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TherapistGoneFeral @therapistgoneferal.bsky.social · 5d

Conversion therapy is NOT THERAPY. It is not recognized therapeutic or ethical by the APA or the ACA.

Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 5d

Nobody needs the abusive and debunked “treatment” known as conversion therapy—and LGBTQ+ youth need to know they are loved and accepted as they are. As long as I’m in the legislature I’ll be working to ban it in Nebraska.

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 5d

Defending conversion therapy is like defending the prescription of heroin for a cough. That was done at one time, but we know better now.

Govt regulates the medical industry to keep ppl safe. This is no different than any other modern regulations to protect consumers & patients.

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 5d

Nobody needs the abusive and debunked “treatment” known as conversion therapy—and LGBTQ+ youth need to know they are loved and accepted as they are. As long as I’m in the legislature I’ll be working to ban it in Nebraska.

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 5d

No reputable medical or psychological association supports conversion therapy. Being LGBTQ+ is not an illness, and we don’t need to be cured.

We have been working to ban conversion therapy in Nebraska since 2019. With my LB 367, we could be next to ban this inhumane practice.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6d

The Supreme Court is poised to overturn 32 state bans on conversion therapy and explicitly legalize the abusive and torturous process.

They don't care how many LGBTQ people this traumatizes and kills.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

Supreme Court to decide if states may ban attempts to ‘convert’ gay and transgender youth | CNN Politics

Matt Salmon remembers getting into a circle with the other teenagers in his group therapy session and shouting obscenities at a gay boy forced to stand in the middle.

www.cnn.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6d

The Supreme Court is poised to overturn 32 state bans on conversion therapy and explicitly legalize the abusive and torturous process.

They don't care how many LGBTQ people this traumatizes and kills.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

Supreme Court to decide if states may ban attempts to ‘convert’ gay and transgender youth | CNN Politics

Matt Salmon remembers getting into a circle with the other teenagers in his group therapy session and shouting obscenities at a gay boy forced to stand in the middle.

www.cnn.com

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 6d

Media training has gone too far for some of these candidates for office—we can tell when candidates are speaking to donors and not to voters. No more memorized talking points that actually say nothing! We want proof that our leaders can recognize a genocide when they see one.

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · 26d

No ❤️

Brian Lackey @brianlackey1987.bsky.social · 26d

@meganhunt.bsky.social please run for Congress now that Don Bacon is retiring.

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Aug 28

If the Judiciary Committee won’t act, my colleagues and I will continue to press for answers through public forums, media, community meetings & legal review.

Nebraskans deserve oversight—not excuses, not delay tactics, and not elected officials playing dumb.

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Aug 28

As Judiciary Chair, Sen. Bosn has the authority to hold a hearing any time she chooses. She doesn’t need permission from the Governor or the executive branch to do her job. Refusing to act shields the administration from accountability.

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Aug 28

It’s disappointing but not surprising that Sen. Bosn denied our request for a public hearing on the Governor’s plan to hand over a Nebraska prison to ICE. These are not questions that can be answered behind closed doors or in private conversations.

Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Aug 27

Governor Pillen wants to hand Nebraska’s Work Ethic Camp in McCook over to ICE without legislative approval, public input, or transparency. This raises not just ethical concerns, but serious legal, fiscal, and safety questions. My colleagues and I are calling for answers.🧵

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Omaha World-Herald @owhnews.bsky.social · Aug 27

Omaha Sen. Megan Hunt and Democratic lawmakers are urging a hearing to investigate Gov. Jim Pillen's agreement to bring ICE facility to Nebraska.

Group of Nebraska lawmakers call for investigation into planned ICE detention facility

Omaha Sen. Megan Hunt and Democratic lawmakers are urging a hearing to investigate Gov. Jim Pillen's agreement to bring ICE facility to Nebraska.

omaha.com

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Aug 27

Tell them to contact the press for sure - or my office, and we can connect them.

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Aug 27

Nebraska prisons are overcrowded and understaffed, and instead of fixing it, the Governor wants to hand one over to ICE. We’ve called for a Judiciary Committee hearing because the people deserve to know: Who will be held there? Under what authority? At what cost?

Nebraska Examiner @nebraskaexaminer.com · Aug 27

ICE LETTER: Thirteen Nebraska lawmakers called on the chair of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee to host a public hearing into state plans to morph a prison into a state-run federal immigration detention center.

From Zach Wendling:

buff.ly/CIGLLv4

Nebraska lawmakers seek legislative hearing into Nebraska-ICE detention center plans • Nebraska Examiner

Thirteen lawmakers are requesting a public hearing into a state-ICE plan to morph a state prison into an ICE detention center.

nebraskaexaminer.com

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Nebraska Examiner @nebraskaexaminer.com · Aug 27

ICE LETTER: Thirteen Nebraska lawmakers called on the chair of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee to host a public hearing into state plans to morph a prison into a state-run federal immigration detention center.

From Zach Wendling:

buff.ly/CIGLLv4

Nebraska lawmakers seek legislative hearing into Nebraska-ICE detention center plans • Nebraska Examiner

Thirteen lawmakers are requesting a public hearing into a state-ICE plan to morph a state prison into an ICE detention center.

nebraskaexaminer.com

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Aug 27

Even this feels like nothing because working within a broken extralegal system is so difficult … but it’s something.

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Aug 27

With 12 of my colleagues, I’ve called on Judiciary Chair Carolyn Bosn to hold a public hearing so Nebraskans can get real answers.

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Aug 27

Under what authority can the Gov hand a state prison to ICE?

What happens to staff already struggling w overcrowding + understaffing?

Who exactly will be held in McCook—“low-risk detainees,” as Pillen said, or “the worst of the worst,” as DHS claims?

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Aug 27

Governor Pillen wants to hand Nebraska’s Work Ethic Camp in McCook over to ICE without legislative approval, public input, or transparency. This raises not just ethical concerns, but serious legal, fiscal, and safety questions. My colleagues and I are calling for answers.🧵

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WIRED @wired.com · Jul 16

NEW: The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”

DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children

The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”

www.wired.com

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Jul 14

Do you think every person agrees on where the best place in the world is or has the means to move there

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Jul 14

Let people move around in the world
It is good for us all when people can live where they want to live
Making a home somewhere new is already difficult enough
Borders do not matter and are not a big deal
All people have the right to seek safety
That’s it!

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Jul 13

🥰🥰🥰

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Jul 13

In Nebraska, I couldn’t win, so I’m not interested – I’m just gonna stay in Omaha and do my best to help the people here.

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Jul 13

Always!!!

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Senator Megan Hunt @meganhunt.bsky.social · Jul 13

Did I

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