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Country music superstar Reba McEntire used an interview to once again disavow an interest in politics and commit herself instead to entertaining her audiences before immediately saying she was “disappointed” in Tennessee anti-drag laws, adding “God bless ’em for wearing those heels” as a salute to transgender exponents. McEntire sat down with Mikael Wood from the Los Angeles Times for the exchange. After initial pleasantries and a recap of the career highlights for the 68-year-old singer, the topic turned to transgenderism. This is what followed:

Another piece of Trojan Horse legislation is moving through Congress. The so-called “RESTRICT Act,” introduced by Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Tom Thune (R-S.D.), is supposedly aimed at blocking or disrupting transactions and financial holdings linked to foreign adversaries that the powers that be claim are a threat to national security. In truth, though, the RESTRICT Act appears to have been intentionally designed to target the free speech rights of everyday Americans. Warner, who is described as “a longtime opponent of free speech,” crafted the RESTRICT Act in such a way as to weaponize Big Tech, according to Instagram co-founder...

Anti-transgender rhetoric and disinformation in the days following the shooting at a Nashville Christian school that killed six people have heightened the fears of a community already on edge amid a historic push for more restrictions on trans people’s rights this year. Authorities haven’t shared any evidence linking Audrey Hale’s gender identity to the motive for the attack, which killed three children and three adults at The Covenant School last week. Yet right-wing commentators, politicians and other figures have cited the shooting as they’ve shared false claims of a rise in transgender mass shooters and suggested that the fight for...

The Chinese spy balloon that flew across the U.S. was able to gather intelligence from several sensitive American military sites, despite the Biden administration’s efforts to block it from doing so, according to two current senior U.S. officials and one former senior administration official.

Texas state representative Bryan Slaton introduced a bill, on the 187th anniversary of the fall of the Alamo, to allow Texans to vote on seceding from the United States. Yes, secession, as in the pre–Civil War abandonment. Slayton said in a tweet, "After decades of continuous abuse of our rights and liberties by the federal government, it is time to let the people of Texas make their voices heard." In fact, history teaches us that there are a few ways that this movement may be successful even without secession. First the history. Most Americans may believe that this war was...

Politics in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United States have something in common: efforts to knock formidable competitors for the presidency out of the race via state action.The Jewish Voice reports:A law barring the Democratic Republic of Congo’s only politician with Jewish roots – and the frontrunner in the African nation’s presidential race – from taking office has sparked outrage.The law, reintroduced to the African nation’s parliament in Kinshasa this week, would block Moise Katumbi from running because he doesn’t have two Congolese parents.Proof that this is not merely some concern over parentage comes from the fact that:The...

Consumer price inflation in Pakistan jumped to a record 35.37% in March from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said on Saturday, as at least 16 people were killed in stampedes for food aid. The March inflation number eclipsed February's 31.5%, the bureau said, as food, beverage and transport prices surged up to 50% year-on-year. Thousands of people have gathered at flour distribution centres set up across the country, some as part of a government-backed programme to ease the impact of inflation. At least 16 people, including five women and three children, have been killed in stampedes at such centres...

For the second time in four days, a widespread severe weather threat with strong tornadoes is expected to impact some 48 million people across more than a dozen states from the Midwest to the South on Tuesday. Some of the areas facing this next threat of severe storms and tornadoes include those that were just struck by a deadly multi-state tornado outbreak on Friday. Tuesday’s severe weather will be associated with the same storm system that will also spawn an early-April blizzard across parts of the northern Plains and Upper Midwest early this week. The weather pattern responsible for Tuesday’s...

Friday, a federal jury in New York convicted 33-year-old Douglass Mackey of the grave offense of “conspiracy against rights.” This conviction means that Mackey is liable for as many as 10 years in federal prison at sentencing. So, what was this “conspiracy against right”? Mackey made a Twitter meme mocking Hillary Clinton and the stupid people who voted for her, among whom undoubtedly included the judge, jury, and prosecutors.How a Twitter Meme Became a Federal FelonyThis is how the fascists heading this persecution of a political opponent describe the offense:“Mackey has been found guilty by a jury of his peers...

(Headline USA) “Son of a Sinner” singer Jelly Roll was the big winner at the CMT Music Awards, as the rapper-turned-country singer took home three awards on Sunday as an outsider who won over fans with his confessional songs. The tattooed singer got emotional during the show in Austin, Texas, which aired on CBS, as he thanked the country radio industry for its acceptance and shouted out to those who felt like him. “You can be whatever you want to be. I promise you that. I told them that I wanted to be a country singer and I am standing...

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In the early 2000s, the city of St. Paul, Minn., cracked down on landlords who ignored rat problems, bad sanitation, poor heating, and so on. But instead of shaping up, the landlords sued the city for violating the federal Fair Housing Act. They argued that St. Paul’s insistence upon habitable homes hurt minorities by forcing the landlords to raise the rent. A federal court of appeals let the lawsuit go forward — holding that killing rats and fixing toilets could indeed violate the law if it somehow unintentionally displaced minorities. When a similar case reached the Supreme Court, Justice Samuel...

MOSCOW, April 3. /TASS/. Aggressive developments around Russia make it necessary for Moscow to use the armed forces in a preventive manner, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told media on Monday, while commenting on the adoption of the updated Foreign Policy Concept. "Many countries, in the first place, the countries of the collective West, have widely resorted to the preventive use of their armed forces," Peskov stated. "The current developments, aggressive developments around us just make it necessary to reserve such a right as well." He stressed that "the concept itself has been updated in the light of the new...

'In this case, let the jury be the voters.' A former Florida Governor is joining the chorus of disapproval of the indictment against former President Donald Trump. On Saturday, Jeb Bush bashed the indictment of Trump by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. “Bragg’s predecessor didn’t take up the case. The Justice Department didn’t take up the case. Bragg first said he would not take up the case. This is very political, not a matter of justice. In this case, let the jury be the voters,” Bush tweeted. Bush did not mention the former President’s name, a rhetorical decision that tracks...

@PippaCrerar Suella Braverman says authorities have to share blame for "wilful turning of the blind eye" to grooming gangs from Pakistani communities. "Some of these councils in Labour (left-wing) areas over a period of years absolutely failed to take action because of cultural sensitivities". Braverman suggested British Pakistani men held cultural values “totally at odds” with British values and regarded women in a “demeaning and illegitimate way” while behaving in an “outdated and frankly heinous” way.

The editorial board of the San Francisco Chronicle is urging that the city adopt a response similar to that which New York City used after 9/11 to save the downtown, and the entire Bay Area, from economic “collapse.” As Breitbart News noted last June, the Chronicle had already warned that the downtown area was in danger of “collapse” because of commercial office vacancy, a legacy of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown policies. The report noted: On Friday, the Chronicle published an interactive article titled “Downtown S.F. on the brink: It’s worse than it looks.” The article invites readers on a...

The interpretation of a few words of regulation by the U.S. Treasury Department could upend expectations for how tens of billions of dollars in new electric-vehicle tax incentives will be distributed, according to Bloomberg discussions with a dozen manufacturing executives, battery analysts and government officials. At stake over the coming weeks is the extent to which a critical part of the battery supply chain will end up being made in North America or remain where it’s currently concentrated, in Asia. “There are specific factories — and there are thousands of jobs tied to those — that are hanging in the...

We have to admit, we sat on this one for a while, awaiting the quite predictable ‘HAHA! April Fools’ Day! We got you!’. Alas, believe it or not, it’s real. Bud Light has apparently made a deal with TikTok celebrity, Dylan Mulvaney, who became internet famous pretending to be a girl. Years ago, Bud Light’s slogan was ‘Up for Whatever’. Apparently, they’re finally following through on that threat. Dylan Mulvaney has become the new brand ambassador for Bud Light. 🍺 The beer brand even made a special edition Dylan Mulvaney Can 🥤celebrating his 365 days of girlhood. (This is not...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After two years in captivity, the QAnon buffalo guy has been tagged and released back into the wild to roam the plains once again. "Wow... just look at him go. No creature that majestic should be in a cage," said Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene with a tear in her eye. "Run free, Buffalo Guy! You are among your American buffalo brethren once again!" The news of Buffalo Guy's release has shaken Washington, with Democrat politicians running and hiding in terror upon hearing the news. "This is dangerous! Such a deadly wild animal should have been put down...

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this week refused again to call the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border a "crisis," but Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had no such reluctance when he testified before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday: "So, there is a crisis at that border," Milley said. He was responding to a question about whether Joe Biden has ever asked Milley for a briefing about national security threats at the southern border: "I have been in several meetings and briefings, principals’ committees, and other forums specifically about the southern border...A couple...