Officials Sued Over Alleged Discrimination Against Christian Preschool

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A private Christian preschool in Colorado is suing the state’s Department of Early Childhood for discrimination, alleging it will be denied state funding unless it adopts practices that violate employees’ religious beliefs.

The Darren Patterson Christian Academy runs the “Busy Bees” preschool in Buena Vista. It was accepted into a new universal preschool program that offers 15 hours a week of free preschool to every 4-year-old in the state. The school later learned of nondiscrimination provisions regarding gender identity, which must be adhered to in order to receive funding. It filed for a religious exemption to the provisions but was denied.

The federal civil rights lawsuit was filed last month on behalf of the school by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a nonprofit that describes itself as “the world’s largest legal organization advancing the God-given right to live and speak the truth.”

“The Constitution is clear: The government may not deny participation in a public program simply due to a school’s internal religious exercise,” said ADF Senior Counsel Jeremiah Galus. “Colorado officials are violating the school’s First Amendment rights by forcing it to abandon its religious beliefs—the reason why parents choose to send their kids to the school—to receive critical state funding.” (Read more from “Officials Sued Over Alleged Discrimination Against Christian Preschool” HERE)

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“Pervs of a Feather”: Elton John Testifies for Kevin Spacey in Gay Sex Assault Trial

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Kevin Spacey‘s lawyers enlisted the help of an A-list star Monday in his sexual assault trial, calling on Elton John and his husband to cast doubt on one of the Oscar winner’s accusers at the end of the defense case.

John appeared briefly in the London court by video link from Monaco after his husband, David Furnish, testified that Spacey did not attend an annual gala ball at their Windsor home at the time that the accuser said he was attacked in a car.

John was the final witness for the defense and was followed by character testimonials from colleagues, friends and family that had Spacey in tears in the dock when they were read aloud by his lawyer in Southwark Crown Court. (Read more from ““Pervs of a Feather”: Elton John Testifies for Kevin Spacey in Gay Sex Assault Trial” HERE)

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Says U.S. Is ‘No Longer Our Closest Ally’

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Yair Lapid, former Israeli Prime Minister and leader of the Yesh Atid opposition party, said Sunday that the U.S. is no longer Israel’s “closest ally,” according to the Times of Israel.

Tensions between the two nations have been at an all-time high after the White House’s criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the government over its treatment of Palestinians and attempts at judicial reform. On Sunday, Lapid, who was the government’s prime minister from July 2022 to December 2022, spoke during a meeting at the Israeli Knesset and announced that he believed that the United States is ‘no longer our closest ally,” according to the Times.

Lapid did not go into detail about what has caused the rift, but also accused current government leadership in Israel of creating a “crisis.”

“The Israeli government is leading us into this crisis, making the biggest and most dramatic changes to the regime in our history, without holding a single discussion — not even one — about the economic, security, social and political consequences of the move,” Lapid said, according to the Times. (Read more from “Former Israeli Prime Minister Says U.S. Is ‘No Longer Our Closest Ally’” HERE)

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Ex-Biden ‘Non-Binary’ Nuclear Official Stole Luggage During Taxpayer-Funded Trip: Report

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Former “non-binary” Biden Energy Department official Sam Brinton rolled off with a woman’s suitcase from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas last year while on a taxpayer-funded trip, according to a federal watchdog group.

Brinton, who President Joe Biden tapped to serve as the deputy assistant secretary of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the U.S. Department of Energy, was fired six months later amid allegations of stealing luggage and women’s clothing from at least three different airports.

But during one of Brinton’s luggage heists, the federal watchdog Functional Government Initiative (FGI) report provided to The New York Post found that he was in Vegas on business representing the Energy Department when airport surveillance captured images of him swiping a woman’s suitcase.

“Not only did Sam Brinton commit a crime, the illegal shopping spree was funded by taxpayers,” Pete McGinnis, FGI’s director of communications, told The Post. “The pattern of petty theft shows that Brinton never should’ve been hired and given a security clearance in the first place. (Read more from “Ex-Biden ‘Non-Binary’ Nuclear Official Stole Luggage During Taxpayer-Funded Trip: Report” HERE)

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Biden Student Loan Bailout Plan to Cost $475B Over Next Decade: Study

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President Biden’s new income-driven repayment plan for student loans will cost $475 billion over 10 years, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model, tens of billions of dollars more than an earlier plan that the Supreme Court struck down last month.

The Penn model estimates taxpayers will face $200 billion in costs due to payment reductions in the president’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, as a little more than half of the $1.64 trillion in outstanding loans will be covered.

Another $275 billion in taxpayer costs will be attributable to payment reductions under the plan for $1.03 trillion in new student loans into the next decade.

According to the model’s estimate range, the cost of the Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plan could be as low as $390.9 billion or soar as high as $558.8 billion.

“​​Due to the increased generosity of the newly proposed IDR plan, future student borrowers have the incentive to increase their federal student loan borrowing,” Penn Wharton junior economist Penlei Chen wrote. (Read more from “Biden Student Loan Bailout Plan to Cost $475B Over Next Decade: Study” HERE)

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Disney’s Live Action Snow White Takes Wokeness to Absurd New Low

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Finally, our corporate overlords have taken on the scourge of racism against magical creatures!

New set photos from woke behemoth Disney’s live-action remake of animated classic “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” suggest they’ve done it largely without the dwarfs.

Grumpy, Dopey, Sleepy, Sneezy, Bashful, Happy and Doc — who have delighted kids for decades — seem like they’re getting the ax in favor of some generic “magical creatures.” . . .

Well, they were all men, all white and — worst of all — they perpetuated harmful stereotypes against forest-dwelling, pointy hat-wearing, nonexistent fairytale beings. . .

And in the fall, the new Snow White, breakout “West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler, got in on the action: “People are making these jokes about ours being the PC Snow White, where it’s like, yeah, it is, because it needed that.” (Read more from “Disney’s Live Action Snow White Takes Wokeness to Absurd New Low” HERE)

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Whopping Ninety-Six Percent Oppose Supporting Ukraine Against Russia in New Poll; Russia and China Begin Joint Air and Sea Drills

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By Mediaite. A huge 95.8% of attendees in the Turning Points Action conference straw poll said they oppose the United States supporting Ukraine against Russia, Charlie Kirk announced on the stage in Florida on Sunday.

The Turning Points Action conference saw about 6,000 attendees for Donald Trump’s keynote speech this weekend at the Palm Beach County Convention Center.

As expected at the MAGA event, Trump dominated in the straw poll of attendees conducted over the course of the event, with Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis coming in third, not second, as the choice for nominee. DeSantis was not first place even on the question of who would be the nominee if not Trump – instead the overwhelming selection was businessman and primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.

On the question of support for “U.S. involvement in the war in Ukraine,” the result came close to being unanimous.

“We asked the question, ‘Do you support U.S. involvement in the war in Ukraine?’” said Kirk on Sunday. “95.8% of you said no.” (Read more from “Whopping Ninety-Six Percent Oppose Supporting Ukraine Against Russia in New Poll” HERE)

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Russia and China Begin Joint Air and Sea Drills in Sea of Japan: Report

By Daily Caller. Russia and China are reportedly teaming up and carrying out joint air and sea drills in the Sea of Japan Sunday, according to Reuters.

A Chinese naval fleet reportedly set sail to join Russian Navy vessels as well as Kremlin air assets to carry out exercises in the Sea of Japan as part of a mutual interest in “safeguarding the security of strategic waterways,” Reuters reported, citing a statement issued by China’s defense ministry.

China sent out a total of five warships as well as four ship-borne helicopters to join the Russian military. The codename for the combined operations is North/Interaction-2023:

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Trump Rejects Idea That He Didn’t ‘Drain the Swamp’

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Former President Donald Trump is pushing back against claims he failed to “drain the swamp” during his first term in the White House.

Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo told Trump in an interview on Sunday Morning Futures that he “didn’t drain the swamp” like he claimed he would. Trump refuted her claim, saying he “fired” a number of people.

“I fired [former FBI Director James] Comey. I fired a lot of people. A lot of the people I had, I fired. I fired Comey very early. And, you know, there was a question as to whether or not you could. But I fired Comey. If I didn’t fire Comey, I don’t think I would have been able to serve out my term because that was a plot.”

Bartiromo asked Trump about his track record of hiring staff that later have spoken out against him, such as former Attorney General Bill Barr, or former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, and what he would do differently if he gets a second term.

“The mistake would be people,” Trump said — referring to some of his personnel moves. ” I mean, I wouldn’t have put a guy like Bill Barr and he was weak and pathetic. I wouldn’t have put [former Attorney General] Jeff Sessions. And there are some people that I wouldn’t have put in. You know, most people were good, but I had some people… we had [former Secretary of Defense] Mark Esper. I didn’t like him. He was incompetent. I thought we had other people I didn’t like.” (Read more from “Trump Rejects Idea That He Didn’t ‘Drain the Swamp'” HERE)

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Kamala Harris Declares U.S. Must ‘Reduce Population’ to Combat Climate Change in Yet Another Gaffe

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Vice President Kamala Harris made yet another gaffe during a speech about green energy on Friday. In Kamala’s latest slip-up, she accidentally said the United States needs to “reduce population” in order to combat climate change.

Harris gave a speech about “building a clean energy economy” at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Harris touted President Joe Biden’s “ambitious goal” of reducing America’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and having the U.S. economy reach net zero emissions by no later than 2050 — with or without approval from Congress.

She argued that the “climate crisis” is “one of the most urgent matters of our time,” adding that we “must act” because “it is clear that the clock is not only ticking, it is banging.

Harris told the audience, “When we invest in clean energy and electric vehicles and reduce population, more of our children can breathe clean air and drink clean water.”

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Epstein ‘Pedophile Island’ Guest Donates Nearly $700K to Biden Campaign Fund

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A joint fundraising committee raising dollars for President Biden’s re-election effort received a large donation from a tech billionaire revealed to have once traveled to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean.

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman dumped $699,600 into the Biden Victory Fund war chest, a joint fundraising committee authorized by the Biden campaign, in April, federal election records show.

The donation came one week before The Wall Street Journal reported Hoffman had visited the late serial sexual predator’s US Virgin Islands compound in 2014.

The close timing of the donation and the article was first reported by Fox News on Sunday.

Hoffman, 55, had reportedly planned on returning to the island with Epstein later in 2014 before traveling to Boston to raise funds for MIT on behalf of fellow island trip attendee Joi Ito, a then-media lab director at the institute. (Read more from “Epstein ‘Pedophile Island’ Guest Donates Nearly $700K to Biden Campaign Fund” HERE)

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