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WINNING: Maine Caves to Trump, Will Keep Men Out of Women’s Sports
PJ Media ^ | 03/20/2025 | Matt Margolis

Posted on 03/21/2025 6:45:18 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Last month, Donald Trump signed an executive order banning biological males from competing in girls' and women's sports, restoring Title IX to its original meaning. It was a move that has forced many institutions to comply with biological reality. The NCAA capitulated, but Democrats in blue states are resisting.

The Trump administration made its position very clear: comply with Title IX directives or risk losing federal funding. Maine's leftist Gov. Janet Mills defiantly declared to Trump at a meeting of governors last month, "We'll see you in court." 

Trump simply replied, “I look forward to it.”

Maine has officially caved to Trump.

The University of Maine System (UMS) caved and will now comply with President Trump's executive order protecting women's sports from the radical transgender agenda. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that the University of Maine System (UMS) has agreed to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order to keep transgender athletes out of women's sports. 

UMS, a network of eight public universities in Maine, claims it has been compliant with the NCAA's revised gender policy to keep trans athletes out of the women's category since the NCAA's revision was made on Feb. 6, and has always followed state and federal law. UMS was subject to a temporary pause in funding from the USDA last week during an ongoing battle between the state and the federal government over trans inclusion in women's and girls sports. The funding was reinstated just days later. 

The USDA now claims the UMS is in full compliance with Trump's executive order. 


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: failedmaleathletes; lgbt; maine; sports; trans; transgender; womenssports
Next obvious question:

How long before a Judge orders the reinstatement of Men in Women's sports?

1 posted on 03/21/2025 6:45:18 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

DOJ needs to look into Janet and her brother....


2 posted on 03/21/2025 6:48:13 PM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: SeekAndFind

In B4, “no one could have predicted this!”


3 posted on 03/21/2025 6:50:03 PM PDT by cdcdawg (The Left should cry harder.)
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To: SeekAndFind

People who support that sick bull **** should be publicly mocked and scorned at every opportunity.


4 posted on 03/21/2025 6:51:24 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: SeekAndFind

5 posted on 03/21/2025 6:57:16 PM PDT by New Perspective (As Leonard Cohen said once in an interview, “You won’t like what comes after America”)
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To: SeekAndFind
"See you in court" didn't age well.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-see-you-in-court-maines-governor-tells-trump-on-transgender-athlete-ban

6 posted on 03/21/2025 7:05:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: New Perspective


I dunno, but that looks like a man Baby.
7 posted on 03/21/2025 7:07:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Not kind of winning that deserves cheering. The fact that such a common sense become so contested is sad, mind-boggling to me. I wish we could have some discussion with these liberals why they believe the way they do. They may be truly mentally ill


8 posted on 03/21/2025 7:13:32 PM PDT by Lee25 ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

Maine didn’t cave, their colleges did.

Yesterday, Trump gave Maine 10 days to fully cave.


9 posted on 03/21/2025 7:16:42 PM PDT by TexasGator (//11111111I11'C'1111.'I,X1.1111'1'./iI11 .I1.11.'1I1.I'')
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To: SeekAndFind

They need to make this to keep all transgenders out of each sides sports. Period. Its the principle. Its not just bad because one side has an advantage but ok if they don’t. Its bad because its fundamentally wrong and it sends mixed messages that only men who are mentally ill are a problem but women who arent mentally ill, thats cool. Its not.

It has to end for all.


10 posted on 03/21/2025 7:22:46 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: TexasGator

Exactly. This is just the colleges, not the high schools, middle schools etc. Gateway Pundit has always been big on hyperbole.


11 posted on 03/21/2025 7:51:00 PM PDT by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States of America!)
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Well, they’ll say they don’t. But they need to be watched closely and sued into penury if they are found to be violating the rights of women to compete only against other women (XX)!


12 posted on 03/21/2025 7:53:23 PM PDT by curious7
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To: SeekAndFind

I’d like to thank the University of Maine System (UMS) for making Gov. Janet look weak and foolish. :)


13 posted on 03/21/2025 8:33:35 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Golden Age of MAGA is upon us!)
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To: New Perspective

trickle down corruption in all 50 states states is the problem


14 posted on 03/22/2025 3:14:33 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s one college in Maine.... When the “State” concedes it’ll be a win.


15 posted on 03/22/2025 3:37:18 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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That’s one college in Maine.... When the “State” concedes it’ll be a win.

The University of Maine System is the over seer of the seven* four year public colleges in Maine. Over 50% of students in Maine attend one of the colleges.

* Never remember exactly how many 4 year schools are part of UMS. Maine also has several community colleges that operate under their own umbrella organization.

As noted above, this caving only applies the UMS schools and the trans students are participating in sports in high school sports which is over seen by the Maine Principals’ Association. How the principals union came to be the overseer of sports in Maine is beyond me.


16 posted on 03/22/2025 10:16:24 AM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: Lee25

They “may” be truly mentally ill?
Umm, no “may be”, they most certainly are!!!


17 posted on 03/22/2025 3:27:13 PM PDT by bantam
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To: SeekAndFind

>>”The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that the University of Maine System (UMS) has agreed to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to keep transgender athletes out of women’s sports.”

Just curious why this issue falls under the purview of The Department of Agriculture.


18 posted on 03/22/2025 6:04:51 PM PDT by mbrfl
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“In fiscal year 2024 alone, the USDA awarded $29.78 million in funding to UMS for research, the system said. The USDA claims it has provided over $100 million to the UMS in recent years in a letter addressed to the system.”


19 posted on 03/22/2025 6:14:48 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: jjotto

Thanks.


20 posted on 03/22/2025 7:43:20 PM PDT by mbrfl
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