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Feb192025

Episode 1021 – Do This Every Day!

It sounds like the Vatican might be preparing the world for a change.

Hamas has given Israel a reason to go back into Gaza.

And Donald Trump has a list. An important and long list. Let’s listen to it.

News

Here is some news:

  • The Holy See Press Office announced that Pope Francis, hospitalized late last week for bronchitis, has been diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia.
  • President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday from Mar-a-Lago that is focused on expanding access to IVF (in vitro fertilization).
    • The order states: “Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy shall submit to the President a list of policy recommendations on protecting IVF access and aggressively reducing out-of-pocket and health plan costs for IVF treatment.”
    • “Today, many hopeful couples dream of starting a family, but as many as one in seven are unable to conceive a child. Despite their hopes and efforts, infertility struggles can make conception difficult, turning what should be a joyful experience into an emotional and financial struggle.  My Administration recognizes the importance of family formation, and as a Nation, our public policy must make it easier for loving and longing mothers and fathers to have children.”
    • “In vitro fertilization (IVF) offers hope to men and women experiencing fertility challenges. Americans need reliable access to IVF and more affordable treatment options, as the cost per cycle can range from $12,000 to $25,000.  Providing support, awareness, and access to affordable fertility treatments can help these families navigate their path to parenthood with hope and confidence.”
  • The bodies of Shiri, Kfir (4 years) and Ariel (10 months) Bibas, along with another Israeli hostage, are expected to be returned Thursday, according to Khalil Al-Hayya, the head of Hamas’ negotiating team.
    • In addition, Hamas on Saturday will then release six living hostages instead of the three that initially had been agreed upon.
  • Team USA hockey would like to see President Donald Trump in attendance when they take on Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game on Thursday night.
  • “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo has been picked to play Jesus in the musical “Jesus Christ Superstar” in several performances at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles this summer.
    • I wonder if Hollywood would ever have an all-lesbian cast in a musical about Mohammad and Islam.
  • A transgender-identifying boy took first place in women’s pole vaulting at Maine’s Class B state championship on Monday, days after the state declared it would not enforce President Trump’s executive order banning males from female sports at public schools.
  • AFP reported on Tuesday that new data from NASA gave the asteroid known as 2024 YR4 a 3.1 percent chance of striking the planet in December 2032.
    • AFP reported on Tuesday that new data from NASA gave the asteroid known as 2024 YR4 a 3.1 percent chance of striking the planet in December 2032.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/pope-francis-diagnosed-with-bilateral-pneumonia-vatican-confirms
https://www.dailywire.com/news/donald-trump-signs-executive-order-expanding-access-to-in-vitro-fertilization?topStoryPosition=undefined
https://www.dailywire.com/news/team-usa-hockey-invites-trump-to-championship-game-against-canada
https://www.dailywire.com/news/wicked-star-to-play-jesus-in-hollywood-show
https://www.dailywire.com/news/boy-wins-girls-pole-vault-championship-in-maine-days-after-state-pledged-to-defy-trump-order
https://www.dailywire.com/news/odds-of-asteroid-hitting-earth-in-2032-keep-ticking-up
https://www.dailywire.com/news/wicked-star-to-play-jesus-in-hollywood-show

Really?

Donald Trump, yesterday, spent four minutes going over the government waste DOGE has found. Amazing.

They Should All Be Fired

According to the Daily Wire:

After school board members walked out on parents who were upset over LGBT book “The Rainbow Parade,” the board is doubling down and prohibiting public comments at meetings until at least the end of April, citing alleged racism.

As reported by The Daily Wire, residents in Penfield, New York, tried to raise concerns at a school board meeting on Tuesday about an explicit LGBT book out on display at the school’s elementary library, called “The Rainbow Parade,” which is about a young girl with two mothers who take her to a Pride Parade. However, the board walked out on parents before public comments began, telling attendees they must submit written complaints only.

Now, the board representing Penfield Central School District has barred public comment at all meetings for the months ahead.

“Our district values the voices of all community members and encourages constructive engagement,” an email from School Board President Dr. Emily Roberts reads. “However, respect, civility, and adherence to meeting protocols must be upheld to ensure that all discussions remain productive.”

“With this in mind, we have decided to pause public comment at BOE (Board of Education) meetings during the months of March and April so that we can all work together restoring a positive environment in which respectful conversations can take place,” Roberts continued. “In the meantime, should you have concerns you wish to bring to the Board’s attention, please email us.”

The message also cited alleged racism, since one of the board meeting attendees showed up on Tuesday wearing a gorilla suit and a black “Make America Great Again” hat. Roberts suggested it was worn as an act of racism, since the district’s superintendent and some of the board members are black.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/school-board-walks-out-on-parents-then-bars-all-public-comments-citing-racism

I Certainly Hope So

According to CBS News:

U.S. military aircraft may have spied on drug cartels during recent flights near Mexican territory, the government said Tuesday.

Mexico was aware of two such U.S. military flights in late January and early February that were in international airspace, Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla told a news conference.

Asked whether the aircraft had spied on Mexican drug traffickers, the general said: “We can’t rule it out because we don’t know what they did.”

The plane that Mexico observed flying near its territory did not violate national airspace and kept its tracking devices on, in compliance with international regulations, Trevilla said.

Any intelligence gathered from Mexican territory would have to be shared under agreements between the two countries, he said.

CNN reported on Monday that the U.S. military had “significantly increased” its aerial surveillance of the cartels over the past two weeks. It said that spy planes, including Navy P-8s, had flown at least 18 missions over U.S. territory and in international airspace around Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, passing near the cartel stronghold of Sinaloa on one occasion.

One of President Trump’s first actions after taking office in January was to designate drug cartels as terrorist organizations.

Mexico this month began moving more troops to its northern border to tackle illegal migration and drug smuggling under an agreement that saw Mr. Trump pause tariffs on Mexican goods.

Earlier this month, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum angrily rejected an accusation by the United States that her government has an alliance with drug cartels.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-us-military-planes-drug-cartels-near-border/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=745606503
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/17/trump-cia-mexico-cartels/

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Feb182025

Episode 1020 – He Keeps Doing Things People Like

Donald Trump keeps doing things that people like.

Tom Hanks makes an ass out of himself on Saturday Night Live and bombs with the audience.

And CBS looks like it is going to go after free speech as a way to, I don’t know, embrace the Constitution or something.

News

Here is some news:

  • Donald Trump went to the Daytona 500 this weekend and was warmly received.
  • Talks continue in Saudi Arabia to end the Russia/Ukraine war.
  • Gaza has released another hostage and Israel took Trump to his word. The bombed Gaza and killed another Hamas leader. This comes before the United States sent Israel a bunch of heavy bombs. Be prepared.
  • DOGE is continues to go after the Department of Education. They also are trying to go after the FAA, the IRS and the Social Security Administration.
  • We got to see JD Vance in Oceanside, CA.

Keep Doing This

https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-hanks-bashed-for-playing-racist-trump-supporter-on-snl

Gee, This Isn’t Disturbing

This is coming out for several reasons:

  • The media is becoming more and more irrelevant to social media, thanks to Elon Musk.
  • We are going to hear things the media and Democrats don’t want us to hear. The corruption runs deep.
  • The media is being fact checked in real time. That’s never happened before.

The problem they are going to have is no one trusts them. We see this through their ratings.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/margaret-brennan-slammed-over-claim-that-free-speech-was-weaponized-to-cause-the-holocaust

Who Are the Victims?

According to the Post Millennial:

Authorities arrested an 18-year-old transgender suspect who allegedly planned to carry out a mass shooting at Mooresville High School in Indiana. Trinity “Jamie” Shockley, of Mooresville, was taken into custody Wednesday on terrorism charges and has been booked into Morgan County Jail without bond. The FBI alerted the local police department to the matter on February 11 after receiving a tip that Shockley was planning a school shooting, WTHR reported.

An individual notified the FBI’s Sandy Hook Promise’s Say Something Anonymous Reporting System, saying that their friend was preparing to commit a shooting in Indiana on February 14, according to court documents. The informant said that the suspect had ordered a bulletproof vest and had access to an AR-15.

On February 11, Shockley reportedly told a school counselor that she had allegedly been sending letters to Florida Parkland High School mass shooter, Nikolas Cruz, while he’s been in prison. It was also reported that Shockley had a heart-shaped locket necklace with a photo of Cruz inside.

A search warrant was executed at Shockley’s home on February 12 as part of a joint law enforcement operation consisting of Mooresville police detectives, Morgan County Sheriff’s Office detectives, and officers from the Mooresville School Police. Shockley was arrested following the search warrant.

Court documents state that detectives found multiple photos of Cruz and two other mass shooters – Dylan Roof and Andrew Blaze – in Shockley’s bedroom. Authorities also recovered AR-15 magazines and a box of .40 caliber rounds in the suspect’s father’s bedroom. Additionally, detectives recovered three notebooks in Shockley’s backpack, which included professions of love for mass shooters and desires “to hurt others.”

The excerpts found inside the notebook, according to court documents, included: “I want to be just like Elliot Rodger,” a mass shooter who killed six people in California in 2014; “I want to hurt others;” “I hate you all DIE DIE DIE;” “I miss Ethan (Crumbley). We were the same, born 2006, same eyes. Boom;” “Becoming the worst version of myself hurts but this needs to be done;” “I love you Nikolas (Cruz);” and “Why can’t Nikolas be mine? I need him in my life.”

According to court filings, Shockley sent messages to people on the messaging app Discord, where the suspect allegedly shared plans for a “Parkland part two” that had been in the works “for a year.” The messages also included a photo of 10 AR-15 magazines and plans to purchase “a bulletproof vest.” On February 10, Shockley sent a message stating, “4 more days.”

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-18-year-old-arrested-for-planning-mass-shooting-at-indiana-high-school-suspect-identifies-as-trans?utm_campaign=64466

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Feb182025

Episode 1019 – We Already Knew He Was Doing That

One more member of Trump’s cabinet has been confirmed.

Pam Bondi makes a splash and helps Trump avoid a rather non-sensical meeting.

And Democrats celebrate Black History Month by introducing a bill that has no chance of being passed. These guys will never learn.

News

Here is some news:

  • President Donald Trump continued his successful Cabinet confirmation roll on Wednesday, with Tulsi Gabbard officially being approved by the Senate to become his director of national intelligence (DNI). (52-48)
  • President Donald Trump said he had a “lengthy” call with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, which included the Russian leader agreeing to “immediately” begin negotiations over the war in Ukraine.
    • Trump’s announcement follows the return of Marc Fogel to the U.S. on Wednesday evening after the American had been imprisoned after being found guilty of possessing marijuana while at a Russian airport in 2021. 
  • Attorney General Pam Bondi announced at a press conference on Wednesday evening that the Department of Justice is filing a lawsuit against the multiple Democrats in the state of New York for alleged actions they have taken to shield illegal aliens.
    • “We’re here today because we have filed charges against the state of New York,” Bondi announced at the start of her press conference. “We have filed charges against Kathy Hochul. We have filed charges against Leticia James and Mark Schroeder, who is with DMV.”
  • At least 28 people, including children, were injured on Thursday when a car driver drove into a crowd in Munich, Germany, police say. Initial reports indicate that some of those hit were critically injured.
    • Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder says the crash is being treated as a “suspected attack.” Police identified the suspect as a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, BBC reported, adding that he was known to police for previous offenses.
  • The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday that his team has located $20 billion in tax dollars that the Biden administration purposely wasted.
    • EPA Advisor Brent Efron admits it:
    • @EPA is throwing billions at ‘climate justice’ nonprofits to buffer against a Trump presidency—and then cashing in with a cushy post-gov job. The climate hustle just got exposed.
    • The report came from Project Veritas.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-lands-key-tulsi-gabbard-confirmation-following-uphill-senate-battle
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-russia-agrees-immediately-begin-negotiations-end-war-ukraine
https://www.foxnews.com/world/us-releasing-russian-prisoner-marc-fogel-exchange-kremlin-says
https://www.foxnews.com/world/car-driver-munich-plows-crowd-1-day-before-vance-world-leaders-gather-security-conference
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/epa-administrator-zeldin-demands-return-20b-taxpayer-money-wasted-biden-administration
https://www.dailywire.com/news/pam-bondi-announces-charges-against-top-new-york-officials-for-protecting-illegal-aliens

Dumbass of the Day

It’s That Time of the Year

According to the Washington Examiner:

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) choked up as she reintroduced H.R. 40, a reparations bill establishing a federal commission to study the impact of reparations for descendants of enslaved people, as she takes up the mantel left vacant by the late Texas Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.

.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3318328/ayanna-pressley-reparations-bill-sheila-jackson-lee-dei/
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/40/text

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Feb122025

Episode 1018 – Promises Already Broken

California is making big promises to those who lost their homes in the fires but are slowly shrinking back into the same old bureaucratic mess.

Kids in New York are proving Darwin is correct.

And the Department of Governmental Efficiency is saving a billion dollars a day. This is flipping out the media.

Here We Go

According to the New York Post:

Government red tape means it could take up to 18 months to clear the ash and debris from the charred remains of homes that were burned in the Los Angeles wildfires.

A federal program will pay contractors to haul away the rubble at no cost to residents, but they’ll have to work through layers of bureaucracy — including the Los Angeles County government, the federal Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency — to get it done.

That means that even through the wildfires have finally been contained, devastated Los Angeles homeowners can either pay out of pocket for the costly removal — or potentially wait more than a year before they can finally rebuild, authorities said.

Meanwhile, unlicensed contractors and scam artist landlords are coming out of the woodwork to prey on victims, officials warned.

Hell, Gavin Newsom says it:

But there’s more. Barbie-boy has decided that there are more important things to spend money on than the victims of fire.

According to Fox News:

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the $50 million special legislative “Trump-proofing” package which he proposed for Democrats to pass following President Donald Trump’s election.

Newsom said the bill will “bolster funding for legal services programs that are vital to safeguarding the civil rights of California’s most vulnerable residents, including people with disabilities, youth who are homeless, victims of human trafficking and wage theft, people facing unlawful evictions, immigrants and more. 

“None of the funding in this bill is intended to be used for immigration-related legal services for noncitizens convicted of serious or violent felonies,” he added in a signing statement. 

The package, which was passed by the state Senate and Assembly, allocates $25 million to the California Department of Justice to support legal battles against Trump’s federal policies, including environmental regulations and illegal immigration. An additional $25 million is designated for legal aid groups to assist illegal immigrants facing potential deportation.

Newsom lobbed hundreds of lawsuits against the Trump administration during Trump’s first term.

https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/la-wildfire-victims-forced-to-wait-up-to-18-months-for-debris-removal
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/newsom-signs-50m-trump-proofing-legislative-package

Darwin Was Right!

According to the New York Post:

Ka’Von Wooden loved trains. The 15-year-old had an encyclopedic knowledge of New York City’s subway system and dreamed of becoming a train operator.

Instead, on a December morning in 2022, Ka’Von died after he climbed to the roof of a moving J train in Brooklyn and then fell onto the tracks as it headed onto the Williamsburg Bridge.

He is one of more than a dozen New Yorkers, many young boys, who have been killed or badly injured in recent years while attempting to “subway surf,” a practice that dates back a century but has been supercharged by social media.

Authorities have tried to address the problem with public awareness campaigns and by deploying drones to catch thrill-seekers in the act.

But for some, a more fundamental question is not being addressed: Why are kids like Ka’Von able to climb on top of subway cars in the first place?

“When Ka’Von died … literally two weeks later, another child died. And another one. That makes no sense,” his mother, Y’Vonda Maxwell, told The Associated Press, saying transit and law enforcement officials haven’t done enough. “Why should my child have not been the end?”

Making trains harder to climb, and train surfers more easy to detect with cameras and sensors, could be part of the solution, some experts say.

  • This is a reason kids need to get off social media.
  • Where are the parents here. I’m sure suing the MTA for millions because their son was an idiot.
  • You know how to end this?
    • Arrest those that do it.
    • Show pictures of those who got splattered on the track.
    • Don’t allow kids to ride the train. Make them go with their parents.

https://nypost.com/2025/02/09/us-news/subway-surfing-trend-is-killing-new-york-kids/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

Dumbass of the Day

Not a Shock

According to the New York Post:

A devoted dog mum has ruffled fur online with her wild take on pups in public.

She believes dogs should be allowed everywhere babies can go.

A clip of her speaking on the topic was posted to Subway Takes, a social media account that interviews people on the New York subway about their unpopular opinions.

Host Kareem immediately shot her down.

“You want to bring a f–king pitbull to a film?”

“Absolutely not. Dogs belong outside,” Kareem declared.

But the pup parent doubled down, her chihuahua, Pigeon, perched on her lap like royalty.

“Restaurants, movie theaters, airplanes, hotels— all the things,” she said. 

The host clearly thought she was barking mad. 

“Movie theaters? You want to bring a f–king pitbull to a film?” he asked, incredulous.

But Pigeon, it turns out, is no stranger to the cinema.  

“Pigeon saw Knives Out in theatre with me,” she revealed, pointing proudly at the pint-sized cinephile.

Kareem admitted her dog was an exception—“a beautiful creature”—but he still wasn’t sold on her broader argument.

The woman’s dog-friendly vision extends to culinary experiences:

“If babies can go, why can’t dogs?

“When you go out to dinner and hear babies screaming, crying, throwing things on the ground, you should consider if a dog should be allowed there too.”

And dogs, she argued, aren’t just quiet dinner guests—they’re helpful.

“Dogs can clean up the mess that a baby leaves,” she suggested, completely serious. 

“Dehumanization of babies”

In her world, no door should remain closed off to Pigeon. 

When she takes him shopping, he rides in the trolley with a coat to cushion his bottom— wouldn’t want him to be uncomfortable now, would we?

Kareem, still struggling to digest her stance, threw out another scenario.

“What if you had a golden retriever in the dentist’s office? That sounds to me like an occupational hazard, because those things are dumb and big,” Kareem argues.

She conceded there might need to be some boundaries.

“The law with dogs coming places—when I’m mayor—it will have nuance to it,” she joked.

“We’ll workshop it.”

The comment section came to the debate like a dog to a bone (sorry, had to do it).

“The dehumanization of babies and children has been one of the weirder trends on the internet in the past few years,” one viewer wrote.

“Babies should be allowed to go everywhere that dogs go,” another argued.

“People aren’t allergic to babies,” a third pointed out. 

But perhaps the most controversial question posed in the almost two-minute clip was by the woman herself:

“Should we put human lives ahead of dog lives?”

(Note: the law already does.)

https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/lifestyle/my-dog-should-be-able-to-go-everywhere-your-dirty-baby-can

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Feb112025

Episode 1017 – If It Works, It Must Be Sexist!

Donald Trump keeps fixing things through DOGE and, boy, are Democrats pissed off about it.

The United States military is becoming the United States military again, thanks to Pete Hegseth.

And Legos are transphobic.

News

Here is some news:

  • On Monday, Elon Musk said on X that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team discovered that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) paid out “$59 [million]” to “luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants” last week. This comes as DOGE has been looking through spending records of government agencies looking for waste.
    • According to Musk, “The DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants. Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executive order.”
    • “That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high end hotels for illegals! A clawback demand will be made today to recoup those funds,” Musk added.
  • The lawfare has begun:
    • A judge has blocked Trump’s birthright citizenship Executive Order.
    • A judge has blocked Trump’s buyout package for federal employees. So far, 65,000 bureaucrats have taken the package.
    • A judge has ordered that payments that have been cut by the Trump administration on the advice of DOGE.
  • The Department of Homeland Security told Fox News that “four employees are being fired today for circumventing leadership and unilaterally making the egregious payment for hotels for migrants in New York City.”
    • The firings come after Elon Musk wrote on X Monday that “The DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants.” 
    • New York has spent $7 billion on illegal aliens.
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday directed the U.S. Army to change the name of Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg, but with a twist. 
    • Hegseth signed a memo aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 before landing in Stuttgart, Germany, ordering the renaming of the North Carolina base to Fort Roland L. Bragg, not the Confederate general that was the previous namesake. 
    • The base was originally named in 1918 for Gen. Braxton Bragg, a Confederate general from Warrenton, North Carolina, who was known for owning slaves and losing key Civil War battles that contributed to the Confederacy’s downfall.
    • Biden renamed Ft. Bragg Fort Liberty.
  • President Donald Trump is ordering the immediate reversal of Biden-era green energy regulations on household appliances and the reinstatement of environmental orders issued under his first term.
    • During his term, former President Joe Biden issued more stringent climate standards for various household appliances, such as gas stoves, washing machines and dishwashers, which energy experts and manufacturers have warned could lead to more expensive alternatives that are far less effective than current models.
  • President Donald Trump wants to send IRS agents to the Mexico border to remove illegal migrants. The tax agents would be deputized to help arrest, detain and transport people out of the country. 

https://thepostmillennial.com/doge-uncovers-59-million-spent-by-fema-to-house-illegal-immigrants-in-nyc-hotels?utm_campaign=64466
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-ceasefire-should-canceled-hostages-arent-released-saturday-let-all-hell-break-out
https://www.foxnews.com/us/4-fema-employees-fired-over-egregious-payments-migrants-dhs-says
https://www.foxnews.com/us/hegseth-says-fort-bragg-coming-back-twist
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14382303/trump-irs-agents-border-illegal-migrants.html

Dumbass of the Day

Sen. Andy Kim gets the award. I have never heard this guy speak before. The first time he says something, he sounds like a dumbass.

Here he is, addressing the cuts to USAID:

Some things that DOGE found:

  • LGBTQ coloring books in Pakistan.
  • Sesame Street in Iraq.
  • Sex changes in Guatamala.
  • Groundwater exploration and assessment in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
  • A cement project in Gaza (used for the terrorist tunnels).
  • DEI scholarships in Burma.

Yeah, I think we could do with USAID.

Legos Are Sexist

According to Fox News:

Britain’s Science Museum has argued that the way children’s Lego bricks fit together reinforces gender and sexuality stereotypes.

The Science Museum in the United Kingdom has recently made headlines for its self-guided tour that tells “stories of queer communities, experiences, and identities.” This “Seeing Things Queerly” tour at the museum claims that Legos push a “heteronormative” agenda.

“Like other connectors and fasteners, Lego bricks are often described in a gendered way,” the online blog for the self-guided tour says. “The top of the brick with sticking out pins is male, the bottom of the brick with holes to receive the pins is female, and the process of the two sides being put together is called mating.”

So, in other words, Legos have to not work to not be sexist.

The tour guide blog adds further, “This is an example of applying heteronormative language to topics unrelated to gender, sex and reproduction. It illustrates how heteronormativity (the idea that heterosexuality and the male/female gender binary are the norm and everything that falls outside is unusual) shapes the way we speak about science, technology, and the world in general.”

Gender is a binary. Legos are not even the greatest evidence of that.

The Telegraph, which resurfaced this tour, which appears to have begun in 2022, on Thursday, reported, “No source is provided for the alleged view that people consider Lego to be gendered, or that sticking bricks together is called ‘mating.’”

Fiona McAnena, the director of advocacy at Sex Matters, scorched the display as “bonkers.”

“The Science Museum’s self-guided trail on all things ‘queer’ is completely bonkers, and includes some absurd claims. The idea that Lego is ‘heteronormative’ because the blocks are described as ‘male’ and ‘female’ is ridiculous,” she told The Telegraph. “Children who play with Lego don’t need to be told that some people say fitting Lego blocks together is ‘mating.’ People expect to be informed, educated and inspired when visiting the Science Museum, not to have dubious claims rooted in gender ideology forced on them.”

Lego also sells an LGBTQIA+ playset called “Everyone is Awesome” with Lego minifigures standing in front of a rainbow including the various colors of the LGBTQIA+ flag. 

It just shows these people have nothing else to call sexist. It’s like when people call sidewalks racist.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/science-museum-claims-legos-push-heteronormative-agenda-lgbtq-tour

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Feb112025

Episode 1016 – Somebody Has Been A Busy Bee!

Donald Trump has been a busy bee. Let’s go over some of his doings.

A politician decides to mutilate herself on the alter of her twisted ideology.

And the Philadelphia Eagles beat the crap out of the Kansas City Chiefs which means Philly is on fire this morning.

News

Here is some news:

  • President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would sign an executive order next week ending the federal government’s “ridiculous” push for paper straws.
    • Trump wrote: “I will be signing an Executive Order next week ending the ridiculous Biden push for Paper Straws, which don’t work. BACK TO PLASTIC!”
    • Everyone knows that paper straws do not last long and liquidate in water.
    • Studies have shown that paper straws also contain a lot of dangerous carcinogens.
  • The Trump administration on Thursday ordered the General Services Administration (GSA) to “cancel every single media contract” by the end of the day.
    • The email follows shocking findings from DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, namely that legacy media outlets were taking in millions of dollars from the federal government through mass subscription contracts. For example, the federal government paid more than $8 million to Politico last year alone for the outlet’s Politico Pro service.
    • Not only was Politico on the block, subscriptions to the New York Times were cancelled.
  • President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at protecting the religious freedoms of Americans and ending the “anti-Christian weaponization of government.”
    • Trump’s order states: “The Biden Department of Justice sought to squelch faith in the public square by bringing Federal criminal charges and obtaining in numerous cases multi-year prison sentences against nearly two dozen peaceful pro-life Christians for praying and demonstrating outside abortion facilities.”
    • It continues: “Those convicted included a Catholic priest and 75-year-old grandmother, as well as an 87-year-old woman and a father of 11 children who were arrested 18 months after praying and singing hymns outside an abortion facility in Tennessee as a part of a politically motivated prosecution campaign by the Biden Administration.  I rectified this injustice on January 23, 2025, by issuing pardons in these cases.”
  • President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had terminated most members of the Board of Trustees at the Kennedy Center — including Chairman David Rubenstein — and had taken over the role himself.
    • Trump released a statement on Truth Social:
  • Michigan state Rep. Laurie Pohutsky said Wednesday that she underwent surgery earlier this year to become voluntarily sterile out of fear for the future of reproductive health care access with President Donald Trump back in office.
    • Here’s how the representative explained her decision: Just under two weeks ago, I underwent surgery to ensure that I would never have to navigate a pregnancy in Donald Trump’s America. I refuse to let my body be treated as currency by an administration that only sees value in my ability to procreate.  …If you know people who are questioning how serious this is, I’m going to repeat myself: A sitting government official opted for voluntary sterilization because she was uncertain she would be able to access contraception in the future.
  • NASA has increased the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 from 2.3% to 2.4%, indicating a more precise calculation of risk over time.
    • The asteroid, ranging from 130 to 330 feet in diameter, could cause significant local destruction if it hits, similar to the energy release of a nuclear bomb.
    • Global defense mechanisms, including the International Asteroid Warning Network and the Space Mission Planning Advisory Group, are actively engaged in monitoring and potential deflection strategies, following protocols triggered by such threats.
  • Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/back-to-plastic-trump-vows-to-end-ridiculous-biden-push-for-paper-straws
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cancel-every-single-media-contract-trump-takes-strong-action-after-shocking-doge-findings
https://www.dailywire.com/news/eradicating-anti-christian-bias-trump-signs-executive-action-ending-targeting-of-christians
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-dumps-kennedy-center-board-puts-immediate-end-to-drag-shows-for-kids
https://www.dailywire.com/news/radical-feminist-lawmaker-maims-herself-to-make-a-statement-that-no-one-cares-about

Yeah, It Was Trump

Some things:

  • “End racism” was just a stupid slogan. It is annoying and worthless. It is almost as bad a “choose love”.
  • The fact is, it annoyed fans. “Choose love” will annoy fans. When you think of NFL football, is the first thought that comes to mind is “choose love”?
  • I’ll go a step further. There is too much choosing of love in the NFL already. Football has become too wussy as it is.
  • You know what else every football fan can’t stand?
    • The BS slogans on the back of the players helmets.
    • The new kickoff format.
    • All the penalties.
    • The inability for players to hit other players.
    • The referees favoring teams.
    • A 100 pound woman telling us NFL defense strategy.
    • 45 minute long halftime shows.
    • Taylor Swift.
  • Finally, the President SHOULD be at the game. They show up to World Series games all the time.
  • Why would Trump have anything to do from the NFL removing that stupid slogan? Do these broads really think Trump cares what they right in the end zone?

There is a feminism of all sports right now. People are getting tired of it. If the NFL doesn’t want to go down the path of the NBA, they will knock it off.

Sunny Hostin continued the idiocy:

  • “Fishy and shady”? Have the intellects at The View found a new conspiracy theory?
  • I do agree with Sunny that the NFL’s reasons for getting rid of the slogan is bad. Nothing they mentioned has anything to do with “End Racism” in the end zone.
  • They ended it because fans thought it was stupid and annoying. The election of Trump just cemented that.
  • Finally, writing “End Racism” in the end zone is neither noble nor effective. It’s stupid and a virtue signal. That’s it.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-view-host-is-absolutely-certain-the-super-bowl-axed-end-racism-slogan-because-of-trump

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Feb082025

Episode 1015 – America Is Becoming Great Again!

The NFL has a big week in front of them as the Super Bowl approaches.

Democrats are bring out the same old playbook against Elon Musk and Doge after the shuttering of USAID.

And Donald Trump may have another big move coming.

News

Here is some news:

  • Pam Bondi has been confirmed as attorney general. The vote was 54 to 46.
  • The Central Intelligence Agency, in what officials reportedly claimed was an effort to bring the agency in line with Trump’s agenda, offered buyouts to its entire staff on Tuesday.
    • So far, 20,000 former employees have taken the offer to be paid and receive full benefits until the end of September in return for resigning.
  • President Donald Trump is reportedly set to attend Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday, which would make him the first president to attend America’s biggest sporting event while in office.
  • The NFL has reportedly sent the word to remove the messaging “End Racism” from the end zones for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Sunday.
  • President Donald Trump reacted on Tuesday to the news that former President Joe Biden was going to Hollywood after signing with the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), a mega talent and sports agency.
    • “You gotta be kidding. He signed on with a talent agency? I think he’s got bigger problems than that. I really do. I think he’s got much bigger problems than that. But I wish him well.”
  • Elon Musk keeps pissing off the Democrats. Let the lawfare begin!
    • There are calls for him to be arrested, for whatever reason.
    • There have been calls to have him testify in front of the House Oversight Committee.
    • Then, there’s Maxine Waters:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1886905402761126389

This is unhinged and makes no sense.

  • And, in our last story, Trump made a big announcement:

The positives:

  • Keeps us dead center in the Middle East. Something we lost in Afghanistan.
  • Can build military bases, ports and airports.
  • Will put fear into the terrorists.
  • Will eliminate Hamas.
  • Can change the culture.
  • Will lead to a Palestinian state.
  • Will be a deterrent to terrorists from attacking Israel.
  • Will rid the “bad guy” tag on Israel. The U.S. will handle it.

Negatives:

  • Troops will be on the ground.
  • Even with Hamas gone, terrorists will roam.
  • It will be expensive.
  • The Israeli people, maybe even Netanyahu, may not be to warm on the idea.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/level-it-trump-says-us-take-over-gaza-strip-rebuild?intcmp=tw_fnc
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/judge-blocks-trumps-executive-order-on-transgender-prisoners-00202521
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-confirms-pam-bondi-u-s-attorney-general
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-to-remove-end-racism-message-in-super-bowl-end-zones-report

Dumbass of the Day

Please Make It Happen

From the Post Millennial:

President Donald Trump made dozens of campaign promises that he’s been tackling one executive order at a time, and next up is the Department of Education. The DOE, which has been a thorn in the sides of parents and education activists alike, is only able to be shut down by Congress, but that restriction hasn’t stopped Trump since he took office on January 20.

President Trump reiterated that his top objective for Department of Education secretary nominee Linda McMahon is for her to bring about the elimination of the position altogether.

“I told Linda — ‘Linda, I hope you do a great job and put yourself out of a job. I want her to put herself out of a job [in the] Education Department.”

https://nypost.com/2025/02/04/us-news/president-trump-lays-out-goal-for-education-secretary-i-want-her-to-put-herself-out-of-a-job/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social
https://thepostmillennial.com/trump-preps-order-to-end-department-of-education-report

Just Stupid!

According to the New York Post:

New York Attorney General Letitia James warned local hospitals Monday that they will be in violation of state discrimination laws if they comply with President Trump’s executive order aimed at outlawing sex-change procedures for minors. 

“Regardless of the availability of federal funding, we write to further remind you of your obligations to comply with New York State laws, including those that prohibit discrimination against individuals based on their membership in a protected class, such as sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, military status, disability, or marital status,” James wrote in a letter to New York health care facilities.

“Electing to refuse services to a class of individuals based on their protected status, such as withholding the availability of services from transgender individuals based on their gender identity or their diagnosis of gender dysphoria, while offering such services to cisgender individuals, is discrimination under New York law,” she added. 

https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/ny-ag-letitia-james-tells-hospitals-to-continue-sex-change-procedures-for-minors-despite-trumps-executive-order

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Feb082025

Episode 1014 – Don’t Talk About It, Do It!

The list goes on of countries that have caved to Donald Trump. We need to add Canada to that list.

The Mexican drug cartels are upping the ante against border patrol.

And let’s have a conversation about the new and deadly cult called Zizians.

News

Here is some news:

  • President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a temporary deal Monday evening to halt the imposition of 25% tariffs on each other’s imports for 30 days while a final border security pact gets hashed out.
    • That initiative, Trudeau said, includes “reinforcing the border with new choppers, technology and personnel, enhanced coordination with our American partners, and increased resources to stop the flow of fentanyl. Nearly 10,000 frontline personnel are and will be working on protecting the border.”
    • “In addition, Canada is making new commitments to appoint a Fentanyl Czar, we will list cartels as terrorists, ensure 24/7 eyes on the border, launch a Canada- U.S. [sic] Joint Strike Force to combat organized crime, fentanyl and money laundering. I have also signed a new intelligence directive on organized crime and fentanyl and we will be backing it with $200 million.”
  • The oil producer Chevron used the term “Gulf of America” in its fourth-quarter earnings statement that was released last week.
    • The complete news release from the energy giant stated that it “started up several key projects in the Gulf of America” during quarter four. These projects consisted of the “deepwater Anchor project,” where Chevron employees “began water injection to boost production from the Jack/St. Malo and Tahiti fields, and started production from the Whale semi-submersible platform.”
  • US Attorney Ed Martin confirmed on Monday that Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees are being targeted in “violation of the law.”
    • “Our initial review of the evidence presented to us indicates that certain individuals and/or groups have committed acts that appear to violate the law in targeting DOGE employees,” Martin wrote. “We are in contact with FBI and other law-enforcement partners to proceed rapidly. We also have our prosecutors preparing.”
    • While Martin did not provide any names of individuals or groups, he did say that arrests were incoming.
  • Mexican drug cartels are ordering their members to attack US Border Patrol agents with kamikaze drones and other explosives in a desperate bid to thwart the crackdown at the border, according to an internal memo obtained by The Post.
    • An official security alert was sent out, stating: “On February 1, 2025, the El Paso Sector Intelligence and Operations Center (EPT-IOC) received information advising that Mexican cartel leaders have authorized the deployment of drones equipped with explosives to be used against US Border Patrol agents and US military personal currently working along the border with Mexico.”

https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/canada-announces-us-tariffs-on-hold-for-30-days-after-justin-trudeau-holds-good-phone-call-with-president-trump
https://thepostmillennial.com/oil-giant-chevron-uses-gulf-of-america-in-fourth-quarter-earnings-release
https://thepostmillennial.com/us-attorney-ed-martin-confirms-doge-employees-are-being-targeted-in-violation-of-the-law
https://nypost.com/2025/02/03/us-news/mexican-cartels-order-suicide-drone-attacks-on-border-patrol/

The Good

The Dumbass of the Day

What a Shock

According to the New York Post:

The murder of a US Border Patrol agent near the Canadian border appears to be linked to a radical leftist trans militant cult accused of killings across the country.

Around a week before the Jan. 20 attack, federal law enforcement had been surveilling German national Felix “Ophelia” Bauckholt and University of Washington student Teresa “Milo” Consuelo Youngblut.

Staff at a Lyndonville, Vermont, motel alerted authorities about seeing the duo with a firearm and black tactical clothing.

When law enforcement visited them, the pair claimed to be looking at property in the area and promptly checked out of the motel on Jan. 14, according to court documents.

Then, on Inauguration Day, Border Patrol Agent David Maland stopped their car in Coventry, Vermont.

Youngblut allegedly shot at Maland, who was killed, and border agents returned fire, killing Bauckholt. Youngblut is in custody.

Authorities now say the guns used by Youngblut and Bauckholt are owned by a person of interest in other murders — and connected to a mysterious cult of transgender “geniuses” who follow a trans leader named Jack LaSota, also known by the alias “Ziz.”

Bauckholt was a biological male who identified as trans and used feminine pronouns. He was an award-winning youth math genius from Freiburg, Germany, who later graduated from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

Around 2021, he was hired as a quantitative trader at Tower Research Capital in New York. It is believed Baukholt was in the US on an H-1B visa. The Department of Justice says he was armed in the car and tried to aim his firearm before being shot dead.

Youngblut, who is accused of firing the surprise shots that killed Air Force veteran Maland, was injured by return fire.

Youngblut is a biological female who identifies as trans and lists having neo-pronouns as “xe/xem/xyrs” on social media. Youngblut was a University of Washington student studying computer science.

Youngblut graduated from the prestigious and woke north Seattle private institution Lakeside School, which Bill Gates also attended.

Youngblut’s family had reported her missing to Seattle police in May 2024. Her family said she was in a controlling relationship and cut off contact, according to the police report. Her social media account on BlueSky shows she followed some Antifa-aligned far-left accounts.

In November 2024, Youngblut filed a marriage application with a 22-year-old fellow Lakeside alumnus named Maximilian Bentley Snyder.

Last week, Snyder, an “any pronouns” computer science whiz from a wealthy Seattle family, was arrested in Vallejo, Calif., for the murder of an elderly key witness set to testify in an upcoming attempted murder trial against alleged members of the trans extremist group.

The arrest has revealed previously hidden close associations between Youngblut, Bauckholt and a cult linked now to four killings.

That group, the “Zizians,” are highly educated trans vegan “rationalists” who hold fringe, esoteric ideological beliefs about transhumanism and animal rights.

Their leader, Jack “Ziz” LaSota, is a biological male who identifies as a woman. He also used the name Andrea Phelps, and is accused of influencing followers to kill. LaSota’s archived prolific blog writings ramble about the use of violence and radical anarchist tactics to achieve various ends.

LaSota has a warrant for an arrest in Delaware County, Pa., after skipping out on court hearings on an open criminal case. His supporters say he died in 2022, but that appears to be based on a fake online obituary to try to escape the law.

A source with knowledge says LaSota was living with Bauckholt and other members of the group in an Airbnb rental in Chapel Hill, NC, since 2023.

A Jan. 27 motion by federal prosecutors to deny Youngblut bail strongly suggests links with the group.

“Her [Youngblut] associations with other individuals suspected of violent acts also warrants caution,” prosecutor Matthew Lasher wrote in a court filing.

“The individual who purchased the firearms the defendant and Bauckholt possessed on January 20, 2025, is a person of interest in a dual-homicide investigation in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.”

That person of interest is bioinformatics researcher Michelle Jacqueline Zajko, according to the ATF.

Zajko is the trans nonbinary adult child of Rita and Richard Zajko, an elderly couple found killed in mysterious and unsolved circumstances in Delaware County in early 2023. Zajko’s past archived blog posts show close associations with “Ziz.”

According to public records in reporting by Vermont news site vtdigger, Zajko had purchased a plot of land in rural Vermont close to where the deadly shootout occurred. Members of the “Ziz” group are known to live in communes in box trucks.

Zajko has not been charged with any crime.

A dispute over a former Bay-area “Ziz” commune is at the center of the murder case against Snyder, the Seattle man who applied for a marriage license with Youngblut.

In November 2022, 82-year-old Curtis Lind narrowly survived an assassination attempt by three members of the “Ziz” group who were squatting on his property in Solano County, Calif.

They impaled him with a sword and repeatedly stabbed him. Lind shot two of the assailants, killing Amir “Emma” Borhanian. He lost an eye in the attack and spent a month in the hospital.

Two other alleged members of the cult, Suri Dao and Alexander “Somni” Leatham, both transgender, have a trial in April for the attempted murder of Lind, causing the death of their comrade and other felonies. Both of them have tried to escape from custody and face other charges.

But that trial may be in jeopardy with the sole witness, Lind, murdered — allegedly by Snyder.

The Solano District Attorney’s Office accuses Snyder of lying in wait for Lind and then slitting his throat.

“The victim was a witness to a crime who the defendant intentionally killed for the purpose of preventing his testimony in a criminal proceeding,” the DA alleges.

Snyder’s last transaction on Venmo last year was noted for “Milo,” the trans name of his fiance.

Without naming LaSota, the court filing strongly suggests he is the linchpin among all the suspects and persons of interest.

After the shooting of the border agent, a bomb squad investigated Bauckholt and Youngblut’s Toyota Prius hatchback.

Investigators found two pistols, ammunition clips, night-vision goggles, two full-face respirators, a ballistic helmet, 48 rounds of hollow-point ammunition, shooting range targets, interstate lodging information, two-way radios and a dozen electronic devices, some of which were wrapped in foil.

At their Airbnb rentals in North Carolina, where they lived before going to Vermont, the property owner says Youngblut parked a new box truck on his property, where they spent much of their time during the day, along with other individuals in black clothing.

Some trans activists online are pressuring people not to talk to authorities or journalists, and are cheering the killings.

After it was announced that the elderly witness was murdered earlier this month, one X account that has expressed support of the Vallejo, Calif., trans defendants wrote: “Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.”

Andy Ngo is a senior editor at the Post Millennial and author of the New York Times bestseller “Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy.”

https://nypost.com/2025/01/30/us-news/killing-of-border-patrol-agent-appears-linked-to-zizian-radical-leftist-trans-cult

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Feb082025

Episode 1013 – Donald Trump Does Not Hate Mexicans!

The United States just ended the shortest trade war in American history with total victory.

The Department of Governmental Efficiency gets rid of a worthless bureaucracy and they’re just getting started.

And, no, Donald Trump doesn’t hate Mexicans.

Some News

Here is some news:

  • Trump ordered 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, with a lesser 10% tariff hike on Canadian energy imports. Trump also ordered a 10% additional tariff on Chinese goods. In return, Canada and Mexico announced their own 25% tariffs on a slate of U.S. goods.
    • Canada and Mexico announced tariffs against the United States on Saturday in retaliation for a slate of new import duties President Donald Trump ordered against the U.S. neighbors and China.
    • “the decades long RIPOFF OF AMERICA, both with regard to TRADE, CRIME, AND POISONOUS DRUGS that are allowed to so freely flow into AMERICA. THOSE DAYS ARE OVER!”
    • Canada and Mexico are at a stark disadvantage in the brewing trade war with the United States, with their combined gross domestic product equaling about a seventh of the United States’. The United States also receives a significant majority of the exports from both countries, roughly three-quarters, according to The Wall Street Journal.
  • The border crossings have really dropped! Let’s let Tom Homan, head of ICE, tell us how much of a drop:
  • According to State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce, Rubio informed Mulino that President Donald Trump has made a preliminary determination that the Chinese Communist Party’s “position of influence and control” over the Panama Canal is a violation of the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the Panama Canal.
    • “Secretary Rubio made clear that this status quo is unacceptable and that absent immediate changes, it would require the United States to take measures necessary to protect its rights under the Treaty,” the statement said.
    • Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said on Sunday afternoon that his country will be withdrawing from communist China’s predatory Belt and Road Initiative after meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
  • The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has chosen leftist activist David Hogg to serve in one of its top roles.
    • Over the weekend, DNC members picked Hogg to serve as vice chair alongside Artie Blanco and Malcolm Kenyatta. They also elected Ken Martin, a longtime leader of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, to become chairman.
    • Hogg became a high-profile gun control proponent after surviving the 2018 Parkland high school shooting in Florida in which 17 people were killed.
  • ABC 6 Action News reported that the plane was a “small plane,” although no specifics were given about the number of people on board or the type of aircraft.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-homan-reveals-staggering-drop-in-illegal-border-crossings
https://www.dailywire.com/news/marco-rubio-gives-panama-ultimatum-over-chinese-influence-on-canal
https://www.dailywire.com/news/panamas-president-says-nation-will-end-economic-deal-with-china-after-rubio-visit
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dnc-elects-david-hogg-to-top-role-heres-a-look-at-some-of-his-insane-statements
https://www.dailywire.com/news/plane-crashes-into-philadelphia-neighborhood-multiple-homes-on-fire

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Episode 1012 – Are We That Lost as a Society?

A terrible plane crash occurs in Washington DC. This could change the way flying is done.

Donald Trump signs a couple important Executive Orders.

And it’s sad when we have to point out that something is immoral.

News

Here is some news:

  • Authorities said Thursday morning they believe there are no survivors after an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River late Wednesday night. 
    • 64 dead on the jet, 3 dead on the helicopter.
  • President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday prohibiting federal funding for schools teaching “radical, anti-American ideologies” including Critical Race Theory and gender ideology.
  • On Wednesday, Lee Zeldin received Senate confirmation to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the latest of President Donald Trump‘s second-term nominees to get approval from the upper chamber of Congress.
  • President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order directing the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to prepare the Guantanamo Bay detention camp to hold as many as 30,000 criminal illegal aliens.
  • On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed into law the “Laken Riley Act,” a bill that requires federal officials to arrest non-U.S. nationals accused of violent and theft-related crimes in the United States.
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delayed the release of Palestinian terrorists following Hamas’s dangerous spectacle of releasing Israeli hostages into a mob earlier today. 

Yes, It’s Cheating

According to the New York Post:

These days, occasional porn consumption is considered by many to be a common part of a “healthy” sex life in relationships. But new data have revealed many Aussies consider it “cheating.”

Research into attitudes toward OnlyFans, a booming platform used by millions of adult content creators, shows 56 percent of women believe that if a partner has subscribed to a porn star’s channel, it is “definitely cheating.”

However, only 38 percent of men agree, with 48 percent of men stating it depends on the type of interactions involved, compared to 36 percent of women.

Meanwhile, just 9 percent of women and 15 percent of men thought it was “normal” for those in relationships to interact with OnlyFans stars and watch their content.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/26/lifestyle/couples-divided-over-whether-this-popular-sex-act-is-cheating/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

No, and They Shouldn’t Be in a Store

According to the New York Times:

New Yorkers might soon be able to use their paid sick leave to take their pets to the veterinarian or to be with them during surgery, if the City Council passes a bill that was introduced on Wednesday.

The bill, by Councilman Shaun Abreu, a Manhattan Democrat, would amend the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act so that paid sick leave, which employees can take to care for themselves or family members, can also be used for both household pets and service animals.

Mr. Abreu said the bill was intended to help address the city’s mental health crisis. “I think that one of the simplest ways to support mental health is by encouraging pet ownership,” Mr. Abreu said, adding, “Keeping our pets healthy keeps us healthy.”

He pointed to research that shows that owning a pet can reduce cortisol, a stress-related hormone. Having a dog, for example, can also force people to engage in physical activity, which can in turn have positive effects on depression and social isolation, he said.

The legislation comes at a time when roughly two-thirds of American homes report having at least one pet, according to the American Pet Products Association, an industry group. Americans spent $147 billion on their pets in 2023, which includes the costs of veterinary care and over-the-counter medicine, according to the group.

Few places have laws like the one Mr. Abreu hopes to pass. In Emeryville, Calif., people can use their paid sick leave to care for a guide dog, signal dog or service dog that belongs to the employee or a family member.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/nyregion/new-york-sick-leave-pets.html

Oops!

According to the New York Post:

It’s the Hunt for Red Fart-ober.

The UK’s Royal Navy launched a frantic search for phantom Russians off the coast after picking up two mysterious sounds in the ocean — only to conclude that the noises came from a gassy whale, an official told The Sun.

Naval officials feared one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s drone subs had dropped a listening device onto the ocean floor between two islands in Scotland and let rip on an investigation.

The two toots were detected about 100 miles from where the UK’s doomsday subs are based.

“We have been analyzing the sounds and now believe it was a marine mammal. A whale,” the official told the British newspaper.

The sound, first described by analysts as a man-made noise, had never before been picked up on the sensors — leading the navy to confuse Das Boof for Das Boot, according to the report.

It also sparked fears that Russia’s deep-sea research unit, known as GUGI, was trying to record acoustic signatures of the British subs to make them easier to track.

The locations of the Royal Navy’s Astute-class attack subs and Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarines are among the UK’s most closely guarded military secrets. They are designed to move through the sea with nary a squeak.

While it was determined the flatulence was the cause of the false alarm, officials said they take all threats seriously.

https://nypost.com/2025/01/26/world-news/uk-navy-mistook-farting-whale-for-russians-trying-to-track-their-subs

Already Been Ruled On

According to the New York Post:

A coalition of Quaker groups filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday seeking to block immigration authorities from raiding houses of worship in search of criminal migrants. 

The lawsuit, filed in the US district court of Maryland, argues that the Trump administration’s reversal of federal policy barring immigration raids in churches violates the religious group’s First Amendment rights. 

“A diversity of worshippers is an essential component of the Quaker value of ‘experience[ing] God in a broader, more encompassing way,’ as ‘one’s life experience affects how one hears the spirit and what conclusions one might draw,’” reads the lawsuit brought by five Quaker groups and the left-wing Democracy Forward Foundation.

“Deterring immigrants from worshipping in-person with a Quaker meeting would therefore directly interfere with Plaintiffs’ religious exercise by lessening their ‘ability to hear God and what God is trying to tell [them],’” the filing continues. 

Former acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman issued a directive last week rescinding the Biden administration’s guidelines for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) enforcement actions that prevent law enforcement in or near so-called “sensitive” areas, such as churches, schools, hospitals and public demonstrations.

The plaintiffs in the case –  Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, New England Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, Adelphi Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends and Richmond Friends Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends – are being represented in the case by the Democracy Forward Foundation. 

https://nypost.com/2025/01/27/us-news/quakers-argue-trump-immigration-crackdown-interferes-with-their-ability-to-hear-and-receive-messages-from-god-lawsuit

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