Report: Subway Franchisees Urge Company to Nix Megan Rapinoe Ads
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Breitbart News
Megan Rapinoe created more controversy during the Tokyo Olympics, and some Subway franchisees are reportedly urging the fast-food company to let her go. The 36-year-old, purple-haired soccer star — who kneeled during the National Anthem to kick off the Tokyo Olympics before leading the United States to a bronze medal this week — began a stint as a pitchwoman for the fast-food giant this spring. In one spot, Rapinoe — who has been a vocal proponent of equal rights and equal pay for women — knocks a burrito out of a guy’s hands by kicking a soccer ball at him.

Florida OKs school vouchers for students who oppose masks
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Click Orlando
Board of Education approves vouchers to private schools. Florida’s Board of Education decided Friday to provide private school vouchers to parents who say a public school district’s mask-wearing requirements amount to harassment of their children. The move to take private tuition costs from public school funding created yet another flashpoint in the fight between local school boards and Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis over coronavirus safety measures in schools. DeSantis has long supported efforts to expand school privatization and says parents should be able to decide how to provide for their children’s health and education.

U of Wisconsin-Madison removes massive rock from campus after 'racism' claims
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: FOX News
A 1920s term to describe large, dark rocks included a racist slur. The University of Wisconsin removed a controversial boulder from its Madison campus Friday after the Black Student Union and other activists objected to its description nearly 100 years ago with a racial slur. Chamberlin Rock, which rests atop Observatory Hill, is named after a 19th Century geologist and former university president, Thomas Crowder Chamberlin, whose work centered on glacial deposits, according to a bio on the university’s website.

Indiana University students urge Supreme Court to block vaccine mandate
Topic: Individualist Feminism
Source: Reuters
Students at Indiana University on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block the school's requirement that they be vaccinated against COVID-19 in an early test of vaccine mandates amid a spike in infections and hospitalizations caused by the Delta variant. The students filed an emergency request with the justices after lower courts rejected their bid for an injunction against the vaccine mandate while litigation continues. Beginning this fall, the university requires that students be vaccinated unless they qualify for a religious or medical exemption. Those granted exceptions would be required to wear face masks and be tested twice weekly.

Alabama is prosecuting a mom for taking prescribed medication while pregnant
Topic: Children and Family
Source: The Guardian (UK)
A 36-year-old Alabama woman is facing felony charges for filling a doctor’s prescription. Kim Blalock, a mother of six, suffers from severe back pain caused by degeneration of her spinal discs. “There are days that I can’t get up,” Blalock has said. Her condition worsened over the years following surgeries and car accidents. An orthopedist prescribed hydrocodone, an opiate pain killer, and she started using it occasionally when the pain became too much to handle. She stopped taking her prescription during her most recent pregnancy, but as her bump grew, the weight added pressure on her back, and the pain worsened. Midway through her third trimester, she couldn’t take it any more, and refilled her prescription. She gave birth to a healthy baby boy soon after, this past September. Out of caution, she told her doctor about medications she had taken during pregnancy – including the hydrocodone. That’s where the trouble started.

"No": Biden Admin Has 'No Concern'
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Zero Hedge
Over 'Emotional, Academic And Psychological Effects' Of Forcing Kids To Wear Masks. On Friday, Biden spox Jen Psaki said that the administration is not taking into account the "emotional, academic, and psychological effects" of forcing school children to wear masks at school. Fox News' White House correspondent Peter Doocy first asked Psaki what she thought of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' (R) threat to withhold funds from school districts that don't let parents opt out of masking requirements, to which Psaki said she wants 'public health officials to make decisions about how to keep my kids safe,' adding that DeSantis is 'fundraising off of this.'

Gov. Cuomo accuser files criminal complaint with Albany Sheriff’s Office
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: The New York Post
An assistant to Gov. Andrew Cuomo who has accused him of groping her while they took a selfie together filed a criminal complaint against him with the Albany County Sheriff’s Office, The Post has learned. The victim, who was identified as “Executive Assistant #1,” in Attorney General Letitia James’ sexual harassment report, filed the complaint during a brief Thursday afternoon meeting with sheriff’s officials, who have since contacted the Albany County District Attorney’s office, Sheriff Craig Apple told The Post. Apple said it’s possible the governor could be arrested if the allegations are substantiated.

WhatsApp attacks Apple’s child safety ‘surveillance’ despite government acclaim
Topic: Children and Family
Source: California News Times
WhatsApp has accused Apple of being “extremely concerned” with Apple’s new child safety tool. A surveillance system, despite governments around the world supporting the decision to actively search for illegal pictures of child sexual abuse. “ Standoffs set up a battle with officials demanding the adoption of tools similar to other technology platforms. An Indian government official on Friday told the Financial Times that it “welcomed” Apple’s new technology, which set a “benchmark for other tech companies.” Meanwhile, one EU official said the technology group designed a “very elegant solution.”

Florida May Cover Tuition For Students Allegedly Bullied For Not Wearing Mask
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Forbes
The state of Florida is now willing to pay for students to transfer from public to private schools if they encounter what the state deems to be "COVID-19 harassment”—for, among other reasons, not wearing a mask—after the Florida State Board of Education approved a rule change on Friday expanding access to a voucher program designed for victims of bullying.

Bill Gates calls divorce ‘a sad milestone’
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: NBC News
...friendship with Jeffrey Epstein a ‘huge mistake’. In a wide-ranging interview on CNN, Gates also addressed a series of news reports that raised questions about his personal life.

Woman Who Called 911 on Black Bird-Watcher Speaks Out
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Honestly
Amy Cooper says in new podcast her options were limited in May 2020 incident in Central Park. Charges were dropped earlier this year against Amy Cooper, the white woman who was arrested after calling 911 on Christian Cooper (no relation), a Black bird-watcher she had a dispute with in Central Park in May 2020. At the time, she told dispatchers he was threatening her—except he wasn't. In the counseling program Amy Cooper had to complete to get her criminal case dismissed, her therapist reportedly noted that Cooper had learned "a lot" during their sessions, a "moving experience." What exactly Cooper learned is the question: She's now suing her ex-employer, an investment firm that fired her after her arrest, claiming the company discriminated against her due to her race and gender. And in a new interview with Honestly, the podcast launched in June by former New York Times writer Bari Weiss, Cooper—pejoratively referred to as the "Central Park Karen"—speaks publicly for the first time, claiming she had no choice but to call 911 on that May day.

Classical Music Under Racial Attack
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The City Journal
“Until August 2020, Dona Vaughn had been the long-time Artistic Director of Opera at the Manhattan School of Music. . .Vaughn was committed to championing minority musicians—so much so that she endowed a scholarship for them at her alma mater, Brevard College in North Carolina. “In all my years of teaching,” she said at the time, “I often have wished that more minority members were encouraged to pursue a music profession.” The mob cares nothing for facts, though. On June 17, 2020, Vaughn was giving a class on opera dramaturgy to high school students via Zoom. An unidentified, participant, whose name and image were blacked-out (very likely a plant) asked her out of the blue how she could justify having produced Franz Lehar’s allegedly racist (in this case, allegedly anti-Asian) operetta Das Land des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles) several years ago. Vaughn cut the questioner off for raising a warmed-over issue irrelevant to the current discussion. “The fuse was lit. . . . “ Part Two: https://www.city-journal.org/classical-music-under-racial-attack-part-2

How Cuomo Took Advantage of #MeToo
Topic: Sexual Harassment
Source: DNYUZ
Two summers ago, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo stared into a camera, signed a bill and made a promise to the women of New York. “Let’s actually change things,” he said, underscoring each word of resolve with a chop of his hands as he approved sweeping new protections against sexual harassment. The next day, he resumed his unwelcome pursuit of a female state trooper, according to a report released last week by the state attorney general. “Why don’t you wear a dress?” he asked her on Aug. 13, 2019, the report said. A month later, she told investigators, the governor ran an unwanted hand across her belly.

GOP invokes anti-abortion playbook to fight trans youth health care
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Politico
Efforts to expand states’ power over personal medical decisions will intensify in 2022, advocates on both sides agree. A rash of bills introduced in at least 20 states would limit trans youth’s access to gender-affirming care — and opponents say they echo some of the arguments anti-abortion groups put forth about women’s safety as they attempted to shut down clinics. Like abortion restrictions, the trans bills would expand states’ power over highly personal medical decisions. Backers of these bills, and groups that have initiated some court cases related to trans health, also make claims about the treatment’s risks — although leading medical associations say that gender-affirming treatment is safe, and that delaying or blocking it can create harm.

"How Much Can You Afford?": Baltimore Prof Sentenced For Selling Math Grades
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Jonathan Turley
Prof. Edward C. Ennels taught math at Baltimore City Community College but appears to have been offering a running lesson on supply side economic theory. Ennels reportedly was selling grades on a sliding scale depending on your worth and your ambition: $150 for a C; $250 for a B; and $500 for an A. He has now earned jail time after pleading to 11 misdemeanor charges, including bribery and misconduct in office.

Thoughts on Student Loans and the FRESH Start Act
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Credit Slips
A new bill from Senators Durbin and Cornyn promises a way out of student loan debt through a change in the bankruptcy laws. The Fresh START Through Bankruptcy Act of 2021 makes one principal change. After 10 years from the date they first came due, federal student loans would be freely dischargeable. Before 10 years, student loans would be dischargeable only if the debtor could show undue hardship, which is the standard currently. Private student loans would remain nondischargeable at all times except upon a showing of undue hardship. This is not the bill I would write, but it's a step in the right direction.

'Did I Miss The Investigation?':
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Zero Hedge
Biden Sexual Assault Accuser Claps Back After Psaki Says Claims Were 'Heavily Litigated' "Did I miss the investigation and litigation?" Reade shot back over Twitter. "I sure did not miss the smears and attacks on my character during Joe Biden’s campaign as I came forward. Was it safe to come forward? I think not."

How artists lost their courage. Keeping silent is the price of a successful career
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Unherd
Much has changed in the art world, as well as the world at large, since those lectures were recorded. Perry’s crossdressing is no longer seen as unusual. It would not raise a single eyebrow amidst all the gender identities, “preferred pronouns” and codes of conduct that have rapidly taken hold of Britain’s institutions. Guided by Stonewall and its Diversity Champion Scheme, companies and Government departments now require its employees to comply with new and increasingly wide-ranging speech rules. That Stonewall deliberately misrepresents the existing equality law does not matter. These employers are desperate to appear inclusive and diverse — whatever the cost.

Canada Is Waging an All-Front Legal War Against Indigenous People
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Counter Punch
Canada is developing a new image: one of burning churches, toppling statues, and mass graves. There are thousands more unmarked graves, thousands more Indigenous children killed at residential schools, remaining to be unearthed. There can be no denying that this is Canada, and it has to change. But can Canada transform itself for the better? If the revelation of the mass killing of Indigenous children is to lead to any actual soul-searching and any meaningful change, the first order of business is for Canada to stop its all-front war against First Nations. Much of that war is taking place through the legal system.

Andrew Cuomo Is Actually, Really Finished
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Ross Barkan
The most powerful New Yorker since Moses and Rockefeller will be no more. Betting against Andrew Cuomo is always a difficult thing to do. Cuomo has dominated the state, for the last decade, like no one since Nelson Rockefeller. Beyond Rockefeller, only Robert Moses rivaled Cuomo for influence. The Moses tenure lasted longer and accomplished more, but each man was adept at wielding power and inspiring great fear in those who contemplated challenging them.