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Back in 2006, a North Carolina Central University student who worked part-time as a stripper was hired for a party held by the Duke University lacrosse team. After, she claimed she was raped by three team members.
The claims by Crystal Mangum destroyed at least for a while the lives of the three put an overzealous prosecutor behind bars and cost Duke millions of dollars, reports have confirmed over the years.
Now she's admitting, on video, what society has known for years: She made it all up.
In her statement, she said, "I testified falsely against [the lacrosse players] by saying that they raped me when they didn't…I made up a story that wasn't true…I hope that they can forgive me."
A report at RedState said Mangum had maintained her story even in a book she wrote in 2008.
But now, as she nears the end of her prison sentence for second-degree murder for the death of her then-boyfriend in 2011, she confessed, during an interview on "Let's Talk with Kat," at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women.
"I testified falsely against them by saying that they raped me when they didn't, and that was wrong, and I betrayed the trust of a lot of other people who believed in me," Mangum said in the interview. "[I] made up a story that wasn't true because I wanted validation from people and not from God."
RedState reported her allegations turned the community into a mob rule society.
"Players were ostracized and received death threats. The team was condemned by the faculty, and their season was suspended. Black Panthers set up camp on the quad. White residents of Durham were randomly beaten up. The local paper took the side of the stripper. The police intimidated witnesses who had alibis for the accused. The DA committed fraud, lied, and misrepresented information (he was eventually disbarred)," the report said.
It got worse, "A group of 88 Duke professors took out an ad in April of that year in the student newspaper, strongly insinuating without evidence that the players were guilty of racism, sexism, and rape, and saying they (the professors) were listening as the community shared their stories of feeling targeted based on their race/sex," the report said.
It was Democrat Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong who pursued the players, only to later resign in disgrace. He later was disbarred for his behavior and sent to jail for a day, the report said, over "fraud, dishonesty, deceit or misrepresentation; of making false statements of material fact before a judge; of making false statements of material fact before bar investigators, and of lying about withholding exculpatory DNA evidence, among other violations."
Roy Cooper, then attorney general but now governor, then declared the players innocent and announced charges were dropped.
Lawsuits against the city and Duke were later settled, reportedly for millions of dollars.
The report noted the accused players "went on to have successful careers."
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Big Tech, which largely has taken extreme anti-Trump positions in recent years, suddenly is reversing itself.
Already, Meta has agreed to donate $1 million to the inauguration plans for President-elect Trump. Now Amazon is making the same move.
A report from the Wall Street Journal described the move by Amazon's Jeff Bezos as working to "shore up ties" with Trump.
A report at the Right Scoop said, "Wow. They are lining up to smooth relations with President Trump ahead of his four year term. Next thing you know Bezos will be flying to Mar-a-lago to kiss the ring in person."
WND had reported only a day earlier that Meta, Mark Zuckerberg's corporation that owns, among other things, Facebook, had done the same.
The Daily Caller News Foundation explained that donation comes "amid a thaw in relations between Trump and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, with Zuckerberg paying a visit to Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club in Florida two weeks ago, according to the WSJ."
Meta had censored Trump following the disputed 2020 election, and the Washington Post, owned by Bezos, had been harshly critical of the Republican president-elect.
Officials said Amazon also will live-stream Trump's inauguration on its video service.
Zuckerberg's change of heart about Trump seems to have begun a few months ago when he wrote a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan admitting the Biden-Harris administration pressured Meta to censor content.
He expressed regret at having cooperated with the leftist agenda.
"I believe the government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it," Zuckerberg wrote. "I also think we made some choices that, with the benefit of hindsight and new information, we wouldn't make today."
Several Silicon Valley moguls, including Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos and Zuckerberg, congratulated Trump following his Nov. 5 election win.
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The speculation over Joe Biden's plans to protect his Democrat party cronies from prosecution for crimes they may have committed, through presidential pardons, is ramping up. This time it's Bill Clinton confirming that he would be willing to talk with Biden about a preemptive pardon for wife Hillary.
The Hill confirms in a report that Clinton is "open to having a conversation" with Biden about that special benefit.
Bill Clinton's comments came during his appearance on a television talk show.
He was asked, "Do you think it would be wise of President Biden to preemptively pardon any potential targets? What about your wife, Hillary Clinton?"
He responded: "I think if President Biden wanted to talk to me about that, I will talk to him about it, but I don't think I should be giving public advice on the pardon power. It's a very personal thing, but … I hope [Trump] won't do that."
The report confirmed Biden "has had discussions with his senior team about using the pardon power to protect Trump's critics, who could be targeted in the next administration."
Bill Clinton explained, "They've got a problem with her because first, she didn't do anything wrong. Second, she followed the rules exactly as they were written. Third … remember how the emails were such a big issue in 2016? Trump's State Department found that Hillary sent and received exactly zero classified emails on her personal device. It was a made-up phone story."
Bill Clinton previously has blamed the "mainstream media" for his wife's email controversy during the 2016 election.
Clinton created multiple scandals over secrecy during her time as secretary of State for Barack Obama. Those included her decision to physically smash multiple communications devices so that nothing could be extracted from their memories.
Further, she bypassed routine requirements for government officials and set up her own email server in her home and used it for official government business despite being warned it wouldn't be secure.
Ultimately federal agencies determined that 100 emails there "contained information that should have been deemed classified at the time they were sent." That included 65 considered "secret" and 22 considered "top secret."
Then-FBI chief James Comey announced that an investigation showed that Clinton had been "extremely careless" with her communications, but those words technically didn't qualify for a criminal case against her.
During his debate with Clinton during the 2016 race Trump suggested she should be in jail, and he subsequently has made references to her regarding criminal conduct.
But at the time he was elected, Trump chose not to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton's behavior.
He said then that would be a "terrible precedent" for the country. Of course, that was before the Democrats launched a long list of lawfare legal cases against him over what experts testified in court was his "ordinary" business operations, his comments about the 2020 election, and more.
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Officials from Louisiana are asking a federal appeals court to protect their ability to have public school classrooms display the Ten Commandments, a key component among the ideas and beliefs on which the nation was founded.
The state already has adopted such plans for its schools, although there is flexibility in the requirement that schools display posters including the Ten Commandments that acknowledge their influence on American law and history.
However, the ACLU sued and a federal judge put a hold on the law.
Now, represented by Becket, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and Louisiana Solicitor General Ben Aguiñaga are asking on behalf of the state for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to protect its rights.
"If the ACLU had its way, every trace of religion would be scrubbed from Louisiana's public square," explained Becket senior counsel Joseph Davis. "Thankfully our Constitution says otherwise: Louisiana is allowed to acknowledge every aspect of our history and culture—including the Ten Commandments."
The Becket report on the dispute explained religious symbols have been a fixture of American public life since before the Founding.
"Just after declaring Independence, the Continental Congress tasked Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams with designing a national seal. Though the Great Seal eventually adopted a different design, all three proposed overtly religious designs drawn from the Hebrew Bible," Becket said.
"Over the centuries, many state and local governments have followed the Founders' lead by including religious elements in their flags, seals, and buildings to commemorate history and culture and to acknowledge the beliefs of their citizens. Among the most enduring of these religious symbols is the Ten Commandments, which is even featured prominently on the walls of the U.S. Supreme Court."
Louisiana's law has schools display the Ten Commandments with a context statement explaining the history of their presence in public education.
Schools may choose to incorporate the Commandments alongside other historical documents, like the Declaration of Independence and the Mayflower Compact.
The ACLU's contention is that knowledge of such facts will harm children.
"Yesterday we filed our opening brief in the Fifth Circuit defending Louisiana's Ten Commandments law," said Murrill. "As we have illustrated in our briefs, there are numerous ways for our schools to constitutionally implement the law. And this should not be controversial: As the Supreme Court has said, the Commandments have historical significance as one of the foundations of our law. We look forward to the Fifth Circuit's decision in this case."
The case is to be heard by the appeals court on Jan. 23.
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There are leftists whose consideration and respect for the law of the nation and the states is negligible.
They are the Black Lives Matter types who did billions of dollars in damages to dozens of American cities when George Floyd died. They've also the type that inflict "swatting" situations on police departments and mostly Republicans when they are unhappy with election results.
In swatting situations, some offender calls in to police and describes a threat, a bomb, or a hostage situation and then gives the address of an innocent person.
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, R-Ga., has been targeted multiple times. So have those nominated for federal posts by President-elect Donald Trump.
Previously, the situations mostly been defused with sharp police response and quick discovery that there's no real threat.
But not this time.
A swatting incident that targeted Greene has cost the life of an innocent women who died in a car crash also involving a Rome, Ga., police officer responding to the swatting.
It happened because police got a "bomb threat" against the member of Congress.
Greene explained, "I'm heartsick right now. I was just informed that an innocent woman died today in an auto accident involving a member of the Rome Police bomb squad who was responding to the threat at my home. My prayers are with Tammie Pickelsimer, her family, the officer who was injured, and the entire Rome Police Department.
"These violent political threats have fatal consequences. It's an undue strain on our law enforcement who must treat them seriously. The officer was responding to protect my life. And now, a woman has lost her life because of this despicable act.
"The perpetrator of this crime has committed murder in our small community of Rome, Georgia. The police shouldn't have to respond to these threats and there should not be deaths caused at their hands. I'm so thankful for everything the Rome Police Department does to protect our city and for putting their lives on the line to do it. I'm sick to my stomach, but I'm also angry. This should have never happened and I pray it never happens again."
The Gateway Pundit explained, "Several prominent figures within Republican circles and President-elect Donald Trump's transition team have faced similar attacks, including bomb threats and 'swatting' incidents."
Trump campaign official Karoline Leavitt said, "Several of President Trump's Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them. These attacks ranged from bomb threats to 'swatting.' In response, law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted. President and the entire Transition team are grateful for their swift action."
Among the targets have been Rep. Elise Stefanik, nominated for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Howard Lutnick, selected as Secretary of Commerce; and former Rep. Lee Zeldin, nominated to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
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A report from Open the Books has revealed that under the anti-free speech agenda of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the government has handed out some $267 million to look at "misinformation" and how to convince Americans "it would be better if your voice were silenced in favor of the 'expert' class."
The report notes that Biden and Harris have delivered those funds to research grants "with the term 'misinformation' in the proposal."
"Of course, the COVID pandemic was the driving force behind so much of the misinformation debate. Sure enough, the feds have spent at least $127 million in grants specifically targeted to study the spread of 'misinformation' – or to help people 'overcome' it, so to speak — by persuading them to go along with COVID-related public health recommendations and mandates," the report confirmed.
Of course, the evidence now reveals that many of those campaigns, the experimental COVID shots, the masks, the distancing, simply were made up by various officials as they spoke, and did essentially nothing to help Americans.
"In one particularly brazen instance, $200,000 was spent slandering President-elect Trump himself. The grant resulted in a paper suggesting populist leaders and movements in various countries kept people from coming together in 'solidarity' and public officials need to have the 'main say' on health guidance next time," the report said.
Another instance of the truth being slapped with the "misinformation" label happened when the scandal erupted over FEMA workers "avoiding homes with Trump signs."
That was, until "FEMA itself admitted it had happened."
One of the pushers behind the anti-free speech agenda was Anthony Fauci, who is a former government health official who delivered to the public many of his mandates about COVID.
While he demanded "vaccines for children, masking and double masking, and six feet for social distancing," the report said, many requirements "have since been found to have dubious scientific basis."
"There is robust documentation by now proving that the Biden-Harris administration worked closely with social media companies to censor content deemed 'misinformation,' which often included cases where people simply questioned or disagreed with the administration's COVID policies," the report said.
Other reports have confirmed that what the Biden-Harris regime called "misinformation" or "disinformation" was nothing more than their political party's chosen opinion on an issue.
"In February the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government issued a scathing report against the National Science Foundation (NSF) for funding grants supporting tools and processes that censor online speech," the new revelations found.
That report said, "The purpose of these taxpayer-funded projects is to develop artificial intelligence (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."
That scheme actually involved spending $13 million in tax money on "censorious technologies."
"Federal spending records show at least $127 million tax dollars funding anti-misinformation efforts directly related to COVID-19 for a variety of activities, from on-the-ground advocacy working to dispel vaccine misinformation, to scientific studies on how supposed misinformation is spread online," the report explained.
"The result of all this was a record loss of trust in science and government and compounding economic and social disasters that may never be able to be fully quantified."
The report notes that when Biden and Harris took office, the spending on such censorship plans exploded from $2.2 million in 2020 to $126 million in 2021.
The report notes the federal government calls misinformation that which "has led people to decline vaccines, reject public health measures, and use unproven treatments."
"These definitions leave a lot of room for interpretation and abuse—who decides what the 'best available evidence' is at any given time? And who decides which experts should be considered authoritative or not?" the report charged.
"Famously, then-National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease director Anthony Fauci promoted the notion that people should stand six feet apart from each other to achieve 'social distancing' to reduce COVID transmission."
But Fauci himself later admitted to Congress that was simply made up and lacked any "scientific basis."
But that factor triggered the closure of schools, business and more, costing children massive learning losses and triggering business collapses.
In one instance, the report said, the Department of Health and Human Services spent more than $80 million "to build a network of nonprofits through which to disperse materials about COVID and flu vaccines."
"One notable research grant awarded to George Washington University in FY 2022 targeted former president Donald Trump. The study, called 'Pandemic Communication in Time of Populism: Building Resilient Media and Ensuring Effective Pandemic Communication in Divided Societies' received a $199,516 grant from the National Science Foundation," the report said.
"Researchers on this Biden-era grant examined how so-called 'populist' leaders supposedly prevented society from coming together in 'solidarity' during the COVID pandemic. Trump's presidency was a focus of the research, along with the leaders of three other countries," the report said, with one researcher claiming, "What went wrong in different ways in all these countries and in a lot of countries around the world that had populist governments…there was just this very high level of polarization and politicization of the pandemic response…and it really interfered with the ability of society to pull together in a consistent way and to get through the pandemic."
That conclusion was that "experts" should have the "main say" on such issues, even though those "experts" repeatedly were completely wrong during COVID.
The report cited the conclusions of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, which said the Biden-Harris administration's response to the pandemic "resulted in a collapse of the public's trust in public health messaging."
That's because "the administration most concerned with 'misinformation' itself trafficked in misinformation: on masks, on risks to children, on social distancing, and on the need to vaccinate even infants."
In a commentary at Fox News, writer Justin Haskins said, "The federal government shouldn't be involved, directly or indirectly, in the fact-checking industry. Nor should it engage in efforts designed to limit the speech of citizens, particularly when taxpayers are the ones footing the bill."
He said, "What we found is clear evidence that the Biden-Harris White House used funds to support or develop Orwellian surveillance and propaganda strategies, create methods and tools to restrict speech online, and even to finance highly politicized reports critical of Trump."
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Trump puts boot into Russia as overstretched armed forces fail to come to Assad's aid
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Syrian President Bashar Assad had "fled his country" after losing the backing of Russia. "Assad is gone," he said on his Truth Social platform. "His protector, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, was not interested in protecting him any longer. Russia had no reason to be there in the first place. They lost all interest in Syria because of Ukraine. Russia and Iran are now in a weak position, one, because of Ukraine and a bad economy, and two because of Israel and its success in fighting."
54 years of Assad rule come to an end in Syria as rebels declare Damascus captured
The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to the more than 50-year rule of the Assad family after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across government-held territory and entered the capital in 10 days.
Syrian state television aired a video statement by a group of men saying that President Bashar al-Assad had been overthrown and all detainees in jails had been set free.
Tehran stood aside as Assad regime crumbled
Iran turned its back and abandoned its ally Syria as opposition forces toppled the regime, an exclusive New York Times report on Saturday revealed.
According to an internal memo from a member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps that the NYT viewed, the situation in Syria was described as "unbelievable and strange." It is as if "Iran accepted the fall of Assad and has lost the will to resist," the memo said.
In addition, Iran's media had switched from calling the Sunni rebels "infidel terrorists" to "armed groups" and reported that they had so far treated Shiite minorities well, the NYT reported.
Where is Assad? Dictator's plane seems to vanish from radar
The fate of Syria's erstwhile dictator Bashar al-Assad, who was reported to have fled the country is still unknown after a plane – assumed to be his – disappeared from radar over the city of Homs. The same private plane had seemingly made numerous journeys to and from the United Arab Emirates over the previous day or so.
Syrian rebels tear apart Iranian embassy in Damascus as Assad regime crumbles
Iran's embassy in Syria was "attacked" on Sunday, Iranian state TV said, after Islamist-led rebels declared the fall of Tehran ally Bashar al-Assad following a sweeping offensive that culminated in Damascus.
"Unknown individuals have attacked the Iranian embassy, as you can see in these images, shared by various networks," a state TV broadcaster said, showing footage said to be from inside the diplomatic compound.
IDF strikes chemical weapons plants on outskirts of Damascus over fears material could fall into jihadists' hands
The IDF struck a chemical weapons factory belonging to the regime of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to prevent the rebels from seizing it, Arab media first reported on Sunday.
Iran 'dramatically accelerates' uranium enrichment
Iran has in recent weeks sharply increased its uranium enrichment efforts, according to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi.
"The agency is announcing that the production capacity is increasing dramatically, of the 60% inventory," said Grossi at the Manama Dialogue security conference in Bahrain.
Israeli minister calls for retaking of Mt. Hermon's summit in wake of Assad's fall
"Despite the rebranding of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and its leader Ahmed al-Shara, the bottom line is that most of Syria is now under the control of affiliate organizations of al-Qaeda and ISIS," Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli (Likud) tweeted Sunday morning.
"Israel must urgently renew its control over the peak of Mount Hermon and establish a new defense line based on the 1974 ceasefire line. Jihadists must not be allowed to establish themselves near our communities," Chikli added.
Greta Thunberg yells 'F*** Germany! F*** Israel!' at pro-Hamas rally
So-called climate activist turned Hamas shill Greta Thunberg was filmed laughing as she shouted "F– Germany, and f– Israel!" at a pro-Palestine event in Germany on Friday,
According to MSN, the event was held in the city of Mannheim, and was organized by the group Zaytouna in the Rhine-Neckar region.
The rally was held in the city's main market square and included a discussion focused on "solidarity with Palestine and the climate movement."
WATCH: Fallout continues after shocking arson attack on Melbourne synagogue
Hamas releases 'proof of life' video of hostage Matan Zangauker
Hamas on Saturday night released a video of 25-year-old Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, who was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz during the Palestinian terror group's Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.
While the three-plus minute clip is not dated, Zangauker states he has been held captive in the Gaza Strip for over 420 days, suggesting it was filmed recently.
Israel assists U.N. forces in Syria to repel rebel attack
Prior to the fall of the Assad regime early Sunday, the IDF said on Saturday it assisted the United Nations in "repelling" an attack by armed gunmen on a UN post in Syria. According to the IDF, the U.N. position which came under attack is located near the Syrian town of Hader, close to the Israeli border and the largely Druze Israeli town of Majdal Shams.
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For years, as his son Hunter engaged in a series of wild escapades, bought a gun after lying on a government form, and refused to pay taxes on his income, Joe Biden pledged to allow the justice system, judges and juries, to decide what penalty Hunter would pay.
Then he flip-flopped, claiming against the evidence that Hunter was "singled out" for prosecution, and handed him a get-out-of-jail free card for any and all crimes for a decade.
Americans aren't pleased.
Washington Examiner columnist Paul Bedard wrote about the results of a poll by Napolitan News Service.
A large majority of respondents, 62%, said they objected to the pardon, including 41% who said they objected "strongly."
Only 30% agreed with the special handout.
And the survey, the report said, "may have sparked the beginning of Democratic anger at the failed presidency."
Bedard explained, "Biden had repeatedly promised not to pardon his son, who has faced gun and tax charges. But he flip-flopped this week and made the pardon good for an 11-year span."
The report noted Joe Biden "said that he believed Hunter was unfairly targeted by prosecutors, a claim that echoed what President-elect Donald Trump has said about the weak cases he faced."
Judges in the cases involving Hunter Biden immediately responded, objecting to Joe Biden's negative characterizations of them, and the judicial system. One submitted a court document that said Joe Biden was just wrong.
The poll said 54% disagreed with the president's excuse, in contrast to the responses when asked about Trump, when 46% did believe that the Justice Department unfairly targeted him.
"Pollster Scott Rasmussen told Secrets that his poll also suggested that Democrats are reevaluating Biden, who currently sits at his lowest approval rating ever. The New York Times on Thursday, for example, slammed the pardon, calling it 'a significant misstep that could leave lasting damage,'" Bedard explained.
Rasmussen's conclusion? "In this hyper-partisan world, it's stunning that only 52% of Democrats support the president's pardon. This is just the beginning of partisan re-evaluation. I suspect the anger at Biden among Democrats is ready to bubble over. Over time, the party will come to believe that the only reason they lost in 2024 is because Biden selfishly tried to run for re-election."
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., dissed by critics as "Pocahontas" over her unjustified claims to Native America heritage, has taken aim at Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be defense secretary.
But she hit the Joe Biden administration, including his defense secretary, Lloyd Austin, right between the eyes.
It's her decision to blame, publicly, a yet-to-be seated nominee for a problem that Biden and Austin allowed.
She cited, "In 2023, over 29,000 active-duty troops were sexually assaulted, including more than 6 in every 100 women in the military. Many servicemembers never report these crimes. The rates of assault are estimated to be up to 4x higher. Pete Hegseth must not be the Defense Secretary."
Her one link to reality must have been that Hegseth was investigated, but eventually not even charged much less convicted, over a "consensual" encounter with a woman.
But she was excoriated on social media for blaming problems that happened under her party's control on a candidate for an administration position.
There, the "U.S. Ministry of Truth" called her "the dumbest fool in the whole Senate."
The Gateway Pundit pointed out her stats are "damning indeed," and "would be disqualifying if Hegseth had anything to do with it."
The report explained, "Warren was referencing sexual assaults that occurred in the military under Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's watch."
Trump's nomination cited Hegseth's stellar America First credentials and decorated service as an army combat veteran, it said.
"Despite this, sick leftists and the drive-by media have orchestrated a horrific smear campaign portraying Hegseth as a drunkard and sexual predator. Warren, one of Hegseth's staunchest critics, gave credence to the later smear as she cited disturbing statistics on her X account claiming that nearly 30,000 soldiers, including over 6% of women, were sexually assaulted in the military last year. Due to this, she concluded that Hegseth had no business serving as Defense Secretary," the report said.
Social media told the "rest of the story."
"So all that happened on your party's watch?"
So have you demanded that Lloyd Austin resign?"
"So, because Biden's defense secretary failed you're going to blame someone that was nominated to fix it?"
And, "Hey Pocahontas, who was the president in 2023?"
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared reluctant to order the destruction of a Tennessee state law that protects children from being subjected to the chemicals – and even physical body mutilations – that are involved in the transgender industry.
At issue is a state law that bars minors from undergoing transgender procedures – an industry that has exploded with the constant promotions by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris over the past few years.
The Washington Examiner explained the members of the high court "appeared skeptical" over demands that they strike down the law in a case brought by leftists who promote the ideology.
The state of Tennessee has explained that it has the authority to regulate medical treatment and procedures, and that's exactly what it is doing.
The challengers in the case claim that such limits discriminate on the basis of sex.
"The majority of justices appeared to be sympathetic to Tennessee's arguments," the report said.
The leftist oriented America Civil Liberties Union initially challenged the law, and claimed it was working on behalf of "families with transgender adolescents."
Of course, following the science makes clear that changing from male to female or vice versa isn't possible, as being male or female is embedded in the body down to the DNA level. Further, studies have confirmed that the vast majority of children with gender dysphoria issues resolve themselves to an identity of their birth sex if left alone.
Biden's Department of Justice eventually joined the case on behalf of the pro-transgender agenda he and Kamala Harris adopted.
A ruling in the case, which isn't expected for some months, is expected to have an impact on multiple state laws that address the same issue – the politicized agenda that involves giving children chemicals and body mutilations to appease a transgender ideology.
Tennessee Solicitor General James Rice explained "there is no sex-based line" in his state's law that would violate the 14th Amendment.
When Biden's legal representative in the case claimed it is sex discrimination, with, "This statute on its face says you can't have medication inconsistent with sex, and no matter what you think about transgender discrimination generally, that's a sex-based line," Justice Samuel Alito noted, "I'm not sure that's anything more than a play on words."
Alito suggested that transgender identity may not be an unchanging characteristic.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett suggested the case would be the trigger for "identifying a new suspect class, which we haven't done for a long time."
Chief Justice John Roberts raised the issue of the side effects of the chemicals that promoters want to give children.
"Here it seems to me that the medical issues are much more heavily involved than many of the cases that you look to," said Roberts. He said the Supreme Court is "not the best situated to address issues like that."
Alito also pointed out other Western nations in recent days have "significantly curtailed" their use of drugs and chemicals.
A lawyer for Biden's administration did concede that cross-sex hormones have permanent effects on a developing child's body.
And she admitted there are detransitioners who have regret over their transgender beliefs.
A statement from the office of the Tennessee attorney general, in defense of its protection for children, said, "We are here defending Tennessee's law protecting children from irreversible and unproven gender transition procedures."
AG Jonathan Skrmetti added, "Tennessee's general assembly reviewed the medical evidence, as well as the evidence-based decisions of European countries that restricted these procedures, and ultimately passed this bipartisan law prohibiting irreversible medical interventions. The plaintiffs in this case are asking the court to take the power to regulate the practice of medicine away from the people's elected representatives and vest it in unaccountable judges."
"Our arguments were ultimately about constitutional clarity and common sense," Skrmetti added, "Our Founders guaranteed states the right and responsibility to protect children, regulate the medical profession, and independently evaluate the evidence of the risks and benefits of practices to be regulated. We cannot allow ideology to override medical evidence at the expense of our right to self-government and our duty to protect our children."