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There are a lot of threats to the rights of parents to raise their own children these days. Some schools have been caught forcing children into various religious ideologies, without parental permission.
Others, including several in Colorado, have been caught secretly campaigning for children enrolled in their classes to claim to be transgenders, and portray themselves in class as such.
Now those types of cases are going to be under federal review.
It is Just the News that revealed a new DOJ memo has directed the Civil Rights Division to work with various law enforcement partners to "identify threats to parental rights and freed speech" in schools.
"Recent years have seen a disturbing trend in which state and local authorities have brought radical gender and racial ideology into our public schools while suppressing dissenting viewpoints. Worse still, they have ignored, dismissed, and even retaliated against concerned parents who speak out against these morally and factually bankrupt ideologies and in defense of their own children," charged Attorney General Pam Bondi.
She explained the First Amendment guarantees the right of every citizen to speak freely, assemble peaceably, and petition the government for redress of grievances – including at public school board meetings.
Political ideologies, bureaucratic convenience and such do not overcome those rights.
The report said she specifically cited forced indoctrination that schools impose on children when they refuse to exempt them from teachings that violate their religious beliefs.
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Get ready for Democrats and other leftists, who long have called for gun limits, gun restrictions, gun bans and gun confiscations. to start defending the Second Amendment.
It's because there are reports the Department of Justice is considering the idea of banning transgenders from buying weapons.
After all, they could be argued to fall under existing restrictions on guns for those who have confirmed mental health conditions.
It is the Daily Wire that noted, "In the wake of the latest deadly attack on a school by a transgender-identifying individual, President Donald Trump's Justice Department is considering blocking trans-identifying people from buying firearms."
A DOJ source explained, "Individuals within the DOJ are reviewing ways to ensure that mentally ill individuals suffering from gender dysphoria are unable to obtain firearms while they are unstable and unwell."
The reasoning is that those who say they are transgender suffer from gender dysphoria, a mental disorder.
Specifics were not yet being discussed.
But the DOJ official said, "Under Attorney General Bondi's leadership this Department of Justice is actively considering a range of options to prevent mentally unstable individuals from committing acts of violence, especially at schools."
The most recent gun violence by a transgender happened last week at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis. Trans-identifying Robert Westman, who changed his name to Robin, but also admitted he regretted brainwashing himself, shot up a school, killing two students and injuring many more.
"Westman's actions came only two years after another trans-identifying killer, this one a woman who identified as a man, targeted Christian school children in Nashville," the report said.
The report continued, "A review by The Daily Wire found that the Annunciation school shooting and the Covenant Christian school shooting are just two examples of a steady stream of transgender-related violence over the past decade."
It continued, "The move would undoubtedly infuriate those on the left who believe that men can become women and women can become men — and that people who identify as transgender are not mentally ill but merely living in the wrong body. These critics argue that transgender identification is irrelevant when discussing school shootings and that even discussing the topic puts trans-identifying people in danger and should be off limits.
"In recent years, doctors, therapists, activists, and even President Joe Biden's administration have argued that people experiencing gender dysphoria will benefit from so-called 'gender-affirming care' — transgender surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers — claiming that these gender dysphoric people are more likely to kill themselves if they don't receive such 'care.' Opponents of these measures, including young people who underwent the procedures as teenagers like Chloe Cole, argue that 'gender-affirming care' does not mitigate the distress that gender dysphoric people have, but actually often exacerbates mental health issues."
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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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Federal judges are getting better at stopping jet flights returning foreigners to their home.
This time, Judge Sparkle Sooknanan ordered jets not to take off that were part of a program by the administration of President Donald Trump to repatriate children from Guatemala to their home country, and families.
Earlier, Judge James Boasberg infamously ordered several jets carrying illegal alien criminals being deported to turn around mid-flight, without acknowledging the fact they might not have enough fuel for a return flight.
The Trump administration did not comply, as the flights already were in international airspace and Boasberg, about whom ethics complaints already have been filed, had no jurisdiction there.
This time, the judge ordered the flights not to take off, leaving some children sitting in the aircraft on the runway.
A report at RedState explained the Trump administration was sending illegal alien Guatemalan children back to their home country, after requests by Guatemala and their parents.
That wasn't good enough for Sooknanan.
She issued a temporary restraining order halting the repatriation efforts "even as kids were already sitting in their seats."
The Trump administration had hoped to reunite nearly 700 kids with parents or guardians in Guatemala.
The judge stepped into the program and shut it down after "charter buses had already rolled up to planes in Harlingen and El Paso and, in some cases, children were seated on board awaiting departure," the report said.
Drew Ensign, a lawyer for the Department of Justice, said, "These are not removals under the statute. These are repatriations. All of these children have parents or guardians in Guatemala who have requested their return."
And Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, wasn't pleased with the court's decision to deny the children to opportunity to be reunited with family.
Sooknanan claimed her order was justified because the plan to return the children was happening in the "wee hours" of a holiday weekend.
Miller said, "Cleaning up the mess that Biden made was never going to be easy—his dereliction of duty (or purposeful malfeasance) led to millions of illegal aliens flooding our borders. Now the mainstream press and the Democrats cry foul and shriek 'cruelty' at any efforts to rectify the situation, when in reality it was they themselves who created this humanitarian disaster."
It is Boasberg whose antics have prompted accusations that he is a threat to the rule of law.
The DOJ has filed a complaint warning that he is undermining the nation's judiciary.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has explained the complaint over "misconduct" by Boasberg, a federal judge who once wildly ordered the administration of President Donald Trump to turn around airplanes that already were in international airspace to return the illegal alien criminals they were deporting to America, involved his "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.'"
Boasberg has fought the administration's agendas, including that for securing the borders and deporting illegal aliens, especially criminals, for months.
WND 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.
A report at the Washington Examiner said Blanche was responding to Boasberg's comments and said, the judge was in "serious breach of the judicial oath and a threat to the rule of law."
"This memo confirms that at least some federal judges were predisposed against the Trump administration," Blanche wrote. "Every litigant, regardless of politics, is entitled to a fair forum."
The report noted, "Other senior DOJ officials, including Chad Mizelle, called the report 'very troubling' and said it 'perhaps explains the completely lawless order issued by Judge Boasberg (which was unsurprisingly stayed by the D.C. Circuit).'"
The judge's misbehavior was revealed by the Federalist which confirmed investigative reporter and senior legal correspondent Margot Cleveland uncovered the fact that Boasberg, based in Washington, D.C., complained to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts that his colleagues were "concern[ed] that the Administration would disregard rulings of federal courts leading to a constitutional crisis."
Boasberg is the chief judge in the judicial district and has been at center of a judicial campaign to prevent Trump's agenda to secure the American borders and deport illegal aliens, those who are in the United States illegally, and often have committed subsequent crimes.
Further, Boasberg also was at the center of activism during President Trump's first term when Trump was under attack in the fabricated Russiagate conspiracy theory launched by the Hillary Clinton campaign and others with lies about Trump campaign collusion with Russia.
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Texas authorities have delivered cease-and-desist letters to groups and organizations that are shipping the deadly abortion pills into the state.
A report at Live Action News explains the letters are from the office of Attorney General Ken Paxton, and targeted three "radical organizations."
The state demands include an "immediate end to the unlawful advertising, sale, and shipment of abortion-inducing drugs into the State of Texas."
The warnings went to Plan C, Her Safe Habor, and California doctor Remy Coeytaux, who have been cited as shipping agents for the pills.
On social media, Paxton explained, Texas will not "tolerate the murdering of innocent life through illegal drug trafficking."
There's a law in Texas, as well as the federal Comstock law, addressing the shipment of deadly drugs into the state.
The AG's letters explain that "performing, inducing, or attempting an abortion is prohibited in the State of Texas…."
Further, it informs the abortion cartel players that the federal Comstock Act of 1873 bars the carriage in interstate commerce of "any drug, medicine, article, or thing designed, adapted or intended for producing abortion."
Paxton said, "This legal action follows two tragic cases in Texas in which radical abortion activists and organizations facilitated men illegally purchasing abortion-inducing drugs."
In one recent case a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against a virtual abortion pill business, accusing them of a forced chemical abortion that killed a child of a Texas woman against her will.
Further, Coeytaux is warned, "You have been named in a recently filed lawsuit as having shipped abortion pills into the State of Texas via your affiliation with Aid Access. … In Rodriguez v. Coeytaux, the plaintiff alleges that the abortion pills which caused the death of two preborn children were obtained from Aid Access via an order prescribed by you…. This conduct violates multiple state and federal laws."
"Texas also prohibits false, misleading, or deceptive trade practices under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA), Tex. Bus. & Comm. Code § 17.46," the AG's cease-and-desist letter to Plan C said."
Civil penalties for violations can reach up to $100,000 per violation.
The letter warns a refusal to comply could mean a formal investigation and "injunctive relief."
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Tina Peters, nearly 70, is imprisoned in Colorado in a Democrat lawfare case that erupted after the 2020 election.
She was convicted in the leftist courts of the leftist state of infringing their rules regarding passwords for elections systems and jailed, even though the state's current secretary, Democrat Jena Griswold, unleashed hundreds of active passwords online and was given a free pass by Democrat prosecutors.
Her case is being appealed, and even President Donald Trump has told the DOJ to check for options to intervene in the state case.
"If you're just going to stand after you've done all those things. Yeah. A lot of people won't do that. They'll throw it on haphazardly, and then the armor, and then they'll go hide somewhere, wait for a miracle to happen. You got to stand. You got to stand no matter what," she said in an interview with Joe Hoft.
WND reported only days earlier that President Donald Trump renewed his call for freedom for "Patriot" Peters, a former Colorado county elections official jailed by the leftists in the state on their charges of election interference.
She was indicted, convicted, and jailed for allegedly releasing one inactive password to an elections system several years ago.
However, Griswold was given a free pass for having hundreds of current passwords online.
Griswold earned the backing of the Democrat political machine in her failed attempt to remove President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot, a move that was approved by her own all-Democrat state Supreme Court but reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Continuing the "torture" of Peters will bring bad things to Colorado, Trump promised.
"FREE TINA PETERS, a brave and innocent Patriot who has been tortured by Crooked Colorado politicians, including the big Mail-In Ballot supporting the governor of the State. Let Tina Peters out of jail, RIGHT NOW. She did nothing wrong, except catching the Democrats cheat in the Election. She is an old woman, and very sick. If she is not released, I am going to take harsh measures!!!"
During her sentencing, Matthew Barrett, the judge handling her state case, attacked her political speech, and denied her bond.
Peters' legal team has appealed her case to federal court, challenging the First Amendment violations and asking them to decide whether Tina Peters is being unlawfully imprisoned for her political speech.
The Post Millennial reported what Peters actually was accused of was providing someone with a security pass to review her county's elections system after she developed suspicions about the veracity of the voting system's conclusions.
Colorado Attorney General Philip Weiser, another activist Democrat, has asked the judge to dismiss Peters' petition to be released on bond pending the appeals process. Weiser, while claiming "No one is above the law," also has been completely inactive regarding any charges against Griswold for her involvement in released
Hoft prayed with Peters during her telephone call to him, from her prison location.
"Our dear Lord Jesus, we're so grateful to hear from Tina today. It lifts my spirit and heart, and we'll share more about what Tina's going through. Keep this story alive. We love Tina, and we thank you for protecting her and granting her safety in such a terrible situation. We know that you're going to be there for us until the end. We just need to hang in there, keep our faith, and have trust in you. Miracles, more miracles are going to happen by the day. In your name, we love you. Thank you, Tina."
Peters, whose case recently saw a new filing, explained, "Well, I'm still fighting, but I have a lot of hope. We got a lot of people praying for me, and I know a lot of people praying for you. And ultimately, that's what's going to save us all."
She explained, "You don't know how much courage you have until that's the only choice you have. You don't know. Some people will run, some people will freeze, and some people go forward into the fight. And people like you and me, we go forward into the fight. I mean, we just, you know what I'm used to say, it raises a Navy seal for nothing. It's like, we can't back down, we can't give up, and we can't give in."
WND previously reported that Peters "was a conservative in the far-left state, where the all-Democrat state Supreme Court partisanly tried to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot. Where virtually all of the top state leaders in the governor's office and legislature are virulently anti-Trump."
Further, it's where "leftists in population centers like Denver and Boulder openly advocate for Americans' rights to be violated in order to protect illegal alien criminals. Where abortion was made a state constitutional "right" and the state constitution's protection for voters against massive overtaxing plans routinely is undermined. For example, Democrat lawmakers, faced with constitutional limits on raising 'taxes,' routinely hike them anyway and then simply call them 'fees.' For example, state residents who license vehicles and pay taxes have to pay a 'fee' for roads and bridges. Visitors to the state using the same roads and bridges don't pay that 'fee.'"
Complete Colorado has noted there are multiple "missteps" by Griswold that now could come under review.
Previously, Griswold earned infamy among elections officials by sending postcards to some 30,000 non-residents, telling them how to register to vote.
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American business already has a long history of companies that "go woke, go broke," and now there's a new song celebrating the lunacy of wokeness.
Without apparent reason, except for the fact some of the companies' executives have fallen into leftist ideologies and can't get out, company after company has gone over the edge regarding social issues, and watched stock prices plummet.
The latest is Cracker Barrel, which just a day ago confirmed it is backtracking on some of its moves.
The company said it is scrapping its new logo, which inexplicably left off the "Old Timer," or "Uncle Herschel."
"We thank your guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel," the restaurant chain posted on X. "We said we would listen, and we have. Our new logo is going away and our 'Old Timer' will remain. At Cracker Barrel, it's always been – and always will be – about serving up delicious food, warm welcomes, and the kind of country hospitality that feels like family."
The new spoof song online animates Cracker Barrel's "Uncle Herschel," as it takes aim at the corporation's apparent goals:
The song cites Calvin Klein, Nike, Bud Light, "whack jobs Ben and Jerry" and more, various corporations or products that have actively pursued the "Go woke, go broke" business plan.
"Try selling folks what they don't want, you'll find there's hell to pay," the lyrics explain.
Social media? "EPIC," "Fabulous," "Love it" and "BRILLIANT MASTERPIECE."
President Trump reacted to the company reversal on Truth Social Tuesday night, saying: "Congratulations 'Cracker Barrel' on changing your logo back to what it was. All of your fans very much appreciate it. Good luck into the future. Make lots of money and, most importantly, make your customers happy again!"
He also shared an image of himself with an oil barrel "America First" logo.
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A high-school girls' volleyball team hasn't played all its scheduled games recently but keeps "winning" thanks to opponents forfeiting – due to a biological boy playing on the team.
Jurupa Valley High School in Riverside County, California, includes on its team AB Hernandez, a biological male "identifying" as a girl. In the name of safety, other teams have forfeited games, the latest being Orange Vista High School.
According to the U.K.'s GBN, the decision emerged following deliberations between student-athletes and their coaching staff regarding the scheduled Aug. 29 match.
Orange Vista emphasized that student welfare remained their primary concern throughout the decision-making process.
Riverside Poly High School initially brought attention to the issue after forfeiting its Aug. 15 match against Jurupa Valley.
"After thoughtful discussions our student-athletes had with coaching staff, it was decided to cancel our upcoming Girls' Varsity volleyball match against Jurupa Valley High School," said a statement from Orange Vista.
The report notes that Jurupa Valley High School defended its having a male on the roster by stating that they must comply with California state law protecting students from gender identity discrimination.
The district referenced California Education Code 221.5 (f), which mandates student participation on athletic teams matching their "gender identity."
According to his mother, Nereyda Hernandez, AB doesn't know the reason for the forfeits, i.e., his presence on the team.
"I understand the discomfort some may feel, because I was once there, too. The difference is, I chose to learn, to grow, and to open my heart," she explained to GBN.
"This is a child, and I can assure you that she sees your daughters as peers, as teammates, as friends, not through a lens of anything inappropriate," she stated.
Jurupa Valley High School told Fox News, "We understand and acknowledge the disappointment of our Jurupa Valley High School athletes who are ready and prepared to play. Decisions to cancel matches were made by teams in other districts."
Hernandez is the athlete who drew controversy last spring when he competed and won several track and field competitions in California girls' events, including two state titles.
A teammate of Hernandez, Alyssa McPherson, told Fox News it isn't fair for the other players, stating, "I just feel like it's so unfair that not only am I missing out on my senior season, but my other teammates, our JV team, and our freshmen team aren't playing either. And it's just so disheartening that they're not gonna have a season and we just want to be able to compete, play, and have fun."
She continued, "To me, I feel like this is just a fairness issue. … It's just so sad."
Since taking office in January, President Trump has taken action to try to inhibit the practice of boys playing on girls' sports teams and the presence of opposite-sex athletes in locker rooms. Multiple states and school districts have taken legal action against executive orders and other actions of the White House.
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Members of a women's swim team at Roanoke College in Virginia could end up being paid damages because the school subjected them, against the law, to having a male member on their team.
That's according to a ruling from Attorney General Jason Miyares.
Fox News Digital reported there are multiple lawsuits now pending over damages from women or girls on teams for females when the school involved demands they allow a male on the team.
But none has yet reached the stage of determining financial damages.
The Roanoke case may add light to that dispute now.
The report explained Miyares' investigation followed the school's demand that a male swimmer, who identified himself as female, be on the women's team in 2023.
"Miyares concluded that the college denied the female swimmers accommodations, advantages, and privileges on the basis of sex, caused the women emotional, physical, and dignitary harms and violated the Virginia Human Rights Act," the report explained.
He also suggested the state law allows the women swimmers who were injured to seek financial damages, as the school violated the Virginia Human Rights Act.
"A private complainant who has received a notice of right to file a civil action may file a civil action under the Act for compensatory and punitive damages, as well as injunctive relief," the report said.
Fox reported it obtained documents confirming that six women on the school's women's team "applied for May Term Travel Courses run by the school three days before a press conference took place in which some expressed their displeasure with having a transgender swimmer on their team."
Miyares noted, "Two weeks after the press conference, the Roanoke professors in charge of the Japan and Greece travel terms rejected the female swimmers' applications."
But, the report said, state law bars "unlawful discrimination and retaliation by educational institutions on the basis of sex" and said, "No educational institution may 'refuse, withhold from, or deny' any accommodations, advantages, or privileges on the basis of sex."
The result, the report said, affirmed, that, "Any implementation of a discriminatory policy would be considered discrimination under the law."
Roanoke's practice "that forces women participating in sex-separated collegiate sports to compete against individuals with the biological advantages of male puberty deprives those women of accommodations, advantages, and privileges made available to others on the basis of sex and violates the VHRA."
Miyares, about his report, said, "Men and women in competitive sports are separated for a reason. A male who has undergone puberty has a significant undeniable athletic advantage over females that no intervention can undo… the women's swim team endured, and is still enduring, emotional, physical and dignitary harm because of Roanoke College's failure to follow the law."
School officials at the time claimed they were working on "fairness" in athletics, but also insisted on an agenda of "supporting" the LGBT agenda.
Multiple Roanoke women's swim team members now are part of a lawsuit over the controversy.
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Target, just a few years ago, went totally woke by promoting LGBT, specifically transgender, products in its stores. Its stock fell, stores faced headwinds staying open and even now it's busy replacing its CEO.
And don't forget Bud Light, which partnered with a man who says he's a woman, and its popularity collapsed like a really bad souffle, and never has recovered.
Now it's Cracker Barrel restaurants, with a new "wokey-type" CEO, that is turning itself inside out, and gets a 7% stock plunge in just a day, or a collapse of $100 million.
A report at CBS said the company "shed almost $100 million in market value after its stock plunged … following the release of a new logo."
It now says "Cracker Barrel," after eliminating the "drawing of an overall-clad man leaning against a barrel, in favor of a cleaner logo featuring just the chain's name."
The slide appeared to halt on Friday.
The company has been working to change itself around.
The report noted, "It's unusual for a company's share price to plunge dramatically due to a logo redesign, although marketing missteps can cause investors to question a company' strategy. Cracker Barrel's overhaul has been overseen by CEO Julie Felss Masino, who last year described the chain as 'not as relevant as we once were,' and announced plans to update its down-home menu."
The company claimed, "Our values haven't changed, and the heart and soul of Cracker Barrel haven't changed."
But marketing experts have criticized the company's overhaul and many charged the company with going "woke."
And Bolt Health founder Kevin Dahlstrom, who has been marketing chief in several companies, said the rebrand is a "fiasco."
"The holy grail of marketing is to create a brand that customers give a damn about — and feel some ownership of. It's exceedingly rare and when you have that — as Cracker Barrel did — you NEVER EVER abandon it, you only double down on it," Dahlstrom wrote.
The company soared in the 1990s and its stock reached $180 in 2018. More recently, it has traded in the $55 range and its revenue has been growing by small numbers.
David Marcus, in a commentary said the company was abandoning customers and trading "authenticity for corporate slop."
"Few things in American life have felt as trapped in the amber of history as Cracker Barrel restaurants, with their recipe of comfort food served up in cozy confines that evoke a bygone era. It's little wonder Americans routinely wait for an hour to get a table after church, or welcome a road-trip diversion when they see the classic logo on a highway sign," he said. "Now, the cracker-jack whiz-kid marketing team at the iconic eatery's corprate headquarters has decided to forgo all of this, including possibly, based on public reaction to their changes, the long lines."