Irony Alert — Transgender Lawmaker Against Name Change to Gulf of America: Dumb and ‘Ridiculous’

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Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE), the first transgender member elected to the United States Congress, believes it is dumb and “ridiculous” to formally change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

McBride made the remarks on Thursday ahead of the House formally passing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-GA) measure to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order.

“We are on our way to the House floor to vote on what is possibly the dumbest bill we could be spending our time on: Legislation to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. This is ridiculous,” McBride — a biological man who believes his claim to womanhood is legitimate — said of the simple name change.

“And look, you might think that we’re doing this because it’s another opportunity for House Republicans to be sycophantic to the man in the White House,” McBride said, contending that Republicans are focusing on the name change to distract from their polices at a time when he claimed “Donald Trump’s reckless and erratic tariff policy is crashing the economy.”

“Changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico — in this economy? What the hell are we doing here?” McBride, who — ironically — changed his own name from Tim to Sarah, added.

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Trump Would Be ‘Ok’ With a Tax Hike on the Rich but Cautions Against It

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President Donald Trump said it would be “OK” with him if Republican lawmakers raised taxes on the rich, but in the same breath he cautioned against it.

Trump took to Truth Social to share his message as Republicans on Capitol Hill work to forge the “Big Beautiful Bill.” He argued that Democrats would likely seize on such an increase to try to score political points:

The problem with even a “TINY” tax increase for the RICH, which I and all others would graciously accept in order to help the lower and middle income workers, is that the Radical Left Democrat Lunatics would go around screaming, “Read my lips,” the fabled Quote by George Bush the Elder that is said to have cost him the Election. NO, Ross Perot cost him the Election!

He then cautioned against a tax hike on the rich, before saying he would be okay with it if Republicans move forward with one.

“In any event, Republicans should probably not do it, but I’m OK if they do!!” he added. (Read more from “Trump Would Be ‘Ok’ With a Tax Hike on the Rich but Cautions Against It” HERE)

Dems Storm ICE Prison Holding Alleged Killers, Gangsters and Child Predators, Make Demands

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Three members of Congress stormed through the gates of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in New Jersey on Friday, demanding they be allowed to conduct an “oversight visit.”

Reps. Rob Menendez Jr., Bonnie Watson Coleman and LaMonica McIver, all New Jersey Democrats, entered ICE’s Delaney Hall detention facility in Newark and were held up inside the first checkpoint, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News.

“These members of Congress storming into a detention facility goes beyond bizarre political stunt and puts the safety of our law enforcement agents and the detainees at risk,” a DHS statement to Fox News said. “Members of Congress are not above the law and cannot illegally break into detention facilities. Had these members requested a tour, we would have facilitated a tour of the facility. This is an evolving situation.”

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at the scene for trespassing, authorities said.

“The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon,” Habba wrote on X. “He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.”

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WATCH: Female Fencer and Trans-Supporting USA Fencing Head Face Off at Heated DOGE Hearing

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The battle over women’s sports came to a head for women’s fencing on Wednesday in a heated congressional hearing where female fencer Stephanie Turner took questions alongside USA Fencing Chairman Damien Lehfeldt, who doubled down on allowing trans-identifying men.

Lehfeldt was subpoenaed to appear before the House Oversight Committee’s DOGE subcommittee for the hearing titled, “Unfair Play: Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.”

Turner was disqualified from a Maryland tournament in March for taking a knee and refusing to compete against a trans-identifying male opponent. She ultimately stepped away from fencing altogether.

“It took me nearly three years to get up the courage to come out publicly,” Turner told lawmakers at the hearing. “That knee I took in protest was a cry for help and an act of desperation.”

Turner also explained how biological sex impacts performance in fencing, reminding lawmakers that it is a “combat sport.”

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Microsoft Bans Employees From Using ‘Chinese Propaganda’ Chatbot

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Microsoft has banned employees from using DeepSeek — the viral Chinese chatbot it worries is a purveyor of “propaganda” — company President Brad Smith told senators Thursday.

He testified that the app is blocked across all Microsoft devices and stripped from the Windows Store because engineers fear it funnels employee data to Chinese servers and pushes CCP-friendly answers. Smith’s disclosure to the Senate Commerce Committee vaults Microsoft to the front of a widening effort to keep DeepSeek off American — especially government and corporate — devices.

“At Microsoft we don’t allow our employees to use the DeepSeek app,” Smith testified, warning of “data going back to China” and answers shaded by “Chinese propaganda.”

Smith said engineers dissected DeepSeek’s open-source R1 model after it went viral in January and “changed the code … to remove the harmful side effects” after putting it through stress tests designed to catch security gaps and weed out propaganda before listing it on Azure’s cloud marketplace. DeepSeek did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.

The hearing underscored Washington’s growing unease over Beijing-linked AI tools that operate beyond U.S. export controls yet harvest American data. DeepSeek rocketed to the top of Apple’s and Google’s app charts this winter by offering ChatGPT Plus-level performance for free. At the same time, DeepSeek admits it “directly collects, processes and stores your Personal Data in the People’s Republic of China.” (Read more from “Microsoft Bans Employees From Using ‘Chinese Propaganda’ Chatbot” HERE)

RFK Jumps to Defense of New Trump Nominee That Surprisingly Angered MAHA Supporters

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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leapt to the defense of President Donald Trump’s new Surgeon General pick Dr. Casey Means on Thursday after she faced mounting scrutiny from all sides of the political spectrum.

Means, who Trump tapped Wednesday after pulling his previous surgeon general nomination, is a Stanford Medical School-educated doctor and sibling of fierce Kennedy ally Calley Means.

But Means is facing a swell of scrutiny for, among other things, leaving her medical residency early.

Means left her residency at Oregon Health & Science University in her fifth year, becoming disillusioned with the medical system’s reflexive impulse to medicate, she explained in the book she co-wrote with Calley Means, “Good Energy.”

“It was increasingly becoming clear to me that although I was surrounded by practitioners who got into medicine to help patients, the reality is that every institution that impacts health – from medical schools to insurance companies to hospitals to pharma companies – makes money on ‘managing’ disease, not curing patients,” she wrote. (Read more from “RFK Jumps to Defense of New Trump Nominee That Surprisingly Angered MAHA Supporters” HERE)

White House Responds to Anti-Trump Ideology Expressed by New Pope

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When Robert Prevost, a Chicago archbishop for the Catholic church, this week was picked to be the new pope, Leo XIV, President Donald Trump wished him well.

“Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope,” Trump said on his Truth Social account.

“What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!” he said.

Then surfaced social media statements from Prevost, while a cardinal, that adopted an anti-Trump, pro-illegal immigration agenda. The statements specifically targeted the current White House administration with condemnation.

So the White House responded to that, too.

“The president made his reaction to Pope Leo’s announcement yesterday he is very proud to have an American Pope,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during her briefing. “It’s a great thing…and we’re praying for him.” (Read more from “White House Responds to Anti-Trump Ideology Expressed by New Pope” HERE)

LGBTQ Bar Raided by Swarm of Cops, and Trump Is Getting Blamed for It

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The LGBTQ community is furious over a police raid against a gay bar in Pittsburgh, and some are linking it to the rhetoric coming out of the Trump administration.

Witnesses said nearly two dozen police officers raided the P Town bar on Baum Blvd. on Friday at about 11:30 p.m. The surprise inspection from the Nuisance Bar Task Force included officers from the city health department, the local fire department, and state police.

One report said that the officers arrived during a rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody” by local drag queen Blade Matthews, and they had to wait several minutes until the performance was over to order the attendees out of the bar. . .

A writer at the Canary news website linked the raid to the policies of the Trump administration.

“As the government fans the flames of a culture war, both police and members of the public are emboldened in persecuting and vilifying queer people,” the article read.

“Historically, queer people are over-policed in public spaces, be it bars, bathrooms, or otherwise. States are emboldening bigots with their own bigoted legislation — we cannot allow it to happen,” the article continued. (Read more from “LGBTQ Bar Raided by Swarm of Cops, and Trump Is Getting Blamed for It” HERE)

New Audio Reveals Planned Parenthoods Hand Out Cross-Sex Hormones To Kids Like Candy

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Planned Parenthood facilities across the United States agreed to help someone they believed to be a teenager obtain cross-sex hormones, audio released by Live Action alleges.

The undercover investigator, disguised as a gender-confused 16-year-old girl, called several Planned Parenthood locations across New York and Minnesota to inquire about getting a testosterone prescription after she “just decided last week” that she wanted to lean into transgenderism.

All of the facilities agreed over the phone to help the alleged teen book an “initial appointment” and secure the prescription, despite her age, hesitancy about including her mom in the process, and lack of proof that she had received gender-related counseling or therapy.

The Planned Parenthood in Mankato, Minnesota, confirmed that the caller, despite claiming to be under 18 years old, was still “good to be seen here.”

“You’re okay to do it for minors?” the investigator asked another Planned Parenthood in Little Canada, Minnesota.

“Yes,” the Planned Parenthood employee confirmed. “You can legally get hormones under 18.” (Read more from “New Audio Reveals Planned Parenthoods Hand Out Cross-Sex Hormones To Kids Like Candy” HERE)

Trump Announces U.K. Trade Deal Hours After Media Predict Failure

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When President Donald Trump announced tariffs on most countries, the propaganda press reported that he was dangerously offending allied nations like the United Kingdom. The sky was falling. It would be a disaster!

And while they doubted much good would come of Trump’s strategy to renegotiate U.S. trade agreements, the media complained it was taking him too long to show any results. As if countries benefiting from trade deals that have been in place for decades would be willing to ink new deals in a matter of weeks.

CNN’s Senior Business Editor Olesya Dmitracova wrote this week that there was a new trade deal between the United Kingdom and India but still no deal from Trump.

“For weeks, Trump has said that at least one trade deal is imminent with one of the dozens of countries in active negotiations with the United States to avoid his punishing tariffs — with India among the most likely to reach such an agreement first,” Dmitracova wrote. “The prospect of an agreement with any one major trading partner has boosted confidence in US financial markets and raised hopes that the world may avoid the worst impacts of America’s tariffs. But so far, no deal has emerged. Instead, it’s the United Kingdom that has secured a trade deal with India.”

Former Biden mouthpiece Jen Psaki mocked Trump on CNN for not yet having a deal. (Read more from “Trump Announces U.K. Trade Deal Hours After Media Predict Failure” HERE)

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