Man who plotted to kill Justice Kavanaugh wanted to protect Roe v. Wade: court document– www.lifesitenews.com Source Link Excerpt:
(LifeSiteNews) — A new court filing confirmed that the young man who plotted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was motivated by the leak of the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision and sought to prevent the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, posted to X on Saturday a copy of a federal court document containing the admission by Nicholas Roske, who called the police on himself outside of Kavanaugh’s home in 2022 before following through with an assassination attempt.
The court filing shows that, asked why he came to Maryland in 2022, Roske replied, “My plan was to kill Mr. Kavanaugh and then myself.”
DEI programs to promote diversity actually breed hostility in schools, businesses: study– www.lifesitenews.com Source Link Excerpt:
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs are billed as making society more tolerant, compassionate, and harmonious but actually increase hostility in workplace and educational settings, according to a recent study.
The study, by Rutgers University’s Network Contagion Research Institute, focused on “diversity training interventions that emphasize awareness of and opposition to ‘systemic oppression,’” which has “seen widespread adoption across sectors like higher education and healthcare.” It was conducted by exposing 423 Rutgers students to influential DEI training materials authored by far-left activists like Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo, then surveying their reactions.
“Across all groupings (race, religion, and caste-based), instead of reducing bias, they engendered a hostile attribution bias,” the researchers found, “amplifying perceptions of prejudicial hostility where none was present, and punitive responses to the imaginary prejudice.”
“This research raises critical questions about how many individuals, as a result of these programs, have experienced undue duress, social ostracization, or even termination of employment,” said the researchers, who called for further research into “the potential for a far broader scope of harm than previously considered.”
Taxpayers Paid $3 Billion for Radical DEI Kickbacks Under Biden › American Greatness– amgreatness.com Source Link Excerpt:
President Joe Biden gave more than $3 billion across 30 agencies to outside contractors to implement his diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) executive order in federal government agencies. These billions are on top of the already exorbitant cost of existing DEI funding for each department.
On Biden’s first day in office, January 20, 2021, he began implementing his DEI agenda, making it his top priority for America. DEI initiatives even took priority over the defense of the nation and the fentanyl crisis. Biden’s day-one executive order to advance “racial equity” through the federal government signaled to America and federal bureaucracies that his most urgent issue was cultural Marxism—not China, Iran, or the border crisis.
“Equity,” as opposed to “equality,” is a term closely aligned with communism used to force equal outcomes rather than equal opportunities. In June 2021, Biden doubled down and issued another executive order requiring the federal workforce to promote DEI in its departments. This maneuver set the stage for billions of wasted taxpayer dollars on cultural Marxist indoctrination that doubtless reshaped the work of federal employees in agencies such as the FBI, Health and Human Services, the Secret Service, and the Defense Department.
Former Congresswoman Debbie Lesko Calls for “Comprehensive Audit of Entire Election System” in Maricopa County After Being Sworn in as County Supervisor, Florida Secretary of State to be Consulted for Changes (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com Source Link Excerpt:
Former Rep. Debbie Lesko announces audit of Maricopa County elections upon taking office as Maricopa County Supervisor
Former Congresswoman Debbie Lesko, upon taking office as a Maricopa County Supervisor Monday, announced plans to audit Maricopa County’s election system.
“It is very important to a lot of my constituents,” she said.
This is a major departure from former Maricopa County officials’ stance that the elections are run with integrity despite major issues in the last three elections. Recall that former Maricopa County Chairman Bill Gates, following the 2022 election, which was stolen from Trump-Endorsed statewide candidates like Kari Lake and Abe Hamadeh, said the election “was run extremely well.” This is despite 60% of vote counting machines across Maricopa County breaking down on election day and disenfranchising in-person voters who were mostly Republicans.
This also came after the forensic audit of the 2020 election discovered major discrepancies in ballot chain of custody documentation, mail-in ballot signature verification, and ballot printing, as well as numerous election law violations. While serving in the U.S. House, Lesko was one of the brave 139 Republicans who voted to stop the certification of the stolen 2020 election.
Burma War Escalates With Significant Implications for US Interests– www.dailysignal.com Source Link Excerpt:
As war rages in Europe and as Israel confronts adversaries from all sides in the Middle East, Americans would be forgiven not knowing about the yearslong conflict raging in Burma—the world’s longest-running civil war.
The violence has ravaged the Southeast Asian nation for decades, and battlefield developments indicate the conflict may be reaching a new stage—with consequences for both the region and the United States.
Burma’s long-running civil war cooled during the 2010s, under the democratic government led by the National League for Democracy (NLD), but fighting erupted again following a military coup in 2021.
The military, which has always been the most powerful player in Burmese politics, feared a loss of power on the heels of the NLD’s landslide victory in the 2020 elections, and it violently seized control of the government.
Former Israeli Military Officials Float Audacious Plan To Strike Iran in Final Days of Biden Presidency– freebeacon.com Source Link Excerpt:
JERUSALEM—Two former Israeli military officials have proposed that Israel launch a major attack on Iran in the final days of Joe Biden’s presidency.
Kobi Michael and Gabi Siboni, now prominent national security analysts who often appear on Israeli TV and radio, argued in a policy paper published last month that a series of airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear, military, economic, and government infrastructure are the only way to prevent Iran from rebuilding its regional terrorist network, which Israel has degraded over 15 months of war. Israel should start the attack just ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, according to the analysts—thereby minimizing the risk of diplomatic retaliation by Biden and forcing the hand of the president-elect.
“With this attack, Israel will demonstrate to the United States … its absolute refusal to accept the continuation of the Iranian nuclear program and its unwillingness to risk Iran’s breakout to a bomb,” Michael and Siboni wrote. “As several rounds of attacks on Iran will be required, [the subsequent rounds] will take place after Trump takes office and under a U.S. administration that is more sympathetic than Biden’s.”
The proposal—published by the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, a think tank in Jerusalem, and pickedup by Hebrew media—is an audacious answer to Israel’s most pressing national security question: Will Trump support an attack on Iran’s nuclear program?
SCOTUS Chief Roberts Defended Censorship-Industrial Complex– thefederalist.com Source Link Excerpt:
Over the last decade, America’s ruling class has used the threat of “mis-, dis-, and mal-information” to justify turning the awesome powers of the administrative state against domestic Wrongthinkers from elite orthodoxy. The most insidious and far-reaching manifestation of this phenomenon has been seen in the Censorship-Industrial Complex, which has eroded our First Amendment, thereby imperiling the republic itself.
Alarmingly, a new report indicates that the Supreme Court — which refused to bring the censorship regime to justice — not only shares this regime’s concerns about “disinformation,” but likewise supports robust and widespread action to “combat” it. The report comes from Chief Justice John Roberts himself.
Roberts took to his recently released annual review to elucidate what he sees as the key threats to the independence of his fellow justices, and thereby the rule of law itself. He distinguishes between “strong and passionate reactions” to and “informed criticism” of the court on the one hand, and independence-threatening “illegitimate activity” on the other.
News24 | Biden set to push new Russia sanctions before Trump era begins– www.news24.com Source Link Excerpt:
President Joe Biden is expected to unveil new sanctions targeting Russia’s economy this week, according to a US official, as part of measures to bolster Kyiv’s war effort against Moscow before Donald Trump takes office.
Gavin Newsom Whining About Trump As Homes Burn Behind Him Perfectly Captures Dem Incompetence– townhall.com Source Link Excerpt:
Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom understand that the optics when making this statement were atrocious? The state’s political leadership is at fault for the fiasco in Los Angeles County, where wildfires are raging. Over 30,000 acres have been torched, 1,000 buildings destroyed, at least five lives lost, and none of these blazes are contained. A fire erupted on Hollywood Hills last night, placing the heart of Los Angeles in harm’s way.
President-elect Donald J. Trump has blamed California for not taking the necessary measures to prepare for wildfires. The state’s obsession with saving some minnow led to hydrants having no water. Mayor Karen Bass wasn’t even in the country when the blaze started.
DESPERATION: Firefighter uses traffic cone to retrieve water from a puddle as LA is running out of water
• Fire Dept sent supplies to Ukraine.
• Cut their budget by $17.5M
• Mayor was in Africa as the city burned
• Refused to fill reservoirs, to save minnows
• They’re short on firefighters after pushing DEI.
Biden Set to Announce Parting Gift of $500 Million in Military Aid to Ukraine › American Greatness– amgreatness.com Source Link Excerpt:
Joe Biden is set to announce a parting gift of $500 million in military aid to Ukraine, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.
The move is meant to give Kyiv “a stronger negotiating position” ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, according to the AP.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced in November that “every dollar we have at our disposal will be pushed out the door between now and January 20th” when Trump takes office.
The weapons package will reportedly be drawn from existing stockpiles under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) program, and is expected to Biden’s final handout to Ukraine before he leaves office.
The announcement is expected during Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s final trip to meet with the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a consortium of about 50 partner nations that Austin brought together months after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 to coordinate weapons support.
The meeting on Thursday is the 25th and potentially last gathering of the U.S.-led group, as the participating countries wait to see whether it will be continued under Trump.
Biden mocked for tone-deaf ‘good news’ while Californians flee wildfires– www.washingtonexaminer.com Source Link Excerpt:
Outgoing President Joe Biden shared ill-timed personal “good news” amid a briefing about the fast-spreading catastrophic wildfires consuming homes, businesses, and historic sites in California.
“The good news is I’m a great-grandfather as of today. Ten-pound baby girl — baby boy — so I’ll remember this day,” Biden said on Wednesday while in Santa Monica, California.
Some reporters responded lightly with a “yay” and a clap for Biden as he spoke about his granddaughter Naomi, 31, giving birth to a baby boy. Naomi is the daughter of Hunter Biden.
The baby announcement collided with the raw reality of devastation for so many Californians suffering destruction and homelessness due to the fires in the Los Angeles area.
🚨Joe Biden while receiving a briefing on the devastating Los Angeles fires:
Fani Willis Owes Judicial Watch a Boatload of Money– townhall.com Source Link Excerpt:
A Fulton County court has ordered anti-Trump DA Fani Willis to pay Judicial Watch thousands of dollars in attorney’s fees and litigation expenses for flouting the state’s public records law.
BREAKING: The Superior Court in Fulton County, GA, issued an order granting $21,578 “attorney’s fees and costs” in the open records lawsuit for communications Willis had with Special Counsel Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee (1/3). https://t.co/qcVL9VTlfT
In December, the same Superior Court found that the Fulton County district attorney violated Georgia’s Open Records Act (ORA) in a lawsuit brought by the government watchdog group. Under court order, Willis then confessed to wrongly withholding records that Judicial Watch had repeatedly requested.
“The ORA is not hortatory; it is mandatory,” Judge Robert McBurney declared in Friday’s five-page filing finding Willis financially liable. “Non-compliance has consequences. One of them can be [financial] liability,” McBurney chastised, like covering court costs.
Blinken says Trump’s push for US to take control of Greenland is ‘not going to happen’– abcnews.go.com Source Link Excerpt:
PARIS — Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is advising the world “not to waste a lot of time” on what President-elect Donald Trump has been saying about Greenland.
Trump made clear again this week that he’d like the semiautonomous territory of Denmark to come under U.S. control and said he would not rule out the use of military force to make that happen.
“We need Greenland for national security purposes,” Trump said.
But Blinken said Wednesday that the incoming president’s ambitions are unlikely to amount to anything more than talk.
“The idea expressed about Greenland is obviously not a good one,” the senior U.S. diplomat said during a stop in Paris for meetings.
Trump nominees face confirmation delays with inauguration approaching– www.washingtonexaminer.com Source Link Excerpt:
Senate Republicans are falling behind schedule on President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees as administrative delays threaten to push back the date of confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is under pressure to get most of Trump’s nominees ready for a vote by the time he is sworn in on Jan. 20 or shortly thereafter. But paperwork holdups, including slower-than-expected FBI background checks, could get in the way of that time frame.
The delays have sparked tensions in the Senate as Democrats accuse Republicans of needlessly fast-tracking the process.
Transgender RA in co-ed dorm at Utah State University prompts controversy– www.thecollegefix.com Source Link Excerpt:
A transgender Resident Assistant at Utah State University has prompted controversy and concern, but a campus official says the school is just following the law.
The situation was publicized by a recent post on X that claimed a transgender student was serving as a “dorm mom” in a female housing unit.
Amanda DeRito, a spokesperson for the school, told The College Fix via email there are several clarifications needed regarding the situation, which was made viral by a post on X three days ago that has since amassed 3.5 million views.
For example, she said the school does not have an all-women’s dorm, and the terminology in the viral post, that the transgender student serves as a “dorm mom,” is inaccurate.
“For clarity, USU does not have all-female or all-male residence halls. Merril Hall is a co-ed where students choose their rooms according to the gender they report. Resident assistants do not act in a parental role, and we do not call them dorm moms,” DeRito told The Fix.
Victor Davis Hanson Condemns California’s DEI Hiring In Fire Departments, ‘Not Muscularity, Not Experience,’ Just DEI– dailycaller.com Source Link Excerpt:
Victor Davis Hanson, Wednesday on Newsmax, slammed the implementation of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) criteria in fire department hiring practices in California.
During an appearance on “Finnerty,” Hanson said these policies prioritize DEI above essential firefighting qualifications like experience and physical readiness. Hanson said that hiring workers based on DEI led to an ill-equipped workforce in the state.
“The DEI fire chief, 70% of her hires have been based on DEI. Not muscularity, not experience, not size, not competence. The primary criterion was DEI. And so the only… thing that is different about this is that this was not the inner city. This was, as Donald Trump mentioned, and I’ve taught at Pepperdine, I just got back from there. This is the most elite area of California,” Hanson told Rob Finnerty.
Hanson also said that there’s a broader failure in California’s management of natural resources and emergency preparedness.
Putting ‘woke’ law schools on trial– www.washingtonexaminer.com Source Link Excerpt:
Law schools are different from other academic institutions. They are the incubators of America’s future elite. When they go wrong, it profoundly affects the wider culture in a way that other institutions do not.
That’s the central point in Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites, the compelling new book by Ilya Shapiro. Shapiro, a lawyer, a veteran of the libertarian Cato Institute, and a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, gained fame in 2022 when he was investigated for political incorrectness prior to starting a position as executive director of the Georgetown Law School Center for the Constitution.
Georgetown investigated Shapiro after he posted that Sri Srinivasan, the chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, would be President Joe Biden’s “best pick” for the Supreme Court. Shapiro added: “But alas [Srinivasan] doesn’t fit into [the] latest intersectionality hierarchy so we’ll get [a] lesser black woman.”
Shapiro’s “lesser black woman” phrasing caused a reaction and led Georgetown Law Dean William Treanor to denounce the post as “appalling” and “at odds with everything we stand for at Georgetown Law.” It completely upended Shapiro’s life.
Thirty-Five Discriminatory U Rhode Island Scholarships Under Investigation by DoEd After Equal Protection Project Complaint– legalinsurrection.com Source Link Excerpt:
The Equal Protection Project (EPP) (EqualProtect.org) of the Legal Insurrection Foundation has challenged numerous discriminatory programs done in the name of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. In all we have filed over 50 complaints and legal actions since launch in February 2023, with approximately half the schools withdrawing or modifying the discriminatory programs after our filing. (See EPP November 2024 Impact Report.)
Indeed, URI appears to admit that there is a strong likelihood that several of its discriminatory scholarships are unlawful – because in its descriptions of such scholarships URI notes that “if such an award would not otherwise comply with applicable law, then the scholarship shall go to a student with demonstrated financial need and in good standing from a historically underrepresented population at the University.”18 This reflects both a consciousness of guilt on the part of URI and a callous disregard for federal anti-discrimination laws and URI’s constitutional obligations. This highlights the urgent need for OCR to conduct an investigation and put an end to this misconduct before the spring 2025 reapplication period begins.
Big Tech’s about-face on free speech takes away transgender activists’ advantage– www.lifesitenews.com Source Link Excerpt:
The transgender movement captured the institutions of Big Tech almost overnight, and the cultural power this granted them was extraordinary. Now, they are losing that power — and fighting back desperately.
When both Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, and Twitter (now X) enforced their ideology, the terms of the cultural debate over gender ideology became not only incredibly narrow but was essentially limited to vocabulary pre-approved by the transgender movement.
On Twitter, for example, referring to trans-identifying males as males — such as referring to Bruce Jenner as a “he” — could get you permanently banned from the platform. “Deadnaming” — calling Jenner “Bruce” rather than “Caitlyn,” for example — would also get you evicted from Twitter and, thus, the public debate about gender ideology. The terms set by the social media giants ensured that opponents of gender ideology could not tell the truth without being removed from the debate.
It is clear that the cultural impact of these gatekeepers was enormous. When Elon Musk purchased Twitter, eliminated the speech rules, and restored the accounts of many influencers who had been banned for “misgendering” or “deadnaming,” the ripple effect was almost immediate. J.K. Rowling used the platform to launch a near-incessant rhetorical war against the transgender movement — to devastating effect. Previously silenced voices could suddenly get their message out to millions. This played a significant role even politically.
DEI ties threaten contender for Trump’s FAA– www.washingtonexaminer.com Source Link Excerpt:
A businessman considered to be a contender to lead the Federal Aviation Administration under President-elect Donald Trump has expressed support for diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and Black Lives Matter, statements show.
Alex Wilcox, theFAA administrator contender, made the remarks as the CEO and co-founder of JSX, a public charter company that he co-founded after helping to launch JetBlue Airways in 1999. Wilcox, who sprinkled donations to Republicans this election cycle, posted images with Trump in November, alongside the caption “MAGA.”
But Wilcox’s past remarks in favor of DEI and Black Lives Matter could place a dent in his chances to be tapped to lead the FAA, an agency within the Transportation Department that oversees the safety and efficiency of civil aviation in the United States. Trump ran on eliminating “Marxist” DEI policies from the government. His allies, including the incoming Department of Government Efficiency leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, are expected to take aim at DEI spending programs that Democrats championed under President Joe Biden.