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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham wants assurance from the Senate's Democratic leader prior to voting on the successful House debt ceiling bill, potentially plunging the United States into default unless more financial aid is provided to Ukraine and the U.S. military. Graham made an impassioned speech Thursday on the Senate floor, saying small increases in fiscal year defense spending are not part of a "threat-based budget" but one that lacks safety and security for Americans. He later said that a supplemental defense budget for Ukraine and other spending must be agreed upon swiftly by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to make...

<p>What do the colors of the Progress Pride Flag mean?</p><p>The Progress Pride Flag is a reimagined take on the traditional Pride Flag, which has six colored stripes in the order of the rainbow. The Progress Pride Flag includes a black, brown, blue, pink and white stripe layered on top of the rainbow colors.</p>

Transgender runner Glenique Frank said the quiet part out loud when he received criticism for competing in the women’s division of the London Marathon. The 54-year-old personal trainer offered to return his medal. Frank bested 14,000 women runners, thus denying those biological women their place. He said he is ok with giving his medal back but that he’ll compete again. During his interview with a BBC reporter, he exclaimed, “Girl power!” He wore a transgender flag as a cape and a tiara headband. He told the New York Post that he doesn’t apologize and the people criticizing him are haters....

(LifeSiteNews) — Harris Kornstein is a college professor. He is also the drag queen “Lil Miss Hot Mess,” and he wants to perform for your children. He is one of the minds behind the manifesto “Drag Pedagogy: The Playful Practice of Queer Imagination in Early Childhood,” along with co-author (and transgender queer theorist) Harper Keenan of the University of British Columbia. The point of the manifesto, which quotes pedophile rapist Michel Foucault among others, is to explain how “drag pedagogy” can be used to indoctrinate children. “The professional vision of educators is often shaped to reproduce the state’s normative vision...

A transgender state lawmaker in Montana is facing calls to be censured over comments that were made amid the legislature's efforts to pass amendments to a bill that would prohibit sex change treatments for minors. Rep. Zooey Zephyr, a bisexual and the first transgender lawmaker in Montana legislature history, drew criticism Tuesday after telling Republicans during a House floor debate on amendments to Senate Bill 99 that they have "blood on (their) hands," a notion the lawmaker hopes will be present in their prayers. "The only thing I will say is if you vote yes on this bill and yes...

Recently, I’ve come to terms with the likelihood that Donald Trump will (gulp!) be the Republican presidential nominee, again. That’s right, it may only be April, but I’ve entered the “Jesus Take The Wheel” stage for the 2024 campaign. Call it naive wishcasting, but until recently, I thought that Ron DeSantis might help us avoid this very situation. But the last month or so has not gone well. DeSantis’ rocky rollout (technically, he still hasn’t entered the race), coupled with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment, have elevated Trump to clear frontrunner status. Trump Wants to Turn His Most Toxic...

WAGNER Group warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin fears Ukraine has built up a 200,000-strong reserve of troops ready to launch a huge counter-blitz. The Russian billionaire has warned his feared mercenary army to "prepare for the worst". -snip- Prigozhin, who heads the group, said they have used reconnaissance satellites to spot the reserves. In a post published by Concord group on Telegram, he said: "There is a joke that ends with the phrase: 'So big, but you believe in fairy tales'. "Therefore, the political scientist Ishchenko and other very positive kind guys may turn out to be the best military analysts in...

At last we know why the corporate world has fallen in love with pretend woman Dylan Mulvaney. As I noted Thursday, he seems to be everywhere all at once, and it seems unlikely that corporate giants are suddenly so taken with Dylan’s charm and wit that they are spontaneously all at once falling over themselves to make him their pitchman. But now we know why there is this sudden imperative to make this man America’s sweetheart: corporations are being strong-armed into featuring him, or else. The New York Post reported Friday that “executives at companies like Nike, Anheuser-Busch and Kate...

From the time NATO was founded in 1949 to the recent accession of Finland, the United States has remained the foremost military power in NATO. But a question that is not often asked is why? Why would a power like the USA continue to expand promises of defence to an ever larger group of nations that cannot hope to offer a similar level of capability or assistance in return. The acceptance of new allies into NATO or bilateral and multilateral security treaties has not always been without domestic and international opposition. And so today I wanted to follow up on...

Most cults want to be left alone. The Trans Terrorist Cult wants to get themselves, their mentally ill ideology, and their domestic terrorist activities in front of as many Americans as possible. Unfortunately, it’s working because politicians and law enforcement are absolutely terrified of the cult. Swimmer and pro-woman activist Riley Gaines was assaulted at a TPUSA event at San Francisco State University Thursday night. Videos of the incidents demonstrate just how unhinged and dangerous the Trans Terrorist Cult has become [Language Warning] VIDEO AT LINK.............. As Gaines noted, “The prisoners are running the asylum at SFSU…I was ambushed and...

There are yet unconfirmed reports that the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced late on Sunday, April 2nd, 2023. that his forces have raised the Russian flag over the administration building of the town of Bakhmut in Ukraine. There is no question that Bakhmut will fall. Zelensky has sent over 100,000 men to their death there desperate to keep the money flowing into Ukraine. It is a sad state of affairs when a high-heel dancing idiot orders generals to fight to the death all for his pride and money. The fall of Bakhmut is simply inevitable and...

Gonzalo Lira: "Where as in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s, people in the rest of the world wanted to emulate the lives of Americans, now they want no part of it. They see the craziness going on. And, the best people in the rest of the world, rather than go to the United States, they want to stay away from the United States and make sure that insanity is not catching, that the mental virus doesn't inflict their own countries."

... Winn’s novel, which imagines these acts in an explicitly erotic way, is one of two new books that set out to challenge the stereotype of British masculinity in the 20th century’s two world wars. Luke Turner’s Men at War, released next month, is part-history, part-memoir, and explores the complex but underdiscussed spectrum of masculinity that defined the Second World War. Both books question the ideal of the straight, cisgender serviceman, who in films and fiction is too often portrayed as the only true hero of the conflicts. In these new accounts, fluid gender identities and queer sexuality are revealed...

The whole thing is grotesque, and I can’t imagine the ick factor that just got associated with drinking Bud. We never had Budweiser beer in my house when I was growing up. My German father called it Räuber Peepee, and that was not a compliment. At least in those days, though, Bud knew who its market was: Ordinary Americans who wanted a reliable light lager. Now, though, Bud has gone to the woke dark side. With its Dylan Mulvaney ad campaign, its newest market seems to be Joe Biden: A man whose fantasy, as played out in public, is accessible...

Russian forces in Ukraine have failed to meet a key deadline for progress in eastern Ukraine ahead of a long-touted counteroffensive from Kyiv, according to a new assessment. Moscow did not manage to "achieve the Kremlin's goals" of exerting control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions by March 31, the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank said on Saturday. The two regions, which collectively make up the Donbas, saw fighting between Kyiv and Russian-backed separatists break out in 2014. They have seen many of the heaviest clashes since the start of the all-out war in February...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TND) — A teenager who plays the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) at a high competitive level was reportedly disqualified from a tournament after he laughed when an official asked for his pronouns. Makani Tran was out $800, a couple of flights and missed school time after he offended a nonbinary Pokémon TCG judge, cutting his tournament run prematurely short "for a bizarre reason," according to Dexerto. The teenager says in a Twitlonger post that he never meant to offend anyone and was close to tears when he was disqualified. The Charlotte-based tournament was livestreaming the TCG matches...

Transgender activist slams GOP for ‘trying to weaponize’ Nashville shooting ‘for the ballot box’ After Monday's mass shooting at a Nashville Christian school, police said the suspect was transgender. Now some on the right are wrongfully linking this tragedy to their nationwide crusade targeting transgender Americans, who are simply living their lives. Tennessee's already besieged transgender community is terrified. Charlotte Clymer, a transgender activist and the former press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, and Jim Wallis, founding director of the Center on Faith and Justice at Georgetown University, join Joy Reid to discuss. **BARF ALERT BEFORE WATCHING VIDE0**

The U.S. has reportedly decided not to invite two of its allies to the ‘Summit for Democracy,' which is touted as President Biden’s hallmark foreign policy initiative. The U.S. government is inviting around 120 countries to join its 'Summit for Democracy' next week. But two NATO allies, Turkey and Hungary, aren’t going to get a call. The snub is likely to inflame tensions between the U.S. and its two NATO allies even further. ...

In response to the hundreds of anti-LGBTQ-plus bills being introduced across the nation San Francisco's transgender and drag queen communities are joining forces to fight back. "One of the things that is really upsetting about this is they aren't just attacking us as people, but they're also attacking our pursuit of happiness," said Honey Mahogany, transgender activist and Chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party. "Our community's really been at attack for a while now.

Update from Ukraine | Ukrainian Revenge! Ruzzia lost the "Hero" Commander and positions in Avdiivka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA42UK8oynk ****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here: Invasion Day 396 – Summary March 26, 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 26th March 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-396-summary/