A Walt Disney World Resort guest was reportedly disappointed with “Story Book Dining” at Wilderness Lodge in Orlando‚ Florida. Upon encountering a character portraying the Evil Queen from “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” He believes the employee was a biological male.  The unnamed Disney guest reached out to the fan blog That Park Place to voice his concerns‚ discussing how he and his family had been looking forward to meeting the Evil Queen during their visit.  He said his kids posed for photos with the Evil Queen who “without a doubt had a man’s voice.” “I told my waiter that I had a problem with something. He then asked what was the issue and I simply stated I have a problem with Evil Queen being a man dressed in drag. The waiter immediately said he was going to get a manager and he looked panicked‚” the guest reportedly told the blog. “At first I said I wanted to formally complain about the Evil Queen being a man and that I felt very disrespected by Disney because this is not the sort of thing my family values and they didn’t give us any type of notice that this sort of thing was even a possibility‚” he continued.  “I stated we are a conservative Christian family‚ I’m spending $8‚000 on this current trip in addition to the tens of thousands I’ve spent together in the past at Walt Disney World and Disney Cruises‚ and that this is not right‚” the guest continued.  A family has reached out to That Park Place claiming they spent over $300 on a character meet and greet dinner at Walt Disney World… only to discover the Evil Queen character was almost certainly a biological male. This represents the first time we've heard of Disney using a… pic.twitter.com/jHRt64wl4O — wdwpro (@wdwpro1) April 23‚ 2024 “For the most part the manager just listened and never once apologized for anything. At one point the manager stated ‘I can assure you that she is a woman.’ She went even further‚ trying to shame me‚ informing me that ‘she’ was so excited to get the part as the Evil Queen. For a brief moment I thought ‘oh… maybe I’m wrong’ but then I realized that I was just being gaslighted‚” he said. “I politely told the manager that ‘I know what you are doing and that I do not appreciate the fact that you are trying to be funny and disingenuous.’ So since the manager doubled down I also doubled down and asked‚ ‘Is the Evil Queen a biological male&;#63;’ The manager’s reply was‚ ‘I’m sorry sir‚ I cannot answer that.’” A clip of an employee portraying the Evil Queen was posted on X and has 5.5 million views. It was an excerpt of a YouTube video posted in January from an account reviewing a Story Book Dining experience at Artist Point located inside Disney’s Wilderness Lodge in Orlando. The person behind That Park Place reportedly spoke with several anonymous cast members who work with the individual in question.  “The only thing I personally feel safe saying as a statement is that Inclusion is a Key for a reason‚” the anonymous source said‚ citing one of Disney World’s new policies. “It’s the newest Key the company has introduced. Inclusion means Everyone Belongs. Guests and Cast Members alike. No matter who you are‚ no matter how you identify‚ if you’re cisgendered‚ trans or non-binary‚ you can be a performer. Especially a look-alike one.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP Disneyland made headlines last year when photos and videos showed male cast members in dresses greeting guests at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique‚ as The Daily Wire previously reported.  These changes have been seen ever since Disney parks updated its uniform policy in 2021 to allow employees‚ or as they’re referred to in the park‚ “cast members‚” to wear gendered clothing of their preference regardless of their biological sex. Reps from Walt Disney World did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Henry Kissinger was my professor at Harvard‚ back in the early 1960s. The biggest thing I remember from many courses with him was his statement that Americans excel in our capacity for self-criticism‚ including exploring our weaknesses. What we aren’t good at is assessing the vulnerabilities of our adversaries. This is a thought that would resonate with Natalia Arno‚ founder of the Free Russia Foundation‚ an organization that advocates for democracy in Russia. In her view‚ Putin has an unending collection of weaknesses‚ and we in the West aren’t giving these weaknesses enough attention. If you were to talk with her‚ one of the first points she’d bring up is her view that the West has the false perception that Russians don’t want or deserve democracy. “This is‚ of course‚ not true‚” she states. “The Putin regime keeps people from expressing their true views‚ and they do it using fear‚ propaganda‚ and jail. I know of a case where a woman made an anti-Putin comment on Facebook and ended up with a 20-year jail sentence.” In her view‚ a strong and secure regime doesn’t have to use these techniques. She points out that while under the dictator Stalin there were millions of political prisoners‚ under Brezhnev or Gorbachev the numbers were smaller‚ in the dozens. Under Putin‚ however‚ the number of political prisoners is in the thousands. In the case of the anti-war protestors‚ 20‚000 were detained and many of them jailed. “You could be jailed‚” she asserts‚ outrage in her voice‚ “just for putting flowers on the grave of the opposition leader‚ Navalny.” She knows of individuals who ended up in jail simply for holding up a copy of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. I asked Arno‚ “Why would a book by one of Russia’s greatest literary figures land a person in jail&;#63;” Her answer&;#63; “The book has the word ‘war’ in it‚ and just that three letter word can get a 15-year sentence.” Arno knows that jail time in Russia is far more of a threat than it would be in the West. She’s familiar with the experience of her friend and colleague‚ politician‚ journalist‚ and historian Vladimir Kara-Murza. For criticizing Putin‚ he was sentenced to 25 years in prison. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images His time is being spent in a small‚ dimly lit cell with bare concrete walls. The food is close to inedible. Often‚ it’s a mound of spoiled cabbage‚ covered with brown and black spots‚ and accompanied by a rank‚ sour‚ rotten egg smell that comes from bacteria and molds. Mr. Kara-Murza was also poisoned twice‚ in 2015 and in 2017‚ adding to his ailing health. Worse‚ he has severe and painful neuropathy that is a death sentence unless he receives treatment. He’s not getting the treatment. Arno is certain that a strong and popular regime doesn’t need to hold power using this kind of control-by-fear. Other reasons she cites for seeing Putin’s regime as weak include: Foreign investment has fled The Western technology Russia needs to maintain important industries‚ such as petroleum‚ is no longer available Millions of the best educated Russian workers have left Of Russia’s 190 ethnic minorities‚ many know that they are as much as 40 times more likely to die on the Ukraine battlefield than are the ethnic Russians. This breeds rage and incites calls for leaving the Russian Federation Russia has to invest so much money in repression that the standard of living is low Natalia and the Free Russia Foundation are working to let Russians know there’s an alternative to Putin’s autocratic rule. She and her colleague are using social media‚ messengers‚ anti-war coalition efforts‚ and partisan means like printing out information from the internet and stuffing these leaflets in mailboxes to let Russians know that with democracy‚ they can have freedom from fear‚ freedom from war‚ and prosperity instead of poverty. “We are not building bridges‚” she says. “We are building tunnels.”  * * * Mitzi Perdue‚ Fellow at the Institute of World Politics‚ is a journalist reporting from and about Ukraine. She has visited multiple times‚ has many local contacts‚ and has more than 100 published articles on Ukraine. The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Jack Osbourne‚ son of famed British rocker and Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne‚ recently discussed a near-death experience he had during a trip to Malaysia. The 38-year-old reality TV star discussed contracting a bacterial infection during a recent episode of “The Osbournes Podcast‚” which he co-hosts with his father and his sister‚ Kelly. “I’d gone and done some filming in a place called Bario in Malaysia … and we were doing a jungle track‚” Osbourne explained.” “I got really sick when I got out of the jungle‚ but it took about two weeks incubation period and by that point I’d left the jungle.” Osbourne said it happened in 2007 during season three of his ITV2 series‚ “Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie.” The father of four conveyed the seriousness of the illness‚ saying he “literally was dying. This wasn’t like a fake thing.” Osbourne recalled being transferred to several different hospitals before being sent back to London. Even there‚ he said the medical team couldn’t figure out why his body was “shutting down.” “At this point‚ I’m like five days into my body legitimately shutting down‚ and I’m lying in this bed‚ I haven’t eaten‚ my kidneys and liver are like going into failure‚ and I’m like‚ ‘Uh‚ I’m f***ing losing it‚’” he continued‚ saying the doctors put forth several theories including malaria and HIV‚ but initially could not figure out the problem. “This guy who was the head of tropical diseases for the NHS‚ he’s like the number one guy‚ left and at 7 a.m. comes running into my room days later like‚ ‘I’ve got it&;#33;’” Osbourne said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP That doctor diagnosed the reality star with leptospirosis‚ also called Weil’s disease. The disease can cause jaundice‚ kidney failure‚ and internal bleeding. “I got it because I’ve got leech bites on the bottom of my feet‚” Osbourne explained on the podcast. “I was swimming and bathing in a river‚ and we were climbing on rocks and jumping into this jungle river and I stepped in a puddle on this boulder … and it had rat’s piss in it.” The disease can occur anywhere in the world and is a risk for anyone who goes fishing and might prick their finger with a hook and then come in contact with contaminated water. Per the NIH‚ there are about one million severe cases of leptospirosis globally every year‚ resulting in an estimated 58‚900 deaths.

Donald Trump Jr. revealed at a campaign event in Montana this week that the godson of Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) allegedly told him that the 67-year-old senator became a different person after being elected and quit being involved in his life after he went to Washington‚ D.C. Trump Jr. made the remarks at the “Protecting Freedom” event in Missoula on Sunday‚ which was attended by Montana Governor Greg Gianforte(R)‚ Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT)‚ and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy. The former president’s eldest son said that he was speaking with his friend Josh Smith‚ co-founder of the Montana Knife Company‚ about Tester when Smith told him that Tester was his godfather growing up. Trump Jr.‚ who said that Smith gave him permission to share his story and use his name‚ revealed that Smith indicated that everything with Tester “changed” after he got elected and that he did not consider Tester family anymore. “He goes‚ the problem is essentially‚ he was the meat cutter‚ yada‚ yada‚ yada 25 years ago. That’s what he did and that’s who he was and he did that stuff. He was school teacher‚” Trump Jr. said. “And then he went to D.C. and everything changed. So that Montana meat cutter became the number one recipient of lobbyist dollars in all of Washington. Think about that‚ doesn’t strike me as the thing that a humble school teacher‚ meat cutter from Montana would be — the number one recipient of lobbyist dollars.” Trump Jr. said that despite supposedly being a “moderate‚” Tester votes in lockstep with President Joe Biden’s “radical” left-wing agenda. Smith said that he hasn’t seen Tester in roughly seven years and that he never stops by to visit anymore. “[Tester] Got enveloped by the swamp‚ he became what happens so much in D.C.‚” Trump Jr. said. “I mean‚ there’s a saying in DC that the swamp is undefeated. That’s because it does do a good job turning good people into bad people‚ corrupting them entirely. But that’s where you are in Montana.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP Trump Jr. told Sheehy that he would likely be outspent 10-to-1 in his upcoming race against Tester‚ which recent polling from late last month has shown Sheehy is leading. WATCH: Jon Tester’s Godson tells @DonaldJTrumpJr: “Tester sold out to the swamp‚” supports Tim Sheehy for US Senate in Montana. pic.twitter.com/Zh9NdgDSp7 — ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) April 30‚ 2024

In a country plagued by rampant crime and violence‚ it is the brave men and women in blue who stand as the first line of defense. Yet‚ time and time again‚ we witness these selfless protectors being targeted and attacked. The recent incident in Charlotte‚ North Carolina‚ where a police officer was shot while on duty and the entire incident was captured on video‚ is a stark reminder of the dangerous reality our law enforcement officers face every day. As a conservative‚ I cannot help but feel outraged by this heinous act against our brave officer. This is not just an attack on one individual‚ but an attack on the very foundations of our society – law‚ order‚ and justice. It is a blatant disregard for the sacrifices made by our police force in keeping our communities safe. It is a blatant disregard for the rule of law. 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄: Man captures the East Charlotte shootout between police and multiple suspects inside and says‚ “𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧. 𝐇𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐨𝐝’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤‚” as one injured officer is carried away. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police… pic.twitter.com/2CARyFT814 — RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) April 30‚ 2024 The video‚ which has since gone viral‚ shows the officer attempting to make an arrest when suddenly shots ring out. It is a chilling and disturbing sight‚ one that sends shivers down the spine of every law-abiding citizen. It is a brazen display of violence and disrespect towards authority. It is a clear indication that the values of discipline and respect are eroding in our society‚ and it is time for us to take a stand. BREAKING NEWS… “Numerous” officers from the #Charlotte Metro Police Department have been shot‚ at least 2 reported to be in critical condition. Suspect NOT in custody. Here’s video I’ve edited together from local TV stations in last couple of minutes. DEVELOPING… pic.twitter.com/N4FcxYspsr — Steve Norris (@SteveNorrisTV) April 29‚ 2024 As a society‚ we must support our law enforcement officers and condemn such acts of violence against them. We must send a clear message that such behavior will not be tolerated. It is high time we put an end to the rampant anti-police sentiment that has been perpetuated by certain groups and individuals. We must not let their biased and misguided narratives dictate the discourse around law enforcement. Moreover‚ we must also address the underlying issues that lead to such incidents. Mental health‚ poverty‚ and lack of opportunities are some of the root causes of crime and violence. It is imperative that we‚ as a society‚ work towards finding solutions to these problems and not just blindly blame law enforcement for everything. Our officers are not just facing criminals‚ but also dealing with the consequences of a broken system. In light of this incident‚ I call upon our political leaders to prioritize the safety and well-being of our police force. They put their lives on the line every day to protect us‚ and it is our duty to ensure that they have the necessary resources and support to do their job effectively. We must also demand stricter punishments for those who harm or threaten our officers. We cannot allow criminals to roam free while our protectors suffer. In conclusion‚ the recent police shooting in Charlotte‚ North Carolina‚ is a wake-up call for our society. It is a reminder of the dangers our law enforcement officers face every day and the urgent need to support and protect them. As conservatives‚ it is our responsibility to stand up for law and order‚ and we must not waver in our support for those who uphold it. Let us come together and demand justice for our brave officer who was unjustly targeted in the line of duty. What are YOUR thoughts&;#63; We want to hear from you&;#33; Please comment below to join the discussion. The post Protecting Our Protectors: A Conservative Perspective on the Shocking Police Shooting Caught on Video in Charlotte‚ North Carolina appeared first on The Conservative Brief.

Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel are proof that not all divorces end badly. The two are still friends 30 years after ending their marriage‚ and they proved that during a special performance of Uptown Girl over the weekend. A TikTok video filmed on April 26th shows Billy singing the 1983 hit as a jumbotron captures Christie dancing and singing along. Both stars are all smiles as they enjoy the special moment in front of thousands. Another view highlighted on YouTube shows Christie and her daughter‚ Sailor‚ standing front row as Billy looks out to them as he sings the lyrics. What many don’t know is that Billy Joel penned the single for Christie Brinkley. When he first began writing the lyrics‚ another supermodel was his muse. But when he met Christie‚ all his attention fell on her. When he finished the iconic song‚ Christie went on to star in the official music video. “I wasn’t even dating Christie when I started‚” he told Howard Stern in 2010. “I was dating Elle [Macpherson]. And then I started dating Christie‚ and rather than it being about all these different girls‚ she became the uptown girl. I started writing it about one person.” Christie Brinkley Is Still One Of Billy Joel’s Number 1 Supporters Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley started dating the same year that Uptown Girl was released and married in 1985. They had one child together‚ Alexa Ray Joel‚ before divorcing in 1994. Ultimately‚ Billy’s hectic touring schedule created too much distance in the relationship. However‚ they were able to stay close. In fact‚ Christie was in the crowd on Saturday to support Billy and Alexa. During the show‚ Alexa took the stage to sing Lulu’s To Sir with Love and Billy’s Say Goodbye to Hollywood. Once the concert concluded‚ Christie jumped on Instagram to thank her daughter and ex-husband for the “magical evening.” And in a separate post‚ she admitted that Billy and Alexa’s relationship moved her to tears. “Trust me‚” she wrote. “It was sweetness personified. Billy was in his word‚ faklempt&;#33;” This Story’s Featured Image Is by Timothy Norris/FilmMagic The post Christie Brinkley Glows As Ex-Husband Billy Joel Serenades Her In Front Of Thousands At Madison Square Gardens appeared first on InspireMore.

Every baby is a miracle‚ but this white bison is one in a million. Well‚ technically‚ they’re one in ten million&;#33; That’s right; a white bison is extremely rare‚ making this sight incredibly special. The calf is standing beside their mom who‚ as you can see‚ has no trace of similar coloring. It’s a scientific delight — and a cause for spiritual celebration‚ too&;#33; A Spiritual Sign This incredible youngling was found in Colorado only a few days ago. Folks are taking to TikTok to celebrate the calf’s birth‚ which has spiritual significance to some Native American communities. @jesus_86 this is the white buffalo calf born @ April 25 th&;#33; #nativetiktok #kansas #yellowstonetv #denvercolorado ♬ Crow Hop – Stoney Bear “Took my breath away. A sign of hope in a time of turmoil‚” commented one viewer about the beautiful white bison. “What perfect timing for a sign of hope. May our voices ring through the heavens and peace wash over our Mother Earth‚” said another‚ eager to receive the calf as a sign of hope. The video’s viewers are eager to watch the white bison grow to become full-sized. It’s not clear whether the calf is a male or female‚ either‚ so we’ll have to stay tuned to see who this calf grows up to be. What a special sight to see — and with their mother beside them‚ nonetheless. This image is from TikTok. A difference in species Finally‚ a quick pedantic sidenote. While the calf is noteworthy for spiritual and scientific reasons‚ it’s also worth highlighting that it’s a white bison‚ not a white buffalo. The species are similar‚ but not the same‚ so now you know: white bison are one in ten million&;#33; This special creature is worth celebrating for lots of reasons. Apparently‚ there’s a duo of these stunning animals making their way across Wyoming‚ as well. If a white bison is a sign of good luck‚ I think we’re on our way&;#33; The featured image for this post is from TikTok. The post 1 In 10 Million White Bison Calf Born In Colorado appeared first on InspireMore.

Have you ever found that you are doing everything you need to serve God based on your convictions‚ but while trusting and seeking to obey Him‚ you're stressed&;#63;

This is pure comedy

'Don't you think that counts as boots on the ground&;#63;'