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It’s no secret that university students, once known for their brash defense of unfettered free speech, have gone rather quiet on the issue. Campus surveys reveal that most college students self-censor to some degree and that certain ideas are now taboo on campus. A new report from Speech First, a membership association of students, parents, faculty, alumni, and concerned citizens fighting back against toxic censorship culture on college campuses, provides insight into one of the reasons students fear speaking up: Bias Response Teams. These squads (or reporting systems) are specifically created to “solicit, receive, investigate, and respond to” reports of...

A Philadelphia drag queen collapsed on stage mid-performance and died, prompting an outpouring of support for her family. Valencia Prime was only 25, but already a fixture on the Philly drag scene, when she collapsed on stage on Sept. 12, according to local reports. Prime identified as a trans woman and billed herself as “Philadelphia’s Plus Size Dancing Diva.” She was performing at Tabu nightclub in Center City while hosting her own live showcase, “Prime Time,” when tragedy struck. “We mourn the loss of a very bright and rising star in the performance community and a person who was always...

What is the GOP is doing wrong? Democrats understand communicating with later generations: frank crudeness, intensity and anger, social media and free streaming services, the blame game. It works. Results: Obama elected twice and Biden once. High rent, low wages, no job security, high cost of living, high crime, substandard health care, lockdowns. It's terrifying that many Millennials and Zoomers are receptive to Biden's message.

Chilling surveillance video captured the moment two armed men stole a 10-month-old French bulldog after injuring the pooch’s owner in California. Dog owner Amanda Hightower was attacked moments after she left her home on Teresita Court in Hollister on Thursday morning and then returned for a forgotten item, according to KSBW. “I surprised them when I had come in the door, so they attacked me, and they kept telling me to stay on the ground, ‘Don’t move!’ you know, cussing at me, and I was trying to fight back,” she told the news outlet.

Police in Virginia are searching for two men who allegedly walked into the home of two elderly people and stole a wallet at gunpoint. The incident happened in Portsmouth, Virginia on Wednesday at around 1:50 p.m. when Mitchell Boney Jr., 25 and Tyree Demont Boney Jr., 22, allegedly entered the residence of two elderly people and ordered them to “get inside of a linen closet at gunpoint.” According to the Portsmouth Police Department, the suspects then stole a wallet and safe. Officials say that no injuries were reported in the incident. The two men are wanted for armed burglary, use...

In kindergarten, Erin Brewer was a girl, but when she started first grade, she considered herself a boy. “I was insistent, persistent, and consistent that I was a boy, when I started first grade,” Brewer said during a panel discussion titled “Loving People Affected by Transgender Ideology From Beginning to End,” at the Pray Vote Stand Summit, held this week at First Baptist Church of Atlanta in Georgia. The summit is being hosted by FRC Action, the legislative affiliate of Family Research Council. “Thankfully, I lived at a time when my teachers were very concerned about the changes that happened...

VIDEOYou want the absolutely EASIEST training in the world in order to make you think you are some sort of rough tough warrior? Then join the Undercover Feds Patriot Front. The main requirement is that you be so absolutely CLUELESS that you don't notice the obvious---that you are being manipulated by fed handlers. The folks conducting the laughably lightweight training sessions in this video are obviously undercover feds, including probably the Golden Retriever, but the poor shmoes being trained have no idea that they are being set up for the big fall in the upcoming October Surprise to be promoted...

Polls may significantly undercount Republican voters and supporters of former President Donald Trump following President Joe Biden’s speech that attacked “MAGA Republicans” earlier this month, according to a top independent pollster. Trafalgar Group chief pollster Robert Cahaly wrote on Sept. 17 that Biden’s speech will make it more difficult to survey or even estimate Trump-aligned voters than in prior years. He noted that in 2016, a number of presidential polls and predictions regarding Trump and opponent Hillary Clinton proved to be inaccurate. “In 2016, Trump supporters were called ‘Deplorables’ and other unflattering names,” Cahaly said on Twitter. “This was a...

The energy company Eon demands a significantly higher gas bill from the Hanoverian baker Eckehard Vatter . He demands around 330,000 euros from the entrepreneur for the gas consumption of the past four months. In addition, he should pay the amount within 14 days. "Are they crazy?" He reacted indignantly, according to the Bild newspaper. "A year ago it was 5,856 euros per month in gas costs for our large furnaces and heating." The boss of the family business, which has existed since 1955, reported on a previously concluded contract with a price guarantee until the end of 2023. "But...

President Biden on Friday signed a bill that will eliminate the statute of limitations for people who were sexually abused as minors to file civil claims. The Eliminating Limits to Justice for Child Sex Abuse Victims Act was passed by the House by voice vote on Tuesday after passing the Senate by unanimous consent in March. The bill eliminates time constraints for survivors to file civil claims related to sex abuse crimes against minors, including forced labor, sex trafficking, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children. Previously, minors who survived such abuse were able to file federal claims until they...

President Biden’s approval has hit 45 percent in an NBC News poll, giving the president a boost just ahead of November’s crucial midterm elections. The mark is the highest the president has seen in the poll since October and comes from key parts of his base: He reached a 52 percent approval rating among women, which is up from 47 percent in August; 48 percent approval rating among Latinos, which is up from 40 percent in August; and a 48 percent approval rating among voters 18 to 36 years old, which is up from 36 percent in August.

Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), both members of the House Jan. 6 select committee, will introduce legislation this week to reform the Electoral Count Act, an 1887 law that outlines how electoral votes are cast and counted following presidential elections. The legislation has been highly anticipated since the panel began its work investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,..,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,.....,... but details on the bill have not yet been released. ....... ... The law outlines the procedure for casting and counting Electoral College votes as part of the presidential election process. Former President Trump and those close to...

The fallout continues after a protest at the University of New Mexico over the appearance of a conservative political commentator. Protesters tried to push their way into the SUN Ballroom, while UNM Police tried to keep them out. The scene is getting national attention Friday. Protesters claim their right to free speech was trampled on because police wouldn’t let them into the event. People there to see FOX News personality Tomi Lahren claimed protesters tried to deprive them of their free speech by crashing the event. There were protesters chanting to shut down the event as they were trying to...

by Joshua Ford | 24NewsRapper Kanye West revealed that he ended his contract with the Gap clothing store in order to manufacture his clothing line in the U.S.Appearing on CNBC, West said, “It was always a dream of mine to be at the Gap and to bring the best product possible to the masses, and I always talked to them about doing products for $20 like the best product in the world, designed at the same level as the top fashion houses in the world, at $20 for the people.”“Obviously there’s always struggles and back-and-forth when you’re trying to build...

Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson announced in a message to all employees that 11% of its workforce would be laid off, stating that they made the layoffs through an "Anti-Racist" and "Anti-Oppression" lens. The San Francisco-based corporate communications company CEO said in the message to employees that the layoffs are "wise and necessary." "I'm not going to sugarcoat things. A layoff is the last thing we want to do, but I believe it's wise and necessary. Twilio has grown at an astonishing rate over the past couple years. It was too fast, and without enough focus on our most important company...

MADISON, WI — The Madison Abortion and Reproductive Rights Coalition for Health, or MAARCH, took the streets on Sunday, marching from UW’s Library Hall to the Capitol, seeking bodily autonomy in Wisconsin and beyond. At the Capitol, people took the microphone to share their stories, saying why they believe that people should be able to decide whether or not they should carry a child. “I’ve always thought that reproductive rights are so important,” Deborah Lofgren of the Dane County Raging Grannies said. “I went on to have three amazing daughters, and they always had some protection, and I now have...

In April of this year, the first all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station was successfully conducted when Axiom Space sent four non-NASA astronauts to space during the 17-day Axiom-1 Mission (Ax-1). Based on the endeavor’s success, NASA and Axiom Space have signed an agreement for the second such mission to the ISS, which will take place in the second quarter of 2023. The Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2), will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 and Dragon crew spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Once docked to the ISS, the private astronauts are scheduled to spend 10 days...

So the Über-Liberals of Martha’s Vineyard are getting a tiny, tiny taste of what Texas and Arizona endure every hour, of every day, for months on end, with no end in sight. What a wonderful glimpse for all the world to see: how an ultra-wealthy, sparsely populated island, in a virtual sanctuary state, handles an exceedingly thin fraction of border-crossing illegal immigrants, yearning to be free! All those yard signs, all that virtue-signaling, and it adds up to what? Gross hypocrisy. Then the blame game starts. DeSantis and Abbott… they are simply evil men, using the poor as political pawns....

“They wanted me to use fear to manipulate people.”So says attorney and legal commentator Preston Moore, who posted a video Saturday saying he was offered, and rejected, $400 by the “Good Information Foundation” to make a video attacking Donald Trump. Moore, who graduated from Harvard Law School and practices for the Georgia-based Beasley Allen law firm, posts daily at a TikTok account, trialbypreston. He focuses on legal news, political news, and personal stories from his own legal practice. He is not a Trump supporter.With 89,000 followers, he has begun to build a significant presence. That, he told Breitbart News, seemed...

Self-proclaimed “sanctuary city” Martha’s Vineyard, one of the richest and whitest communities in the country, has turned out to be not much of a sanctuary for the illegal aliens they claim to care so much about. Recently, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent 50 Venezuelan illegal aliens to the tony enclave, reasoning that if its citizens are serious about their compassion for migrants and their love of diversity, they’d jump at the chance to prove it by actually spending some money on them. Instead, the town-fathers and citizens whined about the strain on their resources and the disorder caused by unvetted...