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Gamers Raise $100K for Gay Player Facing Deportation
Topic: Gay/Lesbian Issues
Source: NBC Washington
Ludovic Mbock, who has no criminal record, could be sent to jail in his native Cameroon. After weeks in immigration detention, Street Fighter gamer Ludovic Mbock is back on the tournament circuit with an ankle monitor under his pants and a six-figure show of support behind him. The Washington Post's Gene Park reports that the 39-year-old Cameroon native—widely regarded as one of the world's best players of Street Fighter character Chun-Li—was picked up by ICE in February during what had been a routine immigration check-in he'd attended for two decades. He came to the US as a teenager with a green card secured through his mother's marriage, which later dissolved. The green card was revoked and he was reportedly placed on an order of supervision, meaning he had to check in to review a work permit. The Department of Homeland Security now describes him as an "illegal alien."

James Talarico Regrets Going Full Woke
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Reason
With the backlash to wokeness in full swing, it was probably inevitable that some political figures would come to regret the things they said and tweeted back when progressive cultural signaling felt necessary, roughly from 2014 to 2024. Republicans are out to destroy James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Texas's Senate seat, by resurfacing his most eye roll inducing takes from that time period, like when he said god was "non-binary" or when he promised to run a "non-meat" campaign in Texas in order to fight climate change. (For good measure, he was wearing a COVID-19 mask; this was in April 2022.)

Senior banned from Loudoun County high school graduation
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
...after speaking up about trans peeper in school bathrooms. A transgender student at Loudon County's Freedom High School has been accused of filming students in the bathroom at school but when a victim is spoke out after he and his brother were filmed, he was the one suspended and banned from graduation.

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s home targeted in apparent ‘swatting’ incident
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: NBC News
Police in Virginia said they “quickly determined that the report was fictitious.” An apparent “swatting” incident targeted the home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Wednesday night, police confirmed to NBC News.Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, said Thursday that the call was received through the police department’s nonemergency line just after 9 p.m. ET. “Officers immediately coordinated with Supreme Court Police personnel assigned to the residence and quickly determined that the report was fictitious,” Fairfax County police said in a statement. “No additional police resources were utilized.”

Germany's Most-Wanted Woman Gets 13 Years
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The guardian
After three decades underground, Germany's most-wanted woman is facing more than a decade behind bars. A court on Wednesday sentenced 67-year-old Daniela Klette, a former member of the Red Army Faction, to 13 years in prison for a string of armed robberies carried out long after the far-left militant group disbanded, the Guardian reports. Judges found her guilty on six counts of aggravated robbery tied to kidnappings for ransom and illegal possession of military-grade weapons, concluding a tightly guarded 14-month trial. Prosecutors had sought the maximum 15-year term.

Prosecutor Denies Probe Focused on E. Jean Carroll
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Newser
Sources now say investigation is focused on a nonprofit, not Carroll herself The top federal prosecutor in Chicago says his office has not opened a probe into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll, despite reports saying the Justice Department has done just that. Andrew S. Boutros says his office "has not opened—and has never opened—a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll." One of the AP's sources clarified to the outlet that the probe is actually focused on a nonprofit that helped fund Carroll's lawsuit against President Trump. Sources who spoke to the Guardian say that nonprofit is backed by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn.

Sweden Cracks Down
Topic: Children and Family
Source: The Gateway Pundit
Parliament Bans Cousin Marriage After Years of Mass Migration Fallout. Sweden’s parliament, presently controlled by center-right, conservative majority, has taken a decisive step in confronting a controversial practice increasingly linked to migration, unanimously voting to ban cousin marriages and other close-relative unions in what many see as a long-overdue correction to decades of failed integration policies. The new law, according reports from the Swedish press, introduces a blanket prohibition on marriages between cousins, as well as a wider ban on unions between other close relatives. It is scheduled to come into force on July 1, 2026.

DOJ accuses UCLA of allowing activists to assault Jewish students
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
... block them from campus during pro-Palestinian protests. The Department of Justice is suing the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), accusing the university of allowing Jewish and Israeli students to be assaulted, blocked from campus buildings, and driven from parts of campus during anti-Israel protests that erupted after the October 7 Hamas terror attacks in 2023. Protests were ongoing at UCLA in 2024 where pro-Palestinian students set up encampments, trained themselves in hand to hand combat, and refused to let Jewish students walk through.

100s protest Mamdani outside Gracie Mansion over rising antisemitism in NYC
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
Protesters also thanked the NYPD for protecting the event and concluded the rally by singing the National Anthem. The rally, organized by the #EndJewHatred movement, drew hundreds of protesters from across the tri-state area, according to the New York Post. Demonstrators carried Israeli and American flags as well as anti-Mamdani signs. Protesters also thanked the NYPD for protecting the event and concluded the rally by singing the National Anthem. Some protesters also called for Mamdani’s resignation, while others demanded he be deported.

California Moves To Exempt Linux From Upcoming Age-Verification Law
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Tom’s Hardward
...after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages — amendment proposed by the same lawmaker who wrote the original law. California lawmakers may be backing away from a controversial age-verification requirement bill that alarmed Linux and open-source developers earlier this year, after a new amendment bill proposed exempting most open-source operating systems from the state’s upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act. In practice, that would likely exempt most mainstream Linux distributions — including Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu, Arch Linux, and Mint — from compliance requirements scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2027.

DOJ Probes E. Jean Carroll for Possible Perjury: Sources
Topic: Men's Movement
Source: CNN
Probe reportedly focuses on possible perjury in Trump civil cases. Federal prosecutors have reportedly launched a criminal probe into the woman whose accusations of sexual assault helped yield two major civil judgments against President Trump. The Justice Department is examining whether E. Jean Carroll, 82, may have lied under oath in her lawsuits against the president, according to a person with direct knowledge of the inquiry who spoke to the New York Times. The investigation, opened by Andrew S. Boutros, the US attorney in the Northern District of Illinois and a Trump appointee, was first reported by CNN, which cites multiple sources confirming the news.

Democrats Using Black Athletes As Pawns In Redistricting War
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Zero Hedge
The Congressional Black Caucus, aligned with the NAACP, is urging black college athletes to avoid Southeastern Conference schools in Southern states as a form of economic pressure against Republican-drawn redistricting maps that eliminate majority-black congressional districts. The campaign is called "Out of Bounds,” and is essentially asking young black athletes to forfeit their best shot at a professional sports career so Democratic lawmakers can make a political statement about redistricting. NAACP calls for black athletes to boycott college sports in south

As the world looked on in shock while multiple wildfires ravaged areas outside of LA
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Babylon Be
As the world looked on in shock while multiple wildfires ravaged areas outside of Los Angeles, California Governor Gavin Newsom held a press conference to assure victims that he was diverting millions of dollars toward the state's emergency DEI initiatives. Tens of thousands of residents had been ordered to evacuate as the fires spread across areas including Pasadena, Pacific Palisades, and the surrounding communities, with no indication that any of the blazes were close to being contained. Newsom vowed to not rest until much-needed relief funding was funneled to the state's DEI programs.

Woman Fired by University Over Kirk Post Gets $225K
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Associated Press
A woman fired by an Indiana university over her Facebook post criticizing conservative activist Charlie Kirk after he was killed will receive $225,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused her former employer of violating her free-speech rights, the woman's attorneys said Tuesday. The American Civil Liberties Union announced the settlement in a federal lawsuit it filed last year on behalf of Suzanne Swierc against Ball State University President Geoffrey Mearns, the AP reports.

American Mom in Berlin Learns to Let Her Kid Roam
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Business Insider
Turns out 'he's more capable than I gave him credit for,' writes Kate Chrisman. An American mom living in Berlin is learning to loosen the reins on her school-age son—and watching him rise to the occasion. Writing for Business Insider, Kate Chrisman describes finally letting her third-grader walk the 15 minutes to school alone, something many German kids start doing a year or more earlier, to the bafflement of parents who ask, "Why so late?" Chrisman details how local norms and infrastructure—walkable cities with safe transit, for example—make independent kid commutes feel routine, grating against what is considered normal in the US.

Yale drama grad Lupita Nyong'o admitted
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
...she 'had no idea what The Odyssey was' after being cast as Helen of Troy. Director Christopher Nolan caused a stir when he cast African actress Lupita Nyong'o in the dual roles of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra in his upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey, but it turns out Nyong'o "had no idea" what the ancient Greek Homerian epic even was. Nyong'o attended Yale University. "I really had no idea what The Odyssey was," she told Elle Magazine in a recent interview. "I was like, 'oh, snap, I don't know the first thing about this.' So it was a crash course. I picked up the books and read them immediately. I have this film to thank for my Greek mythological education." She read The Odyssey, she revealed, and listened to the audiobook of The Iliad, read by Audra McDonald. "It is the best audiobook I have ever listened to."

Spare Me Another Pride Month!
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Daily Sceptic
"I console myself with the thought that all this virtuous bluster is altruistic in origin, shining a light on overlooked issues..." Are you aware? Really aware? Or are you like me, struggling to keep up with the blizzard of social and political awareness events that bring a rich texture to our lives? Do you worry that you can’t recall if Black History Month – that time when I approach my BAME colleagues with even more reverence than usual – is in June or July? Are you confused as to whether Pride Month and LGBT History Month are the same or distinct entities? Have you kept pace with the latest incarnation of their life-affirming, multicoloured flag? Does your wife frown at you because Menstrual Hygiene Day has passed you by? Have you forgotten World Alzheimer’s Day again? Then worry no more – help is finally at hand, in the shape of the Awareness Calendar, your one-stop source of those important dates that can be handily pinned to your fridge door.

Doing the Math
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Jonathan Turley
UC Faculty Call for the Return to Standardized Testing After Shocking Decline in Skills. Years ago, I wrote a column denouncing the decision of the University of California system to drop standardized testing in the cause of greater racial diversity. Now, hundreds of UC mathematics faculty have called for a return to such testing after reports showing a thirtyfold increase in students with math skills below high school level. As written earlier, the University of California system was an early supporter of this disastrous move. It was heralded as a way to preserve diversity after voters in California repeatedly rejected race-based admissions and the Supreme Court appeared ready to bar such practices (commonly proven with reference to standardized test differentials among applicants).

AOC Beclowns Herself in Alabama, Residents Not Amused
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Victory Girls Blog
Another day, another stunt by AOC that blows up in her face. This time channeling her inner Temu Malcom X and shouting for New Yorkers to “pull up on Alabama” while she was in Montgomery. And while standing on a stage surrounded by bullet-proof glass. You can’t make this stuff up. "Ocasio-Cortez then issued a highly controversial call to action, demanding that “the North” travel to red states like Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee and Mississippi to fight what she described as political injustice." [Ed: well, she just lost the South.]