Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton just sued the Biden Administration for its unlawful use of Title IX to allow trans-identifying males the ability to compete in women's sports and use women’s bathrooms in public schools. In early April‚ the Education Department revealed new regulations that would prohibit schools from being allowed to protect biological girls sports and safety. The new regulations are set to take place in August‚ hence Paxton’s decision to sue the Biden Administration with the help of America First Legal (AFL). The new requirements would expand the definition of the word “sex” to include a student’s self-professed “gender identity.” Now‚ any educational program that receives federal funding like K-12 schools‚ colleges and universities will be required to adhere to the wishes of any student who identifies as a gender that isn’t scientifically accurate. Essentially then‚ a male student who claims to be transgender and identifies as a girl‚ would be welcomed into all spaces dedicated to actual girls.  The Department of Education formally amended the Code of Federal Regulations to adhere to the new rule.  A Press Release from Paxton’s office released Monday indicated that: This rule violates existing federal law‚ ignores the Constitution‚ and denies women the protections that Title IX was intended to afford them. The Biden Administration has exceeded its authority and radically distorted the meaning intended by Congress when the law was made. Further‚ the changes would fundamentally transform the educational atmosphere of publicly funded educational institutions‚ forcing communities to capitulate to unscientific gender ideology and putting girls and women at risk in K-12 schools and on college campuses. The new regulations also note that it would be considered “harassment” to use someone’s biologically accurate pronouns if they choose to live with a delusional sense of identity. Texas will not allow Joe Biden to rewrite Title IX at whim‚ destroying legal protections for women in furtherance of his radical obsession with gender ideology‚” said Attorney General Paxton. “This attempt to subvert federal law is plainly illegal‚ undemocratic‚ and divorced from reality. Texas will always take the lead to oppose Biden’s extremist‚ destructive policies that put women at risk. America First Legal’s president Stephen Miller noted how this lawsuit is needed in order to protect young girls: Biden’s new Title IX regulation is a vile obscenity: it forces women and girls to share locker rooms and restrooms with men. It forces them to call a he‚ a she‚ and to pretend in every way that a man is a woman‚ humiliating‚ degrading‚ and erasing women. This is an abomination‚ and as outside counsel for Texas we will battle this regulation in court with all the legal fight we can bring. It must be defeated for the sake of American women and for the sake of our daughters. It’s really sad that we’re still having this fight when one slide clearly cares about the safety of young girls and the other cares about pushing an agenda.

On Monday morning‚ Washington Post &;quot;Fact Checker&;quot; Glenn Kessler was tossing his &;quot;Four Pinocchios&;quot; Liar rating at Donald Trump again‚ this time over rent-support payments for migrants in the Democrat-run state of Michigan. In recent months‚ Kessler has emptied a bucket of Pinocchios on Trump and his aides‚ but he's conveniently avoided throwing a single Pinocchio at Joe Biden‚ not even when Biden blamed Trump for massive Covid deaths: &;quot;We lost over 1‚200‚000 people because of the slow start in all this [vaccination] process.”  Kessler ruled in February that &;quot;Biden’s phrasing is sufficiently subtle that a link is not so easily established.&;quot; That's ridiculous. It looks like Glenn Kessler (D-D.C.). This was Monday's headline:  Trump and allies say Biden pays rent for ‘illegals’ in Michigan. Not true. Kessler established the federal government is assisting Michigan with rental subsidies‚ but it depends on what the meaning of &;quot;refugee&;quot; is. The federal government‚ through the Office of Refugee Resettlement‚ a unit of the Department of Health and Human Services‚ has long provided hundreds of millions of dollars a year to states and nongovernment organizations to help refugees transition to life in the United States. The Office of Global Michigan supports such efforts in the state‚ and in October launched the Newcomer Rental Subsidy program. Under this initiative‚ for up to 12 months individuals who qualify may receive as much as $500 a month in rental subsidies. Kessler repeatedly relies on 'the state&;quot; of Michigan to rebut the Trump camp‚ downplaying this is a Republican-Democrat fight in Michigan.  The state says these qualified applicants include refugees‚ asylees‚ people with special immigrant visas who helped the U.S. government overseas‚ victims of human trafficking‚ Cuban and Haitian entrants‚ Afghan nationals and Ukrainians granted humanitarian parole. These are all people legally in the United States.... the state says that it will not consider any application with a pending defensive asylum hearing.  Then he relies on &;quot;the state&;quot; to break down their rental-subsidy handouts‚ with this loaded summary: &;quot;In any case‚ more than half of the people who have been approved for rental subsidies are Afghan and Ukrainian refugees — a far cry from the murderers that Trump claims are overrunning the country.&;quot; Kessler also lined up the Biden administration to rebut Trump: &;quot;An HHS spokesman said the refugee office funds could not be used for asylum seekers....A White House spokesman also disputed Trump’s claims in a statement.&;quot; None of these statements were going the be challenged by Kessler. They were just going to be repeated.  Conservatives on Twitter mocked Kessler's conclusion:  The link to Biden is even more dubious. This is a state program that has received federal grant money‚ but there is no indication that Biden is even aware of it. So it’s absurd to run ads that claim Biden is paying rent for immigrants who are in the country illegally. Trump and MAGA Inc. earn Four Pinocchios. Kessler has repeatedly defended Democrats when Republicans make claims about the Democrats providing benefits to illegal immigrants. After all‚ it is an election year. 

The anti-Semitic‚ pro-Hamas encampment continued to spread to other university and college campuses like a disease over the weekend and ABC correspondent Trevor Ault responded on Monday by boasting that crackdowns were “hardening the resolve” of the student extremists. He even suggested that they were the ones being threatened and not the ones causing the problems. Right at the top of the segment‚ Ault and fill-in anchor/transportation correspondent Gio Benitez bantered about how the crackdown seemed to be having the opposite effect on the encampments: BENITEZ: And here at home‚ amid the Israel/Hamas War there is growing unrest on college campuses. Police arresting hundreds of people this weekend at protests there with high schoolers making their decision on where to go to college in just two days. Trevor Ault is at USC in Los Angeles with more on this. Good morning‚ Trevor. AULT: Good morning‚ Gio. So‚ the heightened response from police and from universities seems to really only be hardening the resolve of a lot of these protesters. And what's especially notable is we have people on all sides here‚ outside and inside the demonstrations who say they don't feel safe.     Without showing any of the anti-Semitic incidents caught on camera‚ particularly the videos of students chanting for the murder of Jews‚ Ault portrayed the anti-Semites as victims of unfair characterizations and free speech crackdowns: AULT: Saturday demonstrations from Northeastern to Indiana‚ Washington University in St. Louis‚ and Arizona State‚ many demanding their schools divest from companies believed to be profiting from the war and calling for a cease-fire. Several accusing police and their universities of infringing on their right to protest. PRO-HAMAS PROTESTER 1: We want to feel supported by our institution and we want to feel like they're meeting us. PRO-HAMAS PROTESTER 2: We will not be leaving until those demands are met. AULT: Cornell University suspending several students. School officials also accusing some protesters at rallies on campus of chanting anti-Semitic phrases. Ault also tried to cast doubt on who could be behind pro-Hamas vandalism. “Officials at USC accusing some demonstrators of harassment and vandalism‚ ‘say no to genocide’ painted on this statue‚” he gawked. Yeah‚ it’s a real mystery‚ Trevor. Who could have spray-painted that&;#63; Meanwhile‚ over on NBC’s Today‚ correspondent Erin McLaughlin hyped how pro-Hamas extremists tore down an American flag and replaced it with a Palestinian one. “At Harvard‚ protesters put up Palestinian flag where an American flag would fly‚” she said. ABC concluded the segment with Ault seemingly suggesting that the students weren’t responsible for what they were doing. “And it has been noted that some of the people at these campus demonstrations‚ including some arrested‚ are not students‚” he argued. The transcript is below. Click &;quot;expand&;quot; to read: ABC’s Good Morning America April 29‚ 2024 7:09:08 a.m. Eastern GIO BENITEZ: And here at home‚ amid the Israel/Hamas War there is growing unrest on college campuses. Police arresting hundreds of people this weekend at protests there with high schoolers making their decision on where to go to college in just two days. Trevor Ault is at USC in Los Angeles with more on this. Good morning‚ Trevor. TREVOR AULT: Good morning‚ Gio. So‚ the heightened response from police and from universities seems to really only be hardening the resolve of a lot of these protesters. And what's especially notable is we have people on all sides here‚ outside and inside the demonstrations who say they don't feel safe. [Cuts to video] This weekend‚ hundreds of protesters arrested at college campuses across country. Pro-Palestinian demonstrations escalating further‚ along with counter-protests and the police response to these accelerating tensions. UNIDENTIFIED MAN: I support the right for people to protest‚ always‚ as they should have. I think it brings in a lot of outside‚ like‚ antagonists. AULT: Saturday demonstrations from Northeastern to Indiana‚ Washington University in St. Louis‚ and Arizona State‚ many demanding their schools divest from companies believed to be profiting from the war and calling for a cease fire. Several accusing police and their universities of infringing on their right to protest. PRO-HAMAS PROTESTER 1: We want to feel supported by our institution and we want to feel like they're meeting us. PRO-HAMAS PROTESTER 2: We will not be leaving until those demands are met. AULT: Cornell University suspending several students. School officials also accusing some protesters at rallies on campus of chanting anti-Semitic phrases. At UCLA Sunday‚ pro-Israel demonstrators holding a counter-protest. PRO-ISRAEL PROTESTER: They don't know what is going on in Gaza. They don't know what is going on. And they need to learn. AULT: Thousands showing up. The university saying a group breached the barrier separating the two groups leading to some violent altercations. The LAPD issuing a citywide tactical alert through the weekend. Officials at USC accusing some demonstrators of harassment and vandalism‚ “say no to genocide” painted on this statue. And this morning‚ with no end in sight for these demonstrations‚ more and more colleges and universities grappling with how to move forward. KIM WEHLE (ABC contributor‚ University of Baltimore School of Law): Public universities and colleges and the police don't have the right to stop a message. They have a right sometimes to stop the manner in which the message is being conveyed. Hate speech is not protected. There are certain kinds of speech that are protected‚ but protesting the government's involvement in a conflict overseas is classic first amendment protected activity. [Cuts back live] AULT: And it has been noted that some of the people at these campus demonstrations‚ including some arrested‚ are not students. And here at USC‚ still‚ the students‚ the faculty‚ the staff‚ they all still have to show their ID just to get on campus.

Taylor Swift spawned an anomaly in record sales‚ selling nearly one million vinyl copies of her latest album &;quot;The Tortured Poets Department‚&;quot; which was also one of the best-selling albums in over 30 years.The latest drop from Swift had fans in a frenzy to pick up collectible versions of her album across different formats. The singer released nine different iterations on CD‚ six on vinyl‚ and even four different styles on cassettes.Fans got their money's worth for the 31-song album‚ as Swift's physical media play paid off massively. She sold a combined 1.6 million albums in just one week across all formats‚ including digital downloads‚ CD‚ vinyl‚ and cassette. Typically‚ this would be written off as a number that is almost entirely made up of digital sales only. However‚ as Billboard reported‚ vinyl represented at least half of those sales with 800‚000 sold.Swift's week of sales also landed her in the fifth all-time spot for album sales since 1991. The top spot on that list belongs to Adele‚ who sold 3.38 million albums for &;quot;25&;quot; in 2015. Second and third place are held by *NSYNC‚ which sold 2.42 million in 2000 (&;quot;No Strings Attached&;quot;) and 1.88 million in 2001 (&;quot;Celebrity&;quot;). The numbers put Swift fewer than 200‚000 sales behind Eminem's 2000 record &;quot;The Marshall Mathers LP&;quot; that sold 1.76 million its first week.The album's record-setting did not stop there. With 799 million on-demand official streams between April 19-24‚ 2024 (U.S. only)‚ Swift now has the biggest streaming week for an album in America ever‚ which was set by Drake's &;quot;Scorpion&;quot; in 2018 with 745.92 million. My mind is blown. I\u2019m completely floored by the love you\u2019ve shown this album. \n2.6 million ARE YOU ACTUALLY SERIOUS&;#63;&;#63; Thank you for listening‚ streaming‚ and welcoming Tortured Poets into your life. Feeling completely overwhelmed.\nI was already so fired up to get back to the tour\u2026 — (@) Swift's album could serve as a lesson on how large brands or artists can capitalize on the growing nostalgia marketplace‚ coupled with the ever-growing sector of collectibles and their resale.While DVD sales have &;quot;circled the drain&;quot; for many years‚ according to Variety‚ select artists are attempting to capitalize on a resurgence of physical media with dedicated fans. Although Swift's numbers and fan dedication means she could likely sell anything‚ there has been significant backlash against the elimination of physical sales in several industries.In the realm of video games‚ for example‚ companies have faced backlash for removing digital products without notice‚ leaving customers with nothing to show for their purchase.Director Christopher Nolan (&;quot;The Dark Knight‚&;quot; &;quot;Oppenheimer&;quot;) also criticized digital media for this very reason in an interview with IGN. Nolan explained that access to digital products often relies on the status of a distributor's relationship with the platform providing access to the media.&;quot;If you buy a [DVD]‚ you buy a Blu-Ray‚ it's on your shelf‚ it's yours. No company is going to break into your house and take it from you‚ repossess it; you know it's yours and and you own it‚&;quot; Nolan explained. &;quot;That's never really the case with any form of digital distribution. You're relying on the continued health of the supplier‚ the company who's supplying.&;quot; .@taylorswift13 becomes the first artist in history to occupy the entire top 14 spots of the #Hot100 simultaneously:\n\nNo. 1‚ \u201cFortnight\u201d ft. @PostMalone \nNo. 2‚ \u201cDown Bad\u201d\nNo. 3‚ \u201cI Can Do It With a Broken Heart\u201d\nNo. 4‚ \u201cThe Tortured Poets Department\u201d\nNo. 5‚ \u201cSo Long‚ London\u201d\nNo.\u2026 — (@) There could be a &;quot;whiff of nostalgia in play&;quot; for Swift‚ says entertainment writer Christian Toto. &;quot;It could also be a growing distrust of our digital age‚&;quot; he theorized.Pop culture critic Natasha Biase added that it's time for right-wing commentators to stop brushing Swift off if they hope to win the culture war.&;quot;Taylor Swift’s track record proves that anything she touches turns to gold. She has undeniable influence and embracing an inoffensive and moderately conservative pop star like Swift is a winning tactic in 2024‚&;quot; Biase told Blaze News.As of April 29‚ 2024‚ Swift became the first artist to occupy the entire top 14 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.Like Blaze News&;#63; Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here&;#33;

The new Title IX rules from the Biden administration leave American girls in public schools completely defenseless from males who are not only dominating their sports but who are showing up in their locker rooms. The Biden administration is doing this by redefining what constitutes sex-based discrimination in schools to include gender identity in the definition. “By the way‚ those who don’t use somebody’s preferred pronouns would be in violation of the new Title IX guidelines according to the Biden regime‚” Sara Gonzales says‚ disturbed. “I would ask if they had ever read the First Amendment‚ but I know the answer is no‚” she continues‚ adding‚ “This leaves young females in this country completely vulnerable to having their rights assaulted.” However‚ there is at least one state official fighting back. Ryan Walters‚ Oklahoma’s superintendent of public instruction for the state’s department of education‚ sent an official letter to all public school superintendents instructing them not to make any changes to their policies based on the latest Title IX guidance. Walters called the federal rule changes “illegal” and explained that the USDE “has not been given the legislative or judicial authority to redefine sex.” The response Walters has received from the school administrators has been hopeful. “I’ll be honest with you‚ the initial response has been a lot of them thanking me‚ a lot of them telling me how much they appreciate it‚” he tells Gonzales. “I’ll be honest with you‚ Sarah‚ not only should states not comply‚ not only should states fight back‚ we should send a loud resounding message to the Federal Department of Education: You guys shouldn’t even exist‚” he adds. Want more from Sara Gonzales&;#63;To enjoy more of Sara's no-holds-barred take to news and culture‚ subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America‚ defend the Constitution‚ and live the American dream.

Stay ahead with Christopher Bedford’s insider newsletter‚ delivering sharp analysis straight from the heart of Washington‚ D.C.‚ every Monday morning. Subscribe to cut through the noise and get the insights that matter. Exclusive for Blaze News readers — don't miss out&;#33; All eyes were on President Joe Biden at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner‚ though few came for the jokes. (This is good‚ considering how few he actually cracked.) The question is far beyond whether his cognitive abilities have declined — all honest assessors understand he’s slowed dramatically just since he was vice president — but on how he presents. Could he cut and jab like he did at the State of the Union&;#63; Or would he mumble into the microphone‚ mixing up continents and dishing the latest on long-dead leaders&;#63; Mind you: Very little of the glitzy annual D.C. party weekend is concerned with reality. It’s performance‚ just as this whole White House has been. The president’s January State of the Union successfully quieted the growing chorus of professional Democrats calling for a new candidate‚ and this weekend the White House hoped to reinforce that win in front of the courtiers (which is exactly what the people in the room are). He toasted them‚ they toasted him‚ and he slurred on‚ garnering the kind of forced laughs an elderly relative might get from polite grandkids. The reporters and their celebrity guests applauded themselves when the president lauded their bravery. &;quot;You literally risk your lives doing your job‚” he assured the champagne-drunk crowd. The crowd tensed up when Biden instructed them to “rise up to the seriousness of the moment‚” however. It’s all well and fine that the American corporate media effectively ran Biden’s election campaign and will have to run his re-election effort‚ but you’re not supposed to talk about it out loud. Outside‚ anti-Israel and pro-Hamas protesters let the D.C. elites know their kind of liberalism isn’t nearly enough‚ hurling curses and tossing fake blood onto bedazzled attendees who had to wade through the crowds to get inside. Violent radical protests have been a left-wing election constant since 2016 but weren’t a concern to the Democrats when they consisted mainly of masked‚ black-clad radicals attacking grandparents at Trump rallies. Now that the cosplay revolution has come for Democrats‚ pitting elite liberal Israel supporters against black-clad‚ masked Hamas supporters‚ it’s finally become an electoral liability — a painful thorn the White House has struggled to remove. Time and again‚ politics tie Biden’s instincts down to the earth. Like Gulliver‚ he is a creature out of his element‚ stumbling and alien among the newest new left. “I condemn the anti-Semitic protests‚&;quot; Biden told reporters April 15. &;quot;I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.” “Those who don’t understand”&;#63; It’s the kind of both-sides-ism that feels politically necessary to a White House staff whose classmates and peers are among the mob‚ but that pleases no one. And it’s far from the first time we’ve heard such equivocation stepping on political momentum in this administration. The White House‚ for example‚ pressured the president to walk back one of the finer moments of his State of the Union‚ when he apologized for calling Laken Riley’s illegal immigrant murderer an “illegal.” His impromptu boldness in passionately answering Republican heckling with righteous anger had been a shining deflection of GOP criticism to a national audience. The internal politics of the White House‚ however‚ would not let him enjoy the win‚ lest he insult illegal-immigrant murderers and their many proponents. Of course‚ there’s no better example of the White House’s elitism than its response to the East Palestine train disaster‚ when a moment to appeal to white working-class voters with an environmental‚ pro-regulation message was squandered by a White House that disdains the voters it used to represent so much that it can’t even hold a presser for their sufferings. And now‚ the White House is tripping over itself to get around the end-of-year disorder gripping America’s most famous universities. While even the politically tone-deaf Republican speaker was able to travel to Manhattan’s Columbia University to condemn violent and menacing anti-Semitism‚ an administration staffed by a lot of friends and peers of those masked radicals is missing the moment. But back in D.C.‚ an NBC comedian was busy telling jokes about Donald Trump‚ and it was time to laugh and mingle. Afterward‚ the guests would try to get into NBC’s party at the French ambassador’s house. Earlier in the weekend‚ a goodly number of them had partied with Washingtonian magazine and the government of Qatar at the Four Seasons‚ where you can be sure they toasted themselves some more. The Telegraph: Israel could be Biden’s Vietnam: The war in Gaza is hammering the president’s domestic support and could lead to ’68-style convention bust-up. IN OTHER NEWS They’re already drafting next Ukraine supplemental Just days after passing $60 billion in aid to Ukraine‚ news leaked that another supplemental is already in the works for the fall. Did you really think this would be the end of it&;#63; “A Republican congressional aide‚” The Hill reports‚ “said Department of Defense officials and European allies will begin putting together a new funding request for Ukraine in September and for it to come to Congress in the lame-duck session.” Tuesday’s vote was a political triumph for outgoing Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)‚ who took the unusual step of whipping for the Democrats’ bill‚ deeply unpopular with his own voters‚ just to rack up more Republican votes for his own legacy project. The effort even helped flip Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont.)‚ who‚ as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee‚ had repeatedly warned against sending money abroad before tackling serious border security. Daines pointed out how the move would be a hard thing for his candidates to defend back home in their states. Taxpayers have already sent at least $174 billion to Ukraine. Meanwhile‚ even the war’s staunchest champions have voiced skepticism that money and equipment can materially change the outcome of the war. None of that matters in D.C.‚ where “the consensus” exists outside and apart from reality. TikTok now‚ Big Tech next&;#63; TikTok news was muffled by the $95 billion foreign aid package it passed with‚ but with it‚ the United States struck the first blow against the Chinese-owned tech company. While the White House has been pumping the brakes on other pet projects that officials worry will upset constituents in an election year‚ such as their proposed ban on menthol cigarettes‚ the president lauded the success of the TikTok bill. While TikTok’s expensive and ham-fisted lobbying efforts even saw the Chinese government lobbying Congress‚ it was unable to convince enough lawmakers the forced foreign divestment was an attack on free speech. Thus far‚ all signs point toward TikTok’s parent company‚ ByteDance‚ choosing to shutter the highly popular and addictive app rather than selling the algorithm to a non-Chinese company. “Our batting record on Big Tech — we’re batting zero‚” Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) told Punchbowl News. “We’ve not done privacy‚ we’ve not done kids’ online safety‚ we’ve not done low-hanging fruit [bills]. … Taking this first step is really important.” Reuters: ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail‚ sources say Punchbowl: After TikTok‚ are more Big Tech hits coming&;#63; While the lawfare rages on‚ the Supreme Court seems poised to give Donald Trump a rare reprieve The Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on the question of whether former presidents have immunity for actions they took while in office. Most of the justices seemed primed to establish at least some level of immunity for official actions. A ruling would impact the former president’s D.C. January 6 trial most directly but could have implication far beyond that. The Federalist: Last Week In Lawfare Land: Witness Testimony‚ Another SCOTUS Case‚ And A New Indictment Drop. Here’s the latest information you need to know about each case. The Federalist: SCOTUS Agrees Presidents Do Have Immunity From Criminal Prosecutions‚ But To What Degree&;#63; Will Biden debate Trump&;#63; Joe Biden in a Thursday interview with aging pervert Howard Stern suggested he might‚ saying he's planning to but doesn’t &;quot;know when‚” adding: “I’m happy to debate him.” The announcement might make for unwelcome news at a White House so eager to hide the octogenarian boss’ age that staff have recently taken to sending aides with him on his walk to Marine One to take focus off his unsteady walking. Don’t count on any debates happening any time soon‚ however. The White House and corporate media have long established that their political opponent is beneath their dignity and could well make that case again to avoid debating Trump entirely. The fire rises: “Inside the Crisis at NPR‚” The New York Times Illiberal bias‚ insufferable self-regard‚ and Republican calls to defund National Public Radio aren’t the only problems the facing the nonprofit. “Internal documents reviewed by The Times and interviews with more than two dozen current and former public radio executives show how profoundly the nonprofit is struggling to succeed in the fast-changing media industry. It is grappling with a declining audience and falling revenue — and internal conflict about how to fix it.”

If there’s a leftist cause‚ a protest is bound to follow — no matter how little those protesting understand why or what they're protesting in the first place. This is especially the case after Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel. Pro-Palestinian protesters have now taken over college campuses across America‚ from Columbia University in New York to the George Washington University in D.C. and Cal Poly Humboldt in California. The protesters spent the past weekend setting up autonomous zones in solidarity with Gaza‚ held Islamic prayer sessions‚ and chanted about the intifada. “Seems to be the only thing that Americans want to do these days is protest the right of Israel to exist‚” Stu Burguiere says to Glenn Beck. In one of the protests at Columbia University‚ the students knelt on Islamic prayer rugs while a man sang a prayer. “The nice thing is they’re including women in the call to prayer‚ which is very popular in the Middle East. They love it when women get down and pray right alongside the men‚” Glenn jokes. At another protest in Canada‚ a woman praised Hamas’ attack on Israel. “We stand with the Palestinian resistance and their heroic and brave action on October 7. And they said‚ 'Long live October 7‚' and we say today‚ 'Long live October 7&;#33;'” she yelled. “You know‚ I love it when the Nazis are like‚ ‘Long live the Holocaust‚’” Glenn mocks. “‘Long live those really cool showers and oven system that we came up with.’” Want more from Glenn Beck&;#63;To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling‚ thought-provoking analysis‚ and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos‚ subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America‚ defend the Constitution‚ and live the American dream.

Twerking teenagers were caught on surveillance video recently vandalizing a Los Angeles-area business called Pink Sponge Home Cleaning‚ KTLA-TV reported.What are the details&;#63;The station said vandals broke into the Glendora business in the early morning hours of April 20. Surveillance video from the Pink Sponge's rooftop parking lot showed at least three teens carrying out vandalism‚ including blasting a fire extinguisher and chucking a large object at one of the company’s 25 pink Volkswagen Bugs‚ KTLA said. Image source: YouTube screenshotOf course‚ two of the vandals also were infamously caught twerking atop the hood of one of the cars. Image source: YouTube screenshot“They kicked in every headlight they could‚” Jennifer Ahlgrim of Pink Sponge told KTLA. “They pulled down the windows so hard‚ they broke the regulators. They carved on the hoods of cars.” Image source: YouTube screenshot“They tore open a door and threw products over the side of the building‚&;quot; Ahlgrim added to the station. &;quot;It was disgusting.&;quot;Dumb and dumberYou'd think that today's teens would be savvy enough to know that just about every business is outfitted with surveillance cameras‚ but the dumb teens either didn't know or didn't care.Dumber still is that police told KTLA gang symbols were carved upon some of the Pink Sponge company cars‚ and that led them to a juvenile suspect — a 15-year-old gang member from La Verne who was arrested in connection with the break-in. Authorities added to the station that they have the suspect's cell phone and are hoping to use it to find the two teen girls who were involved in the break-in.Meanwhile‚ the outfit is picking up the pieces after 18 of its vehicles were heavily vandalized to the tune of $25‚000 in damages‚ the station said.“I couldn’t understand how someone could do something like this to a company that’s trying to do good‚” Ahlgrim added to KTLA. “It just doesn’t make sense.”The co-founder of the company added to the station that the insurance claim was denied because the company had been vandalized previously. A GoFundMe has been organized to help the business with the cost of repairs and the loss of many of its supplies‚ KTLA noted. Teens vandalize San Gabriel Valley business youtu.be Like Blaze News&;#63; Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here&;#33;

Dr. Hilary Cass is an award-winning British medical doctor who previously served as president of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health. Esteemed in her field‚ politically innocuous‚ and a recipient of the Order of the British Empire‚ National Health Services England evidently figured Cass was the ideal candidate to lead an independent investigation into the U.K.'s sex-change regime and its youth-facing services. Cass obliged them and started work on the review in 2020. Her landmark report — the product of roughly four years of penetrating investigation and analysis — came out earlier this month‚ transitioning public opinion and effectively putting a nail in the coffin of LGBT activists' narrative about so-called gender-affirming care. The 388-page report not only indicated that the sex-change regime is built on weak and unreliable science but that if left unchecked‚ it has the potential to continue irreversibly damage minors‚ many of whom are‚ to begin with‚ likely incapable of properly consenting to sex-change medical interventions. For daring to present the facts as they are contra what some may have hoped them to be‚ Cass has become a popular target for threats and smears by desperate gender ideologues and other leftist radicals. The 66-year-old pediatrician recently told the Times (U.K.) that the most recent wave of backlash &;quot;started the day before the report came out when an influencer put up a picture of a list of papers that were apparently rejected for not being randomised control trials.&;quot; Among the fact-averse activists who seized upon the suggestion that the Cass report had failed to factor in various transgender narrative-affirming studies was Labor parliamentarian Dawn Butler. Butler told her fellow lawmakers in the House of Commons‚ &;quot;There are around 100 studies that have not been included in this Cass report and we need to know why.&;quot; Cass called Butler's assertion &;quot;completely wrong&;quot; and said it was &;quot;unforgivable&;quot; to undermine the report with such blatant falsehoods. The pediatrician told the Times that contrary to Butler's suggestion‚ researchers had gone through all of the activist-preferred studies‚ but pulled results from only 60 as the remainder were of inferior quality. Butler eventually had to eat crow‚ apologizing in the British parliament‚ indicating she made the mistake of quoting a Stonewall briefing. Last week I inadvertently misled the House by quoting a figure from a Stonewall briefing.\n\nI'm grateful for conversation with Dr Cass and am happy to correct the record because that's what politicians should do.\n\nI have more to say watch this space &;#33; — (@) Stonewall‚ of the U.K.'s most influential LGBT activist groups‚ has a knack for circulating false claims‚ having responded last month to NHS England's decision to end the prescription puberty blockers for children with the suggestion that luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists‚ long used to chemically castrate sex offenders and known to deplete bone density‚ were &;quot;reversible.&;quot; Stonewall has also parroted the claim that &;quot;children as young as 2 recognise their trans identity.&;quot; &;quot;If you deliberately try to undermine a report that has looked at the evidence of children's healthcare‚ then that's unforgivable. You are putting children at risk by doing that‚&;quot; added Cass. Cass has apparently also been flooded with abusive emails‚ such that security services have reportedly had to intervene with advice. &;quot;There are some pretty vile emails coming in at the moment. Most of which my team is protecting me from‚ so I'm not getting to see them‚&;quot; she told the Times. Some of them contained &;quot;words I wouldn't put in a newspaper.&;quot; &;quot;What dismays me is just how childish the debate can become‚&;quot; continued the pediatrician. &;quot;If I don't agree with somebody then I'm called transphobic or a Terf [trans-exclusionary radical feminist].&;quot; Apparently‚ the security services Cass has been dealing with figure some radicals may seek to do more than threaten the doctor online. &;quot;I'm not going on public transport at the moment‚&;quot; she told the Times‚ &;quot;following security advice‚ which is inconvenient.&;quot; Cass drew the ire of radicals for noting in her report that: the &;quot;systematic review showed no clear evidence that social transition in childhood has any positive or negative mental health outcomes‚ and relatively weak evidence for any effect in adolescence&;quot;; puberty blockers &;quot;exert their intended effect in suppressing puberty‚&;quot; but compromise bone density and have no apparent impact on &;quot;gender dysphoria or body satisfaction&;quot;; there is a dearth of consistent evidence about the &;quot;effect of puberty suppression on psychological or psychosocial wellbeing‚ cognitive development‚ cardio-metabolic risk or fertility&;quot;; there is a lack of high-quality research assessing the outcomes of hormone interventions in adolescents confused about their sex; there is no evidence to support the popular claim amongst gender ideologues that cross-sex hormones reduce the elevated risk of deaths amongst those suffering from gender dysphoria; clinicians are incapable of determining with certainty which prospective child victims might simply grow out of their confusion; for &;quot;most young people‚ a medical pathway will not be the best way to manage their gender-related distress&;quot;; and the so-called science regarding &;quot;gender-affirming care&;quot; is &;quot;an area of remarkably weak evidence&;quot; built on &;quot;shaky foundations.&;quot; Whereas Stonewall and leftists find the facts hard to digest‚ others have willingly admitted fault. A group of 16 senior clinical psychologists penned a letter in the Guardian on April 21‚ noting‚ &;quot;Whether intentionally or not‚ and many were doing their best in an impossible situation‚ it was clinical psychologists who promoted an ideology that was almost impossible to challenge; who‚ as the Cass report found‚ largely failed to carry out proper assessments of troubled young people‚ and thus put many on an 'irreversible medical pathway' that in most cases was inappropriate; and who failed in their most basic duty to keep proper records.&;quot; They concluded‚ &;quot;We are ashamed of the role psychology has played [in gender-affirming care].&;quot; Like Blaze News&;#63; Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here&;#33;

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