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When Ketanji Jackson, waiting to be confirmed as a member of the Supreme Court, said she was unable to define a "woman," there were gasps in the gallery.
And WND commentator Michael Brown explained that the perfect follow-up to her answer, "I am not a biologist," to the question, "What is a woman?" would have been "Judge Jackson, are you a woman?"
He explained, "The reality is that even women on the left, including radical feminists, realize that if you can't give a simple, self-evident definition of the term 'woman,' then there is no such thing as women's rights. After all, if we don't know what a woman is, how can she (or he?) have equal rights?"
And if you thought Jackson's response was the epitome of that agenda, another quote has surfaced that puts Jackson in the shade.
It's a Democrat who said when asked if men (transgender women) could give birth, "I am not a doctor."
And if you thought Jackson's response was the epitome of that agenda, another quote has surfaced that puts Jackson in the shade.
It's a Democrat who said when asked if men (transgender women) could give birth, "I am not a doctor."
Media Research Center TV caught the video.
"This just takes the cake," the report said.
"A transgender woman could give birth… I am not a doctor."
JUST IN: @FlaDems Chairwoman @NikkiFried unable to say if a transgender woman/biological male can give birth or have an abortion
"I am not a doctor." pic.twitter.com/d1Jd8Y5PPJ
— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) February 7, 2024
The response came from Niki Fried, the party chair for the Florida Democrats. She had been asked the question by Florida's Voice reporter Owen Girard.
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When Joe Biden, at a news conference, called on a member of Congress who had died, it was startling. When he told a supporter, confined to a wheelchair, to stand up, it could have been concerning.
There might even have been times when it was amusing when Biden simply lost his train of thought and dropped a word, a name, or something else.
But now it's "alarming."
That's according to the New York Post, one publication among many reporting now on Biden's lapse in which he forgot the name of Hamas, the terrorist organization from Gaza that invaded Israel and butchered 1,200 civilians in October.
The Post explained that Biden "sparked fresh alarm" with his blunder.
"The oldest-ever U.S. president was asked a question Tuesday about the ongoing hostage negotiations between the terrorist group and Israel, after delivering a speech promoting the new border security bill."
Biden said, "There is some movement, and I don’t wanna, I don’t wanna …"
Biden, 81, then stared blankly.
"Let me choose my words — there’s some movement, there’s been … a response from the, uh…"
Again, the lost look.
"There’s been a response … from … the opposition, but, um —"
Then he suddenly looked up to his left and got the hint.
"Yes, I’m sorry, from Hamas."
Democrats were among those stunned.
"I admire our president. I voted for him and campaigned for him. He has visited my home and been gracious to my family and our country. But shame on all of you pretending everything is OK. You are leading us — and him — into a disaster, and you damn well know it," said Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., who is challenging the president for the Democratic nomination.
Biden, on other occasions, has, misidentified his grandchildren, repeatedly told train stories that could not have happened and of late, has been reported to be turning to gutter language when describing those he dislikes in private conversations.
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A new congressional report released by the House Judiciary Committee and its Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government has revealed scheming by Washington bureaucrats to spend millions of taxpayer dollars on propaganda driven by artificial intelligence that would censor information available to Americans.
"The purpose of these taxpayer-funded projects is to develop AI-powered censorship and propaganda tools that can be used by governments and Big Tech to shape public opinion by restricting certain viewpoints or promoting others," the committees said in a report.
It details how the tax-funded NSF handed out millions of dollars to pay for "artificial intelligence (AI)-powered censorship and propaganda tools."
Then, the report said, the NSF launched "repeated efforts to cover up and avoid political and media scrutiny."
"In the name of combatting alleged misinformation regarding COVID-19 and the 2020 election, NSF has been issuing multi-million-dollar grants to university and non-profit research teams," the congressional team said.
"Non-public documents obtained by the House Judiciary Committee and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government demonstrate that these federal bureaucrats, 'disinformation' researchers, and non-profit groups understood that their actions—'content moderation' and combatting so-called misinformation—amounted to 'censorship," Congress reported. "And yet, NSF forged ahead, supporting new technologies that would essentially enable the censorship of online speech 'at scale.'"
Congress reports that NSF tracked "any public criticism" of its work funding "misinformation projects," targeting legal scholars as well as journalists.
"NSF went so far as to develop a media strategy that considered blacklisting certain American media outlets because they were scrutinizing NSF's funding of censorship and propaganda tools," Congress reported.
The report charges that the funding of censorship schemes that would restrict Americans' access to valuable, and possibly life-saving, information was only half of the agenda.
"The committee and the select subcommittee have also obtained, via document requests and subpoenas, nonpublic emails and other documents that reveal a years-long, intentional effort by NSF to hide its role in funding these censorship and propaganda tools from media and political scrutiny," the report continued.
"From legal scholars, such as Jonathan Turley, to conservative journalists, NSF tracked public criticisms of its work in funding these projects. NSF went so far as to develop a media strategy that considered blacklisting certain American media outlets because they were scrutinizing NSF’s funding of censorship and propaganda tools."
The report said the campaign was in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
"The First Amendment prohibits the government from 'abridging the freedom of speech.' Thus, 'any law or government policy that reduces that freedom on the [social media] platforms . . . violates the First Amendment.' To inform potential legislation, the committee and select subcommittee have been investigating the executive branch’s collusion with third-party intermediaries, including universities, non-profits, and businesses, to censor protected speech on social media," the report said.
The report said, "The committee and subcommittee have uncovered serious violations of the First Amendment throughout the executive branch."
Those items include "the Biden White House directly coercing large social media companies, such as Facebook, to censor true information, memes, and satire, eventually leading Facebook to change its content moderation policies" and "Stanford’s Election Integrity Partnership (EIP)—created at the request of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)—working with the federal government to flag thousands of links and submit recommendations directly to large social media platforms to censor Americans’ online speech in the lead-up to the 2020 U.S. election."
The report explained the danger that the Biden administration's censorship plans contain.
"As egregious as these violations of the First Amendment are, each still faced the same limitation: the censors were human. Senior Biden White House officials had to spend time personally berating the social media companies into changing their content moderation policies. Social media executives expended considerable time and effort responding to the White House’s threats and evaluating the flagged content. Stanford had nearly a hundred people working for the EIP in shifts flagging thousands of posts, which was only a fraction of the number of election-related posts made in the fall of 2020. But what happens if the censorship is automated and the censors are machines? There is no need for shifts or huge teams of people to identify and flag problematic online speech. AI-driven tools can monitor online speech at a scale that would far outmatch even the largest team of 'disinformation' bureaucrats and researchers.
"This interim report reveals how NSF is using American taxpayer dollars to fund the tools that could usher in an even greater threat to online speech than the original efforts to censor speech on social media," Congress wrote. "The NSF-funded projects threaten to help create a censorship regime that could significantly impede the fundamental First Amendment rights of millions of Americans, and potentially do so in a manner that is instantaneous and largely invisible to its victims."
The report also noted the NSF still has refused to adequately comply with requests for relevant documents on the issue.
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King Charles III, who became monarch of the United Kingdom in September 2022 following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II, has been diagnosed with cancer and is suspending his duties while he receives immediate treatment.
Buckingham Palace announced: "During The King's recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted. Subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer."
"His Majesty has today commenced a schedule of regular treatments, during which time he has been advised by doctors to postpone public-facing duties. Throughout this period, His Majesty will continue to undertake State business and official paperwork as usual.
"The King is grateful to his medical team for their swift intervention, which was made possible thanks to his recent hospital procedure.
"He remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to returning to full public duty as soon as possible.
"His Majesty has chosen to share his diagnosis to prevent speculation and in the hope it may assist public understanding for all those around the world who are affected by cancer."
The 75-year-old ruler also apologized for putting off his upcoming engagements.
A spokesman added: 'Regrettably, a number of the King's forthcoming public engagements will have to be rearranged or postponed.
"His Majesty would like to apologize to all those who may be disappointed or inconvenienced as a consequence."
Charles' son, Prince Harry, will fly to Britain from his California home where he lives with his wife Meghan Markle, and their two children Archie and Lilibet, to be with the king.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacted to the news, tweeted: "Wishing His Majesty a full and speedy recovery. I have no doubt he'll be back to full strength in no time and I know the whole country will be wishing him well."
House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle told members of the British Parliament: "I know the whole House will wish to join me in expressing our sympathies with His Majesty the King following the news announcement this evening.
"Our thoughts are, of course, with His Majesty and his family, and we'd all wish to send him our very best wishes for the successful treatment and a speedy recovery following tonight's news."
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A YMCA camp's full-throttle acceleration into "wokeness" has prompted a warning from a local publication to parents.
"Heads up, parents!" suggests the Connecticut Sentinal regarding the Camp Hazen facility in Chester, after its announcement it is adding "all gender" cabins.
"Sleep-away camp is diving even deeper into the culture wars this summer, so you better make sure you read all of the fine print before you sign up your children for overnight experiences," the local publication warned parents. "Especially at the YMCA."
The report explained the "all-gender" rooms are for those whose identity may or may not fall into the male-female definition.
Or for those who simply decide they "don’t want to be in a traditional ‘gendered’ cabin for any reason."
But, the warning continues, there's more. That's why all the traditional boys and girls cabins now are "Boys+" and "Girls+."
"To make sure that all campers are included and feel a sense of belonging," the report said.
Those who will be allowed in the "Boys+" facilities include boys, transgender and non-binary campers who want to be there, and more.
Same for the "Girls+" cabins, the report said.
The publication warned parents, "There are literally ZERO cabins available for children who identify as the sex they were born."
And the report noted, "The YMCA, by the way, believes it is the morally right thing to do to allow children to identify as whatever gender they like, and stay in whichever cabin they want."
Camp chief Katherine Davies said the idea is to be "inclusive."
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New polling from Rassmussen Reports shows American voters fear Joe Biden is stoking the fires of a “civil war” in his obsession with an open southern border and his attacks on Texas’ efforts to protect the state’s citizens.
The polling on the topic asked, “Do you agree or disagree with this statement about the border dispute between Texas and the federal government: ‘The feds are staging a civil war, and Texas should stand their ground?’”
Washington Examiner columnist Paul Bedard documented that the results had 55% in agreement.
Only 36% said they didn’t agree.
By parties, more than three in four members of the Republican Party “agreed that Biden’s threat is hurting the country to civil war,” he reported.
Even 39% of Democrats agreed.
The poll said a significant majority of the public also supports the construction work being done by Texas along the border to secure it and close it to illegal aliens.
When Biden took office, he destroyed all of the border security programs that had been instituted by President Donald Trump, essentially opening America’s borders to anyone who wanted to come.
Since then, millions have overwhelmed the ability of border states to cope with the surge in demand for public aid. Texas for months now has been busing illegal aliens to northern cities that previously declared that they were “sanctuaries” for illegals, and now even officials there are unable to cope with the additional crowds, who often are dependent on public aid, and are insisting something be done.
Bedard reported a “sizable majority” of the public supports Texas’ border security construction, such as barricades of razor wire, and “feels that President Joe Biden’s efforts to stop it are the first step toward civil war.”
Sixty-nine percent of likely 2024 voters said they support Texas’ work, including 51%, a majority, who say they “strongly” back the program.
Biden has claimed Congress hasn’t given him the power and money to crack down on illegal aliens, but Trump, and former President Barack Obama, both made progress on the problem using already available programs and resources.
The report noted, “Pollsters have found Americans concerned about another civil war for nearly a decade, dating back to the Obama administration. Some politicians, notably Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), have called for a national 'divorce' between red and blue states, another topic that has been gaining steam.”
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Advocacy for firearms, the Second Amendment, and both shooting sports and self-defense long have been the domains of Republicans across America.
Democrats, on the other hand, largely have adopted a unified voice in demanding gun limits, restrictions, and even outright bans.
Until now.
A report from Washington Examiner columnist Paul Bedard explains that even now, “banning guns is a favorite [topic] for Democrats.”
“But they should be careful pushing too hard because the latest data about who is buying and shooting guns look a lot like a list of liberal Democratic voters,” he explained.
He cited a new study from the National Shooting Sports Foundation that discovered, “New shooters are more likely to be black, Democrats, Hispanic or Latino, younger, female, and from a large city or suburb. There are large increases in the percentages of new shooters who are young, female, and from a large city or suburban area.”
He noted the organization’s report, “Firearm Ownership & Sports Shooting Participation Report, specifically pointed out, “Compared to 2020, the percentage of new shooters who are Democrats nearly doubled.”
He noted that also nearly doubling was the percentage of adults shooting for fun, with now nearly 25% of the adults shooting and buying guns and ammunition.
”These are encouraging figures that are consistent with the other trends we see in the monthly FBI background checks and industry production reports reflecting growth in firearm ownership. Safe and responsible firearm ownership goes hand in hand with regular participation in shooting sports,” Joe Bartozzi, the NSSF’s president, said in the report.
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An appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is being filed on behalf of David Bloch, who was fired by a Vermont high school because he expressed his opinion that males and females are different.
School officials at the Windsor Central Supervisory Union district claimed that was bullying or hazing.
The ADF said this week it has filed a notice of appeal of a lower court's decision denying Bloch's request for reinstatement.
The legal team reported, "David Bloch founded the snowboarding team at Woodstock Union High School in 2011 and has served as head coach every year since. Under his leadership, the program has had success both on and off the slopes, including several individual state champions. Bloch is a practicing Roman Catholic who believes that God created males and females with immutable sex, and that, based on scientific evidence, there are only two sexes, male and female.
"He also affirms that sex is determined by a person’s chromosomes. But for sharing those views, school officials terminated his employment and barred him from future jobs in the school district."
"For more than a decade, Coach Bloch led the Woodstock Union snowboarding program to enormous success in terms of both athletic accomplishment and personal growth of the snowboarders. But for merely expressing his views that males and females are biologically different and questioning the appropriateness of a teenage male competing against teenage females in an athletic competition, school district officials unconstitutionally fired him,” said ADF Legal Counsel Mathew Hoffmann.
“The First Amendment ensures Coach Bloch, and every other American, has the right to freely express his views on a matter of profound public concern without government punishment."
The comments arose as part of a conversation initiated by team members about a male snowboarder, on another team, who claims he is a girl and competes against females.
Bloch explained his perspective that males and females have different DNA and that allows males to develop differently.
He said he believes the physical differences give males an athletic advantage.
The next day, he was summarily dismissed, with the school citing a principals' association belief that it's intolerable to reference a student "in a manner that questioned the legitimacy and appropriateness of the student competing on the girls’ team."
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The U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services are being sued for $100 million for playing "Russian roulette" with the lives of Americans after they allowed to enter the country an illegal alien who then allegedly raped and murdered a young American woman.
The New York Post reports on the case brought by Tammy Nobles, the mother who lost her daughter 20-year-old Kayla Hamilton, to the crimes of the illegal.
The assailant was an MS-13 gang member from El Salvador, the report said,
Nobles, who with another grieving mother testified to Congress regarding the impeachment inquiry of Alejandro Mayorkas, who has failed to enforce federal immigration laws, explained the horrors she experienced.
"For me this not a political issue this a safety issue for everyone living in the United States," she said in her remarks to the House Homeland Security Committee. "This could have been anyone’s daughter. I don’t want any other parent to live the nightmare that I am living. I am her voice now and I am going to fight with everything I have to get her story told and bring awareness of the issue at the border."
Later, in announcing her lawsuit, she pointed out, "Nobody at the border did their job and checked his background."
Police say Nobles' daughter was raped and strangled inside her Frederick, Maryland, trailer in 2022.
The suspect in the murder is scheduled for trial this summer on charges of murder, rape and robbery.
Authorities confirmed the suspect, a 17-year-old El Salvadoran, was a known member of Mara Salvatrucha, AKA MS-13.
Brian Claypool, Nobles' lawyer, said, "We’re bringing this lawsuit because we’re tired of being held hostage in our own country. We’re tired of DHS playing Russian roulette with our lives [and] with Kayla’s life"
The House Judiciary Committee also has revealed, "The Biden administration’s open-border policies have created vulnerabilities that criminal aliens and gang members exploit to the detriment of American citizens. The sad fact is that [Department of Homeland Security] Secretary [Alejandro] Mayorkas and the Biden Administration have failed to implement basic screening and vetting measures—such as checking with law enforcement officials in an alien’s home country—to ensure that those entering the U.S. are not dangerous criminals or known gang members."
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Supporters of the terrorism done by Hamas in Israel have spent a day in New York City screaming at little children hospitalized for ailments including cancer.
They bellowed "Shame on you" as the children peered out of the windows of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, which houses a pediatric center.
The target of their unbridled rage apparently was the fact that the hospital has accepted donations, to support care for children and others, from those with political positions that offend the pro-terror protesters, something with which the children have zero connection.
An article in the Geller Report, where the barrage against children was described as "PURE EVIL," explained that "terrified cancer-stricken children" watched from the hospital windows as protesters marched outside, with instructions to "Make sure they hear you, they're in the windows."
The report explained the protesters were part of a scheme called "Flood Manhattan for Gaza: MLK Day March for Healthcare" and apparently was organized by a group calling itself "Within our Lifetime."
"They explained their intent was to 'stand with the Palestinian people amid a grave healthcare crisis amidst the genocide in Gaza.'"
The "genocide" in Gaza actually has been for the past months Israel's military response to a terror attack by Hamas soldiers who on October 7, 2023, invaded and slaughtered at least 1,200 Israeli civilians, sometimes in the most brutal butchery imaginable, burning whole families alive and beheading babies.
The marchers explained online they wanted an end to U.S. aid to Israel and to chant at MSK "shame on you, you support genocide too."
Facing criticism online for targeting children, protest organizer Nerdeen Kiswani claimed, "We called out hospitals supporting the genocide in Gaza as Palestinian cancer patients are going to DIE w/ no treatment if not killed by bombs first. These facts ARE disgusting."
The children were targeted because, she said, the hospital to a "*400 million dollar donation* from billionaire Zionist Ken Griffin."