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Texas ‘Bathroom Law’ Mandates Use Based on Biological Sex

The legislation, also known as the “bathroom bill,” requires state correctional facilities, family violence shelters, state colleges and universities, state court houses, and government facilities to follow biological, sex-based guidance that governs who may use restrooms, locker rooms, and shower facilities starting Thursday. The new law does not impact private establishments within the state.

The new law provides that unless a restroom is designated for single-person use or a family-designated bathroom, the public entity is responsible for ensuring people who enter and use a multi-person facility match the person’s assigned sex at birth.

Fitzpatrick said he has received hostile messages, including threats to burn down his business.

He shared screenshots of online exchanges showing critics denouncing the bar’s conservative stance.

“People are just outright saying I should die for this,” he said. ...

Fitzpatrick said the attacks reveal the level of hostility surrounding the immigration debate, but noted that many people have shown support by sending cards, letters, and visiting the saloon.

The woman who Cinnabon fired for unleashing on Somalis in the store raises a whopping $54,000 thousand dollars and counting — likely matching or EXCEEDING her yearly income at the store.

Welcome to an America where people are done with it all.

The left did this.

Cinnabon fired a woman who WENT OFF on Somalis in the store, and many conservatives are accusing the recorders of instigating the incident.

A lot of this country is DONE with the racism and Islamophobia hysteria.

Maybe the tide really is turning back toward sanity.

Yesterday, NPR ran an outraged story headlined, “HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait.” His official portrait, they meant. I hate to bring up back pandemic memories, but surely you recall Biden’s cross-dressing Assistant Secretary of HHS, Admiral Richard “Rachel” Levine, M.D., who made our lives so much more miserable during the late, great unpleasantness.




It’s not clear which mad genius corrected the record. I’d like to shake his hand. But now, in the halcyon halls at HHS, Levine’s portrait bears the right name. It is hung with the others, but until this week under his assumed pseudonym and not his legal moniker.

If ever there were a real-life metaphor for the madness of the pandemic, look no further than the “Admiral.” How badly will future generations judge us, when they look back at Biden’s cabinet of circus curiosities? The bearded lady, but without the beard.

Hilariously, NPR refused to print Richard’s actual name. They were terrified of being accused of deadnaming, which is the doublethink mandate to never refer to a transsexual’s actual given name, but to always use the made-up aliases instead. “Deadnaming” was apparently so horrible and unforgivable that, for a few madcap years, you could lose a social media account for a single tweet with the wrong first name.

In other words, you must walk on eggshells about trannies’ special linguistic taboos, but not for real women, which just reinforces the differences between them. Anyway.

Corporate media would like to frame this story as a cruel, insulting prank played on Richard Levine by some mischievous Trump appointee. That is not the story. The story is about the slow resurrection of sanity, courage, and truth, in the face of sometimes violent resistance, and the rejection of an ontological revolution that coerced citizens into participating in a government-sanctioned illusion; pretending that unattractive men in dresses are exactly the same as normal women.

Once a society acquiesces into accepting fiction as truth about one thing, there is no lower limit, no principled stopping point. That society is hellbound.

Welcome back, truth. You were a little late getting here, but we are still very happy to see you.

And just like that, bag pipes became my favorite instrument. Say no to Islam.

Save the west.

The federal trial of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan begins today, as prosecutors allege she helped an illegal alien escape arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this year.

Dugan is charged with obstruction of federal proceedings and concealing a person from arrest over her alleged actions involving Eduardo Flores-Ruiz.

Flores-Ruiz is an illegal alien who has since pled guilty to re-entering the U.S. and no contest to one count of battery.

And just like that, bag pipes became my favorite instrument.

The federal trial of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Duga

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The federal trial of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Duga

How likely is it that judge will convict another judge, especially if both are Dems?

Remember the Wisconsin judge who tried to help sneak a criminal illegal alien out of the courthouse? Welp, she’s been convicted by a jury. Yesterday, the New York Times ran the story headlined, “Judge Convicted of Obstructing Agents as They Sought Undocumented Immigrant.”

I wouldn’t even try handicapping Judge Hannah Dugin’s appellate chances, given how unusual this case is. But, barring an appellate miracle, she now faces sentencing of up to six years in prison. Even if she never serves hard time, the felony conviction will end her judicial career and will probably ensure she never even works as a lawyer.

At trial, Dugin’s lawyers brought in a powerhouse character witness— a popular former mayor. He testified to rapt jurors that he’d known Dugin since she was 11 or 12, that she was “very honest,” and that he was “sure she’ll tell you what really happened.” Then Dugin declined to testify, rendering the mayor’s efforts immediately impotent.

Judicial prosecutions are vanishingly rare. I wouldn’t say it doesn’t exist anywhere, but I could not find another modern example. For a judge to be prosecuted at all, their case has to run a treacherous gauntlet of collegial protection, institutional deference, immunity doctrines, and raw politics that effectively foreclose all but the most egregious cases of judicial misconduct.

Consider, for example, this Reuters Special Report from 2020:

Special Report: Thousands of U.S.
judges who broke laws, oaths
remained on the bench
By Michael Berens and John Shiffman
June 30, 2020

So once again, the Trump Administration has shattered “norms and customs” and modern records, by successfully prosecuting this unicorn-like case through to conviction— even though Judge Dugin’s misconduct, while unacceptably lawless, arguably does not even rise to the “most egregious” levels of judicial misconduct.

Republicans are launching a new U.S. House caucus aimed at confronting what they warn is the growing influence of Sharia law inside the United States.

Texas conservative Reps. Keith Self (R-TX) and Chip Roy (R-TX) have just announced the formation of the “Sharia Free America Caucus,” Fox News reported.

The effort reflects a broader push among conservatives to address national security concerns tied to radical Islamist ideologies.

The Kennedy Center’s governing board has just voted unanimously to rename the Washington, D.C., performing arts complex after President Donald Trump.

On Thursday, the board voted to change the venue’s name to The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.

The move is a major symbolic victory for Trump, who has made the institution a cultural priority of his second term.

Trump had publicly hinted at a renaming, and the unanimous vote marks the most significant step to date.

It remains unclear when the change will formally take effect, and the procedural path forward has not yet been announced.