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Turns out the election's rainbow wave was even bigger than we thought.

Republicans are pushing for an end to LGBTQ-friendly policies in youth programs and a North American

trade deal.

Taiwan votes on marriage equality this weekend.

And the international community is mobilizing, a little bit, to protect queer citizens from

a government purge in Tanzania.

We'll have the week's top LGBTQ news stories and how they affect you on Weekly Debrief.

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Now that the dust is settling from the election, we're getting a clearer picture of just

how large the rainbow wave truly was.

Over half of the LGBTQ candidates running in the midterm won their races.

That's 244 out of 432 candidates, many to major national offices.

That puts queer leaders in a strong position to protect queer Americans in 2019.

And they'll have their work cut out for them.

Over the last two years there's been a surge in homophobic policies adopted at every level

of government.

An investigation in Iowa has revealed that the Trump administration pushed the youth

training program 4H to drop queer-friendly policies.

4H had previously established guidelines ensuring equal access for LGBTQ youth, but Trump's

Secretary of Agriculture ordered them to reverse course.

Thanks to viewer Max Bader for sending in the tip about that story.

Also this week, Republicans pushed to remove LGBTQ workplace protections from a deal with

Canada and Mexico.

The agreement, which covers a wide range of trade issues, currently includes a non-binding

recommendation that countries work to end employment discrimination.

That's proven too much for Republicans who are insisting it be removed.

The agreement is scheduled to be signed November 30.

Taiwan will vote on marriage equality this weekend, and at the moment the polls look

encouraging.

One survey showed support at around 70%.

If the measure passes, Taiwan will become the first country in Asia to recognize the

freedom to marry.

And the international community is reacting strongly to government crackdowns on LGBTQ

citizens in Tanzania.

With some authorities there calling for a purge of queer Tanzanians, this week the World

Bank and the country of Denmark announced that they will withhold financial support

for the country.

Human rights groups are calling on other donors, like the US, to follow suit.

For this week's action item, follow the work of the nonprofit Equality Now.

They're keeping a close eye on the situation on Tanzania, which is quite dire, and they're

applying pressure to governments and financial institutions to withhold money until Tanzanian

government ends the violence against queer people.

As always, let me know about stories that need covering @mattbaume on Twitter and in

the YouTube comments.

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BREAKING TRUMP ROCKS DC WITH MASSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT - Duration: 15:02.

BREAKING TRUMP ROCKS DC WITH MASSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT

For leftists who deluded themselves into believing that President Trump wasn't serious when

he sent the military to the border, they are about to get a real wake-up call.

The White House just approved the use of force by our military and some law enforcement to

stop the invasion bearing down on our southern border.

That includes 'lethal' force.

The order was signed by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.

It grants permission for "Department of Defense military personnel" to "perform

those military protective activities that the Secretary of Defense determines are reasonably

necessary" to protect border agents, including "a show or use of force (including lethal

force, where necessary), crowd control, temporary detention, and cursory search."

The Federalist Papers has more on this development:

The Honduran migrant caravans headed toward, and in some cases at, the border are in for

a major surprise.

The White House has approved the use of force by military personnel and some law enforcement

to stop the invasion from the caravans, The Military Times reported.

The White House late Tuesday signed a memo allowing troops stationed at the border to

engage in some law enforcement roles and use lethal force, if necessary — a move that

legal experts have cautioned may run afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act.

The new "Cabinet order" was signed by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, not

President Donald Trump.

It allows "Department of Defense military personnel" to "perform those military

protective activities that the Secretary of Defense determines are reasonably necessary"

to protect border agents, including "a show or use of force (including lethal force, where

necessary), crowd control, temporary detention. and cursory search."

There are approximately 5,900 active-duty troops and 2,100 National Guard forces deployed

to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Some of those activities, including crowd control and detention, may run into potential

conflict with the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act.

If crossed, the erosion of the act's limitations could represent a fundamental shift in the

way the U.S. military is used, legal experts said.

The Congressional Research Service, the non-partisan research agency for Congress, has found that

"case law indicates that 'execution of the law' in violation of the Posse Comitatus

Act occurs (a) when the Armed Forces perform tasks assigned to an organ of civil government,

or (b) when the Armed Forces perform tasks assigned to them solely for purposes of civilian

government."

However, the law also allows the president "to use military force to suppress insurrection

or to enforce federal authority," CRS has found.

Military forces always have the inherent right to self-defense, but defense of the border

agents on U.S. soil is new.

In addition, troops have been given additional authorities in previous years to assist border

agents with drug interdictions, but the widespread authorization of use of force for thousands

of active-duty troops is unique to this deployment.

Each domestic deployment of troops to any of the 50 states or U.S. territories is governed

by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 3121.01B, "Standing Rules of Engagement,

Standing Rules for the Use of Force by U.S. Forces."

Two annexes, L and N, are specific to Defense Department missions in support of civilian

authorities.

However, each mission is unique, and the standing rules for the use of force can be adjusted

except for the limitation against active-duty U.S. forces conducting law enforcement on

U.S. soil, which is enshrined in the 1898 act.

Posse Comitatus is "always looming in the background.

You never invoke it as such because it is such a background principle," said William

Banks, author of "Soldiers on the Home Front: The Domestic Role of the American Military"

and the former director of the Institute for National Security and Counter-terrorism at

Syracuse University's College of Law.

Defense officials said the language in the directive was carefully crafted to avoid running

up against the bedrock legal limitations set in Posse Comitatus.

The law was originally intended to protect the states from being controlled by federal

troops.

It has evolved into a singly defining, almost church versus state-type wall forbidding active-duty

forces under the control of the president from conducting any types of crowd control

or law enforcement domestically, essentially ensuring that the U.S. military is not used

to control or defeat American citizens on U.S. soil.

Kelly said in the signed directive that the additional authorities were necessary because

"credible evidence and intelligence" have indicated that the thousands of migrants who

have now made their way to the U.S. checkpoint near Tijuana, Mexico, "may prompt incidents

of violence and disorder" that could threaten border officials.

But the White House still may find itself in a legal challenge if the authorities in

the memo are determined to be counter to the law, Banks said.

"Even [an executive order] couldn't overcome Posse Comitatus," Banks said.

For months, Trump has looked to the military to seal off the U.S.-Mexico border because

he has not been able to persuade Congress to fully fund a border wall.

Instead, Trump has sought to make the military's border presence more aggressive and suggested

that he might send as many as 15,000 U.S.

troops

to

the border.