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One killed and 15 injured after van crashes into crowd at Berlin Pride
Topic: Gay/Lesbian Issues
Source: The Guardian
Police call off annual parade hours after it began as several people are struck by vehicle in Tiergarten park. A van has ploughed into a crowd at Berlin’s annual LGBTQ+ pride parade, killing at least one person and injuring about 15, police said, leading them to call off the event hours after it had begun to protect participants. Police said those hurt “included several with life-threatening injuries”. They called on everyone to leave the event, one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations, immediately, in a post on X. The driver of a white van had swerved shortly before 10pm into the Tiergarten park, close to the route of the pride march earlier Saturday, and struck several people on a walking path, police said. Sirens rang out across the city as authorities said they were looking for the alleged assailant or assailants.

After backlash, NY school district pauses plan to add humanoid robot to classroom
Topic: Children and Family
Source: New York Upstate
After the district first publicized the plan, it drew strong reactions from parents, teachers, and other observers online. Some praised the district for embracing innovation and giving students access to cutting-edge technology. Others — including the state teachers union — raised concerns about student privacy, increasing screen time, and Realbotix’s ties to the adult entertainment industry. Education is an entirely new venture for Realbotix, a Toronto-based company formerly known as Tokens.com. In April 2024, it acquired Simulcra, the Las Vegas parent company behind RealDoll, which creates hyperrealistic sex dolls.

Bill Gates Ignored Repeated Warnings And Met Epstein Thirty Times
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Zero Hedge
An independent review has confirmed what many long suspected: Bill Gates and senior figures at his foundation met with Jeffrey Epstein roughly 30 times between 2011 and 2014, brushing aside repeated internal warnings about the reputational and ethical risks of associating with a man already convicted of sex crimes involving a minor.The findings, released by the Gates Foundation after a months-long external examination by the law firm WilmerHale, show that foundation staff "raised on multiple occasions the risks of associating with Epstein because of his prior conviction," and that those concerns reached senior leadership, including Gates himself.

Northeastern Illinois gender studies major enrolls just 4 students
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Campus Reform
Northeastern Illinois University’s enrollment in its gender studies degree program has remained below 10 students for five years running, the school’s data shows. The university maintains a page tracking five-year enrollment trends every spring. The data reveals that gender studies is not a popular major at the school. In spring 2021, only two students were enrolled in the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Bachelor of Arts. That number rose to six students in spring 2022 before declining to five students in 2023 and four students in both 2024 and 2025.

Sophie Cunningham gets support from GOP senator
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: FOX News
...after backlash over trans sports comments. Sen. Darline Graham praised the WNBA player while referencing a North Carolina volleyball injury from a trans athlete. Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham received support Friday from Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., after the WNBA player doubled down this week on her comments that it is "common sense" to keep biological males out of women's sports. In a statement released Friday, Graham thanked Cunningham for speaking publicly on the issue. "I want to thank Sophie Cunningham for speaking out and make it clear that I could not agree more," Graham said.

'Summer of sex' UK MP wants sex education on NHS to show 'real people doing it'
Topic: Porn, Prostitution, and Sexual Freedom
Source: Daily Star
[Ed: sounds like the very definition of government overreach.] "Summer of sex" MP Samantha Niblett says she wants sex education to be available on the NHS and feature "real people having real sex". The Labour politician created a buzz earlier this year when she said she wanted to bring sex toys into the House of Commons. But she hopes it can spark a national conversation and lead to better understanding of healthy sex and relationships, rather than to turn to adult websites.

Shiloh Hendrix found GUILTY of disorderly conduct toward Somali filming her
Topic: Children and Family
Source: The Post Millennial
...but Not Guilty of offense to child after viral 'racial slur' incident in Minnesota. Minnesota mother Shiloh Hendrix, 37, was found guilty Thursday of one count of disorderly conduct following a four-day jury trial in the viral case involving Shire Jimale, the father of an autistic Somali boy accused of taking an item from Hendrix's diaper bag before she responded by calling him a racial slur.

Public School Closures Are Surging Nationwide
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Newser
Declining enrollment is the main driver, and the problem is worsening. America's public schools are facing what one researcher calls "the big shrink," and the Washington Post reports that the numbers back her up. Federal data show closures up 35% over the past four years, with more than 1,000 schools shuttered in 2025-26 alone—up from 755 in 2021-22. And more cuts are planned in major districts including Houston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Florida's Broward County. The drivers: fewer children overall, the expiration of pandemic relief dollars that had temporarily padded budgets, and state funding formulas that shrink when enrollment drops. The effects are nationwide, with stories about closures popping up everywhere from St. Louis to Alaska to Hawaii.

Bad News for 500+ Incoming Freshmen at Howard University
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Associated Press
They've been unenrolled right before the fall semester over tuition payments A'Zariah Miles' dream of attending Howard University was a few weeks from being realized—then it all came crashing down. Miles, 17, of Knoxville, Tennessee, is one of more than 500 incoming first-year students at Howard who learned this week that they've been unenrolled from the prestigious, historically Black university in Washington, DC, and no longer have spots for the upcoming fall semester that begins Aug. 17, per the AP. Many have taken to social media, some in tears, to share their stories; some posts have gone viral. On Friday, Howard confirmed in an email that the school sent notifications to "502 first-time-in-college students whose accounts did not reflect the required enrollment and financial obligations by the previously communicated deadlines."

Melania Trump files motion for sanctions v. Michael Wolff over tossed lawsuit
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: FOX News
First lady Melania Trump filed a motion for sanctions on Tuesday against journalist Michael Wolff. Wolff unsuccessfully sued Melania Trump to keep her from suing him for $1 billion for alleged defamatory statements he made about her involvement with Jeffrey Epstein. Earlier this year, a federal judge tossed Wolff’s lawsuit against the first lady, calling it a "contorted" effort and "not how the federal courts work." Melania Trump is now seeking costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred in these proceedings, along with other appropriate relief, saying Wolff’s lawsuit was "a fundraising drive and a political spectacle."

Measles surge dramatically in California among children and young adults
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Los Angeles Times {Reader Friendly)
Measles cases have doubled in California so far this year compared to last year — and 2026 is barely half over. California has confirmed 52 measles cases in the first 6½ months of the year; that’s more than double the 25 cases reported in all of 2025. If this pace continues, the number of cases will pass California’s high from 2015, when there were 125 cases in the state and a portion of them were related to a large outbreak at Disneyland.

Suit: There's 'Widespread' Child Labor in Chocolatier's Ranks
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Reuters
Advocacy group alleges deceptive marketing by Lindt about its cocoa supply chain. Lindt is facing a lawsuit that accuses the Swiss chocolatier of saying one thing about child labor and doing another. A complaint filed in DC federal court claims the company has long known that cocoa used in its products from Ghana and Ivory Coast is tied to child labor, even as it promotes itself as committed to human rights and ethical sourcing, per Reuters. The suit, brought by public interest law firm International Rights Advocates, argues that ordinary shoppers wouldn't expect a brand that highlights its respect for human rights to rely on what it calls "widespread" child labor in its cocoa supply chain.

"Why I'm Writing This Anonymously And What That Says About Free Speech In Britain"
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Daily Sceptic
...something in this country’s relationship with free expression isn’t working I consider myself an ordinary person. Thirty-plus years ago I would have considered myself slightly Left-leaning. I liked to think of myself as one of the good guys. But somewhere in the last three decades the Overton window slid sideways, and views I’ve quietly held throughout – that mass immigration, legal and illegal, hasn’t obviously benefited the culture I grew up in, that free speech should mean everyone’s speech, including the people I disagree with – are now filed under ‘Right-wing’. I don’t think I’m unusual. Look at the Brexit vote, which for many people was as much about sovereignty and control over immigration as it was about Brussels. Look at any poll on migration levels. There is a large, ordinary, non-extreme constituency that holds views broadly like mine. And a good number of them, I suspect, keep quiet for the same reason I’m staying anonymous here: weighing up whether speaking out is worth the risk. Silence can easily be mistaken for consensus, and I suspect that’s exactly what’s happening here.

Oh Lydia!
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Jonathan Turley
The South Carolina Supreme Court Again Rules Against Tattoo Speech. There is an interesting free-speech case filed in South Carolina brought by a tattoo parlor challenging a state law that not only bars tattoo facilities from 1000 feet of churches, schools, or playgrounds, but also bans tattoos on the face, neck, or head. The case presents a common challenge for free speech advocates like myself. I have a visceral dislike for tattoos (particularly on the face), but I believe that they are a form of free expression. I, therefore, view the South Carolina law, S.C. Code Ann. § 44-34- 100, as unconstitutional under the First Amendment. (The litigants include claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the 14th Amendment).

GenderSpeak: Weaponizing Gender Against Sex
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Brownstone Institute
When and why did the word “gender” displace the word “sex?” “Gender” refers to a person’s socially constructed identity of being male, female, or some other category, while “sex” refers to physical characteristics of male or female, such as chromosomes. Gender is a matter of a person’s self-perception; sex is a circumstance of birth. When did sex get pushed to the curb by gender? In his book The Man Who Invented Gender, Terry Goldie claims that the sexologist John Money of Johns Hopkins Medical Center (Baltimore) first used the word “gender” in its modern meaning in 1955

A Network Unravelling
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Savage Minds
The reporting about Epstein’s death continues to raise more questions than answers. Previously, both CBS and MSNOW did some strong reporting regarding inconsistencies in Epstein’s alleged suicide. However, in June 2026, The New York Timespublished reporting that included never-before-seen evidence and concluded that it was indeed a suicide. Despite citing a mishandled scene, inconsistent autopsy evidence, and reliance on incomplete records, there has been little pushback on The New York Times report. Nonetheless, adding to the intrigue, it was revealed that right before his 2019 arrest, Epstein moved millions of dollars through U.S. Virgin Islands banks and offered to provide dirt on Trump, presumably to stay out of jail. How these actions align with his death remain a mystery.

The Odyssey And The Tiresome Woke War Against White Culture
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Alt-Market
Hollywood has pulled out all the stops for this movie because, after hundreds of failures, they are desperate for at least one woke win... We’ve all heard the argument for most of our lives: “White culture doesn’t exist.” It’s perhaps the most common racial refrain because it’s the most socially acceptable to repeat. If someone said “Black culture doesn’t exist because black people all herald from different tribes…” that person would be browbeaten as a bigot by the woke mob. When it comes to white culture, such claims are applauded. The question is, why is it okay to diminish or denigrate white culture while worshiping every other culture? Furthermore, if white culture doesn’t exist, why are woke minority groups constantly trying to hijack white history and accomplishments?

This Congressional Candidate Just Told LGBTQ Community They're Not Her Priority.
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Townahall
This writer keeps warning the LGBTQ+ community that the Democratic Party, especially the Democratic Socialists, will sell them out to the Islamists. We've already seen some of that conflict, as the Greta Thunberg-led Gaza flotilla had fights between the Muslim members and the LGBTQ+ participants last fall, with the Muslims telling the alphabet soup crowd their activism is "incompatible" with Islamic beliefs. This is an intersectionality game the LGBTQ+ community is going to lose, and Melissa Chaudhry, who is running for Congress in Washington's 9th Congressional District, just proved that. She said she doesn't publicly promote her LGBTQ+ agenda on her campaign website so she doesn't alienate Muslim voters.

Jasmine Crockett, The Incredibly Racist Exiting Congresswoman
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Victory Girls Blog
Representative Jasmine Crockett is exiting Congress the same way she came in. Crockett came in a racist and is leaving racist. She learned nothing in her four Congressional years (2023-2027). She lost the Senate Primary to James Talarico. While we are glad that she won’t be an elected official, we will miss the comedy she brings us. Take for example her Fifa World Cup racist rant.