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The lunacy imposed by leftist judges is beyond parody: A federal judge has ruled that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) must provide laser hair removal, facial feminization surgery consultations, and voice therapy for a convicted pedophile who now identifies as transgender. The inmate, identified as 47-year-old Brian Buckingham, was sentenced to more than 21 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing his 10-year-old son and producing child pornography. For probably the first and hopefully the last time in human history, behavior like this is not considered to warrant the death penalty. These days, it warrants taxpayer-funded luxuries in...

The City of Everett is paying out $500,000 to a former bikini barista stand owner and its employees after a U.S. district court ruled that a 2017 city ordinance unfairly targeted women. The owner of a chain of coffee stands called Hillbilly Hotties sued the city, claiming its dress code infringed on their First Amendment rights–and a U.S. District Court judge agreed. A U.S. District Court judge found Everett’s dress code ordinance violated the Equal Protection clauses of the U.S. and Washington state constitutions. The Court found that the ordinance was, at least in part, shaped by a gender-based discriminatory...

Officer tried to sell $100,000 worth of stolen Bluetooth headsetsAn undercover Miami police officer who was involved in the shootings of two teen robbery suspects within days of each other over the summer was arrested by the FBI on unrelated charges. Officer Ricardo Martinez a veteran of the city's gang unit with 12 years on the job, was arrested Thursday for trying to sell a shipment of stolen Bluetooth headsets to the FBI, federal investigators said Friday. Martinez, 40, had a court appearance Friday in federal court. If convicted on possession of stolen goods, he could face 10 years in...