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Authorities in Colorado have begun a criminal investigation into Columbine High School, known around the world for its mass shooting there in 1999, after officials there falsely claimed an underage student was homeless so that she could move in with her female teacher.

And why the school's actions all were concealed from the student's concerned parents.

A report from a local CBS affiliate says the Jefferson County sheriff's office is doing the criminal investigation.

"This is not a story, this is a nightmare," the mother told the station's Shaun Boyd.

The family's names have been withheld in reporting.

It was three years ago that the mom found paperwork in her daughter's room revealing that teachers, counselors and even the principal had developed a plan to help her daughter run away from home.

"This was deliberate, it was calculated, it was intentional," the mom explained.

The school reportedly helped the student, a 17-year-old girl, lie on a federal form declaring she was homeless, then hid it from her parents.

An investigator hired by the school confirmed the student "was involved in an inappropriate relationship with social studies teacher Leann Kearney. They say Kearney was 'grooming' the girl," according to CBS.

School emails obtained through an open records case "show counselors purposefully kept the parents in the dark while they helped their daughter declare herself homeless so she could move in with a teacher," the report said.

It continued, "While counselors helped the girl fill out the form, they say Columbine Principal Scott Christy also knew about the girl's plans and didn't tell her parents."

When the mom originally uncovered the scandalous behavior, and confronted the principal with evidence, she was told, "Kearney takes interest in helping kids navigate their sexuality."

The teacher shortly later quit, and eventually lost her teaching license. But the results included the daughter, when she turned 18, leaving her home and being found months later, with Kearney.

The CBS report said there could have been a motivation behind the school's agenda, as, "Jefferson County receives hundreds of thousands of dollars for students who are homeless."

The district denied that.

The criminal investigation is reviewing, among other things, why the school employees "filled out a federal form claiming the girl was homeless when they knew she wasn't, even discussing in emails how to conceal it from her parents by not using their contact information."

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Various pastors and other faith leaders met in the Oval Office Wednesday to pray for President Trump, gathering around him as he sat at the Resolute Desk.

Margo Martin, a special assistant to the president and communications adviser, posted a photo on X after the meeting:

William Wolfe, the executive director of the Center for Baptist Leadership, was among the attendees, according to a report in the Washington Examiner.

"It was a huge honor to represent @BaptistLeaders and meet @realDonaldTrump today along with other Christian leaders and pray for him in the Oval Office," Wolfe wrote on X. "It's been an incredible day—been keeping this under wraps until it happened, but can't wait to share more!!"

Also in attendance was David Barton, founder of WallBuilders, who said it was an honor to pray for Trump at the White House.

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'These works of fiction either belong in the bargain bin of the fantasy section in a discount bookstore or should be repurposed as tissue paper'

A member of Congress has called out one publication for its use of a "nasty" – and furthermore inaccurate – headline to push salacious ideas about President Donald Trump.

It was the Daily Beast that trumpeted, "Don't Tell Melania; Trump once offered rising MAGA star his bed."

Then the publication went to social media with the promotion of its story that stated, "The new revelations reveal how Trump reportedly offered a female congresswoman his bed, as long as she kept it a secret from his wife."

The problem is that while the suggestive and salacious were all over the statements, the facts that made it relatively unremarkable were not.
Fox News reported the woman in question was U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., and she was, in fact, offered to use the bed on Air Force One by Trump.

But it happened when Trump gave the invitation in front of Luna and her husband at a time when she was pregnant, suffering from undiagnosed pre-eclampsia.

It developed this way, according to the report, "Alex Isenstadt, Axios reporter and author of 'Revenge: The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power,' made headlines with quotes allegedly said by Trump in a sneak preview published by Axios on Sunday. Among the quotes was one he allegedly said to Luna in 2023 offering her the bed on his jet when she was pregnant and feeling ill, though it included a joke about his wife Melania being jealous."

Trump reportedly said, to Luna, "If you need a bed to lay down in, there's one here on the plane. If you feel sick and you need to lay there, you can lay on it. Just don't tell Melania. She doesn't like other women on my bed."

Isenstadt noted that Trump was joking.

However, the Daily Beast left the joking description out of its report until later on, in the fourth paragraph.

Luna noted she seldom responds to "nasty headlines" so as not to give "trash" credibility.

But this one needed an answer.

She was experiencing complications, she said.

"As soon as @realDonaldTrump boarded the plane, being the gentleman and good person that he is, said if I did not feel well, I could use the back room. He did this in a respectful way and in front of my husband, of which we thanked him. He also assured me that they had a medical team on board in case anything happened and they were aware of how pregnant I was. This was the most compassionate thing that could've been done at the time. I find it disgusting that the author fails to recognize that. A few weeks later, I was induced because I did have pre-eclampsia . The author of this book never reached out to me for comment. Which means that this book is likely going to be a s— hit piece. If people in POTUS orbit are talking to this author, they need to be cut off immediately. This is gross."

The Daily Beast also was hit by Community Notes on X, with the explanation, "The woman in question was Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who has responded publicly to the allegation. She claims nothing inappropriate occurred, she was not asked for comment, and this situation is being presented out of context."

Fox reported, "White House communications director Steven Cheung denounced Trump books including Isenstadt's as a 'desperate attempt to make money off of President Trump's name because journalism is a dying industry with reporters peddling lies and selling their souls in order to make a quick buck.'"

He said, "These works of fiction either belong in the bargain bin of the fantasy section in a discount bookstore or should be repurposed as tissue paper."

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As violence continues against Tesla vehicles and dealerships across America, DOGE chief Elon Musk is now addressing the matter.

The Tesla co-founder and CEO responded to a comment from Insurrection Barbie on X, who noted:

"The left cannot name one thing they hate Elon Musk for. They cannot name one thing the has taken away from them. Or one thing he has done to earn their insane ire. History will study this deranged cult like behavior."

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'When you mess with our children, all other issues instantly become trivial. It is primal'

Progressives long ago took over teachers' unions and many school districts. They have their own ideologies and agendas, mostly far-left and extreme such as promoting the transgender segment of the LGBT lifestyle choices,, and fight parental rights in a multitude of ways.

They threaten catastrophes should moms and dads suddenly be assigned vouchers that would allow them to choose a private school over a public school. Parents, they charge, should not even necessarily be allowed to speak about the teachers' agendas, and have silenced them at school board meetings.

One radical, now former, school board member in Iowa claimed, "The purpose of a public ed is to not teach kids what the parents want. It is to teach them what society needs them to know. The client is not the parent, but the community."

And that agenda, if unchanged, according to a constitutional expert suddenly sharing his own feelings on the issue, will lead to a revolution of untold magnitude.

"Progressives' shock over the results of the last election could prove a prelude to what is coming if they continue down this road. There is no more powerful identity than that of a parent. When you mess with our children, all other issues instantly become trivial. It is not just passionate. It is primal," explained Jonathan Turley, the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University.

He's considered a constitutional expert, having testified before Congress on the subject, having represented Congress in court on related issues, and much more. He's also a parent.

"Many politicians are terrified of defying the far-left teachers unions. They and these 'experts' have no inkling of what is coming," he said.

His comments were prompted by a wild decision from the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that parents don't have the right to know if a school is indoctrinating their child into a transgender lifestyle choice.

That, he said, "could become the defining issue for many in the coming years. It is also a type of cultural war over what many of us view as a natural right over the raising of our children."

The 1st Circuit case was brought by Marissa Silvestri and Stephen Foote against Baird Middle School in Ludlow, Mass., "after they learned that school administrators did not inform them that their 11-year-old child had self declared as 'genderqueer' and that teachers and staff were using a new name and new pronouns for the student."

That all was concealed from them. In fact, school employees secretly "arranged for changes in everything from the use of male bathrooms to the exclusive use of the child's new name in class," he reported.

"In a truly Orwellian line, the [appeals] judges declared, 'As per our understanding of Supreme Court precedent, our pluralistic society assigns those curricular and administrative decisions to the expertise of school officials, charged with the responsibility of educating children,'" Turley noted.

"Most of us must have missed that memo. Few would believe that sending our children to a public school means we have transferred the most fundamental parental rights to 'experts' on rearing our children. We understand that schools need to maintain certain standards and conduct. However, changing the gender of a child is a bit more weighty than requiring a school uniform or stipulating nutritional choices in school lunches," he said.

Further "The Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment guarantees citizens that no state shall 'deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.' There is no part of our lives more valuable to most of us than our children."

He shared, "I remember when we had our first child and were escorted out of the hospital by a nurse. After helping my wife to the car, I turned around and was handed a swaddled bundle with a baby inside. The nurse then walked away as I stood there in a moment of utter panic. We were given a small human being at the curbside with the level of preparation of a Starbucks latte. I stood there looking at my son Ben with the same level of confidence that I would have had if handed a small nuclear device and then tasked with defusing it. You soon realize that you are all in."

And that's the difference, he said.

"Our children had us at hello. The moment that bundle was put in my arms, I changed. I was a dad and all of the prior priorities in my life suddenly became irrelevant. No one told me at the hospital carport that he was ours until he is old enough to be turned over to the expertise of public school officials. The fact is, by the time our kids go to school, we are the experts of that child. While teachers clearly have important training and expertise, they do not know that child. Not really. They were not there to perform monster inspections at 3 a.m. or to wrestle with a goat who decided to eat his favorite blankie at a petting zoo. They do not know that look when he is panicked or that curious smile when he is near tears. These experts took Child Development 101. We have a Ph.D. in our kids, a developmental dissertation on late-night fevers, sibling fights and orthodontic bills."

He said the Foote case needs to be moved up to the U.S. Supreme Court, for a ruling on a trend among education industry personalities who are making parents more and more alarmed.

"Faced with declining educational achievement and rising social agendas, many families are leaving public schools and others are demanding school choice in the form of vouchers. At the same time, there is growing support for a Parents Bill of Rights. The Trump administration can work with Congress to condition federal funding on schools' respect for parental rights, even if the courts do not protect such rights," he said.

"There is no greater natural right than the right to control the upbringing of our children. This right was not granted to us by the grace of the state. It rests with us as human beings. It is part of a panoply of natural rights embraced by the framers − a commitment made nearly 250 years ago in our Declaration of Independence," he said.

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Infowars founder Alex Jones has announced the murder of investigative reporter Jamie White.

The Austin American-Statesman reported the death may have been by criminals who were burglarizing his vehicle.

The Austin Police Department said White was found lying on the ground in a parking lot of the apartment complex where he lived.

He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

"We pledge that Jamie's tragic death will not be in vain, and those responsible for this senseless violence will be brought to justice," Jones said.

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Top Democrats, including some prominent members of Joe Biden's administration, are now without security clearances after they were revoked Monday by Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump's director of National Intelligence.

In a post on X, Gabbard cited a directive on the matter from Trump, who became victim to lawfare against him over the past four years by some names on the list, including Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Gabbard's statement says: "Per @POTUS directive, I have revoked security clearances and barred access to classified information for Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Lisa Monaco, Mark Zaid, Norman Eisen, Letitia James, Alvin Bragg, and Andrew Weissman, along with the 51 signers of the Hunter Biden "disinformation" letter. The President's Daily Brief is no longer being provided to former President Biden."

When Biden was in office, he famously said Trump, then a former president, should not have any intelligence briefings because of his "erratic behavior."

"There's no need for him to have that intelligence briefing," Biden told CBS News.

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DOGE, President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, has uncovered the fact that taxpayers have been paying for thousands of unnecessary computer software licenses.

And the work to cancel and end them already is under way.

A report from Fox News noted the 11,020 Adobe Acrobat licenses in the Department of Housing and Urban Development – with zero users.

There also were 35,855 ServiceNow licenses on three products, and only 84 were being used. And 1,776 Cognos licenses, with only 325 being used.

Of the 800 WestLaw Classic licenses, 216 were used, and there were only 400 users for 10,000 Java licenses.

DOGE chief Elon Musk explained, "There are vast numbers of unused software licenses in every part of the government. Your tax dollars are being wasted."

The announcement follows similar investigation results from the General Services Administration, Department of Labor, Small Business Administration, and Social Security Administration.

"Agencies often have more software licenses than employees, and the licenses are often idle (i.e. paid for, but not installed on any computer)," DOGE said on social media. "For example, at GSA, with 13,000 employees, there are 37,000 WinZip licenses," "19,000 training software subscriptions (and multiple parallel training software platforms)," "7,500 project management software seats for a division with 5,500 employees," "3 different ticketing systems running in parallel."

The statement confirmed, "Fixes are actively in work."

GSA spokesman Stephen Ehikian replied, "Hope we didn't make you wait too long… within 3 hours of @DOGE post, @USGSA is taking immediate action to reduce $5.5M of IT spend & working to identify additional reductions across all categories—ensuring strong stewardship of your tax dollars."

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Activist groups must cover 'potential costs and damages from a wrongly issued injunction'

For a long time federal law has allowed the government to ask courts to order plaintiffs who are suing the government to post bonds that would cover "potential costs and damages from a wrongly issued injunction."

Seldom has that provision in the law been utilized.

But it will be now, under orders from President Donald Trump, who explained in a new order Thursday, "In recent weeks, activist organizations fueled by hundreds of millions of dollars in donations and sometimes even government grants have obtained sweeping injunctions far beyond the scope of relief contemplated by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, functionally inserting themselves into the executive policy making process and therefore undermining the democratic process."

Those cases include challenges to Trump's decisions to fire executive branch employees, to cut off inappropriate funding and to eliminate fraudulent activities in the federal spending.

"This anti-democratic takeover is orchestrated by forum-shopping organizations that repeatedly bring meritless suits, used for fundraising and political grandstanding, without any repercussions when they fail. Taxpayers are forced not only to cover the costs of their antics when funding and hiring decisions are enjoined, but must needlessly wait for government policies they voted for. Moreover, this situation results in the Department of Justice, the nation's chief law enforcement agency, dedicating substantial resources to fighting frivolous suits instead of defending public safety," Trump said.

He said a key to fighting such abuse is "Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) (Rule 65(c))."

That mandates "that a party seeking a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order (injunction) provide security in an amount that the court considers proper to cover potential costs and damages to the enjoined or restrained party if the injunction is wrongly issued," Trump explained.

He said enforcement of that provisions "is critical to ensuring that taxpayers do not foot the bill for costs or damages caused by wrongly issued preliminary relief by activist judges and to achieving the effective administration of justice."

He then ordered that it now is the "policy" of the U.S. to demand that parties seeking injunctions "cover the costs and damages incurred if the government is ultimately found to have been wrongfully enjoined or restrained."

His instructions are that the heads of executive branch agencies are "directed to ensure that their respective agencies properly request under Rule 65(c) that federal district courts require plaintiffs to post security equal to the federal government's potential costs and damages from a wrongly issued injunction."

The instruction covers "all lawsuits filed against the federal government seeking an injunction where agencies can show expected monetary damages or costs from the requested preliminary relief, unless extraordinary circumstances justify an exception."

He pointed out that the rule actually "mandates the court to require, in all applicable cases, that a movant for an injunction post security in an amount that the court considers proper to cover potential costs and damages to the enjoined or restrained party."

In some cases the requirements could prove incredible. For example, in one case recently litigated, plaintiffs demanded that the government hand out $2 billion in cash to various organizations. Should a case such as that ultimately fail, the plaintiffs could be liable for the $2 billion in damages.

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Democrats attending President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday entered the room with frowns, consulted each other with pursed lips and glares at the GOP majority, and held signs expressing their politics, which often was at odds with what the American people have chosen.

But the real test of what they are for, and significant, what they are against, came in their actions during Trump's speech.

For example, the declined to applaud when Trump announced the capture of the terrorist who masterminded the Abbey Gate attack during Joe Biden's ill-executed withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. It left 13 American service members dead.

They refused to applaud a young boy fighting brain cancer as he was made an honorary member of the U.S. Secret Service.

They declined to applaud a call for lower taxes for middle-class Americans.

The White House took note of their performance, explain, "Tonight, President Donald J. Trump delivered bold, forward-looking remarks before a joint session of Congress — highlighting the historic accomplishments already achieved in his second term and setting the course for four years of prosperity and strength.

"Unfortunately, Congressional Democrats were too consumed by their own hatred of President Trump, refusing to show support for lowering taxes, fighting childhood cancer, capturing terrorists, protecting women and girls in sports, or law and order — to name only a few."

The White House statement noted the comment from former White House spokeswoman Dana Perino, now a network commentator, who said, "The Democratic Party still has no common sense. They have no ideas and they have no heart. They couldn't even stand for the most inspiring moments of the speech."

The rest of the White House list of topics where Democrats, by and large in unanimity, remained silent:

• Americans joining the military in record numbers
• Law and order
• Taking down illegal revenge porn
• Protecting women's sports
• The United States of America
• Working together to Make America Great Again
• Ending the harmful electric vehicle mandate
• Cutting regulations to unleash American prosperity
• Ending censorship and bringing back free speech
• Ending discriminatory "diversity, equity, and inclusion"
• Recognizing only two sexes
• Defeating inflation
• Unleashing American energy
• Ending waste, fraud, and abuse in government
• Ending taxes on tips, overtime, and seniors' Social Security
• Bringing manufacturing home to America
• Securing historic investments in American chip manufacturing
• Removing illegal alien killers, rapists, and drug dealers from our streets
• Securing our border
• Declaring the brutal Tren de Aragua gang as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
• Waging war on the deadly cartels trafficking deadly drugs into our country
• Punishing cop killers with the death penalty
• Promoting health and wellness among Americans
• Protecting our kids from radical gender ideology
• Ending the sexual mutilation of America's youth
• The return of American Marc Fogel
• Declaring America's youth are perfect as God made them
• Ending wokeness in the U.S. military
• Restoring American shipbuilding
• A student getting accepted to West Point
• Improving America's defenses
• Pursuing peace in Ukraine

Social media took note:

One commenter concluded the Democrats were "demons" and "gremlins."

One Democrat, Al Green, was ejected by the sergeant at arms for belligerently badgering the president while he was trying to speak.

Mark Halperin, a political analyst, pointed out the especially egregious refusal by Democrats to stand when Trump honored a 13-year-old boy fighting cancer. Trump's address noted that D.J. Daniel would be made an honorary Secret Service agent.

Halperin explained Democrats' attacks on Trump lose credibility when they act in an "aberrant" way.