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Melinda French Gates, ex-wife of billionaire Bill Gates, announced Tuesday that she plans to donate $1 billion to various organizations that claim to “support” women and girls around the world. To no one’s surprise, French Gates' organizations of choice promote far-left policies like changing your gender and killing your kids. French Gates plans to leave the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the foundation she co-founded with her ex-husband, at some point next week. With her departure, and the divorce, French Gates is set to receive $12.5 billion from Gates - hence her announcement regarding where she plans to give money to.  As AP News noted, French Gates will be making donations through her Pivotal Ventures group. Pivotal noted how the $1 billion will be allocated: $200 million to existing U.S. nonprofits supporting women and girls: Center for Reproductive Rights, Collaborative for Gender + Reproductive Equity, Collective Future Fund, Community Change, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, MomsRising Education Fund, Ms. Foundation for Women, National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Partnership for Women & Families, National Women’s Law Center, New America, The 19th, Roosevelt Institute, States United Democracy Center, Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, and Washington Center for Equitable Growth. $240 million, in $20 million grants to each of these global leaders: Dr. Alfiee Breland-Noble, founder of The AAKOMA Project; Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix; filmmaker Ava DuVernay; Crystal Echo Hawk, founder of IllumiNative; Gary Barker, founder of Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice; Hauwa Ojeifo, founder of She Writes Woman; former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern; Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee; M. V. Lee Badgett, founding partner of Koppa: The LGBTI+ Economic Power Lab; Richard V. Reeves, founding president of the American Institute for Boys and Men; Sabrina Habib, co-founder and CEO of Kidogo; and Shabana Basij-Rasikh, co-founder of the School of Leadership Afghanistan. $250 million to be awarded to organizations working to improve women’s mental and physical health worldwide, selected through an open call with Lever for Change this fall. (Note: Bolded are the obviously woke organizations and people, but many of the others promote or endorse woke ideologies as well.) The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global advocacy group who advocates for abortion to be available worldwide. On its website, it noted proudly, that “since 2021, as a result of the Center’s work, 1.7 billion people have stronger legal protections for abortion.” Seems like an odd thing to be proud of. Another woke group French Gates is sending money to is the Collaborative for Gender + Reproductive Equity (CGRE). That group works to accelerate things like transgenderism, Black Lives Matter (BLM) propaganda, abortion and other progressive ideologies. French Gates also plans to donate a $20 million grant to M.V. Lee Badgett, who is a founding partner of Koppa: The LGBTQI+ Economic Power Lab, which has a mission to “unleash global LGBTI+ economic power through knowledge, financing and connection.” In plain English, the group aims to push progressivism throughout the world. While you and I see how these causes don’t actually help women and girls but rather push the idea that life has no meaning, individual needs come first and delusions should be celebrated. The media, especially CBS, loved French Gates’ plans. On Wednesday, "CBS Mornings" highlighted how French Gates plans to “help protect women’s rights” by bringing on the founder of “The 19th,” which is an independent journalism outlet that supposedly gives women and gays information and tools on how to “participate in our democracy.” On "The Daily Report with John Dickerson" for CBS, Dickerson noted that French Gates is working to “support” women and girls too. I’m still unsure how helping women kill their kids and live a lie is a way of showing “support.” "CBS Evenings" puffed up the move as well, calling it a “historic” type of “pledge.” "CBS Evening News" noted that French Gates is “concerned her one year-old granddaughter will grow up with fewer rights than she has” and spoke highly of how French Gates plans to help push abortion with her $1B donation. Right after French Gates noted where she plans to allocate her donations, "CBS Mornings" called it a “stunning announcement” that shows that she’s “committed to advocating for women and girls.” Hosts on the show also noted that her move “shows you what the stakes are and why somebody like Melinda Gates French would choose to take up this battle [abortion ‘rights’] and devote a lot of her wealth to the battle. Well, it’s clear CBS is in love with French Gates’ pledge to do what I would consider is the opposite of “supporting” women and girls. If she really wanted to help women and girls, French Gates could've easily given money to adoption groups, to kids in foster care, to pregnancy centers or to women who need financial and physical support after choosing life. THAT would've actually been "support."

PBS ran an updated version of their December Frontline documentary on the Gaza War on Tuesday by concluding with a montage of soundbites intended to portray Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as out of touch with the world, the International Criminal Court, and even his own country. No rebuttals were included. The original 2023 documentary was something of an anti-Netanyahu screed meant to equate him with Hamas and Palestinian dead-enders like Yasser Arafat's actions at Camp David in 2000. The revised 2024 version ended with narrator Will Lyman recalling Netanyahu and President Joe Biden’s embrace, “Now, the two men who’d embraced on the tarmac are at a critical juncture as the consequences of the war accumulate.”     That kicked off a montage of news reports, including “The calls for accountability are now growing” and “Israeli forces admit they killed seven aid workers delivering food to starving Palestinians.” Lyman also recalled that “President Biden recently took the extreme step of pausing a shipment of bombs to Israel,” before another reporter was heard declaring that “Biden warned Israel against authorizing a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.” Another news report relayed the news that “the International Criminal Court has announced it is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.” That included a clip of Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan adding, “It’s alleged that these crimes were committed in the context of the ongoing armed conflict.” As for Israel itself, Amos Harel of the left-wing Haaretz declared, “We have a leader who's mistrusted by most of the Israeli voters, and yet he's leading us through our worst crisis since this country was established 75 years ago. And this is part of the tragedy. We may be facing not only our worst security situation, but also a huge political crisis with no kind of solution on the horizon.” PBS really did its viewers a disservice. The changes were sold as an update to the previous version, but in reality, it just threw spaghetti at Netanyahu to see what it could get to stick. It didn’t note, for instance, that the IDF did more after strike that killed seven food aid workers PBS highlighted than Joe Biden did after the Kabul drone strike in 2021, despite Khan justifying his decision to seek Netanyahu’s arrest on the premise that Israel refuses to investigate itself. Furthermore, Khan apparently lied to Israel and American officials of both parties when he told them he would go to Israel to consult with the government before making any decisions. Instead, he went on CNN to announce the decision to seek arrest warrants. As for Harel, PBS ignores some key facts. For instance, Netanyahu has been under pressure by Benny Gantz, an opposition leader who joined a unity war cabinet after October 7, to come up with a post-war strategy and has threatened to resign if Netanyahu fails to come up with one. Gantz is portrayed in the American media as a more reasonable and centrist politician, but in presenting his demands, his office criticized Netanyahu for waiting too long to attack Rafah. For the media, the last point is critical. Not all Israeli criticism of Netanyahu is the same and projecting the American political spectrum onto Israeli domestic politics is a mistake. Netanyahu’s American critics, and some of his Israeli critics accuse him of prolonging the war for his own political benefit or accuse him of being too reckless in prosecuting the war. Yet, when he listens on the latter, he is accused by non-right-wing rivals of being too timid, but discussing that would undermine PBS’s narrative that Netanyahu is an irredeemable right-winger who is just as much to blame for the current situation as Hamas. Here is a transcript for the May 28 show: PBS Frontline: Netanyahu, America & the Road to War in Gaza (2024 Version) 5/28/2024 11:21 PM ET WILL LYMAN: Now, the two men who’d embraced on the tarmac are at a critical juncture as the consequences of the war accumulate. FEMALE NEWSREADER: The calls for accountability are now growing. FEMALE NEWSREADER 2: Israeli forces admit they killed seven aid workers delivering food to starving Palestinians. LYMAN: President Biden recently took the extreme step of pausing a shipment of bombs to Israel. JOE BIDEN: We’re not walking away from Israel’s security. We’re walking away from Israel’s ability to wage war in those areas. FEMALE NEWSREADER 3: Biden warned Israel against authorizing a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. LYMAN: Netanyahu has not backed down. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: [Speaking Hebrew] If we need to stand alone, we will stand alone. I have said that if necessary we will fight with our fingernails. But we have much more than fingernails. LYMAN: But he is increasingly under pressure. FEMALE NEWSREADER 4: Breaking this morning, the International Criminal Court has announced it is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. MALE NEWSREADER: They’re all charged for war crimes or crimes against humanity. KARIM KHAN: It’s alleged that these crimes were committed in the context of the ongoing armed conflict. LYMAN: And he's facing challenges at home. AMOS HAREL: We have a leader who's mistrusted by most of the Israeli voters, and yet he's leading us through our worst crisis since this country was established 75 years ago. And this is part of the tragedy. We may be facing not only our worst security situation, but also a huge political crisis with no kind of solution on the horizon.

Actor and podcaster Russell Brand, 48, announced his intention to get baptized as a Christian in late April, recognizing it as "an opportunity to leave the past behind and be reborn in Christ's name." The experience, which he described as "incredible and profound," reportedly left him feeling "changed" and "surrendered in Christ." It also made Brand a popular target for leftists, skeptics, and other critics, including those convinced of the legitimacy of the unproven sexual assault allegations leveled against him. For instance, Guardian columnist Marina Hyde wrote that "[Brand's] spiritual journey has been what you might expect of a bog-standard sex-case-turned-wingnut" and concluded, "you can't help thinking there will only be room for one messiah in that relationship – and unfortunately, it won't be Jesus." Before launching a vicious attack on Harrison Butker over his commencement speech at a Catholic school, leftist columnist and Anglican priest Michael Coren judged the convert and expressed doubt about the authenticity of Brand's baptism. Helen Paynter, another left-leaning Christian minister who serves as executive director of the Center for the Study of Bible and Violence at Bristol Baptist College, similarly cast doubt on Brand's sincerity and claimed that the "'celebrification' of baptism is troubling." The doubts and critiques of strangers appear to have done little to faze the convert, who provided an update Monday, the one-month anniversary of his baptism. 'It changes you — to accept that it's not like you're in a game show and by doing really, really good things you can get redeemed.' "I've been a Christian a month now, and it's been a big change," said Brand. "Not that I've entirely changed as a person. Of course I haven't. But I've taken on a lot of new concepts." "It changes you — to accept that it's not like you're in a game show and by doing really, really good things you can get redeemed. No. Repentance — to repent! — means that you have to continually change and acknowledge that I am in a battle against myself; that I need to surrender myself to an ever-present, eternal, and accessible Jesus; that mercy is something that's given to me, been granted to me, that I live with through love — not something that I can sort of win or achieve by doing good deeds," said Brand. The actor noted that his conversion has exposed him to new people and literature and afforded him a sense of peace. "When I am in doubt, I feel the instruction is there [and] accessible, and I feel like I know what I'm supposed to do, that's even clearer," continued Brand. "When I feel myself being selfish or inconsiderate or putting myself first or not thinking about how I can be better to other people, it's as if there is an inner illumination available to me now." Brand marveled at the "simplicity of the idea of God come to earth as a man to experience what it is to be human and to sacrifice Himself because that's the only sacrifice that could bring us home, that could give us the opportunity for redemption." The actor acknowledged that he is "just at the beginning" of his Christian journey but expressed excitement about the steps ahead. 'People are so cynical about the increasing interest in Christianity and the return to God, but to me, it's obvious.' Whereas contempt for Brand and doubt over his sincerity have crowded the columns of liberal newspapers in the United Kingdom, the comments on the actor's viral video on X were largely supportive. BlazeTV host Steve Deace noted, "Absolutely blown away by this. He literally explains what it means to 'work out your salvation with fear and trembling.'" Allie Beth Stuckey, host of BlazeTV's "Relatable," tweeted, "Russell Brand bringing the simple gospel. We love to see it." Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon commended Brand on his approach, noting, "Instead of co-opting Christianity for political gain, or wielding Christ's name as a weapon to bludgeon the Jews, he's actually learning about God's grace, letting it change his life, and sharing it all with the world. You love to see it." Ahead of his baptism, Brand said, "People are so cynical about the increasing interest in Christianity and the return to God, but to me, it's obvious. As meaning deteriorates in the modern world, as our value systems and institutions crumble, all of us become increasingly aware that there is this eerily familiar awakening and beckoning figure that we’ve all known all of our lives, within us and around us." Brand is one of a number of high-profile celebrities to turn to Christianity in recent months. After rejecting witchcraft and the occult, celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D was baptized late last year, as was survivalist and former SAS trooper Bear Grylls, who waded into the Jordan River. In conversation with Allie Beth Stuckey, Kat Von D shared a message similar to Brand’s about the impact of her decision: "I feel like I'm the best wife and the best mother I can be now because of the changes that I've had. I mean ... it's like a deprogramming has taken place. Things that I used to find attractive are disgusting to me, you know? And it's like, I wish I could put into words like how amazing those changes are." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

In Bush v. Gore, the United States Supreme Court interceded in the Florida Supreme Court’s deliberations because that court was changing the Florida voting system on the fly, thereby violating the Equal Protection rights of Florida voters. The state court was establishing new standards for resolving a presidential election. The Manhattan trial court has done worse in the farcical “hush-money” case. It has taken up a case in which there is exclusive federal jurisdiction (involving the Federal Election Campaign Act) despite the fact that the federal agencies with authority over enforcing federal campaign laws — the Federal Election Commission and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York — declined to bring charges. I would strongly encourage his attorneys to seek an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court based on Bush v. Gore. Judge Juan Merchan is conflicted. His daughter, Loren, is raising tens of millions of dollars on behalf of her Democratic Party clients. Collateral evidence has been abundant (and has no probative value). The elements of the supposed federal offense were never articulated by the state or the court. The imposition of a gag order on the defendant, who is the future Republican nominee for president, during a national campaign, raises all manner of First Amendment questions, problems, and concerns. Moreover, this state court could easily have avoided influencing and interfering with the federal presidential election merely by setting a later time for the case, if the court actually believed it somehow had merit. After all, the state waited years to bring its case. Therefore, there is not only a federal constitutional Equal Protection violation, in that this state trial court has purposefully interposed itself into the federal presidential election without authority or jurisdiction, but the court has also violated the federal constitutionally protected Due Process rights of the future Republican nominee for president. Furthermore, the voters are to determine the federal election outcome without the interference of a state court attempting to influence the result. If President Trump is found guilty of any of the 34 charges, I would strongly encourage his attorneys to seek an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court based, at least in significant part, on Bush v. Gore.

Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy ruffled feathers at the White House on Tuesday by asking about President Joe Biden's recent meeting with Hallie Biden.Over the weekend, President Biden made a "surprise nighttime visit" to the home of Hallie Biden, the New York Post reported. Hallie is the widow of Biden's son Beau and the former girlfriend of Biden's other son, Hunter Biden. During the visit, the two shared a "brief private talk," according to the report.'I think the American people should also be told the full breadth of this.'The visit raised eyebrows because it came less than two weeks before Hunter Biden's trial for gun crimes begins. Hallie Biden is expected to testify as a witness for prosecutors.On Tuesday, Doocy asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the conversation between Biden and Hallie."Why did President Biden have a private meeting with a witness who plans to testify in court against his son?" Doocy asked. "... Hallie Biden is a key government witness who allegedly disposed of a gun that Hunter is accused of buying illegally. President Biden was at her house this week."But Jean-Pierre was clearly annoyed with the question."I think the American people should also be told the full breadth of this," she huffed, claiming the visit was to mark the ninth anniversary of Beau's tragic passing."He visited her ... days before the anniversary of the passing of his son, and she is family. She was married, obviously, to his late son. And I think that is something also to mention as you're asking your question to me," Jean-Pierre added.But Doocy quickly spotted what was missing from Jean-Pierre's answer."So they did not talk about her testimony?" he followed up."This was not about that. This was about literally the ninth anniversary of the passing of his son that is upcoming in days," the press secretary responded. — (@) Last week, special counsel David Weiss submitted trial briefs indicating that he plans to call Hallie Biden as a witness.At the time of Hunter Biden's alleged crime — lying on an ATF 4473 form about his drug use — the first son was in a romantic relationship with his late brother's widow. Hallie Biden allegedly took the gun that Hunter purchased in October 2018 and disposed of it in a garbage can not far from a school.In additional to Hallie, prosecutors plan to call two other Hunter Biden exes as witnesses. Each woman will purportedly testify about Hunter's drug use.Hunter's trial is scheduled to begin on June 3.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The South Carolina freedom caucus is a coalition of more than a dozen state representatives fighting to advance conservative principles in the Palmetto State, but while Republicans hold a massive majority in the chamber, the freedom caucus' struggle is not just against Democrats but Republicans as well.State Rep. Josiah Magnuson (R), who serves as the Freedom Caucus' secretary, told Blaze News that Republicans as well as Democrats (which he collectively calls the "uniparty") both "have it out for the Freedom Caucus."'Core group of ... absolute RINO establishment hacks ... Democrats that like to dress in ... drag and act like Republicans.'State Rep. Adam Morgan (R), who chairs the conservative group, indicated to Blaze News that there is a pattern in which the freedom caucus raises an issue, other Republicans suggest it's not an issue, "we put it on the record, they vote against it, they all get hammered," but then the Republican opponents reverse course, and "we all together vote for whatever conservative principle" is at hand because they must face election.He said that there is a "core group of ... absolute RINO establishment hacks ... Democrats that like to dress in ... drag and act like Republicans." Morgan also indicated that there are many Republican lawmakers in the middle who sometimes vote with the freedom caucus but sometimes vote with leadership.The Palmetto Truth Project has been attacking South Carolina Freedom Caucus members and candidates aligned with the freedom caucus, using mailers, mass text messages, and other means, according to Evan Newman of the State Freedom Caucus Network. Newman serves as the state director for the South Carolina Freedom Caucus.President and owner of Starboard Communications Walter Whetsell, who does work with the South Carolina Republican Caucus, is also working with the Palmetto Truth Project.Whetsell told Blaze News that the South Carolina "House Republican Caucus is one of many clients of ours that we provide consulting services for. We also work directly for many members of the House Republican Caucus on individual bases." He also noted, "We do provide consulting services to the Palmetto Truth Project as we do for more than two dozen or so clients."Whetsell stated that "while members of the Freedom Caucus have been extremely misleading with their narrative to voters, they occasionally have slipped and admitted their real goal is to 'burn this place down.'" He asserted that "the Post and Courier, has highlighted the Freedom Caucus deceptions on a variety of issues ... from allowing convicted felons to carry handguns in the open, to not rewarding law enforcement and school teachers with pay increases, to proposing penalties (up to the death penalty) for women who have abortions. All the while, they voted 'no' to lowering the state's income tax, which would allow hard-working taxpayers keeping more of their money."When offered the opportunity to respond to some of Whetsell's comments, Magnuson declared to Blaze News, "The SC Freedom Caucus is a real threat to the power of the good ol' boys in the Columbia Swamp, so it makes sense why they would lie about us so desperately.""Our members have consistently voted in favor of the budget sections in question, such as infrastructure, law enforcement, and teacher pay raises, and in fact have often advocated for greater funding of those areas rather than wasting taxpayer dollars on crazy pork projects. And none of us have ever advocated for the death penalty for abortion. It is the failed political establishment who is intent on spinning a misleading narrative across the state. Their concern is not for the truth but for their gravy train," Magnuson declared.Whetsell told Blaze News that the amount of money the Palmetto Truth Project is spending "seems to grow by the day with the continued missteps and pearl-clutching of the Freedom Caucus. I provide their group with marketing advice based upon the issue[s] they are concerned about and provide them a variety of marketing options for reaching rational, reasonable, common-sense conservative voters with those messages," he noted.Morgan, who is currently challenging incumbent U.S. Rep. William Timmons in the Republican primary in South Carolina's 4th Congressional District, said that "we need fewer Lindsey Grahams" holding office and more figures like Reps. Chip Roy and Ralph Norman. Graham is one of the state's two U.S. senators, while Roy currently represents Texas' 21st Congressional District, and Norman represents South Carolina's 5th Congressional District."The ruling coalition of liberal Republicans and their Democrat allies have surrendered to the woke Left and the globalist onslaught against American freedom," the South Carolina Freedom Caucus executive team said in a statement provided to Blaze News by Magnuson.'We are exposing the RINOs and forcing them to address issues that Republican voters actually care about.'"Under 30 years of RINO leadership, they have allowed our roads to crumble, our law enforcement to be demoralized, and our small businesses across our state to shutter their doors. They have failed to close our primaries, rid our state of DEI and CRT, or reform the backroom judicial selection process. And they continue to push crony capitalism and corporate welfare for the politically connected," the statement declared. "The SC Freedom Caucus represents the first real threat to the failed status quo. That's why you see a coordinated effort between lobbyists, special interests, and liberal leadership relentlessly attacking the only real conservative lawmakers in South Carolina.""Our unwillingness to cave on our conservative policy positions, our refusal to sign their Soviet-style loyalty pledge to protect the good ol' boys, and our demands for roll call votes, have terrified the political club in Columbia. We are exposing the RINOs and forcing them to address issues that Republican voters actually care about," the statement noted. "The political establishment sees their gravy train evaporating that benefits entrenched legislators, their special interest friends, and woke corporations. By returning the People's House back to the People and creating solutions for conservative reform, the SC Freedom Caucus is moving our state from the most liberal red state in the country toward the beacon of conservatism that South Carolinians expect and deserve."Blaze Media's Daniel Horowitz recently opined in a post on X, "The most important thing in SC is to reelect and expand the Freedom Caucus." — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Video game developer Epic Games released a "coding standard" that requires inclusivity in its programming, which includes referring to singular people with plural pronouns and not using words like "master" or "slave."As part of the use of Unreal Engine 5, the company's groundbreaking computer graphics engine, Epic Games requires programmers to operate under progressive gender and racial ideologies."At Epic Games, we have a few simple coding standards and conventions. This document reflects the state of Epic Games' current coding standards. Following the coding standards is mandatory," the company wrote on its site. "The standard is expected to be followed no matter which language is used," it added.After copyright notices and naming conventions, programmers are treated to some religious fanaticism that must be adhered to at the company.'Refer to anything that is not a person as it and its.'The first subsection of note is "racial, ethnic, and religious inclusiveness." This told programmers not to use metaphors or similes that "reinforce stereotypes.""Examples include contrast black and white or blacklist and whitelist," with words that "refer to historical trauma or lived experience of discrimination" also being prohibited, such as "slave, master, and nuke."Who could forget the next subheading, "gender inclusiveness," which makes it mandatory for employees to use "they, them, and their, even in the singular" for hypothetical people."Refer to anything that is not a person as it and its. For example, a module, plugin, function, client, server, or any other software or hardware component," the company said. Assuming a gender is also a violation under Epic Games' language policing, as the company said not to use collective nouns like "guys." Phrases like "a poor man's X" is also against the rules.Epic Games also said that slang should be avoided due to its work being seen by global audiences that "might not understand the same cultural references."Another term the general public may not be familiar with is "overloaded words." The gaming company said that words such as "abort, executive, or native" need to be used in "precise" manners while being examined for the context in which they appear.The developers behind the game "Fortnite" provided a list of new words that are safer for programmers to use. Instead of "blacklist," the company suggested terms like "deny list" or "avoid list."In place of "whitelist," programmers can use "trust list" or "approved list." As with "master," words like "primary" are preferred. While for "slave," examples included "worker" or "replica."After providing this re-education, Epic Games stated that its leaders are "actively working to bring our code in line with the principles laid out above."Epic Games was founded as Potomac Computer Systems in 1991 and is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, with about 4,000 employees.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Baseball legend Ty Cobb's .367 lifetime batting average stood as the Major League Baseball record for nearly a century. But now there's a new leader in that category: Josh Gibson, who holds a .372 lifetime batting average.The sudden dethroning is one of several notable changes now that records for more than 2,300 Negro League players were incorporated into Major League Baseball records Tuesday following a three-year research project, the Associated Press reported.The move represents a 'show of respect for great players who performed in the Negro Leagues due to circumstances beyond their control.'Gibson's .466 season batting average for the 1943 Homestead Grays is now the all-time best mark, and Charlie "Chino" Smith's .451 season batting average for the 1929 New York Lincoln Giants is second on the list, the AP said. Hugh Duffy of the National League's Boston team was the previous record holder for his .440 season batting average in 1894, the outlet added.Gibson tops the record books again as the career leader in slugging percentage (.718) and OPS (1.177), now besting Babe Ruth (.690 and 1.164), the AP said. OPS, according to Major League Baseball, is the sum of on-base percentage and slugging percentage, which shows how effectively a player can reach base along with how well a player hits for average and power.What's more, Gibson's .974 season slugging percentage in 1937 is now the record, and Barry Bonds' .863 season mark in 2001 drops to fifth, the AP said. Mules Suttles' .877 in 1926, Gibson's .871 in 1943, and Smith's .870 in 1929 are now the second- through fourth-place marks, the outlet added.Gibson yet again stands above the rest with a 1.474 season OPS in 1937 and a 1.435 season OPS in 1943 — nudging Bonds' 1.421 OPS in 2004 from first to third place, the AP said.MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred told the AP on Wednesday the move represents a "show of respect for great players who performed in the Negro Leagues due to circumstances beyond their control, and — once those circumstances changed — demonstrated that they were truly major leaguers. Maybe the single biggest factor was the success of players who played in the Negro Leagues and then came to the big leagues."BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock of the "Fearless" podcast offered the following opinion about the Negro League stats being added to MLB stats — particularly as it relates to the dethroning of Cobb's aforementioned record: "Knocking Ty Cobb down as the all-time batting champion is likely a big part of the motivation to rewrite baseball history. Ty Cobb was a despicable bigot, which still makes him 100 times better than the pro-abortion folks. Let’s hope no one who paid for an abortion ever played Major League Baseball."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!