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Managers at a manufacturing plant in Springfield, Missouri, attacked one employee for wearing a cross necklace to work, and for having a Bible at his desk.
They claimed those items made him "not inclusive" and "unapproachable" and they scolded him for being seen as part of a "clique," that is Christianity.
They insisted the workplace had to have a "neutral" environment and that he be "respectful to others."
Now those officials have gotten a very nicely worded letter pointing out that their actions likely were in violation of federal law.
It is the American Center for Law and Justice that confirms it has written to the Timken Co.'s Missouri plant to object to the treatment, and to insist on confirmation that the behavior will end and won't be repeated.
The ACLJ reported, "Just weeks ago, our client was summoned into meetings with HR leadership and plant management. He was ordered to remove his Bible from view, hide his cross necklace under his shirt, and refrain from openly expressing his Christian faith because it was allegedly 'not inclusive' and made him appear 'unapproachable.'"
The legal team noted one boss "even lectured him that being a Christian is about 'wearing it in your heart' rather than visibly living out his faith. Our client was appallingly told by corporate supervisors that his Bible and cross necklace were 'non-inclusive' and 'unprofessional.'"
The organization then confirmed it has dispatched a demand letter to the company, "calling on the company to immediately reverse course. We are demanding written assurances that our client will be allowed to keep his Bible on his desk, wear his cross necklace openly, and not be retaliated against in any way."
"The implications of this case extend far beyond one workplace. If left unchecked, this kind of discrimination sends a dangerous message that people of faith must hide their beliefs to keep their jobs. Religious liberty doesn't end at the office door. Every American has the right to live out their faith without fear of punishment or harassment. If a major corporation can tell one worker to hide his Bible and cross because they are 'not inclusive,' what's to stop your employer, your child's school, or even a government agency from doing the same to you or someone you love?"
The employee, whose name was not released, is in human resources at the company.
"He's a faithful Christian and has always lived out his faith in quiet and respectful ways. As part of his daily routine, he keeps a Bible on his desk for private reflection and to alleviate stress. He also wears a cross necklace as a personal expression of his beliefs. Neither his Bible nor his necklace has ever interfered with his work, nor have any co-workers ever complained. In fact, Timken's own handbook contains no rule prohibiting employees from wearing personal jewelry or keeping items on their desks," explained the ACLJ.
The law is, in fact, crystal clear: "Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees based on their religious beliefs or practices. Federal law protects an employee's right to wear religious symbols, keep religious objects in the workplace, and engage in non-disruptive religious observance. Courts have repeatedly held that punishing employees for such expression is direct evidence of unlawful discrimination," the ACLJ said.
The letter warns that the company now has "created a hostile workplace for [the employee] and anyone else espousing religious beliefs."
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A video released by Accuracy in Media shows a school official in Ohio, where lawmakers overrode Gov. Mike DeWine's veto to adopt a law that men posing as women cannot compete in women's sports at the high school or college level, suggest parents skirt the law by simply calling their son their daughter, and not saying anything more.
See it:
The video is the result of a hidden-camera project that "exposes Ohio school officials coaching undercover journalists on how to skirt state law banning boys from competing in girls' sports."
A report at RedState explained, "Meet Tamette Duckworth, the assistant athletic director at Princeton City High School in the Cincinnati area. Duckworth is the boys' volleyball coach for the school. However, an undercover journalist with Accuracy in Media sat down with Duckworth and fed her a story about being concerned about her transgender 'daughter' wanting to compete on the girls' team and use the women's facilities. The recording revealed that Duckworth basically directed this parent on how they could bypass Ohio's laws, 'discreetly.'"
The discussion revolves around the parents simply enrolling their son as a girl, but not saying anything more.
"If somebody did find out, the … especially if I said somebody named KAREN … I'm sorry, I shouldn't be saying this," Duckworth said.
Accuracy in Media explained that Duckworth advised the student "stay quiet and never reveal he is a boy."
"Across multiple districts, we've uncovered officials encouraging parents to use updated birth certificates to conceal a child's biological sex from other administrators, students, and parents. This reckless disregard for the law undermines fairness and endangers girls' safety," the organization explained.
RedState noted, "It is one thing for private citizens who do not agree with these laws to thumb their noses at the system. It is a whole other matter when a school or college administrator chooses to do the same."
The report continued, "This is disturbing on a number of levels. First, you have an assistant athletic director who is supposed to be protecting the safety of all students and athletes and looking out for their best interests, who is basically throwing those interests out the window for a particular cause. One wonders what would prompt her to do so. Second, school choice advocate Corey DeAngelis did a deeper dive into this coach and discovered she earns over $100,000 a year. She certainly gets paid well to be a traitor to her sex. Third, Duckworth's biography appears to show a woman who excels at her job, because her boys' team has won trophies and commendations. So, what gives? As an achieving woman, why would Duckworth counsel a parent on how to bypass the rights of girls and women and work to undercut their achievements? Has she counseled any other parents in this manner?"
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Amid growing unrest in the United Kingdom over immigration policies and disconcerting incidents of Brits arrested for publicly – and silently – praying, word comes that a popular comedian has been arrested because of a series of "anti-trans" X posts.
Graham Linehan, creator of the comedy TV show "Father Ted," was arrested by five armed police officers at Heathrow Airport, the Daily Mail reports.
The Irish comedy writer, who was traveling on an American Airlines flight from Arizona to London Monday, says he was treated like a terrorist after being detained as soon as he stepped off the plane.
Linehan says he was then escorted to a private are and informed he was under arrest "for three tweets."
Police confirmed that a 57-year-old was arrested on suspicion of inciting violence at "in relation to posts on X," the British news site reported.
After his arrest, Linehan says he required medical assistance "because the stress nearly killed me."
One of the posts, from April 20, said: "If a trans-identified male is in a female-only space, he is committing a violent, abusive act. Make a scene, call the cops and if all else fails, punch him in the balls."
Linehan decried the arrest, saying: "In a country where paedophiles escape sentencing, where knife crime is out of control, where women are assaulted and harassed every time they gather to speak, the state had mobilised five armed officers to arrest a comedy writer for this tweet.
"I promise you, I am not making this up."
He said he was "arrested at an airport like a terrorist, locked in a cell like a criminal, taken to hospital because the stress nearly killed me, and banned from speaking online."
"To me, this proves one thing beyond doubt: the U.K. has become a country that is hostile to freedom of speech, hostile to women, and far too accommodating to the demands of violent, entitled, abusive men who have turned the police into their personal goon squad," Linehan added.
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In a result that will surprise few who watch Capitol Hill, it has been revealed that one party dominates the list of those members of Congress who vote against biblical principles, over and over, including a man who purports to be a "Christian minister."
It's long been known that Republicans, mostly, support family values and ideas, lower taxes and limited government.
Democrats, meanwhile, are investing in abortion, transgenderism, big spending, big government, social agendas and violence for their future.
It is the Christian Employers Alliance that released a tool, the Biblical Business Index by the Center for Biblical Business. It has reported that there are 16 Democrats in Congress – Jerry Nadler, Katie Porter, Cori Bush, Chellie Pingree, Debbie Stabenow, Jeff Merkley, Edward Markey, Tammy Baldwin, Laphonza Butler, the minister, Ralph Warnock, Richard Durbin, Peter Welch, Elizabeth Warrern, LaMonica McIver, Erica Lee Carter and Brian Higgins, who voted in support of the biblical perspective ZERO percent of the time.
Another long list of Democrats revealed dozens more in essentially the same position, with support for biblical perspectives in the range of 0.50% to maybe 0.53%.
At the other end of the scale were Republicans Elijah Crane, Matt Rosendale, Andy Biggs, Robert Good and Mike Lee at 100%, following by more than 260 more Republicans with ratings as low as about 49%, Susan Collins, before the first Democrat, Henry Cuellar, made the list at 47.76%.
According to Washington Examiner columnist Paul Bedard, "Democrats overwhelmingly fill out the bottom slots."
"CEA is proud to equip Christian business leaders with a tool built on the ultimate truth — the Word of God," Margaret Iuculano, the president of the Christian-based business group, told Bedard.
"Our faith is the foundation of how we live and lead, and lawmakers need that same compass as they face complex policies. That's why we launched the Biblical Business Index — a first-of-its-kind tool bringing together theologians and policy experts to connect Scripture with today's legislation. Even when the issue is something like regulations, biblical truth provides guidance to discern what upholds justice, freedom, and human dignity,"
Bedard explained, "Take the recently passed Liberty in Laundry Act as an example. The law pulled back Biden-era energy conservation regulations on washing machines. The Bible passage it was linked to focused on freedom, a common theme in the Biblical Business Index. It cited Galatians 5:1 — 'It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.'"
Lawmakers were assessed on their alignment with the Bible's principles, and overall, Wyoming's delegation rated the highest. Vermont was the lowest.
Fred McGrath, a senior policy adviser to CEA and ILA's president, told Bedard policy experts and theologians were called on to develop the new report card.
"Oftentimes, the moral and faith-aligned position on bills can be tricky to identify due to the enormous complexity of public policy. That is why CEA launched the Biblical Business Index. Essentially, build the first of its kind system to bring together both policy experts and theologians to help decipher the complex policies and identify the biblically aligned position," he said.
The results also provide analyses of state actions, with, for example, the survey recommending opposition to all of the nearly 60 issues handled recently by the Colorado legislature, suggesting support for only four.
That state has a far-left homosexual Democrat governor, Democrat-majority House and Senate and an all-Democrat state Supreme Court. The state repeatedly has tried to force Christians to abandon their beliefs and promote the dangerous LGBT lifestyle choices, being rebuked by the U.S. Supreme Court for its "hostility" to Christianity. It has gone so far left that state officials tried to ban President Trump from the 2024 ballot, only to be publicly rebuked by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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President Trump Tuesday posted a video showing U.S. military forces destroying a small ship in the Caribbean carrying drugs and piloted by designated "narcoterrorists" from Venezuela.
Said Trump: "Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. TDA is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, operating under the control of Nicolas Maduro, responsible for mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere.
"The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States. The strike resulted in 11 terrorists killed in action. No U.S. Forces were harmed in this strike. Please let this serve as notice to anybody even thinking about bringing drugs into the United States of America. BEWARE! Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!!!!!!!!!"
Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X: "Today the U.S. military conducted a lethal strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela and was being operated by a designated narco-terrorist organization."
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Besides the harm the transgender ideology does to individuals, leaving boys being less than boys and girls less than girls after "treatment," the lost families and lives, the multiple mass killers that have come from that lifestyle, there is a "threat" to public safety, and "as such, it should be outlawed and eradicated from public life."
That's according to an article by John Daniel Davidson, a book author and writer whose work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Claremont Review of Books, the New York Post and more.
He's now the senior editor at the Federalist, and has delivered an expert opinion on the leftist agenda being pursued across America, despite the opposition from President Donald Trump.
"We don't have to tolerate a demonic ideology that destroys lives, tears families apart, and keeps producing mass shooters," he concluded.
The comments follow by just days the most recent of a long list of trans-identifying individuals who have turned into mass killers, the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis.
"It should be obvious by now that transgenderism — the entire industrial complex of medical interventions, legal actions, social affirmation, and political rhetoric now attached to what was once called gender dysphoria — is a serious threat to public safety," he wrote.
Individuals are not his target, he said.
"But the gender ideology that affirms them in their delusion should be. Men and women suffering from this cruel delusion should have our compassion, and every effort should be made to bring them back to the reality of their biological sex. Public policy, however, should focus on the ideology of transgenderism and those who perpetrate it. We should treat it the way we treated radical Islamism after 9/11, or communism in the 1950s. It should be understood as a dangerous threat, and anyone advocating or working to advance it should be treated as a criminal and an enemy of the people."
Elon Musk recently noted the "relentless propaganda" in the issue.
And on social media, the Libs of TikTok turned blunt, with "Doctors who m*tilated and castrated kids deserve LIFE IN PRISON. Straight up evil."
Davidson explained, those in the medical community promoting "gender-affirming care" should have their medical licenses revoked "and face criminal prosecution."
There should be no difference in the prosecutions of those to provide such "treatments" to adults, or children.
"We would never consent to a physician being allowed to indulge an adult patient's disordered desire to have a healthy limb amputated or a functioning organ removed simply because they 'identified' as someone without that limb or organ," he explained.
"We recognize there is something deeply pathological about wanting a healthy limb chopped off or a functioning organ removed. We recognize, too, that any physician who agreed to do such a thing isn't fit to practice medicine and should be barred from doing so.
"The normalization of transgenderism harms a great many people — especially children, who don't have the ability to protect themselves from it the way adults do," he said.
Parents who "facilitate" such treatments for their children "should be treated as child abusers and dealt with accordingly."
"Same goes for teachers, coaches, and any other adult who has regular contact with and responsibility for minors," he said.
At the federal level, the president could tell the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services to write rules barring those body mutilations, then investigate and prosecute medical facilities and doctors that provide such.
Politicians on the trans bandwagon should see their locales defunded by the federal government, he said.
"As far as possible, the entire demonic system should be swept away — and we shouldn't have to wait for the next trans mass shooting to say so," he said.
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A virulently anti-Trump federal judge has ordered a woman who was jailed for her deranged social media posts about her desire to kill President Donald Trump released from jail.
Instead of being behind bars, Nathalie Rose Jones has been told to be on electronic monitoring and to see a psychiatrist.
Those instructions come of James Boasberg, a federal judge in Washington who has held an agenda against President Trump dating to the Russiagate conspiracy theory that was launched by Democrats against Trump in the 2016 election.
Boasberg, at that time, was part of the effort by the Barack Obama administration, on behalf of now twice-failed presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, to spy on and undermine Trump.
Lately, he has run an agenda opposing Trump's efforts to secure America's borders and remove illegal alien criminals from U.S. shores, wildly insisting that two jets loaded with those individuals that already were on deportation flights in international airspace to turn around and return the criminals to America, without acknowledging whether the jets even had enough fuel to do that.
Now the New York Post has reported that Boasberg "released" Jones, "a 50-year-old Big Apple resident, under electronic monitoring on Aug. 27 and ordered she see a psychiatrist once back home.
"A New York City woman locked up for making deranged social media posts threatening to kill President Trump was quietly released by an Obama-appointed judge last week," the report confirmed.
It was only two weeks ago that Jones allegedly traveled from New York to Washington, D.C., with the intent of killing Trump, the report said.
Then U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro announced her arrest saying, "She was working to have [Trump] eliminated. She's now in custody, she will be prosecuted to the fullest extent to the law."
The Gateway Pundit explained, "Now this woman has been quietly released by Obama-appointed Judge James Boasberg. That would be the same Judge Boasberg who has repeatedly interfered in efforts to deport illegal alien criminals."
Just days earlier U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya denied Jones bond over the persistent threats on Trump's life she issued over social media earlier this month, the report said.
"Officials were aware of concerning posts starting on Aug. 2 and Jones herself told Secret Service agents in an Aug. 15 interview that she would 'carry out the mission of killing' Trump with a 'bladed object' if she was given the chance," the report said.
At her arrest, authorities explained she was taken into custody for her plan to "sacrificially kill" President Donald Trump.
The woman, originally from Lafayette, Indiana, made her statements on Facebook and Instagram.
"I literally told the FBI in five states today that I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present," Jones is accused of writing in an Aug. 6 Facebook post.
In an Aug. 14 Facebook post, Jones allegedly urged U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to "please arrange the arrest and removal ceremony of POTUS Trump as a terrorist on the American People from 10-2pm at the White House on Saturday, August 16th, 2025."
During a Secret Service interview, she indicated if she had the opportunity, she would "carry out her mission of killing" the president at "the compound" with a "bladed object."
Boasberg also has been criticized for publicly suggesting, during a judicial conference, that Trump would not follow his orders and that would create a constitutional crisis.
Attorney General Pam Bondi explained she ordered a complaint filed over the "misconduct" by Boasberg, for "making improper public comments about President Trump and his administration."
"These comments have undermined the integrity of the judiciary," she confirmed.
A DOJ official confirmed, "Judge Boasberg first tried to persuade Chief Justice Roberts and other federal judges that the Trump administration would not follow court orders, despite having no basis for his belief. Then he acted on his baseless belief again and again in litigation over which he was presiding. Judge Boasberg violated the Canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, including the requirement that he 'promote public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.'"
WorldNetDaily has reported it was the Federalist that obtained access to comments Boasberg made at a recent judicial conference undermining the president.
He disparaged the president, even though he's required to be neutral on issues and people in his court, where Trump is a defendant in a number of cases brought by activists trying to undermine his agenda for America.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche later described Boasberg as a "threat to the rule of law" for using his own agendas in his court rulings to try to control the decisions of the Executive Branch.
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Even as a related fight looms before the Supreme Court – that of the statements of counselors regarding the injurious LGBT agenda being pursued by leftists across America, a state board in Kentucky has cleared a Christian counselor there of "frivolous" ethics complaints that he expressed his religious ideas in his private speech.
The fight, according to Liberty Counsel, which reported on the dispute and continues to pursue reinstatement for the fired counselor, erupted over wild complaints that the counselor actually had expressed his faith, in private statements.
But the complaints, which raised issues including that his beliefs were "discriminatory," were tossed out by the Kentucky Board of Social Work.
Liberty Counsel had told the state board that the counselor's social media posts are "private religious and political speech" protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments, the Kentucky Constitution, and the Kentucky Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
The counselor, whose name was not released, had been targeted by anti-faith complaints including one from his former employer, which fired him.
The fight to have him reinstated to his position continues.
They complained his comments on faith were "conduct becoming," yet "all of the complaints failed to identify any applicable law or regulation the statement supposedly violated," Liberty Counsel confirmed.
The Christian counselor had expressed his beliefs regarding human sexuality on social media.
He said in the licensed mental health profession, "there's constant pressure to compromise beliefs to make people happy in this field (and in all our lives in general)."
Liberty Counsel explained he stated that while he loved his "career and the people he serves with a passion," he was "not going to sell [his] soul for it," and that while places he worked might style themselves as "a 'safe and affirming space for LQBTQIA+ community,'" he "personally (and professionally)" never wants "to affirm rebellion against our Creator."
Liberty Counsel explained to the board, "There is no listed 'catchall' offense under Kentucky law called 'Conduct Unbecoming of a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.'"
Further, the post was made in his private capacity, not in service to a client, and involved a matter of public concern.
"Thus, nothing under the law or any governing code of ethical conduct serves as the basis for any complaint, let alone professional discipline," explained Liberty Counsel.
Additionally, both federal law and Kentucky law do recognize religion is a "protected class."
"The First Amendment prohibits government actions that abridge freedom of speech and the free exercise of religion—including under the guise of 'professional' speech regulations," the legal team warned.
The related issue is the speech protections for counselors in their work. Colorado has adopted an extremist censorship position, in state law, that tells counselors they can promote the LGBT lifestyle choices to clients whenever they want, but they are banned from speaking any words that might suggest to clients that lifestyle choice is not the best for them.
WorldNetDaily has reported that that viewpoint discrimination agenda now is pending before the Supreme Court.
The state's agenda had come from the all-Democrat government in Colorado – governor's office, state House, state Senate and state Supreme Court – which for years has had an agenda to eliminate the rights protected by the First Amendment.
It's also being sued by by NetChoice, a social media corporation trade organization, "to stop the government's attacks on websites that host free speech."
The organization said in an announcement state law HB 24-1136 "mandates that websites display state-approved 'warning' messages to deter users from using online services and to promote the government's controversial views on social media."
"States can't do by 'warning label' what they can't do by outright ban. Trying to chill speech through stigma is still unconstitutional censorship, and we're fighting to stop it in NetChoice v. Weiser," the organization announced.
"At its core, this case is about one thing: compelled speech. Colorado is trying to force private websites to act as a mouthpiece for its preferred message," said @Paul_Taske, co-director of the NetChoice Litigation Center.
"The state is free to share its view on any topic it wishes, but it cannot force private businesses to speak for it. When the government speaks for itself, there is no problem, but when it coerces others to speak, the government plainly violates the First Amendment."
The state's latest battle against constitutional rights involves its scheming to force websites and online publishers to state the state's messages, whether they agree or not.
"It doesn't matter whether it's a billboard, a newspaper or a website—the government can't force businesses to malign themselves because politicians don't like them," the organization said.
The state already has been at war against Christians multiple times in recent years, attempting to force them to spout the state's leftist messaging, specifically regarding the LGTB agenda.
Under homosexual Gov. Jared Polis, the state went all the way to the Supreme Court to try to force baker Jack Phillips to promote same-sex ideology with his cake artistry. The state lost, and got scolded by the high court for its "hostility" to Christianity.
The state did the same thing with a wedding site web designer, and lost again.
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U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is coming under fresh fire for voicing what's being called a "fake ghetto" accent in an apparent attempt to appeal to black voters.
New video clips of the congresswoman have been posted on X, demonstrating two versions of Crockett, one sounding highly educated, and another less than erudite.
In the first clip, the so-called rising star of the Democrat Party says eloquently: "First of all it's good to see you in the new year. You know, no one could have told me that when I went down to Austin, now it looks like a little bit over a year ago that I would be running for Congress."
In the second juxtaposed clip, Crockett sounds more urban, saying: "Maybe 'cause these people, they are crazy. 'Cause they always talk about how Christian they is.
"Yeah, I don't know how many o' dem on dat side are getting divorced 'cause they gettin' caught up sleeping' with they coworkers, staffers, interns, all the things. Yeah, you ain't gotta believe me.
"Just go Google. You'll find some of it. I'm tellin' you, and the wives is bein' messy and petty. They puttin' in the divorce. I'm like, 'Woo! That's gotta be true 'cause your lawyer would know that they gonna lose it … .'"
Investigative journalist Laura Loomer said of the urban-sounding Crockett: "How the hell did this Shaniqua get into Congress? Can we get an Ebonics translator option on X?
"This is who @TheDemocrats call the new face of their party. A literal hood rat."
Other commenters online noted:
"I need it translated to English."
"It's a fake ghetto shtick. She's way upper middle class. And I predict she will drop that BS when she is up for reelection within new district parameters."
"Except that she's posing as a hood rat which to me is worse than wearing blackface on Halloween. She literally thinks she has to speak ghetto to identify with blacks because she's a privileged rich educated lawyer. Can you get anymore racist than that?"
"As a child, this woman attended Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School, in a zip code that is literally 2% black, and Rosati-Kain Academy, which is in Central West End, the most affluent neighborhood in St Louis. She grew up middle class with both parents at home."
"That's an act. And a poor one at that. I've said it before, it takes more to become a janitor working for the government than it does to become a congressperson."
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An appeals court has affirmed that the administration of President Donald Trump does have the authority to claw back billions of dollars handed out by the Joe Biden administration as his single term in office closed down.
One government official described how the cash handouts to favored Democrat interests amounted to dumping "gold bars" off the Titanic.
The Washington Examiner reported the decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals overturned a decision by Trump-opposing Judge Tanya Chutkan that the clawbacks couldn't happen.
The new ruling now allows Trump's Environmental Protection Agency to slash billions of dollars in grants that green groups were expecting under the Biden handout program.
Judges Gregory Katsas and Neomi Rao said the clawbacks could go forward; Cornelia Pillard dissented.
The ruling said Chutkan "abused" her discretion by issuing an injunction preventing EPA from rescinding the billions in handouts.
Further, they said the plaintiffs were not likely to succeed in their case because it belonged in the Court of Federal Claims, rather than the district court, the report said.
"Moreover, the equities strongly favor the government, which on behalf of the public must ensure the proper oversight and management of this multibillion-dollar fund," the ruling said.
Chutkan had wanted the green groups to be given access to the cash.
A report at RedState said the disputed amount involved in this case totaled about $16 billion.
"The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has again handed the administration a win with a 2-1 decision handed down late Tuesday morning in a case involving EPA grants. Remember the stories about the gold bars being (figuratively) pitched overboard in the waning days of the Biden administration? Yep, those are the funds at the heart of this litigation.
"But in issuing the decision, Judge Rao hearkened back to the hubbub over the 'gold bars' story: The sheer scale of the grant program and the method of allocating billions of dollars drew public attention and criticism. The record includes a widely publicized video in which an EPA employee was recorded describing how 'until recently' his role was to make sure proper 'processes are in place to … prevent fraud and to prevent abuse,' but after the election of President Donald Trump, EPA was 'just trying to get the money out as fast as possible before they come in and … stop it all,'" the report said.
The employee compared the situation to "throwing gold bars off the Titanic."
"As Rao rightly notes, there is a proper jurisdiction for claims of the nature brought by these grantees, and that is the Court of Federal Claims — and even that court may not issue injunctive relief," the report said.