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In the arts these days, they insist that context is everything. So what is one to make of this vile picture, of Hamas terrorists from the October 7 massacre proudly posing with their 'kill' on the bed of a pickup truck, the mangled, mutilated, body of a 22-year old woman, proudly preening and posing for their trusted photographer from the Associated Press? Shame on @RJI for awarding @AP 'Picture of the Year' award, of this image, which their Hamas-embedded photographer took of Shani Louk, as she was murdered, violated and thrown on back of pick-up truck! You must be so...

A man is not a woman. A man is not Woman of the Year. Yet, here we are.At an awards ceremony in the U.K., Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards named Dylan Mulvaney, an American transgender activist and social media influencer, as Woman of the Year. The ceremony was for an LGBT magazine for the U.K. and Europe. Mulvaney attended the ceremony. When he accepted the award, he said that it has been 560 days since he started transitioning. That’s a long grift for social media. Dylan said some people “don’t see me as a woman at all.” Boos came from the...

Ukraine's First Lady, Olena Zelenska, received the 2023 Clinton Global Citizen Award from Hillary and Bill Clinton during her visit to New York, where the 78th session of the UN General Assembly is taking place, her official Instagram page announced on Sept. 20. The 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, and his wife, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, honored Zelenska with the Clinton Global Citizen Award, established in 2007. The award is given to individuals whose vision and leadership inspire societies around the world and demonstrates that significant change can be achieved through collaboration. Zelenska noted...

Yesterday, acclaimed women’s activist Riley Gaines announced her endorsement of Ron DeSantis. Today, she appeared with DeSantis and his wife for a South Carolina rally. Riley has worked hard to stand against biological men participating in female sporting competition. She faced this issue first hand when a biological male decided to identify as female, change his name to Lia and compete in women’s swimming.Made it to Greenville SC, where hundreds are filing into the convention center for @RonDeSantis’ final SC event of this swing. Things kick off in 20 minutes. Expected here is ex-collegiate swimmer/transgender sports inclusion opponent @Riley_Gaines_ who...

Biden admin mocked after First Lady gives ‘International Women of Courage Award’ to a man 'The world has 3.9 billion women. On International Women's Day, the Biden Administration gave a man the women of courage award.' When Republican Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice launched the annual International Women of Courage Awards (IWOC) during the George W. Bush presidency, she likely didn’t envision handing out awards to men pretending to be women, but the Biden Administration has done just that during a recent White House ceremony. The event was hosted Wednesday by First Lady Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony...

A biological male received an award during the International Women Day of Courage Ceremony at the White House on Wednesday. Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken proudly stood next to the transgender (bio male) award recipient. Joe Biden was MIA. The International Woman of Courage Awards ceremony recognizes those “who have demonstrated exceptional courage, strength, and leadership in advocating for peace, justice, human rights, gender equity and equality, and the empowerment of women and girls, in all their diversity – often at great personal risk and sacrifice,” according to the State Department. Read Also: With So Many Strange...

First lady Jill Biden will be among the award presenters at the Grammys in Los Angeles on Sunday night. The Recording Academy announced on Wednesday that Jill Biden would be among the presenters along with Viola Davis, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Billy Crystal, James Corden, Olivia Rodrigo and Cardi B. The first lady arrived Saturday afternoon at the Hollywood/Burbank Airport from Camp Pendleton, where she participated in a round table discussion with military families, according to KCBS-TV Channel 2.

The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table (formerly the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table).

Hillary Clinton took to social media to weigh in on the leak of the draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade, which shows a majority of justices reject the idea abortion is a constitutional right. “Not surprising. But still outrageous ,” Clinton tweeted. “This decision is a direct assault on the dignity, rights, & lives of women, not to mention decades of settled law. It will kill and subjugate women even as a vast majority of Americans think abortion should be legal. What an utter disgrace.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to be named a recipient of the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award for his "indomitable stance for freedom and democracy" as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues for a twelfth day. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute is set to announce the award Monday for Zelenskyy's "courageous fight against tyranny."

Former U.S. Secretary of State and twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will receive the inaugural Forbes International Women’s Day Lifetime Achievement Award next month. The honor is being granted, according to Forbes, for “her leadership and influential voice on the global stage in advancing the cause of women and fighting for gender equity.”

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The George H.W. Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service recognizes an individual or group's dedication to public service at the local, state and national, or international levels. President George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, once said “Public service is a noble calling; worth doing and worth trying to succeed in.”

Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and The Poor People’s Campaign will receive the Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum in Tennessee, the museum said. The awards, which recognise “significant contributions to civil and human rights”, will be presented in a virtual ceremony on Oct. 14 to Obama and campaign leaders Reverend William Barber and Reverend Liz Theoharis, the museum said on Wednesday. Obama, a lawyer and a writer, became the first Black first lady when her husband Barack Obama took office in 2009. She will also be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in October....

President Joe Biden plans Tuesday to propose new rules that will award minority-owned businesses 50 percent more contracts, ignoring a fair bidding process to lessen the “racial wealth gap.” “Under the Biden proposal, the administration would aim to increase the amount of federal contracting dollars given to small disadvantaged business by 50 percent over five years, amounting to an additional $100 billion in funding for those businesses,” the Hill reported.

The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel peace prize for the way its call for systemic change has spread around the world. In his nomination papers, Norwegian MP Petter Eide said the movement had forced countries outside the US to grapple with racism within their own societies. “I find that one of the key challenges we have seen in America, but also in Europe and Asia, is the kind of increasing conflict based on inequality. Black Lives Matter has become a very important worldwide movement to fight racial injustice,” Eide said. “They have had a...

President Donald J. Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Annika Sorenstam and Gary J. Player on March 23, 2020. They will join Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Charlie Sifford, and Tiger Woods as the only golfers to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This prestigious award is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, which may be awarded by the President to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. The world knows Annika on a first-name basis...

This year marks the first time that President Trump will honor members of the creative community with the National Medal of Arts recognition. Trump declined to do so in 2017 and 2018. Legendary movie star, Jon Voight, is slated to be honored this year. Cue The Resistance. There are two pieces online about this – one written by Sonny Bunch in the Washington Post presents a logical reaction to this story. Bunch says that it doesn’t matter if Voight is a MAGA fan and a huge Trump supporter. He certainly deserves the award after a lifetime career in the...

On Friday, November 8, 2019, the President signed into law: H.R. 1396, the “Hidden Figures Congressional Gold Medal Act,” which provides for the award of Congressional gold medals to Katherine Johnson and Dr. Christine Darden, the posthumous award of Congressional gold medals to Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, and the award of a Congressional gold medal in recognition of all of the women who contributed to the success of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration during the Space Race.

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) -- A Maryland man who says security guards beat him at a Six Flags America park on Father's Day in 2018 was awarded $800,000 by a jury on Friday. Nicholaus Mims and his family were visiting a water park area at Six Flags America in Bowie when the father took off his shirt and noticed one of his children was missing, The Daily Record reported , citing the complaint filed last year in Prince George's County Circuit Court. He found his son, but security guards told him he needed to put on a shirt.

Teen activist Greta Thunberg said Tuesday “the climate movement does not need any more awards” as she turned down an environmental prize granted to her by the Nordic Council. In an Instagram post explaining her decision, Thunberg said that while it was a great honor to receive the prize, what the climate movement needs “is for our politicians and the people in power to start to listen to the current, best available science.”