The 2024 presidential campaign was turned upside down last week with the withdrawal of Joe Biden from the race and the virtual coronation of Kamala Harris as his replacement. With just weeks to go until voting begins, the sprint is now on to define the presumptive Democratic nominee in the minds of voters.Fortunately for Republicans, Harris has plenty of vulnerabilities to highlight. Despite the media’s whitewashing attempts, Harris may well be the most far-left major party presidential candidate in American history, and some GOP ads have already begun to highlight her insane positions — ranging from open-borders advocacy to discouraging meat consumption.The Democratic Party’s ideological extremism on gender is one of its biggest vulnerabilities, and, with Harris, the party has now put it front and center.But while exposing her extremism on immigration, crime, and energy policy may be an effective strategy, the vice president’s weaknesses go far beyond these issues. Harris also has a long history of promoting a wildly unpopular cultural agenda, one that Republicans would be foolish to ignore.As Harris herself admitted during her failed 2020 presidential run: “Way back when, with the power that I had, I used it in a way that was about pushing forward the [transgender] movement, frankly, and the agenda.” This was a rare instance of her telling the truth.As California’s attorney general, for example, Harris forced a policy change that allowed male prison inmates who identified as women to undergo taxpayer-funded sex-change surgeries. Her office negotiated the deal allowing the first taxpayer-funded sex-change surgery for any inmate in the United States — for convicted murderer “Shiloh Quine.”Another inmate involved in the deal, convicted of second-degree murder, was quickly released on parole and went on to get the surgery under California’s Medicaid program. Ironically, he now believes the gender insanity in California prisons has gone too far: “I didn’t mean for this to happen. My case in 2015 opened up a doorway [and] I am waiting for the states to apologize to women.” Harris, though, apparently remains unfazed. She did mean for this to happen.When Harris entered the Senate in 2017, she began to push the transgender agenda even further. She was a pioneer on this issue, cosponsoring bills to put transgender-identifying men in women’s sports, locker rooms, school bathrooms, domestic violence shelters, and elsewhere. She also signed on to legislation to force hospitals and doctors — including those with conscientious objections — to perform sex-change procedures, even on minor children.As vice president, Harris has continued her far-left cultural crusade, attacking any state that has dared to fight back against gender extremism. She’s lambasted laws protecting kids from sexualized content in schools. She’s criticized policies protecting integrity and fairness in women’s sports. And she’s attacked moves by states to protect children from the horrifying medical malpractice of “gender-affirming care.”In the meantime, the Biden-Harris administration has been busy trying to "re-interpret" existing law to accomplish what Harris couldn't in the Senate. During her time as vice president, her administration has tried to force doctors, hospitals, and insurance companies to fund or perform sex-change procedures on children. It has attempted to force schools to allow men in women's sports and private spaces. And it has even threatened to defund school lunch programs for poor children if those schools do not comply.Unsurprisingly, all of this is deeply unpopular with the American public. Large majorities of voters oppose men in women’s sports, sex-change procedures for minors, and inappropriate gender content in schools. And as Republicans like Glenn Youngkin and Ron DeSantis have shown, candidates who run on these issues can be very successful, even appealing to those beyond the traditional GOP base.Although Democrats want voters to view Kamala Harris as a fresh face and a reset for the party’s ticket, the truth is that she has been a leading figure for years in the far left’s culture war on American families. The Democratic Party’s ideological extremism on gender is one of its biggest vulnerabilities, and, with Harris, the party has now put it front and center. With the election now up for grabs after last week’s unprecedented events, Republicans cannot afford to let this advantage go to waste.

Bringing regulation up to the admittedly low standard with which Congress treats fiscal policy would still be a huge improvement.

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In the ancient chronicles of Rome, few figures evoke as much intrigue and controversy as Elagabalus, the teenage youthful emperor whose rule in the early 3rd century AD was defined by ambitious religious reforms centered on the Syrian deity, Elagabal. Characterized by its elaborate ceremonies and departure from traditional Roman practices, the Cult of Elagabalus attempted to reshape religious norms to align with personal beliefs and political agendas. Yet, despite the emperor's efforts to promote his deity within the Roman pantheon, the cult was met with limited success. Like those who came before him, the dynamics and shortcomings of ancient religious reform initiatives highlights the complexities and challenges in political climates entrenched in cultural traditions. A Life of Servitude Born in Emesa, Syria, Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus (Elagabalus) enjoyed a life of privilege and opportunity. His mother was a cousin to the current Roman emperor, Caracalla, a relative of the Severan dynasty. His family name also connected him to the Roman Syrian Emesene dynasty, the House of Sampsigeramus, priestly kings. As such, he was given rights to the priesthood, which he honorably obliged himself to. From a young age, he acted as the head priest to Elagabal, Ba’al of Emesa, lord and primary deity of Syria. Read moreSection: NewsHistoryAncient TraditionsFamous PeoplePremiumPreviewRead Later 

A woman buried around 12,000 years ago near the upper Tigris River in southwestern Turkey might have been a shaman with a spiritual connection to wild animals, according to a new study. This unusual burial site at Çemka Höyük—meaning “mound by the water” dates back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) period, a transitional era between 10,000 and 8,800 BC, just before the advent of agriculture. During this time, people were still hunter-gatherers, similar to their Mesolithic ancestors, and had not yet developed pottery. However, it appears that settlements had already started to form, at least seasonally, in places like Jericho in the Palestinian Territories and Göbekli Tepe, an archaeological site in Turkey about 150 miles west of Çemka Höyük. This, amongst other finds, have been published in the latest edition of L’Anthropologie. Excavations are ongoing at the Çemka Höyük neolithic settlement, Turkey. (Anatolian Archaeology) Read moreSection: NewsHistory & ArchaeologyHistoryAncient TraditionsRead Later 

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican rivals in a closely watched open congressional race in Arizona, a rare and surprising move before Tuesday's primary election.