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The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to repeal a Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency waiver that allowed California to ban the selling of new gasoline-powered passenger vehicles by 2035. The vote was 246 to 164, with 35 Democrats crossing party lines to join all 211 Republicans who were present in support of the joint resolution. The measure now goes to the Senate, where under the Congressional Review Act it would only need 51 votes, rather than the usual 60-vote filibuster-proof majority, to pass.  House voted to ban the Biden waiver that let California (and the 10 states that follow it) ban internal combustion vehicle sales.An overwhelming bipartisan 246-164 vote!35 Democrats and every Republican voted yes.https://t.co/DFFFzqZKg6 pic.twitter.com/6AqTvk8Qqe— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) May 1, 2025 The House also voted to rescind waivers granted to the Golden State regarding the regulation of new diesel vehicles and mandating that more heavy trucks be electric. The Government Accountability Office recommended that California’s waivers do not actually fall under the purview of regulations that can be undone under the Congressional Review Act. The Senate parliamentarian has also said that the waivers do not count as a rule. The parliamentarian’s judgment can be ignored by the Senate, however.  “The House of Representatives just passed my Resolution to stop California’s insane gas-car ban. It was a bipartisan vote,” Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Calif., one of the joint resolution’s co-sponsors, posted on X. The congressman called passage of the measure “a major victory for common sense and a massive humiliation for [California Gov.] Gavin Newsom.” California’s internal combustion engine ban originated in a regulation called the “Advanced Clean Cars II” propagated by the California Air Resources Board. The board is a California government agency whose voting members are primarily appointed by the California governor and confirmed by the state Senate. Newsom had directed the board to develop regulations for emission guidelines. The board’s regulation mandated that 100% of new passenger vehicles sold in California be zero-emission by 2035, thus leading to a de facto ban on gasoline-powered cars and light trucks. However, the California regulation had implications beyond the ultra-blue state itself. Under the Clean Air Act, other states can adopt California’s standards if those standards are granted an exemption by the EPA. About a dozen states have adopted California’s future ban on the most common kind of car engine. As such, about 30 percent of the automobile market in the U.S. is regulated by what California does. The House’s actions come after years of dispute between political factions. The first Trump administration had the EPA revoke a waiver granting the state the power to set its car standards. The Biden administration subsequently reversed course and granted the state its waiver, plus an additional one once it updated standards. If the Senate passes the joint resolution, it could put an end to the back and forth between administrations, because rules that are undone under the Congressional Review Act cannot be issued again without Congress passing legislation. Reacting to the decision, Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., said in a statement, “Today’s vote is a big win for drivers, businesses, and consumers across the country. California’s extreme emissions mandates would have made cars and trucks more expensive and less available for everyone, not just in our state, but nationwide.” The post House Votes to Prohibit California From Banning Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035 appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Pro-lifers have been warning the public that the abortion pill hurts women for years. Here’s why Big Tech and its fact-checkers have much to answer for.  A massive study published on Monday found that around 11.2% of 154,554 women underwent a “serious adverse event” after taking the abortion pill. This percentage is 22 times higher than the less than 0.5% statistic pushed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that loosened restrictions on the abortion pill during the Biden administration. The Foundation for the Restoration of America commissioned the study. And while this study is not the first to show that over one in ten women who take the pill are seriously harmed, social media platforms and fact-checkers have censored criticism of the abortion pill for years.  [Story Continues on MRC Free Speech America] 

A 17-year-old male from Minnesota is dominating girls' softball after allegedly hiding his true gender from his team.According to a recent report, the male athlete plays for Champlin Park High School in Champlin, Minnesota, and is a starting pitcher for the school's girls' fast-pitch team. The 6-foot athlete recently started in the season opener against the state champion Rogers High School, where he pitched a shutout with 14 strikeouts. He also hit a double.Charlie Rothenberger, who now goes by "Marissa," reportedly started playing girls' sports at an early age. According to research by Reduxx, court documents show that Rothenberger's mother applied to the Hennepin County District Court to alter his birth certificate just after he turned 9 years old.The mother's petition was approved, and her son was issued a new birth certificate that changed his sex to "female" and changed his name from "Charlie Dean" to "Marissa." While most changes to birth certificates in Minnesota require labels indicating that information has been changed, if a person acquires a court order to replace the birth record, "the original record will be sealed," the state notes on their website."The new birth certificate doesn’t indicate that the record has been changed," the state website adds. It then becomes "confidential and only released according to Minnesota law."Rothenberger was shown in a highlight package in 2024 that displayed an obvious advantage and masculinity compared to his competitors.An anonymous female softball player from Minnesota spoke to Reduxx and claimed that she played on the same team as Rothenberger in 2023.'Looking back now, it disgusts me and is just scary.'The girl said she did not realize Rothenberger was male for a number of years and first thought of him as an "awkward" girl."I never thought he was a boy, but after finding out he was a boy and then looking back on a lot of things I wouldn't have looked at before, [it] definitely shows he is a boy, and I felt dumb for missing the clues," the girl recalled.The athlete said it was not until July 2024 when she discovered Rothenberger was male, and by November, "lots of people from the softball community found out the truth and were openly talking about it.""Looking back now, it disgusts me and is just scary," she added.The former teammate described Rothenberger's athletic abilities as "completely unreal" and "much more" than what any of the other girls are capable of. She said she was bothered by being told that she just has to "learn to accept that men can take advantage of you even if they just want to identify as a female."She continued, "Many players and I work so hard to achieve something through this sport, and we find it unfair that our spot can be stolen from us." "This shouldn't be allowed, and boys can stay in boys' sports and leave us girls alone. I shouldn't have to learn this lesson that girls don't matter or that we need to just be silent while we lose out so a boy feels okay."Rothenberger has previously been named Player of the Month and has played for a traveling rep team. In his bio for that team, Rothenberger brags that he is "known to have an infectious personality full of passion, drive and humor."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Shedeur Sanders fell off the draft board of nearly every team because of his arrogance and attitude, NFL insiders have reported.Former NFL quarterback turned analyst Boomer Esiason said NFL owners told their teams to take Sanders off their draft boards after he "torpedoed himself."'I think he was very off putting to many, many coaches and general managers in the league.'Esiason echoed what many reporters and analysts have been saying about Sanders, the son of NFL legend Deion, in that the young quarterback's attitude off the field and at the NFL Combine was what dropped him from a first-round draft pick to a fifth. By most accounts, Sanders was lucky to be drafted even then."When you listen to this kid talk, prior or at the Combine, about 'if you want a new culture in your locker room, I'm the guy to do that, I can turn it around.' I mean, he's very high on himself, and I think he was very off-putting, off-putting to many, many coaches and general managers in the league," Esiason said on WFAN660 radio. "I'm telling you right now — and I know this after talking to three different personnel people in the NFL this weekend — they didn't even have him on their board. They took him off, and they took him off because the owner said, 'Take him off.'"Relaying what he was told owners had said, Esiason recalled, "'I don't want that guy. I don't want this entitled person on our team,' and I don't blame them." Shedeur Sanders speaks to the media during the 2025 NFL Combine despite not participating. Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty ImagesHall of Fame wide receiver Cris Carter had a similar report from his conversations with NFL staff members. On the "Fully Loaded" podcast, Carter said there were many factors that hurt Sanders' draft ranking.Not only did Carter feel it was a disservice for Sanders to not participate in the NFL Draft Combine, but also his attitude in his interviews, his media statements, and his father's advocation hurt his image with teams. According to Carter, Sanders may have hurt his chances with many teams in the future, as well, because of his attitude, as general managers and coaches will remember their first interaction with him."Let me tell you what he understands today, OK?" Carter explained. "He ain't running s**t, OK? Let me tell you what, they taught him a great lesson. Like, you don't have this figured out, your dad don't have this figured out."Despite President Trump advocating for Sanders' talent and bloodline, critics seem to agree that Sanders was the author of his own demise.CBS Sports NFL reporter Jonathan Jones said Sanders "sandbagged" several of his interviews and "did not give it his all" in meetings with teams he did not think would draft him, which "rubbed some teams the wrong way."NFL Network's Tom Pelissero said an assistant coach told him that Sanders conducted "the worst formal interview" he had ever witnessed in his life.The assistant coach used a now all-too-familiar term, "entitled," to describe Sanders, and he added that he has "horrible body language," "blames teammates," and actually is "not that good," Pelissero relayed, per Yahoo Sports.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, apologized for errors on its artificial intelligence chatbot about an anti-DEI reporter who filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the company. Robby Starbuck says that the chatbot falsely claimed that he was present at the rioting on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol and was charged with a crime, even though he says he was not even in Washington, D.C., at the time. 'I couldn’t believe it was real so I checked myself. It was even worse when I checked.' "The case is WILD and has implications for ALL OF US. On top of falsely calling me a criminal, Meta suggested my kids be taken from me," he said on social media. He posted a litany of other false accusations made against him on the AI resource and explains how he found out about the claims during an investigation into diversity, equity, and inclusion policies at Harley Davidson. "We found this out in August of 2024 when I was exposing woke policies at Harley Davidson," Starbuck wrote. "One dealership was unhappy with me and they posted a screenshot from Meta’s AI in an effort to attack me. This screenshot was filled with lies. I couldn’t believe it was real so I checked myself. It was even worse when I checked."He said that the company was informed about the false claims by his lawyers last year, but the misinformation continued. "From that day I’ve faced a steady stream of false accusations that are deeply damaging to my character and the safety of my family," Starbuck added. He posted some screenshots of the chatbot on his social media account. On Tuesday, Meta’s chief global affairs officer, Joel Kaplan, apologized to Starbuck in a public statement. “Robby — I watched your video — this is unacceptable. This is clearly not how our AI should operate. We’re sorry for the results it shared about you and that the fix we put in place didn’t address the underlying problem," he wrote. “I’m working now with our product team to understand how this happened and explore potential solutions." Meta also said in a statement to The Hill that the company is constantly updating the chatbot to address these issues. “As part of our continuous effort to improve our models, we have already released updates and will continue to do so,” said a spokesperson.In a response to the apology, Starbuck said that the company responded only after he filed his lawsuit. "While I’m the target today, a candidate you like could be the next target, and lies from Meta’s AI could flip votes that decide the election," said Starbuck. "YOU could be the next target too. That’s why I’m taking on this David vs. Goliath fight. For me, my honor, my family, for our elections, and FOR YOU!"Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota fired off an expletive at a reporter after being asked a very benign question about immigration enforcement. Omar appeared to be upset at a Daily Caller reporter for asking her opinion on Democrats appearing to back off on trips to El Salvador as a form of protest against the immigration enforcement policies of President Donald Trump. 'Defenders of the president's policies say critics are animated by the desire to end all deportations of any illegal aliens.' Democrats have charged that the Trump administration has violated the due process rights of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was deported from Maryland after the administration determined that he was a member of the violent MS-13 gang. Some Democrats have flown to El Salvador to seek Garcia's release from the terrorist prison, but so far their demands have been rebuffed by the president of El Salvador. When asked if the trips should continue, Omar fired off a profanity. “Do you think more of your Democratic colleagues should be traveling to El Salvador to advocate on behalf of Abrego Garcia?” asked Myles Morell. “I think you should f**k off,” the congresswoman replied. “I’m sorry, what, congresswoman?” Morell said.“You should f**k off," she repeated. "You." The controversy has led to a feud between Democrats, the courts, and the Trump administration. Democrats accuse the president of acting unconstitutionally, while the administration has suggested it will ignore rulings from the judicial branch that it deems as violating the separation of powers.Defenders of the president's policies say critics are animated by the desire to end all deportations of any illegal aliens in the U.S. Garcia's supporters point to an admission in court from the government's lawyers that he was deported over a clerical error to argue that he should be returned to the U.S. To complicate the debate, more and more revelations have surfaced to bolster the accusation from the government that Garcia was indeed a gang member. Here's the video of Omar's insults: Reporter: “Congresswoman Omar, Do you think more of your Democrat colleagues should travel to El Salvador to advocate on behalf of Kilmar Garcia?”Ilhan Omar: “I think you should f*** off.” pic.twitter.com/irmT383LPd— TheBlaze (@theblaze) May 1, 2025 Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

My first acquaintance with David Horowitz, who died Tuesday at the age of 86 following a battle with cancer, was as Peter Collier’s co-author on “The Kennedys: An American Drama,” published in 1984. That year in Washington, I heard Peter and David explain their departure from the left, which had people talking.In 1987, when I met David at his Los Angeles home, he asked me what I did in the 1960s. I told him my primary interest was getting stoned, but like many others, I raised my voice against the war in Vietnam. David promptly invited me to the Second Thoughts Conference in 1987. As Peter Collier explained in the foreword to my “Bill of Writes,” the participants shared one central conviction:The god of the New Left had failed them personally during its nihilistic strut on the stage of the ’60s and they were ready to testify against the smelly little orthodoxies they had once affirmed. In the future, some of these Second Thoughters went on to be conservatives, but they would always have a more profound identity as “ex-leftists,” who knew that the utopia they (we) had been building had never really been anything more than a Potemkin waste site, and that while leftism might try to disguise itself as “liberal” or “progressive,” totalitarianism by any other name would smell just as rancid.The ex-leftists, myself now among them, were ready to take on Hollywood. They prompted David to found the Center for the Study of Popular Culture and bring me aboard as a journalism fellow. David once toned down my description of Lillian Hellman as a “Stalinist swamp sow,” but for the most part, we were on the same page. I worked with Peter on Heterodoxy, and both colleagues helped me out on the work that would become “Hollywood Party.” Heterodoxy transformed into Frontpage, where I write to this day. Photo by Lloyd BillingsleyDavid considered Peter the better writer, but David never wrote a dull page. Consider, for example, “Radical Son,” which belongs on a shelf with Whittaker Chambers' “Witness,” “Out of Step” by Sidney Hook, and “The God that Failed” by a group of ex-communists, including Arthur Koestler, Andre Gide, and Richard Wright.I recently reviewed the account of the Black Panthers in “Radical Son,” the founding of their school in Oakland, the murder of Betty Van Patter, and a lot more. But as it turned out, I had forgotten what David had written up front: “To Lloyd, comrade-in-arms, who joined us at Second Thoughts.”David Horowitz now joins Peter Collier, who died in 2019. Farewell, brave warriors for truth and freedom.

From the full-sized weaponry to their personal items, the grave notably differs from all other burials found from the ancient Tagar culture. The post Remains Of Warrior Couple, Older Woman, And Newborn Found In 2,500-Year-Old Siberian Grave appeared first on All That's Interesting.