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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Court Sides with Maryland School District Declaring Parents Cannot Opt Out of LGBTQ Curriculum

Free Press: On Thursday, a Maryland district court sent a clear message to parents at Montgomery County Public Schools: you don’t get a say in what your kids read at school. Or more specifically, as the court concluded, a parent’s right to opt out of a public school curriculum that “conflicts with their religious views is not a fundamental right.” The ruling was a shock to parents, the majority of them Muslim and Ethiopian Christians, who supported a federal lawsuit against the Montgomery County Board of Education earlier this summer in response to new requirements that their children—many as young as prekindergarten age—would be mandated to read (or have teachers read them) books about LGBT topics, regardless of their parents’ objections. “It’s very disrespectful,” Shaykh El Hadji Sall, the parent of three children who attend a school in the system, told me at a rally organized by parents Thursday. “It’s ignoring the will of the people” (Free Press). Founder of Parents Defending Education Nicki Neily: In Montgomery County Public Schools, ‘transparency’ and ‘accountability’ are dirty words, but the graphic sex acts that parents object to in their children’s books are completely acceptable (Twitter).

National Archives Confirms Joe Biden Used Multiple Pseudonyms to Communicate as Vice President

National Review: The National Archives and Records Administration has confirmed that it is in possession of nearly 5,400 emails, electronic records, and documents containing pseudonyms President Biden used as vice president. Legal non-profit Southeastern Legal Foundation filed a Freedom of Information Act request in June 2022 for the records. Those included emails containing the names Robin Ware, Robert L. Peters and JRB Ware, pseudonyms Biden used while serving in the Obama administration, according to House Republicans investigating Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings. On Monday, the legal organization sued NARA to obtain the records, which it alleges could reveal that Biden shared confidential government knowledge with his son (National Review). RNC Research: Here is a 2016 email in which a staffer for then-VP Biden sent his official schedule — which included “prep” for a call between Biden and then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko — to “Robert L. Peters.” Hunter Biden, who just so happened to be sitting on the board of a Ukrainian energy company at the time, was CC’d on the email (Twitter).

Karine Jean Pierre Has No Answers for ISIS Smuggling Terrorists into the Country

Katie Pavlich: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre was cornered at the daily briefing Tuesday about why the Biden administration allowed an ISIS-sympathizer to smuggle people illegally into the United States. Jean Pierre couldn’t account for where all of the individuals connected to the smuggler are and attempted to reassure Americans illegal immigrants who “fit the profile” will be given extra scrutiny. More than 100 suspected terrorists have been arrested at the U.S. southern border since President Joe Biden took office. It is estimated two million “gotaways” have crossed into the U.S. undetected (Townhall). RNC Research: “How’s it possible that an ISIS sympathizer is sneaking people into this country?” JEAN-PIERRE: “We moved fast and successfully to disrupt it.” “Are you saying you know where all of the people this ISIS sympathizer snuck into the country are?” JEAN-PIERRE: Well (Twitter).

Studies Show Paper Straws Contain Chemicals Harmful to the Environment

USA Today: Not a fan of those paper straws that have replaced disposable plastic ones in the name of being eco-friendly? As it turns out, some of those efforts to save the environment may have been in vain. A new study, published Thursday in the journal Food Additives and Contaminants, found evidence of “forever chemical” PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in the majority of both paper and bamboo straws tested. Scientists in Belgium tested 39 brands of straws made of paper, bamboo, plastic and stainless steel found in shops, supermarkets and restaurants across the country. Of the straws tested, almost all contained some concertation of PFAS, which are often used during manufacturing to make products water resistant. Out of the total 39 tested, the chemicals were detected in 27, none of which were stainless steel (USA Today).

NYC Mayor Eric Adams Criticizes Governor Kathy Hochul’s Immigration Plan

New York Post: Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday ramped up his criticism of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s handling of the local migrant influx, saying she is blatantly “wrong” for not forcing other areas of the state to take asylum seekers, leaving the Big Apple to handle the crisis on its own. “Gov. Hochul has been a partner on subway safety, on crime, on a host of things, but I think on this issue the governor is wrong,” Adams said during a fireside chat at a city law breakfast at New York Law School. “She’s the governor of the state of New York. New York City is in that state. Every county in this state should be part of this.” Adams slammed Hochul, saying in a statement following her address that she was “abdicating” her duty as governor to create a statewide response to the crisis and forcing other areas of New York to pitch in (New York Post). Hill: Adams criticized Hochul’s position that New York City should cap the number of migrants it sends to other parts of the state. Over the last few months, the mayor has demanded more assistance from Hochul and the federal government (Hill).

Idalia Raised to a Category 3 Hurricane

Wall Street Journal: Idalia strengthened to a hurricane early Tuesday as it barreled toward Florida, forcing emergency preparations and evacuations in the state a day before the storm is set to make landfall. The storm is expected to develop into an “extremely dangerous major hurricane” and lash the Gulf Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. It could intensify at least to a Category 3 hurricane before it makes landfall (Wall Street Journal). NWS Tallahassee: Hurricane Idalia will likely be an unprecedented event for many locations in the Florida Big Bend. Looking back through recorded history, NO major hurricanes have ever moved through the Apalachee Bay. When you try to compare this storm to others, DON’T. No one has seen this (Twitter).

Head of Pro-Choice Group in Ohio Says the State Needs to Work on Eliminating Parental Rights

National Review: The executive director of Pro-Choice Ohio recently told the Cincinnati Enquirer that pro-abortion activists in the state should “work on” eliminating parental consent laws around abortion, particularly for minors who are victims of incest or abuse. The comments from Kellie Copeland, a longtime pro-abortion activist, come months before Ohioans will vote on a November ballot measure that would effectively outlaw any restrictions on abortion and other procedures that involve reproduction, including gender-transition surgeries. The amendment would also effectively remove parental consent and notification requirements for minors who receive the procedures. Until now, activists behind the ballot measure have rejected claims that they are seeking to remove parental consent laws (National Review). Cincinnati Enquirer: That’s because the abortion rights issue’s opponents are painting the constitutional amendment as an extreme measure that will erase a long-standing requirement that parents, guardians or courts give consent before a minor has an abortion. Proponents of the amendment say the measure wouldn’t touch the parental consent requirement. The ballot language itself has no explicit reference to parental consent (Cincinnati Enquirer).

12-Year-Old Student in Colorado Was Kicked Out of Class for Having a Gadsden Flag Patch on His Bag, The Mother Brilliantly Defends the Child

National Review: A twelve-year-old boy in Colorado Springs, Colo., was removed from his class on Monday for reportedly wearing a Gadsden flag patch on his backpack. The famous yellow insignia features a coiled snake with the words “Don’t Tread on Me” emblazoned beneath the imagery. In a video seemingly captured by the student’s parent, an administrator insists that the child cannot return to his studies at the Vanguard School unless the patch is removed. “The reason that they do not want the flag — the reason we do not want the flag, basically — is due to its origins with slavery and the slave trade,” a female representative of the school is seen saying in a video (National Review). Townhall: A 12-year-old boy was asked to remove a Gadsden flag patch from his backpack. His mom was NOT having it (Twitter).

Over 1,600 Scientists Declare There is No Climate Emergency

Just the News: A coalition of 1,609 scientists from around the world have signed a declaration stating “there is no climate emergency” and that they “strongly oppose the harmful and unrealistic net-zero CO2 policy” being pushed across the globe. The declaration does not deny the harmful effect of greenhouse gasses, but instead challenges the hysteria brought about by the narrative of imminent doom. The declaration, put together by the Global Climate Intelligence Group (CLINTEL), was made public this month and urges that “Climate science should be less political, while climate policies should be more scientific” (Just the News). Clintel: Climate models have many shortcomings and are not remotely plausible as global policy tools. They blow up the effect of greenhouse gases such as CO2. In addition, they ignore the fact that enriching the atmosphere with CO2 is beneficial. CO2 is plant food, the basis of all life on Earth CO2 is not a pollutant. It is essential to all life on Earth. Photosynthesis is a blessing. More CO2 is beneficial for nature, greening the Earth: additional CO2 in the air has promoted growth in global plant biomass. It is also good for agriculture, increasing the yields of crops worldwide (Clintel).

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Washington Commanders Representative Calls Group Behind Petition “Fake,” Receives Instant Backlash

Fox News: The Native Americans who are leading a viral petition demanding the Washington Commanders reclaim their historic Redskins name bristled with anger and resolve after a team representative called their organization “a fake group.” “We’re not a fake group. We’re tribal-enrolled members from tribes across the United States,” Eunice Davidson, co-founder and president of the nonprofit Native American Guardians Association (NAGA), headquartered in North Dakota, told Fox News Digital during an interview. NAGA generated nationwide headlines this summer with its petition to bring the Redskins back to the NFL. The effort now has some 128,000 signatures as of Monday (Fox News).