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USC cancels Ca. gubernatorial debate because all qualifying candidates are white
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
"We recognize that concerns about the selection criteria for the debate have created a significant distraction from the issues that matter to voters." A California gubernatorial debate that was slated for the University of Southern California was canceled by school President Beong-Soo Kim under pressure from candidates who were not to be included on the debate stage. The criticism was that the candidates who would be on the stage were too white. The debate was canceled less than 24 hours before it was slated to happen.

In Abortion Pill Murder Case, Woman's Bail Is Set at $1
Topic: Abortion
Source: AP News
Georgia judge questions viability of murder charge over 31-year-old's self-managed abortion. A Georgia murder case that grew out of an at-home abortion attempt may be on shaky ground. A judge on Monday set bail at $1 for 31-year-old Alexia Moore, who was arrested two months after she took pills she'd purchased online, went into labor, and delivered a second-trimester baby who died about an hour after birth, per the New York Times. "I think that charge is extremely problematic," Superior Court Judge Steven G. Blackerby said of the murder count, saying it would be "hard" to win a conviction.

Jury Orders Meta to Pay $375M in Child Exploitation Case
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Reuters
New Mexico jury finds Meta misled users, enabled child exploitation on platforms. Meta just took a major hit in New Mexico, where a jury has ordered the company to pay $375 million over claims it misled families about how safe its platforms are for kids. After a six-week trial, jurors found Meta violated the state's consumer protection law by presenting Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp as safe for children and teens while failing to protect them from sexual exploitation, Reuters reports. Prosecutors accused the company of putting profits over safety, reports the AP. The case, brought by Democratic Attorney General Raúl Torrez, is the first jury verdict of its kind against the company and lands as Meta faces a broader backlash over youth mental health and social media.

Jury finds Bill Cosby sexually assaulted woman in 1972, awards more than $19M
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Union-Bulletin
A California civil jury has found Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972. A civil jury in California found Monday that Bill Cosby was liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972 and awarded her $19.25 million. After a nearly two-week trial in Santa Monica, jurors found the 88-year-old Cosby liable for the sexual battery and assault of Donna Motsinger. Cosby’s attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, said in an email that they are disappointed and fully intend to appeal the verdict.

Brazilian Lawmaker Wears Blackface To Mock Transgenderism
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Headline USA
"...did I become black? Do I feel the pain that black people have suffered? … No." A Brazilian legislator last week mocked one of LGBT activists’ core arguments in favor of transgenderism with a simple demonstration during a state assembly session in São Paulo. Faviana Bolsonaro, a 32-year-old female member of the country’s right-leaning Liberal Party, took the dais on Wednesday to protest the appointment of Erika Hilton, a biological-male transgender activist, to the Chamber of Deputies, equivalent to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Undercover videos catch Kansas university employees saying DEI still used despite law
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The College Fix
Diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are still underway at Washburn University in Kansas despite a state law banning the ideology, according to two recently published undercover videos. Both edited videos were released this month by Accuracy in Academia, a conservative watchdog group that has over the last year targeted numerous universities across Republican-controlled states with the same sting: catching employees admitting to undercover investigators that they are flouting anti

Divisive ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Canceled After Two Seasons
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
The Paramount+ 'Star Trek' show will end after its already filmed second season.So much for Paramount+‘s Gen Z Star Trek show.The streamer has decided to end Star Trek: Starfleet Academy after season two. Starfleet Academy had recently finished airing its debut season. Paramount+ had (rather optimistically, as it turned out) already ordered a second season, which recently wrapped production. Starfleet Academy has been a polarizing entry in the Trek canon.

GrapheneOS Refuses to Comply with Age-Verification Laws
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Tom
GrapheneOS, the privacy-focused Android fork, said in a post on X on Friday that it will not comply with emerging laws requiring operating systems to collect user age data at setup. "GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone around the world without requiring personal information, identification or an account," the project stated. "If GrapheneOS devices can't be sold in a region due to their regulations, so be it." The statement came after Brazil's Digital ECA (Law 15.211) took effect on March 17, imposing fines of up to R$50 million (roughly $9.5 million) per violation on operating system providers that fail to implement age verification... [Ed: there needs to be more of this.]

4chan Sends Hilarious, Hamster-Filled Reminder
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Reason
That U.S. Companies Need Not Follow British Speech Regulations. It's not every day that I wish more U.S. tech platforms could be like 4chan. But the message board certainly has the right idea when it comes to the U.K. speech police. Ofcom, the U.K.'s communications regulator, has fined 4chan £520,000 for failing to implement age verification procedures and other measures required by the U.K.'s Online Safety Act. The penalty includes "£450,000 for not having age checks in place to prevent children seeing porn on its site," per Ofcom

Landmark trial in New Mexico to decide whether Meta misled users
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Washington (DC) Times-National
...about children's safety risks. Closing arguments began Monday in a landmark trial in New Mexico where social media conglomerate Meta is accused of misleading its users about how safe its platforms are for children. Jurors will take up the case after the arguments and six weeks of testimony from scores of witnesses that included local teachers, psychiatric experts, state investigators, top Meta officials and whistleblowers who left the company. The case in New Mexico state court is among the first to reach trial in a wave of litigation involving social media platforms and their impacts on children.

Gender 'justice' takes center stage at UN Commission on the Status of Women
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
—even if they can't define the phrase or what a woman is. Women in all manner of national and professional dress speaking dozens of languages arrived at the United Nations on New York City's east side on Monday. Colorful patterns from Africa, black robes and veils from the Middle East, chic suits and boots from Europe, beautiful silks from Asia, sensible flats and trench coats from New York. The Le Corbusier-designed building, glass on two sides, marble on two sides, has held an annual Commission on the Status of Women for 70 years. As these global leaders, think tank thinkers, activists and non-profit staffers come together, the goals are not entirely clear.

“Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!” Shakespeare’s Birthplace to be “Decolonized”
Topic: Unspecified
Source: Jonathan Turley
Shakespeare is under an unrelenting attack in the United Kingdom from trigger warnings to censoring his prose. Now, Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust has announced that it will “de-colonise” the Bard. In the name of creating “a more inclusive museum experience,” the Trust is moving away from Western perspectives to avoid the dangers of “white supremacy.” A prior research project between the trust and Dr Helen Hopkins at the University of Birmingham raised concerns over just praising the writer. Even recognizing Shakespeare’s genius “benefits the ideology of white European supremacy.”

Disney to make Cinderella spin-off 'Stepsisters' in latest attempt to make villains sympathetic
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
The original fairytale from the Brothers Grimm describes the two sisters, Anastasia and Drizella, as "beautiful and fair of face, but vile and black of heart." The film follows Disney's foray into villain stories, where the originals focused on the heroes or heroines of the tale. Emma Stone as "Cruella" paints a somewhat sympathetic portrait of the dog-killing villain in "101 Dalmatians." Series "The Descendants" is all about the children of the evil villains. Angelina Jolie's "Maleficent" makes the argument that the evil, beautiful queen in the "Snow White" story was actually just misunderstood

The betrayal of white working-class boys
Topic: Men's Movement
Source: Spiked Online
Anyone who still believes in white, male privilege should take a look at England’s school system. Five years on from the publication of the landmark report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, the lead author, Tony Sewell, is still angry. Successive governments have ignored his warnings that England’s schools are failing white working-class boys. This week, Lord Sewell will tell Keir Starmer that ‘boys from the poorest homes are still stuck at the bottom of the class’ and are outperformed by every other group.

How Does Epstein Set Us Free?
Topic: Porn, Prostitution, and Sexual Freedom
Source: Zero Hedge
If you prefer to watch the video you can do so here: https://youtu.be/T394XIqXg14. The Epstein files show many of the richest and most powerful men on Earth leading lives of sexual depravity and moral degradation. How can this news lead to a life of appreciation and joy? Welcome to the 5D Playbook where we reveal the light within the news.

The Curious Case of Dress Codes and Narratives
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Victory Girls Blog
Businesses have long learned that a strong social media presence brings clicks. Add a soupcon of controversy with a dust-up between competitors and it becomes the.thing-du-jour. However, the Chili’s v Ruth’s Chris is more than just a study in rage bait. How it started. "If you’re heading to Ruth’s Chris anytime soon, you may want to think about your outfit before you think about how you want to enjoy your steak. The steakhouse’s dress code is getting fresh attention online,"

It Took 12 Years for San Francisco to Fix Its No-Algebra-for-Equity Mess
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Hot Air
I've been writing about this for so many years that I feel obligated to write about it now that this long story is finally coming to an end. Twelve years after the city of San Francisco decided to end the teaching of Algebra in 8th grade, which it specifically did for equity, the city will finally be able to offer it again in most middle schools next year. As recently as last year, the district had decided to allow the teaching of algebra in 8th grade but couldn't get its act together to actually offer the class in most middle schools. Some schools were offering a "self-directed" version of the class which basically amounted to a bunch of videos to watch.

The feminist courage of Dame Jenni Murray
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Spiked Online
While her BBC colleagues remained silent, the Woman’s Hour host took a stand against trans ideology. But it was in 2017 that Murray showed her feminist courage. In an article for The Sunday Times in March 2017, entitled ‘Be trans and be proud – but don’t call yourself a real woman’, Murray outed herself as possibly the only member of the media elite at the time who wasn’t going to get on the ‘transwomen are women’ bandwagon. Murray wrote that ‘it takes more than a sex change and makeup’ to become a woman.

Iceland Strips Father of Custody
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Jonathan Turley
After Questioning Gender Transitioning of his Minor Child. In Iceland, a father has been stripped of his parental rights after speaking out against his 11-year-old autistic son‘s sex change. Alexandre Rocha, a French national who has lived in Iceland for 25 years, lost custody of the child to the child’s mother in December after questioning the long-term impacts of puberty blockers and hormone therapies. Rocha says that his child is confused and exposed to little beyond video games. He argued that his child’s autism and the trauma of the marital separation led to the findings of mental and emotional instability. He believes that his child was pulled along this course, attracted by the attention from the various advisers.