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On the campaign trail, Donald Trump used contentiousness around transgender people’s access to sports and bathrooms to fire up conservative voters and sway undecideds. And in his first months back in office, Trump has pushed the issue further, erasing mention of transgender people on government websites and passports and trying to remove them from the military. It’s a contradiction of numbers that reveals a deep cultural divide: Transgender people make up less than 1% of the U.S. population, but they have become a major piece on the political chess board — particularly Trump’s. For transgender people and their allies —...

An Arizona woman claimed she was boxed in on a busy highway and beaten up by another driver who targeted her for driving a Tesla. The 61-year-old woman, who goes by Susan, told Arizona's Family that she driving was along Route 66 in Flagstaff on March 18 when another vehicle started chasing her. Shocking footage of the attack showed the green car pulling up next to Susan's Tesla, then swerving in front to box her in. The driver of the green car approached Susan while she was still at the wheel, then allegedly started attacking her. 'I started to say,...

I need help in finding a forgotten science fiction book. I can describe the plot, but have forgotten the title and author. The plot is in a future where people in rural areas live in fortified homes and are suspicious of anyone they do not know. There is significant overpopulation. Gas vehicles are frowned upon and/or forbidden in urban areas. Vehicles which exceed the speed limit on the interstate are simply machine-gunned because stopping them has become too dangerous. However, the Supreme Court has ruled there is a privacy right as part of the Second Amendment, and the government has...

#watch | Pastor receiting a prayer to protect Elon Musk and Donald Trump for America #shorts #usa

Following the devasting Los Angeles wildfires there was a lot of talk about better forest management and better fire mitigation. “I think a lot of these forests have not been touched in so long that they have become an issue and a problem,” said Randy Will a heavy machine operator for Bleck Fire Prevention. Will is part of a three-man crew now clearing large areas of thick and dangerous fire fuels and turning downed trees into piles of mulch at Jack’s Peak Park in Monterey. This is a shaded fuel break and so that if there is a fire up...

Sir Keir Starmer’s attempts to strike a free trade deal with the US are at risk over a free speech row. In a highly unusual step, the US state department on Sunday night issued a statement saying it was “concerned about freedom of expression in the United Kingdom” in relation to the case of an anti-abortion campaigner. It said it was “monitoring” the case of Livia Tossici-Bolt, who was prosecuted for holding a sign near a Bournemouth abortion clinic reading: “Here to talk if you want.” The state department is responsible for America’s foreign policy, and would not usually comment...

MERIDIAN, Idaho — On Saturday at approximately 1 p.m., a protest in front of the Tesla dealership on Franklin Road in Meridian turned violent when one protester struck another counterprotester with their vehicle. According to a release from the Meridian Police Department, 70-year-old Christopher Talbot of Meridian made an "obscene gesture" towards a 49-year-old before hitting the same person with their car. The victim had just parked his truck, which was adorned with pro-Trump flags, and exited the vehicle when Talbot hit him with his car. After being hit, the 49-year-old transported himself to a nearby hospital, where he was...

PORTLAND, OR — Even people with the most secure jobs in booming industries reported feeling the widespread financial squeeze, with one local Tesla bomber forced to take a second job as a Bernie Sanders rally attendee. Devin Hansbrough, a successful Tesla dealership firebomber, said that while gigs for George Soros and various NGOs have been steady, they aren't enough anymore. He now works a side job being paid to attend Bernie rallies to pull in extra income. "Every little bit of money helps," he said. "I had my biggest month of bombing Teslas ever in March, but with how expensive...

In a mission funded and commanded by cryptocurrency entrepreneur Chun Wang, SpaceX said it plans a launch as early as Monday evening, marking the first crewed mission to polar orbit and the first to cultivate mushrooms as a crop in space. The three-to-five-day flight is to be lofted into space by a Falcon 9 booster. The mission is named after the Fram, a steam-and-sail powered ship used by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen during his historic 1910-1912 expedition to the South Pole. A four-person international team will crew the Fram2 mission: Wang from Malta; Jannicke Mikkelsen a film director and cinematographer...

White nationalist pundit Stew Peters is no stranger to offensive commentary, but on a recent episode of his eponymous podcast, he openly called for the deportation of all Jews from the United States — even going so far as to echo Nazi rhetoric by calling it a “final solution.” Peters’ notable controversies in recent years include getting kicked off Spotify and Apple Podcasts after he peddled Covid-19 conspiracy theories and participated in a white nationalist conference held by Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. He’s embraced the “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory, claimed the Titan sub disaster was “actually a ploy” to hide...

[Catholic Caucus] Florida bishop preserves thriving Latin Mass community by establishing shrineBishop Gregory Parkes said the new Latin Mass shrine in Tampa Bay will be a ‘place of pilgrimage for those throughout the Diocese devoted to the liturgical fruits of the antecedent liturgy.’A Florida bishop has announced that a growing parish with a strong devotion to the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) will become a diocesan shrine and be placed under the pastoral care of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (ICKSP).Bishop Gregory Parkes of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida, announced on March 25 that the Epiphany of...

Dr. Marty Makary has been confirmed as the new head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Makary, a Johns Hopkins University surgeon and researcher, was confirmed by the Senate with a 56-44 vote. During his Senate hearing, Makary said "common sense" should be used in health care alongside science. - While he is generally supportive of vaccines, in the past Makary has opposed blanket vaccine mandates for people other than health care workers. -He has previously made headlines for his comments during the COVID-19 pandemic, which included looking at natural immunity and questioning the requirement for booster shots in...

Over Thanksgiving last year, I got strep throat. I haven’t had strep since college and it reminded me quickly why I hope to never have it again. It’s awful. But antibiotics are God’s gift to humanity. I only had to endure the effects of strep until the antibiotics kicked in, but every hour the pain lasted, I thanked God I live this side of modern medicine. ...Back during the anthrax scare of the early 2000s, news anchor Tom Brokaw closed his evening broadcast saying “in Cipro we trust.” This drug had saved the life of his co-workers and many others....

Michael Schiavo, a name that has been at the center of several high-profile controversies, continues to intrigue the public even today. His story is a mix of legal battles, family disputes, and media attention that has kept him in the spotlight for years. If you're wondering where is Michael Schiavo today, this article will provide a comprehensive overview of his current whereabouts, his past, and the events that have shaped his life. Michael Schiavo is perhaps best known for his role in one of the most controversial cases in modern American history—the Terri Schiavo case. His decisions and actions during...

As Wall Street heads into a new quarter, a flurry of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are set to go into effect. That has traders on edge and has helped put US stocks in their worst first-quarter slump in years.Wall Street has been rocked with volatility this year as Trump’s tariff proposals have kept investors in a cloud of uncertainty. The benchmark S&P 500 index is down 4.9% for the year, its worst start since 2022.US stocks were mixed Monday as traders tried to stage an afternoon rally. The Dow was up by around 430 points, or 1%, reversing course after...

FBI says there were 13 identifiable victims across multiple states FBI says there were 13 identifiable victims across multiple states NORFOLK, Va. — The FBI is speaking exclusively to the WTKR News 3 Investigative Team about a child sex crime case that spanned from Virginia to New York to Alaska, resulting in a 40-year prison sentence for a Navy sailor. Andrew Fernandez, 33, a married U.S. Navy Machinist’s Mate of Virginia Beach, contacted one of the victims by private message on TikTok and later continued to engage with her by text messages, according to prosecutors. The victim told Fernandez that...

The Russo-Ukrainian War is now three years old, and the third Z-Day, on February 24, 2025, was marked by a substantively different tone than prior iterations. On the battlefield, Russian forces stand significantly closer to victory than they have at any point since the opening weeks of the war. After reversals early in the war as Ukraine took advantage of Russian miscalculations and insufficient force generation, the Russian army surged in 2024, collapsing Ukraine’s front in southern Donetsk and pushing the front forward towards the remaining citadels of the Donbas. At the same time, 2025’s Z-Day was the first under...

US President Donald Trump has shown a callous disregard for the checks and balances that have long protected American democracy. As the self-described ‘king’ makes a momentous power grab, much of the world watches anxiously, aware that his administration’s growing illegality and corruption is eroding not only the US Constitution but what remains of the post-1945 international order. A return to great-power spheres of interest looks increasingly likely. But foreign governments, businesses and civil-society groups have more power than they think in the face of a revisionist United States. They can take five steps to create external checks and balances...

A former director of Planned Parenthood confirms that the abortion business routinely engages in Medicaid fraud. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in the case of Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, which deals with a huge part of Planned Parenthood’s funding stream: Medicaid reimbursements. Abby Johnson, who ran a Planned Parenthood facility before she became pro-life, describes how the abortion company regularly engages in Medicaid fraud – and she says that’s a great reason to defund Planned Parenthood. “We rarely saw women at the Planned Parenthood I worked at in Texas for anything other than abortion,...

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