This Week in the Media – April 10th

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Rage Against the War Machine

Ukraine war, already with up to 354,000 casualties, likely to last past 2023 – U.S. documents | Reuters

Ukraine war: Leak shows Western special forces on the ground – BBC News

US Troops to Taiwan “on the table” | AZgeopolitics

Graham says he is ‘open’ to sending US forces to Taiwan | The Hill

Ukraine war latest: Soldier’s head ‘found on spike in Bakhmut’ – where ‘endgame’ has been reached

Egypt secretly ordered rockets to be produced, shipped to Russia: report

Does China’s Military Saying It Is ‘Ready to Fight’ Bode Ill for Taiwan?

114 and More

Times Up. – Oregon Firearms Federation

2005 Delayed – Oregon Firearms Federation

Big gun bill debated, delayed to May vote | The Oregon Catalyst

We Won’t Soon Forget… – Oregon Firearms Federation

Lars Larson: Lawmakers take aim at the Constitution | The Oregon Catalyst

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee calls for ‘order of protection law’ on guns

Local police departments see increase in approved concealed carry permits following Supreme Court rulings

Federal Judge Tosses Gun Possession Case Against Drug Users | The Reload

Mike Pence Booed at NRA Event in His Home State

Gov. Reeves signs bill to block gun registries, purchase tracking

Firearms and Freedom

Multnomah County

Antifa

Antifa Mask Propaganda in NW Portland | Brandon Farley

Charter

Charter reform update: Portland’s transition to districts – BikePortland

Crime 

In wake of increasing criticism Multnomah Co. DA aims to educate public on their work

Portland State University resuming armed patrols on campus | KATU

Thief smashes back window of Portland Fire command vehicle, takes $10,000 worth of gear | KATU

Shared post – Convicted Portland Antifa rioter and arsonist sentenced to no jail time in sweetheart deal

Mugging on 4th Street | WTFPortland

Economy

Coava Coffee Closes | PDXReal

Portland cafe shutters downtown location as staff, customers complain of ‘extreme violence and criminal activity’ | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

High expectations: Portland is America’s best weed city in new study

Downtown Portland has third-to-worst pandemic recovery, according to study

Gresham Birth Center

Legacy Health to reopen Gresham birthing center in 90 days

Homelessness 

‘We enable’: Portland drug counselor calls for new approach to homelessness

Kotek withholds homeless funds to Portland, Multnomah County

Kotek “Disappointed” in Portland and Multnomah County’s Application for State Emergency Funds

Kotek tells Portland to ‘Get your stuff together’ | The Oregon Catalyst

Where is the money going? | Kevin Dahlgren

Today in Pioneer Courthouse Square | Brandon Farley

Today I Narcaned a man | Brandon Farley

Living off the grid | Kevin Dahlgren

A look at Portland’s drug crisis through the eyes of families trying to find their loved ones on the streets

Outrage in Gresham after police repeatedly use stun gun on homeless man | KATU

Bison Café owner “Take your tin foil and leave.” | PDXReal

Life on the street interview | Kevin Dahlgren

Georgia Boot helps Jolly Roger | Kevin Dahlgren

Encounter on Max Tracks | Kevin Dahlgren

Interview with homeless man | Kevin Dahlgren

Streets of Portland | Clown World

O’Bryant Square

City will pay $4.5M to demolish condemned O’Bryant Square

Policy

Investigation Finds Self-Dealing and Systemic Problems in a Multnomah County Rent Assistance Program

Portland’s Meltdown: A Progressive Experiment That ‘Has Gone Colossally Bad’ | CBN News

Portlanders Are Voting with Their Feet | The Oregon Catalyst

Portland Public Schools

Stop the violence rally attack bystander | The Oregon Catalyst

Portland teachers want smaller class sizes in new contract | KATU

With Enrollment Cratering, Portland Schools Are Competing for Kindergartners

Ranked Choice Voting

2 wildly inept headlines this morning | The Oregon Catalyst

Oregon

Politics and Law

House approves plan to give large counties more control of forfeiture funds | News | oregoncapitalinsider.com

Affordable Housing and Oregon’s Two-Faced Democrats

Multnomah County to get $18.2 million in rapid homeless aid, Eugene area also scores big – oregonlive.com

Senate GOP forces vote on 16 safe school bills | The Oregon Catalyst

2023

Absentee/mail-in ballot return deadlines, 2023 – Ballotpedia

2024

Oregon Presidential straw poll results (part 1)

Oregon Presidential Straw Poll Results (part 2)

Ballot Initiatives $$$

Ballot measure signature costs, 2022 – Ballotpedia

Budget

Oregon Legislature Lines Up a Spending Blow-Out

DHS

Mother sues Oregon’s foster agency, alleging religious discrimination | The Story | April 12, 2023

State to give $170 million in food assistance to 434000 children

Education

How to self-correct on school sex-ed mishaps | The Oregon Catalyst

Sen. Thatcher: Senate OKs key curriculum transparency bill | The Oregon Catalyst

Oregon Social Studies Class Changes Definition of ‘Freedom of Speech’ — OFA Media

Letter: LBCC Budget Cuts Discount Efforts to Expand Diversity, Equity

Judiciary

Lars Larson: Oregon’s guilty of partisan judges

La Mota

Oregon Allowed La Mota to Expand With Few Questions Asked, While Washington State Boasts Much Stricter Rules

Kotek Has Not Requested La Mota Dealings Be Included in State Probe of OLCC

OLCC

Sen. Bonham: Calls for independent OLCC investigation unanswered | The Oregon Catalyst

Population Decline

They Left: Portland Is Losing Some of Its Biggest Fans

Oregonian Editorial Board sounds alarm on State decline data | The Oregon Catalyst

Editorial: Oregon is dealt a blow – oregonlive.com

Oregonians’ persistent pessimism – DHM Research

Secretary of State

Lobbying email from Oregon secretary of state’s office raises eyebrows in Salem

Tolling

Clackamas County commissioners push back on I-205 tolling

Benton County

Corvallis is staring down a $255M facilities funding gap

Monroe man suspected of stealing tiny home, other crimes

Lane County

Concerns grow over Springfield squatter house | News | kezi.com

Linn County

Albany business owner learns a road is planned through his property

18-year-old walks away from youth facility in Albany

Albany police: Burglaries are increasing

GAPS meeting turnout high, still no in-person public comment

Linn County’s state of emergency secures funding for homelessness

Malheur County

Malheur County, OR police officer shot, killed; suspect at large

Marion County

Trooper responding to parked Salem semi finds driver at gunpoint

Polk County

Oregon man charged in mom’s death, relatives’ deaths probed

Tillamook County

Rep. Javaldi: House votes to boost housing, cut red tape | The Oregon Catalyst

Umatilla County

House votes to give Pendleton more time for affordable housing plan | News | oregoncapitalinsider.com

Washington County

Tigard helping first-time business owners through Launch Pod Business Accelerator Program

School staffer, director of child development programs among 6 arrested in Oregon child sex sting | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

Yamhill County

The Truth About Newberg School Board Candidate James Wolfer – Yamhill Advocate

National

Politics and Law

H.J.Res.7: Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on March 13, 2020 – Ballotpedia

Merkley, Rubio, Cardin, Hagerty Take a Stand against Foreign Governments Trampling Human Rights within the United States and Beyond

Democrat Congressman Calls For Dianne Feinstein To Resign Immediately: ‘Can No Longer Fulfill Her Duties’ | The Daily Wire

Feinstein asks for Judiciary replacement after calls for resignation | The Hill

10 House Republicans to File Amicus Brief in Suit Seeking to Overturn Omnibus Spending Bill

2020 & Dominion

Fox News, Lou Dobbs Reach Settlement In Defamation Lawsuit | The Daily Wire

Judge rules Dominion can’t bring up Jan. 6 at Fox News trial | The Hill

Judge sanctions Fox for withholding evidence in Dominion $1.6 billion defamation case | Reuters

Judge says Fox News has ‘credibility problem’ after Murdoch disclosure | Reuters

Judge delays trial over Fox News and 2020 election lies

2023

Soros Gets Bang For Buck In Down-Ballot Races. Why Haven’t Conservatives Done The Same? | The Daily Wire

2024

Mike Pompeo Announces Decision On 2024 Presidential Run | The Daily Wire

Scott says GOP ‘starved for hope’ as he moves toward ’24 bid | AP News

‘Joe Exotic’ says he’s running for President as a Democrat

President Biden says he will run again in 2024, NBC reports | Reuters

Biden’s Chicago pick for 2024 convention keeps spotlight on Midwest | Reuters

Trump says he wouldn’t drop out of 2024 race if convicted: ‘It’s not my thing’ | The Hill

Tim Scott launching 2024 exploratory committee | The Hill

Rumble Announces Exclusive Streaming Deal For First Republican Primary Debate | The Daily Caller

Abortion

Justice Department appeals Texas abortion pill order | AP News

Former Bartender AOC Says Biden Should Ignore Court Ruling, Do What She Says | The Daily Wire

Federal Judge Rules FDA Approval of Abortion Pills Not Valid

What’s Next After Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling? Plaintiffs’ Lawyer Explains

Supreme Court lifts abortion pill restrictions for now

Alvin Bragg

Manhattan’s top prosecutor sues to stop Republican ‘intimidation’ in Trump case | Reuters

Biden Family

Oversight’s Comer Eyes Hunter Biden Partners’ 80 Visits to White House

CDC

Sexually transmitted infections hit record high in 2021, CDC finds | The Hill

Censorship & Propaganda

Biden To Deploy “Army” Of Social Media Influencers, Station Them In White House | ZeroHedge

Debt

This amount of personal debt is INSANE

Department of Defense

The Pentagon Really Doesn’t Like Being Asked Why It Has Failed An Audit Five Times In A Row | The Daily Wire

Catholic archdiocese accuses Walter Reed of stifling religious rights with ‘cease and desist’ order | Fox News

Department of Energy

US proposes to slash EV mileage ratings to meet fuel economy rules | Reuters

Biden looks to boost EV sales with plan to cut vehicle emissions | Reuters

Ex-Biden Energy Department official Brinton gets no jail time in luggage theft plea deal | Just The News

Department of Justice 

US will not prosecute suspect in death of Shanquella Robinson in Mexico

Donald Trump

Trump will answer questions in NY fraud lawsuit, lawyer says | The Hill

Trump Draws Cheers At UFC, Fighter Leads ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Chant | The Daily Wire

Trump AG Bill Barr: Prosecutors Likely Have ‘Very Good Evidence’ Trump Obstructed Justice | The Daily Wire

Trump reports little income from Truth Social, $1M from NFTs | The Hill

Trump raised $34M so far in 2023, including indictment bump

Drug War

US charges El Chapo sons, Chinese businessmen with fentanyl trafficking | Reuters

HHS

HHS Launches $1.5 Million Research Center to Investigate Needs of Poor Hispanics | Judicial Watch

Hunter Biden

Judicial Watch Sues FBI For Records on Hunter Biden Gun Scandal

Economy

Tupperware stock plunges after warning it could go out of business | KRDO

US consumer prices rise moderately; underlying inflation too hot | Reuters

Education

Parents Scrub Toilets So Their Kids Can Attend This Christian School

University Gets Free Speech Right, Says No to Cancel Culture

Michigan Public Schools Admit Teaching Critical Race Theory

Media Watchdog Group Holds Stanford Law School Accountable After Students, Associate Dean Heckle Conservative Judge

The School That Couldn’t Quit Covid | The Free Press

College’s Inclusive Language Guide Warns Against ‘Religious’ Words Such As ‘Bunnies’ And ‘Chicks’ | The Daily Caller

EPA

EPA proposes rules aimed at limiting cancer risks from exposure to chemical used in sterilization | The Hill

North Dakota court blocks Biden waters rule | The Hill

FBI

FBI Sought To Monitor Catholic Churches Using Tripwire, Sources To Combat Domestic Terrorism, House Lawmakers Say | The Daily Wire

FBI Used Undercover Agent to Target Catholic Church: Jim Jordan

FBI documents associate internet slang like ‘based’ and ‘red pill’ with ‘extremism’

Here’s FBI Glossary for Flagging ‘Violent Extremism’

Foreign Policy

U.S. designates Wall Street Journal reporter as ‘wrongfully detained’ by Russia | Reuters

China unwilling to reschedule Blinken’s Beijing visit, concerned about investigation into spy balloon – World News

Immigration

Cartels, Not US Government, Are ‘Choosing Who Enters This County,’ Sen. Sinema Says

Biden seeks expanded health insurance access for DACA participants | Reuters

IRS

New push on US-run free electronic tax-filing system for all | AP News

January 6

Ex-firefighter gets prison for Jan. 6 extinguisher attack | The Hill

Judge in Proud Boys case denies mistrial motion after jurors report being followed – Local News 8

Trump appeals order for Pence to testify in Jan. 6 probe | The Hill

Joe Biden

‘Very clear’ Joe Biden was referring to rugby in Black and Tans gaffe, White House says – Independent.ie

JUUL

Juul to pay $462 million to six US states over youth addiction claims | Reuters

Kamala Harris

Harris meets with expelled TN lawmakers | The Hill

Leaked Documents 

Alleged Pentagon leaker charged under Espionage Act | The Hill

Exclusive — Kash Patel Questions Emerging Narrative on Pentagon Leaks: ‘This Is an Extensive Cover-Up’

Air National Guardsman suspected of leaking intel to be arrested Thursday | Reuters

Ukraine war: Leak shows Western special forces on the ground – BBC News

US scrambles to trace source of highly classified intel leak | Reuters

Leaked documents may have origin in chatroom for gamers | AP News

NIH

Moscow has Fallen! WCW Defunds all Russian Animal Labs & Putin’s Kitten Labs

Prison 

James O’Keefe Releases Video Of Female Inmates Revealing What Transgender Inmates Do | The Daily Wire

Inmate stuck on US death row despite vacated death sentence | AP News

SCOTUS

Thomas failed to disclose real estate deal with GOP donor who also paid for lavish trips: report | The Hill

Clarence Thomas claimed income from defunct real estate firm: report | The Hill

Secret Service

Biden’s new dog might also have a taste for the Secret Service | Washington Examiner

Judicial Watch Sues Secret Service for Records on Aggression and Biting by President Biden’s Dog

Weaponized Government

Trump Isn’t Only One Facing Double Standards of Justice

The Other 49

Alabama

Alabama university to eliminate ‘speech zones’ after conservative student group sues

Four dead in Alabama ‘Sweet 16’ birthday party shooting | Reuters

California

Drag Queen Story hour assault in West Hollywood | Andy NgĂ´

Drought dwindles to less than 9% of California | AP News

Babylon Bee, Tim Pool File Lawsuit Against California Attorney General Over New Social Media Law | The Daily Wire

Whole Foods closes new flagship San Francisco store over safety concerns – UPI.com

In California, Parents May Soon Effectively Lose Custody of Kids 12 and Older

Infrastructure vandalism postpones San Francisco Board of Supervisors | svqjournalist

We’re Losing San Francisco – by Leighton Woodhouse – Public

7-foot alligator found along river leads to investigation in Northern California

Colorado 

Colorado Offers Haven for Abortion, Transgender Care

Connecticut

Former Planned Parenthood director under investigation for child porn commits suicide | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

Florida

Florida House Approves Death Penalty Bill, Doing Away With “Unanimous Jury”

Trans Florida teacher ‘Ashlee’ who allegedly said they were ‘going to shoot the kids’ then themselves remains in classroom despite parents’ complaints | The Post Millennial

MMA fighter charged with manslaughter after Panama City Beach barfight | mypanhandle.com

Watchdog: DeSantis Anti-Voter Fraud Unit in Florida a National Model

Jane’s Revenge Hit With Lawsuit in Attacks on Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers

Illustrated Anne Frank book removed by Florida school | AP News

Florida House passes six-week abortion ban backed by DeSantis

Black FSU professor resigns in disgrace amid allegations he faked data on commonality of racism, had 6 papers retracted | Human Events | humanevents.com

Georgia

‘Eaten alive by insects’: Atlanta man found dead in jail cell infested with bed bugs, coroner says

Hawai’i

‘Aggressive’ shark attack at Kewalo leaves surfer in serious condition | KHON2

Idaho

Money, power, sex: Attorney says slain kids’ Idaho mum used all three in doomsday plot – NZ Herald

Illinois 

Chicago shootings: 20 shot, 3 fatally, in gun violence across city, police say

Indiana

Indiana Senate backs bill on student names, pronoun changes | AP News

Indiana fire at recycling plant prompts evacuation of more than 2,000 residents | Fox News

Man with schizophrenia was left naked in jail cell for weeks before death, video shows | Indiana | The Guardian

She Told Jail Employees That She Was ‘Throwing Up Blood.’ They Ignored Her. The Next Day, She Was Dead.

Iowa

Iowa AG halts state coverage of abortions, emergency contraceptives for rape victims | The Hill

Kansas

Gov. vetoes Kansas bill on live deliveries during abortion | AP News

Kentucky

Maryland

Baltimore mayor calls for ‘youth curfew’ after 2 teens shot | AP News

One killed in triple shooting in East Baltimore; another dies in separate shooting

About 200 people brawl in the streets of Baltimore | RAWSALERTS

Missouri

Missouri School Rewarded Students for Reading Sexually Explicit Books

Missouri AG issues emergency order restricting gender-affirming health care | The Hill

Hospital sues Missouri’s top prosecutor over trans care data | AP News

Montana

Gary Buchanan, Sid Daoud and Marc Racicot: Senate Bill 566 a bad idea for Montana elections

Montana GOP seeks to bar 3rd parties from key US Senate race | AP News

New Hampshire 

DeSantis interrupted by protesters during GOP fundraiser event in New Hampshire | WFLA

New Jersey

Protestors demand removal of trans-identified males from New Jersey women’s prison | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

New Mexico

New Mexico police release body camera footage showing officers shooting, killing man after responding to wrong address | CNN

New York

Parents outraged, say NY school district dismissed their safety concerns weeks before alleged ‘stabbing’ | WHAM

Teacher’s pest: NYC hires former educator to slaughter rats | AP News

NYPD Robot Dog Added to Force — and More Cool Tech – NBC New York

Ohio

Truck hauling toxic soil in East Palestine overturns; no threat to public

Tennessee

Justin Jones sworn back into Tennessee House days after GOP expulsion | The Hill

BREAKING: Video shows reinstated TN State Rep Justin Jones stopping cars and assaulting drivers in summer of 2020 | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

Justin Pearson reinstated to Tennessee state House after expulsion | The Hill

Justin Pearson then and now | EndWokeness

Trantifa member fired for advocating violence | Andy NgĂ´

Texas

Texas substitute teacher is fired for turning middle school classroom into a FIGHT CLUB and encouraging 12 and 13-year-old students to brawl until they were bloodied

Texas dairy farm explosion ‘by far deadliest barn fire for cattle’ after at least 18K killed, nonprofit says | Fox News

Tillamook Dairy Farmer on Texas Explosion | FACEBOOK

Iowa Dairy Farmer on Texas Explosion | FACEBOOK

Newly active Texas sinkhole unearths forgotten fears in some | AP News

Virginia

Virginia mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher charged | Reuters

Loudoun County bans teacher from adding Bible verse in email signature

Washington 

Washington Senate passes ‘shield’ bill for underage abortions, gender surgery

‘Get The F*** Off My Campus, You Nazi!’: Trans Activist Berates TPUSA Members, Then Flips Their Table | The Daily Wire

Internatonal 

COVID 🦠 

No evidence yet showing which animal COVID may have come from, says former head of China CDC | Reuters

Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama apologizes after video asking boy to ‘suck my tongue’ | Reuters

IMF

IMF warns deeper financial turmoil would slam global growth | Reuters

IMF Unveils New Global Currency Known As The “Universal Monetary Unit” To “Transform” World Economy | ZeroHedge

Canada 🇨🇦 

Simon Fraser University to host seminar on ‘racist’ math | Human Events | humanevents.com

Germany 🇩🇪 

Germans Are Getting Mugged by Reality of Green Energy

South Korea 🇰🇷 

South Korea tries $500 incentive to encourage reclusive kids to venture out – World News

Taiwan

Taiwan seeks satellite solutions after undersea cables cut

United Kingdom 🇬🇧 

Eight out of ten firms pay men more than women – BBC News

Absolutely RIDICULOUS: Leeds primary school BANS pupils from playing ‘Tag’ | Nigel Farage

United Nations 🇺🇳 

UN report calls for decriminalization of all sexual activity, including between adults and children

Vatican City 🇻🇦 

Pope Francis calls ‘insinuations’ against John Paul II unfounded | Reuters

Technology

AI

Deepfake porn could be a growing problem amid AI race | AP News

Elon Musk plans AI startup to rival OpenAI, Financial Times reports | Reuters

China’s payment association warns over risks of using AI products like ChatGPT | Reuters

China proposes measures to manage generative AI services | Reuters

AI Company Scraped 30 Billion Facebook Photos So Cops Can Facial ID Anyone

Apple

Apple to use only recycled cobalt in batteries by 2025 | Reuters

Cash App/Bob Lee Murder

Tech executive arrested in stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee | Reuters

DA: Suspect in killing of Cash App founder planned attack | AP News

Substack Notes

Substack Notes is Now Open – by Holly Math Nerd

Et tu, Substack? | Josh Slocum

TikTok

Montana TikTok ban bill passes key vote

Twitter

Elon: Your government hates you | Tucker Carlson interview 

Twitter starts marking Substack links with a warning that the link “has been identified by Twitter or our partners as being potentially spammy or unsafe” (The Verge) – Times News Express

NPR to stop using Twitter, says account’s new label misleading | Reuters

Elon befuddles BBC journalist | Censoredmen

WATCH: Elon Musk Shreds BBC Reporter Who Can’t Name ‘One Example’ Of Twitter Hate Speech | The Daily Wire

Culture and Editorials

Amazon

The College Kids who Unionized Amazon | Mary Kay Linge

Anheuser Busch

People destroy Bud Light over endorsement by narcissist Mulvaney |  JacketNation81

Bud Light’s Vice President Of Marketing Reveals She Was Inspired To Transform The Brand’s “Out Of Touch” And “Fratty” Image With Inclusivity – The Raging Patriot

The “Womanface” Farce | Josh Slocum

Bud Light Boycott Gaining Momentum; Anheuser-Busch Sheds $3 Billion In Market Value After Debacle | The Daily Wire

Anheuser-Busch CEO Breaks Long Silence Amid Dylan Mulvaney PR Crisis | The Daily Wire

‘Clumsy And Stupid’: Matt Walsh Rips Anheuser-Busch Statement On Dylan Mulvaney Controversy | The Daily Wire

Bias

How Media Bias Controls Your Perception: Are You Falling For Their Game?

Blac Chyna aka Angela White

Blac Chyna Reveals Why She Gave Up OnlyFans, Removed Tattoos, Started Using Her Real Name | The Daily Wire

Chess

Male Kenyan Chess Player Dresses Up To Play In Women’s Section

Culture War

Gender and Religion in America | Matthew Meade

The Gift of Suffering | Holly Math Nerd

Our French Revolution

10 Disturbing Responses by LGBTQ+ Activists after Nashville Shooting

Call Racial “Affinity Groups” What They Are: Segregation | Jake Klein

Douglas Murray

Things Worth Remembering: Love That Is Everlasting | The Free Press

Dylan Mulvaney

WATCH: Dylan Mulvaney Runs After Getting Confronted By James O’Keefe | The Daily Wire

Education

Uninspired Students: How Can We Transform Our Education System?

Film and Television

‘Mario’ tops charts again; ‘Beau is Afraid’ wins in limited | AP News

Actor Jamie Foxx is recovering after suffering undisclosed ‘medical complication,’ daughter says | KRDO

Matthew McConaughey Says Woody Harrelson Might Be His Biological Brother: ‘There’s Possible Receipts’ | The Daily Wire

Shinkai sticking to what he knows best: Japan, youth, anime | AP News

Florida Child Crime Execution Law

Perverted Incentives – by Holly Math Nerd

Free Speech

Forcing kids to observe “Day of Silence” is wrong

Reflecting on Skokie and the Necessity of Distasteful Speech – New Discourses

Honey Birdette Lingerie

Luxury Lingerie Made ‘By Women, For Women’ Defends Using ‘Non-Binary,’ Biological Male Model | The Daily Wire

Literature

A Clear and Present Danger – by Holly Math Nerd

The Problem of Abundance | The Free Press

National Divorce

Debate: It’s Time for a National Divorce

Queer Praxis

Advocates Say WPATH Could ‘Come Crashing Down’ As Judge Demands Treasure Trove Of Internal Documents | The Daily Caller

Hazelden and Rehabs in Trans Church

I’m a 30 year old detransitioner | Seth W

But they’re mocking women | Josh Slocum

The federal government is spending $350,000 translating a LGBTQ dictionary, with fun words like “anal fisting,” into Spanish | Not the Bee

The Archetypal FTM: Sensitive, Quirky, Artistic, Weird Girls 

University of West Virginia professor denies biology exists | LibsofTikTok 

Detransitioners Support Florida Transgender Medicaid Rule

EXCLUSIVE: Doctors Expose Just How Experimental ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Truly Is in Florida Medicaid Case

‘Transsurrection’? Pro-Transgender Protesters Occupy 4 State Capitols

Riley Gaines

‘Did This Just Say PEACEFUL?’: Riley Gaines Unloads On San Francisco State’s Response To Assault | The Daily Wire

Swimmer Riley Gaines To Headline TPUSA’s Young Women’s Leadership Summit | TIMCAST

VIDEO: “Oh my God” – San Francisco Students React To Trans “Kidnapping” Of Swimmer Riley Gaines

Science

SpaceX gets US regulatory green light for debut Starship flight to space | Reuters

U.S. Southeast, Gulf coasts experiencing record sea-level rise – UPI.com

Could you endure Nasa’s 3D-printed Mars simulation? – BBC News

Parkinson’s disease breakthrough: Scientists publish new findings

A new biomaterial heals heart attack damage in animals. Humans could be next

Spirituality

The Power Of Gratitude

Sports

Indiana Fever select Aliyah Boston No. 1 overall in 2023 WNBA draft

Rapper E-40 ejected from Warriors-Kings game, citing ‘racial bias’ | The Hill

Surrogacy

Motherloading: Inside the Surrogacy Boom | The Free Press

Target

WATCH: Target Shopper Demands ‘Reparations’ — Security Guard Punches Her In The Face | The Daily Wire

News of Weird

She said honking her horn at a protest was free speech. Judges disagreed

78-year-old bank heist suspect: ‘I didn’t mean to scare you’ | AP News

Walmart Removes Offensive T-Shirt From Stores: ‘Not Intentional’

Dog ‘addicted to alcohol’ a first for Devon animal trust – BBC News

A new translation of a chapter of the Bible has been unearthed | CTV News

Podcasts

Two Wolves of Christian Nationalism

Timcast IRL – Russian Arms Dealer WARNS Biden Admin Will Try To END Trump’s Life w/Ron Paul

The Culture War #8 – Alex Jones, Luke Rudkowski, Global Conspiracy And World Domination

Naked Education on Channel 4

The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #632

  • Defend this, I dare you
  • The persecution of Riley Gaines
  • AI Arranged Marriage

***The immigrant story at 1:05:00 is amazing

The Podcast of the Lotus Eater #628

  • Corporations are people
  • Zoomers are screwed
  • The universal truth 

Affirmation Generation Documentary

Affirmation Generation Pt. 1 | Disaffected

Affirmation Generation Pt. 2 | Disaffected

Watch Affirmation Generation Online | Vimeo On Demand on Vimeo

Stephanie Winn — Bio Site

Understanding Leftists

Anti Communist Education | New Discourses

7 Ways to Counter Threat of Chinese Communist Party

Marx’s Ontology of Man and the Telos of History | James Lindsay

Humor and Memes

They/Them Live | WokeArchive

People With Taste Buds Continue Decades-Long Boycott Of Bud Light | Babylon Bee

Every Dating Podcast

If CNN Existed 2000 Years Ago

Girl Too Young For Tattoo Offered Irreversible Gender Surgery

Dumbest Person in Congress | The Oregon Catalyst

Pentagon leaker kocking himself for not just leaving classified documents strewn around his garage | Babylon Bee

Sizzler: A Musical Tribute by The Babylon Bee

California Fleein’ (Beach Boys Parody)

LPO Editor