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A parents’ rights group is asking the Trump administration to investigate the YMCA for possible violations of federal law for allowing men who identify as women into women’s locker rooms and, in several instances, allowing them to expose their naked bodies to women and girls.  “I write to file a formal complaint against the YMCA of the USA (“YMCA”) for engaging in unlawful gender-based discrimination in its programs and policies,” Alleigh Marré, the executive director of the American Parents Coalition, wrote in a letter on June 10 to the secretaries of the departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Education. The letter follows news reports that indicated the national YMCA organization had issued guidance as far back as 2017 recommending that biologically male campers and staff be allowed to use the cabins and bathrooms “aligned with their gender identity” at YMCA camps. The letter then goes on to outline how individual YMCAs had implemented those policies. In April, a mother and her young daughter were exposed to a naked man in a women’s locker room at a local YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri. The individual in question reportedly said something along the lines of “Honey, I’m a woman,” when the girl’s mother inquired why he was in the locker room. That YMCA told WDAF-TV in Kansas City that “individuals are allowed to use the locker room or restroom that they identify with,” but that “members are asked to wear a towel, wrap, or other clothes at all times.” Paula Spreitzer Oxler, the vice president of marketing and communications at the YMCA of Greater Kansas City, provided a statement to The Daily Signal about the incident. “We’re aware that a recent alleged incident at the North Kansas City YMCA has made some community and YMCA members concerned about their safety at the Y. We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels comfortable and safe at the Y,” Oxler wrote. “The YMCA of Greater Kansas City has been working closely with law enforcement throughout the investigation, which is ongoing. The member in question has had their membership suspended, pending that investigation,” she added. “The incident as reported would be an unacceptable violation of the YMCA of Greater Kansas City’s policies and core values,” Oxler said. Separately, a man was caught nude by Rebecca Phillips, a 17-year-old teenage girl, who was showering in the women’s locker room at the Cameron Family YMCA in Santee, California. “As long as you are not a red flag on Megan’s Law—California sex-offender registry—a grown male can shower alongside a teenage girl at your YMCA location here in Santee,” Phillips said of the incident. The Cameron Family YMCA did not respond to a request for comment. The American Parents Coalition’s letter to the federal agencies details other instances of males in women’s spaces at local YMCAs, and notes that “[in] recent weeks, the YMCA has either restricted access to the portions of its website that deal with gender policies or has taken down those pages altogether.” Because the YMCA is the recipient of more than $600 million in government grants each year, it is obligated to follow federal law when it receives federal money. That means abiding by Title IX. Title IX “prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance,” according to the Department of Education. “The YMCA’s policy of disfavoring and imperiling young girls and favoring and empowering those who choose to present as a gender other than their own is antithetical to the principles of federal civil rights law and gender equality,” Marré wrote in her letter. She also told The Daily Signal that the YMCA’s policies matter because it annually serves more than 4 million children and teens across the country. “They do a lot of after-school programming, summer camps. When kids are out of school, especially in that either preschool or elementary age, they function as a child care option in the summer for a lot of parents and families,” Marré explained. The post Parental Rights Group Seeks Title IX Probe of YMCA Over Transgenders in Locker Rooms appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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President Trump is concerned about longtime farm and hospitality workers being forced out of the country because they are here illegally. He appears to be giving them amnesty. President Trump is pausing deportations on farms, the entire agriculture industry, hotel industry, and eateries (food industry). Tech seems immune also. According to the New York Times, […] The post President Trump’s Amnesty for Whole Industries? appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

Sen. Rand Paul said he grew up in the ’80s and the only parades he remembers were Soviet and North Korean parades. That is what honoring our military yesterday meant to the libertarian senator. He thinks it was to glorify weapons. Actually, it was to glorify all those who are willing to die for their […] The post Sen. Paul: Parade Honoring the Army’s 250 Years Is Soviet-Like appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

As President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — along with others in the administration — joined together to celebrate the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday on Saturday, several at MSNBC appeared to struggle with the fact that the overall vibe on the ground was less fraught and more fun. Host Chris Hayes compared the scene to typical Trump rallies — which he claimed could be “very tense” and sometimes had a “dark, malevolent energy” — and then seemed genuinely surprised to note that the scene playing out at the National Mall had a very different feel. WATCH: Over at MSNBC, they’re almost SHOCKED the celebration of the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday isn’t “tense” and doesn’t have “dark, malevolent energy.” These people… pic.twitter.com/ZO0fxWohsI — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 15, 2025 “One thing I will say — I want to go back to you, Ali, again, when we talk about the sort of tension in the country,” Hayes began. “And sometimes, you know, you and I have both been at Trump rallies, those can be, you know, very tense, a kind of — I would say a kind of dark, malevolent energy sometimes in them. Not always, but it doesn’t seem like that’s the energy on the Mall today, which I think is a good sign, right?” “Correct,” Ali Velshi — who was on location — replied. “You’re — you’re really correct about that, Chris, and it’s something that we — that we were watching for. I’m just sort of surprised by the number of people who were at the front of the parade watching, cheering, and then would come and ask to take a selfie.” “This is a very different mood here,” Velshi continued. “People seem to be going out of their way to say that they’re here to celebrate the Army’s 250th birthday.” He said he’d seen one guy carrying a sign that said, “TRUMP 2028,” but that most people were not bringing politics into the celebration. “It’s not dark. It’s not tense,” he said. “It’s different.”