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Elon Musk has said that doctors or parents who approve or conduct sex-change surgeries on minors should be jailed for life. The billionaire Twitter and Tesla boss tweeted: 'Any parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life.' His comment came in response to discussion about new rules approved by medical boards in Florida banning gender-affirming care such as puberty blockers for kids under 18. Musk's transgender daughter said last year she wanted nothing to do with him after she was granted a legal request to change her name and...

The Supreme Court on Friday dealt the administrative state another blow with a 9-0 decision holding that individuals and businesses harpooned by an independent agency don’t have to suffer a torturous government adjudication to challenge its constitutionality in federal court (Axon Enterprise v. FTC and SEC v. Cochran).

An armed Walgreens employee shot at a pregnant woman in the parking lot of the store after accusing her of shoplifting, forcing her to undergo an emergency C-section. Mitarius Boyd, 21, a team leader at the store was informed that two women were stealing from the store in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 12. He claims that he saw the women placing items into a store cart and bag, and followed them as they exited the store and filmed them. Boyd was reportedly caught on surveillance footage shooting Travonsha Ferguson, 24, multiple times with his semi-automatic pistol after he was sprayed...

UPDATE: The teacher in question was removed on Thursday, April 13.Parents of students at Fox Chapel Middle School in Hernando County, Florida, are demanding answers from the district after a teacher made concerning comments allegedly made about harming children and themselves. Although the district investigated the comments and found them concerning, the teacher was not fired and is back in the classroom. Several parents contacted FOX 13, with each sharing the same story that the teacher made comments about harming students and then herself. Trans Florida teacher 'Ashlee' who allegedly said they were 'going to shoot the kids' then themselves...

Following the leak of classified documents exposing the Biden Administration's corrupt lies, the administration and the media are determined to convict the whistleblower. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Thursday that the FBI had arrested 21-year-old Air National Guardsmen Jack Teixeira in connection with their investigation into the leak of classified military documents reported last week. The fact that they already have a suspect in custody for this embarrassing leak is quite telling. They are still “baffled” about who was behind the politically convenient Supreme Court leak regarding the Dobbs decision so many months ago. But the difference between this...

A man reportedly threw roughly $200,000 in cash out of a speeding car and onto the interstate in Eugene, Oregon on Wednesday night. People are still searching the sides of the highway, hoping to find more of the money. However, police said it’s all been accounted for. Oregon State Police Lt. Jim Andrews said anyone who stopped on the scene did a “pretty good job of cleaning it all up.” Andrews said the money belonged to 38-year-old Colin Davis McCarthy and his family. Andrews said McCarthy drained the family’s shared bank account in cash and then let it fly along...

Afghan refugees who were rescued and brought back to the US have been accused of being racist and sexist towards those helping them, a bombshell report has found.Some of them are said to have launched verbal abuse at staff and even turned their noses up at accommodation they were given.

Two protesters rushed the stage on Friday night when Ron DeSantis was addressing a fundraiser for New Hampshire's Republican Party. The Florida governor looked startled when the two young women ran up to the podium and started to unfurl a banner. 'Jews Against DeSantis,' they yelled. Several security guards ran to the stage to pull them off, pulling them out as the governor resumed his remarks. DeSantis shrugged it off: 'Got to have a little spice in the speech, right?' 'You have to have a little fun,' he continued. He added that he didn't know why people would pay the...

Update from Ukraine | Wagners cut on the north of Bakhmut | Prygozhyn wants to stop the assault https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-2I63rmC0E ****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here: Invasion Day 414 – Summary April 13, 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-414-summary/

Two protesters rushed the stage on Friday night when Ron DeSantis was addressing a fundraiser for New Hampshire's Republican Party. Several security guards ran to the stage to pull them off, pulling them out as the governor resumed his remarks. He added that he didn't know why people would pay the ticket price to pull such a move - tickets were $150 each - but added 'different strokes for different folks.'

also called gender-affirmation or gender-affirming surgery. This can take different forms, including the removal of breasts — a mastectomy — and the altering of the genital region, known as “bottom” surgery. Examples of bottom surgery include: removal of the uterus, known as a hysterectomy removal of the vagina, known as a vaginectomy construction of a penis through metoidioplasty or phalloplasty In this article, we describe female-to-male gender-affirming surgeries. We also discuss recovery and what to expect from a transgender penis.

"...there is a small U.S. military presence at the embassy in conjunction with the Defense Attachés office to help us work on accountability of the material that is going in and out of Ukraine," Kirby said, referencing the weapons and other support the U.S. has been sending to Kyiv. "So they're attached to that embassy and to that the defense attache." Kirby...added that those troops "are not fighting on the battlefield." In addition, Fox News is told that the U.S. forces in Kyiv also provide security services.

Congress must evaluate whether Jack Teixeira deserves whistleblower protections. He leaked these documents in the interest of the American people who deserve to know that war is being waged in our name. Teixeira exposed lies about the war. While he may not have followed proper procedure, there can be no doubt that this was a moral good. Yet the media is more concerned with going after the kid who exposed Biden’s lies in the Ukraine war than the lies themselves. There’s a reason for that. The Biden administration is waging a regime change war in Ukraine, and they don't want...

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In a development that may land somewhere between Woodstock 1999 and “Staying Alive” on the list of all-time unnecessary sequels, Billy McFarland is promising that there will be a “Fyre Festival II,” even though there was never a Fyre Festival I. “Fyre Festival II is finally happening,” the promoter posted on Twitter alongside a flame emoji. “Tell me why you should be invited.” The immediate responses or quote-tweet comments includes such remarks as “Imagine having this level of audacity,” “I’ll just wait for the documentaries” and “Because I hate myself.” McFarland was released from prison in 2022 after doing four...

[Catholic Caucus] Eucharistic pilgrimage expected to 'restrict' adoration in Chicago archdioceseThe Archdiocese of Chicago is expected to restrict the exposition of the Eucharist during a national Eucharistic pilgrimage that will traverse the Chicago region next year, ahead of the Eucharistic Congress scheduled for next July. The anticipated restriction comes amid differences of emphasis and approach among U.S. bishops over the Church’s Eucharistic revival process, now underway, and the $14 million Eucharistic Congress planned for 2024 — especially over the revival’s emphasis on adoration of the Eucharist. While Cardinal Blase Cupich has argued that an emphasis on adoration could distract from...

The state of Oregon refused to allow a Christian mother of five to adopt two children after she said her religion would not let her take a young minor to receive cross-hormone injections—a policy that could prevent up to 78% of Americans from adopting children. “Oregon’s Department of Human Services apparently places an implacable commitment to gender ideology above the needs of the thousands of children in its care,” Quena González, senior director of government affairs at Family Research Council, told The Washington Stand. Jessica Bates, whose late husband perished in a car accident in 2017, is a mom of...

VIDEOIs it really impossible to find a replacement for Daniel Craig to play James Bond because today's younger actors are too hopelessly juvenile to fulfill that role?

War with Iran is increasingly probable, and therefore Jerusalem needs to prepare to attack the Islamic Republic even without U.S. support, the former head of Israel’s National Security Council warned on Thursday. “War is much closer than peace, and Iran is more self-confident after forging [detente] agreements with Arab countries. The world is changing and the probability of circumstances deteriorating is greater than ever,” Yaakov Amidror said in an interview with Radio 103 FM. “America is no longer the same America it once was, and the Iranians have noticed this. The United States has more complex issues to deal with...