August 1, 2026

02 U.S. Politics

Black MAGA Is Still MAGA to the Core– www.thenation.com

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Consider Donald Trump to be in a racial bind when it comes to election 2024. After all, he needs Black voters to at least defect from Joe Biden in swing states, if not actually vote for him. Yet, more than ever, he also needs his white nationalist base to believe that a second Trump term will be even more racist than the first and he’s been openly claiming that he’ll address the ghost of anti-white racism. Not surprisingly, his evolving strategy for the Black vote has been high on empty symbolism and viral moments, but distinctly low on specific promised policy benefits for the Black community.

Justice Alito Also Flew An Insurrection Flag At His Beach House Last Summer– www.politicususa.com

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito had his excuse for flying a flag supporting the insurrection shattered when it was reported that a different flag supporting Trump’s insurrection flew at his beach house last summer.

The New York Times reported:

Last summer, two years after an upside-down American flag was flown outside the Virginia home of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., another provocative symbol was displayed at his vacation house in New Jersey, according to interviews and photographs.

This time, it was the “Appeal to Heaven” flag, which, like the inverted U.S. flag, was carried by rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Also known as the Pine Tree flag, it dates back to the Revolutionary War, but largely fell into obscurity until recent years and is now a symbol of support for former President Donald J. Trump, for a religious strand of the “Stop the Steal” campaign and for a push to remake American government in Christian terms.

Who’s the Fairest Republican of All?– www.truthdig.com

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Earlier this month, the MAGA world was elated when Republican attorney Charlie Spies resigned from his position as the Republican National Committee’s top lawyer after two tumultuous months on the job.

Following a sustained campaign to oust the veteran party attorney and strategist from his role as chief counsel to the RNC, Trump partisans saw the removal of Spies as a final, triumphant blow to the “establishment” wing of the GOP within the national organization. “President Trump woke up to the fact that he didn’t want a RINO in there who is doing nothing on the election integrity front,” declared Steve Bannon on his popular podcast. Trump himself crowed in a now-deleted Truth Social post that Spies’ ouster was “great news for the Republican Party.”

Despite framing his departure as voluntary, Spies was most likely forced out of his role by the former president after months of vociferous protest from the MAGA faithful. From the moment Spies’ RNC appointment was announced, Trump supporters began uncovering old quotes and videos of him criticizing the former president and rejecting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. Though Spies was eager to help his most fire-breathing RNC colleagues in their “election integrity” drive, he could not escape from his past.

The Criminalization of Poverty Is Creating a More Violent World– www.thenation.com

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On April 22, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case that focuses on whether unhoused—the term that has generally replaced “homeless”—people with no indoor shelter options can even pull a blanket around themselves outdoors without being subject to criminal punishment.

Before making its way to the Supreme Court on appeal, the Ninth Circuit Court held that municipalities can’t punish involuntarily homeless people for merely living in the place where they are. This is exactly what the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, did when it outlawed resting or sleeping anywhere on public property with so much as a blanket to survive in cold weather, even when no beds in shelters were available. The law makes it impossible for unhoused residents to stay in Grants Pass, effectively forcing them to either move to another city or face endless rounds of punishment. In Grants Pass, the punishment starts with a $295 fine that, if unpaid, goes up to $500, and can escalate from there to criminal trespass charges, penalties of up to 30 days in jail, and a $1,250 fine.

The issue before the court is whether such a law violates the Eighth Amendment’s restrictions against cruel and unusual punishment. The city is asking the court to decide that the Eighth Amendment doesn’t impose any substantive limit on what can be criminalized, so long as the punishment itself isn’t considered cruel and unusual. If so, municipalities across the nation would be free to make involuntary homelessness unlawful.

As the Nation Bemoans the Demise of Red Lobster, MSNBC Declares Blacks Are Hardest Hit! – RedState– redstate.com

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One of the dumbest ways racism and “dog whistles” accusations are made is in regard to food. The activist set on the left is so reactionary in their desire to charge racism that any perceived slight regarding food and race can be elevated to a hate crime. It does not even have to be racist – it just has to feel like intolerance for the accusation to be made.

Currently, a corrections officer might be facing a reprimand because of his comment about a photograph of other officers. A high percentage of those pictured are notably corpulent, and he made a comment about them laying off the biscuits and gravy. A high percentage of those in the picture were also black. So now this officer is facing blowback because it is said the biscuits and gravy crack was racist.

There are convenient and contradictory double standards put into place. If you make comments about a culture regarding food, you are guilty of prejudicial thought and racism. At the same time, that culture can lay claim to the very food that you are accused of stereotyping them for eating. If you say, “Mexicans eat tacos,” you could be racist, all while that dish can be described as Mexican food. Then, if you make tacos and are not of Mexican extraction, you might be accused of appropriating Mexican culture. But then this would also preclude you from frequenting a Mexican restaurant, even if the proprietor is Mexican and trying to earn a living. Then, if you obey this lecture and avoid eating at the establishment, you can be labeled as racially intolerant for avoiding Mexican culture.

MSNBC Accuses Republicans of ‘Buying Votes’ by Cutting Taxes, Improving Economy– slaynews.com

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MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle has defended Democrat President Joe Biden for “buying votes” with his student debt-wiping agenda.

As Slay News has reported, Biden has been increasingly pushing to wipe the debts of college-educated voters as the critical presidential election draws near.

Earlier this week, the Biden administration announced that U.S. taxpayers will be paying out another $7.7 billion to wipe student loan debt.

On Wednesday morning, the Biden admin revealed that $7.7B will be spent on clearing debt for more than 160,000 borrowers.

The moves have led to increasing allegations that Biden is using taxpayer money and his executive powers to buy votes.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Ruhle’s MSNBC show “The 11th Hour,” the host responded to accusations from Republicans that Biden is trying to buy votes with his student loan plans.

“Isn’t this just how politics works?” she asked.

House GOP tries to defuse its Louisiana primary problem– www.politico.com

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Republicans are openly trying to convince Rep. Garret Graves not to challenge his Louisiana GOP colleagues, fearing another ugly member-on-member fight in a state packed with House leaders.

Graves has kept his options open, and he’s facing a difficult choice. He can either run in his radically redrawn district, which now favors President Joe Biden by 20 points, or run against one of his fellow incumbent House Republicans.

The most likely match up is Graves challenging Rep. Julia Letlow (R-La.), a contest that could get personally nasty, since Graves has had a close working relationship with Letlow.

His colleagues argue he still has a chance to win in his current district, and are openly hoping Graves doesn’t cause trouble by crashing another seat — particularly not in a state that counts Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Leader Steve Scalise in the delegation. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) said “of course” GOP leadership is nervous about another member-on-member primary race.

Abortion is the biggest deal breaker for voters. Only one party gets that– www.dailykos.com

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Donald Trump has made a series of startling revelations in the past month about the reproductive freedoms he considers up for debate in ways most Americans never imagined.

State lawmakers should be empowered to enact restrictions and punishments for abortion as they please, in Trump’s view. They should also have unlimited authority on the means by which they enforce those bans—including putting pregnant women under state surveillance.

And let’s not stop at abortion. Just this week, Trump embraced the idea of imposing restrictions on contraception before claiming that Democrats made it all up.

Trump’s singular line in the sand on abortion is that it must not foil his chance at reclaiming the White House.

Kaitlan Collins Beats The Snot Out Of Ted Cruz For His Election Denialism– crooksandliars.com

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“Lyin’ Ted” may have met his match with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins who refused to allow Cruz to play his usual game with the false equivalencies while trying to get a straight answer out of him on whether he’ll be willing to accept the results of the 2024 election.

Cruz usually just steamrolls over anyone who isn’t some friendly compliant interviewer like he finds on Fox or some of the other right-wing propaganda outlets. Good for Collins for standing her ground with him.

During an interview this Wednesday, Collins asked Cruz “You were the first senator to object to the votes. In 2024 will you certify the election results? Do you plan to object or will you accept the results regardless of who wins the election?”

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No-Whites-Allowed MIT Program Faces Legal Challenge

pgnewser May 22, 2024 1

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MIT Program Open Only To “Women of Color” Challenged By Equal Protection Project As Violating Civil Rights Laws

The Equal Protection Project (EPP) (EqualProtect.org) of the Legal Insurrection Foundation has challenged numerous racially discriminatory programs done in the name of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. This discrimination comes in various ways, but the overarching theme is to exclude or diminish some people and promote others, based on race, color, or ethnicity. We have filed over two dozen complaints and legal actions in the year since launch in February 2023, with at least 10 schools withdrawing or modifying the discriminatory programs.

Almost all of our actions have addressed discrimination in higher education. In our latest action, however, we have filed a Civil Rights Complaint (full embed at bottom of post) with the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education, against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for creating, supporting and promoting a program for undergraduate students open only to women of color.
From the Complaint:

We bring this civil rights complaint against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for creating, supporting and promoting a program for undergraduate students – called the Creative Regal Women of Knowledge, or “The CRWN” – that engages in invidious discrimination on the basis of race, color and sex. As detailed and documented below, only undergraduate “women of color” can participate in the program. Applicants who fall outside of those race- and sex-based categories are ineligible for it.
Because The CRWN discriminates based on race and skin color, it violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VI”) and its implementing regulations.1 And, because the program also discriminates on the basis of sex, it violates Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”) and its implementing regulations.2 ….

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U.S. Restaurant Chains Are Closing Down

pgnewser May 22, 2024 1

After announcements by Red Lobster they would be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and closing a significant number of stores, TGI Friday’s announced they would be closing select restaurants as well. Applebee’s kicked off the month with an announcement it would be closing 35 more locations after closing 46 in 2023.

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When people can barely afford to eat at home, they can’t exactly go out to dinner. That’s a lesson in Bidenomics that several chains are finding out the hard way.

The latest chain casual restaurant to feel the pinch is TGI Friday’s; according to an article in the U.K.’s Daily Mail on Tuesday, the restaurant announced it had closed one restaurant in New Jersey on Sunday and was planning to close another in Buffalo, New York in June.

That would bring the total for restaurants the family dining chain has closed to 40 this year, including eight in New Jersey and six in New York.

“We’ve identified opportunities to optimize and streamline our operations to ensure we are best positioned to meet — and exceed” a “brand promise” to close “underperforming” restaurants, said Ray Risley, TGI Friday’s U.S. president.

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Biden Campaign Gets Dark Money Infusion of Nearly $16 Million

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A new FEC disclosure shows the president’s main super PAC continues to rely on dark money for the majority of its funding.

The primary pro-President Biden super PAC took in more than $12 million in April from “dark money” groups—organizations that funnel money into politics while masking the funding’s true source.

According to a Federal Election Commission filing posted last night, Future Forward PAC transferred $10.2 million in April from its affiliate Future Forward USA Action and received a $2.2 million contribution from Bright Future Fund, a mysterious organization whose address is listed as a D.C. registered agent service. These dark money donors provided the majority of the $16.2 million that Future Forward reported raising in April.

Iran Reveals It Does, In Fact, have a Nuclear Weapons Program

pgnewser May 22, 2024 0

It appears that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was not able to prevent the state of Iran from being able to develop weapons-grade uranium. Recent public statements that have emerged after the death of President Raisi seem to confirm what previous public comments only suggested, Iran has a nuclear weapons program.

Internal debate within Iran itself claiming the Supreme Leader will now be able to push forward with his long-wanted plans to complete the easily completable task of finally building a nuclear bomb.

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So Iran’s nuclear chicanery has few surprises for me. For the past twenty years, the Iranian regime has played a nuclear cat and mouse game with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, the UN’s so-called nuclear “watchdog.”

But all that changed recently.

In February, the former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, told a domestic television interviewer that the regime has now “crossed all the scientific and technological thresholds necessary” for producing nuclear weapons.

RNC’s D.C. Office Briefly Locked Down After Package Scare

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D.C. RNC On Lockdown After Vials Of Blood Sent To Building

The Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., went under lockdown early Wednesday after vials of blood were sent to the building.

One source said the blood was sent in a package and something likely “broke open,” the New York Post reported. Yellow tape stretched outside the building while U.S. Capitol Police officers were present, photographs show.

A hazmat unit arrived at the scene to investigate the situation, according to several reports.

Ireland, Norway, and Spain Recognize Palestine as State

pgnewser May 22, 2024 1

Three European nations, Ireland, Norway, and Spain, have chosen to recognize the “state of Palestine,” a move that has led to Israel recalling all of its ambassadors from these nations and accusing the nations of attempting to undermine Israeli sovereignty.

Other moves from Israel include an expected total boycott of the three nations, in addition to any ambassadors still in Israel from these countries being compelled to watch video from the October 7 Massacre Israel claims this move by these three nations is giving legitimacy to.

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Key Points

  • Taoiseach announces Ireland will formally recognise the state of Palestine
  • Recognition is “the right thing to do”, says Simon Harris
  • Norway says it will recognise a Palestinian state, with Spain set to follow
  • Israel recalls ambassadors to Ireland and Norway after move
  • Israeli embassy in Ireland says decision undermines Israel’s sovereignty
  • Recognition by all three will formally take effect from May 28th
  • Move comes amid Gaza conflict and ICC seeking Netanyahu arrest warrant
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Biden Ties Approval Low While Trump Surpasses Him in Fundraising

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For the first time since April, Donald Trump has beat Joe Biden in the fundraising war, raising $76 million to Biden’s $52 million. The news comes as Biden learns his approval rating has fallen to 36 percent, an all-time low first reached in July of 2022, according to a Washington Post-ABC News Poll.

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Former President Donald Trump’s campaign passed President Joe Biden’s campaign in monthly fundraising for the first time in April, according to Reuters.

Trump, alongside the Republican National Committee (RNC), which his camp has partnered with, raised $76 million in the month of April, Reuters reported Tuesday. Biden and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) raised about $25 million less than their competitors, bringing in $51 million in April.

In March, the Biden campaign and the DNC brought in $90 million, while Trump and the RNC brought in $65.6 million. The former president’s team had $93.1 million cash on hand while Biden’s team had $192 million.

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Germany Decriminalizes Child Pornography Possession

pgnewser May 22, 2024 0

Germany’s Parliament has voted to reduce the possession of child pornography from a felony to a misdemeanor. The bill states “possession and acquisition should be punishable with a minimum penalty of three months’ imprisonment, and distribution with a minimum penalty of six months’ imprisonment, and distribution with a minimum penalty of six months’ imprisonment. The offenses regulated in Section 184b of the Criminal Code are therefore classified as misdemeanors and not as crimes.”

The bill’s proponents claim its purpose is to protect parents and teachers of children who download such material for the purpose of sharing it with law enforcement, but the need to decriminalize child porn possession was never needed since all that was needed was an amendment to the law that took such circumstances under consideration.

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According to Reduxx:

Germany’s Parliament (Bundestag) has received the votes necessary to remove a section of the Criminal Code which made the possession of child sexual abuse materials a felony crime. Once the bill, passed last Thursday, comes into effect, minimum sentences for the possession of child pornography will be reduced, and the offense will be downgraded to a misdemeanor.

According to the Bundestag, the bill stipulates that “possession and acquisition should be punishable with a minimum penalty of three months’ imprisonment, and distribution with a minimum penalty of six months’ imprisonment, and distribution with a minimum penalty of six months’ imprisonment. The offenses regulated in Section 184b of the Criminal Code are therefore classified as misdemeanors and not as crimes.”

The rationale behind the downgrading of the crime to a misdemeanor included consideration for parents and teachers of children who download the content in order to inform law enforcement. “Such cases have occurred particularly frequently among parents and teachers of older children or young people who found child pornography on them and passed it on to other parents, teachers or the school management to inform them of the problem,” reads Article 1 of the bill.

Mar-A-Lago Raid Included Authorization to Kill

pgnewser May 22, 2024 1

The Mar-A-Lago FBI Raid approved by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland included authorization to use lethal force, which is standard for all FBI Raids. However, the raid need not have happened in the first place, as it didn’t for Joe Biden, who was given much deferential treatment when the FBI sought to gather his allegedly mishandled top-secret documents.

The agents had instructions to check each room for unaccountable occupants, increasing the risk of an unintended incident at a former President’s residence. The optics of the potential for this raid to go wrong had no effect on the DOJ who could have collected the requested documents without ordering a surprise raid (save to the media who were tipped in advance to assure the event were caught on camera).

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The FBI was authorized to use “deadly force” against former President Donald Trump when the Biden administration agency raided Mar-a-Lago in search of classified documents, according to newly unsealed court documents shared on X by independent journalist Julie Kelly.

Attorney General Merrick Garland personally approved the unprecedented raid on Trump’s Florida home in the summer of 2022, after which special counsel Jack Smith indicted Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents. Notably, President Joe Biden also retained classified documents following his tenure as vice president but was not charged by his own Justice Department because prosecutors said he would likely “present himself to the jury, as he did during our interview with him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

A newly unsealed operations order reveals the FBI was authorized to use deadly force against the former president if need be, Kelly reported.

“According to an ‘Operations Order’ produced in discovery, the FBI believed its objective for the Mar-a-Lago raid was to seize ‘classified information, NDI [national defense information], and US Government records as described in [the] search warrant,’” the filing by Trump’s legal team states.

Trump becomes first major US presidential candidate to accept crypto donations | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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On Tuesday, Donald Trump for President 2024 announced that it would be accepting donations made with cryptocurrencies for the first time, making him the only major party candidate to do so.

The former president’s campaign touted the move as evidence of his commitment to stay up to date with the ever-changing financial landscape.

“This addition to President Trump’s already groundbreaking digital fundraising operation marks the first time a major party Presidential nominee has embraced cryptocurrency for donations,”the campaign wrote in a press release, noting that, “contribution limits and disclosure requirements for crypto donations will follow Federal Election Commission regulations.”

Nanorobots for treating cancer have moved from theory to practise– www.blacklistednews.com

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DNA origami nanorobots use long DNA chains that are folded into specific shapes, creating tiny containers.  They can recognise specific cell types using molecules called aptamers.  Once they reach their target cells, they can deliver payloads such as drug molecules.

“In essence, the approach co-opts a number of strategies of our immune systems, with the robots playing the role of white blood cells that hunt down problematic cells and destroy them,” the BBC reported in 2012.

The BBC was reporting on laboratory tests that had been conducted by researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University.

Harvard’s DNA nanorobot is a clam-like bot that can release its drug payload only when it reaches and identifies its target, cancer cells.

The ‘godfather’ of AI warns of an ‘extinction-level threat’ to humanity– www.theblaze.com

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Jeffrey Hinton, the computer scientist who is regarded as the godfather of artificial intelligence, was just on BBC’s “Newsnight” and said some troubling things about AI’s future impact on our world. The first thing that caught my attention was his claim that governments should establish universal basic income now to address the huge inequality artificial intelligence will create — and it’s coming soon. He even met with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Downing Street to discuss universal basic income for the millions of workers that AI will displace.

I’ve been warning you about this for years. Many conservatives at first didn’t understand why I was discussing universal basic income in connection with artificial intelligence. I don’t agree with UBI as a solution, but I understand the fear that is giving rise to the idea.

TikTok ban is not to protect Americans. It’s a tactic directly from China’s playbook– www.blacklistednews.com

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President Biden signed a well-publicized bill last month that would ban the TikTok app if the Chinese portion of its ownership is not sold to different investors within a year. On its own merits, the original bill (H.R. 7521) passed in the House 352 to 65. However, the TikTok ban was attached to a bill (H.R. 815) that provides roughly $95 billion of aid (mostly military) to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. 

In the same week that members of Congress patted themselves on the back for protecting Americans from potential Chinese government spying, it passed a bill that extended and expanded a U.S. government surveillance program (Section 702) that routinely violates Americans’ constitutional right to privacy.

 

Actors union supporting Scarlett Johansson over ChatGPT voice questions– thehill.com

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SAG-AFTRA, the union representing thousands of actors and other media professionals, threw their support behind actress Scarlett Johansson after she expressed concerns over ChatGPT’s new voiced artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that she claims sounds “eerily similar” to her voice.

“We share in her concerns and fully support her right to have clarity and transparency regarding the voice used in developing the Chat GPT-4o appliance ‘Sky,’” a SAG-AFTRA spokesperson wrote in a statement Tuesday.

Johansson on Monday said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously spoke with her about voicing an AI assistant, but she declined.

Last week, OpenAI released a demo of its “Sky” voice assistance, featured in its new AI model, GPT-4o. Johansson said Altman contacted her agent two days before the demo was released and asked her to reconsider, but “before we could connect, the system was out there.”

North Dakota Republican Candidate for U.S. Congress Teams Up With Trans Activist Dylan Mulvaney– conservativeroof.com

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The Republican primary for North Dakota’s at-large congressional seat is set for June 11, and one candidate seems to be growing increasingly desperate.

Rick Becker, a plastic surgeon who ran as an independent for the U.S. Senate in 2022 following his unsuccessful attempt to secure the Republican nomination at the state GOP convention, paid $350 to transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney to create a campaign ad attacking his conservative opponent, Julie Fedorchak.

Fedorchak is endorsed by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Governor Doug Burgum (R-ND), both staunch allies of President Trump.

Meanwhile, Becker has garnered endorsements from Rep. Bob Good (R-VA), Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), and Chip Roy (R-TX), all of whom supported Governor Ron DeSantis in his unsuccessful attempt to prevent Trump’s reelection.

Free Speech Group at Cornell Claims School is Using DEI Policies to Reject Faculty Candidates– legalinsurrection.com

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The left never admits it, but this is kind of the whole point of DEI policies.

The New York Post reports:

Cornell University using DEI policy to reject faculty candidates for not ‘conforming,’ group claims

Cornell University is “corrupting” its science, math and engineering programs by using its “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” policy to reject a huge portion of candidates for faculty jobs because their views are deemed counter to the school’s left-leaning “ideological orthodoxy,” a merit-based campus advocacy group alleged after reviewing bombshell leaked documents.

A report by the Cornell Free Speech Alliance cities “smoking gun” evidence that the “DEI Statements” of prospective professors were used to reject 21% of applicants in a recent faculty search in a hard science field.

Dutch Government Begins Euthanizing Young, Healthy Citizens– slaynews.com

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The Dutch government has relaxed its “assisted suicide” laws to begin euthanizing young and physically healthy citizens.

The move came after officials in the Netherlands received an application from doctors to euthanize a 29-year-old Dutch woman who was suffering from depression but otherwise healthy.

Rather than attempt to treat her condition, doctors have been pushing to put Zoraya ter Beek through the nation’s euthanasia program.

Ter Beek’s doctors first applied for “assisted suicide” in 2020, as Slay News previously reported.

Colorado and South Dakota Will Vote on Ballot Measures for Abortions Up to Birth– www.lifenews.com

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The Colorado and South Dakota secretaries of state recently announced they had approved pro-abortion Constitutional amendments for inclusion on their respective states’ November 5 ballots.

The two states currently have diametrically opposed laws regarding abortion.

Colorado is one of only a handful of states that allow abortion up until birth – including late-term abortions. South Dakota on the other hand has enacted a pro-life law that protects almost all unborn children in the state.

Although Colorado has already completely legalized abortion, its pending initiative would formally “enshrine the right to unlimited abortion in the state constitution and would also override a 1984 measure that prohibits health insurance from covering abortions for public employees and those on public insurance,” Breitbart reported.

New Hampshire senators turn away assisted suicide bill that passed House– www.lifesitenews.com

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(Live Action) — Legislation seeking to allow assisted suicide in New Hampshire reached an end last week after lawmakers in the Senate voted 17-7 to send the bill for further study, which reports say “essentially kills” the legislation.

House Bill 1283 would have permitted physician-assisted death to a terminally ill person who is mentally competent and projected to die within six months. There was no residency requirement for the bill, leading some lawmakers to express fear that the state would become a “death magnet.” Similar legislation has been considered multiple times in the state since 2010 and has failed each time, though this was the first year such legislation passed the House and moved on to the Senate.

Many gathered at the state Capitol building to lobby against the bill, including a physician who said the state needs better palliative care resources, not an easier way for people to end their lives. “We need to move the needle back towards more palliative care,” said Jonathan Eddinger, a cardiologist at the Catholic Medical Center. “[Support] people while they’re living, not facilitate their death, we need to not abandon them at the end of life.”

DC federal court delays sentencing of pro-lifer Heather Idoni– www.lifesitenews.com

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Sentencing for Heather Idoni, 59, on FACE Act violations that was supposed to occur Tuesday was postponed at the last minute and rescheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, leaving the mother of five and adopted mother of 10 and her family temporarily in limbo.

The delay was attributed by the court to a positive COVID-19 test taken a week ago. However, Idoni has reportedly displayed no symptoms of the virus.

Idoni’s attorney, Robert Dunn, who traveled to Washington from Michigan for her sentencing, has asked that the hearing be rescheduled for tomorrow.

Alliance Defending Freedom Files Lawsuit Against Biden Admin After Male Defeats Female Athletes 700 Times – RedState– redstate.com

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The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) has been at the forefront of the legal war against efforts to use the government to force progressive gender ideology on the public. Currently, the organization is fighting back against the Biden administration’s revamping of Title IX rules to redefine the definition of “sex.”

The organization recently filed a motion to stay and a preliminary injunction with a federal district court in the case of State of Tennessee v. Cardona. The legal action was filed on behalf of a high school athlete in West Virginia and Christian Educators Association International. The organization’s attorneys are demanding that the court halt the White House’s effort to reimagine Title IX to include “gender identity.”

This move comes after the organization found that a biological male athlete in West Virginia defeated female competitors over 700 times in track and field events. This story, along with many others, highlights the ongoing debate over gender identity and women’s sports.