Women’s Sports Too Often Are Their Own Worst Enemies

 Women’s Sports Too Often Are Their Own Worst Enemies – RedState

"In the fight for athletic equality women’s sports have been hurt less by men than by their infighting.

"Over the past few years, we have been served with the next wave of gender equality. From #MeToo to pay inequality,to every inequity being blamed on toxic masculinity, there has been a desire to wage anew the Battle of the Sexes. Look at the strained effort to get the Equal Rights Amendment finally passed, although that strikes me as odd. I’m not sure how you are advancing women’s issues by adapting legislation from 50 years ago.

"One of the other issues in this realm has been the fight to get respect for women’s athletics. There have been some legitimate complaints, such as the NCAA women’s basketball issue at last year’s final tournament, where the men had a sprawling workout room apparatus at their disposal, yet the women’s teams were granted a solitary rack of free weights. Other battles, however, have brought less obvious arguments.

"In women’s soccer, there has been an ongoing battle with USA athletics to get compensation for the women’s team equal to the men’s team. The demand has long been centered on the equal-pay-for-equal-work premise, despite the fact that the disparity is a result of unequal results. The reality is the women draw far less in attendance and ratings — a reality the women obviously do not want to address.

"Also hurting their cause was the very avowed activism, especially from star Megan Rapinoe. She has led the team with her pronounced kneeling during the national anthem, something that has both caused some discord on the roster and has blunted support for the team in general.

Former star goalkeeper Hope Solo mentioned that it was used as a force in the locker room. “I think the kneeling thing can be very divisive,” Solo added. “I’ve seen Megan Rapinoe almost bully players into kneeling.’’

"This had led to backlash. Going into the Tokyo Olympics, the women’s team appeared bent on diminishing any of its recently earned public support. They failed to show up for the opening ceremony, and the consistent kneeling before the Games even began led to a number of Americans rooting against the team, and taking pleasure in their missing the Gold Medal Game due to a loss.". . .

Mexican Official Warns That Revoking Title 42 Will Mean 'Chaos' for U.S. and Mexico

 Mexican Official Warns That Revoking Title 42 Will Mean 'Chaos' for U.S. and Mexico – PJ Media

. . .but what we can all agree on is that lifting Title 42 is a terrible, short-sighted idea that’s beneath even the stupidity that Biden and his circle have engaged in since taking office. Maybe someone more reasonable will prevail and keep Title 42 in place, but I think instead more chaos is on the way.

"We’ve heard a lot lately about the Biden administration’s plans to revoke Title 42, the portion of a 1944 public health law that allows the federal government to turn migrants away due to health emergencies. The Trump administration invoked Title 42 during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the United States has used it to expel 1.6 million illegal immigrants, most of them single adults. But the Biden administration is looking to lift Title 42 effective May 23.

"One Mexican government official is warning of what could happen if the administration does revoke Title 42, and it ain’t pretty. The Daily Mail spoke with Enrique Lucero, director of the Direction of Attention to Migrants of the Municipality of Tijuana, about Title 42, and he said that lifting it would bring “chaos.”

“ 'We hope that the United States is very clear about how it will receive all those asylum applications once Title 42 is eliminated because it is not clear whether they will do it in person at the border or if they will do it online,” Lucero told the Daily Mail. “If they do it in person, there will be chaos at the border because everyone will want leave the shelters and arrive at the border and stand in line. So that’s going to create chaos for them and us.' ”. . .

Mitt Romney Seems to Know That He's Jeff Flaked Himself

 Mitt Romney Seems To Know That He's Jeff Flaked Himself – PJ Media

. . ."If an incumbent senator is going to be ousted, the odds to make it happen are far greater after just one term than at any other time. Those six-year terms give them too much time to pass out goodies. Get through the first term and the next thing you know, you’re Dianne Feinstein.

"It’s possible that Romney may have gotten himself in trouble much the same way Jeff Flake, who is now one of Joe Biden’s ambassadors, did here in my home state of Arizona. Here’s a refresher from something I wrote last year:

Flake has been a darling of the Democrats ever since he threw in with the sad-sack Never Trump crowd a few years back. He did that after having failed his Republican constituents in Arizona so utterly that he had to end his bid for a second Senate term more than a year before the election.

"It’s obvious that Romney revels in his own “darling of the Democrats” status.

"Flake tried to make it all about Trump but he was toast here long before then. I hadn’t moved back here yet but my conservative friends were disappointed in him almost from the moment he transitioned from the House to the Senate.

"One big difference between Arizona then and Utah now is that the likelihood of Romney getting replaced by another Republican is greater.". . .

Comedians Mock Joe Biden on Saudia Arabia TV

[WATCH] Comedians Mock Joe Biden on Saudia Arabia TV – PJ Media

Frankly, the only thing Studio 22 got wrong with the skit is that they made VP Kamala Harris seem way more competent than she really is. It’s more likely that instead of deftly guiding POTUS back on track, she’d probably cackle maniacally .. Kamala Harris Has Dismantled Her Reputation for Competence – PJ Media

Image by Ghenghis Gary. added by TD

Every so often, if we watch closely enough, both our friends and our enemies will tell us what they truly think of the U.S. This time the truth appeared in an SNL-like Studio 22 comedy skit shown on Saudia Arabia’s government-owned television network. Australia’s Sky News reported that “the big takeaway from the skit was how much Joe Biden’s cognitive ability was mocked.”. . .

. . ."And if our friends recognize Biden’s decline, we can be sure our enemies do as well, yet there wasn’t one single solitary article written in the MSM about this mocking skit. Why is that? Perhaps they know it hits too close to home? We can rest assured that had this skit mocked President Trump, they would’ve written dozens of articles and had so-called comedians like Joy Behar would have dissected its comedic brilliance.". . .

Surely the world's nations know this side of Joe as well: Another Biden phony family fable - American Thinker        "President Biden is fond of telling fictitious family stories.  His maternal grandfather was an All-American football player at Santa Clara University in California — this at a time when All-Americans only came from Army, the Ivy League, or the Big 10, and Santa Clara had no All-American players at all until the 1960s.  He used to take his children, then grandchildren, individually, when they came of age, to Europe to tour Nazi death camps.  When a teenager, on Sundays, he moseyed on over to the local Black Baptist church in Wilmington, Delaware to assist and even guide those unprivileged parishioners in their Civil Rights activities — though nobody from the church recalls ever seeing such a boy at the time, and no one recalls seeing him until he became a candidate for public office in the 1960s.

"In recent months, Biden has grown fond of telling another family story . . ."

Kamala Embarasses Herself Badly With Her Solution to Inflation – RedState   "The deficiencies of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have, unfortunately, become public knowledge for all the world to see, not just Americans. It’s a bad thing for America and the world when foreign countries are mocking the competence of the alleged leader of the free world.

"A comedy program on Saudi TV even made fun of them in a skit that went viral. It focused on Biden’s incoherence and sleepiness, with Kamala Harris having to save him and demanding people clap for him. The program was on the mark in a lot of ways from the suit they had Kamala wearing to her basic role of being a backup for Biden.

"Unfortunately, the backup isn’t much better and it’s one of the things that gives 25th Amendment hawks pause.". . .

Title 42: The Flood

 Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, of the Department of Homeland Security, has publicly stated that Title 42 is “driven by the public health imperative. It is not a tool of immigration. It is a tool of public health to protect not only the American people but the migrants themselves.”

Immigration 101: What is Title 42? (rootlaw.com)    "Title 42 is part of U.S. health law, specifically Section 262 of U.S. Code Title 42 which prohibits entry into the United States when the Director for Disease Control believes “there is a serious danger to the introduction of [a communicable] disease into the United States.” The rule allows any customs officers—which includes officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) such as Border Patrol agents—to implement any such order issued by the CDC.

"The CDC order does not apply to U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and their spouses and children, nor does it apply to U.S. military personnel or those who arrive at a port of entry with valid travel documents, although the CDC maintains that it has the authority to expel U.S. citizens under Title 42 if it chooses. The rule also includes an exemption for anyone that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) determines should be allowed into the United States on “consideration of significant law enforcement, officer and public safety, humanitarian, and public health interests.' ”. . .

Record-Shattering Illegal Border Crossings Likely to Start After Biden Revokes Title 42 | CNSNews  "President Joe Biden is about to blow open the floodgates on illegal immigration at the border, and the governor of Texas is vowing to push back.

“ 'To help local officials whose communities are being overwhelmed by hordes of illegal immigrants who are being dropped off by the administration, Texas is providing charter buses to send these illegal immigrants who have been dropped off by the Biden administration to Washington, D.C.,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said at a Wednesday press conference.

"That may not resolve the issue, but at least it sends a message to Washington that this is a Washington-caused crisis that’s becoming intolerable for beleaguered border states.". . .

Much more on this here.

Exclusive–Hauman: Vulnerable Democrats Are Pretending to Care About the Border, Don’t Fall for It

Vulnerable Democrats Craft Title 42 Midterm Talking Points to Omit Biden’s ‘Broadscale Release’ of Illegal Aliens

Biden's Welcome Program for Illegals (townhall.com)

Media Go Wild for Child-Porn Friendly Judge

You want consistency? Read your own statements from a few years ago on the GIGANTIC difference in confirming someone to an appeals court and making a “big decision to promote him to a big job for life.” 

 Ann Coulter  "These were Google’s top headlines this week about the hearings on President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson:

" 'White House chief of staff Ron Klain hits back at Sen. Ted Cruz — Business Insider, April 4, 2022

" 'Cory Booker demolishes GOP attempts to smear Ketanji Brown — Washington Post, April 5, 2022

" 'Lindsey Graham Throws An Impotent S–T Fit Over Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Nomination — Vanity Fair, April 4, 2022

" '(I can trust the media, right?)

"The hit-back consisted of the following: Ted Cruz said KBJ would be “the most extreme” justice on the court, and — get ready for the snappy comeback — Klain said that “nothing” in Jackson’s record “supports this assertion.”

" 'Thank God for our free press and the reporters who dig up stories like this!

"Sen. Booker DEMOLISHED Republicans (you can always trust the “Watch so-and-so DEMOLISH” headlines), according to Jennifer Rubin of the Post, with this biting rejoinder: “Sen. Cory Booker had heard enough. [HERE IT COMES!] … Booker compared Jackson’s confirmation hearings to the ‘Festivus’ holiday from the sitcom ‘Seinfeld.’ ‘There’s been a lot of airing of grievances.’”

" 'And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call, “DEMOLISHED.' ”. . .

Go Woke, Go Broke: Huge Number of Americans Dropping Disney for Radical Position on Parental Rights Bill

"However, a new survey shows that almost seven of ten Americans reject the radical position being pushed by Disney."

Go Woke, Go Broke: Huge Number of Americans Dropping Disney for Radical Position on Parental Rights Bill – RedState

"Disney is a powerful company but they may have just stepped in it big time with their position over a parents’ rights bill that they falsely call the “Don’t Say Gay” law in Florida.

"The law doesn’t say anything about “don’t say gay.” Indeed it doesn’t mention “gay” at all.

The legislative text of the House version of the bill reads, ‘Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.’ [….]

"That’s what folks on the left have been freaking out about for weeks? It’s no wonder that parents are for it — and why people once they look at the language — are questioning what’s on the agenda of the left with this.

"The crazy videos that have been posted by people, including teachers of young children, have been troubling, eye-opening, and reveal the nature of the problem — from a teacher who would tell students that she’s a gender-fluid witch to a teacher who tells students that when people are born, doctors “guess” whether they are boys or girls and sometimes they make mistakes.". . .

Disney Releases ‘Gayest Kids Movie Yet,’ Produced Long Before Florida Grooming Controversy

 Disney Releases 'Gayest Kids Movie Yet,' Produced Long Before Anti-Grooming Controversy (breitbart.com)  "

The film’s director, Tim Federle, also noted that the film was specifically intended to further the LGBTQ agenda, and recently celebrated Disney’s high rating from the radical LGBTQ organization, GLAAD.

 "Disney has released what has been described as the “gayest kid’s movie yet,” as it continues to pay fealty to radical queer activists with its attacks on Florida’s anti-grooming law that gives parents a say in their children’s education.

"This month, Disney+ released a musical comedy aimed at pre-teens titled Better Nate Than Ever. The movie features 13-year-old Nate (Rueby Wood) who is upset about losing the audition for his high school musical and who goes on a trip to New York City with dreams of winning a part in a Broadway play."

"While the movie never affixes the label of “gay” to its young star, according to the Daily Beast, the movie is an homage to every gay kid who loves stage plays and musicals.

“ 'Better Nate Than Ever, which just may be the most gay-positive and encouraging youth programming that Disney has ever released,” the Beast reported on Friday.

"Rueby Wood, the film’s 15-year-old star, is frequently seen in gender-bending garb. At the film’s premier, he wore a black frock festooned with a colorful rock necklace, fruit-tart finger rings, and colorful, long fake fingernails.". .  

I Asked What My Daughter Would Learn in Kindergarten. Then the Teachers Union Sued Me.

 I Asked What My Daughter Would Learn in Kindergarten. Then the Teachers Union Sued Me. (townhall.com)

"I’m just like any parent—when I enrolled my daughter in kindergarten, I wanted to know what she would learn. In response, our school district bullied, harassed, defamed, evaded, and stonewalled me. Then the teachers union sued me. I left public school because I no longer felt safe but I’m still taking action to get answers.

Kindergarten is a precious milestone. Our babies are not babies anymore: They go to school for full days. Parents want to know their children are safe at school, and they want to feel confident that their children are receiving a quality education. I knew many public schools across the country have been politicizing lessons, so I called my principal in the South Kingstown School District in Rhode Island to ask if they teach concepts of Critical Race Theory or gender theory. That question and the events that followed changed my life.

"The principal said they don’t call children “boys” and “girls,” and teachers embed values of gender theory into classroom lessons. They ask kindergartners, “What could have been done differently on Thanksgiving?” How can five-year-olds answer such a bizarre question that shames them for their American heritage? The principal told me these were “common practices” but could not define a “common practice” or tell me when these “practices” originated. Now I wanted to know these “common practices” and the educational pedagogy supporting them, but the school refused to answer my questions.

"Instead, my school did everything in its power to evade me. The school told me to submit public record requests, but when I submitted what they considered to be too many requests, the school publicly threatened to sue me. They held a special public meeting to target me and treated me as if I were on trial. There, they publicized my public record requests and my personal emails. They allowed community members to speak in support of me or against me, and one woman whom I’ve never met turned directly to me and called me racist. The school even hired a PR firm to smear me in the national media. Later, the local teachers’ union had a meeting with 250 teachers where they put my name and picture on slides characterizing me as “threat to public education.” Two months later, the Rhode Island branch of the National Education Association filed a frivolous lawsuit against me to silence me and send a message to other parents that they could be punished for asking questions too. ". . .

Teacher says she has her preschoolers pick a pronoun pin every day to wear – twitchy.com

“Diversity is my favorite thing to teach” says non-binary preschool teacher who also makes 4 year olds pick a pronoun pin every day to wear pic.twitter.com/6IRmh4v8Co

— Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) April 12, 2022

Big-guy Biden brings "Build Back Badder"

Biden: the choice of celebrities everywhere.

 Jen Psaki's schtick is to respond with "give me the names of people who are poorer today".

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Even prog media not buying the pathetic 'Putin price hike' rhetoric to distract from Bidenflation - American Thinker

"Almost everyone in America is getting poorer thanks to the inflationary wave kicked off by Joe Biden taking office and immediately clamping down on energy production, which set off a continuing cycle of price rises to compensate for increased costs.

"People filling their gas tanks or buying food already are changing their habits and lowering their standard of living.  The classic question Ronald Reagan asked voters, "Are you better off now...?," has a resounding answer — "No!" — only 14 months into the Biden presidency.  Reagan was running against Jimmy Carter, during whose presidency Americans last had the experience of inflation remotely comparable to what we endure now.". . .

. . ."But Jen Paski's rhetoric about the "Putin price hike" isn't finding many takers, even at left-wing outlets like CNN.  Perhaps they realize that people have been buying gasoline and food all throughout 2021 and early 2022 before any war in Ukraine and can recognize propaganda BS when they hear it.". . .

NBC Poll: Only 6% of Americans Blame Russia for Inflation (rumble.com)

One more...

Watch: Bird Poops on Joe Biden as He Pledges to Lower Gas Prices (breitbart.com)

Did a bird just poop on Joe Biden? pic.twitter.com/p2Ywv8CbRU

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 12, 2022

Acceleration: Consumer price index hits highest annual inflation rate since 1981 – HotAir

. . ."The worst level of inflation in 40 years managed to get even worse in March. The consumer-price index rose 8.5% year-on-year, the worst since December 1981 — when inflation had begun to decelerate. Instead, the CPI’s internals suggest that inflation has only begun to accelerate.

"So much for those pay raises that Joe Biden keeps touting:. . ."

 Joe Manchin Torches Biden's 'Putin Price Hike' Inflation Excuse in Scathing Statement (westernjournal.com)  . . ."A White House economic advisor accused Sen. Rick Scott of Florida of being “fully in lockstep” with Putin himself for criticizing Biden’s job performance.

"The White House is yet to apply the PR tactic to the senator from their own party, with Putin sympathies seemingly stopping at a partisan line.

"The annual inflation rate in March was 8.5%.". . .

After a gang shooting, who should be deprived of guns?

Beto says those people being shot must have no weapons of any kind; zip. Nada. Bupkis

 After a gang shooting, who should be deprived of guns? - American Thinker

. . ."Sacramento sheriff Scott Jones has already blamed the loss of lives on April 3 on soft-on-crime California policies that "treat criminals like victims."  The Biden administration, however, will not demand stronger prosecution, or increased sentences, for those guilty of murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and illegal possession of firearms.  Like all good leftists, it will instead call for even more of what are meaninglessly termed "commonsense gun laws": the elimination of certain types of rifles and pistols (most developed a century or more ago) and further prohibitions on the ownership or carry of all firearms by the law-abiding for self-defense.  The administration will attempt to curtail the sales of gun parts and sub-assemblies, alleging that their lack of serial numbers appeals to criminals who assemble them into "ghost guns."  Alas, criminals have all the black-market guns they need.

"None of this will stop crime.  The people affected by the new legislation the administration will propose very rarely commit crimes.  Their intent is to protect themselves from violence by the most effective means available: the private ownership and carry of a weapon.  They obey the law.  They dutifully undergo background checks, apply for permits, and take training courses as required.  They present no threat to the public.

"Like the armed citizens of any free nation, they do present a threat to those with designs on freedom.  It is for that reason that they, not criminals, have legislative targets on their backs."

Hammer attacks, track shoves and fatal stabbings: Out-of-control violent crime on NYC subways spiked 50% in the 12 months before today's subway shooting

It's Mayor David Dinkins all over again.

 The out-of-control crime on NYC subway that spiked 50% in a year before horror subway shootin | Daily Mail Online

• Uber and Lyft both said they suspended 'surge pricing' algorithms after facing backlash for upcharging  those fleeing Tuesday's Brooklyn subway shooting  
• After a gunman injured 16 at the 36th Street subway station, those using ridesharing services to leave the Sunset Park area were met with sky-high fares
•  Some users reported paying double the typical rate amid the chaos
•  Four hours after the shooting, Uber tweeted that it had capped pricing citywide, with Lyft following suit
• A manhunt is still underway for the 36th Street Station shooter, who shot 10 and injured six more with smoke bombs during rush hour on Tuesday

A defiant Frank Abrokwa, 37, is pictured showing a rude hand gesture as he is led into Manhattan Criminal Court on Monday for violating the conditions of his release 

"At least six people were stabbed on NYC subways after NYC Mayor Eric Adams announced his new Subway Safety Plan"

"The suspect, believed to be a man in his 30s, was described as wearing a colorful vest over a gray hoodie. He has not been arrested as of Monday morning. 

"Sunday's incident capped off a violent weekend, which saw at least five other people assaulted in the subway system in a span of 48 hours. 

"On Friday evening - just hours after Adams and Hochul unveiled a new subway safety plan - a man was slashed in the forearm at the Briarwood subway station in Queens and was hospitalized in stable condition, reported NBC New York. 

"At around 3 a.m. on Saturday, a 46-year-old homeless man was stabbed multiple times in the thigh and buttocks during a robbery attempt at Jamaica station in queens

"About 12 hours later, a man punched a 20-year-old woman on the 3 train platform at Livonia and Van Siclen Avenue in Brooklyn. An argument ensued, during which police say the male attacker pulled out a knife and stabbed the woman three times in the abdomen. The victim was hospitalized in stable condition.

"At around 8.30 p.m. on Saturday, a 24-year-old man was standing on the A-C-E platform in the 168th Street station in Manhattan when police say he was stabbed by two teens during a botched robbery attempt.". . .

Brooklyn subway shooting suspect was on FBI's terrorist radar until 2019 (ampproject.org)

BROOKLYN SUBWAY SHOOTING - WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR

• Unidentified gunman wearing grey hoodie and green construction vest opened fire on northbound N train at 8.24am 
• He is known to the FBI, having been on their radar in New Mexico until he was cleared following 'multiple interviews' in 2019 
• He is believed to have travelled from New Mexico, and then rented a U-Haul in Philadelphia
• That U-Haul was found five miles from the scene on King's Highway, Brooklyn 
• A credit card found on the scene of the shooting matched the credit card used to rent the U-Haul 
• The suspect put on a gas mask then detonated a smoke bomb that was in his bag before firing the first shots
• Panicked commuters tried to flee into the next subway car but the door was locked - they were trapped until the train reached 36th street 
• The gunman somehow vanished in the chaos - some fear he may have jumped onto the tracks and entered the subway tunnels 
• Police found a .380 handgun and three extended magazines in backpack at the Brooklyn station  
• Sixteen people were taken to NYC hospitals - ten were shot, four suffered smoke inhalation and another two were in shock 
• NYPD is going door-to-door in Brooklyn asking for information, surveillance camera footage and pictures 
• Anyone with information about the shooting or gunman is urged to call 800 577 TIPS