTQ records of Todd Blanche and Markwayne Mullin

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2026/04/14/inside-the-lgbtq-records-of-todd-blanche-and-markwayne-mullin/ 

 

Since 1969, The Washington Blade has been the nation’s independent source for fearless reporting earning the paper the moniker “the newspaper of record for the LGBTQ+ community.” Read their award-winning journalism at more than 100 locations throughout the DC region and online at https://washingtonblade.com.