04 U.S. Politics – Right

Colorado Sacrifices Free Speech to Protect Transgenders from “Dead Naming”

pgnewser May 10, 2025

In the name of protecting a disenfranchised class from endemic suicide, the state of Colorado has just declared its independence from American rule of law. The rogue state openly defied the 1st amendment to pass House Bill 25-1314, which effectively makes it illegal for Americans to “deadname” a transgender person.

One provision removed exposes the depraved hearts of the authors of this act of insurrection. It would have ordered judges to “consider deadnaming, misgendering, or threatening to publish material related to an individual’s gender-affirming health-care services as types of coercive control.” This is specifically applied when “making child custody decisions and determining the best interests of a child for purposes of parenting time, a court shall.”

Newly Passed Colorado Law Makes Deadnaming A Crime– www.louderwithcrowder.com
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House Bill 25-1312, dubbed the Kelly Loving Act in honor of a transgender woman killed during the 2022 Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs, would make it a discriminatory act to intentionally not refer to a transgender person by their chosen name. It also requires school policies be “inclusive of all reasons” that a student changes their name, and it says schools must allow students to choose from any variation contained in dress code policies.

What does “inclusive of all reasons” even mean? And since when can minors decide these sorts of things? Because what if it’s against the wishes of the parents? Is that much of a concern to lawmakers?

The bill includes a provision that says someone does not need a court order if they want to change their gender marker on a driver’s license or other identification a second or third time. Colorado allows an “X” gender marker on state IDs, but that has led to some people having trouble with student loans and passport applications, so some people may want to change their gender markers back. It will also allow a county clerk to issue a new marriage license to someone who has legally changed their name….

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Trump Deal with UK Appears to be Framework for Larger Deal

pgnewser May 10, 2025

Trump announces trade deal with UK, cutting tariffs on autos, steel and aluminum – PBS News
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The U.S. president talked up the agreement to reporters from the Oval Office, even as the fine print remains in flux despite his prior statements that a full agreement was signed

“The final details are being written up,” Trump told reporters. “In the coming weeks, we’ll have it all very conclusive.”

The president said that the agreement would lead to more beef and ethanol exports to the U.K., which would also streamline the processing of U.S. goods though customs. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the baseline 10 percent tariffs would stay in place, while U.K. officials said that Trump’s auto tariffs would go from 27.5 percent to 10 percent on a quota of 100,000 vehicles and the import taxes on steel and aluminum would go from 25 percent to zero.

Trump cautioned that the agreement with its preservation of a 10 percent tariff was not a template for other countries pursuing possible trade deals with the U.S. He said he intends to charge higher rates on other countries as part of any agreement — a sign that the import taxes could stay in place in ways that economists warn would reduce economic growth.

 

Trump Ratchets Up Heat on Iran, Who Claims it Never Wanted Nukes in the First Place

pgnewser May 10, 2025

President Donald Trump has sent what might be a final warning to Iran, who continues to resist “good faith” negotiating on its nuclear weapons program it denies it has or ever wanted. He told Iran, “If Iran’s leadership rejects the olive branch and continues to attack their neighbors, then we will have no choice but to inflict massive maximum pressure, the choice is theirs to make.”

Iran Has Agreed ‘They Don’t Want’ Nuclear Weapon– www.breitbart.com
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WASHINGTON — Senior adviser and assistant to the president Steve Witkoff told Breitbart News exclusively that the government of Iran has told him that the Iranians have agreed they do not want a nuclear weapon.

Witkoff, who made the explosive revelation in an exclusive long-form on-camera interview with Breitbart News on Thursday at the White House, is leading negotiations for President Donald Trump with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Witkoff is expected to meet with the Iranians, possibly as soon as this weekend, for a fourth round of talks in Oman, after two previous discussions in Iran and another in Rome. Witkoff will be meeting with them during a broader trip to the Middle East this upcoming week, where President Trump is expected to visit Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. Witkoff is joining Trump for those legs of the trip, but breaking off on his own to meet with the Iranians separately in Oman at the president’s direction.

“We’ve stated our position. The Iranians cannot have a bomb. They have stated back that they don’t want one,” Witkoff told Breitbart News. “So we’re going to, for the purposes of this discussion, take them at their word that that’s actually how they feel. If that’s how they feel, then their enrichment facilities have to be dismantled. They cannot have centrifuges. They have to downblend all of their fuel that they have there and send it to a faraway place—and they have to convert to a civil program if they want to run a civil program. Now, they have a civil reactor actually in the state of Iran—it’s called Bushehr. They have no enrichment capability at this place and if we take them at their word why not just turn all the rest of their facilities just like Bushehr? Bushehr they have no ability to enrich, they have no ability to have centrifuges there, they can only use that facility for civilian purposes—making of electricity and things of that sort of civilian purposes—and if that is what they choose to do, if they believe in that program, they ought to expand it if they want to. An enrichment program can never exist in the state of Iran ever again. That’s our red line. No enrichment. That means dismantlement, it means no weaponization, and it means that Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan—those are their three enrichment facilities—have to be dismantled.”

Iran issued urgent nuclear warning as new revelations put deal at risk | World | News– www.express.co.uk

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Iran has been significantly expanding its covert nuclear weapons development since 2009, it has emerged. New intelligence uncovered by Iranian opposition group NCRI reveals that the regime’s Organisation of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND) is running a secret programme to boost nuclear warhead capability, including mounting them on ballistic missiles able to strike targets over 1,900 miles away. The revelations come as Tehran prepares for a fourth round of proposed nuclear talks with the US in Muscat next week, with experts predicting they may derail negotiations.

At the heart of this effort is the Ivanaki (Eyvanekey) facility, a sprawling 2,500-acre site in Semnan Province, northern Iran. Publicly, it is presented as a paint and chemical production site operated by Diba Energy Sina. In reality, it is used for the construction of nuclear weapon components.

Operational since around 2013, Ivanaki is one of several covert facilities established after Iran’s previous nuclear weapons programme, the Amad Plan, was exposed and halted in 2003.

Trump threatens sanctions on countries, individuals that buy Iranian oil – National– globalnews.ca

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened sanctions on anyone who buys Iranian oil, a warning that came after planned talks over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program were postponed.

Trump wrote on social media, “All purchases of Iranian Oil, or Petrochemical products, must stop, NOW!” He said any country or person who buys those products from Iran will not be able to do business with the United States “in any way, shape, or form.”

It was unclear how Trump would implement such a ban as he threatened to levy secondary sanctions on nations that import Iranian oil. But his statement risked further escalating tensions with China — Iran’s leading customer — at a time when the relationship is severely strained over the U.S. president’s tariffs.

Based on tanker tracking data, the U.S. Energy Information Administration concluded in a report published last October that “China took nearly 90% of Iran’s crude oil and condensate exports in 2023.” Trump has separately placed 145% tariffs on China as a way to raise federal revenues and rebalance global trade.

U.K. police arrest 7 Iranians in what government calls biggest counterterrorism operations in years– www.cbsnews.com

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London — British counterterrorism police officers arrested four Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target, and three others over an undefined national security threat, London’s Metropolitan Police said Sunday. The government called the operations the biggest “counter-state threat and counterterrorism” in years.

The Met, as London’s police force is often known, said five men between the ages of 29 and 46 were detained Saturday in various parts of England under the Terrorism Act on suspicion of preparing “a terrorist act.”

Four are Iranian citizens and the nationality of the fifth was still being established. Police said the attack plot was targeting a single location that was not being named “for operational reasons.” They said people at the premises in question were being given “advice and support.”

 

Netanyahu vows to retaliate against Houthis and Iran after missile attack | World News– news.sky.com

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to retaliate against the Houthis and their Iranian “masters” after the group launched a missile attack on the country’s main international airport.

A missile fired by the group from Yemen landed near Ben Gurion Airport, causing panic among passengers in the terminal building.

“Attacks by the Houthis emanate from Iran,” Mr Netanyahu wrote on X. “Israel will respond to the Houthi attack against our main airport AND, at a time and place of our choosing, to their Iranian terror masters.”

Israeli Officials Reportedly Concerned Trump May Be Repeating Obama-Era Nuclear Deal Mistakes– gellerreport.com

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Some of the reports coming out of the U.S-Iran nuke talks are extremely disappointing. President Trump seems to have a cabal of Iran appeasers and Israel-haters in his national security team. There is a concern that they could convince President Trump to accept a substandard deal with Iran. Rubio, Waltz, Huckabee, and other sensible Trump Admin officials are going to have to fight the Iran appeasers, and make sure that only a strong deal is signed with Iran. A deal in which Iran’s nuclear program is completely dismantled.

Related – Trump team’s Iran divide: Dialogue vs. detonation to end nuclear threat

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Iran’s FM heads to Moscow to discuss US talks with Russian officials – Caliber.Az

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is set to travel to Moscow later this week, according to Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei, who made the announcement during his regular press briefing on April 14.

Baghaei noted that Araghchi’s trip had been planned in advance and said the minister would use the opportunity to hold consultations with Russian officials about the ongoing negotiations with the United States, Caliber.Az reports, citing Iranian media.

“Araghchi will make a pre-scheduled visit to Moscow this week, during which he will discuss the latest developments in the Muscat talks,” Baghaei stated.

On April 12, Iranian and American delegations held an initial round of indirect talks in Oman, with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi serving as the mediator. In line with Iran’s request, the negotiations were not conducted face-to-face, but through the Omani mediator. Each delegation remained in separate rooms, with messages being passed back and forth.

65 Columbia University Library Attackers Suspended

pgnewser May 10, 2025

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Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has requested fingerprints and the names of the arrested individuals to check their visa status.

Columbia University has suspended at least 65 students accused of participating in the violent anti-Israel Butler Library takeover on Wednesday. Another 33 individuals, including alumni and those from affiliated institutions, have also been barred from campus, a school official said. This comes after the univeristy vowed to take immediate disciplinary action.

Dozens of masked protesters stormed the library while students were studying for finals, with some handing out pamphlets that glorified an alleged terrorist. Members of the group committed acts of vandalism and assaulted two security guards, resulting in an NYPD response to clear the building. According to police, 80 arrests were made, which included 61 females and 19 males. The group chanted phrases such as “Free Palestine” and demanded that the university divest from Israel.

Trump fires three Democrats at Consumer Product Safety Commission– www.washingtonexaminer.com

pgnewser May 9, 2025

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President Donald Trump fired three Democrats serving on the Consumer Product Safety Commission after the Department of Government Efficiency visited the agency on Thursday.

The firings leave the independent agency with two Republicans, acting CPSC Chairman Peter Feldman and Douglas Dziak, on the five-person board. It is unclear if their firings were related to the wide DOGE government spending cuts.

The agency’s former chairman, Alex Hoehn-Saric, who was also fired, said Friday that “Trump is attempting to illegally remove me from the CPSC” along with his colleagues Mary Boyle and Richard L. Trumka Jr., the latter of whom ignited controversy in 2023 over weighing a ban on gas stoves.

Trump Fully Defunds Pro-Abortion UNFPA, Yanks $335 Million in Funding– www.lifenews.com

pgnewser May 9, 2025

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The Trump administration has fully implemented the defunding of the UNFPA that it announced back in March and announced today that no new funding will the directed to it. And the pro-abortion agency is unhappy.

As LifeNews reported then, Trump has ordered the defunding of the UNFPA, a United Nations population control agency which promotes abortions worldwide.

This is a continuation of his pro-life policy from his previous administration. In 2017, Trump signed an executive order defunding the UN population group because it pushes abortions on other countries and has worked with China for decades to implement its forced abortion population control policies.

Trump officials previously informed the UN Population Fund that nearly all of its grants would be discontinued. That defunding has taken place – with some $335 million in taxpayer funds yanked from the pro-abortion UN agency. Now, Trump officials have informed the UN group that new funding will not take place in future years.

Georgia governor signs Riley Gaines Act to protect fairness in women’s sports – Standing for Freedom Center– www.standingforfreedom.com

pgnewser May 9, 2025

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Last week, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, R, signed the “Riley Gaines Act” into law, prohibiting biological males from participating in female sports at public schools and colleges across the state.

The legislation also mandates that students use restrooms, locker rooms, and sleeping quarters that correspond with the sex on their birth certificates.​

The act, officially known as Senate Bill 1, is named after former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, an outspoken advocate for protecting women’s sports. Gaines gained national attention after competing against transgender swimmer William “Lia” Thomas and has since campaigned for similar legislation in other states.​

Kemp emphasized the importance of the new law in protecting the integrity of women’s sports.

“As the parents of three daughters, Marty and I know just how important it is to keep our children safe and to give them the best possible start in life,” Kemp said.

WATCH: Anti-Elon Musk Stunt Actually Benefits Tesla– wltreport.com

pgnewser May 9, 2025

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In a video stunt published by the political action group ‘Led By Donkeys,’ a 98-year-old WWII veteran rode a Sherman tank over a Tesla Model 3 vehicle.

“My name is Ken Turner and I’m 98 years old. And I served in the British Army in World War II,” Turner said.

“I’m old enough to have seen fascism the first time around. Now, it’s coming back. Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, is using his immense power to support the far-right in Europe, and his money comes from Tesla cars. Well, I’ve got this message for Mr. Musk. We’ve crushed fascism before and we’ll crush it again,” he continued.

 

 

Letitia James heckled to ‘apologize’ to Trump as she faces allegations of mortgage fraud | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

pgnewser May 9, 2025

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New York Attorney General Letitia James was heckled at a town hall event on Thursday evening by a Trump supporter who questioned whether James would apologize to President Donald Trump for “wasting millions of dollars” on a “witch trial.”

“My question is for Tish James. Will you apologize to President Trump for wasting millions of dollars, and the state of New York, for a witch trial?” asked the man, adding, “And how does it feel to know that you will be in prison for mortgage fraud?”

His question was met with boos from the crowd and James responded, “Thank you for coming,” as the man was escorted out of the event.

She added, “We want to thank him for coming, we respect all opinions. Everybody knows those allegations are baseless. They’re discredited.”

Trump Admin Turns Spotlight on Penn Over Years of ‘Inaccurate’ Foreign Funding Disclosures– freebeacon.com

pgnewser May 9, 2025

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The University of Pennsylvania is under federal investigation for filing “inaccurate” disclosures of its foreign funding for years, the Department of Education announced in a Thursday letter.

The department’s Office of the General Counsel accused the Ivy League school of submitting “incomplete, inaccurate, and untimely disclosures” to the department in violation of “its foreign source funding statutory disclosure obligations.” As a recipient of federal funding, the University of Pennsylvania is required by the Higher Education Act of 1965 to disclose “qualifying foreign source gifts and contracts” worth $250,000 or more.

The investigation comes two weeks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order ramping up his administration’s scrutiny of foreign influence in U.S. universities. The order mandates that universities provide detailed information about the sources and purposes of such foreign funding. Failure to do so could result in the loss of federal funding.