Tag: National News

Educator Sexual Misconduct Is On The Rise In US Public Schools: Report

From sexting to rape, there is a disturbing uptick in sexual misconduct by public school teachers and other staff against students across the United States. The growing problem was recently highlighted by an audit of Chicago public schools where dozens of staff members ranging from teachers, administrators, and counselors, to security officers—even a sign language…


Pastor Story Hours Not Getting Same Welcome From Public Libraries As Drag Queen Readings

The first pastor story hour to take place in one of the most liberal regions of the United States drew the expected group of protesters, but it also drew an equally large crowd of supporters. The Chelmsford Public Library, which has in the past fully embraced and promoted drag queen story hours, played the unwanted…


Veterinarians and Animal Rights Groups Ask Congress to End Cruel Export of Horses for Slaughter

The cruelty suffered by American horses exported for slaughter in Mexico and Canada has drawn a bipartisan group of more than 200 veterinarians and a number of animal rights groups to urge Congress to ban the practice. The gory scenes seen on videos filmed in foreign slaughterhouses include terrified horses slipping and falling in their…


Another Judge Facing Criminal Charges For Sexual Misconduct

A former Arkansas judge has been arrested by federal agents on charges he solicited sexual favors in exchange for a favorable ruling in a criminal case. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Thomas David Caruth was caught on an audio recording suggesting sex from a woman who asked him to help her boyfriend—a defendant…


US Health Care Workers Still Facing Jab-or-Job Ultimatums

As the critical shortage of nurses in the United States continues to climb, hospitals are still firing Registered Nurses for refusing to get the COVID vaccines even in red states like Florida that passed legislation against jab-or-job ultimatums. The lingering drive to force the COVID vaccine on health care workers continues even in spite of…


Experts Weigh In on House Speaker Standoff

News Analysis The failure to attain a majority sufficient to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) as speaker of the new GOP-led House of Representatives, even on the eleventh attempt, and on the heels of three days of negotiations, reflects a failure of leadership within the party riven by the same pro-Trump and anti-Trump schism that…


New Transgender Friendly Security Going Into Effect at US Airports

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is ushering in a new policy that makes U.S. airport security screening transgender-friendly. The federal agency is implementing the policy backed by what it calls a new “gender-neutral algorithm.” According to the agency, it has invested $18 million into the new screening system, which it has dubbed Advanced Imaging Technology…


Maine LGBT Group Defines Heterosexuals As ‘Breeders’ On School Poster Outside a Classroom

A publicly-funded poster of LGBT definitions hung in public schools across Maine defines heterosexuals as “breeders.” The poster entitled “Terminology” lists definitions for asexual, biphobia, transgender, coming out, and several other terms including one called bi-curious. The definition of gay is “a sexual orientation and/or identity of a person who is emotionally and sexually attracted…


White House Drag Queen Invitee’s Lewd Comments and Videos Spark Social Media Outrage

A social media firestorm continues to blaze over the discovery of extremely graphic sexual videos and comments by the drag queen President Joe Biden invited to the White House in December to help celebrate his signing of the Respect For Marriage Act. The drag queen, who goes by the name Marti Cummings, insists that his…


Mother Finds Herself Under Military Scrutiny for Objecting to Sexuality Poster at School

A New Jersey mom continues to endure threats after a high-ranking military officer posted she was under investigation by security forces for objecting to student-made posters promoting terms like polysexual and pansexual at her local elementary school. Angela Reading is a former school teacher and, until her recent resignation, a member of the Northern Burlington…