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Girls and women fleeing Mali describe sexual violence by Russian forces
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Washington Times
The girl lay in a makeshift health clinic, her eyes glazed over and her mouth open, flies resting on her lips. Her chest barely moved. Drops of fevered sweat trickled down her forehead as medical workers hurried around her, attaching an IV drip. It was the last moment to save her life, said Bethsabee Djoman Elidje, the women’s health manager, who led the clinic’s effort as the heart monitor beeped rapidly. The girl had an infection after a sexual assault, Elidje said, and had been in shock, untreated, for days. Her family said the 14-year-old had been raped by Russian fighters who burst into their tent in Mali two weeks earlier. The Russians were members of Africa Corps, a new military unit under Russia’s defense ministry that replaced the Wagner mercenary group six months ago.

Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Forbes
...to demonstrate basic AI competency, beginning next year. The new “AI working competency” graduation requirement was approved by the university’s Board of Trustees at its meeting on December 12. It’s part of a broader AI@Purdue strategy that spans five areas: Learning with AI, Learning about AI, Research AI, Using AI and Partnering in AI. “The reach and pace of AI’s impact to society, including many dimensions of higher education, means that we at Purdue must lean in and lean forward and do so across different functions at the university,” said Purdue President Mung Chiang in a news release. “AI@Purdue strategic actions are part of the Purdue Computes strategic initiative, and will continue to be refreshed to advance the missions and impact of our university.”

Brown University shooting 'person of interest' arrested after 2 killed, 9 wounded
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The New York Post
A “person of interest” in the Brown University mass shooting is in custody following an 11-hour manhunt, police said Sunday. Two students were killed and nine others wounded in the attack on a final exam study session. A shelter in place order was lifted on the Ivy League school campus, and all final exams have been cancelled. One of the injured victims remains in critical condition, seven are in a stable condition and one has been discharged from the hospital, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley told reporters Sunday morning.

Leaked lessons from first-year University of Illinois education course
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: FOX News
...show extreme left bias: 'just so wrong'. Student whistleblower shares PowerPoints from first semester education class riddled with far-left messaging. A student whistleblower sent six weeks worth of presentations from Professor Gabriel Rodriguez's EDUC 201 course, a first semester freshman year class for teaching majors at the state's flagship university, to Fox News Digital on the condition of anonymity. The course is called "Identity and Difference in Education."

They Want Your Children
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Breitbart News
Reddit Files Legal Challenge Against Australia’s Teenager Social Media Ban. Reddit has launched a legal battle against Australia’s world-leading ban on social media for users under the age of 16, filing a case in the high court just two days after the country implemented age restrictions on its platform. The Guardian reports that Reddit, the massive online forum notorious for its extreme leftist bias, has taken a bold stance against Australia’s groundbreaking legislation that prohibits social media access for individuals under the age of 16. The company filed a challenge in the high court on Friday, arguing that the law infringes upon the implied freedom of political communication enshrined in the Australian constitution.

Jordan Peterson out of Hospital but Still ‘Very Unwell,’ Daughter Says
Topic: Men's Movement
Source: The Epoch Times
Canadian psychologist and public speaker Jordan Peterson is continuing to fight an uphill battle with his health but has returned home after spending several months in the hospital, his daughter says. Mikhaila Peterson shared an update on social media this week—her first since October—to announce her father’s return home after spending time in an intensive care unit this fall, where he was treated for pneumonia and sepsis. Those conditions appeared after mold exposure this summer led to a “severe” flare-up of a chronic illness he has been battling since 2017, she said.

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Appeal of Christian Baker
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Bakersfield
Who Declined to Make a Same-Sex Wedding Cake. State government’s victory over a Rosedale Highway baker will remain in place after the U.S. Supreme Court opted Monday not to review an appellate court decision that she acted illegally in 2017 by refusing to make a wedding cake for a local lesbian couple. The Supreme Court issued no formal statement but effectively declined to take up the case. That gave the final word to the Fifth Appellate District in Fresno, which overturned a 2022 local court decision by ruling in February that the cakes Miller makes are ordinary and do not qualify as protected speech.

US Dept of Education Prevents More Than $1B in Federal Student Aid Fraud This Yr
Topic: Children and Family
Source: U.S. Department of Education
Additional Crackdowns Expected in 2026. Earlier this year, the Trump Administration implemented enhanced fraud controls governing how institutions of higher education distribute financial assistance, including mandatory identity verification for certain first-time student applicants. This effort has halted more than $1 billion in attempted financial aid theft by fraudsters, including coordinated international fraud rings and AI bots pretending to be students. The Biden Administration’s decision to require identity verification from less than one percent of students created a prime opportunity for fraudsters to exploit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) process and steal taxpayer funds. Colleges and universities across the country reported being under siege by highly sophisticated fraud rings and requested the Trump Administration for help.

Harvard Program Caught Trying To Hide Discriminatory Language
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Legal Insurrection
...After Complaint Filed By Equal Protection Project. “Students of Color” restriction scrubbed: “Sometimes they say the quiet part out loud. And that’s what we found with the Harvard Union Scholars Program…. That they changed the language after the New York Post ran an article about it and after our complaint to me is a sign of consciousness of guilt.”

Court rejects Planned Parenthood's challenge
Topic: Abortion
Source: Reuters
...to Trump-backed law ending Medicaid funding. A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a provision of U.S. President Donald Trump's signature tax and domestic policy bill that deprives Planned Parenthood and local affiliates that perform abortions of Medicaid funding is not an unconstitutional punishment.

Hatemongers, Homophobes, Fascists, Racists, Flag-Waving Proud Racists
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Jonathan Turley
Fired Radio Host Has Meltdown Over Cubs Infielder Matt Shaw Going to Kirk Funeral. Dan Bernstein is back with a vengeance. Just last year, the sports radio show host was fired after a tirade against critics that led to his threatening to doxx people on social media and asking “want your kids involved?” He later apologized, but is now again in the news with another vicious attack. This week, Bernstein denounced Chicago Cubs infielder Matt Shaw for going to the funeral of Charlie Kirk, who was the victim of a political assassination. Bernstein called anyone attending the funeral effective Nazis and mocked Shaw for his expressions of faith in connection to Kirk.

Medical Ethics Crisis: Puberty Blockers for Vulnerable Kids
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Epoch Times TV
In this hard-hitting episode of British Thought Leaders, parent and campaigner Clare Page tells Lee Hall that the Cass Review gave false hope to those who oppose medicating children with puberty-suppressing hormones and is now being used as a springboard for their return. We discuss the government’s rapid backtracking, the ethical red flags around these new trials, the lack of science behind labelling a child as trans, and why some now fear that child safeguarding is being sacrificed on the altar of ideology.

Education: How To Indoctrinate 101
Topic: Children and Family
Source: The Victory Girls Blog
It’s true that the landscape of education has eroded over time. Every year, public school districts face budget shortfalls due to mismanagement of funding and declining enrollment. And, every year, public school districts scratch their heads and wonder why. There are also young, passionate, college students who want to make a difference in the classroom who walk into a university lecture hall to get his with a bunch of BS that will not help Johnny learn that 1 + 1=2 but will help him transition to Jenny should he decide to. Take this class from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign entitled “Identity and Difference in Education”. A student whistleblower sent along PowerPoint slides from professor, Gabriel Rodriguez’s EDUC 201 course and boy, it’s a doozy.

The Far Right Is Powered by Left-Wing Illiberalism and Hypocrisy
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Reason
The left has to accept that it shares blame for our current political mess.. The introduction of the "Groypers" into our national consciousness over the last six weeks has ignited curiosity about what is causing the evident moral and intellectual disintegration of American conservatism. As someone who has been covering this space for years, I do not believe it's possible to grasp what's happening on the right without accepting that the left has, for decades now, been on its own illiberal journey—because to a far greater extent than most observers would like to admit, the former phenomenon is a response to the latter.

Newsom and Team Go Lower than Squid Poop on the Bottom of the Ocean
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: California Globe
Newsom’s flip on trans kids is just more of Gavin attempting to reinvent Gavin. History will not be kind to Gavin Newsom. But it will be accurate. This week, Gavin flipped on the trans kids position he took in his first podcast with Charlie Kirk. On his podcast last March with Kirk, Newsom agreed that he thinks that it was “deeply unfair” to have trans athletes competing against women in sports. But after the podcast, Newsom did nothing about biological males who identify as female competing against female athletes. Now – he’s all-in on trans everything. Because as he said this week, “I want to see trans kids… I have a trans god son… There’s no governor that’s done more pro trans legislation than I have,” he said indignantly during the Erza Klein show. Right. And that qualifies you on a 90/10 issue to be President of the United States?

I’m a Racist, He’s a Racist, She’s a Racist, Wouldn’t You Like to Be a Racist Too?
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Townhall
First off, I’ve never liked the taste of Dr. Pepper. Just not a fan. But the theme song back in the day was catchy. The title, however, shows the respect due to that song and the lack of respect due to the fraud leftists who run around screaming “RACISM” about every damn thing. They’re the pundits and politicians who cried wolf and no one cares anymore. I find racism to be disgusting and a haven for stupid people – a readymade excuse for the failures of the lazy. But it’s also so rare that more unicorns are running the streets than members of the KKK. And the people who cry it are such horrible people that they’d make it impossible to care, even if they actually found some.

Rethinking Education in Africa: Lessons from Albert Jay Nock
Topic: Individualist Feminism
Source: Acton Institution
Why do so many young African graduates migrate? Structural and economic obstacles abound, but also lacking is an independence of thought that imagines ways to cultivate flourishing local communities. Albert Jay Nock, the early-20th-century American social critic, offered a vision of education that challenged the prevailing assumptions of his time.

CBS Staffers Attack New Anchor as Too White, Straight, Male and Pro-Israel
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Jonathan Turley
CBS has long been a network in decline. With dismal ratings, the network has been mired in third place for years, and many view it as openly biased and partisan in its coverage, including pushing false stories with a political agenda. Bari Weiss was brought in to save the network and move it back to a neutral center. She has encountered continued attacks from staff who are outraged by the efforts, including her recent selection of Tony Dokoupil as the next evening anchor. Dokoupil is being attacked as too white, male, straight, and pro-Israel.

Colorado Schools Score Huge Victory in Battle to Protect Girls Sports
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: PJ Media
Last week, the Colorado High School Activities Association settled with the plaintiffs, delivering a huge win for girls’ sports. District 49 pursued the lawsuit after officials adopted rules last year requiring all school sports teams to divide athletes by biological sex. Superintendent Peter Hilts stated that he set clear rules concerning biology after he noticed more men trying to compete as women around the country. District 49 filed its lawsuit on May 9 to prevent the district from facing penalties that the governing body of Colorado sports might impose. “I would never want my daughters to compete against a boy; that would be unfair,” Hilts told The Daily Wire. The settlement removes the Colorado High School Activities Association from the lawsuit—which continues in Colorado federal court—and gives all eight districts protections from the CHSAA.