Disney is deleting a storyline about a transgender-identified character from an upcoming animated series, with a rep for the company stating that the topic is best left for parents to discuss with children themselves. Pixar’s original animated series “Win or Lose” is scheduled to air its first episode on February 19. The series follows a co-ed middle school softball team preparing for their big championship game. Each of the eight episodes follows one character and shows their point of view. A rep from Disney confirmed with The Hollywood Reporter that the storyline about a transgender-identified individual from one of the later episodes has been removed. “When it comes to animated content for a younger audience, we recognize that many parents would prefer to discuss certain subjects with their children on their own terms and timeline,” the rep said. The outlet noted that the character will still be in the show, but the lines about gender identity have been taken out. The Disney rep declined to share any more details about the decision or what exactly was changed. The topic of LGBT themes in children’s content is nothing new for the company. In June of 2022, Disney released the “Toy Story” spinoff “Lightyear” and got a ton of negative press for the same-sex kiss included in the animated children’s feature. The film “Onward” (2020) also included an openly gay character. That movie, which opened just prior to the COVID pandemic, only brought in $76 million at the global box office, with some more conservative countries refusing to show the movie at all. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Currently, the issue of transgenderism, especially as it relates to children, is an important topic of conversation. The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case dealing with Tennessee’s law banning irreversible gender transition procedures for children. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed Senate Bill 1 into law in March 2023. The bill bans doctors or health care providers from performing so-called “gender-affirming” surgeries or hormonal procedures on minors, including surgery, puberty blockers, and hormones. The bill came about following a September 2022 investigation into Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) by Daily Wire host Matt Walsh. He brought attention to the issue by exposing VUMC’s gender transition procedures for children, including the fact that they called these procedures a “big money maker.”

Luigi Mangione, the man suspected of assassinating UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month, was charged with first- and second-degree murder by a grand jury in New York, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Tuesday. Bragg said at a press conference that Mangione stands charged with one count of “murder in the first degree as a killing in furtherance of terrorism” and “two counts of murder in the second degree,” one of which accuses Mangione of killing Thompson in an act of terrorism. Mangione was also hit with multiple weapons charges and a charge of criminal possession of a forged instrument. The first-degree murder charge has a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole. Mangione — who was arrested at an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald’s on December 9 — has been fighting his extradition to New York. The suspected assassin was nabbed by police after the NYPD circulated a photo of him smiling at a Manhattan hostel before Thompson was gunned down on the street on December 4. Surveillance video showed a masked man shooting Thompson from behind while the CEO was on his way the the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan for his company’s Investor’s Conference. “This was a frightening, well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation,” Bragg said. “It occurred at one of the most bustling parts of our city, threatening the safety of local residents and tourists alike.” According to the district attorney, Mangione arrived in New York City on a bus on November 24 with the goal “to murder Brian Thompson.” Mangione checked into the Manhattan hostel using a fake New Jersey ID under the name Mark Rosario. Mangione is accused of standing outside the Hilton hotel in wait for Thompson. After the shooting, Mangione allegedly fled on a bike and got on a bus leaving the city. When he was arrested in Pennsylvania — around 275 miles from NYC — police said they found a 9mm handgun, a suppressor, two ammunition magazines, and the same fake New Jersey ID on him. Authorities said the gun found on Mangione was homemade and likely built using a 3D printer. Mangione’s mother filed a missing persons report with San Francisco police just weeks before Thompson was killed in New York City, the San Francisco Standard reported. Mangione worked in San Francisco for a short time before moving to Honolulu, Hawaii. According to NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny, police were already closing in on Mangione before he was arrested in Pennsylvania. Kenny said that when Mangione’s mother was questioned by authorities on December 7, shortly before her son’s arrest, she “didn’t indicate that it was her son in the photograph,” but told detectives that “it might be something that she could see [Mangione] doing.” CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Mangione’s extradition could take weeks to complete if he continues to fight it. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will have to submit a “governor’s warrant” to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, requesting the extradition. At the press conference, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch blasted those who have made a hero out of Mangione and have celebrated the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. “Let me say this plainly, there is no heroism in what Mangione did. This was a senseless act of violence. It was a cold and calculated crime that stole a life and put New Yorkers at risk,” Tisch said. “We don’t celebrate murders and we don’t lionize the killing of anyone. And any attempt to rationalize this is vile, wreckless, and offensive to our deeply held principles of justice.” Both Tisch and Bragg also vowed to crack down on so-called ghost guns, a term often used by the Left to describe firearms that are untraceable by state and federal authorities. A notebook was also allegedly found on Mangione that includes a passage where the writer mentions taking out “the CEO at the annual parasitic bean-counter convention.” “It’s targeted, precise, and doesn’t risk innocents,” Mangione allegedly wrote in the notebook.

Sportscaster/podcast host Stephen A. Smith demanded answers from the U.S. government about the drones flying in the northeast, comparing it to something out of the alien invasion film “Independence Day.” During the latest episode of “First Take,” Smith and cohost NFL Hall of Famer Shannon Sharpe were discussing the New York Giants’ loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday when Sharpe made a quip about how people “might need to fly some more planes overhead.” It was a reference to fans paying to fly a banner over the stadium, demanding that the owner fix the team, as Mediaite reported. “Let me tell you something, these damn drones in New York City,” Smith replied. “The United States government, get it together! Get it together!” “There’s drones flying over people’s houses in Jersey and New York!” he added. “I saw Independence Day, dammit! I ain’t underestimating none of that stuff! Figure it out!” Good reference pic.twitter.com/9XfrM1OyNY — Ahmad Austin (@AhmadAustinJr) December 16, 2024 The movie Smith referenced is a 1996 sci-fi thriller — starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, and Jeff Goldblum — in which a group of extraterrestrials come to earth with the plan to annihilate the entire world. A description about the movie on IMDb read, “The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind’s best weapon is the will to survive.” The comments were similar to what others have been saying on social media about the unidentified drones, seen flying primarily over New Jersey, that have alarmed residents and lawmakers as the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have said little beyond admitting they’re investigating the phenomena, as The Daily Wire previously reported.  Fox News host Harris Faulkner recently talked about the drones, taking video and posting it on X.  “JUST SAW THE MYSTERY DRONE ACTIVITY FOR MYSELF. Dusk hit moments ago and very large drones flew outside my bedroom windows,” Faulkner’s post read. “My daughter Bella ran to get her cell.” “There are 6-8 hovering in one area now above the Hudson River,” she added. “Street traffic to the George Washington Bridge is crawling as neighbors stopping to witness this. She later posted a message from President-elect Donald Trump, who also weighed in on the mysterious flying devices, calling on the government to let the people know what’s going on. “NOW TRUMP: Incoming President Trump calls for telling American citizens the truth or shoot down the mystery #drones,” she added in a second post. “Mystery drone sightings all over country,” Trump’s post read. “Can this really be happening without our government’s knowledge. I [don’t] think so. Let the public know, and now. Otherwise [shoot] them down! DJT.”

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