In the past two days, we were told President Trump will invade Mexico and Panama, and he is going to take over Greenland. The Mexico accusation is over a month old and was put out by Rolling Stone. What Trump and his team are discussing is what they can do if they declare the cartels […] The post Donald Trump Has Plans for Greenland appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

“Superman” director James Gunn compared the image of the DC hero, bruised and bloodied, to the United States of America. He made the statements when the new trailer was released last Thursday. “We do have a battered Superman in the beginning. That is our country,” Gunn said during a press conference.  “I believe in the goodness of human beings, and I believe that most people in this country, despite their ideological beliefs, their politics, are doing their best to get by and be good people — despite what it may seem like to the other side, no matter what that other side might be,” he continued. “This movie is about that. It’s about the basic kindness of human beings, and that it can be seen as uncool and under siege [by] some of the darker voices are some of the louder voices.” “I’m excited for people to get to see the essence of what we’re doing because it really has been like this private secret that we’ve all been hoarding,” Gunn told Variety of the upcoming film, which is slated for release on July 11. “We felt really good about it, like from a moral place, even from the beginning. We all felt like we were doing something good, both in terms of quality and in terms of actually something that’s not a fascistic power fantasy.” “I’m not saying that about other hero movies in general. But it felt good to be doing something that was about a person’s kindness,” he added. The trailer is getting a lot of good reception online. It’s an action-packed ride that only includes one line of dialogue when Superman (David Corenswet) says to his dog Krypto, “Home. Take me home.” It features snippets of scenes with several other characters all set against the backdrop of “The Superman Theme” by John Murphy, which is a “modern day reimagining” of John Williams’ original music from 1978.  “Superhero movies have taken these characters and said, ‘Okay, it’s Batman [or] it’s Superman, but it’s not any of the other stuff,’” Gunn said. “We’re embracing all of the Superman mythology. He has friends who are other superheroes. He has people he doesn’t get along as well with who are other superheroes. He has a lot of the things that we love from the Superman comics that we haven’t been able to see as much of in filmed media, and definitely haven’t been able to see in a grounded way, which is what I hope we’ve created.” Gunn didn’t get into specifics on politics during the press conference, but he has spoken critically about president-elect Donald Trump in the past.  In 2017, he called Trump “an incompetent President forging a full-blown attack on facts and journalism in the style of Hitler and Putin.” He also caught heat for making an inappropriate joke about Trump on X, saying an interview for any potential employee would include the questions, “‘Do you know anything about the position?” and ‘Are you on my d***?’ The person that answers ‘no’ and ‘yes,’ respectively, gets hired,” IndieWire reported in 2017. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Gunn was previously fired from Disney’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise when inappropriate tweets he made about 9/11, rape, and pedophilia were exposed. The director was reinstated a year later after making a public apology and having multiple meetings about the incident, per The Guardian. “My words of nearly a decade ago were, at the time, totally failed and unfortunate efforts to be provocative,” Gunn said at the time. “I have regretted them for many years since – not just because they were stupid, not at all funny, wildly insensitive, and certainly not provocative like I had hoped, but also because they don’t reflect the person I am today or have been for some time.”

Mary, did you know one day you’d be reimagined? Before you hit play, you have to read what those behind the new Netflix film “Mary” — billed as a “survival thriller” — are saying to understand the direction Hollywood is going with the movie. Released earlier this month, screenwriter Timothy Michael Hayes said, “One challenge was that they wanted (the) film to appeal to all denominations and all dogmas.” The first hint at a modern-day inclusive Mary. After all, they consulted Christian, Jewish, and Muslim leaders when writing the screenplay. Yes, Muslim leaders. Show of hands if you think Hollywood would consult Christians on a film about Mohammed. Me neither. Bible-believing Christians are naturally upset about the liberties taken to recreate Mary. Director of “Mary,” D.J. Caruso, said he wanted to give the world a portrayal of the real, human Mary even though the Bible doesn’t have much to say about her. And the anti-Israel crowd is coming in hot because an Israeli Jewish woman, Noa Cohen, was cast as Mary, the Jewish mother of Jesus. The calls for boycotts quickly went out on social media. Let’s just be real: If you are in the habit of spewing anti-Semitism online, then you are probably never going to watch a movie about the mother of Jesus. Cohen, clearly has no idea who Mary was, saying,  Mary’s being portrayed in a whole new light in my opinion. It’s giving her her voice back. She’s not just a vessel for something greater than herself. Actually, that’s exactly who the mother of Jesus was. Saying she’s “not just a vessel” is an ignorant statement — as if it’s not enough to be chosen by God as a key instrument in His perfect plan to bring His son to earth so that He may be the ultimate sacrifice for our salvation, as Christians believe. This production brings an obvious feminist twist and an attempt to modernize Mary with an actress who doesn’t understand her story or purpose. “Mary.” Netflix. Aloe Entertainment. Creativity Media. IMDB. With some exceptions, faith-based movies often ping-pong between being cringe-worthy or missing the biblical mark. A mark they likely never intended to hit. When I heard that prosperity gospel megachurch pastor Joel Osteen was an executive producer of Mary, I was fairly confident this movie would plant itself in the second camp, landing short of the biblical target. Gaining health and wealth is at the center of the prosperity gospel, and generally absent of sound biblical theology. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE On X, Osteen teased the movie, saying, “See Mary like you’ve never seen her before.” Tell me you’re not going to stick to the Bible without telling me. If you hit play, right out of the gate, Mary opens the film with, “You may think you know my story. Trust me, you don’t.” Trust me, Netflix, we do — for the Bible tells us so. Friendly PSA: If you’re letting Hollywood teach you theology, you’re doing it wrong. It’s bad enough Disney is tragically “reimagining” their classics — one painful reboot at a time. Their second attempt at reimagining “Snow White” comes out next year, and includes seven computer-generated “magical creatures” instead of dwarfs and a Latina Snow White who publicly trashed the original “Snow White.” In spite of the politically correct ring kissing having no floor or ceiling — you can never bend the woke knee enough, even for magical creatures — everyone understands animated fairytales are fiction. That doesn’t change the fact that liberties taken with Dopey and Sneezy are still dumb. For a majority of Americans, however, the Bible is not fiction. Adherence to its original context without ad libbing an agenda is something many of us take very seriously.  Director of “Mary,” D.J. Caruso, said,  The world needs to see Mary, and they need to see her in a new light. My goal was to see if I could present Mary in a beautiful way, in a way that a younger audience could see her and relate to her as not just this beautiful, iconic holy mother, but as a young girl who had to make sacrifices and struggle and deal with things that a lot of the contemporary youth are dealing with today. While, no doubt, young girls today have serious struggles and make sacrifices, none will ever be able to relate to being chosen to carry the Savior of the world through an immaculate conception and the potential earthly consequences she may have faced. The most they can do is respect her faithfulness. A bright light has been shining on Mary for more than 2,000 years. Her story and her obedience to God are just as beautiful and relevant today as it was back then. If God wanted us to have a different take on Mary, He would have provided one and not waited more than 2,000 years for Netflix to offer its take. In “Mary,” her cousin Elizabeth tells her, “Trust the strength inside of you.” It sounds eerily like the gospel of self-actualization trending in today’s “me” centered culture. It also sounds like something you’d hear straight from Joel Osteen. Hollywood doesn’t need to give the mother of Jesus a reboot in order to reach large audiences and reap the financial rewards. On the rare occasion it does produce a film that’s faithful to Scripture, such as “The Passion of the Christ,” audiences turn out in droves — to the tune of over $600 million at the box office. Hollywood is great at making Hallmark movies, but not so much with theologically accurate narratives. Caruso wants us to believe that Mary is “sort of a superhero without powers.” The film wraps with Mary — the superhero — announcing that “Love will save the world.” Nice bumper sticker, but if you’re a Christian, you know that it’s God’s Son who came to save the world, and He’s the only superhero in this story. * * * Lauren DeBellis Appell, a former lobbyist and communications aide on Capitol Hill, is a writer based in Fairfax, Virginia. Follow her on X @LDAppell. The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire. 

The House Ethics Committee released on Monday the report from its investigation into alleged misconduct involving former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). The Committee acknowledged that it normally does not release reports on former members of Congress but chose to do so in this case because of the intense public interest in the case and because the majority of the members on the Committee voted to release it even though Gaetz resigned from Congress. The Committee said that it found “substantial evidence” of the following: From at least 2017 to 2020, Representative Gaetz regularly paid women for engaging in sexual activity with him. In 2017, Representative Gaetz engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl. During the period 2017 to 2019, Representative Gaetz used or possessed illegal drugs, including cocaine and ecstasy, on multiple occasions. Representative Gaetz accepted gifts, including transportation and lodging in connection with a 2018 trip to the Bahamas, in excess of permissible amounts. In 2018, Representative Gaetz arranged for his Chief of Staff to assist a woman with whom he engaged in sexual activity in obtaining a passport, falsely indicating to the U.S. Department of State that she was a constituent. Representative Gaetz knowingly and willfully sought to impede and obstruct the Committee’s investigation of his conduct. Representative Gaetz has acted in a manner that reflects discreditably upon the House. The Committee said that based on its findings, they conclude that there was “substantial evidence” that Gaetz “violated House Rules, state and federal laws, and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, acceptance of impermissible gifts, the provision of special favors and privileges, and obstruction of Congress.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE The Committee noted that they did not find enough evidence to conclude that Gaetz had violated federal sex trafficking laws, which was something that federal prosecutors investigated him for in a separate criminal investigation. The Committee said that Gaetz was “uncooperative” throughout its investigation and did not appear for an interview after they subpoenaed him. “The Committee then sent Representative Gaetz a set of written questions, to which he issued a public response that ignored most of the direct questions about his misconduct and mischaracterized the Committee’s investigation and his participation up to that point,” the Committee said.

Even those who have never considered purchasing a Jaguar are confused by the brand’s latest relaunch, which has been getting attention for all the wrong reasons. Viewers are saying the luxury car brand has gone woke and in doing so, has destroyed more than 100 years of legacy. Some thought the colorfully bizarre, car-free car commercial and the introduction of the “Pink batmobile” electric concept car this month came out of nowhere. However, the descent into madness at Jaguar has been going on for decades, even if most people weren’t paying attention. There may be no exact date to point to in terms of steering this British brand in a new direction. But it may have started around 2002 when brand reps conducted a survey and determined that they should be marketing to gay and lesbian car buyers who at the time commanded $450 million of purchasing power in the United States, as The Advocate reported at the time.  “[LGBT buyers] spend more money on luxury cars, and they have more money to spend,” Jaguar spokesman Simon Sproule said. “They are very loyal to brands and organizations that talk to them in a way that is relevant.” “In recent years, Jaguar has targeted gay consumers on a smaller scale and found the brand is very appealing to this segment,” Jaguar North America marketing vice president George Ayres agreed. Their website offers further clues to the brand’s progressive shift, touting that since 2016 Jaguar has been “a proud partner to the world’s biggest LGBTQ+ media brand, Attitude Magazine.”  The brand also sponsors Attitude Magazine’s big annual event, the Attitude Awards, claiming to be the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. In 2019, in partnership with Attitude Magazine, the brand launched an online mini-series – Jag Race – featuring four drag queens, which happened to coincide with the popular American reality show “Ru Paul’s Drag Race” premiering on the BBC. Jaguar Land Rover UK marketing director Anthony Bradbury told media outlet The Drum that their goal was, “challenging stereotypes of what an automotive campaign can be.” “The industry has a stereotypically masculine image, so it’s important we use our platform to challenge that perception and reflect the diversity not only in our customer base but our employee network,” he said of the campaign, also noting that the Jaguar Land Rover Pride community had more than 450 members. Mike Buckley, head of partnerships at Attitude, said he’s been thrilled with the collaboration with Jaguar. He said “Jag Race” is just one example of the brand’s “commitment to the LGBTQ+ audience.” “They’ve been a dream partner since the start, committed to providing bespoke content for our audience,” Buckley said. “A number of concepts were initially presented by us to them but they wanted to be even more fearless than we thought they did. So Jag Race was their idea which we developed, produced and distributed for them.” Also in 2019, Jaguar partnered with Queer Screen to present its 26th Mardi Gras Film Festival. Their “Fit for a Queen” campaign to promote the festival had the intention of  “celebrating individualism and queer storytelling.” Mark Cameron, managing director of Jaguar Land Rover Australia, said of the sponsorship, “Inclusion is integral to the way that we do business at Jaguar and we recently established the Jaguar Land Rover PRIDE LGBTQI network in the UK. We are excited to celebrate creativity, equality and diversity with the incredible line-up of LGBTQI talent and films in this year’s festival, and of course to have some fun at our Jaguar Service Centre.” There’s more. In 2022, Jaguar highlighted “the voices of two queer creatives” to discuss topics like representation and not caring what people think. Layton Williams discussed being cast as the first black Billy Elliot cast in a stage production of a show. “As queer people, sometimes we have to… well, you have to work a little bit harder sometimes. Well, I feel I have.” The work that Jaguar started in 2002 and has been dutifully working toward ever since – to turn the brand into an homage to LGBTQ ideals – should not have been a surprise at all. During an appearance at the Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards in October, Santino Pietrosanti, UK Brand Director at Jaguar Land Rover, said the company rebrand was exactly what it looked like. “We’re on a transformative journey of our own. Driven by a belief in diversity, inclusion, creativity, policy and, most importantly, action. We’ve established over 15 DEI groups such as Pride, which are here tonight, and Women in Engineering and Neurodiversity Matters,” Pietrosanti said at the time. “We’ve launched major policy revisions such as transitioning at work to drive equity and support for our communities, embracing individuality as our superpower,” he continued. “We’re not just talking about new cars. We are talking about all new ways of thinking and embracing the full spectrum of human potential and creativity. Because Jaguar has always stood for fearless originality, striving to be a copy of nothing. And we believe that every person has the potential to be something unique, something original, and that’s what makes us strong.”  He said, “At Jaguar we proudly stand with the LGBTQ+ community because we know that originality and creativity thrives in spaces where people are free to be themselves.” Despite Bud Light’s billion dollar advertising train wreck and several high-profile companies shying away from hot button social issues and abandoning DEI initiatives, Jaguar is all in for progressive values and unashamed to say so. Time will tell if that works out for them. 

A few years ago, a group of researchers and academics embarked on a bold experiment. They wanted to answer the following question: “Is it possible that people with no Ph.D. in any field could write a paper in that field every two weeks and get it published?” In other words, they wanted to know whether they could write complete gibberish, and still have it published in a prestigious, peer-reviewed academic publication. What they found was that, indeed, it is quite possible. In fact, it’s very easy. For example, the researchers wrote one published paper that explored the conundrum of why straight men might like to eat at Hooters. The paper delved into a fake two-year study concerning a “thematic analysis of table dialogue” at Hooters, as well as the concept of “breastaurant masculinity.” Yes, “breastaurant masculinity.” They use the term about ten times in the paper, and apparently, every time, the editors loved it. Another hoax paper discussed “rape culture and queer performativity” at dog parks in Portland. That one sailed past the editors as well. But maybe the hoaxers’ most impressive work was their article entitled “Our Struggle Is My Struggle,” which lifted passages from “Mein Kampf” and placed them in a feminist journal of social work, totally undetected. The whole exercise was pretty entertaining. And of course it proved its point, which is that peer-reviewed publications will publish anything that sounds like something a Left-wing intellectual would write. And then the experiment ended, and the hoaxers went about their normal lives. Or at least, that’s the official story. A paper that was just published in the peer-reviewed journal “Springer Nature,” out of Germany, has a lot of people questioning whether yet another hoax may be unfolding in the world of academia. To be clear — for reasons I’ll outline in a moment — it doesn’t look like a hoax. But a lot of people are hoping it is, because the alternative is just too depressing to contemplate. WATCH: The Matt Walsh Show A Ph.D. named Colin Wright first drew attention to the paper the other day on social media. The paper is entitled, “Loving the Brine Shrimp: Exploring Queer Feminist Blue Posthumanities to Reimagine the ‘America’s Dead Sea.'” The paper is written by someone named “Ewelina Jarosz,” who uses “she/they” pronouns and holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Cultural Research at “UKEN,” Poland. Here’s what “she/they” came up with. The paper’s abstract states,  The article aims to transform narratives surrounding Utah’s Great Salt Lake, often referred to as ‘America’s Dead Sea,’ by reimagining how brine shrimp are perceived in science, culture, and art. It introduces the concept of hydrosexuality to bridge these realms, thereby enriching feminist blue posthumanities and feminist biology through art-based practices and queer advocacy. … The hydrosexual perspective challenges settler science by exploring the connections between the reproductive system of brine shrimp and the economy, ecology and culture. … this cultural analysis draws inspiration from low trophic theory and Queer Death Studies. The paper goes on to explain that “hydrosexuality” is a term that emphasizes the “more-than-human sensuality and sexuality emphasizing fluidity and relationality” and “deploys watery thinking to dissolve” the “hegemonic notion of the autonomous and bounded human subject.” At this point, you can see why people thought that the Hooters guys had struck again. But then Colin Wright noticed that, in this article, the authors referenced something called a “postmedia environmental performance” that they had recently performed in the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The performance was called, “Cyber Wedding to the Brine Shrimp.” The performance, according to the authors, was intended to “express their human love towards the vulnerable yet tough brine shrimp,” by means of “a communal bath in the GSL, which some of us, including myself, perceived as making love to the lake.” So, naturally, Colin Wright and his followers went looking for the footage. If they could find it, it might demonstrate that these authors weren’t playing a prank — or if they were, they were really, really committed to the bit. What Colin Wright and his followers found appears to confirm that this paper is, indeed, real. And the video is very much worth watching. To be clear, normally, I wouldn’t subject you to extended footage of eco-sexuals doing their thing. But it’s been about eight months since I last talked about eco-sexuals, in the context of that show “Naked Attraction.” So we’ve had enough of a cooling-off period, I think. And if this footage is any indication, things are deteriorating very, very quickly in that community. Here’s how the “Cyber Wedding to the Brine Shrimp” begins. You’ll notice that the Mystery Science Theater guys have been overlaid to the front of the footage for comedic effect, by one of Colin’s followers. Watch: So it begins normally enough. The eco-sexuals announce their intent to marry the brine shrimp. We’ve all been there. And then, out of nowhere, we hear the voice of the “Spiral Jetty.” That’s apparently a piece of “land art” that was constructed in 1970 by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake. And as you heard, the Spiral Jetty apparently felt the need to insert himself and his personal problems into this wedding. He’s apparently dry and exposed, and he thinks that’s relevant to the wedding between these people and these brine shrimp. So he doesn’t shut up. He keeps going and going. And eventually he devolves into reciting land acknowledgements. Watch: No one thinks about getting rid of this guy at any point. That’s what’s really incredible about this. Imagine you’re getting married, and out of nowhere, some effeminate voice pipes up, and starts reciting a land acknowledgement. And then he tells you all about how your wedding will benefit him. Even if you’re an intersectional feminist, it’s enough to make you root for global warming to accelerate a little bit and ruin the whole beach. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ NOW STREAMING ON DAILYWIRE+ But eventually the land art quiets down, and they’re allowed to recite the vows. And then there’s even more drama, because someone interrupts once again. This is a theme of these eco-sexual weddings, apparently. None of these people can shut up. Watch: So they ask the shrimp for psychic consent. And one of them says, “I don’t hear no. … My sense is not all of them, but most of them.” And apparently, that’s good enough for these people. They subscribe to the Harvey Weinstein school of ethics over there in Poland’s eco-sexual community, I suppose. So the marriage takes place, although there’s a caveat. As the paper puts it: “To avoid potential harm to living critters, vows were made to the brine shrimp’s exponentially enlarged augmented reality image, which popped up at the lake’s shore above the humans’ heads.” And then they consummated the marriage by walking into the water with their hands in the air. Watch: At this point, I have to come clean. I have to admit that I don’t have much of a grand overarching point to make about the wonders of feminist blue post humanities and hydrosexuality. These people are so far gone that you legitimately can’t tell if they’re mocking the very concept of humanities. Let me simply state: We have clearly reached the logical end point of wokeness. Every “slippery slope” argument conservatives made for the past 50 years has been vindicated. When feminists are marrying the brine shrimp while a talking sculpture recites land acknowledgements in the background, it’s abundantly clear that wokeness has jumped the shark. (Although I hesitate to make that statement, because the next video might actually involve these people trying to jump some sharks. And that footage would, in all likelihood, be even more disturbing to watch than this “Cyber Wedding to the Brine Shrimp.”) But all the same, these people (or their survivors) would probably be able to find some peer-reviewed publication to publish the footage anyway. After all, there is no bottom to modern-day academia. There are just queer women getting married to brine shrimp, all the way down. The hoaxers have become indistinguishable from the serious, credentialed feminist eco-sexual professors. And that is why eco-sexuals, peer-reviewed publications, and feminist academics who marry shrimp are canceled.

Tragedy struck the Magdeburg Christmas market when a car plowed into the bustling crowd, leaving five dead and over 200 injured. This terrible event has raised serious concerns about Germany’s ability to handle security threats. Attack at the Magdeburg Christmas Market A 50-year-old Saudi doctor, employed as a psychiatrist at the Salus Clinic in Bernburg, drove into a crowd at the Magdeburg Christmas market. The attack, claiming the lives of four women and a 9-year-old boy, left the nation profoundly shocked during the festive season. Despite warnings from Saudi Arabia about Taleb A.’s potential danger, German authorities failed to prevent the attack, highlighting severe flaws in national security measures. Taleb A., the suspect, had a history of expressing anti-German sentiments and threatening acts of revenge on social media. Additional warnings came from Saudi Arabia, requesting Interpol to arrest him for alleged terror activities. Germany’s rejection of this request on grounds of suspected political motivations has drawn widespread criticism. Security Failures and Oversight German authorities received a tip-off from Riyadh about the threat posed by Taleb A. in November. Despite initiating some investigative measures, they failed to avert the catastrophe. Furthermore, a Saudi woman attempted to warn authorities via email about Taleb, but her communication went unaddressed due to misdirection. This negligence by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has led to calls for accountability and explanations from Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. Taleb’s past encounters with law enforcement included a 2013 conviction for disrupting public peace and making criminal threats. He had a court hearing scheduled shortly before the attack for misusing emergency phone lines. Despite asylum status and involvement in media to assist ex-Muslims, his dissatisfaction with Germany’s immigration policies seemingly motivated the attack. Demand for Accountability and Policy Reevaluation The attack has renewed debate over Germany’s immigration and security policies. Criticisms focus on the inadequate responses to warnings and failure to apprehend Taleb despite his documented radical behaviors. Calls for transparency in handling such cases and a reassessment of procedures have intensified amidst the ongoing investigation into Taleb’s motives. A comprehensive analysis of immigration and security protocols is demanded to prevent similar incidents in the future. Strengthening border security and refining threat assessment processes are crucial steps. As Germany grapples with the aftermath of the attack, ensuring public trust in safety and political accountability remains paramount. Sources: Germany Searches for Motives in Christmas Market Attack – The New York Times Suspect in German Christmas market attack held on murder charges | Reuters German Police Admit Receiving Warnings About Christmas Market Attack Suspect From Saudi Arabia The post Horror at Magdeburg Christmas Market: Car Attack Leaves 5 Dead, 200 Injured appeared first on The Conservative Brief.

For Tiara Miller, a recent Sunday started off like any other. But by the time she came back home, she discovered that something had happened to her outdoor Christmas decorations. From a distance, it wasn’t clear what had happened. But once she was able to get closer, it became obvious: There had been a fire. Thankfully, the now unplugged extension cord received most of the damage. That and her sidewalk. Wanting to know details of what had happened, Tiara checked out footage from her Ring Doorbell camera. Here, she met the sweetest teens who helped prevent this minor fire from turning into one that burned her house down. Watch for yourself in the video below. @hoperisesnews They were walking down a street in Buffalo, NY and saw an extension cord on fire They ran over and unplugged all the cords before it could reach the window where the cord was leading from, preventing a potential house fire. They then left a sweet message on the Ring camera for the home owner. Simply amazing!! UPDATE: The boys captured on camera are brothers and were found and thanked soon after #buffalony #wholesome #heroic #goodvibesonly #heroes #inspiration ♬ original sound – Kate Glaser “We saw that the two young men left a really, really sweet message on how they just basically, pretty much saved the day for the home,” Tiara shares. Selfless Teens Get Praise for Preventing a House Fire Due to Christmas Decor Blown away by their life-changing act of kindness, Tiara shared the video on Facebook. Before long, it went viral. She was able to locate these two young men in a matter of 15 minutes. Since then, she’s been able to thank both 19-year-old Ronald Smith and 21-year-old Shaine Wate for saving the day. “I’m appreciative for both of them, and I’ve since been in contact with both of the young men pretty much every day,” Tiara says. “I think some positivity needed to be shared, especially around the holidays and especially with younger people on the east side of Buffalo.” Although Tiara has already thanked these teens, she isn’t quite done. In fact, she’s working on something that will show her appreciation even further. In the meanwhile, folks from all around the world are hailing them as the heroes they are! They truly are the embodiment of the Christmas spirit. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here! The post Heroes: Teens Spot Flaming Extension Cord & Jump In To Prevent House Fire appeared first on InspireMore.

Despite the width of the globe and the interminable delivery time of standard mail separating them, a pair of pen pals managed to write a foundation for love that has lasted 30 years. Alena and Chad Benson first wrote to each other in 1986 with no idea it would blossom into a life-long love story. […] The post Couple Who Met as Teen Penpals 7,000 Miles Apart Celebrate 30 Years of Marriage appeared first on Good News Network.

With apologies to Shakespeare’s Queen Gertrude in “Hamlet”: The congressman doth protest too much, methinks. Rep. Seth Moulton is none too happy about coming under fire from his fellow Massachusetts Democrats for his candid postelection assessment of the electoral problems his party faces because of its unbending embrace of identity politics, especially the transgender agenda. Moulton suggested in an interview with The New York Times shortly after the Nov. 5 elections—which saw Republicans win the presidency and both houses of Congress—that Democrats would benefit from a course correction on transgender issues. “Democrats spend way too much time trying not to offend anyone, rather than being brutally honest about the challenges many Americans face,” he said. “I have two little girls. I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat, I’m supposed to be afraid to say that.” Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., speaks at a Veterans Day event in Marblehead, Mass., on Nov. 11, a few days after making remarks critical of Democrats’ support of transgenderism, and being criticized for doing so. (Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Not wanting his young daughters having their rights trampled by delusional faux females is the totally understandable response of a protective parent. But Moulton’s remarks drew immediate fire from many of his fellow Bay State Democrats, including the mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, where he lives. In today’s political equivalent of the Salem witch trials, the city’s Democratic Committee even vowed to recruit someone to challenge him for his 6th Congressional District seat in a party primary in 2026. In an MSNBC interview, the five-term lawmaker—who had just won a sixth term, unopposed—contended that the backlash only served to prove his point. He subsequently insisted that Democrats were “out of touch” on transgender issues. A man holds a Pride flag in front of Rep. Seth Moulton’s office in Salem, Mass., on Nov. 8. (Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Still, it’s not schadenfreude to note that Moulton would have more of a leg to stand on, morally and politically, if his position on the issue weren’t so equivocal.   This, after all, is the same Seth Moulton who voted for the radical Equality Act, which would have broadened the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to outlaw discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. He also twice cosponsored, in 2022 and 2023, a Transgender Bill of Rights. Moulton also voted against the Republican-backed Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would have made it a violation of Title IX to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity designated for girls or women, wherein sex is determined solely by a person’s reproductive biology and genetics at birth. In other words, Moulton now appears to be trying to have it both ways on an issue on which there’s little or no common ground to be found—especially not when SheWon.org has documented a staggering 717 XX-chromosome female athletes who have been cheated out of 1,055 medals across 518 competitions in 35 different sports as a result of cowardly secondary school districts, colleges, and athletic associations unwilling to just say “no” to transgender athletic interlopers. (Peter Parisi/The Daily Signal) Those 717 girls and women are not Moulton’s daughters, but they are someone’s daughters—or sisters, mothers, or wives—and they shouldn’t be placed in the untenable position of having to compete against rivals with undeniable biological and physiological advantages. (As an aside, it’s likely because of that that the Left conspicuously no longer labels those who don’t share their climate alarmism as “science deniers.”) Assuming Moulton had had a genuine change of heart and mind on the issue, he would face a daunting challenge getting his party to come around and see the light. Democrats have willfully painted themselves into an untenable electoral corner by pandering to a minuscule but militant minority estimated at .003 of 1% of the population that is transgender, putting the latter’s selfish interests ahead of those of the 51% of Americans who don’t have to pretend to be female. (Strictly speaking, it’s even less than .003 of 1%, because that number includes transgender men, most of whom don’t try to force society to indulge their delusions.) Disappointingly, however, it appears Moulton is backpedaling faster than a circus clown unicyclist in the face of the withering intraparty criticism. In a late November interview with the leftist Rolling Stone, he insisted that he still supports transgender rights, but just wants Democrats to be more open to talking about the issue. “Republicans are trying to take away civil rights from trans people, and they’re getting away with it because Democrats refuse to even engage in the debate,” the Massachusetts lawmaker said, suggesting his party just needs to improve its messaging on transgender rights. Perhaps most tellingly, Moulton maintained he wasn’t proposing that Democrats should ban transgender women from girls and women’s sports, but instead just “wanted [Democrats] to have a message to fight back against attacks.” That sounds like Moulton is falling back on Democrats’ shopworn excuse, “We didn’t get our message out.” But Donald Trump did that for them, with his devastating campaign ads attacking rival Kamala Harris on the issue, using the vice president’s own words against her. Harris was unable to answer—much less refute—the ads attacking her extreme position on transgenderism, which went far beyond just athletics to supporting taxpayer-funded sex-change drugs and surgeries, even for illegal-alien prison inmates. Trump’s ads may be the single-biggest reason he, and not Harris, won and will be moving into the White House in January, and no amount of backfilling by Moulton can fill the hole Democrats have dug themselves into on this issue. They fail to heed the adage “When you’re in a hole, stop digging” at their own electoral peril. Originally published by The Washington Times The post Democrats Still Don’t Get It on Transgenderism appeared first on The Daily Signal.