A new Justice Department memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi instructs the FBI to create a “cash reward system” to incentivize providing information against domestic terrorists. However, it also makes it clear that the targets of such domestic terrorist investigations will be “Antifa-aligned extremists,” including those promoting “radical gender ideology.”
Civil rights attorney Iris Halpern describes the surge in bans as a “manufactured crisis” orchestrated by conservative groups like Moms for Liberty, which pressure local authorities to censor materials. Nationally, hundreds of challenges have been recorded, mostly against books about race, sexual health, and gender identity. At the same time, librarians such as Suzette Baker and Erin Spivey are collaborating with the ACLU and lawmakers, helping pass protections like California’s Freedom to Read Act and framing libraries as crucial democratic spaces where everyone deserves access to information.
The Advocate reports that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has secured a House vote on her bill to criminalize gender‑affirming care for transgender youth, scheduled for December 17, 2025.
The Protect Children’s Innocence Act faces serious obstacles in becoming law. While it has support among House Republicans and aligns with President Trump’s stated priorities, its passage in the Senate is highly uncertain, and legal challenges would almost certainly follow.
