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School District Gives Ridiculous Defense of Decision to Ban Parents Over Gender Ideology
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A New Hampshire school district has given a ridiculous defense for its decision to punish parents for speaking out against having biological males compete in high school girls' sports.Districts across the country are grappling with the effort to push gender ideology into high school sports. Many parents, athletes, and community...
TikToker's DNA Test Unveils Grandma's Dark Secret: A 25-Year-Old Murder Case Solved
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A TikToker named Jenna Rose recently put out a video in which she tells a bizarre story about how an Ancestry DNA test uncovered a dark family secret and led to the reopening of a 25-year-old cold murder case.In the video, Rose gave a gripping account of how her DNA...
This Is Why Every State Needs a REINS Act
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When unelected bureaucrats can impose regulations costing billions without a vote from your elected lawmakers, it’s clear something needs to change. Enter the REINS Act—a safeguard every state should adopt to rein in runaway rule-making, especially after the Supreme Court laid waste to Chevron deference, a Mike Tyson-level knockout punch...
California’s AG Asks Residents to Snitch on Stores That Don’t Comply With Gender-Neutral Toy Law
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California has many problems facing its residents, including earthquakes, wildfires, and housing crises. People are dealing with heightened crime rates in cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco. Homelessness has become a near-epidemic in the Golden State.So, Californians should be comforted to know that Attorney General Rob Bonta is focused...
Here's Yet Another Reason to Dismantle the Education Department
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Try to imagine a world where the institutions educating college students are targeted simply because they don’t align with the government’s ideology. According to a damning report, that’s exactly what the Biden administration’s Department of Education has done, with Christian colleges bearing the brunt of its enforcement actions.The American Principles...
There Could Be Some Smashing Victories for Educational Freedom Next Year
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The school choice movement might have much to look forward to next year once President-elect Donald Trump is back in the White House.School choice advocates are gearing up for potential advancement of policy at the federal and state levels. They are preparing to push for expanding these policies, including tax...
Why Does the Left Hate Elon Musk? Because He’s the Donald Trump of the Internet.
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Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter, now X, the left has railed against him incessantly. Hardly a day goes by without some ponderous op-ed lamenting his influence on digital media and his avid support for President-elect Donald Trump.Yet, Musk remains a powerful figure in the digital space. Indeed, X has...
Justice Department to Whistleblower Exposing Trans Surgeries on Minors: 'Shut Up'
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/11/28/justice-department-to…leblower-exposing-trans-surgeries-on-minors-shut-up-n2182586
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Federal prosecutors are seeking to obtain a gag order against Dr. Eithan Haim, a Texas surgeon charged with violating HIPAA after exposing evidence of child transgender surgeries at Texas Children’s Hospital.Haim’s attorneys claim the gag order would be an unconstitutional effort to suppress his free speech.The prosecutors filed the motion...
Democrat Lawmakers Receive Chilling Threats on Thanksgiving Day
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Four Democratic lawmakers from Connecticut reportedly received bomb threats on Thanksgiving Day.Reps. Jim Himes, Jahana Hayes, Joe Courtney, and John Larson were all targeted in what law enforcement ultimately decided were baseless threats. This development comes on the heels of similar threats issued against President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees.Himes, the...
State Lawmaker Tells Residents to Throw Away Traffic Tickets After Illegal Scheme
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Louisiana’s attorney general and a state senator have urged residents not to pay tickets issued by a constable in West Baton Rouge Parish, arguing that they were an illegally issued “money grab.”Ward 2Constable Ron Tetzel allegedly issued thousands of tickets to the parish’s residents unfairly, according to Unfiltered With Kiran...
Bill Clinton Spills the Tea on Scandals, Regrets, in New Memoir, and It’s Quite a Treat
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Here’s a good laugh for you to enjoy, before you are forced to sit down at Thanksgiving dinner with your despondent, leftist relatives. Former President Bill Clinton, in his upcoming memoir, discusses the personal toll that his wife Hillary Clinton’s loss in the 2016 presidential election took on him.The memoir,...
Burglar Regrets Targeting Church After Getting a Beatdown From Jiu-Jitsu Trained Pastor
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A pastor in Antioch, California confronted and overpowered a would-be burglar attempting to steal from his church on Thanksgiving.The incident started when Pastor Nick Neves spotted the burglar in the kitchen of the church holding a box of stolen items, according to news reports. The pastor warned the suspect to...
Volleyball Showdown: Legal Battle Over Trans-Identified Player in Women’s Championship Continues
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The controversy over trans-identified athletes on the San Jose State Women’s volleyball team has intensified after a group of female athletes refused to play against biological males.This development comes amid legal challenges and political debates over the matter, which has played out in college and high school sporting events across...
Former CBS Reporter Exposes Outlet for Blocking Hunter Biden Laptop Story
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CBS network leaders hampered their former reporter Catherine Herridge’s efforts to investigate the Hunter Biden laptop story in defiance of CEO George Cheeks’ orders.In a new video posted on X, Herridge alleges that network executives obstructed her reporting on the bombshell laptop story.“George Cheeks said to me on multiple occasions...
Let's Get Real About What AI Is, and the Dangers It Actually Poses
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My colleague Jeff Charles highlighted one on Sunday, noting that as AI is a program, the programmers can utilize it to easily…
Democrats Are Royally Pissed Because Jack Smith Wasn't Able to Prosecute Trump Before the Election
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Special Counsel Jack Smith has officially moved to dismiss federal charges against President-elect Donald Trump, arguing that it is against Justice Department policy to pursue a criminal prosecution against a sitting president.Democrats are already wailing and gnashing their teeth over this development – and we all know why.Judge Tanya Chutkan...
DOJ: Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening to Kill Jewish Children and Bomb Synagogues
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A Massachusetts man’s chilling threats to bomb synagogues and kill Jewish children have landed him a federal conviction and a potentially lengthy sentence in prison at a time when the nation is dealing with a rise in antisemitism.The Justice Department on Monday announced that John Reardon, a Massachusetts resident, pleaded...
These Are the Dumbest Arguments for Putting Biological Males in Women's Sports That You Will Ever Read
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Of all the stupid arguments in all the digital corners of all areas of political discourse, I had to come across this one.Columnist at The Washington Post, Sally Jenkins recently published an op-ed in which she argues in favor of forcing female athletes to compete against biological males, referencing the...
OPINION: Will TN's Education Freedom Act Save Students or Destroy Public Schools? I Hope It Does Both.
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Now that the presidential election is out of the way, perhaps we can focus more on state and local issues like education. In fact, the battle over school choice at the state level is expected to be heating up once the new year starts – especially in Tennessee and other...
There Is Something Sinister About DEI
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DEI programs can turn people into paranoid, woke jerks, according to a brand new report from the National Contagion Research Institute (NCRI).The report, titled “Instructing Animosity: How DEI Pedagogy Produces the Hostile Attribution Bias,” investigates the outcomes of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) trainings. Its findings indicate that the way...
Blue State Democrats Are Shaking in Their Boots As Trump Gears Up to Advance His Agenda
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Washington State’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson once joked about the Trump administration’s many legal missteps when making policy during his first term in office, asking his team, “Do you guys think a lawyer looked at this?”As President-elect Donald Trump gears up for another term, Ferguson isn’t laughing anymore, and neither...
Leftists Think Running to Bluesky Will Hurt Conservatives. How Delusional Can They Get?
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Remember those scenes in Gene Wilder’s performance as Willy Wonka in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” where the titular character blandly makes a clearly insincere attempt to convince those devil children not to do something dangerous?“Stop. Don’t. Come back,” he deadpanned.That’s pretty much how I feel when I see...
Democrats Have 'Concerns' About Elon Musk Saying Stuff They Don't Like. Let the Hand-Wringing Begin.
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Uh oh. It looks like folks on the left are concerned about X owner Elon Musk because he happens to be an influential individual who criticizes them.Whatever shall we do, dear reader?Apparently, Musk’s use of social media to target political critics and amplify anti-Democrat narratives has ruffled some feathers on...
Report: Dems Pressured Capitol Police to Show Preferential Treatment to Officer Who Killed Ashli Babbitt
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The United States Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the events at the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, reportedly received preferential treatment from the law enforcement agency after Democrat lawmakers applied pressure.Internal emails reveal that House Democrats leaned on U.S. Capitol Police to provide extraordinary...
There Are No Trans Kids, Just Self-Absorbed, Abusive Parents
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On Wednesday, my friend and colleague Jeff Charles wrote on the insane arguments being made in the Supreme Court for what these … As Charles noted in his article, comparing an entire hormonal or surgical treatment on a child to do irreparable damage to their body…