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The LGBTQ+ cruise ship that Patti LuPone is performing on has been blocked from entering Egypt after being banned from entering Turkey. CNN confirmed Friday that Egyptian authorities did not allow Virgin Voyages' Scarlet Lady to enter its waters. Rich Campbell, the president and CEO of Atlantis Events, told the outlet, "We had full approval and they denied us clearance at the 11th hour."

The White House says it found these bizarre items at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History: — A sadomasochistic "crotch harness" — A "trans nonbinary" person's "chest binder" — Pages from a 6yo girl's diary in which she prays every night for male genitalia to grow

Summary: Title IX has evolved from a seemingly modest anti-discrimination statute into a powerful engine of feminist social engineering, complete with proportionality mandates. The result has been two systemic distortions that rest on a false premise—that differences in competitiveness and interest between the sexes are stereotypes to be engineered away through state action and cultural revolution. Equality under Title IX does not require identical outcomes or the erasure of sex differences. It requires opportunity rooted in human nature that will reveal genuine differences between the sexes. Recovering an approach that accommodates the partly natural, partly cultural differences between the sexes...

A Fort Worth police officer telling retired police officer and Christian street preacher that he could receive a citation if someone was “offended” by his speech during a Pride event (Screenshot: Sarah Fields/X) The radical left’s war on Christianity and the First Amendment has officially reached a terrifying new flashpoint in the Lone Star State. The encounter, which was first reported by investigative reporter Sarah Fields, has sparked renewed debate over the First Amendment and whether law enforcement can lawfully punish constitutionally protected speech simply because another person finds it offensive According to a video from the June 27 Trinity...

Street preachers Richard Penkoski and David Grisham allege Fort Worth police officers violated their First Amendment rights during Trinity Pride Fest on June 27 by preventing them from preaching on public streets and sidewalks surrounding the event and later issuing one of them a citation for disorderly conduct related to noise. ... Video of the encounter spread quickly on X after Carlos Turcios of The Dallas Express posted footage from the event. By Monday morning, the post appeared as the No. 2 item in X’s News category, according to a screenshot reviewed by The Dallas Express. Elon Musk replied to...

Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico was caught on video describing a “Christofascism movement” as he criticized legislation restricting gender-affirming care for transgender minors and the state’s abortion law.

The U.S. Army Office of Special Trial Counsel (OSTC) announced that an Army sergeant who opened fire on his own unit and his male fiancé at Fort Stewart in Georgia last summer has been sentenced to six consecutive life sentences with the possibility of parole. Sgt. Quornelius S. Radford, 29, was convicted by a military judge of attempting to murder five soldiers and his fiancé during an Aug. 6 shooting rampage. In addition to his life sentences, Radford will forfeit all pay and allowances, be reduced in rank to E-1, and receive a dishonorable discharge from the Army, according to...

EXCLUSIVE — A Rhode Island federal judge is facing a judicial misconduct complaint accusing her of launching false and politically motivated attacks against Justice Department attorneys before referring them for possible discipline in a dispute over federal subpoenas seeking records related to transgender drugs and surgeries for children. The complaint, filed Wednesday by the conservative Center to Advance Security in America (CASA), asks the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to investigate U.S. District Judge Mary S. McElroy over what the group calls an improper and partisan campaign against the Trump administration's DOJ personnel who appeared before her court. “CASA...

A Cazenovia man was arrested on Thursday following a joint investigation into explicit communications involving a child. The New York State Police arrested Travis Longo, 46, following a law enforcement referral received by the Troop D Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Oneida. Investigators determined that Longo allegedly engaged in a pattern of sexually explicit communications with a child under the age of 12. Longo faces four counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, which is a class A misdemeanor. The arrest was the result of a collaborative investigation conducted by members of the Troop D Bureau of Criminal Investigation,...

A pack of Biden-era Department of Education bigwigs covertly defied federal court orders, even after a colleague tried to blow the whistle — and are still on the job, even though the department has admitted the violations. The story starts in 2021, with President Joe Biden’s executive order that banning “discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation” across the entire federal government. The folks at Education ran with that, sending out “guidelines” to state officials warning that “Title IX’s ban on sex discrimination” extends to “discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity” — refuse to go...

HelloFresh decided to get a little bold with its latest marketing for Pride Month, and it’s fair to say the reaction has been a mixed bag. On Friday, the meal kit company posted a statement on Instagram that read: We know eating isn’t always a top priority this month. We respect that. But for those of you who are... prepping... we have an extensive lineup of high-fiber recipes available. Happy Pride." On Instagram, many fans were all for the brand’s creative approach. The comment section was filled with praise, with one person writing, “This is what happens when a brand...

Each and every update about the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine somehow makes the guy seem even worse. Over the weekend, The New York Times and Wall Street Journal released verified investigative reports that Graham Platner was sexting between six and twelve women, despite being newly married. After this revelation, Platner and his wife addressed the media and said this was just gossip that is distracting people from things that matter. Unfortunately for Platner, his attempts at damage control are getting harder by the moment. We now have evidence that he created a raunchy profile on Kik, a social messaging...

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey is shaping up to be the biggest movie of the year, and right-wing voices are furious at it. “Chris Nolan desecrated the Odyssey,” wrote Elon Musk on X. Musk, alongside hundreds of right-wing culture warriors algorithmically boosted on his platform, have spent the past few weeks fuming over the news that Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong’o is playing Helen of Troy, and that transgender actor Elliot Page might be playing Achilles. One right-wing influencer described the casting of Page as Achilles as “the final straw to ruin Homer.” Another pundit, in a post that received...

The California Post has obtained a video purportedly showing the San Diego mosque shooters carrying out their deadly attack. The footage, reviewed by the Daily Caller, appears to show the shooting suspects, 17-year-old Cain Clark and 18-year-old Caleb Velasquez, preparing to enter the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday. The California Post refers to Caleb’s surname as “Velasquez,” though outlets such as The New York Times and ABC30 News refer to his surname as “Vazquez.” The Daily Caller was unable to verify the correct spelling of the suspect’s surname. The suspects appear to be wearing camouflage-print outfits and vests...

The ex-hooker who allegedly hired a hitman to kill his Chelsea art-dealer hubby coolly sat in Manhattan federal court Tuesday as prosecutors showed jurors grisly photos of the victim’s bloodied corpse. Daniel Carrera Sikkema, wearing a gray blazer over a white shirt, showed no emotion during opening statements at the kick-off of his trial — even as prosecutors displayed images of the body of his much older estranged husband, Brent Sikkema, who was riddled with stab wounds from the January 2024 killing inside his home in Rio de Janeiro. Federal prosecutors alleged that Sikkema, in his mid-50s, hired Cuban national...

Dwayne Johnson rocked a black mohair tailcoat and a bow tie paired with a matching pleated skirt as he walked down the 2026 Met Gala red carpet hand-in-hand with his wife, Lauren Hashian. When asked about the look, which was custom-made by designer Thom Browne, Johnson said it was in part inspired by Polynesian culture, in which the “most masculine men” wear skirts. The tailcoat featured over 350 meters of hand-pleated silk ribbons in a “skeletal composition,” according to the designer. .....

In the wake of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that curtailed states’ ability to prohibit so-called “conversion therapy” outright, Colorado lawmakers are advancing a bill to deter the practice through civil liability rather than direct bans. The proposal, House Bill 26-1322, would allow people who say they were subjected to conversion therapy to sue licensed mental health providers, as well as those who employ or supervise them, with no statute of limitations, according to the bill’s text. Lawmakers say that change reflects the reality that many survivors do not come forward until years, sometimes decades, after the harm. The...

A Virginia transgender substitute teacher was arrested for allegedly plotting a chilling “murder spree” at a local school — and bragging online about having a disturbing hit list. Hadyn Dollery, 19, was busted on school grounds Monday after posting threatening messages on Discord targeting John Champe High School in Stone Ridge, about 40 miles west of Washington, DC, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office and multiple outlets. Police said a tip on the department’s Safe2Talk app exposed the suspect’s sinister online posts. The accused would-be attacker allegedly unleashed threats against family and friends on the messaging app, including disturbing...

The Salt Lake City Tribune is reporting that an openly lesbian city council member running for Congress has been accused by four women of making "unwanted sexual advances."Lopez Chavez says that "nothing inappropriate" happened between her and three other women, while the alleged contact with the fourth woman never occurred."Victoria Petro, who is Lopez Chavez’s fellow City Council member; Maggie Regier, who worked on Stan Penfold’s mayoral campaign in 2019; Hoang Nguyen, who is now a state representative; and Jen Plumb, now a state senator, described their allegations in interviews with The Salt Lake Tribune," reports the newspaper. The incidents...