NH’s ‘Trailblazing’ First Transgender Lawmaker Sentenced to 33 Years for Child Sex Crimes

 Legal Insurrection

Laughton “pleaded guilty to goading [his] former partner into taking sexually explicit photos of children” and spoke “extensively” in text messages in the spring of 2023 about “potential or fantasized sexual contact with kids.”

"Once hailed as a “pioneer,” former New Hampshire state representative Stacie Marie Laughton, 41, of Nashua, a biological male who identifies as a woman, was sentenced to 33 years in prison on Thursday for the sexual exploitation of children at a Massachusetts daycare.

"But this story did not begin with the daycare investigation. Laughton’s criminal record and political career reveal a pattern of misconduct that was repeatedly ignored as liberal activists and media figures rushed to embrace the nation’s first openly transgender elected official.

"His first electoral victory came in 2012, when he won a seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. The win was widely celebrated as historic: he was not only New Hampshire’s first openly transgender lawmaker, but also the first openly transgender person elected to any state legislature in the United States.

"However, within days of Laughton’s victory, reports of prior felony fraud convictions emerged, and he resigned as representative-elect. At the time, New Hampshire Public Radio reported:

The decision was prompted by a state law forbidding felons from holding public office until the felon is discharged.

In 2008, Laughton was sentenced for conspiring to commit credit card fraud, and falsifying evidence. After four months, [his] sentence was suspended pending ten years of good behavior, the Laconia Daily Sun reports.

Transgender former NH State Rep was just sentenced to 33 years in prison for child p**n and child exploitation.@ericswalwell campaigned with him.

Eric Swalwell’s friend. pic.twitter.com/nvax1XS1MS

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 19, 2026

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With Comedic Flair, Seinfeld Reduces The Palestine Conflict To Nothing

The protest culture is wearing thin. The outrage culture is getting old. The cancel culture is just wrong, and people are refusing to bow to it.

 Arthur Schaper - American Thinker 

 "People don’t want flabby political commentary or a social science lecture about how they should feel about the state of the world and its politics and the wars and what they should do about it."

"Jerry Seinfeld has been dragged into the Arab-Israeli conflict. He’s been at war with the pro-Palestine progressive left ever since the October 7th atrocities, which gave antisemites the right to crawl out of the cracks and bash Israel and Jews, all while hiding behind: “It’s the IDF’s actions that we are protesting!”

"Of course, Islamic groups and progressive leftists have been hoisting Nazi flags and targeting synagogues and Jewish hospitals. And now they are coming for the comedians, at least the ones who won’t pick sides and promote the meaner ones so that they don’t get cancelled.

"Do the left-wing activists target Jerry Seinfeld because he’s Jewish? Of course.

"They also target him because people listen to him, and they want him to say what they want said:

" 'Palestine must be free. Free Palestine!”

"Comedians, to be successful, don’t tell people what they want to hear.

"They tell people what they themselves are thinking, and what others don’t want to say.

"Comedians are supposed to be the most anti-PC members of society. They push the boundaries; they rant and rave about the fact that everyone is ranting and raving.

"Comedians stand out because they stand up for, well, the right to say whatever they want about something." . . . More...

Skip navigation Ben Shapiro debunks viral 'Systemic Racism Explained' video

"I take a look at some of the arguments made in the viral 'Systemic Racism Explained' video -- check below to see the sources I referenced!"  ("Referred to"?)

First peek inside Trump's swish new $400m Air Force One: That new-plane smell and a lot of gold

 

Uncle Paul's Parodies

UK Daily Mail    " President Donald Trump unveiled his swanky new $400 million Air Force One on Friday, with reporters granted their first look inside the controversial aircraft.

The former Qatari royal jet, transformed for presidential use in less than a year, is awash with leather, polished wood and gold-colored accents, while offering a far roomier press cabin than the aging aircraft it is set to replace.

Trump proudly showed off the jumbo jet at Joint Base Andrews declaring: 'There will never be one like this. This is considered the world's most luxurious plane.'

A new Boeing 747-8 is valued at about $400 million and the secretary of the Air Force said last year that the cost of retrofitting the gifted plane would be 'probably less than $400 million'.

From plush tan carpets and oversized leather chairs to expansive conference rooms and touches of gold throughout the cabin, the jumbo jet bears all the hallmarks of the luxury aesthetic that has long defined Trump's personal brand. 

The jet projects exactly the image Trump wants the presidency to project: wealth, power, prestige and American swagger at 40,000 feet. 

During a brief tour of the plane, journalists found plush carpets, oversized leather seating, patriotic artwork, giant television screens and conference rooms that looked more suited to a Fortune 500 board meeting than a government airplane." . . . 

Much more here, including pictures.

Hawley demands answers from MLB over warning players who wrote Bible verses on Pride hats

  MLB Pride Nights CANCELLED As Teams REFUSE To Participate

Major League Baseball (MLB) landed itself in hot water on Monday after issuing a "warning" to three San Francisco Giants pitchers who refused to bend the knee to "Pride Night," writing Bible verses on their rainbow-themed hats during the team's Friday game against the Chicago Cubs.

Hawley demands answers from MLB over warning players who wrote Bible verses on Pride hats   . . . "Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker, and Ryan Walker walked out onto the field on Friday with "Gen 9:12-16" etched on their caps in white lettering. The writing refers to Genesis 9:12-16. The passage is about God's covenant with Noah following the worldwide flood described in the first book of the Bible. It marks the first recorded instance of a rainbow, which is also an LGBT symbol.

"Hawley said the MLB "must answer for what appears to be a pattern of discrimination" against Christian players.

"When three players added a handful of characters citing the Book of Genesis to their caps, the league reached for its rulebook," the senator wrote in the letter. Earlier in that paragraph, he explained that the MLB didn't have a problem allowing Black Lives Matter messaging on the field in 2020.

"The sports organization cited its content-neutral policy in justifying its warnings to the three players.

"The writing on the cap violates our rules and consistent with normal practice we have warned the players about future violations," the MLB said in a previous statement.

"Hawley said the MLB's unfair treatment of Christians, compared to other protected groups, isn't unprecedented.

""Your organization's recent action follows an undercover investigation which revealed an admission from a Washington Nationals executive that a Catholic player on the team was not included in promotional materials for the team because of his faith," he wrote. "That executive has since been fired, but not before the anti-Christian bigotry was exposed.. . . "Besides Hawley, other Republicans have criticized the MLB over the latest incident of reported discrimination against Christians.

"Let me get this straight, [MLB] teams can host 'pride night' but players wearing bible verses is an issue?" Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) posted on X. "Last I checked, freedom of religion was still one of the founding principles of our nation and enshrined in our constitution. This decision should be reversed now."

"Vice President JD Vance also weighed in on the MLB's warnings to the Christian athletes, saying that "we don't have to do this anymore" under President Donald Trump.

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon issued a warning of her own to the MLB, threatening possible litigation.

""The [U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] and state labor laws govern private employer disputes such as these," Dhillon said. "Time to lawyer up!"

"In a social media post earlier Tuesday, Hawley excoriated the league.

"'Warned' them? For what? Quoting the Bible? That’s now an employment offense?" he asked. "You’ve got to be kidding me. God bless these players. MLB has some explaining to do." . . .

DOJ probing upset Washington Nationals targeted pitcher   

“Americans of faith should not face professional repercussions for objecting to the mockery of their sacred traditions,” she wrote. “MLB’s privileged legal position should not become a license for exclusionary practices.” 

Elder abuse, anyone? Jill Biden and other presidential couples exit stage at Obama extravaganza, leaving Joe behind

 Monica Showalter - American Thinker  

Which raises questions: Is Joe being properly cared for and attended by his wife, or by full-time staff which he could easily afford? Or is he being allowed to wander around dazed and confused, wondering if he was president, taking off his pants, and otherwise not all there

Would-be second-term President Biden left searching for family

"So the Obama Presidential Center, a brutalist monolith towering over Chicago like a giant trash can, opened its lid.

"All the usual characters were there, celebrating Obama -- Bono, Oprah, Springsteen, Tom Hanks, Stephen Colbert, John Legend, the exact tired celebs you might expect too see there, along with previous presidential couples -- George and Laura Bush of course; the Clintoons, Hillary dressed like a bag lady; Joe and Jill Biden, and most surprisingly; Michelle Obama, who usually skips such events. And Barack, who gave us the benefit of his 'wisdom':  "

. . . "This analysis of the entire project is spot on.

"But the sad part was in the conclusion of the game-show-style presidential couples lineup:

They all filed off, festively, leaving Joe behind, alone.

 

"Then Joe moved up to the podium, as though he thought he were still president, called for his granddaughter, adjusted his 'Joe Cool' aviator sunglasses worn indoors, taking them off ... and revealed his confusion." . . .

. . . "They didn't know this could happen if they walked off and left him alone up there? After all these years and all these embarrassing events during his presidency, they didn't think Joe would be worse for wear after a couple of additional years?

 

"Jill Biden, who's supposedly his caretaker and who would supposedly know Joe better than anyone, never anticipated this sort of embarrassing thing happening? Why did she walk off without him, leaving him behind to wander and muddle around, his insentience obvious to all who saw the video. Worse still, why didn't anyone else step in for her -- Obama, the Bushes, Hillary -- and get him off the stage if Jill wouldn't. This would likely happen, by the way, if ordinary people were dealing with this issue." . . .More...

Grand opening of another Democrat monument

"The [controversial] Obama presidential center and library are now open, but some workers are saying they haven't been paid…"

From USA Today, of all papers! Obama Presidential Center is a disaster, like his presidency | Opinion

"Nearby residents say construction drove rents up 43% and pushed home prices higher. The Obama Foundation, which had hoped to establish a $470 million endowment, currently holds only about $1 million in endowment funding."

. . . "If the Obamas' accomplishments were truly memorable, they wouldn't need a hideous $850 million building, one that stiffed contractors and billed taxpayers, to prove it. The Presidential Center is the perfect monument to Obama's presidency itself: a grand gesture, lavishly executed, that promised transformation and delivered disappointment." . . .

As Obama Gives His Most Unethical Quote Yet   . . . "His case, which requires ignoring history and documentation, is the old leftist lie that they should have banned slavery and foreseen the women’s movement. So days before the United States marks its 250th anniversary, an ex-President, whose contribution to the United States, its politics and culture, were overwhelmingly negative, has the hindsight chutzpah to insult men who were wiser, smarter, and braver than he." . . .

CNN’s Abby Phillip is once again trying to reduce conservative criticism of Barack Obama to nothing more than racial resentment.

"The woke policies that Obama ushered in as president were on full display at his foundation’s grand opening… along with some revisionist history. "The day started with a performative land acknowledgement… If you really believe it’s “stolen land,” why build a massive monument on it instead of giving it back? "And it ended with the media celebrating him as a unifier. "This is the same president who: • Forced nuns to provide contraception under Obamacare • Oversaw the IRS targeting conservative groups • Pressured Christian businesses to fund employees’ abortions • Went on multiple apology tours abroad • Mocked everyday Americans as “bitter clingers” to guns and religion "Obama helped turn the Democratic Party into one that’s no longer proud to be American and sowed division in the entire nation." . . .

Five Quick Things: Drones From Dreamers?

"Featuring amateur jihadists, professional dependents, French bureaucrats, billionaire tax enthusiasts, and whatever is growing in the Reflecting Pool."

The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Bill Melugin: "DHS confirms that an alleged ringleader of the UFC/White House terror plot is a Mexican illegal alien who was granted DACA by the Obama administration. DHS says Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez overstayed a B-2 visitor visa and received DACA in 2014. The FBI assessed that Alvarez was responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the planned attack. Alvarez detailed the plot in an encrypted group chat, including the planned use of “counter sniper(s) and drones,” with the explicit intention of being “as deadly as we can get.”

"I’m all out of ado and folderol this week. Let’s just get to it.

"1. The UFC Terror Plot Was Apparently Spearheaded by an Illegal Mexican Obama Let Stay in the Country  

"The FBI busted it up before it could come to fruition, and it doesn’t really feel like there was much fruition in the cards for this plot in the first place, but it turns out there was a cabal of angry losers who thought they’d rig up some drones to smack some high explosives into buildings near the White House while last weekend’s UFC fight spectacle was going on on the South Lawn, and when the explosions triggered a stampede they’d pick off a bunch of high-value targets with sniper rifles.

As they say near the border, that’s some beeeeeeg talk. And apparently it was being had in a group chat, which may not quite be the top medium for operational security.

Especially when the mother of one of these mental defectives got hold of the chat and ratted out her brat to the feds.

Initially, we were led to believe these were the “right-wing terrorists” we’d been waiting on ever since 2008. Except this happened…" . . . More...

Ringleader of UFC-White House Terror Plot Mexican Illegal Alien Obama Allowed to Stay Under DACA

"As Beege pointed out, what we knew last night was that the ringleader was a "noncitizen." Today, the Department of Homeland Security expanded on that description, telling us that the man—Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez—was granted DACA status in 2014 by the Obama administration. He had been living in the country illegally after overstaying his visitor visa. "

‘We Have Only To Be Lucky Once’

"The IRA understood a hard truth about political violence. Recent events suggest we would do well to remember it."

They Attacked the Queen's Guards | London Terror  The IRA was lucky several times in one day that time. And the bomber never paid a price.

More than 100 settlers were promised safe passage - then the killing started, "Lay down your weapons"

 Video:  "More Than 100 Men, Women, And Children Crossing Utah Believed They Had Finally Reached Safety. After Days of Siege, Negotiations, And Promises of Protection, They Agreed To Surrender Their Weapons And Follow Their Escorts Out Of Camp. What Happened Next
Became One Of The Most Controversial And Brutal Massacres In American History. The Victims Never Reached Safety. Instead, They Walked Into A Carefully Planned Killing That Left An Entire Wagon Train Destroyed And A Nation Searching For Answers."    

The Story of Massacre – Mountain Meadows Monument Foundation

 . . . "All of the families were from Benton, Carroll, Johnson, and Marion Counties of Northwest Arkansas. After the 54 members of the Iron County Militia finished their grisly act at dusk on September 11, the bodies of the massacre victims were left exposed to the ravages of birds and wild animals"

The Victims – Mountain Meadows Monument Foundation    "A detailed accounting of the family victims, survivors, and estimates of property losses as a result of the massacre. This information was largely compiled by founding MMMF member Dr. Burr Fancher, gleaned primarily from relatives’ depositions."

Mountain Meadows Massacre Monument at Carrollton (Carroll County).

L.A.’s 4 Seasons: Fires, Riots, Meth and Election Theft -

 Ann Coulter   

Had he been elected mayor, he would have been largely stymied his entire term. But now, the way the Democrats cheated Pratt can be used in every Republican campaign ad for the next 300 years, reminding people that Democrats are liars and thugs who truly don’t care about democracy.

"The preposterous spectacle of the recent mayoral runoff election in Los Angeles may be a blessing in disguise—and not just for Republican candidate Spencer Pratt, who can now move his family to Miami. As the entire country saw, Pratt walloped the Indian progressive lady the night of the election, then watched as his lead vanished during a week of ballot “counting.”

"The switcheroo was surprising not only because the progressive lady, City Council member Nithya Raman, supports encampments of homeless drug addicts next to grammar schools (unless her kids are forced to gaze upon them) but also because the late-arriving ballots gave Pratt three new votes while delivering about 100,000 new votes for her.

"Allegedly, Pratt finished “third.” Voters will now have to choose between a communist in Mayor Karen Bass, and an admitted socialist in “second place finisher” Raman (a smug imbecile who makes New York mayor Zohran Mamdani look like Winston Churchill).

"Liberals have gone from saying You can’t prove we cheated to writing ponderous think pieces in The New York Times boasting about the genius of progressive leadership in our cities. Apparently, releasing criminals and decriminalizing crime has been wildly successful on all counts — homicide rates (“declining”), homelessness (“down”) and drug overdoses (“fallen pretty remarkably”). That’s why, the ponderous think piece by David Wallace-Wells continues, cities are not “shifting right, as many expected, but left.”

"Yes, it was simply the power of liberal ideas that won the day.

"Liberals accuse right-wingers of lacking every basic human characteristic, but do they really think we lack a prefrontal cortex?

"Of course the Los Angeles election was stolen, openly, audaciously, without an ounce of shame. Raman could not be identified by 10 out of 10 Los Angelinos. Couldn’t liberals stop insulting our intelligence and stick to Hahaha, we stole the election and there’s nothing you can do about it?" . . .  More...

Not all Muslims are Hamas...

Julian Gonzalez: The Knowledge Hub 360

"The 25 descendants that Khaled saved are now scattered across Israel, France, the United States, and Tunisia, numbering in the hundreds. The girl who hid under the bed grew up, moved to Paris, and had her own children. If Khaled had simply 

"In 1942, a drunken German officer boasted at dinner about a Jewish woman he had chosen from a brothel the Nazis had forced upon the town. He even said her name aloud. A Tunisian Arab man sitting across the table remained expressionless, smiled, refilled the officer's wine, and finished his meal. Then he escorted the officer home, sprinted through the darkness, and knocked on the door in the middle of the night. He sheltered 25 women and kept it a secret for four months.

His name was Khaled Abdul-Wahab. He was 31 years old. A wealthy Tunisian Muslim who had studied art and architecture in New York and spoke fluent German. Nazi officers took a liking to him and invited him to dinner.

Tunisia was the only Arab country directly occupied by Nazi Germany. Jewish families were driven from their homes, and more than 5,000 Jewish men were sent to labor camps. They wore yellow stars on their chests.

That December night in the coastal town of Mahdia, Khaled overheard an officer boasting. The woman the officer mentioned was from a family Khaled had known since birth.

He left. He drove his car. He knocked on the door in the middle of the night.

You don't need to bring any luggage. Come on over.

He took 25 people, including his mother, father, cousins, and baby, and drove them overnight to his family's farm, 20 miles (about 32 kilometers) away, where he hid them in the olive oil mill, stables, and warehouses.

This wasn't just a single act of courage; it was a courageous act that spanned 120 days.

When their food supplies were running low, he gave them food. He kept the babies quiet. He kept the servants quiet. When German soldiers came to count the Jews, the families stood still, wearing yellow stars on their chests. Once the soldiers left, the stars were removed." . . .

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Blacks dance across social media and stab the air with kitchen knives, calling it the ‘Austin Bop’ (for Austin Metcalf)

 Olivia Murray - American Thinker

"I have now written two essays in which the blacks introduced new social media trends to protest the Karmelo Anthony verdict. The first was where they would randomly attack and violently assault unwitting white people and accuse them of being involved with the “jury” or “jury selection.” The second involved them using AI to photoshop themselves into a picture of Austin Metcalf’s grave, making it look like they were urinating all over it. Now, for the third time in two weeks, they’ve got a new one, and this one is called the “Austin Bop”—it features them dancing to some unintelligible “rap” soundbite, and stabbing the air with kitchen knives, reenacting the stabbing of Austin Metcalf. Here are the lyrics, at least the ones I can make out:" . . .

. . . "So we aren’t to judge anyone by the color of their skin—an obviously easy demand to meet—but are we allowed to judge them by the content of their character? Because I happen to despise “character” like this.

"I am also learning to never underestimate the sores of racial discontent, a reference to Saul Alinsky’s instruction to “rub raw the sores of discontent” of what he called the “Have-Nots.” I hate to have to preempt racial discussions by acknowledging that I’m speaking in generalities and not on a case-by-case basis because that much should go without saying—but I’m saying it anyway. Yes I can recognize that blacks as a whole have been whipped into an anti-white fit of envy and hate, and that sentiment is widespread in the population, but I can honestly say that reality doesn’t become the de facto assumption of every new black person I meet. As it shouldn’t. But it is still a massive problem. How am I supposed to live around people that behave like this, and lust for the murder of whites, simply because of our skin color? The Austin Bop clip is representative of black culture and attitudes. Blacks who don’t behave this way, or are willing to call it out for what it is, are too few indeed.

"Where does that leave us?" . . .