Stembridge News Digest

  • Cheapskate Canada 'threatens' NORAD? Trump dangles 51st-state solution Sat, 31 May 2025 23:30:00 +0000


    Canada could soon be booted from NORAD, the binational aerospace defense system it has shared with the U.S. since 1958.

    The reason? Once again backing away from its commitment to replace its decrepit F-18s with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the jet that is used by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and Marines.

    Canada has a long history of ... putting off the acquisition of military aircraft until they are nearing obsolescence when finally delivered.

    Canada needs to buy the F-35 to be compatible with the U.S., as well as with the other principal allies that Canada also flies with: the U.K. and Australia.

    East Alaska?

    But President Donald Trump hinted at a way his penny-pinching neighbors to the north could get around the costly upgrade: Join the U.S. as its 51st state.

    Who needs NORAD when you can enjoy the benefits of Trump's ambitious Golden Dome missile defense shield — free of charge?

    “I told Canada, which very much wants to be part of our fabulous Golden Dome System, that it will cost $61 Billion Dollars if they remain a separate, but unequal, Nation, but will cost ZERO DOLLARS if they become our cherished 51st State,” Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday.

    “They are considering the offer!” the president couldn't resist adding.

    Straight man

    Canada was quick to play the straight man to Trump's trolling.

    A spokesperson for Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney said: “The prime minister has been clear at every opportunity, including in his conversations with president Trump, that Canada is an independent, sovereign nation, and it will remain one,” according to the Financial Times.

    Carney ordered a review of the F-35 purchase in March, insisting that Canada could be better served with fighter jets produced by Sweden, France, or the U.K. Although Britain remains a primary military partner, Canada does virtually no military training or operations with Sweden or France.

    That suggestion has prompted U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra to note that any cancellation of the F-35 contract would have serious consequences for Canada — including threatening NORAD, over which the two countries have maintained joint command of operations for almost 60 years.

    Plane speaking

    “I think that's worked pretty well for the U.S., and it's worked well for Canada. It's, I think, one of the only, if not the only, bilateral military relationship in the world. So I think it would, but, I mean, there's criteria, OK, and some of those criteria are being questioned right now,” Hoekstra told CTV News.

    Hoekstra continued:

    One of the criteria for NORAD is interchangeability and interoperability. So that would mean that, you know, we're flying the same kinds of planes, we're using the parts, and, you know, it's all interchangeable. It's one system. You know, Canada is challenging that; they've made a decision to buy F-35s; that's now up for review. If Canadians are flying one airplane, we're flying another airplane, it's no longer interchangeable. And so that might even threaten NORAD, without talking about new alliances that promise even more security and safety to our people.

    It’s not clear whether Hoekstra’s comments were designed for Trump to open the door on Golden Dome negotiations, but he has nonetheless exposed one of the more absurd and potentially tragic exercises in Canadian military procurement.

    Jet set

    Canada has a long history of either sabotaging its own aerospace industry — as with the cancellation of the famed Avro Arrow in 1958 — or by putting off the acquisition of military aircraft until they are nearing obsolescence when finally delivered.

    The F-35 is another case in point. Canada has dithered so long on its decision to buy or not to buy that sixth-generation fighter jet technology is now on the horizon.

    Incredibly, the government of Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien first signed on to the F-35 program in 2002. Even though that was almost 25 years ago, Canada has managed through successive governments never to see the delivery of one aircraft.

    Chretien refused to make a decision on the F-35, as did his successor, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who toyed with Canada’s air force for nine years over the deal. Meanwhile, the military continued to fly the F-18/A, as it had since 1982.

    Today, those jets are over 45 years old.

    Justin Trudeau campaigned in 2015 on a pledge never to buy the F-35, but after eight years of reviewing other aircraft, he flip-flopped on that promise in January 2023 and agreed to buy 88 of the jets at a cost of $85 million (USD) each.

    Hoekstra's comments sent a clear message: fish or cut bait. Enough with using military spending as a political poker chip; upgrade to the F-35 or leave NORAD.

    In response, Carney offered more dithering.

    "The review of the F-35 contract is ongoing," he said at a news conference last week. "There's many factors that come into that interoperability that would relate to the NORAD element. There’s value for money, broader Canadian industrial impacts. All of those are factors that are under consideration."

  • Bigmouth strikes again: Brave Bono latest aging rocker to bash Trump Sat, 31 May 2025 23:30:00 +0000


    Bono is more than just a rich and famous rock star. He's also a rich and famous activist.

    The U2 front man has never been afraid to take bold stands — sometimes right in the middle of a song. AIDS? Poverty? He's against them — and he doesn't care who knows it.

  • Woke pastor teams up with Al Sharpton to revive Target’s woke agenda Sat, 31 May 2025 22:00:00 +0000


    Dr. Jamal Bryant, a liberal black preacher at a Baptist megachurch in Georgia, is angry that Target stores have dropped the secular left’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative. And so, along with Al Sharpton, he has urged black people to boycott Target.

    Bryant is leading a deceitful political scam while insisting he is a man who seeks to help black people. DEI has never been about that. Instead, proponents of DEI play the race card, using black Americans to advance what amounts to a godless agenda. Worse, in pressuring Target to restore DEI, this man of the cloth is undermining the gains Christians have made in getting the retailer to remove homosexual-themed children’s clothing from their stores.

    Should Bryant’s boycott grow enough to overwhelm complacent Christians, it could possibly provide Target a new political lifeline (and excuse) to reverse course on DEI.

    As many will recall, back in 2023, Target made national news when conservative influencers and media outlets reported how the national retailer was using customer profits to target children with a marketing campaign promoting pro-homosexual-themed apparel. This was bad enough by itself.

    You boycotted, Target listened

    What added insult to injury was the way Target seemed to be riding a wave of some organized propaganda campaign pushing drag-queen story hours — where perverse men dressed in women’s clothing would read books to children — often while behaving in lewd and suggestive ways.

    As a result, a tsunami of public outrage ensued, and an untold number of Americans immediately decided to boycott Target stores.

    It made a difference: Target got the message that the bulk of its consumers reject the woke agenda. In June 2024, the retailer announced that it would no longer sell children’s apparel as part of its “Pride Collection.” Even though Target still sells merchandise that promotes the homosexual lifestyle, the removal of this apparel from the children’s departments is nonetheless a victory for morality.

    This victory was followed by President Donald Trump’s executive order against DEI in January, which prompted Target to join other major companies — including Walmart, McDonald’s, and Ford — in announcing it would end several corporate DEI initiatives.

    A counter-boycott

    This is when the left-wing preacher Bryant stepped into the breach to stage a counter-boycott that attempted to mimic what conservatives had done.

    Protesting against the corporate practices that include selling homosexual-themed paraphernalia to children is an odd move for a man with the title of preacher — one would hope he is in agreement with biblical values.

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    Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images

    In fact, Bryant has never publicly denounced Target’s previous practices. Yet, he’s chosen now to speak up and fight for Target to restore DEI. And so has Twin Cities Pride, a homosexual activist group, which also lashed out at Target for ending its DEI initiatives.

    Seeing that Bryant is taking the same side as Twin Cities Pride, it’s hard not to conclude that Bryant’s passionate drive to pressure Target to reinstate DEI is motivated by his full-throated agreement with the far left’s secular agenda.

    There’s more proof of this.

    Woke, not Christian

    Not long ago, Bryant appeared on a podcast and engaged in a heated exchange about political and spiritual matters with Pastor Mark Burns, a black conservative pastor who has gained fame for his support of President Trump.

    The takeaway from some online viewers was that Bryant did not align with the standard scriptural interpretation that the Bible supports only traditional marriage and opposes abortion.

    To make matters worse, Bryant seems to be making inroads with Target CEO Brian Cornell. In a symbolic gesture of agreement, Cornell reached out and met with Al Sharpton because of Bryant’s boycott.

    It’s important to note that Cornell was also CEO of Target back in 2023 and had initially refused to back down from selling rainbow-colored onesies for infants and T-shirts that say, “Pride Adult Drag Queen ‘Katya,’” “Trans people will always exist!” and “Girls Gays Theys.” He was so adamant about pushing the homosexual agenda on kids that, in response to conservative backlash, he told the press that he thought it was “the right thing for society.” Cornell also admitted that this agenda is directly linked to Target’s DEI initiatives: “The things we’ve done from a DEI standpoint, it’s adding value,” Cornell said.

    Hold the line

    Based on these comments, can there be any doubt that Target would love to restore DEI, including its children’s “Pride Collection”? Of course not. But the social pressure against it is finally having an effect. That is, it was until Bryant and others began to get louder.

    Let there be no doubt: Should Bryant’s boycott grow enough to overwhelm complacent Christians and conservatives, it could possibly provide Cornell a new political lifeline (and excuse) to reverse course on DEI. If that happens, you can bet that all perverse children’s merchandise will return to store shelves.

    Editor’s note: A version of this article appeared originally at Chronicles Magazine.

  • ‘Bad medical care, or they’re lying’: Dr. Drew EXPOSES Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis Sat, 31 May 2025 20:00:00 +0000


    Former President Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis has come as a shock to many — not because he appeared to be in good shape — but because it’s unthinkable that even a president could be left to slip into this level of disrepair.

    Dr. Drew is one of those who are shocked, telling BlazeTV host Alex Stein on “Prime Time with Alex Stein” that “it’s almost impossible to tell with any real accuracy” what the situation with Biden was and is “because they’ve been so obscure, they’ve obfuscated so much.”

    “Equally as impossible to believe is that a sitting president of the United States was not being monitored normally and normally screened for prostate cancer. That’s insane,” he says.


    “Either bad medical care, or they’re lying about what happened here. Now, in terms of it being a national security risk, I don’t know what we’re supposed to do with presidents that are impaired,” he continues, adding, “Don’t you want to know who’s taking care of the country?”

    “Of course I do,” Stein responds — though he’s not as shocked. “There’s a lot of stuff that they don’t tell us of what’s really going on, so that’s why I wouldn’t put it past him for the president to lie about something like that.”

    While Drew notes that any man who lives to around 100 years old will likely get prostate cancer, certain prostate cancers can be more aggressive like Biden’s.

    “This is what happens if you don’t screen. That cancer gets away from you, and it is something that is highly treatable in today’s world,” Drew explains.

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  • A teacher’s choice: Fired for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine Sat, 31 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000


    When COVID hit in 2020, New York City was one of the last places you’d have wanted to be if you valued your medical freedom.

    Michael Kane, a public school special education teacher with over 13 years of experience, was employed in the city — before he was fired for refusing to take the experimental shot.

    “I was fired for declining the shot, I’ve been suing ever since. Thank God for Bobby Kennedy and Children’s Health Defense. They picked up my lawsuits who are still suing today in a case called Kane vs. De Blasio, as well as New Yorkers for Religious Liberty vs. the City of New York and many, many, other cases,” Kane tells Nicole Shanahan on “Back to the People.”

    Kane, who founded Teachers for Choice — which is a group of educators that opposes forced medical mandates — also very publicly left the teachers' union after seeing how weaponized it became during COVID.


    “We were certainly pushed out and punished for having anything that wasn’t, you know, Faucian or dogmatic. You really needed to walk that line, so there’s definitely a target on me,” Kane explains, noting that while he doesn’t believe teachers' unions shouldn’t exist, “national and now international unions are a plague.”

    And a plague that’s heavily infested with political corruption.

    “Randi Weingarten and the head of the American Federation of Teachers went to the Ukraine on a mission. Why is the head of the teachers' union going to Ukraine? I’ll tell you why, because she’s really good friends with Joe and Jill Biden,” Kane tells Shanahan.

    “That politicization is extremely, extremely dangerous,” he says. “I respect the institution of unions, but they’ve been horribly corrupted with politics that goes way beyond their membership, and when COVID came, it was clear they were not representing their members at all.”

    “It ended up being Randi Weingarten going on ‘Meet the Press’ in August of 2021 and saying, ‘It’s time to mandate our members.’ And that was it. From that moment, then-Mayor Bill De Blasio did the mandate, because the truth is, Randy Weingarten’s more powerful than him,” Kane explains.

    “So at the time, when things went down with COVID, I did leave the union, I saw no other option. I saw no one supporting us, and I led kind of a movement in New York City, at least at that time, that did that. And we got fired, and then we had to fight in the courts, and we lost our jobs, and we didn’t come back, and we’re still fighting in the courts,” he continues.

    A year and a half later, Kane and around 60 other fired workers, mostly teachers, went to the union Labor Day rally in New York City — where they protested Weingarten.

    “We chanted, ‘End all mandates, let us work,’ and we did that a couple of times, and all the rank and file cheered. All of them,” Kane recalls. “Randi ran away from me, she wouldn’t talk to me, but it forced her into a situation where she came on my show.”

    “‘Here’s this dude, Mike Kane, that’s fired, and my members are cheering for him right now. That’s an issue,’” he continues. “Even if we didn’t have all the national cameras on it, that’s an issue internally for her.”

    While Kane is proud of the major steps made toward a better system in New York City, he’s not convinced what goes on behind the scenes has been rectified quite yet.

    “We’ll see what happens in the internal New York City politics,” he says.

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  • Crazy 'cat lady' parasite decapitates sperm, 'colonizes' testes Sat, 31 May 2025 17:01:48 +0000


    Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that can infect any nucleated cell in any warm-blooded animal and can cause a wide range of health complications — some fatal, such as miscarriage or inflammation of the brain. Over 40 million Americans are infected with the parasite, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and it infects an estimated 30%-50% of the total world population.

    This parasite is stereotypically associated with crazy "cat ladies" on account of the parasite's presence in cat feces — cats are its only known definitive hosts — and its association with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and suicidal behavior.

    Researchers from Chile, Germany, and Uruguay confirmed in a new peer-reviewed study published in the FEBS Journal that the rapidly dividing asexual form of Toxoplasma gondii, generally known as tachyzoites, "colonize and proliferate" within testes and in the coiled sperm-storing tube behind each testicle.

    RELATED: Lancet study: Fertility is plummeting globally, with over half of countries below replacement level

    Toxoplasmosis from AIDS-infected patient. Photo By BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images

    Besides its capacity to behead and deform sperm, the researchers indicated that the parasite's alterations to "mitochondrial activity can cause oxidative stress leading to male infertility."

    Bill Sullivan, a professor of microbiology and immunology at Indiana University, recently noted that "testicular function and sperm production are sharply diminished in Toxoplasma-infected mice, rats, and rams. Infected mice have significantly lower sperm counts and a higher proportion of abnormally shaped sperm."

    While the researchers indicated in the new study that the parasite's impact on sperm could be a factor contributing to the global declines in male fertility in recent decades, Sullivan suggested that "studies to date that show defects in the sperm of infected men are too small to draw firm conclusions at this time."

    The CDC indicated that infections can occur as the result of eating contaminated under-cooked meat or shellfish or unwashed contaminated produce; contact with cat excrement; mother-to-child transmission; and receipt of an infected organ transplant or blood transfusion.

    The agency recommended a number of precautions that might reduce the risk of infection, including wearing gloves when gardening or touching sand possibly contaminated with the parasite; ensuring food is cooked to a safe internal temperature; keeping meat frozen at sub-zero temperatures for several days before cooking; ensuring vegetables are properly rinsed before cooking and/or consumption; and, in the case of cat owners, changing litter boxes daily.

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  • Why used cars are getting so expensive — and what you can do about it Sat, 31 May 2025 16:30:00 +0000


    The dream of driving off in an affordable used car is slipping away fast.

    If you’ve been browsing used car lots or checking online listings, you’ve likely noticed prices are climbing rapidly. According to Cox Automotive’s Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index, wholesale used car prices in April 2025 hit their highest level since October 2023, with the index surging 4.9% year over year to 208.2.

  • God, guns, and glory: Trump's DOD obliterates woke DEI madness in patriotic recruiting video Sat, 31 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000


    Under the former Biden administration, woke policies and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives infiltrated all aspects of the federal government, including the U.S. military.

    Upon retaking office, President Donald Trump vowed to root out the dangerous DEI programs and refocus the military on its mission to fortify national security.

    'Through our power and might, we will lead the world to peace.'

    Over the Memorial Day weekend, Trump's Department of Defense dropped a new recruitment video that directly addressed this shift away from the woke insanity.

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    Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

    The advertisement included an adrenaline-charged barrage of imagery — explosions, guns, fighter jets, tanks, helicopters, and troops forging themselves through grueling training. The video spliced comments from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Trump over the onslaught of visuals.

    "No more distractions. No more electric tanks. No more gender confusion. No more climate change worship. We are laser-focused on our mission of warfighting," Hegseth remarked.

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    "We will measure our success, not only by the battles we win but also by the wars we end and, perhaps most importantly, the wars we never get into. It's called 'peace through strength,'" Trump stated.

    "Through our power and might, we will lead the world to peace. Our friends will respect us. Our enemies will fear us. And the whole world will admire the unrivaled greatness of the United States military," Trump continued. "We will replenish the pride of our armed forces [and] end the recruitment crisis."

    "We don't fight because we hate what's in front of us. We fight because we love what's behind us," Hegseth added.

    Trump's comments concluded the video.

    "God bless you. God bless our armed forces. God bless our men and women serving overseas. And God bless the United States of America," the president declared.

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  • ‘The real controllers’: Who's REALLY behind race-baiting in the WNBA Sat, 31 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000


    The Angel Reese vs. Caitlin Clark rivalry began years ago on the court of the national title game between Louisiana State University and University of Iowa. When Reese and LSU secured the win, Reese didn’t walk away without famously taunting Clark first.

    As the pair have taken their careers into the big leagues, Anthony Walker believes the media is using the controversy, with a racism angle, to promote the WNBA.

    “I see the media as a driver,” Walker tells BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock on “Fearless.” “As with the WNBA, it’s never been a profitable business. It’s always needed that infusion of finance.”


    “But when we look at what’s happened the last couple of years with women’s college basketball,” he continues, “from my vantage point, women’s college basketball has always been pretty popular.”

    However, the WNBA is not as popular as college basketball.

    “So they need some kind of angle to push to make things kind of happen. So they’re using all this drama, using all this controversy, using all these angles. It’s why a foul call goes to somebody calling out another person’s wife, and this big racial debacle of microaggression,” Walker explains.

    “No press is bad press, so as long as we can get some eyes looking into this, maybe we can turn those views into revenue,” he adds.

    But Whitlock doesn't believe the WNBA is turning sports stories into racial ones on their own.

    “There was a documentary about Tiger Woods,” Whitlock begins. “Nike is who wanted to push Tiger Woods as a racial story, as a black-white story, and Tiger Woods and his daddy were like, ‘No, I don’t want to do that.’”

    “For the most part, Nike, the real controllers, they dictate how these leagues are covered and what they lean into, and they’ve decided the racial angle and racial animus is a way of uplifting the WNBA,” he adds.

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  • One town got a nuke plant; the other got a prison … and regret Sat, 31 May 2025 13:30:00 +0000


    Two Southern towns in different states share the same name: Hartsville. They were both chosen as future sites for nuclear plants in the late 1960s and early 1970s. One of those nuclear plants was completed and went online, helping to foster a thriving and prosperous community. The other plant was canceled, leaving a derelict cooling tower as a reminder of what might have been for the downtrodden town that has been economically left behind.

    Hartsville, South Carolina, with its nuclear generating station, is thriving. Hartsville, Tennessee, with its for-profit penitentiary and abandoned nuclear project, is dying.

    The 'tale of two Hartsvilles' shows the power of a town producing an actual product — requiring technicians, skilled tradesmen, and engagement with local businesses.

    The Pamphleteer, a Nashville-based publication, published a piece by Hamilton Wesley Ellis titled “Atomic Hartsville: A small Tennessee town’s forgotten history as a nuclear leader.” The article draws a stark contrast between the two Hartsvilles — and explores what might have been if Hartsville, Tennessee, had completed its nuclear power plant.

    But this story goes beyond one town’s missed opportunity and another’s industrial success. It serves as an allegory for a larger truth: Industrial vitality sustains American communities. Where industry thrives, prosperity and opportunity follow. Where industry dies, decline sets in — dragging despair in its wake.

    A ‘tale of two Hartsvilles’

    Ellis writes of Tennessee’s Hartsville:

    Today the nuclear plant is quiet as the grave. Surely the town of Hartsville would look different had the plant’s four reactors reached criticality and provided power to the region. Since opening its doors in 2016, the private prison next door has had three fatal stabbings, three COVID deaths, and multiple cases of assaults on guards, mental health workers, and inmates alike. The prison’s short brutal history has firmly established it as a more dangerous place than any operational nuclear facility in US history, but at least they’re hiring.

    The juxtaposition of a prison-based service economy and a nuclear-fueled industrial economy is certainly compelling, especially for those old Nader-ites still fighting against nuclear energy. Beyond the nuclear argument, the “tale of two Hartsvilles” shows the power of a town producing an actual product — requiring technicians, skilled tradesmen, and engagement with local businesses. This industrial ecosystem creates wealth, which is recirculated through a variety of other employers and supports an environment that enables a middle-class lifestyle.

    If completed, the four-unit Hartsville facility would have been the largest nuclear power plant in the world.Photo by Karen Kasmauski/Corbis via Getty Images

    To that point, Ellis observes:

    The South Carolina Hartsville is home to a university, technical college, and the state Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics. Hartsville, Tennessee, has a Dollar General. Both towns have roughly the same population, give or take a couple thousand people, but extremely disparate vibes. One is a thriving community built on science and industry, the other a struggling village blanched gray by a very long run of bad luck.

    Hartsville, Tennessee, is the story of too many such towns across the U.S. that have had a “long run of bad luck” — and that bad luck was no accident. It lies at the intersection of an America-last political mindset among our ruling class and a wicked business school philosophy that sees any labor expense as unacceptable.

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    American jobs were outsourced to countries where working conditions often resemble slavery. That decision triggered an industrial collapse across large swaths of the United States. With the collapse came a cascade of local devastation. Community institutions fell apart. Economic activity dried up. Social pathologies filled the vacuum.

    The so-called “principled free traders” who once cheered the offshoring of American jobs now ridicule those calling for the reshoring of industry. They claim automation made industrial labor obsolete. Andrew Yang, a former Democratic presidential candidate, often promotes this idea, as he did in a 2019 New York Times op-ed headlined, “Yes, Robots Are Stealing Your Jobs.”

    Let’s bring workers home

    Maybe so. But if that’s the case, then let’s reshore those plants that are using robotics. Transportation costs should decrease significantly. If labor expense is so “reprehensible,” aren’t transportation expenses also bad? Moreover, automation still requires human workers to build, service, and install the robots, as well as skilled tradesmen to do the plumbing and electrical work. Moreover, people will need to deliver products from the bays, handle deliveries, service vehicles, and so on.

    Hartsville, Tennessee — with its decaying cooling tower looming over a long-abandoned project — stands as a monument to the dismantling of reliable energy and the destruction of industrial jobs. This is the green, globalist vision for America. By contrast, Hartsville, South Carolina, with its thriving industrial base and a product globalists love to sneer at, represents the America-first alternative championed by the MAGA movement.

    Whether it is nuclear power, appliances, microchips, or any other product, industrial manufacturing drives local prosperity. It circulates money through the economy, creates stable jobs, and builds strong communities. The United States doesn’t just benefit from this activity — it depends on it.

  • Support for gay marriage trending downward, with Republican support polling at lowest since 2016 Sat, 31 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000


    Republican support for gay marriage hit its lowest point in nearly a decade while Democrat support has never been higher.

    In a new Gallup poll, Americans were asked if they thought "marriages between same-sex couples" should be recognized by law, with the same rights as traditional marriages. Only 41% of Republicans thought they should be, while a whopping 88% of Democrats said the marriages should be legal.

    'Conservativism should begin with upholding God’s view of marriage between a man and a woman.'

    The GOP numbers represented the lowest amount of support for same-sex marriage in the poll since 2016 when it was 40%, while in 2015 it was just 30%.

    Democrats set a new record for themselves, though, and after losing a few percentage points the last couple of years, they increased the record responses from 2022, when the number was 87%.

    The entirety of support among U.S. adults has slowly trended down from its 2022 peak of 71% support to 68% in 2025.

    RELATED: Labeling you ‘phobic’ is how the left dodges real arguments

    Photo by: Lori Allen/NBC via Getty Images

    Americans were also asked for their views on the "moral acceptability of same-sex relations," regardless of legality. Just 38% of Republicans deemed them morally acceptable, while 86% of Democrats polled agreed. Overall, 64% of U.S. adults deemed same-sex relations morally acceptable.

    "If conservatives want to win, it’s time for them to start conserving," reporter Natasha Biase told Blaze News. "Conservativism should begin with upholding God’s view of marriage between a man and a woman."

    Far more Republicans agreed with Biase 30 years ago than they do today, according to Gallup's historical polling. Data dating back to 1996 shows Republican support for the idea did not exceed one-in-five until 2010. Since then, it has steadily increased, including its peak support of 55% — the only majority — from 2021 to 2022. It has trended down since then.

    RELATED: The sexual revolution enslaved us — here's how we break free

    A Filipino same-sex couple walks down the aisle in the Philippines in 2023. Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

    Democrat support has had a less rocky incline. A majority of the party's voters have supported gay marriage since 2006. It dipped below 50% in 2005, after a majority in 2004, as well.

    "I think this is happening because the slippery slope exists," Biase continued. "First, it was gay marriage, and now, it’s literal toddlers taking hormones because they think they are another gender."

    Since 2022, Democrats and independents have slowly continued to increase their support, but the downturn for Republicans has been enough to decrease the national average.

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  • When did America's public libraries become homeless encampments? Sat, 31 May 2025 10:30:00 +0000


    What happened to libraries?

    No, I’m not talking about school libraries being turned into propaganda factories, shelving what amounts to textual pornography for middle school students, all justified under the guise of “inclusivity.” That’s a discussion for another time.

  • High school teacher's license suspended over inappropriate notes in students' yearbooks and devil costume in class Sat, 31 May 2025 09:30:00 +0000


    An investigation into a teacher accused of saying "hail Satan" while wearing a devil costume in class led to more allegations that he had written inappropriate notes in yearbooks of his high school students.

    Jesse Ruiz taught math at Mesa High School in Arizona before he resigned from his post in November over his behavior in class. He has since agreed to a negotiated settlement that would suspense his teaching license for two years.

    'What really tipped it over for me is he kept telling him no, and the teacher kept persisting.'

    As the Blaze reported previously, a student in the class expressed his discomfort about the incident from October to KPNX-TV.

    "Some people thought it was funny, some people didn't like it, some people were like 'whatever,' they just blew it off," said Nathaniel Hamlet, a sophomore at the time.

    He said that Ruiz waved the pitchfork over students' heads and said "hail Satan" to some. It bothered Hamlet because he is a professing Christian.

    "I said, 'Don't do that to me,' and I pushed [the pitchfork] away, maybe three or four times, and he still said it and still did it," Hamlet recalled.

    Hamlet told his father, who had been a Mesa Public School board candidate, and he complained to the principal of the school.

    "I was livid because I am a Christian as well, obviously," said the father to the station. “What really tipped it over for me is he kept telling him no, and the teacher kept persisting.”

    Ruiz had claimed that he had dressed up as a part of Halloween spirit week along with another teacher, who had dressed up as an angel. He was placed on administrative leave soon afterward.

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    After Ruiz resigned and had his license suspended, Chris Hamlet told KPNX-TV that he thought the teacher could redeem himself after two years. But then he heard about other accusations against the teacher and changed his mind.

    Ruiz reportedly made inappropriate comments to students in their yearbooks. Some examples included:

    • “[T]hanks for all the free Canes HEHE. Gay Sex ... LOL.”
    • “I am gonna miss the f**k out of you ..."
    • “You should have run away from home or we should have kidnapped you,” to a female student.
    • "I think about every day and especially when I found a new ... or some new eye candy ;) on Instagram," to the same student.

    "That was the big red flag right there," Chris Hamlet said about the allegations. "This is the pattern, and it's very dangerous. They should have stopped him at Skyline. He should have never got to Mesa. ... I think they need to pull his license. He has no business teaching children."

    Ruiz will need to complete a course about professional boundaries after the suspension before he's allowed to teach again.

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  • Gavin Newsom's HORRIBLE statement about boys winning girls' sports in California Sat, 31 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000


    Right now in the state of California, a boy by the name of AB Hernandez is competing in high school girls' track and field and has qualified in first place in at least three events.

    As the state track and field meet gets ready to kick off, girls who would have qualified otherwise are forced to sit out so Hernandez can claim his medals.

    Despite recently sitting down with Charlie Kirk and discussing the issue of men in women’s sports, the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, is doing nothing about it.

    “You, right now, should come out and be like, ‘You know what, the young man who’s about to win the state championship in the long jump in female sports, that shouldn’t happen.’ You as the governor should step out and say, ‘No,’” Kirk told Newsom.


    “Would you do something like that? Would you say, ‘No men in female sports?’” Kirk continued.

    “Well, I think it’s an issue of fairness, I completely agree with you on that. So that’s easy to call out, the unfairness of that. There’s also a humility and grace, you know, that these poor people are more likely to commit suicide, have anxiety and depression, and the way that people talk down to vulnerable communities is an issue that I have a hard time with, as well,” Newsom responded.

    “So both things I hold in my hand. How we can we address this issue with the kind of decency that I think you know is inherent ... but not always expressed,” he added.

    BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler points out that not only was Newsom being dishonest in his appearance on Kirk’s podcast, but he was defying the president’s executive order.

    “Remember that President Trump signed an executive order several months ago banning states from allowing biological boys, but I repeat myself, from competing in girls' sports, even if those boys identify as girls,” Wheeler explains.

    “So the state of California is violating President Trump’s executive order by allowing boys to compete in girls sports,” she adds.

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  • Road rage suspect opens fire on fellow motorist in Chicago, cops say. But victim is a concealed carrier — and wins shootout. Sat, 31 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000


    Chicago police said a road rage suspect opened fire on another motorist earlier this week, but it turns out the victim is a concealed carrier — and came out on top in the shootout.

    The incident occurred around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday in the 7700 block of West Belmont Avenue in the city's Dunning neighborhood, WLS-TV reported.

    The station said the abandoned, crashed car was full of bullet holes.

    Police said a 23-year-old man was driving east on Belmont when he was involved in an apparent road rage incident with the male driver of a white Honda also heading east on Belmont, the station reported.

    Police said the driver of the white sedan took out a gun and fired shots, and the 23-year-old victim — the concealed-carry license holder — returned fire at the suspect, WLS noted.

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    With that, the suspect crashed his vehicle into a building, causing damage, and fled the scene, police told the station.

    Police said no one was injured, and no one is in custody, WLS reported, adding that Area Five detectives are investigating.

    The station said the abandoned, crashed car was full of bullet holes.

    A family living in the building shared surveillance video from inside their home that captured audio of the gunfire and car crash. It's not clear, however, why the surveillance video's timestamp reads 9:06 p.m.

    WFLD-TV said what may have led to the road rage isn't yet known, and police haven’t released a description of the suspect. But WLS reported that one person captured video of a male exiting the crashed white Honda and running from the scene — and that clip is part of the WLS video report below.

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    'A gun fight in Chicago? Who would’ve ever thought that could happen?'

    Mike Opelka is host of “Daybreak” on 92.5 Fox News Radio in Fort Myers/Naples, Florida — as well as "a Chicago native who wisely got the hell out" and "a concealed-carry permit holder in 35 states; Illinois is not one of them."

    Opelka had a few things to share with Blaze News about this incident — and ye olde sarcasm dial was turned all the way up to 10:

    A gun fight in Chicago? Who would’ve ever thought that could happen? This escapee of the Windy City is not exactly surprised. Except for the fact that one of the shooters was a legal gun owner. How does the 23-year-old get a concealed-carry permit in Chicago? I would not be surprised if city authorities had already confiscated the man’s firearm and canceled his permit. After all, we can’t have citizens just randomly protecting themselves against armed road ragers.

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