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Weekly News Replacement Therapy
News Replacement Therapy - 12 Nov 2025

The Needle's weekly roundup of coverage. Open this newsletter for a summary of and links to the last week's news covered by The Needle.

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Hey John,

Thanks for being a subscriber of The Needle. Here is your Weekly NRT!

To start, here's our 5 of our most popular articles this week.

#1 - The Needle fact-checked Erin Reed's coverage of the shutdown and government funding fight.

Fact Check: Erin Reed is Lying About the Risk of Trans Healthcare Being Cut at Federal Level
The tone of Reed’s reporting does nothing to explain where the threat is coming from, and is therefore leading to panic…
The Needle - News •Jane Migliara Brigham

#2 - Coverage of the SCOTUS denying trans people in the US accurate passports via a shadow docket ruling.

Trans People Barred from Obtaining Accurate Passports by Supreme Court
This was decided by the Shadow Docket, a method used by the Supreme Court to avoid scrutiny on controversial legal ques…
The Needle - News •Jane Migliara Brigham

#3 - An opinion piece by Jane arguing for OTC HRT.

Informed Consent Doesn’t Go Far Enough: The Case for Hormones Over-the-Counter
Why do we allow doctors to have a monopoly over medicine?
The Needle - News •Jane Migliara Brigham

#4 - The Needle covered the shutdown deal.

Shutdown Deal Reached As 8 Democrats Cross The Aisle- GOP Axes Healthcare, Trans Rights Status-Quo Remains
No version of this CR would’ve banned trans healthcare or directly targeted trans rights- the standing issue was whethe…
The Needle - News •Artemis T. Douglas

#5 - Another opinion piece by Jane discussing the implications of Zohran Mamdani's election and the broader USA elections context this year.

Transphobia Doesn’t Ruin Elections, But It Can Still Ruin Lives
Today is no different than yesterday- Trans liberation isn’t going to come from a ballot box filled with cis votes. It …
The Needle - News •Jane Migliara Brigham

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Up next is every remaining article we published since the last NRT went out.

Michigan- Interview: Joanna Whaley discusses going from Evangelical Pastor to Trans Politician
Joanna Whaley is running for state house outside of Detroit, Michigan as a progressive democrat. Before coming out as t…
The Needle - News •Jane Migliara Brigham

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