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A group of high school students walked out of their classroom in Loudoun County, Virginia, on Wednesday in protest at the district's policy on transgender bathrooms. Loudoun County Public Schools, which saw ugly scenes at board meetings following a May 2021 sexual assault by a boy in the girls' bathroom, adopted the trans bathroom policy in August 2021. The policy, officially termed 8040, was approved 7-2, and allows transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice. On Wednesday, a group of students at Woodgrove High School in Purcellville marched out of class in protest at 8040,...

Hey, look, another post about the Loudoun County, Virginia school district. Back in 2021, when “domestic terrorist” parents were descending on school board meetings to vent about critical race theory and a policy allowing transgender students to use restrooms that reflected their gender identity, the Loudoun County School Board shut off public comment and the sheriff declared the school board meeting an unlawful assembly; apparently, you can riot all summer long and call it a protest, but you can’t challenge the school board. A couple of people who refused to leave were arrested, including Jon Tigges: Two arrests made at...

We were all shocked and horrified when the Daily Wire broke the story about the Loudoun County dad who was dragged out of a school board meeting for trying to speak out about the massive coverup of the rape of his daughter that occurred in the girls’ bathroom by a gender-fluid boy in a skirt. But that’s not the only horror Loudoun County schools have been hiding. Luke Rosiak, the same reporter who broke the rape story is back at it again, and this time he uncovered how a Loudoun County school official called Child Protective Services on a dad...

Concerned parents in Loudoun County, Virginia, staged a demonstration outside of the Loudoun County Public Schools administration building on Dec. 13. The protest represented the growing number of families supposedly leaving the district following allegations of indoctrination and sexual assault cover-up by the school board. The Loudoun County-based parent advocacy group “Citizens for Freedom” placed approximately 650 pairs of shoes outside of the administration building early Monday morning. The demonstration was crafted to show that “families and teachers will continue to leave en masse from Loudoun County Public Schools as a result of the lack of focus on education and...

The rape of Loudon County, Virginia parent Scott Smith’s daughter by a biological male wearing a skirt in the girl’s school restroom shows the wisdom of President Trump reversed the Biden/Obama administration’s “guidance” to schools and educators to permit transgender restrooms. The move was condemned as bigotry when it is just common sense. You don’t tempt fate. You don’t store flammables next to an open flame and you don’t have boys using the girls' restroom. Loudon County officials were well aware of the history of cross-gender restroom assaults as they considered their transgender restroom policy, particularly the rape of Scott...

Attorney General Merrick Garland was one President Barack Hussein Obama’s choice for a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. He may yet be again if Congressional Democrats get their way somehow and pack the Supreme Court beyond its current nine justices. As Dementia Joe Biden’s AG he has proven no moderate as he was advertised to be as he seeks to eviscerate the U.S Constitution one amendment after another. Forget the Bill of Rights – it is just Russian misinformation. Tucked away in the corner of the First Amendment written by old white male supremacists, you know, the guys...

An Iranian immigrant father in Virginia told local school board members recently that if they insisted on passing transgender-affirming pronoun rules he would make them call his children "king" and "queen" — and him "master." The father issued the remarks during an explosive speech before the Loudoun County Public School Board on Tuesday. It was the same meeting during which one teacher announced she was quitting over newly proposed transgender-affirming rules. The district would go on to pass the reforms, which allow transgender students to access school facilities and groups of their choice and requires faculty and staff to address...

A Loudoun County, Virginia, elementary school teacher who was placed on administrative leave in May for refusing to affirm transgender identity in children was reinstated by a judge Tuesday. Byron “Tanner” Cross, who teaches physical education at Leesburg Elementary School, secured a temporary injunction from Judge James Plowman in his lawsuit against Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS), according to an announcement from Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which defended him. “BREAKING: Tanner Cross, a Virginia elementary school teacher and ADF client who was suspended for raising concerns to the board about a proposed gender policy, has won a temporary injunction and...

Cancel culture is coming for you, whether you know it or not. It’s not about your worldview. It’s about radicalizing everyday people whose inner turmoil will be directed at you.In October 2020, I wrote an opinion article for The Federalist entitled “More Va. Public Schools Using Kids As Guinea Pigs For Critical Race Theory.” As a parent in Loudoun County, Va., I had become extremely concerned that Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) is being hijacked by rabid radicals eager to spend taxpayer money to indoctrinate teachers and students with critical race theory concepts. Among the many issues I highlighted included:...

The offend parents’ “sin” was that they opposed the schools’ efforts to force Critical Race Theory on their children. The Daily Wire’s Luke Rosiak came out with a blockbuster report about current and former teachers in Loudon County, Virginia, plotting via Facebook to infiltrate, hack, and dox parents in the school district who object to the district teaching Critical Race Theory (“CRT”). Dennis Prager did go far enough when he says public school education is child abuse; it’s adult abuse too. Just last week, Dennis Prager wrote again about how extraordinarily toxic public school is for American children. After pointing...

Based on the recommendations of consultants they paid nearly half a million taxpayer dollars, the Loudon County school board recently approved an Equity Plan steeped in critical race rhetoric. Ever since the unfortunate death of George Floyd, corporate media, virtue-signaling neighborhood leftists, and politicians have been talking about “systemic racism” in America, even though there was and still is no evidence that Floyd’s death was motivated by race.This is emblematic of the growing concern about “critical race theory,” in which everything is viewed through the lens of race because, the theory claims, “racism is present in every aspect of life,...

The United Nations is promoting an agenda that is being used to transform American life and property rights around the country. While the brave new world promised by the U.N. may be visible in two communities in Virginia, a hamlet in Alabama gives hope that Americans can fight back and win against the powerful interests pushing these changes in how we live. I described in my book, “U.N. Agenda 21: Environmental Piracy,” what life was like in the EcoVillage in Loudon County, Virginia, then at the forefront of the smart/green growth agenda. According to the Washington Post in 2011, the...

Opposition is beginning to build against a regional transportation group’s plan to study a second Potomac River crossing in Montgomery County. On Tuesday morning, Montgomery County Council President Roger Berliner introduced a resolution that would formally put the council in opposition to the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board’s plan to study the feasibility of a bridge that would help connect Virginia Route 28 to the Intercounty Connector in the county. Supporters of the proposed bridge say the connecting route would help ease traffic on I-270 and the American Legion Bridge on the Beltway and provide better connectivity to Dulles...

Colorado: Jefferson Co: Clinton +2 Pennsylvania: Luzerne Co: Trump +18, Northampton Trump +8 Florida: Hillsborough Co: Trump +1 North Carolina: Watauga Co: Trump +8 Ohio: Sandusky Co: Trump +7 Hamilton County Clinton +1 Nevada: Washoe Co: Trump +17 Virginia: Loudon Co: Clinton +2 Wisconsin: Door County: Clinton +9

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Carlos Felipe Centeno, pictured in this photo taken six years ago. He is accused of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. Photo Courtesy/Leesburg Police Department. Police in Leesburg, Virginia are currently searching for Salvadoran national Carlos Felipe Centeno, 21 for the molestation of a 5-year-old girl. Centeno who is in this country illegally, works as a house painter. On March 19, police distributed a wanted poster, which describes Centeno as between 6 feet and 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing 200 to 240 pounds. He may be riding a blue Magna bicycle. Centeno also has an outstanding warrant for another...

Loudoun County supervisors on Tuesday passed the bulk of a package of legislation designed to crack down on illegal immigration, but deferred until after the November election a measure that would force nonprofits to disclose whether they aid those living in the country illegally. The board easily pushed through six of its seven proposals, but reached a roadblock as it came to the final, most contentious measure. They directed county staff to develop a system that would ensure county contractors comply with immigration law and to examine the legality of such checks, which could be extended to land-use applicants. The...

The galloping growth of Washington's outer Virginia suburbs is slowing at last, according to Census Bureau estimates to be released today, with high housing costs beginning to dull the appeal of counties that have long been a magnet for newcomers. Loudoun, the nation's second-fastest-growing county in 2005, dropped to fourth place largely because only 7,506 people moved in during 2006, compared with 12,002 the previous year. Fairfax's growth rate also declined, but for a different reason: Ever more residents are moving out of the county. The shift brings Northern Virginia in line with the District and Maryland, where Montgomery County's...

HERNDON, Va. (AP) - Just two days after a controversial vote in northern Virginia, the first big fight over hiring centers for day laborers in Fairfax County is starting. Some in neighboring Loudoun County warn they may try to prevent Herndon's plan to build a site for workers, many of whom are illegal aliens. Officials are threatening to use zoning laws to try and block the town's decision to build the site. Two Loudoun supervisors say the Herndon lawmakers ignored them in the decision. The 12-acre property where dozens of Latino workers would wait for construction jobs sits on the...

As organizers pledged to open Herndon's site for day laborers by November, angry officials in neighboring Loudoun County threatened yesterday to use zoning laws to block the town's decision to build it. Two Loudoun supervisors whose residential districts abut the hiring center -- which was approved Wednesday night by the Herndon Town Council -- accused Herndon leaders of circumventing them in a decision that they said will affect their constituents. The 12-acre property on Rock Hill Road where Latino workers will wait for construction jobs sits along the town-county border.