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In recent years, we've seen drama play out on the podium at athletic competitions involving biological men competing as women.

In most cases, it's common knowledge when a man competes as a "transgender woman," and he often does well competing against real women.

But the man who won a women's powerlifting championship last weekend apparently fooled the very organization sponsoring the competition – and that group has now disqualified him after the fact.

According to a report at the Blaze, multiple competitors have spoken out about the controversy, with the runner-up, an actual woman, reportedly saying as she took the podium after the competition, "This is bulls**t."

Here is video of the incident:

The 2025 Official Strongman Games took place in Arlington, Texas, and saw lifter Jammie Booker, a biological male, defeat nine female competitors. As reported by Fitness Volt, Booker took home the narrow victory after runner-up Andrea Thompson finished seventh in the final event, edging her out by just a point.

On Tuesday, the strongman organization posted a statement to Instagram, the Blaze reported. The group says it was unaware that an athlete "who is biologically male and who now identifies as female" competed in the Women's Open category.

The organization said that had it been aware, the athlete would not have been permitted to compete in that category.

"We are clear – competitors can only compete in the category for the biological sex recorded at birth," the organization wrote.

The company said it had "disqualified the athlete in question" and that "athlete points and places will be altered accordingly" –- which means Thompson will be declared "The World's Strongest Woman."

The statement concluded: "The Official Strongman World Championships is an event which is rightly one of the pinnacles of the strength world. We are disappointed on behalf of all those who fairly and legitimately took part that the attention has been taken away from their efforts which deserve celebration, no matter how they performed or where they finished. We stand with them and stand with fairness."

Critics of Booker have pointed to a YouTube video seemingly posted in 2017, in which he described himself as a "21-year-old" transgender person with a "history of abuse, struggling to stay true to herself while under the rule of her religious parents."

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The Democrat state representative in Tennessee running for U.S. Congress is not just anti-police and throwing hissy fits when thrown out of the governor's office, apparently she also believes men can give birth to children.

Newly unearthed audio reveals Aftyn Behn, who is running against Trump-endorsed Republican Matt Van Epps for the District 7 seat in Congress, thinks people who give birth, whether they be male or female, can use their "birther" status as bargaining chips to promote progressive political policies.

Behn told an interviewer: "I think we have, as birther – women who can give birth, men and women who can give birth – we can maybe leverage that as collective bargaining."

"We can really leverage collective bargaining when it comes to having children in this country. And so, for example, I'm not going to give birth until the United States government concedes A, B, C, D."

"What do you think about that?" Behn asked her interviewer, who immediately replied: "It seems a little much really."

LibsofTikTok shared the video, urging: "Don't let this radical woman anywhere near office."

Other comments online include:

"She literally called herself a 'birther.'"

"These people can't explore the new world, can't explore the stars, so in their desperation to leave a mark on humanity, they decided to explore delusion instead."

"OMG! What a nutcase. But ironically, if SHE wants to hold her own procreation strike, I would support it. I feel sorry for any child born to that."

"Nothing would thrill me more than to see all progressive women go on birth strikes and end the rot with their generation."

"How did insanity become proprietary and the status quo in America?"

"What the hell is going on in the Volunteer state that this thing got elected?"

As WorldNetDaily reported Monday, Behn is refusing to denounce her previous calls to defund the police and even burn down police stations.

On Tuesday, RNC Research released more unearthed video of Behn in which she pushed for the abolition of all police.

"Talking to our parents about what police abolition looks like … we can do it, there is a world," she said.

Other video depicts Behn sobbing and screaming at the top of her lungs as security removed her from Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's office in resurfaced footage from April 2019.

The special election in the Nashville area of Tennessee takes place Dec. 2.

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It now is up to the U.S. Supreme Court to sort out the proper precedent for whether public school students in America can be forcibly indoctrinated with Islamic teachings.

Such as the lesson imposed on students in Chatham Middle School in New Jersey, where seventh-grade students were taught, as fact, "May God help us all find the true faith, Islam."

The fight originated nearly a decade ago when Libby Hilsenrath challenged the district's indoctrination of Islamic beliefs.

The Thomas More Law Center of Michigan now has filed a reply brief on her behalf with the high court, the final written plea for the justices to reverse lower court decisions allowing the teachings.

Hilsenrath had raised concerns as a parent about the school's religious indoctrination. Seventh grade students at the school were ordered to watch a five-minute video, "Intro to Islam," that was "filled with purely Islamic religious beliefs presented as facts during a mandated class in World Cultures and Geography."

Students were ordered to take notes on:

"Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is the last & final Messenger of God. God gave him the Noble Quran."

"What is the Noble Quran? Divine Revelation sent to Muhammad (S) last Prophet of Allah. A Perfect guide for Humanity."

"The Noble Quran: Guidance, Mercy and Blessing for all Mankind."

"The Noble Quran: Without any doubt and an eloquent guide from Allah."

"The Beautiful Quran: Guidance for the wise & sensible."

And "Islam: A shining beacon against the darkness of repression, segregation, intolerance and racism … ."

The bias was documented by the fact the school allowed no similar proselytizing videos involving any other faith, such as Christianity and Judaism.

The lower courts' approval of the teaching is "inconsistent with previous Supreme Court opinions that gave parents and students broad protection from subtle coercive pressures in school settings under the Establishment Clause," the TMLC said.

While the recent Kennedy v. Bremerton decision allows a coach to pray on school property, that ruling didn't overturn any previous precedents, the legal team explained.

The filing argues, "Establishment Clause prevents schools from advancing religious views that may conflict with the private beliefs of the student and his or her family."

"Lower courts have struggled to determine whether Kennedy articulated a new Establishment Clause test, what that test is, and what impact, if any, that test has on the long-standing Establishment Clause precedents which safeguard parents and their students against coercion in public schools," the legal team said. "Only the Supreme Court can resolve the lower courts' confusion and confirm the heightened protection parents and students enjoy under the Establishment Clause in the public-school setting."

The filing states, "The Free Exercise Clause safeguards 'the rights of parents to direct 'the religious upbringing' of their children.' … The Establishment Clause protects the same right of religious belief for parents and their children."

Further, existing precedent is that, "Families entrust public schools with the education of their children, but condition their trust on the understanding that the classroom will not purposely be used to advance religious views that may conflict with the private beliefs of the student and his or her family."

The dispute is that the district claims it can use "religious texts and teachings" in its classes, but the issue actually is more specific, about the use of "lessons that proselytize or promote a religion that conflicts with a parent's or child's religious beliefs" and whether that violates the Constitution.

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"Soup is good food."

For years, this was the marketing slogan for Campbell's Soup, one of America's best-known brands.

But now, a secret recording reportedly of a top company executive is casting doubt on the catchphrase, with him being heard disparaging Campbell's products as using "bioengineered meat" and mocking its own customers.

The recording is part of a lawsuit filed by Robert Garza, a former cybersecurity analyst for Campbell Soup, who accuses Martin Bally, vice president and chief information security officer of the food giant, of making the comments during a November 2024 meeting.

"We have s*** for f***ing poor people. Who buys our s***? I don't buy Campbell's products barely anymore," the voice purportedly belonging to Bally is heard saying.

"Bioengineered meat – I don't wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3-D printer," Bally allegedly says, casting shade on the ingredients in Campbell's soup.

"F***ing Indians don't know a f***ing thing," the voice on the recording says. "They couldn't think for their f***ing selves."

Garza said he felt sick, "pure disgust," after the initial meeting, and again after hearing the comments.

The suit was filed in Michigan's Wayne County Circuit Court.

Garza kept the recording secret at first, but went to his supervisor in January 2025 to report the matter.

Zachary Runyan, Garza's attorney, told WDIV-TV in Detroit that Garza was blindsided 20 days later.

"He reached out to his supervisor and told the supervisor what Martin was saying, and then out of nowhere, my client was fired," Runyan said.

"He was really sticking up for other people. He went to his boss and said, 'Martin is saying this about Indian coworkers we have, he's saying this about people who buy our food — who keep our company open, and I don't think that should be allowed.' And the response to Robert sticking up for other people is he gets fired, which is ridiculous."

Campbell's is acknowledging the seriousness of the allegations, and a company spokesperson told Newsweek: "If the recording is legitimate, the comments are unacceptable. They do not reflect our values and the culture of our company. Mr. Bally is temporarily on leave while we conduct an investigation.

"We are proud of the food we make, the people who make it and the high-quality ingredients we use. The comments on the recording are not only inaccurate – they are patently absurd.

"Keep in mind, the alleged comments are made by an IT person, who has nothing to do with how we make our food."

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Another biological man has dressed up like a woman, but this time it's not for the typical reason. This incident involves a man posing as his own mother to collect her pension – all after she had died.

According to The Telegraph in the U.K., the alleged crime has been dubbed to as the "Mrs. Doubtfire" scandal, a reference to the 1993 hit film starring Robin Williams portraying an elderly housekeeper.

An unemployed 56-year-old Italian man allegedly dressed up as his dead mother, including lipstick and pearl necklace, as a means to collect her pension.

According to a report in Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper, the out-of-work nurse managed to pocket thousands of euros before the ruse was exposed.

In addition, he allegedly concealed his mother's body in his home, so long so that it became mummified. The woman, Graziella Dall'Oglio, is said to have died three years ago.

The Telegraph reports the man cut his hair in a similar style to his mother as he visited a government office to collect his mother's money. An alert employee apparently noticed his "low voice and thick neck," and the jig was up.

"He came into the council offices wearing a long skirt, he was wearing lipstick and nail varnish, a necklace and old-style earrings," Francesco Aporti, the mayor of Borgo Virgilio, told the Italian newspaper.

The man's total income, including his dead mother's pension, was €53,000, which is more than $61,000.

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In a shocking case of "I'm not dead yet," a woman was found alive in a coffin just moments before she was set to be cremated.

The incident took place in Thailand as Tham, a Buddhist temple in the Nonthaburi province on the outskirts of Bangkok, posted a video on its Facebook page, "revealing a woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pickup truck, slightly moving her arms and head, leaving temple staff bewildered," according to the Associated Press.

The 65-year-old woman's brother drove her from the province of Phitsanulok to be cremated, the temple's general and financial affairs manager Pairat Soodthoop told AP.

And that's when they heard a faint knock coming from the burial box.

"I was a bit surprised, so I asked them to open the coffin, and everyone was startled," Pairat said.

"I saw her opening her eyes slightly and knocking on the side of the coffin. She must have been knocking for quite some time."

The brother indicated the woman had been bedridden for two years and became unresponsive. He believed she had stopped breathing and therefore presumed she died.

He then placed her in a coffin and made the 300-mile journey to a hospital to fulfill her wish of donating her bodily organs.

The hospital refused since there was no official death certificate.

The woman was sent to a nearby hospital, and Pairat said the temple would cover her medical expenses.

CBS News reports: "Similar instances of a person being found alive at funeral homes or morgues have been reported in the past."

In June 2024, a 74-year-old Nebraska woman declared dead at a nursing home was found breathing at a funeral home two hours later.

In January 2023, a 66-year-old woman was pronounced dead at an Iowa care facility after an employee said she "did not feel a pulse" and that the woman was not breathing. After she was taken to a funeral home, the woman woke up "gasping for air."

That same year, a New York funeral home found an 82-year-old woman alive and breathing shortly after she was declared dead at a nursing home.

In 2002, five officials in Shanghai, China, were punished, and a doctor had their license revoked after a video showed funeral parlor workers returning a body bag containing a live person to a retirement home.

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In a discussion concerning who is President Trump's heir apparent to lead the Make America Great Again movement, fired MSNBC host Joy Reid is pushing the possibility that Vice President JD Vance might throw his "brown" Hindu wife Usha "under the bus" to hook up with "white queen" Erika Kirk, the widow of slain civil-rights leader Charlie Kirk.

"They can't have the successor to MAGA be the guy with the brown Hindu wife," Reid speculated. "They're also Christian nationalists. That ain't gonna work. That's why he's throwing his wife under the bus."

Leftist podcaster Jennifer Welch chimed in to describe Vance's Oct. 29 hugging of Mrs. Kirk at the University of Mississippi, saying: "Playing slap and tickle with Erika Kirk is the weirdest s*** I've ever seen. She's like in her Tammy Faye [Bakker] era."

Reid added: "Holding on the back of his head and rubbing on his head."

"You not doing the right thing. You supposed to be a widow. You wearing leather pants! That's not widow-wear."

"But wouldn't it be the most perfect fairytale, MAGA fairytale, if he finally sees the light that he needs a white queen instead of this brown Hindu? I'm not saying that's happening."

Reid said in her analysis of the vice president: "Vance has a problem in that the base of MAGA is fundamentally racist," claiming both the tea party and MAGA movements are motivated by "race and hatred of non-white immigrants."

"They're obsessed with non-white immigrants and undocumented people. They use the term 'illegals' which is just the N-word for brown people. If you want to say the N-word and it's about brown people, you say 'illegal.'"

Reid said other potential MAGA leaders were Donald Trump Jr. and Tucker Carlson.

Erika Kirk addressed the famous hug with Vance, telling journalist Megyn Kelly: "Anyone whom I have hugged, that I have touched the back of your head when I hug you, I always say, 'God bless you.' That's just me. If you want to take that out of context, go right ahead."

Kelly clowned that commentators were acting as if she had grabbed the vice president's "ass."

"I feel like I wouldn't get as much hate if I did that!" Kirk responded.

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A U.S. congressional caucus, being labeled the "Seditious Six," released a video undermining the command structure of the U.S. military by telling soldiers they don't have to follow "illegal" orders from President Donald Trump, but refusing to identify any.

Already, the Pentagon is investigating one member, Democrat Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, as he potentially could be recalled to active duty.

And now the FBI is working on interviewing the other five.

A report at KDVR television in Denver explained one of those other members, Democrat Rep. Jason Crow, confirmed that the FBI apparently is working on a possible inquiry.

Crow defended his apparent attempt to disrupt protocols already established in the military for illegal orders.

He claimed that President Donald Trump, who has warned that the traditional penalty for treason or sedition is serious, of using the FBI "as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress.'

Another video participant, Michigan Democrat Sen. Elissa Slotkin, claimed, "last night the counterterrorism division at the FBI sent a note to the members of Congress, saying they are opening what appears to be an inquiry against the six of us."

The six have been unable to interviews to identity what they think is an "illegal" order from the president, and their stunt largely is viewed as another political attack on Trump.

FBI chief Kash Patel said in an interview that since the controversy is "ongoing," he would not comment.

According to the Washington Examiner, Trump administration officials are calling the group the "Seditious six."

Others on video were Reps. Chris Deluzio, Pa., Maggie Goodlander, New Hampshire and Chrissy Houlahan, Pa., all Democrats.

From War Secretary Pete Hegseth was a statement, "The despicable video urging @DeptofWar troops to 'refuse illegal orders' may seem harmless to civilians — but it carries a different weight inside the military. This was a politically-motivated influence operation: It never named a specific 'illegal order.'"

He warned the statements created "ambiguity rather than clarity. It used carefully scripted, legal-sounding language. It subtly reframed military obedience around partisan distrust instead of established legal processes. In the military, vague rhetoric and ambiguity undermines trust, creates hesitation in the chain of command, and erodes cohesion. The military already has clear procedures for handling unlawful orders. It does not need political actors injecting doubt into an already clear chain of command. As veterans of various sorts, the Seditious Six knew exactly what they were doing — sowing doubt through a politically-motivated influence operation. The @DeptofWar won't fall for it or stand for it."

The DOW earlier confirmed it had gotten "serious allegations of misconduct" against Kelly.

"In accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 688, and other applicable regulations, a thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures. This matter will be handled in compliance with military law, ensuring due process and impartiality."

The DOW pointed out the law bars "actions intended to interfere with the loyalty, morale, or good order and discipline of the armed forces. … All servicemembers are reminded that they have a legal obligation under the UCMJ to obey lawful orders and that orders are presumed to be lawful."

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An appeals court has used a Florida COVID closure order case to deliver a stunning decision about the government's confiscation of property, setting a huge new precedent for closure orders that became common during the pandemic created by the China virus.

In fact, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that government orders shutting down private beaches during that time period violated the Fifth Amendment's ban on government taking property without compensation.

It is constitutional expert Jonathan Turley who pointed out, "This is a major ruling on takings, including the treatment of the limits as a physical rather than regulatory takings. It could find itself before the Supreme Court on that issue."

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A federal judge has issued a ruling protecting Democrats James Comey and Letitia James from prosecution for now.

Comey, the ex-FBI chief, played a massive role in the Democrats' lawfare against President Trump, and was indicted for lying to Congress. James, who brought a fraud case against Trump's companies, obtained a half billion dollar judgment, then saw it tossed for being unconstitutional, was accused of mortgage fraud for lying on legal documents.

It was Cameron Currie, a South Carolina judge, who dismissed both cases that were being prosecuted by interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan.

"I agree with Mr. Comey that the Attorney General's attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid," the judge wrote. "And because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to present the indictment, I will grant Mr. Comey's motion and dismiss the indictment without prejudice."

Cases dismissed without prejudice ordinarily can be refiled, and the Department of Justice has the option to appeal the ruling from the judge at the entry level of the federal court system.

Currie, appointed by Bill Clinton, and was brought into the Virginia disputes because they were a conflict for judges in that state.

The cases ended up being consolidated.

A DOJ lawyer had said if there was a mistake, it was no more than "at best a paperwork error."