17 GOP-led states defend ban on ‘experimental’ transgender treatments for children
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17 GOP-led states defend ban on ‘experimental’ transgender treatments for children

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall issued an amicus brief Wednesday with 16 other GOP-led states in support of the recent Arkansas ban on ‘experimental’ transition-related care for transgender minors. The brief outlined why top legal officials in 17 states supported the controversial ban implemented in April. “We are filing this brief because, like Arkansas, we…

FBI Used at Least a Dozen Informants in Michigan Kidnapping Case: Filing
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FBI Used at Least a Dozen Informants in Michigan Kidnapping Case: Filing

At least 12 confidential informants helped the FBI build a case against men accused of planning to kidnap Michigan’s governor, according to a new court filing. In the ongoing federal case against five defendants, the government has identified at least a dozen such sources by number, a lawyer for one of the defendants wrote in…

Irony Overload: Google CEO Sundar Pichai Says ‘Free and Open Internet’ Under Attack

Irony Overload: Google CEO Sundar Pichai Says ‘Free and Open Internet’ Under Attack

In an interview with BBC News, Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated that he believes the free and open internet is under attack; a statement which many may find ironic given Google and YouTube’s regular censorship of content on its platforms, including the purging of Breitbart News from search results leading up to the 2020 election….

‘Inconvenient Minority’ author: How are Asian Americans succeeding if US is systemically racist?
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‘Inconvenient Minority’ author: How are Asian Americans succeeding if US is systemically racist?

Asian Americans are an “inconvenient minority” to the critical race theory narrative because their community succeeds based on merit alone, the author of a new book argued Wednesday on Fox News. “Critical race theory asserts that the world and America are divided into a racial caste system, Whites on the top, Blacks on the bottom,”…

Pennsylvania Sen. Mastriano Invited Biden to Meet, Discuss Election Audit
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Pennsylvania Sen. Mastriano Invited Biden to Meet, Discuss Election Audit

In anticipation of President Joe Biden’s Tuesday visit to Philadelphia to discuss voter rights, Pennsylvania state Senator Doug Mastriano, a Republican, sent a letter requesting a meeting with Biden to discuss a full audit of Pennsylvania’s 2020 election. “Millions of Pennsylvanians have serious doubts about the accuracy of the 2020 general election,” Mastriano said in…

Fmr top US general in Afghanistan gets ‘well done’ upon return, as Taliban take key border post with Pakistan
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Fmr top US general in Afghanistan gets ‘well done’ upon return, as Taliban take key border post with Pakistan

Gen. Austin Scott Miller, commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, arrived home in the U.S. on Wednesday to a congratulatory reception, as the Taliban’s momentum grows in the wake of the American withdrawal from the country. Miller, who stepped down from his post on Monday in Kabul, was received by Secretary of Defense…

Biden Rips GOP Election Integrity Laws, Claims They’re ‘Racially Discriminatory’
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Biden Rips GOP Election Integrity Laws, Claims They’re ‘Racially Discriminatory’

President Joe Biden on Tuesday disparaged laws and proposals that proponents say are aimed at strengthening election security, claiming they are “racially discriminatory.” Biden, a Democrat in his first term, said the bill Georgia’s governor signed was a “vicious anti-voting law” and claimed Texas Republicans’ are proposing “to allow partisan poll watchers to intimidate voters…

Biden nominee claims Trump-era Title IX regs protecting due process allow students to ‘rape with impunity’
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Biden nominee claims Trump-era Title IX regs protecting due process allow students to ‘rape with impunity’

President Biden‘s pick to head the civil rights division under the Department of Education (DOE) testified Tuesday that she would uphold a Trump-era Title IX regulation even though she claimed it lets students “rape and sexually harass students with impunity.” Title IX is the 1972 law barring discrimination based on sex in education and has…