October 2, 2026

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Ilhan Omar Has Been Cleared of Misconduct Accusations, but Something Doesn’t Add Up – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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Sometimes things just don’t make sense. Especially when someone like Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is concerned.

She’s been a controversial figure in the past, especially when it came to her “Somalia first” statements that she’s made – something that doesn’t reflect well on someone of her stature. But it’s her most recent case surrounding a mysterious increase in funds that I feel needs a bit more attention – especially considering the result.

See, there was a financial disclosure with Omar’s personal records a while back, indicating that her and her husband’s assets were between $6 million and $30 million. That’s a far cry from the salary of $174,000 that she makes with her current position.

Many believed that she was taking advantage of local Minnesota businesses with this – myself included. After all, a huge increase in cash like that doesn’t just appear magically. So, yes, I fully supported the investigation into the case, because we deserve answers.

But apparently the Office of Congressional Conduct felt that there was no wrongdoing. Last month, it noted that any misconduct charges against Omar were cleared. “From day one, we have been clear: the Congresswoman is not a millionaire.” This is in spite of the statistics that previously told us otherwise.

And the reason for the mistake? Get this. Her husband’s accountant reportedly listed gross business values for firms such as Rose Lake Capital without subtracting liabilities.

Two alliances just failed Saudi Arabia. Then they called Trump– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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Five weeks ago, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement. An armed attack on one, the text says, is an attack on all. Commentators called it an Islamic NATO.

This week it was tested. On Sept. 8, Houthi missiles and drones hit four Saudi cities, wounding 73 civilians and halting operations at energy facilities. Two days later, the Houthis took Mokha, their largest territorial gain since the 2022 truce. On Friday, they took Dhubab and crossed to Perim, the island splitting the Bab el-Mandeb at its narrowest point. A military official told AFP they also took Greater and Lesser Hanish, leaving all four of the strait’s strategic islands in their hands, and that the takeover of the Bab el-Mandeb was complete. Tareq Saleh, deputy chairman of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council, acknowledged losing Mokha and said Iran had planned and backed the attack. The United Nations counted at least 46,000 people displaced.

Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed Led Protest Against ‘Ex-Terrorists’ Who Abandoned Islamic Extremism, Converted to Christianity– slaynews.com
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Michigan Democrat Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed led a college protest against three self-described former terrorists who spoke about abandoning Islamic extremism and converting to Christianity, according to a resurfaced report from his time at the University of Michigan.

El-Sayed, who is running against Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) in Michigan’s closely watched Senate race, was vice president of the university’s Muslim Students Association (MSA) when the organization protested the 2007 appearance of Walid Shoebat, Zachariah Annani, and Kamal Saleem.

The three men described themselves as former terrorists with backgrounds involving the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Muslim Brotherhood before converting to Christianity.

Students staged a walkout during their appearance, and El-Sayed celebrated the protest afterward.

“We’ve done something good today, and we need to keep that going in the future,” El-Sayed said.

Mamdani, Letitia James Sue Trump Administration Over Expanded ‘Public Charge’ Immigration Rule– slaynews.com
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York Attorney General Letitia James are suing President Donald Trump’s administration over its effort to expand federal authority to deny visas and green cards to immigrants who are likely to rely on taxpayer-funded public benefits.

The lawsuit targets the Trump administration’s expansion of the “public charge” rule, which allows immigration officials to consider whether an applicant is likely to depend on government assistance when deciding whether to approve a visa or permanent residency application.

The administration is seeking to broaden the benefits considered under the rule, with the changes scheduled to take effect September 18.

Mamdani argued Monday that the policy would intimidate immigrants into abandoning government benefits.

“If you are a citizen, or an individual seeking humanitarian relief like asylum, these changes will not affect you,” Mamdani said during a press conference.

“The new public charge rule not only sweeps aside more than a century of established law, it is intentionally vague as a means of creating uncertainty and fear to isolate immigrant New Yorkers.

Whistleblower claims only 1% of UK asylum cases are genuine– www.lifesitenews.com
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A U.K. Home Office whistleblower has claimed that as few as 1 percent of the asylum claims he assessed were genuine, alleging that Britain’s asylum system is plagued by “massive fraud” and widespread dysfunction.

On September 7, an anonymous British official, identified only as “J” to protect his identity, revealed his experience to The Times, claiming that fraudulent or highly questionable applications appeared throughout the asylum process and that applicants sometimes submitted remarkably similar asylum seeking accounts.

“At best 1 percent of asylum seekers are genuine,” J told The Times. “There’s almost no aspect of the asylum system that isn’t either a massive fraud or just really dysfunctional. Nothing works as it should.”

Among the examples he described were what he called “package claims,” in which numerous applicants presented substantially similar stories.

Comey Asks For 4-Month Delay of Trial in Trump Assassination Threat Case – DOJ Doesn’t Oppose * The Gateway Pundit * by Cristina Laila– www.thegatewaypundit.com
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Embattled former FBI Director James Comey asked the court for a 4-month delay of the trial scheduled for next month in the Trump assassination threat case.

The Justice Department did not oppose Comey’s request.

Earlier this year, a grand jury from the Eastern District of North Carolina indicted Comey on two felony counts:

COUNT ONE: Knowingly and willfully make a threat to take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon, the President of the United States;

COUNT TWO: knowingly and willfully did transmit in interstate and foreign commerce a communication that contained a threat to kill the President, Donald J. Trump

Read the indictment here.

James Comey posted his threatening ‘8647’ Instagram post in May 2025.

“Cool shell formation on my beach walk,” Comey said.

’86 47′ is a threat to ‘eliminate/kill’ the 47th president.

Republicans Attack GOP Candidate for Pointing Out How Many Foreign Students Attended Texas-Ohio State Game– www.westernjournal.com
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A Republican nominee for statewide office in Texas is taking fire from his own party after he used a crowd shot on social media to argue that foreign students have displaced Americans.

Bo French, the GOP candidate for railroad commissioner, posted images from Saturday’s University of Texas-Ohio State game and called the scene a “problem.”

No. 4 Texas had just pulled off an epic defeat of No. 1 Ohio State 24-23 Saturday night in Austin after trailing 23-3 entering the fourth quarter.

The Longhorns account posted a hype video that panned the student section. “THAT’LL DO IT,” the school wrote.

Somaliland’s President Seeks Israeli Military Presence as Regional Threats Grow– legalinsurrection.com
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The East African nation of Somaliland has sought Israeli military presence amid growing regional threats. “We will cooperate with any friendly country, and we need security partners, including Israel,” Somaliland’s President Abdirahman Abdullahi said recently. “If Israel is present, it will provide deterrence.”

The statement comes as Iranian-backed Houthis reportedly seized the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha, tightening their hold over the Strait of Bab al-Mandab. According to Reuters on Thursday, the Iranian proxy terror militia has “reached the Red Sea islands of Hanish after capturing the coastal city of Mocha, … in a dramatic strategic ​shift that could threaten the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world’s most important shipping routes.”

Is Michigan Paving The Way For Another Mass Surveillance Tool?– dailycaller.com
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Michigan will test counting drivers’ miles through vehicle GPS and smartphones — even though more than 30% of residents told the state they worry about privacy.

The six-month pilot launches in February 2027 with 1,000 volunteers, Fox 17 reported. It will test odometer readings, in-vehicle telematics, a plug-in device and a smartphone app, according to minutes from an Aug. 24 meeting of the Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) technical advisory committee.

GPS “can get you within two meters reliably today,” John Peracchio, a State Transportation Commission appointee helping design the pilot, said in a Feb. 4 interview with WDIV. MDOT’s own 2024 survey of 19,160 residents found that more than 30% were worried about data privacy and that 17% would refuse to provide mileage data, according to the department’s report.

“Michigan families are already struggling to afford everyday life, and the last thing they need is state government tracking their every move just to take more of their hard-earned money,” Michigan Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Instead of coming up with new ways to reach into drivers’ pockets and invade their privacy, Democrats need to end their corporate welfare and root out wasteful spending to fix our roads.”

Justice Department challenges 21 states for offering in-state tuition to illegal immigrants– www.thecollegefix.com
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States’ laws ‘constitute blatant unequal treatment favoring illegal aliens over U.S. citizens,’ lawsuits claim

The Department of Justice recently filed lawsuits against New Mexico, Arizona, Oregon, and Washington for their laws requiring in-state tuition prices be granted to illegal immigrants attending state universities.

These four new complaints—filed Aug. 27—mark the 18th through 21st cases of this kind since the Justice Department’s first lawsuit against Texas in June 2025. Most of the cases are on-going.

Christopher Hajec, deputy general council at the Federation for American Immigration Reform, told The College Fix that he believes these lawsuits will continue to be filed, although he is not sure what state will be next.

Some states have attempted to skirt around the federal law by “not bas[ing] instate tuition for illegal aliens on residence, but on some proxy for residence, such as graduation from a high school in the state,” he said in a recent interview.

Every one of the 21 complaints filed over the last 15 months—from Texas up through Washington—cite a federal law that states that illegal immigrants cannot be eligible “on the basis of residence … for any postsecondary education benefit” unless that same benefit is available to U.S. citizens regardless of their residence.

Southern Methodist University cancels ‘Unapologetically Muslim’ student conference– www.thecollegefix.com
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A student conference organized by CAIR-Texas to be held at Southern Methodist University has been canceled, with campus officials citing a proclamation from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott designating CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as “terrorist” organizations.

The “Unapologetically Muslim: Youth in Action” conference for high school and college students had been slated for Sept. 19 at the Dallas-based campus.

In a statement provided to local media, a campus spokesperson said “SMU welcomes a wide range of organizations and perspectives to campus as part of our commitment to open inquiry and the free exchange of ideas.”

However, after “reviewing plans for an upcoming unaffiliated youth leadership symposium advertised to take place at SMU, the University has determined that permitting the event to take place on campus, given the State of Texas’ current designation of the symposium’s organizer, is inconsistent with our mission and related University policies. As a result, the event will not take place on campus,” the statement read.

The event was slated to include “interactive sessions,” “mock testimony,” and “power mapping,” according to an online flier. Power mapping is a community organizing tool used to influence political leaders by pressuring the people and systems around them.

“Designed for high school students and rising college freshmen and sophomores, MYLS brings together young Muslims from across Texas for a full day focused on leadership and civic engagement,” CAIR-Texas’ website states.

White House says deal to take control of Venezuelan oil will rely on North American Blue Energy Partners– www.cbsnews.com
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The Trump administration’s plan to take a stake in tens of billions of barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves will hinge on a private company called North American Blue Energy Partners, the White House announced Monday, offering more details on the agreement.

Under the deal, the Venezuelan government granted 100-year concessions to NABEP to drill in 17 oil fields, the White House said in a fact sheet released late Monday. Those oil fields contain about 65 billion barrels, roughly one-fifth of Venezuela’s total proven oil reserves.

The U.S. Defense Department will be granted a 35% stake in the company, according to the White House. The State Department will then have the right to buy 20% of NABEP’s output at the cost of production, and it will have the right of first refusal to buy everything else.

Run by Venezuelan executive Alejandro Betancourt, NABEP describes itself as Venezuela’s second-largest private oil producer, pumping more than 200,000 barrels of oil per day.

In a statement confirming the structure of the deal, NABEP said it is aiming to increase daily production in the near-term to over 1 million barrels. (By comparison, the U.S. consumed about 20.6 million barrels of petroleum daily last year, according to government figures.)

DHS Planning Major Voter Fraud Investigation Surge Ahead Of Midterms– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to dramatically expand voter fraud investigations across a group of battleground and Democrat-led states beginning Tuesday, putting federal investigators on the ground just weeks before the 2026 midterm elections.

Homeland Security Investigations will launch what officials are calling a “coordinated criminal voter fraud surge initiative” beginning September 1. The effort is expected to run through mid-October and will involve investigators pursuing leads, interviewing individuals and preparing potential cases for prosecutors, according to internal federal guidance reviewed by CNN,

Nine states are expected to see investigative action: California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin. The deployment marks another significant escalation in the Trump administration’s effort to investigate allegations involving noncitizens who may have illegally registered or cast ballots.

HSI, an investigative arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, traditionally focuses on crimes including human trafficking, drug smuggling and child exploitation. Under President Donald Trump, however, the agency has increasingly been tasked with election-related investigations, particularly cases involving suspected noncitizen voting.

The timing is notable. The initiative will take place as states move closer to November’s midterm elections, when control of Congress will be decided.

Historically, federal prosecutors have been discouraged from taking highly visible investigative steps close to elections if those actions could affect campaigns or voting. That Justice Department policy does not directly bind DHS, however, and the internal DHS guidance reportedly makes no mention of those traditional timing concerns.

Exclusive – Sen. Ron Johnson Seeks ‘Covid Reckoning’: Make Sure ‘Fauci’s Reputation Is Completely Destroyed’– www.breitbart.com
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) called for a “COVID reckoning,” saying officials involved in the government’s pandemic response must be exposed and held accountable.

“I think it’s crucial that we have a COVID reckoning,” Johnson said during the Fight Club Roundtable hosted by Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow and Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle. “These people need to be held accountable.”

Johnson said public exposure may be the most significant form of accountability because criminal prosecutions would be difficult. He accused officials of avoiding written records and destroying emails that could have documented their actions.

“They didn’t leave much of a trail,” Johnson said. “They learned how to destroy emails. They didn’t memorialize things in emails. They’re not that stupid. So it’s going to be difficult.”

Johnson said his staff is reviewing roughly one million pages of material and continues to uncover information from new devices. He said investigators are organizing the records rather than releasing them all at once.

“We keep finding more things, trying to reveal that and expose it in an organized fashion so it actually makes sense to people rather than just dumping it on the public,” he said.

Johnson added that investigators must withhold some documents while interviewing witnesses so those involved do not know what evidence the committee has obtained.

NEW: Trump Admin Shutters 270 Truck Driving Schools For Providing Licenses To Illegal Aliens– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Monday, August 31, that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is removing 110 commercial driver’s license training schools from the federal Training Provider Registry and issuing notices of proposed removal to more than 160 additional schools, a combined total of about 270 locations. The removals come as the Trump Administration continues to crack down on illegal aliens operating commercial vehicles on American roads.

The 110 schools must immediately stop administering curricula, using training facilities, and conducting behind-the-wheel instruction. Officials said those providers were linked to more than 5,000 drivers later cited for failing English-language proficiency checks during roadside inspections.

Each of the 110 schools had passed at least 10 such drivers, according to a press release from the Justice Department.

Duffy described the first group as the largest sources of those violations. “Today, what we are announcing is an emergency executive shutdown of 110 driving schools,” he said. “These are driving schools that account for 5,000 of the violations for English proficiency.”

The secretary went on to stress the administration’s emphasis on English proficiency tests that have often been ignored by many of the affected locations. “You have to speak English to operate a commercial motor vehicle. I didn’t create that rule. President Trump didn’t create that rule. That rule has been in place for decades,” he noted.

For the additional 160 locations that were given notices of proposed removal, Duffy cited inadequate space for required maneuvers, unlicensed instructors, missing documentation, and classrooms that did not meet federal standards.

POLL: Should Foreigners Be Banned From Buying American Farmland?

Breaking: SCOTUS Gives Trump’s Ballroom Construction the Green Light– www.westernjournal.com
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The Supreme Court on Monday allowed construction of a new White House ballroom to continue.

In a 5-4 ruling, the Court found that the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States did not have standing to file the suit in the first place, on which lower courts had based their decisions.

“This Court has not found standing in circumstances like these before. To the contrary, we have repeatedly held that mere offense, disagreement, or distaste does not qualify as a concrete and particularized injury under Article III [of the Constitution]. As we have put it, ‘this Court has long made clear that distress at or disagreement with the activities of others is not a basis under Article III for a plaintiff to bring a federal lawsuit.’”

Adopting the Trust’s view of what constitutes a legal injury “would seemingly usher in a world where virtually every citizen had standing to challenge virtually every government action that they do not like,” the majority wrote.

The justices added, “Today, we do not pass upon the legality of the government’s East Wing project. We conclude only that, based on the submissions before us, the government is likely to prevail in showing that the Trust lacks Article III standing to challenge the project in federal court and that the remaining stay factors favor relief.”

Earlier this month, Chief Justice John Roberts placed a stay on a lower court ruling blocking the project from moving forward, indicating the full Supreme Court would be taking up the matter.

However, in Monday’s ruling, Roberts sided with dissenting liberal justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, concluding Trump did not have the authority to undertake the project.

RNC bans CBC from midterm convention over memo saying 9/11 wasn’t ‘terror attack’ | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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The RNC sent a letter to the Canadian state-funded news network denying their press credentials for the two-day Dallas event.

The Republican National Committee is holding a midterm convention next week in September, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is not invited. The RNC sent a letter to the Canadian state-funded news network denying their press credentials for the two-day Dallas event.

At issue for the RNC was a recent leaked memo sent out by CBC Senior Director of Journalistic Standards and Public Trust saying that the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States should not be referred to as a “terrorist attack.” In a memo sent to CBC staff from Basem Boshra, reporters were told, “Do not refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorist attacks” unless they were attributing the comment to another person.

This means reporters and editors were not to take as fact that the attacks were terrorism. “The hijackings led to passenger jet crashes in Washington, DC, Pennsylvania and Manhattan. The World Trade Center (WTC in second reference) was destroyed. (The September 11 Digital Archive is an excellent resource for details about the attacks. It was created by several U.S. universities, historical societies and foundations,” Boshra told staff. Warren Kinsella revealed the memo in the Toronto Sun.

The backlash was so severe that Boshra had to reverse course and wrote a post on the editor’s blog, saying “After reviewing our current language guidance, we have decided to adjust it to clarify that direct attribution is not required for describing the historic events of 9/11 as terrorism.” He said in the post that the memo “has caused significant concern, anger and hurt for many people who believe CBC News seeks to minimize or obscure the horror of that day and who was behind it” and that this was “the last thing we want to do.”

Breaking: US Forces Decimate Iranian Launchers, Stop IRGC’s Attempted Retaking of Hormuz– www.westernjournal.com
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Military action returned to the Persian Gulf Sunday as American forces attacked Iranian rocket launchers.

“I can confirm that earlier today U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces ​were observed preparing to launch rockets with sea mines into Strait ​of Hormuz,” a U.S. official said, according to Reuters.

The attack was the first from the United States since late July.

Last week, U.S. Central Command cleared mines from the strait’s international shipping routes, according to Fox News.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed the U.S. strike killed and wounded several Iranian soldiers and civilians and said in a statement that the “terrorist enemy’s aggression on Larak Island will be met with punishment for the aggressor.”

“The American-Zionist adversary, once more acting out of frustration over its domestic challenges and waning influence in the region, aims to resurrect its malevolent presence and sway public perception,” the statement read.

The Guardian reported that what appeared to be a retaliatory strike on U.S. forces in Jordan failed, with all missiles intercepted.

Florida bans Flock cameras days after a sheriff’s deputy resigns for misusing AI cameras to track ex-girlfriend– timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Florida bans Flock cameras that can read license plates amid a major row over privacy.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Monday that he is removing Flock cameras from state roadways. The order said all Flock cameras were to be removed from what he calls the “state highway system” within the next 30 days, which would include interstates like I-10 and I-75. That order led to several sheriff’s departments like in Franklin, Liberty and Putnam Counties to announce they’re ending their own license plate reader programs. After 30 days, if there are Flock cameras still found on some roads, Florida’s Department of Transportation will take them down. The memo also said that Flock cameras will not get permits in Florida in the future as well.Citing the cases of cops stalking their ex-girlfriends using the surveillance system, Ron DeSantis said his administration is pro-law enforcement. “But, you also have to say, okay, how could this be misused? And how could a private company misuse the data, but also law enforcement? We know there was an officer in Florida who was using the LPR data to track like an ex-girlfriend or something like that,” DeSantis said.

Florida Gov Desantis Designates Hamas-CAIR a TERRORIST ORGANIZATION– gellerreport.com
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Governor Ron DeSantis: We’ve designated CAIR, named an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terror financing trial in history, as a foreign terrorist organization. All states should follow suit.

We’ve also removed Soros-backed DAs who refuse to honor their oaths to enforce the law.

Trump admin set to target George Soros nonprofit, Southern Poverty Law Center and CAIR in major tax crackdown: sources
By James Franey, NY Post, Aug. 27, 2026, 3:18 p.m. ET

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the IRS could revoke the tax-free status of left-wing nonprofits such as George Soros’ Open Society Foundations, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, three sources familiar with the matter have told The Post.

It is part of a Trump-backed crackdown on “bogus” charities, and Treasury officials are drawing up a sweeping audit of outfits deemed to be using and abusing Uncle Sam’s tax code, the three people briefed on the Treasury Department’s internal policy deliberations said.

Bessent’s inner circle is drafting a blueprint that could ultimately strip non-compliant organizations of their 501(c)(3) status, according to two of the people familiar with the plans. The reviews could result in massive back payments and civil penalties, the same sources said.

First Circuit rebukes judge who ruled parents can’t wear ‘XX’ wristbands to protest boys in girls’ sports– www.thecollegefix.com
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‘Cannot favor one side of a debate involving parental speech on an issue of prominent public concern’

The First Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled against the judge who sided with a school district in forbidding parents from wearing “XX” wristbands to protest males playing in female sports.

Over a year ago, U.S. District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe sided with New Hampshire’s Bow School District in asserting the wristbands were “demeaning,” “harassing,” and “intimidating” to a boy playing on an opponent’s girls’ soccer team.

McAuliffe said the parents had “acted within their First Amendment rights to protest,” but that school officials “acted within their legal authority to restrict” them as school sporting events are “limited public forums.”

The judge further claimed the wristbands could “reasonably be understood as directly assaulting those who identify as transgender women” (emphasis added).

But this past Wednesday the First Circuit said Bow School District officials “cannot favor one side of a debate involving parental speech on an issue of prominent public concern, and which, in those parents’ views, concerned the safety of their children.”

“The school’s legitimate interest in regulating certain kinds of speech on the playing field sidelines, however, is not demonstrated by the evidence in this record,” the First Circuit’s decision reads. “There is no evidence that appellants’ protest caused a material disruption.

There was no disruption until school officials chose to intervene, after which the referee suspended the game for approximately fifteen minutes and the school officials chose to impose restrictions on appellants’ speech and impose sanctions. The appellants did not stage any pregame demonstrations; did not march, shout, chant, or otherwise disrupt the game; and did not confront [the transgender athlete] or any other player. Instead, they waited until halftime before donning the “XX” wristbands in a passive, silent gesture of protest. There is also no evidence of harassment, given there is no evidence in the record that any player actually saw the wristbands.

Florida Bar Rejects Leftist Scheme To Investigate DHS Attorney– thefederalist.com
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The Florida Bar has officially rejected a plea from leftist groups and former judges to investigate a Department of Homeland Security lawyer for criticizing rogue judges.

In an Aug. 18 letter obtained by Fox News’ Bill Melugin, the state bar shot down a request to probe DHS General Counsel James Percival. The organization said that it does not “investigate or prosecute sitting officers appointed under the U.S. Constitution while they are in office,” and that such prospective actions “could encroach on the authority of the federal government concerning these officials and the exercise of their duties.”

As The Federalist previously reported, the left-wing Democracy Defenders Fund (DDF), Lawyers Defending American Democracy, and 128 former state and federal judges filed the Aug. 18 complaint against Percival because of a July 23 X thread. In his posts, Percival described rogue judges’ overreaching actions in several immigration-related cases involving the administration and how they conflicted with its policy agenda.

The left-wing groups and former judges claimed that Percival’s posts and accompanying media commentary on the subject “constitute[d] serious professional misconduct.” In demanding an investigation, they further accused him of “threaten[ing] the rule of law and increas[ing] the risk of violence against judges.”

The leftists’ complaint prompted pushback from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who asked the Florida Bar to dismiss the “meritless” complaint last week. The Republican official said that one does not have to agree with Percival’s criticisms to acknowledge that they do not violate existing bar rules.

The Lindsay Clancy Case Exposes Pro-Lifers’ ‘Second Victim’ Lie– thefederalist.com
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Three children are dead at Lindsay Clancy’s hand, yet a rotten culture has rallied to make her the central victim. That reflex exposes a deep connection between Big Pro-Life, feminism, and wokeness. We cannot establish justice until we confront it.

Big Pro-Life insists that a mother who intentionally kills her preborn child is abortion’s “second victim,” not a morally responsible agent. The response to Lindsay Clancy carries that same presumption outside the womb: The mother is centered as victim, and accountability is recast as cruelty.

Hundreds of women have rallied in pink to support her. More than 31,000 donors have given more than $1 million to offset her parents’ costs of standing beside her. Three children are dead at their mother’s hand, yet she has become the central object of public sympathy, solidarity, and financial support.

Whether Clancy lacked criminal responsibility because of genuine mental incapacity must be judged according to evidence and due process. The scandal is that the culture answered that question in her favor before the jury could, directing its emotional energy toward her rather than her three dead children.

‘Our results shocked us’: HHS report confirms your darkest suspicions about trans ideology– www.theblaze.com
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Amid ruinous pro-trans policies advanced by Democrat lawmakers around the country and a seemingly interminable string of horrific attacks allegedly plotted and/or executed by trans-identifying radicals, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services commissioned a study on the connection between gender ideology and leftist authoritarian beliefs.

The findings in the study published on Wednesday are damning — but likely won’t surprise anyone who has been paying attention.

‘Greater political liberalism independently predicted higher justification of political violence as well.’

The new study commissioned by HHS, titled “Where the Clinic Meets the Movement: Does Gender Ideology Arm Left- Wing Authoritarian Psychology?,” is the latest addition to the genre of scientific literature confirming what the right already knew.

The research team behind the study included Joel Finkelstein, chief science officer and co-founder of the Network Contagion Research Institute; Lee Jussim, head of the Social Perception Laboratory at Rutgers University; and Colin Wright, an evolutionary biologist who serves as a fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

Together, they developed a “Clinical Gender Affirmation Scale,” measuring endorsement of five positions related to gender ideology.

Meta’s plans to replace workers with AI fell flat, report says – Computerworld– www.computerworld.com
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Earlier this year, Meta, one of the industry’s loudest AI advocates, was ready to slash up to 60% of the members of some teams and replace them with AI, as part of what it called Project OT (Organization Transformation), an initiative to make Meta “AI native.”

But it backed off at the last minute after internal data showed that the plan wasn’t working out, according to a Reuters investigation published Wednesday. For example, Reuters said, code changes made to the internal software platforms and infrastructure that employees used on the job were up 220% year-over-year, according to an early June post by Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth, yet changes that led to new or upgraded features reaching Meta users were only up 36%.

Meta executives also saw “’reliability warning signs’ caused by the AI coding surge,” according to an internal post, Reuters reported. “Another post, in April, said that unchecked AI agents were performing ‘large-scale, disruptive actions that humans are unlikely to execute.’ The result: Major technical and security incidents, such as service disruptions and possible data leaks, spiked 40% from the previous year, with the time staffers had to spend firefighting them up 70%.”

 

Trump Bombshell: More Than 100 UN Terror Employees Referred for Taking Part in Hamas’ October 7 Atrocities– gellerreport.com
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President Trump dropped this bombshell: A report from USAID confirms that over 100 United Nations ‘ UNRWA employees have been referred for participating in October 7th Hamas atrocities.

The UN is an arm of the global jihad.

USAID report finds more than 100 UNRWA employees participated in Hamas atrocities on Oct. 7

The agency referred a former United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees school teacher and Hamas operative for debarment for allegedly receiving and holding civilian hostages beginning on October 7, 2023.

By Misty Severi, August 26, 2026 8:25pm

The United States’ Agency for International Development’s Inspector General’s office announced Wednesday that it has referred more than 100 current or former employees of a United Nations relief agency to the State Department over their participation in the October 7 terror attacks in Israel.

The referrals include three people they suggested be debarred by the department, including a former United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees school teacher and Hamas operative who allegedly received and held civilian hostages beginning on October 7, 2023.

The agency did not give a full number of employees it referred, but said its investigation has resulted in one total debarment so far, after the individual was found to have coordinated communications with other suspected Hamas members during the terror attacks while serving as an UNRWA school principal.