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Matt Taibbi Files $10 Million Libel Suit Against Dem Rep.
Topic: Men's Movement
Source: Zero Hedge
"No woman has ever accused me of engaging in sexual harrassment once, let alone serially..." California Democrat claimed during her opening remarks in a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday that he's a "serial sexual harasser." "To distract from the dumpster fire this administration is pursuing," she said, the Republicans were "elevating a serial sexual harrasser as their star witness." While Taibbi wouldn't have been able to sue due to lawmaker protections under the Speech and Debate clause of the constitution, Kamlager-Dove was stupid enough to then post those claims on social media; both on X and Blue Sky.

U of Wisconsin prof placed on leave after flipping College Republicans’ table
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
"A man came up to our table and said, 'What are you doing?' I hadn’t even finished when he said, 'The time for this is over,' and just flipped the table." On Wednesday, the chair of the English Department at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire was placed on leave after he allegedly flipped over a table set up by the College Republicans on campus. Tatiana Bobrowicz, a junior who runs the chapter, told Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) that her group set up a table Tuesday morning on the outdoor campus mall with permission from the university to support conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel. Bobrowicz said in a statement posted to the UW-Eau Claire College Republicans' Instagram account on Tuesday, “The university has since confirmed that this attacker was the chair of the university’s English Department. Once again, this type of violent attack will not be tolerated.”

Rape, Violent Crime Explodes Even Higher In Germany
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Zero Hedge
Number Of "Non-German" Suspects Up teaser image It was already at record highs... As we have previously noted, the “non-German” suspects aspect is also misleading given that many of the “German” suspects of crimes are really foreigners who have obtained German citizenship, or they are Second or third generation migrants. 2023’s stats revealed that violent crime in Germany rocketed to a 15 year high, and 2024’s stats show that it continues to climb.

Nashville Police Claim Transgender Christian School Shooter Never Had 'Manifesto'
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Headline USA
...BUT Hale left behind “a series of notebooks...documenting her planning and preparation for the attack, the events in her life that motivated her to commit the attack..." Contrary to widespread media reports, the investigation said that no manifesto existed. “In this case, a manifesto didn’t exist. Hale never left behind a single document explaining why she committed the attack, why she specifically targeted The Covenant, and what she hoped to gain, if anything, with the attack,” the Nashville police report states. Instead, the shooter, Audrey Hale, left behind “a series of notebooks, art composition books, and media files created by Hale documenting her planning and preparation for the attack, the events in her life that motivated her to commit the attack, and her hopes regarding the outcome of the attack,” police determined. Hale, who once attended Covenant, was killed by police.

Mike Rowe Talks Trades, Moms, and America
Topic: Men's Movement
Source: Moms For America
More than 20 years ago, the surprise hit "Dirty Jobs" made Mike Rowe a household name. In the years since, Mike has met thousands of Americans in the skilled trades that keep our nation running. He has used his fame to become one of the leading advocates for training in the trades. When he sat down with Moms for America President Kimberly Fletcher at CPAC this year, he revealed how a comment from his own mother led to "Dirty Jobs."

Bill Banning Soda and Candy From Snap Benefits Headed to Idaho Governor
Topic: Children and Family
Source: KTVB
The bill sponsors argue that the change would help families prioritize health and nutrition while reducing the state's "out-of-control" Medicaid costs. The bill spent months moving through the Statehouse as lawmakers worked to refine language that critics initially worried was too broad and might prevent the purchase of items like granola bars. Dawn Pierce, Hunger Free America's national director of organizing and community empowerment, called the legislation misleading and harmful. "This is a society-wide problem, not one caused by SNAP," Pierce said. "Low-income families [are] the easy one to blame. It's an overreach, and it further demonizes our neighbors who need help and rely on SNAP." Pierce also expressed concern implementation could be too challenging for grocery stores, particularly in rural areas, potentially leading some to stop accepting SNAP benefits altogether...

Judge Blocks CIA, DNI From Firing DEI Staffers Under Trump Order
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: USA Today
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from firing 19 CIA and Office of the Director of National Intelligence staffers who'd worked on initiatives for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, which President Donald Trump had ordered terminated. U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga in eastern Virginia rejected the request for a temporary block on Trump’s policy on Feb. 27, ruling the staffers could ask for reassignment. But the CIA said the staffers had no right of review over their firings. Trenga shifted course Monday, deciding the intelligence staffers deserved the opportunity to appeal their firings and to be considered for other jobs...

After Many Warnings, Trump Admin. Freezes Funding for Maine
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Townhall
Over Refusal to Comply With Executive Order Banning Biological Men from Women's Sports. On Wednesday, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) informed Maine that it froze the state's federal funding over their refusal to comply with President Donald Trump's executive order from early February banning boys and men from competing in girls' and women's sports. The Daily Wire reported on the update on Wednesday.

As children are pulled into immigration court, many must fend for themselves
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Los Angeles Times
They are among the dozens of children whose deportation cases come before Behne at the West Los Angeles Immigration Court every month. Many are facing a new reality as the Trump administration seeks to strip away legal funding for those who crossed the border without a parent or legal custodian. As they confront a complex legal system and a government that seeks to deport them, the children could find fewer pro bono lawyers available and face a growing probability of deportation. "These kids often have no idea what's going on, and without a lawyer, they're doomed," said Holly S. Cooper, who was part of the first federal pilot program to represent children in immigration court more than two decades ago.

Hegseth: Men And Women In Combat Must Meet 'Same, High Standard'
Topic: Gender Discrimination
Source: The Epoch Times
‘All combat roles will only have sex-neutral standards. Common sense,’ the defense secretary says. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the changes to its physical fitness requirements in an effort to “fix” the standards that he said were “lowered” under President Barack Obama’s administration. “Different physical standards for men and women in the U.S. military have existed for a long time. BUT, there were also combat roles that were male-only,” Hegseth said in a statement on X. “Then, under Obama, all combat roles were opened to men AND women. BUT, different physical fitness standards for men and women remained.”

Charges Dropped in Nancy Mace Handshake
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: CBS News
A Chicago man no longer faces a criminal charge stemming from Republican Rep. Nancy Mace's allegation that he shook her hand aggressively at a December event while asking her to support trans children. "I am pleased but not surprised that these baseless charges have been dropped," James McIntyre said in a statement. "By falsely accusing me of a violent crime and having me jailed, Congresswoman Mace demonstrated her desire to criminalize anyone who advocates for the needs of our trans youth." Prosecutors dropped the misdemeanor count on Tuesday, CBS News reports. McIntyre had pleaded not guilty.

Purging DEI from the Smithsonian is no easy task
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Washington Examiner
President Donald Trump’s decision to clean house at the Smithsonian Institution is a necessary next step in his ongoing crusade to claw back cultural ground that the Left has spent decades capturing. This new action should be far-reaching and profound and sweep away such dangerous ideas as the Latino Museum. The executive order the president issued late last week, on March 27, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” couldn’t have been clearer regarding Trump’s intent.

A Supreme Court case about abortion could destroy Medicaid
Topic: Abortion
Source: Vox
Kerr v. Planned Parenthood asks the justices to render much of federal law unenforceable, in order to spite abortion providers. Kerr v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic is one of the most straightforward cases the Supreme Court will hear this year. It involves a federal law that requires every state’s Medicaid program to ensure that “any individual eligible for medical assistance” may obtain that care “from any institution, agency, community pharmacy, or person, qualified to perform the service or services required.” Thus, Medicaid patients, and not the state, clearly have a right to choose their own health providers, with only one exception. The provider must be “qualified,” which, as the federal appeals court that heard this case explained, means that the provider is “professionally competent” to provide the care that the patient seeks.

The whole internet was defending this Georgia man
Topic: Men's Movement
Source: Not the Bee
...who got arrested for leaving his kids at a McDonald's for almost two hours. It is absolutely amazing to find a story where 95% of people agree with each other. What we have here is a rare unicorn of internet consensus. So this dude had a kid at 14, had two other kids since, is trying to hustle to take care of them and get himself a steady job, and he was arrested for leaving them alone in a McDonald's for a few minutes while he went down the block for an interview.

Sorry, Cynthia, we’re not bowing to nonbinary lunacy anymore
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Spiked Online
Cynthia Erivo’s GLAAD speech summed up the vanity and elitism of the trans movement. I feel like Cynthia Erivo didn’t get the memo. She seems to think it’s still 2021 and the world gives a shit about rich-people problems. ‘It isn’t easy’, the Wicked star told a roomful of well-heeled LGBT activists in LA last week. She was wearing a sombre look and a Dior dress that cost more than all the clothes you’ve ever owned. I don’t need to tell you she wasn’t talking about soaring energy bills or war in Europe. No, what’s ‘not easy’ is that this obscenely rich star of stage and screen sometimes has to remind people to use they / them pronouns for ‘nonbinary’ people.

Who killed Canada’s abortion debate? | Canada Did What?!
Topic: Abortion
Source: The National Post
Canada's abortion battle was so divisive, so heated and so unpleasant that an exhausted country gave up on finding a way through it, and instead just decided to never tackle the issue again. It wasn’t that long ago that elective abortions were harder to get in Canada than anywhere in the U.S. What changed was one of the most actively forgotten political brawls in our history, sparked by one doctor, Henry Morgentaler, a Holocaust survivor who believed legal abortions could prevent future mass atrocities. The ordeal was so divisive, so heated and so unpleasant that an exhausted country gave up on finding a way through it, and instead just decided to never tackle the issue again.

The War on C.J. Hopkins
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Uncovered DC
I have designed four book covers for the brilliant satirist C.J. Hopkins. Collaborating with C.J. has been a highlight of my career. He’s a really great smart guy who is an indispensable chronicler of our times and a front-line worker in the hot war for freedom of speech. Many of us who publicly challenged the absurd and tyrannical official narratives of the COVID Plague since 2020 have been defamed, censored, and even fired. C.J. is the only one I know who has been criminally charged for his dissenting opinion. Yes, we are being vindicated on many fronts, but he is currently facing a second trial and must defend himself from a former Stasi prosecutor who is out to get him...

Cops Called on Dad for Playing Catch with 14-Year-Old Son at Park
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Reason
"What is the end game here? Can you write a citation? Can you take me to jail?" That particular park, the cops told Washington, is the "tot lot" and only for kids ages two to five. They pointed to a sign listing the rules; older kids were clambering over the equipment as they did so. Two of the other local parks—which are not only for tots—were undergoing renovation. "So I can't play at the park with my family?" Washington asked. After all, many families have one child younger than five and another child who is older. The cops said that being there, playing catch, near little kids, was against the rules. They also indicated that the caller had thought there were two "men" playing in the park, not a dad and son.

Billboard Chris’s fight against Aussie censorship
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Spiked Online
The Canadian gender-critical campaigner was silenced at the behest of Australia’s ‘eSafety’ commissioner. Right now in Australia, a seminal free-speech battle is being fought that proves censorship regimes are no longer constrained by geography. At the heart of this case is Billboard Chris, a Canadian father who publicly advocates against gender ideology.
Billboard Chris’s fight against Aussie censorship. Billboard Chris (real name Chris Elston) has gained international attention for wearing a sandwich board, stating ‘Children cannot consent to puberty blockers’, and striking up conversations with members of the public about trans ideology. Elston has now been forced to travel to Australia to defend his right to post what he likes and have it be seen by his Australian followers on the American-owned social-media platform, X.