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House Panel Recommends Contempt Charge for Leon Black
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Associated Press
Billionaire defied subpoena in Epstein probe. The House Oversight Committee voted Tuesday to recommend that billionaire Leon Black be held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena for testimony in the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, the AP reports. Republicans and Democrats joined unanimously in the bipartisan vote after Black refused to appear this month for a sworn deposition and produce requested nondisclosure agreements. Black sued the panel, asking a federal court to block the subpoenas. Black is the former chief executive of a private equity firm that lawmakers say funneled millions to Epstein. Republican Rep. James Comer, the chairman of the Oversight Committee, said Black is "hiding behind litigation to delay having to provide answers to the American people."

The Protect College Sports Act
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: Reason
Shows How Much the GOP Doesn't Care About Limited Government Anymore. Nothing says “small government” like having politicians run college sports. ESPN's College GameDay is not meant to be watched intently and without distraction. It's what you throw on as you fold into your couch cushions on a cold Saturday morning to look at your phone for two hours, or as you stand over a stove making overcooked scrambled eggs to nurse your hangover. You perk up and watch when some pimply kid from Iowa tries to make a field goal and win a jillion dollars of Pat McAfee's loudly earned money, or when the celebrity picker shares a prophecy for the day's MACtion.

Asia’s lonely economy of one
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Asia Times
Singles in China spent $1 trillion in 2025, up 50% in two years, but neither the ‘loneliness economy’ bulls nor bears really understand the shift. For most of modern history, the household was a bundle. Under one roof, families pooled rent and meals, raised children, cared for parents, kept each other company and insured one another against bad luck. Nobody itemized it, and national accounts barely noticed. Across East Asia, that arrangement is coming apart, and one line item after another has turned into something you pay for. The loneliness economy is the usual name for the result; the unbundling of the family household is the more accurate one.

Surrogate who refused abortion asks SCOTUS to intervene
Topic: Children and Family
Source: FOX
...as baby could be moved out of Texas. The surrogate who refused an abortion sought by the biological parents has filed an updated brief with the U.S. Supreme Court following an emergency application she filed with the court last week, arguing the case is moving more quickly than expected. McKenna West, an Alaska resident, and a California couple referred to as the commissioning parties, have been involved in a legal battle after she refused their request to terminate the pregnancy after a diagnosis of a serious heart condition, hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS).

Fundraiser for lone holdout Clancy juror hits $117,000 as media doxes, smears him
Topic: Children and Family
Source: The Post Millennial
The juror, who has been identified as a black male, has been the subject of heavy scrutiny. The GiveSendGo fundraiser that was organized for the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial has now surpassed $117,000 in donations after he has been doxed and dragged online by the news media and others who have said that the admitted child-killer should be acquitted of criminal responsibility in the murders of her children.

Fla AG seeks death penalty for 2 who trapped kids in tractor-trailer for 6 yrs
Topic: Children and Family
Source: New York Post
Florida Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier will seek the death penalty in the case of two adults who are accused of trapping four children in a tractor-trailer cab for more than six years. Keisha Monique Epps, 51, and Tamra Marshon Stewart, 37, are charged with sexual battery, molestation, and neglect, according to a report from Fox News. They were arrested on Aug. 6. The victims included two boys and two girls — one was 9 years old, another was 6, and two were 5. [Ed: I didn't know any state allowed the death penalty for child sex molestation.]

Judge rules 'colonialism' caused 1st Nations man to become deadly driver
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The National Post
Prison time would obstruct efforts by deadly driver to 'regain his culture,' according to Ontario Justice Gethin Edward. An Ontario judge has ruled that "colonialism" was primarily to blame in a deadly driving crash that saw a First Nations man kill a 12-year-old girl. According to police reports, Darris Wilson's Dodge Ram pickup truck was strewn with empty and partially consumed cans of beer when, in 2022, it slammed head-on into a vehicle carrying a mother and daughter en route to a sleepover. Sierra Beverly, 12, was killed at the scene. Her mother, Naomi, suffered debilitating brain injuries for which she still requires 24-hour care.

Catholic parents fighting for custody of their trans teen
Topic: Children and Family
Source: New York Post
...whose school helped to transition without their knowledge: report. Catholic parents in Massachusetts are fighting for custody of their trans teen whom they say authorities illegally snatched from their care for secret gender-affirming treatments. Joseph and Arlene Kutzko are completely cut off from their 17-year-old daughter Sophie, whom child protective services removed from their care in 2024 allegedly because they would not recognize the biological female as a boy, the couple told Fox’s Lighthouse Faith podcast. Staff at Sophie’s high school in the town of Northborough exposed their daughter to “LGBTQ teachings in topics that conflict with our Catholic beliefs” and eventually counseled her on her own gender transition, the parents claimed. The couple said they had no idea what was happening until the school alerted state child protective services, which took Sophie from their care.

El Salvador court hands down first life sentence for femicide
Topic: Violence Against Women
Source: Deutsche Welle
The landmark conviction comes 42 days after the killing of a woman in Santa Ana who prosecutors said was stalked and harassed by her neighbor. In April, El Salvador's legislature approved reforms allowing life imprisonment for severe crimes, including homicide, rape, femicide, and terrorism. Previously, the maximum prison sentence was 60 years, with the possibility of reductions for good behavior. The reform is part of President Bukele's broader strategy to combat crime and insecurity. In 2023, Bukele inaugurated the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a mega-prison that has been widely criticized by human rights organizations.

Fashion CEO assaults PETA activists
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: The Post Millennial
protesting H&M over miserable treatment of sheep by African wool farm. PETA activists at New York Fashion Week on Sunday were thwarted by Council of Fashion Designers of America CEO Steven Kolb, who reportedly physically restrained them as they tried to yell and protest about the use of wool for clothing at the COS showing. Five PETA activists were present with their anti-wool signs and a few of them found their way onto the runway where they could protest in front of the audience.

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK dropped by the BBC after 11 series
Topic: Porn, Prostitution, and Sexual Freedom
Source: The Independent
The news comes days after the latest series premiered on BBC Three. RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has been axed by the BBC after 11 series due to “significant financial pressures”, the broadcaster has confirmed. Produced by World of Wonder, the reality series follows drag queens as they compete to impress a panel of judges, including RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Graham Norton and Alan Carr. Based on the Emmy-winning US series, the UK version launched in 2019 and catapulted British drag into the mainstream. The show has provided a huge platform for drag stars who have gone on to become incredibly popular with wider audiences, including La Voix, who competed in last year’s Strictly Come Dancing, musician and activist Bimini, and the late The Vivienne.

Sydney Sweeney fires back at trolls
Topic: Individualist Feminism
Source: FOX News
...after facing criticism online for provocative sports ad. Sweeney, 29, shared a series of images on social media over the weekend which featured prominent athletes posing naked for various magazine covers. Earlier this week, the "Euphoria" star faced harsh criticism after daring to bare her body in a provocative campaign for the sports trading app Novig.

Abbott to Pay $385M in Baby Formula Contamination Case
Topic: Children and Family
Source: AP News
Trump administration dropped criminal case earlier this year Abbott Laboratories will pay $385 million to resolve claims tied to an investigation of contamination at a baby formula factory in Sturgis, Michigan, the largest in the country, which led to supply shortages in 2022. Problems at the facility prompted a lawsuit by the Justice Department and a recall of powdered infant formula at the facility. The recall covered several infant formula brands, including Similac, and squeezed inventory that had already been strained by supply chain disruptions and stockpiling during COVID-19 shutdowns

Planned Parenthood of Wisc. challenges restrictive abortion laws in new suit
Topic: Abortion
Source: Courthouse News
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin sued the Medical Examining Board and statewide district attorneys, challenging the constitutionality of two abortion statutes. “Freedom means being able to make the decisions that shape our lives and futures,” said Tanya Atkinson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin. “No politician should have the power to make a deeply personal pregnancy decision for someone else. Wisconsin’s Constitution promises liberty to all of us, and this case asks our courts to protect that promise.” The Guttmacher Institute, a leading research and policy institute, classifies Wisconsin as a restrictive state for abortion...

India: Meta to report child abuse cases to law enforcement
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Deutsche Welle
Tech giant Meta will now directly report child safety-related cases to India's cybercrime portal, according to media reports. Amid intense scrutiny in India over alleged paid ads promoting child sexual abuse material, social media giant Meta will now reportedly lodge cases related to child safety with Indian law enforcement agencies. Air India's CEO has been summoned after three Italian nationals "skipped" immigration at Delhi airport and left the country

Nashville International Airport to be renamed after Dolly Parton
Topic: Individualist Feminism
Source: The Post Millennial
"We are working closely with the appropriate parties to thoughtfully determine how Dolly Parton’s name and legacy will be incorporated." The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority has voted unanimously to change the name of Nashville International Airport to honor the late musician, Dolly Parton. The vote is the final step to make the name change take place, but it is yet to be determined what the name of the airport will be. The authority is working to incorporate and decide how Parton’s name or legacy will be used to rename the airport.

Australia’s top bureaucrats want protection from ‘harmful’ social media
Topic: Political Correctness
Source: FIRE
The clips can ‘invite ridicule’ of public officials. Many of the free speech fights today rest on the question: How do we protect kids online? But some of the battles over what can be said or shared on the internet are about protecting a remarkably less vulnerable — and significantly more powerful — group from so-called harm: public officials. One such case is in Australia, where top bureaucrat body the Secretaries Board is asking Parliament to cap politicians’ and parties’ ability to share and criticize clips of testimony from the very officials the board represents.

The Transgender Mirage Is Cracking
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Lew Rockwell
When ideology overrides biology, it isn’t compassion — it’s harm dressed as progress. The issue was never about adults making personal choices. Free people can live as they wish. The scandal was always about the children. Adolescence is messy. Teenagers often feel anxious, awkward, alienated, and uncomfortable in their own skin. That used to be called growing up — a phase most eventually outgrow. Then activists rebranded ordinary distress as evidence of being “born in the wrong body.” This is magical thinking. A tomboy girl? Maybe she’s a boy. A sensitive boy? Maybe she’s a girl. A teen who dreads puberty? Time for blockers.

A New Startup Lets You Freeze Your Eggs For Free.
Topic: Children and Family
Source: Wired
But Is Anything Ever Free? Cofertility manages the costs of egg freezing and storage, in exchange for half the batch. One young client became suspicious of the arrangement—and started to investigate. Sue perused Cofertility’s website, clicking through text boxes of deep, soothing teal, optimistic light green, a steady purple, and an urgent orange. She was invited to a meeting almost immediately after passing the test, and within days she was video chatting with an employee who gushed that Sue would be doing the responsible thing for her own future while fulfilling the dreams of a desirous family. In the background of Sue’s Zoom, the Cofertility employee spied a piano and asked if she could record Sue playing. It’d be enticing to prospective parents who might want the eggs of a piano prodigy.