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Kyle Fellers missed half his daughter’s senior-year soccer games after a dispute over a pink wristband. Two years later, Bow School District has a federal judgment declaring that it violated the parents’ First Amendment rights, plus a settlement providing $275,000 in legal fees and costs. The wristbands carried two letters: XX. Apparently, defending girls’ sports required parents to defend their right to wear something smaller than the average school identification badge. From KSAT: In a dismissal order Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Steven McAuliffe said the men have a First Amendment right to silently wear the wristbands and that school...

Salon, we hardly knew ye. After nearly 31 years, the darling online magazine of the Left has shut down. To commemorate the outlet’s stunning and brave transition into the ash heap of history, I’ve compiled a list of the 10 greatest hits to ever grace the digital pages of our dearly departed Salon.com. 10. The Legend of Zelda” is classist, sexist and racist Because nothing screams “vital political commentary” quite like demanding a full Marxist breakdown of a 1998 Nintendo 64 cartridge … 15 years after it hit shelves. Salon treated readers to a deep dive into “Ocarina of Time,”...

Woke 2.0 in America is, unfortunately, off to a strong start, as singers now feel emboldened to shamelessly mock our nation's beautiful national anthem. As Yahoo Sports reported, the NBA's Golden State Warriors celebrated their annual Pride Night during their home game against the Miami Heat. As part of the Warriors' Pride Night celebration, they had openly gay singer Jason Brock perform the national anthem. Brock is a former finalist on The X Factor USA and a prominent male cabaret singer in San Francisco. He certainly qualifies as a national anthem singer based on talent. But Brock decided to use...

West Hollywood’s City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to create a local registry that allows throuples, foursomes, and other multi-partner groups to officially register as domestic partners, granting them rights normally reserved for families, such as hospital visitation and tenant protections. The ordinance, introduced by Mayor John Heilman, lets three or more adults file paperwork with the city clerk to record their relationship, provided the arrangement is consensual and the participants are not related by blood in a way that would bar marriage under California law. Registration is open even to people who do not live in the city.

Billionaire media mogul David Geffen has reportedly rekindled his romance with his ex-husband Donovan Michaels, just months after their bitter divorce and an explosive lawsuit. The 83-year-old entertainment titan and his 33-year-old former spouse appeared 'very much back together' during an October outing aboard Geffen's 454-foot superyacht Rising Sun, sources told Page Six. The apparent reconciliation comes as a surprise, given the vicious legal battle that followed their split and the wild accusations Michaels leveled against his billionaire ex. Their reconciliation comes just seven months after their divorce was finalized in April, bringing an end to a marriage that lasted...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The San Antonio chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) held a “Community Vigil for Victims of ICE Violence” Sunday afternoon. The protest took place at the site of a future U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center on the city’s East Side. Around two dozen people attended the vigil and listened as DSA speakers described the impact of ICE enforcement operations in the city.The chapter’s flyer announcing the vigil invited the public “to grieve, reflect, and be in community as we honor individuals murdered by immigration police this year.” DSA members and attendees...

Democrat Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro pledged to protect “our trans children” in the face of “hate” coming from the federal government and welcomed Admiral Rachel Levine back to the Governor’s mansion at his fourth annual pride reception. The June 2026 event welcomed LGBTQ+ leaders and activists from across the state to celebrate queerness with transgender flags, a performance from the Harrisburg Gay Men’s Chorus, and an impassioned speech from Shapiro. Shapiro has been a fierce advocate of gender ideology throughout his political career and believes gender-confused children should have access to harmful sex-rejecting medical interventions such as puberty blockers, cross-sex...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A weeklong undercover operation called “Polk Around & Find Out II” led to 281 arrests in Polk County, including 17 people who worked at theme parks, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office said Friday. The operation targeted child predators and human trafficking and resulted in 488 new charges, including 198 felonies. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office ran two stings at the same time: one targeting adults seeking sex with children and another focused on human trafficking. Sheriff Grady Judd called it the largest undercover operation his office has conducted. At the news conference, Judd said...

A former school bus driver in Ontario, Canada, has filed a human rights complaint after being dismissed from his job for wearing a pink schoolgirl uniform while on duty and calling his bus “the Lolita Line.” The driver, who has only been identified by his initials – L.Z. – filed for a publication ban to protect his identity because he claims he is concerned about transphobic backlash. The incident with the driver first came to light in June of last year when a video taken by local parents began circulating on social media, which Reduxx traced back to St. Michael...

If this is what they say in public, imagine what they say behind closed doors. Here are a few conservative events IN THE LAST WEEK on college campuses across the nation where the mostly peaceful Left has demonstrated violence and bloodlust. [Warning: Extremely wicked, foul-mouthed human beings who demonstrate our need for a Savior] [TWEET LINKS AT SITE................] The University of Oregon event on Wednesday drew a particularly large number of Antifa-type protesters. Did you know that hundreds of millions of your tax dollars went to funding that university this year? Again, if this is what they say in public...

Basketball player Sophie Cunningham waved the checkered flag at the Formula 1 Grand Prix auto race, and the left had a cow. So-called “progressives” are ignorant, bitter, nasty, wannabe tyrants who contribute nothing to the society that they so wish to destroy. And nothing escapes their claw-like grasp and fetid commentary, no matter how mundane and benign. WNBA basketball player Sophie Cunningham, for example, causes them to explode into fits of demented rage, seemingly by simply existing. This is largely because she is white, attractive, likely heterosexual, and believes that men should not be allowed into women’s locker-rooms and bathrooms...

A batch of mailers sent to Texas households ahead of the November midterm elections may be connected to an Illinois printing company whose owner and his son have contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to Trump-aligned groups and Republican committees, CBS News reports.The flyers, which appeared to come from a transgender advocacy organization, have been linked to Three Z Printing, an Illinois company. U.S. Postal Service records show the company holds the bulk-mail permit used to send the flyers to more than 1 million Texas addresses.According to the United States Postal Service, the company — dubbed Three Z Printing —...

“This is a segregated event,” former Illinois state rep says. “If you're LGBTQIA++ and you're BIPOC, fine, you can come in. All others, it's closed to. I mean, that's pretty alarming.” ==================================================================== (The Center Square) - Aplanned race-restricted event at a public park in Geneva is raising questions about anti-discrimination policies, with former Illinois state representative and Breakthrough Ideas CEO Jeanne Ives urging local officials to examine whether such gatherings comply with the law after an LGBTQ organization postponed a bonfire advertised for "Black, Indigenous and people of color." The event, organized by Belong Fox Valley and described as a...

On Friday, The New York Times reported military review boards are defying orders from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to discharge transgender service members, with Navy and Marine Corps boards frequently voting to retain them.President Donald Trump's administration created three-person separation boards with narrow instructions mandating dismissal of the estimated 4,250 transgender personnel currently serving in the military.Navy and Marine Corps boards have voted to retain trans members in nine of 12 cases. Marine Staff Sgt. Damien Contreras saw board members cross out instructions regarding "a history of cross sex hormone therapy" and circle "remains qualified."The Army and Air Force have...

When Chase Minnema, 26, first began questioning his gender identity as a teenager, he wasn't sure what the future would look like. While he always dreamed of becoming a parent, he never expected he would one day carry and give birth to his own child. Now, the Virginia-based video processor and his partner, James Brewer, 29, are settling into life with their 6-week-old son, whom they describe as happy, healthy and deeply loved. "Being parents is the best experience of our lives," they told Newsweek. Minnema, started to question his identity when he was 14, initially he wondered if he...

(The Center Square) - Colorado voters will decide in less than two weeks whether to ban surgeries that change the genders of minors. If Proposition 135 passes on Nov. 3, doctors across the state will be prohibited from performing procedures to alter minors’ sex characteristics. Prop. 135’s description says a “Yes” vote would prohibit surgeries on minors that would “alter their biological sex characteristics as a treatment in response to a minor’s perception of sex or gender, and prohibits the use of government funds or health insurance to pay for the surgeries.” The bluebook ballot guide provided by the Colorado...

An Alabama woman has been indicted on federal charges after allegedly threatening President Donald Trump in a Facebook post ahead of his planned visit to the Alabama-Georgia football game. Megan Lorraine Utz, 36, of Courtland, faces charges of threatening the president and transmitting a threatening communication across state lines, according to the Justice Department. Utz allegedly responded to a Facebook post about the Oct. 10 game on Oct. 5, writing under the name “Kase Utz”: “He’s not allowed in my stadium! I’ll put a bullet through him if he dares,” according to an indictment obtained by WAFF. Trump ultimately canceled...

A man who has “transitioned” into a “woman”—it’s legitimately hard to even write that with a straight face—claims that not Jesus, not salvation, not even anything remotely related to God’s word, but his “transgenderism” is actually the bread given to him by God. What is he talking about, you ask? This man, who is now ordained in the Church of England and goes by “Rev. Sarah Hobbs,” speaking at the 2026 “Love Wins Conference” last week, references Matthew 7:9—“if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone?” Hobbs explains that he had been praying and asking God to...

Jesuit-run Georgetown University celebrates pro-LGBT ‘OUTober’ Some of Georgetown's upcoming 'OUTober' celebrations include a Catholic 'Mass of Belonging,' a Jewish 'Pride Shabbat,' and 'Queer Space Pumpkin Decorating.'Georgetown University, the nation’s oldest Catholic and Jesuit university, is hosting several pro-LGBT events as part of its celebration of “LGBTQ+ History Month,” or “OUTober,” while trying to claim a Catholic identity.In an October 1 announcement, the university touted the fact that it was the first “Catholic, Jesuit higher education institution” to create an “LGBTQ Resource Center,” and emphasized that it is proud to celebrate the “LGBTQIA+ community” throughout “OUTober,” which the Church commemorates...

In 2026, political views are a major indicator of compatibility in dating. But most people aren't exactly disclosing this information on a first date, which means you're often left decoding subtle cues to gauge which side of the aisle someone's on. This detective work can be exhausting, so we asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to share the telltale signs that a man is liberal. If you're tired of reading between the lines, here's your checklist of 27 things to look out for on your next date: 1. "He’s definitely left-leaning if he's not afraid of the word tampons." —Anonymous,...