Al Roker and his wife, Deborah Roberts, have been together for over thirty years. During that time, they raised three children and lived a life in the public eye as journalists. Al has been with the Today Show for 28 years, and Deborah has worked for ABC since 1995. While the pair may work for opposing networks, they’re one big happy family at home. Al Roker And His Wife Took To Social Media On Their Anniversary Al posted a sweet Instagram message to his wife on their anniversary writing: “Well, 29 years by pretty fast. Not sure @debrobertsabc would agree.#happyanniversaryto an amazing wife, friend, mom, journalist, and incredible #lifepartner who made sure I survived my crisis a year and a half ago. Though I’m sure I give her pause to reconsider that from time to time. Thanks for not pulling the plug. I love you.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Al Roker (@alroker) He shared snapshots of their family and some sweet pictures of just the two of them together. Fans loved his post. Someone commented, “Happy anniversary! What a beautiful example-and could you both be any cuter?” Dylan Dryer agreed, “You guys are amazing!! Happy anniversary!!” Deborah also shared a few photos, including one from their wedding day of the pair running out the door and a similar pic from today.  Deborah posted on her Instagram, “How it began…how it is now. Still racing toward love and life with you @alroker and so delighted for every adventure. You bring the #joy. Here’s to 29 more years.” Octavia Spencer commented on Deborah’s post, “You two are couple’s goals!!! Congratulations.” Another fan agreed, “Happy anniversary. It is such a joy to watch you both.” This story’s featured image is by Mike Coppola/Getty Images. The post Al Roker Pens Grateful Message To Wife On 29th Anniversary For Helping Him Through “Crisis” appeared first on InspireMore.

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DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A group of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish parents in Maryland petitioned the Supreme Court on Thursday to ask it to take up a case regarding school board policies that keep parents in the dark on books with themes about “gender” and “sexuality” being taught to children. The case originates from the Montgomery County Board of Education instituting an “inclusive” storybook program in 2022 for students in grades pre-K through 5th grad, initially informing parents of when they would be read until changing that policy in March 2023, also restricting parents’ ability to opt their kids out, according to a press release from the Becket Fund, a nonprofit law firm representing the parents. Shortly after the Montgomery Board of Education announced the change in policy, the group of parents filed a lawsuit against the board in May 2023 and lost, and were denied again in May 2024 when they appealed to the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. The storybooks include topics on gender transitioning, pride parades and preferred pronouns, according to the press release. One book includes terms like “intersex flag” and “drag queen.” One book mentioned in the lawsuit, “Jacob’s Room to Choose,” includes two transgender children and a teacher who use a game to persuade their class to be “supportive of gender-free bathrooms,” court documents states. Another book, “Pride Puppy,” directed at 3- and 4-year-olds, describes a pride parade and has students identify images including “leather” and “underwear.” Mahmoud-v.-Taylor-Cert-PetitionDownload “Most fundamentally, it violates the First Amendment, which guarantees the right of parents to direct the religious upbringing of their children,” Will Haun, an attorney for the Becket Fund, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The parents allege that the Board of Education is targeting them and their kids based on their religious beliefs towards gender and sexuality and is driving a wedge between parents and their children, according to a case summary. The parents argue that the initial change in policy violates Maryland’s law, the board’s policies, and the U.S. Constitution. Muslim, Jewish, and Christian parents asked the United States Supreme Court to protect their right to opt their kids out of instruction on gender and sexuality that is not age-appropriate. @BECKETlaw's petition: https://t.co/29jEXgxXA8 pic.twitter.com/rjCKh99fr9— Eric Baxter (@esbax) September 13, 2024 “Parents shouldn’t have to take a back seat to anyone when it comes to introducing their children to complex and sensitive issues around gender and sexuality,” Eric Baxter, vice president and senior counsel at the Becket Fund, said in the press release. “Nearly every state requires parental consent before high schoolers can attend sex-ed. Parents should have the right to excuse their elementary-school children when related instruction is introduced during story hour.” Despite parents not having the option to opt their children out of learning about the storybooks, the option is given for high schoolers regarding similar lessons that are taught during the sex-education unit for health classes that are state-mandated, according to the court documents. The Supreme Court will consider deciding on the case in the fall, according to the press release. The Montgomery County Board of Education did not immediately provide a comment to the Daily Caller News Foundation. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post Maryland Parents Ask Justices to Hear Appeal of School Policy Pushing Gender, Sexuality on Pre-K to 5th Graders appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Looking for a squirrel proof bird feeder? Then this post is for you! I've compiled a list of the various quality crafted squirrel proof bird feeders below! One of the problems with being a decorative homesteader is that I like to decorate my yard with many trees, fences, and ornamental pieces. The bad side? I also enjoy having beautiful birds fluttering in and out of my homestead and with the mass amount of squirrels I seem to always be hosting, they always get to the bird food first. So what should we do? Help prevent squirrels and larger unwanted birds from reaching the bird seed with a squirrel proof bird feeder. Read on! Image via allbirdcage Squirrel Proof Bird Feeders | Be A Better Host To Your Beautiful Visitors Squirrels are known to be good at stealing food that’s been put out for the birds. While squirrels are a step up from rodents and pests, it can still be highly frustrating to watch as they eat the bird food you lovingly placed in your feeders for the colorful birds to enjoy. These cute but ravenous little monsters scare off the birds, devour all the seeds, and can even chomp bird feeders to bits. But fear not! A squirrel proof bird feeder is the answer! Keep squirrels away from feeders with these 7 ideas and designs of squirrel proof bird feeders to help you decide which you like best. 1. Squirrel-Free Electronic Bird Feeder | This bird feeder has a built-in, battery-operated charger that gives static correction to squirrels when they make contact. It is important to know that the small charge only startles squirrels and does not hurt them. We want them to leave our bird feeders alone – but we also don't want to hurt the squirrels! Birds are safe from getting shocked as they cannot make a contact with only two legs. 2. Flexi-Perch Squirrel-Proof Bird Feeder | These Flexi-Perches, combined with PVC pipe of the right length and width, make an inexpensive, easy-to-build, and effective squirrel-proof bird feeder. The PVC pipe is slick and without texture for the squirrels to cling to. The flexibility of the perches makes the weight of a squirrel too much for the perch to stay horizontal, forcing the squirrel to slide off. This is possibly the most inexpensive squirrel proof bird feeder on the list. 3. Metal Squirrel Baffle Black | Another way to prevent squirrels from taking all your bird seed is a baffle. Baffles are usually in the shape of a cone or dome that fit two places. They can either go underneath the feeder on a pole so squirrels are unable to climb up, or they can be placed above the feeder so squirrels can't climb down the pole. If you have a yard with many trees that have potential low hanging branches, both the top and the bottom of your feeder may need to be protected. 4. Cage Bird Feeder | A cage bird feeder will attract both clinging and perching birds. The mesh used for this bird cage must be the proper size in order to allow the birds you want in the feeder to come and go as they please. It is ideal for preventing squirrels or large nuisance birds from swiping your bird seed.   5. Roller Feeder While this contraption is one that may be for the more creative homesteader, it works wonderfully well when getting rid of squirrels. These feeders sway from side to side when a squirrel climbs or jumps on the feeder housing. Their weight and distribution will not allow the bird feeder to remain steady. Squirrels either roll off or are befuddled before they can steal any seed with this roller feeder. 6. Collapsible Perch Feeders This squirrel-proof feeder has collapsible perches that can only hold the weight of a small bird. If ever a critter gets the idea to try and climb up on the small perch, it simply bends and drops the animal. This design is simple and effective. As shown above, it also has the look of a traditional feeder.   7. Yankee Flipper This Yankee Flipper is a motor driven, battery powered, weight activated squirrel-proof bird feeder. The feeder begins spinning once a squirrel hops on to the perch, taking the squirrel for a whirl before it loses its grip and is thrown gently from the perch. Again, we don't want to hurt our friendly squirrels! This is not designed to swing them off violently, just to gently toss them off so they don't sneak away with your bird food.   Hopefully this list will help you to make an educated choice when choosing which squirrel proof bird feeders you will purchase (or make!) this weekend. While all of these options will work, be sure to choose the feeder that is best suited to your needs and style preferences. Enjoy the beautiful birds that will now have the opportunity to make your home their home! Let's check this video from Break and see what happen to a squirrel after eating fermented pumpkins. Which squirrel proof bird feeders will you install in your yard this weekend? Let us know below in the comments!  Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and Facebook!   LIKE this? I’m sure you’ll LOVE: How to Build A Bat House | Bat House Plans For Your Homestead Bird Baths, Bird Houses, Bird Feeders, and How to Keep Your Backyard Birds Happy 10 Common Dog Illnesses and How to Treat Them    

Was Kasie Hunt unaware of her own network's reporting—or was she being intentionally obtuse? The question arises after Hunt said this on today's episode of CNN This Morning, the show she hosts, regarding the suspect in the second assassination attempt against Donald Trump: "We obviously don't know very much at this point about a potential motive here. And we may never know about that." We may never know? Why is a journalist encouraging everyone to think it may be impossible to locate a motive?  Hunt could look up a CNN article entitled: "Man detained in apparent assassination attempt on Trump criticized former president on social media" contains the following [all caps in the original]: "In an April post on X tagging President Biden’s presidential account, he wrote that Biden’s campaign should be: 'called something like KADAF. Keep America democratic and free. Trumps should be MASA …make Americans slaves again master. DEMOCRACY is on the ballot and we cannot lose.'” So the suspect accuses Trump of wanting to make Americans slaves again. And then, in all caps, he writes "DEMOCRACY is on the ballot and we cannot lose." "Democracy is on the ballot" is a central Democrat theme in this election. We could cite countless examples of Democrats reciting it. But for present purposes, let's focus on none other than Kamala Harris posting those precise words. And the "we" that cannot lose, in the suspect's mind, can only be "we" anti-Trump forces. Before Hunt's profession of ignorance as to the suspect's motive, CNN analyst Alex Thompson of Axios projected Trump would use the assassination attempts against him to portray himself as a "martyr." Tom Olohan notes TIME magazine also tried to claim a motive was "unclear."  Here's the transcript. CNN This Morning 9/16/24 6:08 am EDT KASIE HUNT:  Shermichael Singleton, we of course want to be careful and precise in our language. We were saying this was a suspect, the person that was detained. Law enforcement not naming him yet as the suspect. We obviously don't know very much at this point about a potential motive here. And we may never know about that. This man had done an interview with the New York Times about traveling -- he did travel to Ukraine. We have video of him in Ukraine.  But as you look at how this is kind of playing out in the campaign, this is another incredibly difficult moment for the country, and one that puts the violence in our politics on display.

The foiled second assassination attempt on Donald Trump wasn't uniformly treated as a serious security problem. We found major networks blaming Trump's hot talk on migrants and pets for his own assassins. They blamed him for not toning rhetoric down -- the flagrantly hostile networks! Curtis Houck explains how Sunday unfolded. NBC's Lester Holt made a rare Sunday appearance: "Today’s apparent assassination attempt comes amid increasingly fierce rhetoric on the campaign trail itself. Mr. Trump, his running mate JD Vance continue to make baseless claims about Haitian immigrants in Ohio. This weekend, there were new bomb threats in that town." On ABC, Sunday anchor (and Kamala debate coddler) Linsey Davis opened the show with the Trump news, followed with this: "Springfield, Ohio on edge. Local schools are being threatened with violence and a college shuts down activities after threats were made following the baseless rumors that Asian immigrants have been eating pets." Curtis suggested these threats could be from outside the country. After the taping, Gov. Mike DeWine announced all the threats were hoaxes and came from abroad. Some began to lecture on the savage tone of our political conversation, and then lay that at Trump's doorstep. None of these leftist media outlets have any room to lecture about a harsh tone. They have applied the harshest tones about Trump -- connecting him to Hitler, the KKK, and totalitarian regimes.  On MSNBC, weekend anchor Alex Witt wondered if Trump is “going to reach out to his supporters and say ‘let's take this down’?” Reporter Vaughn Hillyard tied the atmosphere of both Trump assassination attempts to the January 6 riot. Analyst Frank Figliuzzi uncorked a lecture about how America is clinging to "assault rifles" and wrongly claimed Florida is an "open carry" state.  Let's add that Curtis discovered after we taped the podcast today that Margaret Brennan of CBS interviewed President Trump for the Super Bowl festivities in 2019. We also meant to make fun of USA Today for missing the assassination story in Monday's editions. It should be called USA Midday Yesterday. Enjoy the podcast below, or wherever you listen to podcasts. 

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