Maryland Child Protective Services Treated Christian Beliefs as Evidence of Parental Unfitness, Black Baptist Parents Allege

One does have to wonder about those who give their hard-earned money to TV celebrities like Jesse Duplantis or Kenneth Copeland for their luxury jets. But that's for another day.

Black Parents Sue Over Alleged Anti-Christian LGBTQ Policy

. . . "Prince George’s County is filled with African-American traditionalist megachurches, and here is an African-American Baptist family of fervent believers, beat down by county and state governments who ‘look like’ them, who have left them no other choice but to file a federal lawsuit,” he said." . . .

"Black Baptist parents in Maryland are suing local and state agencies after losing custody of their son in a transgender dispute. They say their son eventually attempted suicide while in foster care.

"The parents, listed in the lawsuit as Mr. and Mrs. John Doe, sued the state’s Department of Human Services, Prince George’s County Department of Social Services, a social worker, the foster mother, and other officials earlier this month. They claim that officials treated their Christian faith as evidence of parental unfitness because they did not support LGBTQ+ identities.

“The Does’ faith and religious liberty brought the weight of their own government against them,” Amos Jones, the parents’ attorney, told the Daily Signal in a statement Monday. “We are calling on Governor Wes Moore and County Executive Aisha Braveboy to correct this affront to Christian families in a county full of traditionalist black megachurches.”

"The son, who was diagnosed with autism, had engaged in self-cutting, and the parents took him to Children’s National Hospital, Jones told the Daily Signal. The staff there began referring to the son by a female name and referred him to Prince George’s County Child Protective Services.

"According to the lawsuit, authorities removed the son from his parents’ custody and placed him with a foster mother. After some time with the foster mother, the son attempted suicide and ended up in the hospital. The parents also claim their son had been carried across state lines without their knowledge.

"Jones said Child Protective Services ultimately found the parents fit and did not substantiate abuse allegations against them. “Nevertheless, their child got snatched and wound up living across state lines, gone ever since then, because the system decreed that his ‘best interests’ were not with his own parents.”

"The parents filed a complaint with Child Protective Services in August 2022 after learning about the suicide attempt. According to the lawsuit, the Department of Human Services repeatedly failed to address their concerns. Ultimately, the parents filed a complaint with the State Treasurer, seeking compensation for state harms under the Maryland Tort Claims Act, but the treasurer denied their request.

"In October 2024, the parents learned that Prince George’s County child-welfare programs participated in the AFFIRM project, an LGBTQ+ youth program connected to a $10 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services.

"The lawsuit alleges that government officials treated the parents’ Christian beliefs regarding sex and gender as evidence of danger and “reflected a governmental program or practice that treated non-affirming Christian parents as unsafe or harmful.” . . . More.

Tyler O’Neil is senior investigative reporter at the Daily Signal and the author of two books, “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center” and “The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government.”

The Riots in France Show Up the Dangerous Fiction That Public Spending and ‘Integration’ Create a Peaceful Society

 "The riots in France have shown up the Leftist claim that enough public spending and 'integration' will produce a happy, peaceful society as a dangerous fiction. But is anyone paying attention, asks Matt Roberts."

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The Riots in France Show Up the Dangerous Fiction That Public Spending and 'Integration' Create a Peaceful Society – The Daily Sceptic   

. . . "We are addressing all of these problems and many more with solutions invented around 1945, and the problems themselves look very different than they did 80 years ago. Worse, many of the solutions we are applying are based on conviction and ideology, not on even the evidence of the intervening decades. Why should we continue to expect that the solutions will work, especially when we can look to Paris and see that they have not? In all likelihood, France will settle down again next weekend, or in the near future. Even when it does, it would be a mistake to breathe a sigh of relief and continue with business as usual. There is an opportunity finally to learn from the event and set about correcting the misconceptions that are at the heart of Western governments." . . .

Immigration Judge Deals Massive Blow to Ilhan Omar Amid Federal Investigation

 Analyzing America

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) will likely face significant legal consequences, including criminal prosecution and the loss of her naturalized U.S. citizenship, if federal investigators establish that immigration fraud occurred during her family’s citizenship process. Former federal immigration judge Nathan Hansen discussed the outcomes in an interview with Fox News, emphasizing that any attempt to revoke Omar’s citizenship would require a separate legal process.

"The Minnesota congresswoman is currently facing federal scrutiny involving allegations of immigration fraud and questions about her financial disclosures. Investigators are reportedly examining whether inaccurate information was submitted during her family’s immigration and naturalization proceedings. A separate inquiry concerns substantial changes in assets reported on financial disclosure forms. Omar has denied wrongdoing, and authorities have not publicly announced criminal charges against her." . . . More.

Ilhan Omar’s Odyssey  "It is a story with all the elements of a good narrative: devious characters, an exotic setting, a twisted plot, international conflict, etc. I am not talking about the Odyssey. I am referring to the story of Ilhan Omar and her family. Let’s start at the beginning. Ilhan Omar, the darling of the Left who has accused Netanyahu of perpetrating Gazan genocide, is the daughter of a mass-murderer. Not a fake one either, but the kind that lines up his enemies to be shot.

"Her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, first received acclaim as a colonel in the Somali army leading a regiment during the Somalian invasion of Ethiopia in 1977. He went on with a prestigious career in the military, which ended in 1991 after the dictatorial Marxist regime of Mohammed Siad Barre was ousted from power. I say prestigious if you ignore the genocidal campaign that he waged against northern secessionists in Somaliland.

"According to the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale and their Genocide Studies Program:" . . .

When was Ilhan Omar born? - American Thinker   . . . "So the question is, what year is Omar, or Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, referring to?  Does she mean 1988, 1989, 1990, or 1991 as the start of the war?  She can’t mean 1981 or earlier.  But she did title the chapter “1989–91.”  This would mean she was 8 years old in 1989, so 1981 would be her birth year.

"But then that makes me a right-wing conspirator, according to Omar.  You decide."   Omar’s second husband was a dirty what?

Ilhan Omar's family history make her genocide allegations against Israel even more outrageous  "Rep. Ilhan Omar’s apparent lies about her family and finances are bad enough, but nothing is as outrageous as the way she slanders Israel with the “genocide” libel when her own father in all likelihood took part in Somali dictator Siad Barre’s real genocide.

"Omar in her memoir calls her father Nur Omar Mohamed an “educator,” yet it looks like the only educating he did was teaching Barre’s enemies lessons in brutality as a colonel in the Somali Army in the 1980s.

"The Barre regime committed horrific atrocities against the Isaaq clan, killing at least 200,000 and displacing another 900,000 in a massive ethnic cleansing.

"The United Nations, Human Rights Watch, the International Crisis Group and virtually every other authority agrees that the campaign against the Isaaq was genocidal in intent and in practice: Government forces strafed fleeing civilians, planted land mines at wells and systematically raped girls and women.

"There can be little doubt that Omar’s dad was involved in the genocide. As historian and Oxford University doctoral researcher Mohamed Haji Ingiriis told The Post, “Nur Said was a military officer who was loyal to the regime until the end. He was part and parcel of those who caused and created the mayhem they ‘fled’ to live comfortably in the United States.'” . . .

Here's that "Good guy with a Gun" all hope for.

 ‘I’m just a carpenter from Bend’: Father who killed Silver Rail school shooter grapples with the aftermath - OPB

"In an exclusive interview with OPB, Kaylub Giamanco, the man who fatally shot the teenage school shooter at Silver Rail Elementary, shares what he wants people to know about his experience."

"Kaylub Giamanco woke up and got his kids ready for school that Thursday like it was any other day. The family made breakfast and packed lunches. He and his wife spent a little extra time dressing up their two girls because Oct. 15 was picture day at Silver Rail Elementary.

"Giamanco dropped the girls off as usual, then the 36-year-old carpenter headed to a job site northeast of Bend. He had brought a packed lunch in his truck, but when afternoon came around, he decided to go home instead to eat leftover tacos with his wife. He thought about running some errands on the way, but decided against it. He was four blocks from their house when he turned on Brentwood Avenue, the road running along the south side of Silver Rail.

"In an exclusive interview with OPB, Giamanco described the series of seemingly insignificant decisions that brought him to that intersection at 12:58 p.m. that day — the same time a 16-year-old carrying a shotgun approached his children’s school. It was the packed lunch he didn’t eat, the masonry shop where he didn’t stop, the bolts he needed but didn’t buy, and the gun he says had just been “collecting dust” in his truck console.

"Passing by the school that day, Giamanco spotted someone carrying a gun, followed him into the school, and then shot and killed the teen who fired shotgun rounds into a special education classroom. The shooter killed three children, ages 5, 8 and 11, and a 25-year-old teacher. Two other people were seriously injured. Police credit Giamanco with saving many lives at the school of more than 400 children.

"But before all that, there were years helping a single mother as the oldest of seven children, there was the motorbike accident when he saved his brother’s life with a makeshift tourniquet, and the informal military training he’d gotten from Iraq War veterans. A lifetime that shaped Giamanco, he believes, and prepared him for what he would do next." . . .  More.

‘It’s Guaranteed’: Impeachment Is Coming for Donald Trump Says Top Republicans if Democrats Win Midterms

National Security Journal 

 “It is not a fetish with us,” Raskin said of the idea of impeachment. “On the other hand, it’s definitely not a taboo.” 

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. . . "A Democratic Divide:  The report said some more progressive Democrats, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), both rumored as possible 2028 presidential candidates, favor pursuing impeachment. However, that wing is unlikely to make that call, as it won’t be in the leadership of a new Democratic House majority.

"Axios also quoted administration officials as stating that Trump would welcome a new impeachment effort, with one official stating that a third impeachment would “just prove Democrats are all about getting Trump, and this stuff about affordability is just a hoax.”

"The 2028 presidential primary will also likely become a consideration, with the chance that Democratic primary voters would look more kindly on candidates who they saw as fighting Trump harder.

House Speaker Mike Johnson predicts a Democratic majority would impeach Trump almost immediately, and Trump has dared Democrats to try. But Axios reports Democrats are divided on another impeachment, knowing they would lack the two-thirds Senate majority needed to remove him, though subpoena-backed investigations of his actions are likely." . . . More.

Stephen Silver is a journalist, essayist, and film critic, who is also a contributor to Philly Voice, Philadelphia Weekly, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Living Life Fearless, Backstage magazine, Broad Street Review, and Splice Today.

 Consider this a test to see if this site is a good litmus test election predicting:  Voters Just Handed the World A Big Clue That Trump and the MAGA Look Set to Lose the Midterms in Massive Fashion - National Security Journal

Biden’s Israel Catastrophe; A veteran journalist reveals how a Democratic White House enabled Israeli atrocities in Gaza.

 The American Conservative    

"Put another way, Biden’s “ghastly and self-defeating Gaza policy” paved the road to Trump’s war, on behalf of Israel, against Iran."

"When confronted with warnings that famine was spreading across northern Gaza in early 2024, members of President Joe Biden’s foreign policy team could not believe what they were being told. The alarming reports came from U.S. agencies and respected international humanitarian groups, but they starkly contradicted Israel’s version of events.

 "National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Middle East coordinator Brett McGurk doubted Palestinians were going hungry amid mountains of rubble and corpses because the “people in photographs from Gaza did not look skinny,” reports the investigative journalist Akbar Shahid Ahmed, based on accounts from his anonymous sources.

"Not only were staggering numbers of Palestinians desperate for food. They lacked clean drinking water, medicine, and shelter. They were being torn to pieces—in many cases by U.S.-manufactured bombs—as the Israeli military  kept up its relentless offensive. Yet the president and his top aides failed to meaningfully exert their influence to alleviate the suffering. Instead, their response was shaped by credulous deference to the Netanyahu government and disregard for both U.S. and international law.

"“Biden’s stubbornness was one of his trademarks; Sullivan and others closest to him began to behave similarly, such as questioning the Palestinian casualty counts, even as they received more and more information from intelligence and humanitarian officials that showed how their policy had failed to ensure that aid reached Gazans,” writes Ahmed in Crossing the Red Line, his must-read reportage on the Biden administration’s refusal to restrain Israel from perpetrating what a growing consensus of scholars, jurists, human rights groups, and an independent U.N. commission now consider a genocide.

"A diplomatic correspondent at The Washington Sun, Ahmed made his name during twelve years working at HuffPost, where he won awards for his Mideast coverage. The book draws on this prior work, augmented by interviews with dozens of former officials and a careful review of the documentary evidence.

"The result is a meticulously reported, damning portrayal of a president and his tiny clique of decision-makers who, despite their pledge to uphold the “rules-based order,” found themselves enabling Israel to wage war against a civilian population and destabilize the region. Future historians will rely on Ahmed’s account, which reveals how highly credentialed, intelligent officials can close their eyes to what’s in front of them and make policy for an alternative reality." . . .  More.

Martin Di Caro is an independent journalist based in Washington, DC, and the host of History As It Happens podcast.

The Ramaswamy Ad: Media Bias (And Republican Cowardice) At Its Worst

 Issues & Insights

  Acton's was "a pretty heinous charge. But when Politifact, a liberal “fact checking” site, looked into it, they concluded that Acton’s claims were “mostly false,” which, given Politifact’s ideological bent, means “completely false.” 

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"Chances are you have heard plenty about the supposedly over-the-line ad from Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy that consists of a videotaped statement from his opponent Amy Acton’s estranged mother.

"But how many know that the Democratic Acton had previously smeared Vivek’s mother? We didn’t, until yesterday.

"In the Ramaswamy ad, Acton’s mother says, “I love my daughter, but when I saw her lying about her opponent, it’s not easy for a mother to say this, but Amy has a serious problem. She is a liar. She lies about her past. She says she grew up living in a tent — none of that is true. She’s lied her entire life.”

Acton’s brother called it “a desperate, disgusting attack [that] reveals exactly who Vivek Ramaswamy is at his core: a pathetic excuse for a man who is willing to hurt anyone as long as it gets him what he wants.”

And then a chorus of criticism erupted. Turns out Acton’s mother lost custody of her and her brother after Acton’s stepfather was indicted in 1978 for sexually abusing Acton. So there’s that.

Whatever you think of the ad – and we will admit it’s unseemly – it’s hardly a new low in politics, or the first time a family member has been dragged into a political fight.

As a matter of fact, Acton herself did just that. Only in this case, she didn’t just quote Ramaswamy’s mother. She accused his mother of committing fraud.

Here’s the headline from a press release issued by Acton’s campaign on Aug. 12. “Billionaire Scammer Ramaswamy Used Mother to Manipulate Clinical Trials in ‘Pump and Dump’ Scheme to Make Millions.”

The release goes on to state that “Vivek Ramaswamy will do anything, including shamelessly profiting off Alzheimer’s patients and getting his own mother to manipulate clinical trial data, to make a buck.”

Japanese Researchers Have Reportedly Found a Way to Destroy Cancer Cells

Townhall 

"Right now, the research was done only on laboratory-grown cancer cells and not in patients. The next step will be animal testing, before human trials can begin. But this signals hope for cancer patients and their loved ones."

"Cancer impacts so many lives; this writer knows five people who are personally battling the disease and she lost her uncle to pancreatic cancer in 2014. But Japanese researchers may have just made an incredible breakthrough in fighting the disease, finding a way to get cancer cells to undergo apoptosis, or programmed cell death — and it may be a major step forward in curing some types of cancer.

"Apoptosis is essential for normal cell development, the maintenance of tissues, and in preventing cancer. It's a natural, highly-regulated process in which a cell self-destructs when it's damaged, no longer needed, or potentially harmful to the body. Unlike necrosis — cell death caused by disease or injury — apoptosis doesn't cause inflammation.

"Using carbon monoxide, Japanese researchers have figured out how to trigger apoptosis as well as the suppression of cancer cell growth and mild cytotoxicity (capacity of a substance, chemical, or immune cell to damage or destroy living cells) in cancer cells only, while healthy cells remain untouched." . . .

For cancer treatment to be the most effective, it must kill the cancer without producing harmful side effects. For traditional chemotherapies, the side effects may end up being just as harmful as the cancer. Tanaka and like-minded researchers are trying to improve treatments by devising new technologies that selectively target tumors. At RIKEN, rather than injecting the body with cancer-killing drugs, Tanaka’s goal is to eventually inject patients with harmless compounds that can be used to make drugs on the fly after they are picked up by cancer cells.

Most of us know about carbon monoxide, a poisonous gas commonly produced by the burning of gasoline in car engines. Recently, research has shown that many types of cancer cells also produce this gas. This makes carbon monoxide a kind of cancer biomarker, but only if it can be detected. In the newly published experiments, scientists in the Biofunctional Synthetic Chemistry Laboratory at RIKEN PRI tested a system for bringing a metal catalyst into cells and then using it and excess carbon monoxide to make a toxic bioactive compound. Because cancer cells have excess carbon monoxide and healthy cells do not, only the cancer cells are exposed to the cytotoxic drug.

 . . .   More.

Gavin NEWSOM happy to say Marxist DSA will dominate the Democrat Party

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“The DSA, the energy and the desire and demand for bold change, not incremental change, is very much going to be dominant. I mean, that’s going to be a mainstream Democratic movement. Absolutely. No question about that.”

"That’s California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential candidate, speaking to an undercover journalist while campaigning in New Hampshire.

"Asked by a “younger voter” who said “we don’t want Kamala Harris, we want more democratic socialist policies”:

"'No one is arguing to manage the status quo and fail more efficiently.”

"Gavin Newsom just admitted on hidden camera that the Democratic Socialists of America are taking over the Democratic Party. Here is what the actual DSA members inside the party are saying about it.

"California’s governor told an undercover journalist in New Hampshire that the “energy and the desire and demand for bold change, not incremental change, is very much going to be dominant” inside the party and that DSA will be “a mainstream Democratic movement. Absolutely. No question about that.”

He is not guessing. The people Newsom is talking about have already said the same thing out loud.

"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoined the national DSA in August 2026 after her membership had quietly lapsed for seven years. In December 2024 she joined a mass call with roughly a thousand people and told them to join the organization:

“DSA is a political home to take our own power back and organize. Whether it is for the defense of our immigrant neighbors, whether it is organizing workplaces in union drives and campaigns, whether it is the Build Public Renewables Act, or whether it’s organizing tenants unions and fighting for housing laws that protect tenants’ rights. I encourage people to check out a meeting – just come. Isolation is where fascism blooms. Community is where it can be dismantled. We are going to need each other in the next four years. I can’t think of a better thing to be doing.”

"She has also described the New York City DSA chapter as “kind of like your local union chapter” while confirming she is a member of it." . . .

Jane Fonda's Climate PAC Pours Millions into Socialist Candidates Ahead of Midterms

“The Center Square Voters’ Voice poll found that 55% of American voters are concerned about Democratic Socialist candidates running for and winning elected office in the U.S., while 37% aren’t concerned,” it noted.  “A slew of candidates running as democratic socialists appears to be raising alarms with a majority of American voters.”

Protestors waving Palestinian flags storm Roman Colosseum gates as unrest grows

 

NY Post   "Hundreds of protesters stormed the Roman Colosseum and clashed with police at the historic gates as the demonstrations in France spread to Italy over the weekend.

"The protesters, many of them young and waving Palestinian flags, were seen cheering and yelling inside the 2,000-year-old arena during the demonstrations in Rome as security forces pushed them out.

"The tense scene was one of many across the country on Saturday as thousands marched in the streets of Rome, Milan, Turin and other cities to protest the current cost-of-living crisis and the ongoing war in Gaza." . . . 

Video: 'Magnificent Meloni' leads Italy by severely punishing rioters  "Giorgia Meloni has conducted herself magnificently in this crisis,” Mr Grimes told News24 host Danica De Giorgio. “She's an example of what you do when your country is on fire.”

Opinion: Obama tries to gaslight America about Abdul El-Sayed Several updates.

 “They will use lies, and maybe your name or your faith to somehow suggest you are dangerous and less American than they are,” he said." 

Opinion by Batya Ungar-Sargon    "With just over a week to go until the midterm elections, former President Obama joined the campaign trail to remind us of just how smug and condescending he can be. It was Obama at his best: He made fun of the tastes of middle-class Americans, getting into hot water over a joke about how tacky the Cheesecake Factory is. He also bemoaned how divisive our politics has gotten — while of course slamming his political opposition as utterly indecent.

"What's more, he reverted to his trademark gaslighting. It's almost as if we were all back in 2012.

"The comments came over the weekend at campaign stops in Ohio and later in Michigan, where the Democratic nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, is struggling with Black voters. El-Sayed’s efforts to court this traditionally stalwart Democratic bloc have fallen flat; a recent poll had former House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), the Trump-endorsed Republican candidate, picking up an unprecedented 33 percent of the Black vote.

"Hence Obama’s appearance — a Hail Mary attempt to revive El-Sayed’s support with Black voters.

"At the rally, Obama compared questions about El-Sayed’s connections to the Muslim Brotherhood to the Birther movement — the kooky conspiracy theory that Obama had not been born in the U.S.". . .

. . . "El-Sayed constantly accused his main opponent in that primary, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), of having dual loyalties to Israel. He justified a terror attack that nearly killed 140 Jewish preschoolers by saying that “hurt people hurt people” to explain the would-be mass murderer’s motivations. El-Sayed talks about Israel as an adversary on the scale of Iran. And that is radical." . . .   More.

Brigitte Gabriel Reads the Muslim Brotherhood Plan for America

Pro-Abdul El-Sayed ad sparks fury with claim Israel to blame for high grocery prices: 'Case study in antisemitism'   

“Any (of my fellow) Democrats who condemn the disgusting Ramaswamy ad in Ohio but do not condemn this deserve our unflinching contempt.”

“This type of fearmongering about Israel is wrong,” added Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), who ran against El-Sayed in the Democratic primary. “It is not a winning strategy for any state. It does nothing to help Michigan Democrats win up and down the ballot in eight days."

 Campaign Staffer for Abdul El-Sayed Caught on Undercover Camera Saying ‘Americans Are Idiots’ (VIDEO)   "A campaign staffer for Abdul El-Sayed, the radical leftist running for Senate in Michigan, was recently caught on an undercover camera saying that ‘Americans are idiots.’

"The staffer is apparently angry about the scrutiny El-Sayed is getting over his family’s reported ties to the Muslim Brotherhood." . . .

Sunny Hostin Resurfaces Kamala Harris' 'Really Problematic' Answer on 'The View' as Co-Hosts Say She's Not the 'Right Candidate' for Democrats in 2028

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  A . . . "poll conducted October 2-5 of 2,553 U.S. adults places Harris at the top of potential 2028 Democratic nominees with 32 percent support. The rest of the field follows, with Gavin Newsom at 13 percent (or 15 percent, depending on the specific sample reporting), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at 9 percent, Pete Buttigieg at 9 percent and Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff at 8 percent.

During a "Behind the Table" panel event, The View’s co-host Sunny Hostin admitted her 2024 campaign question to then-Vice President Kamala Harris — asking what she would do differently than President Joe Biden — was meant to be a "gift" to distance herself from low approval ratings. Hostin said she knew immediately that Harris' reply ("There is not a thing that comes to mind") was "really problematic.”

"The co-hosts of The View also debated Harris' viability as a potential 2028 presidential candidate.

"Hostin questioned whether the presidency is the right position for Harris, stating she wished Harris had run for California governor instead. She also noted reports that Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, has privately said he doesn't want her to run.

""I actually thought the answer was going to be, you know, 'We had a lot of wins in this administration. I was there for those wins, but as a woman of color, a child of immigrants, with a different lived experience, I intend to bring that lived experience into the White House. I will do this. I will do that. I will do this. I will do that. I will do that,'" she spilled. "That was what I was expecting. I was not expecting, 'Not a single thing comes to mind.' And I knew honestly when she said it that it was really problematic.".

"Joy Behar expressed doubt that the U.S. would elect a woman as president, pointing to the losses of Harris and Hillary Clinton, arguing the 2028 Democratic nominee should be a man.

"Ana Navarro defended Harris as a longtime friend and noted that many women remain "scarred" by the outcome of past presidential races." . . .  More.