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A radical transgender activist, Kendall Stephens, a man who poses as a woman, has been arrested for allegedly raping two young boys.

A local ABC affiliate described Stephens as a "prominent LGBTQ+ activist in Philadelphia."

The charges filed by the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General allege the 37-year-old "raped two boys under the age of 13," the report said.

A social media posting listed the pending charges as rape, obscenity to minors, assault, corruption of minors, unlawful assault to minors, and involuntary deviant sexual intercourse."

His bail was set at $250,000 and the next court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 29.

The report said the AG's office takes up such cases if local district attorneys have conflicts, and the Philadelphia prosecutor's office offered no comment.

The report continued, explaining Stephens had reported being attacked in his Point Breeze neighborhood, and alleged he was targeted "by a violent group for being a trans woman."

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently ignored the need for a ruling on so-called "gay conversation therapy," which is counseling that addresses unwanted same-sex ideologies and encourages people to live as the gender they were born.

There's a conflict among the circuits on the issue, which has been in court for years already. It erupted because LGBT activists over and over have demanded that governments censor the speech of counselors, especially those working with youth, and ban them from encouraging anyone to live as the sex they were born.

On the other hand, counselors are encouraged to promote LGBT lifestyle choices.

The Supreme Court's most recent action was to decline to hear the case of a Washington state counselor who is being censored by the state.

The high court's abandonment of speech rights drew a rebuke from Justice Clarence Thomas, who stated, "A law that restricts speech based on its content or viewpoint is presumptively unconstitutional and may be upheld only if the state can prove that the law is narrowly tailored to serve compelling state interests."

The justices also were rebuked by President Tim Wildmon of the American Family Association.

"That the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear this case is not only disappointing, it’s tragic. We have already seen the First Amendment under assault for employees in corporations, parents at local school board meetings, for students on college and university campuses, and elsewhere.

"Now mental health professionals are being gagged when it comes to offering a different perspective on sexual brokenness. It is becoming increasingly clear that Christians must get involved in the political arena if they are to continue enjoying the constitutional protections we have all taken for granted. But in the meantime, Christians in deep blue states should also realize that staying in places like Washington will mean living in a Marxian nightmare, where those rights are already disappearing before our very eyes."

And now a new report reveals that the "evidence" used to support such content-based speech restrictions is faulty – and that the risk of suicide increases where officials impose such speech limits.

The report from The Federalist stunningly offers evidence directly contradicting the oft-made claim from LGBT activists that such counseling increases the risk of suicide.

The report noted some 26 states impose some level of speech censorship on the issue, "at least partly based on studies claiming 'conversion therapy' increases LGBT Americans' suicide risks."

But the report confirmed, "Yet every existing study that makes this claim is seriously scientifically unsound, several research reviews recently found."

The actual information in one study often used to support the censorship schemes shows the opposite of what its authors claim, the report said.

The problem is simply a failure to adhere to common rules for research.

The Federalist report explained, "Every study published since 2009 on therapy for people struggling with sexual orientation distress used the same major scientific flaw [Ruth Institute researcher Paul] Sullins identified in a 2020 paper, Christopher Rosik, a psychologist at Fresno Pacific University, found in 2022 with a research review. All failed to control for suicidal thoughts and actions LGBT people expressed before they went to 'conversion therapy.'

"The studies claim 'conversion therapy' caused the LGBT study participants to have more suicidal thoughts and attempts, but not one separated the suicidal thoughts and attempts that occurred before starting therapy," the report confirmed, "It’s not only logically impossible but scientifically invalid to say something that came after a first thing caused the first thing. But that’s what every single one of these studies did."

Sullins explained, "The evidence shows that SOCE [sexual orientation change efforts] is fairly effective at preventing suicide attempts."

Yet the manipulated studies' conclusions have been used to ban therapists from helping distressed patients across the country, the report said.

The Federalist reported Sullins reran the numbers obtained by pro-LGBT researchers, with proper controls, and confirmed two-thirds of the LGBT participants' suicidal thoughts and attempts in the 2020 study happened before they went to therapy for help with their sexual orientation.

"That means therapy couldn’t have caused the majority of LGBT people’s suicidal thoughts or attempts because most happened before therapy," the report said.

And, the report said, Sullins confirmed what would be an ordinary logical conclusion, that much-condemned "conversation therapy" actually reduced suicide attempts and intentions by up to 80%.

The report warned, "If therapy does reduce suicidal thoughts and attempts, these talk therapy bans and the Supreme Court’s refusal to end them enable higher levels of distress and self-harm for LGBT Americans."

Sullins reported that in some faulty studies, the decision to "ignore time order in attributing causation" actually was an intentional fraud built into the results.

He confirmed the four most recent studies the American Psychological Association and U.K. Government Equalities Office cited when publicly supporting censorship schemes were built on the same error.

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China's threat to America now includes schemes to disrupt power and water supplies, communications, and even transportation systems, according to officials cited in a new report.

Experts quoted by the Washington Post explained that hackers linked to China's People's Liberation Army already have succeeded in breaching "the computer systems of about two dozen critical entities over the past year."

The goal, the report describes, is to find ways to "sow panic and chaos or snarl logistics in the event of a U.S.-China conflict in the Pacific."

Those in a bull's eye already include a water utility in Hawaii, a port along the West Coast, and an oil and gas pipeline, those experts told the publication.

"The hackers also attempted to break into the operator of Texas’s power grid, which operates independently from electrical systems in the rest of the country," the report noted.

The report, citing anonymous sources, said there also were several targets outside the United States.

The report noted no industrial controls so far have been disrupted, but the fact that Hawaii has been targeted suggests the intent to impact America's operation of its Pacific Fleet, such as shipping troops or equipment.

The report said there previously were reports of a "Volt Typhoon" campaign being conducted against the U.S.

"It is very clear that Chinese attempts to compromise critical infrastructure are in part to pre-position themselves to be able to disrupt or destroy that critical infrastructure in the event of a conflict, to either prevent the United States from being able to project power into Asia or to cause societal chaos inside the United States — to affect our decision-making around a crisis," charged Brandon Wales, who is with the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

"That is a significant change from Chinese cyber activity from seven to 10 years ago that was focused primarily on political and economic espionage."

An official with the National Security Agency said in the report Volt Typhoon activity is focused on "Indo-Pacific region" targets.

Joe McReynolds, of the Jamestown Foundation, explained the hackers are trying to uncover a way to get into the computer systems without detection.

The report noted the Office of the Director of National Intelligence already has admitted the China is capable of delivering cyberattacks that would create disruption for America.

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Pro-family activists in the far-left community of San Francisco have forced drag queen radicals to clean up their plans for a story hour, according to a report from the organization Mass Resistance.

"Instead of men in drag reading offensive LGBT books to kids … an actual woman showed up and read normal children's books," the organization confirmed.

The pro-family organization reported, "Drag Queen Story Hour (DQSH) is a loathsome propaganda routine where men dress up in garish women’s clothes and read offensive LGBT story books to young children. It’s showing up across America in public libraries and other venues. Its stated goals are to push 'gender fluidity' on kids, give them 'glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models,' and help them be 'their true selves' with 'no gender restrictions.'"

The story hour ideology and campaign "originated" in San Francisco.

The most recent fight arose in Redwood City, near San Francisco, a "very liberal and strongly pro-LGBT area."

But there also are "pro-family conservatives" there too, the report said.

"Last month when word got out that the Redwood City Public Library was holding a Drag Queen Story Hour, local conservatives decided it was time to do something effective. One of them contacted us. She told us that last year, some locals showed up and protested outside the library to voice their disapproval when the toxic event took place. But it had no effect."

That's when Mass Resistance offered some advice.

"This time, we made it very clear to the library staff and the event’s organizers that pro-family activists in town were planning something in opposition. First, one of our people specifically asked the library staff to give us as much information as possible about the event. Who was going to be the drag queen? (We wanted to do a background check.) Who else was going to be involved? What books would be read? What else was going to take place?"

The library stonewalled, but, the report said, "Just asking those questions alarmed the organizers. They surely already knew that MassResistance had a history of success derailing DQSH events across the country."

Then just before the event, a local leader scouted the room where the indoctrination was scheduled.

"The organizers got the message and decided to back off from their extreme content," Mass Resistance reported.

At the event itself, a dozen pro-family activists arrived early to get front-row seats.

"They brought small signs and prepared to hold them up when the event began. The first thing they noticed was that police officers were already in the otherwise empty room. But they did not prevent our people from going in and taking the front seats on one side," the report documented.

More pro-family activists stood outside the library.

The report then confirmed, "The person who showed up to read to the kids was not a drag queen! Instead, it was a woman wearing lots of make-up and an outsized dress. She read two innocuous (and uninteresting) children’s books with no sexual or LGBT messaging."

Mass Resistance pointed out, "If pro-family activists can pull this off in a far-left corner of America, it could be done anywhere!"

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A report from KSL Television documents how dozens of students at Layton Christian Academy, in Layton, Utah, scrambled to help at an accident in their school parking lot, lifting a car so that a mother and child who had been hit and trapped underneath could be rescued.

The report said the mother and two children were hit, but one child, a 3-year-old girl, was able to scramble free on her own.

The mother and her 2-year-old son couldn't, being trapped by the vehicle's weight.

Chris Crowder, an associate pastor of the church that runs the school, and the school CEO, noticed the commotion.

"I didn’t know what was going on," Crowder told the broadcast outlet.

"I looked across the parking lot and noticed the car and they were screaming so I ran over there and I looked under the car and I saw mom and child underneath the car pinned. It was a split second. I immediately just ran into the building because I knew I had to get a lot of people to lift this car. We have about 220 domestic kids and over 300 international kids at the school. They just heard me yell. All these kids from different countries just come running out and lift it."

Surveillance video shows school kids running out of the building and surrounding the car to lift.

"An airman from Hill Air Force Base then pulled the mom and child to safety," KSL reported.

Crowder said the kid heroes, "picked up the car on the one side, 20 to 30 kids, just an inch or two, enough for the air force gentleman (who) was able to pull them out. The kids were heroes, as well as the gentleman that was there and pulled them out."

The 2-year-old was taken by air ambulance, and the mom and girl by vehicle, to be hospitalized.

"The mom has the most serious of the injuries. She is expected to have to undergo several surgeries," the report said.

Crowder said the situation was dire.

"The car was resting on mom and she had (her boy) in her arms and I think she protected him."

He continued, "It’s a miracle. We have just seen God do so many things here and this is one of them. The car went over all three (of them)."

Revolver News said, "In a time when many young people appear desensitized and detached from society, it’s heartwarming to witness a large group of teenagers coming together to assist a mother and her two children. All too often, we come across videos of people in distress, and instead of rushing in to help, bystanders stand around, filming with their phones, hoping for a 'viral hit.'

"However, there’s a glimmer of hope for the future, thanks to the actions of dozens of Christian teens. When they saw a family in need, they jumped into action, running to help and working together to rescue them. Truly heroic behavior from this Christian kids."

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Rep. James Comer, one of the U.S. House members investigating the suspicious money dealings of the Biden family over recent years, a scheme that already has been described as a massive multi-million dollar influence-peddling operation, has schooled a network anchor who argued the Democrat talking point that there's "no evidence" against Joe Biden.

The Washington Examiner explained Comer, the House Oversight Committee chief, has been attacked by legacy media operations for his investigation that has documented suspicious activity, including the fact the Biden family set up a multitude of shell corporations while he was vice president, corporations that took in millions of dollars from foreigners, including sources in China and Russia, after he was out of office.

Comer told NBC's Ryan Nobles exactly what he thinks of their defense of the Biden family's business dealings.

He charged that, "The American people aren't buying what you're selling" and added that the "mainstream media" is covering for the Bidens.

During al lengthy verbal fight, in which Nobles routinely spoke over Comer and didn't let him finish an answer, Nobles repeatedly "echoed White House claims that some evidence showed a simple loan, while Comer, a banker, said there is no proof of a loan and instead the transactions suggested influence peddling," the report said.

Nobles accused Comer of misleading, stating, "You're calling it an influence-peddling scheme, and you don’t even know definitively whether or not it’s a loan?"

Comer's response came immediately, and directly.

"You don’t understand. It’s like you’re financially illiterate. You look like a smart guy on TV. Listen, I’m a banker. You know, I’ve been involved in a bank board for a long time. The money that the Bidens pay Joe Biden back with came from influence peddling."

Nobles' claims were accompanied by no evidence, and Comer pointed out that was part of the problem. What now is perceived to be lucre paid to Joe Biden, the White House claims, are checks for $200,000 and $40,000 in repayment of a "loan."

But there's no evidence, Comer pointed out, of the actual money being loaned in the first place. He challenged Biden and his defenders to simply show that check.

The investigation likely is leading soon to a House vote on impeachment proceedings against Joe Biden.

Comer has been releasing actual findings and evidence for several weeks already.

That so far suggests the Biden family set up a myriad of shell companies to take money from people in Russia and China and other countries – an estimated $20 million – for providing no services other than access to Joe Biden and his influence.

Comer said, "I think that at this stage, we have more than enough evidence to continue with the impeachment inquiry. My job as chairman of the Oversight Committee was never to impeach. That's the Judiciary Committee. My job was to follow the money. We followed the money. The media has changed the goalposts so many times of what we had to find. You all said for months, 'OK, find evidence where Joe Biden benefited directly from the influence-peddling ...' We have seven transactions now that show that, and you say, 'Oh, well, there's evidence it's a loan.' It's not hard to prove a loan. Again, if I loaned you $240,000, I should have a check or wire to you. What they are showing the press is a wire from a law firm. Who knows where the money went into the law firm? The law firm could easily dispel this. 'Oh, OK, we've got a check from Joe Biden.' Somewhere, Joe Biden should have a check."

When Nobles insisted there's no "hard evidence," Comer pointed out, "Bank records don't lie."

Congress has subpoenaed Hunter Biden, who apparently was a key player in the business dealings, to testify in a closed hearing next week.

Comer noted it's concerning that there's evidence of Joe Biden's "involvement in the Ukrainian prosecutor, taking monies from China, Uzbekistan, Russia, for things we don't know what they did to receive the money."

In fact, Joe Biden, routinely took Hunter Biden along on Air Force Two during his international travels so that Hunter could meet with business operatives at those times.

Evidence reveals, too, that Joe Biden was at meetings and on phone calls when those business leaders were in discussions with Hunter Biden.

There's an FBI document suggesting Ukrainians paid $5 million bribes to Joe and Hunter each, and Joe Biden himself is on video boasting that he threatened Ukraine with the loss of American financial help if it didn't fire a prosecutor looking into corruption at Burisma, an energy company paying Hunter Biden some $1 million a year to be on its board.

Nobles claimed there was a "paper trail" documenting that some of the payments to Joe Biden related to "loans," but Comer said Congress has yet to see that evidence.

"What they have shown the press is not proof of a loan," he explained.

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Staff members at the Yolo County Public Library in California attacked the free speech of the local Moms for Liberty organization, and now are facing a First Amendment lawsuit over their censorship scheming and actions.

It is the Institute for Free Speech that said it, along with the ADF, filed action in a federal court on behalf of the parent's organization "challenging the unconstitutional actions of Yolo County Public Library officials."

They are charged with having policies and practices that violate the First Amendment because they have acted in ways that revealed their absolute intolerance for viewpoints with which they disagree.

"The government censoring Americans for voicing their opinions is a clear violation of First Amendment rights. Yet, that’s what the staff of the Yolo County Public Library did at an event organized by the local chapter of Moms for Liberty," the institute reported.

"The case stems from a 'Forum on Fair and Safe Sports for Girls' event organized by M4L in August to discuss the issue of biological males competing in female sports. M4L paid to reserve public space in the library for the event. However, Library Regional Manager Scott Love invited disruptive protesters to the event and then shut down the forum almost immediately after it began," the institute reported.

The legal action seeks injunctions against the library's "unconstitutional policies and practices."

The legal teams explained Love shut down the forum claiming that participants were "misgendering" people.

He demanded that all others adopt his belief that referring to "transgender females" as "males," which they are, or stating that "men" are participating in women’s sports would cause him to shut down the event, the institute reported.

"After participants continued using his disfavored terms and persisted in discussing their view that men are competing in women’s sports, Love made good on his threat to shut down the forum," the report said.

The library and its staff also are accused of actively organizing opposition to plaintiffs' events, directing protesters to attend and disrupt, and calling police to "urge action against speakers."

"Americans have the right to speak on matters of public concern without fear that government employees will censor them for doing so," said Institute for Free Speech Vice President for Litigation Alan Gura.

"Yolo County officials encouraged their ideological allies to disrupt speakers whose opinions they reject, and they actively censor speech that doesn’t match their views. We expect this case will reaffirm every American’s First Amendment right to freely share ideas in public spaces."

"Public officials cannot shut down speech they don’t like," noted Tyson Langhofer, senior counsel and director of the Center for Academic Freedom with Alliance Defending Freedom. "The organizers of this event have every right to express their concern regarding men in women’s sports, and library staff wrongly shut down the event. We urge the court to uphold the constitutionally protected freedoms of our clients."

The ADF reported that the library shut down the event over the speech of Sophia Lorey, the outreach director for California Family Council and a former collegiate athlete.

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