...“It’s not too late to register for the next election and turn the tide” against the GOP, said Richard Stevens, who uses the “drag queen” stagenameof Barbra Seville. He continued:
It’s insane. It’s insane. Over 500 laws [to curb transgenderism] have been introduced across the country … If we could just elect one more person with views and opinions and commitments to us, like some other people do, we can call the shots and we can protect LGBTQU. We can protect trans people, we can protect people of color, we can make housing a priority, we can tackle things like guns in schools. But we can’t do it unless you all get involved and registered to vote...
As debate over radical leftist ideology continues to rage, some OBGYNs have publicly made the absurd assertion that Dylan Mulvaney is a woman.
"Is this person a woman?" Ahmad Malik tweeted, sharing photos of Mulvaney, a man who identifies as a transgender woman. Malik's tweet has apparently since been deleted.
"The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which provides food security for over 40 million people across the United States, varies from state to state for average payments per household...
SNAP benefits are calculated based on household income and size. The recipient's household income generally must be at or below 130% of the poverty line. In fiscal 2023, the poverty line used to calculate SNAP benefits is $1,920 a month.
An average monthly SNAP benefit for a household of three is $577, with a maximum of $740...
...Michigan
Average payment per household member per month: $181
Montana Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale introduced legislation Monday evening that prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from paying for, hosting or supporting adult cabaret performances.
The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the bill, which defines an “adult cabaret performance” as a performance that features topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dances, strippers or male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to prurient interest.
San Francisco could pay up to $19.5 million to settle a lawsuit over property damages at one of the hotels that provided emergency housing during the pandemic.
"The owners of Hotel Whitcomb on Market Street filed the complaint against San Francisco on April 13 of this year.
They allege the historic hotel endured millions in property damage resulting in loss of use by the city’s shelter-in-place hotel program, part of a statewide effort called Project Roomkey that opened up empty hotels during the pandemic to create emergency shelters...
"...The Human Rights Campaign, along with GLAAD, GLSEN and other groups, released a statement Monday calling on Target and other businesses to “reject and speak out against anti-LGBTQ+ extremism going into Pride Month.”
“Recent pushback against businesses such as Anheuser-Busch and Target, blatantly organized by extremist groups, serves as a wake up call for all businesses that support the LGBTQ+ community,” the statement read. “Businesses must continue to lead and respond with unwavering support for LGBTQ+ employees, shareholders, customers, allies — and the broader community. When values of diversity, equity and inclusion are tested, businesses must defend them unequivocally.”
The statement was signed by more than 200 other progressive and LGBTQ organizations. Stating a three-fold demand, the organizations call on Target to
release a public statement in the next 24 hours “reaffirming their commitment to the LGBTQ+ community,”
restock all the Pride merchandise both in stores and online, and
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk says it is just a matter of time before Target Corp. is hit with legal action from investors as the retailer continues to shed value amid controversy over its Pride merchandising decisions.
"British journalist Melanie Phillips argues that we have slipped into an age of "cultural totalitarianism".
She bases this off a widespread societal refusal to listen to evidence, accept reason and consider dissenting views, which has the effect of reducing common freedoms for citizens across the Western world.
A student barred from his high school graduation ceremony after stating there are only two genders said in a Sunday interview on "Fox & Friends" that a firefighting job offer has now been rescinded.
"Girls are girls, and guys are guys. There is no in-between," 18-year-old Travis Lohr recalled saying, as KHQ reported.
Lohr made the off-script comment at a high school assembly where seniors at Idaho's Kellogg High School offer a piece of advice to younger students.
"All of a sudden, the obsession with whites as a Satanic collective has become a national fad.
One of the tenets of the early civil rights movement some 65 years ago was ending racial stereotyping.
When Martin Luther King, Jr. called for emphasizing the “content of our character” over “the color of our skin,” the subtext was “stop judging people as a faceless collective on the basis of their superficial appearance and instead look to them as individuals with unique characters.”...
Indeed, many of the old Confederate pathologies—fixation on racial essence, obsession with genealogy, nullification of federal laws, states’ rights, and segregated spaces and ceremonies—are now rehabilitated by woke activists.
In that larger landscape, the collective adjective and noun “white” now has also been redefined and mainstreamed as a pejorative to the point of banality...
"Lawmakers in California are hoping to push through controversial legislation that would ban retail staff from stopping thieves stealing from their stores. ...the proposed law will prevent workplace violence and protect staff from being forced by their employers to step-in during robberies...
