After Bad Bunny’s political, anti-American halftime show with foreign flags flying, the foreign-language-only performance included virtue signaling and LGBTQ sex. The Bunny is apparently the number one artist on Spotify. Culturally, this was not American, and it isn’t the entertainment the football crowd prefers. It’s not even the entertainment that the football players want. When […] The post White House Follows Up on Bad Bunny’s Perverse Performance appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

As the University of Notre Dame faces concerns of false advertising, it may be time for Catholic students and tuition-paying parents to ask themselves if they can get a discount on the $90,000 per year price tag. While the school’s website reads, “Notre Dame’s Catholic character informs all it does,” the recent promotion of a pro-abortion professor leaves that statement in doubt. It’s hard to see how that Catholic character led the school to appoint an outspoken abortion activist to a leadership role. Either the Holy Father, church tradition, and the Bible are all mistaken, and the Catholic faith can in fact coexist with abortion, or Notre Dame is seriously misinformed as to what being Catholic actually means. Susan Ostermann, the abortion proponent in question, was employed at the university for almost nine years as a professor before the school announced her appointment as the new director of the Keough School of Global Affairs’ Liu Institute of Asia and Asian Studies. During her tenure, Ostermann used her platform to author and coauthor multiple articles on abortion. “Forced pregnancy and childbirth is violence,” wrote Ostermann for Salon.com. “It is sexual abuse. It is trauma.” “When the state supports forced pregnancy and childbirth, it is complicit in this violence,” she continues. Attempts to outlaw abortion “have their roots in white supremacy and racism,” Ostermann explains in another article titled, “Abortion, racism, and guns: How white supremacy unites the right.” Of course, almost all of the claims in Ostermann’s articles are false. It was the early pro-abortion movement, not the pro-life movement, that stemmed from racism and promoted eugenics. Nor, as Ostermann implies in her other article, are a large portion of pregnancies (or abortions) the result of rape. But even setting aside the accuracy of Ostermann’s claims, her articles highlight a much deeper issue: a lack of belief in the sanctity of life. It’s impossible to believe that life is sacred while also believing that protecting preborn lives is “violence.” Most would have expected better of Notre Dame. Recently, the top-ranked school did get a “B” in Students for Life’s Christian Schools report that looked at 725 Christian colleges and universities claiming to be faith-based (excluding denominations that support abortion). We found that fully 114 self-proclaimed Christian colleges have ties to abortion. That’s 114 schools directly violating the faith they proclaim. In Notre Dame’s case, their Gender Studies Program (and that’s a red flag) held an event “Trans Care & Abortion Care” featuring outspoken abortion advocates. That makes two major strikes against the school, apparently masquerading as a mentor of future Catholic leaders. The most fundamental Christian principle is the sanctity of life. God created humans in his image, bestowing upon them inherent worth and value starting at the point of conception. Through that creation, humans derive, or are “endowed by their Creator with,” certain rights — including, for example, the right to life. Abortion directly contradicts that principle, painting life as something meaningless to be destroyed at the convenience of another. In fact, Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to Mother Teresa recently by noting that “the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion.” By appointing Ostermann, Notre Dame has established — in its leadership, no less — someone who stands against everything it proclaims to believe. In one of Ostermann’s articles, she writes, “When we stand by… we are complicit as well.” She was referring to states “forcing unwanted pregnancies” by restricting abortion. Ironically, her words ring true for Christians. If we stand silent while “Christian” institutions betray the Savior they confess by supporting the murder of infants in the name of compassion and love, then we are complicit. What must happen instead? For students, parents, and donors, the path forward is clear: Pressure Christian schools to either cut ties to abortion or stop falsely claiming Christ. For other Christians, speaking out can take different forms — volunteering at a pro-life pregnancy center, supporting a pregnant community member and enabling her to choose life, or even taking to a public platform to proclaim the truth that abortion is murder. For a self-proclaimed Catholic university — one that describes its actions as motivated by its faith — to appoint such a person to a leadership role exposes, at best, a lack of wisdom and, at worst, complete and utter moral decay. This is a good time to pray a Hail Mary, to pray for us sinners, and those leading the schools where we send the next generation of leaders, that they be taught to uphold the faith and not to ignore it. * * * Kristan Hawkins is president of Students for Life of America and Students for Life Action, with more than 1,600 groups on middle and high school, college and university, medical and law school campuses in all 50 states. Follow her @KristanHawkins or subscribe to her podcast, The Kristan Hawkins Show. The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Some LGBT advocates and media have celebrated the first openly transgender athlete to compete at the Winter Olympics as a “major milestone in trans sports.” Elis Lundholm, a woman who identifies as a transgender man, will compete for Sweden at the Milan-Cortina Olympics as part of the ski team. But here’s the interesting part: Lundholm will take part in the women’s category, not the men’s.    View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Ski Team Sweden Moguls (@skiteamswedenmoguls) The skier began identifying as a transgender man five years ago and told the Swedish outlet Sportbladet that she “has never had a problem competing as a woman.”  Social media users pointed out the implications of Lundholm remaining in the women’s category, which is based on biological sex under current rules. “Lundholm is female, identifies as trans, uses he/him pronouns and has not gone through medical transition, competes in the female category,” British professor Jon Pike posted on X. “Lundholm is a walking/skiing refutation of the claim that it’s unreasonable to require TiM [Transgender identifying Male] athletes to compete in their sex category,” he said. “It’s said that this is the equivalent of ‘banning them from sport.’ Lundholm competes in the correct sex category, even though this is not the category into which Lundholm identifies, and has ‘no problem with this.’” Most social media commenters didn’t have an issue with Lundholm competing with other women, noting how the only thing that could make competition unfair is if she had been using testosterone. Last summer, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee changed its policy to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order banning men from competing against women, as The Daily Wire previously reported. The committee posted an update stating that it would “…ensure that women have a fair and safe competition environment,” consistent with the executive order. This change followed years of controversy in the world of sports.  In the 2024 Summer Games, Imane Khelif of Algeria, a boxer who had failed gender tests, dominated the women’s welterweight division and won the gold medal. Khelif’s success in Paris drew outrage across the globe.  In 2021, trans-identifying man Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand competed against women in weightlifting in the Tokyo Games. Chelsea Wolfe, a man who identifies as a woman, was also at the Tokyo Olympics as a reserve cyclist for the U.S. women’s BMX Freestyle team.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) trolled Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) over the high-speed rail project that has been steadily rising in cost despite showing little progress over the course of nearly two decades. Newsom jabbed at the TSA first, boasting in a press conference that nearly 11 years after the project’s 2015 ground-breaking, 463 miles of the planned route were finally ready for construction to begin — and saying that eventually, passengers on his high-speed rail would not have to suffer the indignity of removing their shoes to travel. “While Texas canceled its project, California keeps building,” Newsom’s Press Office posted, neglecting to mention the fact that while Texas had canceled due to skyrocketing costs, California had simply opted to pass the added cost on to investors and depend on government grants. “463 miles are now ready for construction. We’re past the hardest part, and we’re finishing the job.” “High-speed rail means no TSA lines, no removing your shoes — just fast, clean travel,” the post read. The TSA pointed out that airline passengers had not been required to remove their shoes while passing through airport security since July of 2025 — and noted that while getting 463 miles of planned route ready for construction was certainly an accomplishment, the trains were not yet ready to leave the station. “Congratulations Gov. Newsom! 463 miles ‘ready for construction,’ maybe someday it will join the 20,000+ miles of passenger rail we already secure,” the TSA’s post read. “Meanwhile, Americans, who don’t fly private jets, have kept their shoes on at TSA checkpoints since July. Enjoy your next flight!” The California high-speed rail project, touted by then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and originally approved in 2008, has long been viewed as a boondoggle of astronomical proportions. The initial budget was estimated at $33 billion, and was supposed to be completed by 2020. Initial passenger service was scheduled to begin in 2022. Instead, over the course of 18 years, the price tag has ballooned to more than $135 billion and the ground along the proposed route is only just now “ready” for construction to begin. Passenger service has been delayed until sometime between 2030 and 2033. In July of 2017, President Donald Trump announced that his administration was terminating some $4 billion in federal funding for the project: “To the law-abiding, tax-paying, hardworking citizens of the United States of America, I am thrilled to announce that I have officially freed you from funding California’s disastrously overpriced, ‘HIGH SPEED TRAIN TO NOWHERE.'”

The Department of Homeland Security is slated for a lapse in funding on Friday if Congress does not reach a spending deal. As of Monday, reports have circulated about a push from Republicans for another continuing resolution to give lawmakers more time to hammer out a plan, according to POLITICO. Democratic leadership released a list of demands to reform federal immigration enforcement last week, and many Republicans saw them as dead on arrival. The Daily Wire reported last week that the requests include ending masking for agents, adding more body cameras, and switching away from administrative warrants to judicial warrants for arrests. Senate Democrats provided the draft legislation to Republicans on Sunday, outlining requests, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) opposed a second short-term funding bill, according to Fox News. “Democrats’ newest proposal is a ridiculous Christmas list of demands for the press. This is NOT negotiating in good faith, and it’s NOT what the American people want,” Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL), a top Senate negotiator, posted to X last week. “They continue to play politics to their radical base at the expense of the safety of Americans. DHS, FEMA, Secret Service, and the Coast Guard run out of money in 9 days. Democrats don’t seem to care one bit,” the Alabama Republican continued. The government briefly shut down last week after the White House and Senate Democrats struck a deal to split DHS funding from the rest of the spending package, which then had to go back to the House for approval. “This bill is a great victory for the American people. Instead of a bloated and wasteful omnibus monstrosity full of special interest handouts, we’ve succeeded in passing a fiscally responsible package that actually cuts wasteful federal spending, while supporting critical programs for the safety, security, and prosperity of the American people,” Trump said during an Oval Office signing ceremony last Tuesday to celebrate funding most of the federal government through September 30. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed by President Donald Trump in July included funding for many of the administration’s goals for immigration, such as resources to hire significantly more ICE personnel to execute mass deportations. Criticism of the administration’s immigration enforcement tactics has been public for months, but tensions soared following the fatal shooting of protester Alex Pretti in Minneapolis as anti-ICE demonstrations raged on for weeks. On the Democratic side, some lawmakers are not optimistic about a deal either, with Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) telling Arizona Public Media that “I think it’s very difficult for us to get there,” last week. A shutdown of the department could create issues for other key agencies it oversees, most notably FEMA and TSA. During the 43-day government shutdown in the fall, TSA agent call-outs caused issues at airports nationwide. Following the shutdown, DHS announced $10,000 bonuses for some agents.

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