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President Joe Biden’s deputies are forcing transgenderism into workplaces via updated federal workplace guidelines that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released. Under the guidance, employers who adhere to biological reality — expecting biological males to use the men’s restroom and biological women to use the women’s restroom — will be committing workplace “harassment” if they refuse to allow employees to choose restrooms based on their gender identity rather than biological sex. Further, employers will be committing workplace harassment if they “repeatedly misgender” employees, according to reports. According to a press release from the EEOC, “These laws protect covered employees...

As Montana bars dealt with their first smoke-free weekend since the state’s indoor smoking ban went into effect, ingenuity ruled. In Missoula, according to a great piece by Michael Moore in the Missoulian, the Rhino Bar gave smokers their very own place to light up: a Butt Hutt, created by Dave Golden of Well Done Welding and Jim Bell, a general contractor. Moore describes the hut as a 4-by-8-foot “metal smoking dugout” in the alley behind the Rhino in Missoula. The no-smoking laws spark the type of debate that never seems to get extinguished. Pro-smokers argue that the bans hurt...

<p>FRANKFORT, Ky. — State Sen. Dan Seum, R-Louisville, said he will file a bill today that would overturn Lexington's smoking ban in workplaces, including bars and restaurants, and stop a similar ordinance from gaining traction in Louisville.</p> <p>Seum said yesterday that cities that enact anti-smoking ordinances are overstepping their authority by telling business owners what they can and can't do on their property.</p>