Justice Ginsburg’s Family Decries Bestowing RBG Award on....
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Mother Jones
Relatives of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg say they don't want her name to be associated with this year's slate of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award recipients, which includes Elon Musk and Rupert Murdoch. Mother Jones reports that relatives consider the conservative billionaires to be "odd and inappropriate" choices.
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Saturday 16 March 2024 - 20:59:36
Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Allow Drag Show
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Associated Press
West Texas A&M's president had called performances 'demoralizing misogyny'. The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from a student group that has been blocked from staging a drag show at a public university in Texas. The justices did not comment Friday in refusing to issue an order that would have allowed Spectrum WT—a group for LGBTQ+ students and allies—to put on a charity show on March 22 on the campus of West Texas A&M University in Canyon, just south of Amarillo. The high court had previously refused to allow Florida to enforce its law targeting drag shows, the AP reports, while lower federal courts in a Montana, Tennessee, and Texas blocked state bans from being implemented.
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Saturday 16 March 2024 - 20:55:19
'Affirmation At All Costs': What Internal Files Reveal About Transgender Care
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Epoch Times
There has been a rise in gender dysphoria diagnoses among patients ranging from 6 to 17 years of age... The battle over transgender care continues as a new report published by Environmental Progress (EP) highlights the potential dangers of “gender-affirming” medical care, based on internal files from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). Michael Shellenberger, independent journalist and founder of EP, posted on X that WPATH’s internal files “reveal that its members know they are creating victims and not getting ‘informed consent.’”
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Saturday 16 March 2024 - 18:59:08
You can’t cancel extremism
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Spiked Online
Today, Michael Gove – who is Minister for Everything, apparently – has unveiled his new definition, intended to curb the kind of hatred we’ve seen displayed on all those pro-Hamas demos of late. Thus, ‘extremism’ is now defined by central government as ‘promotion or advancement of an ideology based on violence, hatred or intolerance, that aims to: (1) negate or destroy the fundamental rights and freedoms of others; or (2) undermine, overturn or replace the UK’s system of liberal parliamentary democracy and democratic rights; or (3) intentionally create a permissive environment for others to achieve the results in (1) or (2).’ Clear as mud? There’s even a blacklist being drawn up of groups who the government believes meet these new criteria.
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Saturday 16 March 2024 - 17:11:01
Riley Gaines, 15 Other Female Athletes Sue NCAA Over Transgender Madness
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Zero Hedge
Among the grievances: Being forced to share locker room with naked man. In the latest attack on transgender madness in women's sports, former University of Kentucky Wildcats swimmer Riley Gaines and 15 other female athletes have filed suit against the NCAA alleging violations of federal Title IX law arising from its insertion of man-to-woman transgender athletes into women's competition. “The NCAA’s most basic job is to protect the fairness and safety of competition, but instead the NCAA...continues to openly discriminate against women,” Gaines told The Free Press.
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Saturday 16 March 2024 - 16:47:11
College Students Are Weighing Legislative Policies Before Choosing Schools, Survey Finds
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Daily Caller
Current and prospective college students are weighing a multitude of policies in states that they plan to attend college in, including abortion and gun legislation, according to a new survey by Gallup and the Lumina Foundation. Among students surveyed, 71% say abortion policies are important to their decision of which college they will go to, and 76% say legislation regarding the discussion of “divisive topics” will ultimately affect their choice, according to the survey. The survey’s respondents also say that more restrictive gun policies are preferable, with 84% saying they’d be more likely to enroll at a school with such policies.
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Saturday 16 March 2024 - 15:58:48
Pornhub disables its site for Texas users over age verification
Topic: Porn, Prostitution, and Sexual Freedom
Source: Just the News
"Unfortunately, the Texas law for age verification is ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous," Pornhub wrote in a letter. Those who attempted to access the website were directed to a letter that stated that Texas elected officials are requiring the site to verify the age of consumers before they access the content, and argued that the measure is ineffective. "Unfortunately, the Texas law for age verification is ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous," the letter reads. "Not only will it not actually protect children, but it will also inevitably reduce content creators' ability to post and distribute legal adult content and directly impact their ability to share the artistic messages they want to convey with it."
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Saturday 16 March 2024 - 09:56:10
Treasury Dept tacitly endorses debanking opponents of transgender hormones for kids
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Just the News
Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network shared "hate group" and "hate symbol" materials with banks after Capitol riot, with no further instructions. "Bankrolling Bigotry" report calls for stripping tax-exempt status. The Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network sees little difference between cryptocurrency transactions that may be tied to Hamas and banking services for U.S. groups that advocate for religious liberty, immigration restrictions and a "watchful waiting" approach to pediatric gender confusion. The FBI, Department of Homeland Security and National Counterterrorism Center shared an intelligence report with banks in the days after the riot that warned Americans who "expressed opposition to firearm regulations, open borders, COVID-19 lockdowns, vaccine mandates, and the 'deep state'" may qualify as "domestic violent extremists," the staff report said.
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Saturday 16 March 2024 - 09:34:36
Texas' Crackdown on Porn Has Officially Begun
Topic: Porn, Prostitution, and Sexual Freedom
Source: Wired
Pornhub disables its site in Lone Star State over new legislation regarding age verification An appeals court has cleared the way for Texas to enforce a law requiring age verification before someone can surf porn sites, and, not surprisingly, the porn sites aren't happy about it. In a 2-1 ruling on March 7 by the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that vacated an injunction against HB 1181, the judges noted that "the age-verification requirement is rationally related to the government's legitimate interest in preventing minors' access to pornography," per Wired. "Therefore, the age-verification requirement does not violate the First Amendment."
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Friday 15 March 2024 - 17:56:40
Father Who Bought Gun Used in School Shooting Found Guilty
Topic: Children and Family
Source: USA Today
Michigan jury convicts James Crumbley of involuntary manslaughter. The father of a Michigan high school shooter was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter Thursday, a second conviction against the teenager's parents who were accused of failing to secure a gun at home and doing nothing to address acute signs of his mental turmoil. The jury verdict means James Crumbley has joined Jennifer Crumbley as a cause of the killing of four students at Oxford High School in 2021, even without pulling the trigger. They had separate trials as the first US parents to be charged in a mass school shooting committed by their child, the AP reports. Jennifer Crumbley was convicted of involuntary manslaughter last month.
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Friday 15 March 2024 - 17:38:31
College Park Under Fire Over Self-Professed Revolutionary “Racial Equity” Leader
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Jonathan Turley
There is a controversy brewing in the City of College Park, Maryland over its “racial equity” leader Kayla Aliese Carter, who is tasked with eliminating systemic racism in the departments of the liberal city. Carter has called for the United States to be burned down to allow for “Black Liberation.” The city says that it is investigating, but Carter is an interesting snapshot of what I have called the “radical chic” in academia and society. She is a revolutionary who called for violence while complaining that she is being asked to work for a living. In addressing the controversy, the City of College Park will now need to establish a free speech principle that will apply equally to revolutionaries and reactionaries alike.
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Friday 15 March 2024 - 14:08:05
In Push for Abortion Rights, Harris to Notch a Big First
Topic: Abortion
Source: The Epoch Times
[Ed: *that* is a big first? All it takes is a plane ticket. Why didn't she do it before?] A Planned Parenthood clinic in Minnesota that offers abortions will host an unusual guest on Thursday. As part of her "Fight for Reproductive Freedoms" tour across the US to bring awareness to abortion rights, Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the Twin Cities-area clinic, where she'll tour the facility and speak with staffers, a White House official tells USA Today. The AP reports it will be the first visit to an abortion clinic by either a US president or vice president, according to Harris' office.
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Friday 15 March 2024 - 09:14:17
Book ban attempts spiked in 2023, new research shows
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Politico
An organization representing libraries found efforts to censor 4,240 unique book titles in schools and libraries. A record number of books were “targeted for censorship” in the United States in 2023, according to a study released Thursday from the American Library Association. The organization representing libraries found efforts to ban 4,240 unique book titles in school and public libraries, a 65 percent increase from 2022.
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Friday 15 March 2024 - 09:04:05
Commentary and Opinion
What James Crumbley’s manslaughter conviction means for parents
Topic: Children and Family
Source: CNN
Jurors found a teen school shooter’s father and mother guilty of manslaughter. In a groundbreaking verdict, a Michigan jury on Thursday found James Crumbley – whose son killed four students at his high school in 2021 – guilty of involuntary manslaughter, a result experts say could set an important precedent for the extent to which parents of school shooters can be held responsible. Just last month, the shooter’s mother, Jennifer Crumbley, was convicted of the same four charges, making her the first parent ever held directly responsible for a mass shooting committed by their child.
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Sunday 17 March 2024 - 11:54:02
Marriage Fundamentalism
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Jonathan Turley
Professor Criticizes Marriage as an Institution Built on “White Heteropatriarchal Supremacy”. George Masson Professor Bethany Letiecq is at the center of a firestorm of controversy over his article in the Journal of Marriage and Family declaring that the institution of marriage plays a key role in white supremacy. In considering what she labels “marriage fundamentalism,” Letiecq lashes out at the “two-parent married family” model. It is the latest example of what I have called the “radical chic” of academia, faculty who find publication and promotional opportunities in advancing highly racialized and radical theories challenging institutions, values, and even common expressions.
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Sunday 17 March 2024 - 11:50:27
No child has the ‘right’ to transition
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Spiked Online
A sinister faction of the trans lobby wants even the youngest children to be given hormones and surgeries. What is the long-term goal of the trans lobby? A clue has been provided this week in New York magazine by its literary critic and leading trans activist, Andrea Long Chu. Chu’s article is titled ‘The moral case for letting trans kids change their bodies’. Chu, who is a biologically male transwoman, argues that there should be unregulated access for all to cross-sex hormones and surgery. And Chu really means anyone, regardless of their psychiatric health or – and this is the really jaw-dropping part – their age.
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Saturday 16 March 2024 - 19:04:43
“Journalist” Tries To Push Trans-Teen Bullying Narrative
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Victory Girls Blog
When one calls themselves a “journalist” these days, he or she may need to hunt for another term. A “journalist” in 2024 is more like an activist. A “journalist” is more like a supporter for the Democratic Party; a foot soldier for Joe Biden in the 2024 campaign-a staunch believer in all that is right and fair and life and liberty and… "…the rest of it." Case in point, this “journalist” right here by the name of Mary Alice Parks-a White House Correspondent for ABC News. Mary Alice Parks took to X, formerly known as Twitter, yesterday to point out her journalistic heroism when confronting the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Ryan Waters about his statement after the death of trans student, Nex Benedict. What did he say, exactly? "There’s not multiple genders. There’s two. That’s how God created us.”-Ryan Waters
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Saturday 16 March 2024 - 10:57:05
The trans agenda is crumbling under the weight of its own lies
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Human Events
The UK banned puberty blocking drugs for minors seeking sex changes. The World Professional Association for Transgender Health has been exposed as fetishistic frauds and liars. Detransitioners are suing their doctors, hospitals and mental health providers for peddling the lie that they can change sex. States are banning sex change drugs and surgeries for minors. Trans celebs like Dylan Mulvaney and diversity hires like Rachel Levine who make their living off off perpetrating trans are being exposed for the grifters that they are. The lies are being laid bare. The trans agenda is falling apart. In response to the collapse of this monstrous philosophy, one that's seen parents push their toddlers into social sex change, men stealing prizes, scholarships and accolades in women's athletic competition, teen girls have their breasts removed, trans activists are doubling down on their insane assertions that sex change is possible and that children should do it.
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Friday 15 March 2024 - 19:11:08
Transgender - The Inability To Distinguish Facts From Wishes
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Moon of Alabama
I was brought up by a grandmother who told me that, sexually speaking, all tastes are part of nature, and I'm faithful to my ancestors. So, LGB, welcome. For T, the trans issue is something else. The individuals concerned must of course be protected. But the fixation of the Western middle classes on this ultra-minority issue raises a sociological and historical question. To establish as a social horizon the idea that a man can really become a woman and a woman a man is to assert something that is biologically impossible, it is to deny the reality of the world, it is to assert the false. Trans ideology is therefore, in my opinion, one of the flags of this nihilism that now defines the West, this drive to destroy not just things and people but reality.
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Friday 15 March 2024 - 14:18:30
Riley Gaines Explains How Women's Sports Are Rigged To Promote Trans Agenda
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Zero Hedge
It's important to understand that the political left does not care about female athletes... Is there a light forming when it comes to the long, dark and bewildering tunnel of social justice cultism? Global events have been so frenetic that many people might not remember, but only a couple years ago Big Tech companies and numerous governments were openly aligned in favor of mass censorship. Not just to prevent the public from investigating the facts surrounding the pandemic farce, but to silence anyone questioning the validity of woke concepts like trans ideology. From 2020-2022 was the closest the west has come in a long time to a complete erasure of freedom of speech. Even today there are still countries and Europe and places like Canada or Australia that are charging forward with draconian speech laws. The phrase "radical speech" is starting to circulate within pro-censorship circles in reference to any platform where people are allowed to talk critically. What is radical speech? Basically, it's any discussion that runs contrary to the beliefs of the political left.
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