Trump agenda takes effect today with the start of the new fiscal year

Here's a sampling of the new laws set to be enforced.

Targeting gender identity

Indiana and Georgia are instituting bans on transgender women’s participation in women’s sports. Georgia’s law is called the Riley Gaines Act, after the former collegiate swimmer who was a surrogate for the Trump campaign last year and has become an advocate for banning transgender athletes from women’s sports.

Recognizing 'Gulf of America'

Florida is enacting two laws officially recognizing the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America.”

State agencies will be required to implement the name change, and schools must do the same in educational materials, including K-12 textbooks.

Florida is the first state to officially recognize the “Gulf of America” after Trump signed an executive order seeking to make the change official.

Implementing MAHA priorities

Florida is also taking a page out of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again” playbook.

The Legislature passed an omnibus agriculture bill that, among other provisions, ends the addition of fluoride to tap water, a move mirroring Kennedy’s plan to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in drinking water, long considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century.

Florida is the second state to ban fluoride in its water, following Utah, where a ban took effect in May.

Coordinating with ICE

Indiana is enacting a law requiring county jails to report people they have probable cause to believe do not have legal status to the relevant federal authorities, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The law applies to people arrested on allegations of felonies or misdemeanors.

Georgia implemented a similar law Dec. 31, followed by Utah on May 7.

Trump signed an executive order about local and state governments’ cooperating with immigration enforcement.

Rolling back DEI measures

Laws in two states to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives take effect Tuesday.

Indiana is banning DEI from colleges and state agencies, prohibiting employers or colleges from offering jobs or student aid because of identity-based characteristics such as race, sex or religion. The law also will prohibit using state funds for campus activities that “promote or engage in social activism.”

Mississippi is banning DEI in schools. A new state law prohibits programs and teachings in the classroom and in school offices that it describes as engaging in “divisive concepts,” further adding that schools cannot make hires based on “race, sex, color” or “national origin.” A federal judge is weighing whether to stop the law from going into effect.

Gutting funding for NPR and PBS

Indiana is eliminating state funding for public broadcasting, mirroring Trump’s executive order seeking to ban NPR and PBS from accessing federal funds.

Why did the USA's career go RIGHT DOWN THE SHITTER?

I think not. As I understood it with 22 years of government experience behind me, the Federal Fiscal year 2026, starts October 1st. Most states tailor their fiscal year to run in tandem with the federal government. For reasons unknown to me t here are a lot of local governments, municipalities, that start their fiscal year on July 1st.

Just on a practical note, who's paying for all the new text and library books in Florida?

I know they have book banning/burning down cold but this could be a real challenge.

Thank God it's Florida, they can't read anyway.

You think these cheap fucks are paying for new text books? It'll be me and hundreds of bottles of white out and a sharpie!