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Standards have been relaxed if not abandoned in the name of diversity, equity, and inclusion. That expands employment opportunities for guys like Leetwain Darrell Tate, a school bus driver in North Caroline who goes by “Ms. Sharon”: Tate — a 48-year-old a male also known as just “Sharon” — was arrested Tuesday and charged with two counts of statutory rape and six counts of indecent liberties with a minor, according to Charlotte-Mecklenberg police. He is accused of assaulting at least four boys age 14 and 15 years old, but officials said there could be more victims. By checking key identity...

In November 2024, the Human Rights Campaign released a report on the “Epidemic of Violence Against the Transgender & Gender-Expansive Community in the U.S.” HRC claims that laws protecting fairness in women's sports or keeping boys out of girls’ restrooms are fueling violence against people who identify as transgender. Yet, according to the Human Rights Campaign's data on homicides and the Williams Institute's estimate of the transgender population, Americans who identify as transgender face a lower homicide risk than other groups, particularly men, women, black, white, and Hispanic people.

OREM, Utah (KSL) – Students from a school in Utah are traumatized after a classmate brought a gun on a field trip and shot themselves in front of others. Police said the ninth grader from Canyon View Junior High shot themselves while on a field trip at South Fork Park. That student was flown to a local hospital, where they died. KSL does not normally report on suicides, but because the student brought a gun to school and fired it in front of other students, it brings it to another level. A group of ninth grade students put up a...

The man who attempted to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh identifies as a transgender woman and was deeply mentally ill and suicidal, according to court documents first obtained by The Daily Wire. The Department of Justice is recommending that the defendant, 29-year-old Nicholas Roske, be sentenced to 30 years in prison for attempting to kill the Supreme Court justice in 2022, according to a Friday filing outlining the case against Roske. Roske pled guilty to the attempt to kill a United States Supreme Court Justice in April 2025, three years after authorities arrested him in Kavanaugh’s neighborhood, carrying a...

The assassination of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk marks the latest example of a GROWING WAVE of murders and other shootings committed by transgender people and others advocating for their rights. Audrey Hale, a transgender shooter who murdered six people at Nashville’s Convent School in March 2023, raged about hating America, being miserable while being raised as a girl and wanting to “kill all the white kids.” “I only wore some nice girl clothes as a cover-up from the truth, which I denied myself all these years. And I hated all of it,” Hale wrote in diary entries released following the...

A transgender comic book writer had their newly released project completely canceled by DC Comics after posts on BlueSky surfaced of them mocking the death of conservative icon Charlie Kirk. Gretchen Felker-Martin, who is transgender and uses "she/her" pronouns, had a major Batman spinoff called "Red Hood" canned despite having a significant launch just this Wednesday. Additionally, it was expected to see future releases all the way into late 2026. Now, Felker-Martin's pronouns can be changed to FA/FO. “At DC Comics, we place the highest value on our creators and community and affirm the right to peaceful, individual expression of...

EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson lived with his transgender partner, sources tell me. The individual, who is a male transitioning to a female, is fully cooperating with the FBI. Sources tell me the FBI had texts and other communications between Robinson and the individual that helped FBI authorities solidify that Robinson was indeed the shooter.

Since the horrific Columbine shooting in April 1999, there’ve been a tragic number of American public and religious school shootings. No matter how “experts” gloss over their statistics, if a single death is a tragedy, mass killings are light years beyond “tragedy.”Having lost a son in high school – not from shooting, but from another life-altering catastrophe – I can only imagine the tidal wave of grief engulfing the family and friends of those lost children.Much less reported, though nonetheless a tragedy, is that a disproportionate number of these shootings were perpetrated by those who identify as “transgender.” Triggered by...

Two transgender celebrities have sparked backlash after stating that trans teenagers should be allowed to shoplift. YouTuber Gigi Gorgeous, 33, and RuPaul's Drag Race star TS Madison, 47, made the outrageous statement on Madison's Outlaws podcast this week. 'If I ran the world I'd be banning penalties against shoplifting for trans teens,' Gigi said. 'I think that shoplifting should be legal - for some. As a young child, I needed makeup, and I had no other way to pay for it other than to five finger discount,' she continued. 'I think everybody should overlook those that are young, obviously trans,...

Shrewbury, Massachusetts father Kevin Doherty was shot and killed Thursday by Snehal Srivastava after he confronted the trans man who was spraying graffiti on a bridge – before 9 AM in the morning! Doherty had just dropped his six-year-old so off at school when he saw Snehal spray-painting graffiti on the bridge near Jordan Pond. The father of the young boy took pictures of the vandalism and an argument broke out. So, Doherty call 911 for assistance. The 911 operator was on the phone with the father when shots were fired. Snehal Srivastava shot the victim dead. Snehal, who was...

A U.S. citizen is facing significant charges after ‘they’ attempted to intervene in the apprehension of illegal aliens in Maine, nearly running over U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents in the process, authorities say.On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released details about the disturbing incident, which unfolded on Aug. 25 in Knox County.Local law enforcement was responding to the scene of a commercial vehicle rollover crash with the assistance of USBP.Two men who were traveling in the truck were found to be illegal aliens: Victor Hugo Cardona-Calderon (visa overstay) and Jhoan Andres Ortiz-Calderon (final order of removal from an...

<p>Editor’s note: This report has been updated with more information.</p><p>Just one day after the trans mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and school in Minneapolis by Robert “Robin” Westman, another trans-identifying individual has been arrested on suspicion of murder in the U.S.</p>

Ben Shapiro said medical orgs must reconsider their support for transgender procedures on kids.Medical organizations that have backed irreversible transgender procedures on kids are facing pressure after a transgender-identifying man murdered two children and injured 18 others at a Catholic school in Minnesota on Wednesday.The shooter who attacked the school was identified as “Robin” Westman, a 23-year-old man who started identifying as female as a minor. Westman, who previously went by Robert, left behind a series of writings that described his regret in identifying as transgender, exhibited a hatred of Christians and Jews, and a desire to kill young kids....

The gunman who slaughtered two children and injured 18 other people at a Minneapolis Catholic school and church had recently broken up with his romantic partner — and previously had a “medical mental health” call made to his home when he was a teen, according to police records. The father of Robin Westman, 23, told investigators that the shooter had “broke up with a significant and/or romantic partner” and had been staying with a friend in St. Louis Park, Fox9 reported. Police were also made aware of a 2018 welfare check at the home of Westman’s mother, with the incident...

**Update at bottom of article** Mary Grace Westman has retained a criminal defense attorney. Mary Grace Westman, the mother of the transgender Minneapolis mass shooter and child killer Robin Westman appears to have fled and is not cooperating with police.

Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a Tennessee woman after a brief pursuit in Dawson County. Just after one o’clock Sunday afternoon, a Ford Edge was called in for speeding and passing other vehicles on the shoulder of Interstate 80. The vehicle was reportedly traveling eastbound near Gothenburg. A trooper located the vehicle and clocked it traveling over 100 miles per hour on I-80. The trooper attempted a traffic stop, but the driver continued eastbound, reaching over 120 miles per hour. The trooper initiated a pursuit. Three miles into the chase, the driver of the Edge pulled...

Shooter’s manifesto before Annunciation Church tragedy. As we learn more about Robin Westman, the person suspected of carrying out a mass shooting at Annunciation Church on Wednesday morning, 5 INVESTIGATES is digging into their past... The videos also show the face of Jesus on a shooting target and ammunition with disturbing phrases, racial slurs and smiley faces drawn on them. A journal written in another language also includes a hand-drawn map of the church

The far-left radical movement known as Antifa has been getting its own taste of cancel culture. For some people who ascribe to the Antifa ideology, protests and petty vandalism have gotten old — with groups now turning to ghastly acts of violence. Experts who track domestic terrorism and extremist movements aren’t surprised: Once the face of a grassroots leftwing insurgency, Antifa has lost its spark. But experts warn that could be a dangerous thing, as the vacuum has given way to even more fringe and violent offshoots that are coalescing in the Marxist ether. And we’re only beginning to see...

At a news conference, Minneapolis’ Democratic mayor Jacob Frey said hatred toward the transgender community must not be tolerated in the wake of the massacre. 'Anybody who is using this as an opportunity to villainize our trans community or any other community out there has lost their sense of common humanity,' he said. FBI Director Kash Patel announced that the Bureau would be investigating the tragedy as an 'act of domestic terrorism and hate crime targeting Catholics.'

Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11 REMINDER: Governor Tim Walz signed mulitple laws in 2023 making Minnesota a sanctuary state for children to receive trans medical services. Two days ago he once again bragged about his state being a "safe haven" for transgender people. From CJ Pearson 1:25 PM · Aug 27, 2025