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Connecticut Tag

It's not clear what triggered comedian John Oliver's hate of Danbury, Connecticut, but in a segment, Oliver said "fuck Danbury" and proceeded to bash the quaint little town. In response, the Mayor of Danbury announced the renaming of the sewage plant to "John Oliver."

"instead of a police department, students would like to see UConn reinvest all $17 million of the department’s budget; half into student mental health services and the other half into preventing COVID-19 related austerity cuts"...

In February 2019, two Connecticut high school transgender sprinters claimed the two top spots in the Girls Indoor Track Championship for the second year in a row. Three of the biological girls who competed in the 2019 track championship filed a federal discrimination complaint against a statewide policy on transgender athletes.  Although she's the fastest biological female sprinter, one of the girls "nonetheless lost four state championships to male competitors who identified as female."