In the comic books, Galactus devours worlds without discrimination. In real life, that role belongs to the Democratic Party.
You can see it play out in Minneapolis right now. Colorado offers its own case study. That’s where Rich Guggenheim is under attack inside the Colorado Department of Agriculture because he thought being a plant health programs manager meant focusing on — stay with me — plants, not pronouns.
Most people choose comfort. They tell themselves they agree with freedom, but they live like they don’t. They fear conflict more than they fear losing the country.
Last November, Guggenheim logged into a virtual meeting with roughly a dozen department heads. One agenda item covered a grant report tied to pest surveys, “inclusive leadership,” and employee participation in a program called “Colorado for All.”
Because when I think about protecting America’s food supply from pests, my first concern always involves the state’s ideological diversity metrics.
Guggenheim wanted to keep plants healthy. He didn’t have patience for the ritual. He typed a short comment into the group chat: “DEI on steroids.”
That was enough to trigger a full-blown response from Plant Industry Division Director Wondirad Gebru. Gebru paused the meeting and labeled the comment “inappropriate” in front of colleagues. Gebru told Guggenheim to mute his microphone.
Guggenheim did something better. He turned on his camera and accused Gebru, on the record, of viewpoint discrimination.
See, that’s how it’s done, folks. No excuses. Just a jawbone of an ass wielded without apology. Take stupid out to the woodshed and bludgeon it.
“They are trying to frame me as disruptive,” Guggenheim said. “But how can they do that when the topic is actually on the agenda?”
Next, Guggenheim told Gebru via private chat that he would file a formal whistleblower disclosure with U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi at the U.S. Department of Justice. The letter he sent that same day alleged First Amendment violations through viewpoint discrimination and compelled speech, retaliation, and disregard for President Donald Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to stop promoting, requiring, or funding diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that impose ideological preferencing.
He filed additional complaints with the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the Office of Special Counsel whistleblower channel; an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission inquiry; a Colorado Civil Rights Division/State Personnel Board consolidated appeal; and a state whistleblower complaint.
A month later, Guggenheim received notice of a workplace investigation. The notice offered no specifics about the allegations, the complainant, or the policy at issue. The state hired an outside group to conduct the investigation.
That process is under way as Guggenheim pursues a federal lawsuit against a state whose political class has built a reputation for using institutions as weapons.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold tried to keep Trump off the presidential primary ballot before investigators examined her office’s election-security failures. Last year, lawmakers also advanced a regime of pronoun policing and gender ideology that reaches into schools and families and invites the state to play commissar.
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Colorado’s leadership class doesn’t merely govern. It disciplines.
“Destruction of Western civilization is what queer theory is all about,” Guggenheim said.
Guggenheim is 46. He doesn’t sound demoralized. He sounds ready. He believes Colorado has boxed itself in legally, which left him with a choice: comply, stay quiet, and keep his head down — or put the issue on the record and force a confrontation.
Most people choose comfort. They tell themselves they agree with freedom, but they live like they don’t. They fear conflict more than they fear losing the country.
Guggenheim’s refusal to be emotionally bullied by the pronoun police should shame the rest of us. He didn’t beg for approval. He didn’t bargain. He didn’t self-censor to keep the peace. He documented the coercion and escalated through the proper channels.
One detail makes the story even harder for the usual activists to process: Guggenheim is openly gay.
He still drew the line. He still confronted ideological coercion in the workplace. He still chose risk over submission.
That’s the right standard. What’s your excuse?
The algorithm is its own “Animal Farm.” “Four legs good, two legs bad” may come in the form of binary code, but the tyranny is just as real. Most content in alternative media gets watered down to please the ruling digital overlords.
Unless you work for a company like Blaze Media — which has built talent lineups that can thrive outside the algorithm — odds are, you were made to be ruled.
Big Tech, Big Pharma, Big Trans — they’ve all come for you once. They’ll do it again.
Ever wonder why some “conservative” hosts sound bold on a handful of safe topics but go quiet on election interference or the COVID jab? The algorithm spoke. They complied.
Pound for pound, my show may have taken the biggest hit among conservatives trying to monetize YouTube traffic since 2020. That we managed to hit seven-figure revenues without help from the world’s largest search engine is, frankly, a miracle.
Big Tech operates like a loaded gun, aimed and cocked by the federal government.
The Biden administration didn’t just whisper suggestions. It literally contacted YouTube and demanded the censorship of Alex Berenson. That’s bad enough.
But thanks to research by DataRepublican and DOGE, we now know the algorithm went a step further — using your tax dollars to boost regime-approved content across major tech platforms through USAID.
That’s not just outrageous. It’s an antitrust violation, plain and simple. And I don’t plan on taking it lying down.
For several months, I’ve worked with First Liberty in Dallas — one of the nation’s top constitutional conservative legal organizations. With their help, I filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission just before Memorial Day. Here’s a key excerpt:
YouTube’s metrics show that the "Steve Deace Show" experienced explosive growth on YouTube in 2020. The show continued strong in 2021, but toward the end of that year, his videos started being removed. And this precipitated a sharp fall in views and impressions in 2022. The sharp decline strongly suggests that YouTube shadow banned or otherwise limited the visibility of the "Steve Deace Show" in 2022 and possibly starting in the end of 2021. During the same period of time where YouTube views and impressions were sharply declining, the "Steve Deace Show" experienced significant growth on other platforms. The show's strong performance on Apple Podcasts maintained their upper trajectory throughout this period of time.
Consider the contrast: While YouTube buried the show in 2021, my podcast was outperforming on Apple — strong enough to earn me a three-year contract extension with Blaze Media. That same year, my book “Faucian Bargain” became a No. 1 bestseller in the United States.
It doesn’t add up — unless you account for censorship.
In 2021, 69% of our YouTube views came from subscribers, 31% from nonsubscribers. In 2022, that number skewed even further — 76% subscribers, only 24% nonsubscribers. That ratio should never tilt that far. Most YouTube traffic typically comes from recommendations, not regular followers.
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As we explained in our FTC complaint: “This trend line is clear evidence of suppression because it shows how YouTube refused to feature, refused to recommend, and otherwise decreased the visibility of the platform.”
Word is, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson takes Big Tech censorship seriously. I hope that’s true — because people likely died due to what YouTube did. Shows like mine were offering counternarratives to the COVID cult. And we were silenced.
Whoever controls language controls the debate. That’s why this isn’t just a tech policy fight. It’s a battle for the future of Western civilization.
The left has shown its hand: If they had the power, they’d disappear you. They already tried. Big Tech, Big Pharma, Big Trans — they’ve all come for you once. They’ll do it again.
This isn’t a squabble over ad revenue or traffic metrics. It’s a battle against the deliberate unraveling of reality itself.
So fight we must. And with severe prejudice.
Stay tuned.
A prominent New York state high school girls' basketball coach has been fired after he was caught on a now-viral video yanking a star player's ponytail following a state championship game loss Friday night.
You can view a WRGB-TV video report here about the incident. It includes a clip of Northville High School coach Jim Zullo, 81, approaching senior Hailey Monroe from behind and pulling her ponytail as players lined up for an awards ceremony after a 43-37 loss to LaFargeville High School, the Daily Gazette reported.
The other storyline amid the scandalous incident centers on Monroe’s teammate Ahmya Tompkins, who is seen on the video getting between Zullo and Monroe and appearing to tell Zullo 'no.'
The paper — citing sources familiar with the situation — also said Monroe's family on Sunday filed a formal complaint against Zullo, who is a state Basketball Hall of Fame member and has coached since 1970.
Zullo on Friday night alleged to a WTEN-TV sports director that Monroe directed an expletive toward him, the Daily Gazette said, but the coach was apologetic soon after.
“I deeply regret my behavior following the loss to LaFargeville Friday night in the Class D state championship game. I want to offer my sincerest apologies to Hailey and her family, our team, the good folks at Northville Central Schools and our community. As a coach, under no circumstance is it acceptable to put my hands on a player, and I am truly sorry. I wish I could have those moments back," Zullo said in a statement, the paper reported.
The Daily Gazette said neither the Rensselaer County District Attorney's office nor public safety of Hudson Valley Community College in Troy — where the game was played — have formally announced charges against Zullo. The paper added neither agency immediately responded to a request for comment.
Monroe's family declined comment Sunday regarding the situation, the Daily Gazette reported.
However, Northville Central Schools Superintendent Sarah Chauncey quickly responded to the incident following Friday night’s game after the clip of Zullo's ponytail pull circulated on social media, the paper said. Chauncey didn't specifically name Zullo but condemned the coach’s actions in a community letter and said he no longer would serve as a coach for the district, the Daily Gazette added.
The other storyline amid the scandalous incident centers on Monroe’s teammate Ahmya Tompkins, who is seen on the video getting between Zullo and Monroe and appearing to tell Zullo "no."
In addition, when a furious Zullo begins getting in Tompkins' face and pointing a finger at her, Tompkins doesn't back down and points right back at him.
Another twist is that Zullo is Tompkins' great uncle, the Daily Gazette said.
Zullo's high school coaching career included a Class A state title in 1987 with the Shenendehowa boys' team, the paper noted, adding that his career record is 573-249. His two seasons with Northville were the only ones of his career leading a girls’ team, the Daily Gazette added.
The paper said Monroe moved to Northville from Baltimore during her eighth-grade year, played on the high school varsity team for four seasons, finished her career with 1,982 points — the scoring record for both the boys’ and girls’ programs, the paper said.
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All-American swim star Riley Gaines and 15 other all-female athletes are suing the National Collegiate Athletics Association for allowing transvestites to invade women's sports and locker rooms.
Gaines, host of the podcast "Gaines for Girls," noted on X, "The dam is bursting & it's about time."
The athletes who have joined the legal fight include All-American swimmer and Olympian Réka György; 2-time NCAA Champion and 31-time All-American swimmer Kylee Alons; soccer and track star Ainsley Erzen; University of Kentucky tennis player Ellie Eades; and Roanoke College swimming captains Lily Mullens and Kate Pearson along with their teammates Susanna Price, Carter Satterfield, Katie Blankship, and Julianna Morrow.
Independent Council on Women's Sports, the group that ultimately organized the class action, penned a letter in January 2023 putting the NCAA Office of Legal Affairs on notice that their "practice of allowing male athletes on women's teams constitutes illegal discrimination against women on the basis of sex."
Stressing that the "NCAA is not above the law," the women's advocacy group demanded the association oust men from women's sports and locker rooms.
In subsequent months, various state governors around the country cognizant of the well-demonstrated athletic gap between men and women implored the NCAA Board of Governors to revise its transvestite student-athlete policy.
ICONS' letter and the gubernatorial pressure apparently weren't enough to make the NCAA budge. Sixteen female athletes figured a lawsuit might do the trick.
The Free Press reported that the suit could impact eligibility rules at 1,100 colleges and universities represented by the NCAA.
The stated aim of the lawsuit, filed this week in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, is to "secure for future generations of women the promise of Title IX that is being denied them and other college women by the National Collegiate Athletic Association working in concert with its member colleges and universities including those that are part of the University System of Georgia."
The suit accuses the NCAA of aligning with "the most radical elements of the so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda on college campus" in the interest of "retaining control of the monetization of college sport," a multi-billion-dollar business.
To ensure this profitable ideological alignment, the suit claims the NCAA has also coordinated with member institutions such as Georgia Tech to suppress the free speech of student athletes who resist or speak out about the corruption of women's sports.
Part of this suppression strategy allegedly involves the imposition of "what the NCAA calls 'LGBTQ-Inclusive Codes of Conduct' which 'outlin[e] consequences for engaging in homophobic and transphobic behaviors.'"
The plaintiffs have requested the court declare that the NCAA violated Title IX and the 14th Amendment.
The suit specifically claims that the NCAA's eligibility policies pertaining to transvestites are discriminatory and violate Title IX because they:
The plaintiffs seek declarations that the University System of Georgia and Georgia Tech have similarly run afoul of federal law.
Beyond demanding declarations and damages, the female athletes want the NCAA and the other defendants to be barred from continuing to allow men into women's sports and from altogether enforcing its transvestite policies.
The plaintiffs have also asked that male athletes — such as the swimmer formerly known as William Thomas — have any awards, prizes, titles, or trophies won while competing against real women invalidated and reassigned.
"We're not just fighting for ourselves, we're fighting for every young girl who dreams of competing in sports," Gaines said in a statement.
ICONS cofounder Marshi Smith, herself a collegiate All-American and NCAA national champion swimmer, stated, "This lawsuit against the NCAA isn't just about competition; it's a fight for the very essence of women's sports."
"We're standing up for justice and the rights of female athletes to compete on a level playing field," continued Smith. "It's about preserving the legacy of Title IX and ensuring that the future of women's sports is as bright as its past."
The NCAA said in a statement obtained by The Hill, "College sports are the premier stage for women's sports in America, and while the NCAA does not comment on pending litigation, the Association and its members will continue to promote Title IX, make unprecedented investments in women's sports and ensure fair competition in all NCAA championships."
CBS News noted that representatives from the Georgia schools named in the suit said they had not yet been served with the lawsuit and would not comment.
The lawsuit comes more than a year after Riley Gaines wrote to NCAA president and former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R), speaking to the "anger and frustration" experienced by girls "who had worked so hard and sacrificed so much to get to this moment only to have to compete in a farce."
In her message to Baker, Gaines also highlighted the scientifically documented physical advantages male athletes have over female competitors. The former All-American swimmer witnessed this advantage firsthand in 2022 when she had to compete against Thomas, who dominated the NCAA Swimming Championships.
Blaze News previously reported that Thomas had been a middling performer on the University of Pennsylvania men's swimming team until he started taking cross-sex hormones in 2019 and competing against women.
He subsequently crushed records set by real women in the 500-yard freestyle in the 2022 championships and tied with Gaines for fifth the next month in the women's 200-meter.
Thomas' inclusion impacted various women besides Gaines, a number of whom are plaintiffs in the case.
Réka György, for instance, indicated in 2022 that Thomas' inclusion precluded her from securing a spot in the consolation final.
"That final spot was taken away from me because of the NCAA's decision to let someone who is not a biological female compete," György said in a March 2022 letter to the NCAA. "It hurts me, my team and other women in the pool."
It wasn't just Thomas' physical advantage that was a problem for female NCAA athletes. He also brought his vestigial male appendage into the women's locker room with him.
Kylee Alons, a plaintiff in the suit who previously swam for North Carolina State, told the Free Press that to avoid changing with a then-anatomically correct man, she started changing in a "dimly lit storage and utility closet" behind the bleachers.
"I was literally racing U.S. and Olympic gold medalists and I was changing in a storage closet at this elite-level meet," said Alons. "I just felt that my privacy and safety were being violated in the locker room."
Gaines previously alleged that on at least one occasion, Thomas exposed his male genitals in the presence of real female athletes.
Kaitlynn Wheeler told the Free Press that when changing into racing suits, "You're exposed."
"You can't stand there and hold a towel around you while putting the suit on at the same time," said Wheeler. "Never in my 18-year career had I seen a man changing in the locker rooms. I immediately felt the need to cover myself."
Gaines underscored that Thomas was merely taking advantage of the rules on the books: "It is the rules that are the problem. Not Lia Thomas."
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Old Glory has been enduring quite the beating in a variety of ways lately.
From professional athletes kneeling in front of it when the national anthem is played before games to violent left-wing protesters burning it in the streets and Democrat-dominated county mulling a restriction on it — on private property, no less — it seems everywhere you turn these days there's a new push against the American flag.
Well, now there's a new complaint — and it's coming from a condominium association in Fargo, North Dakota.
Andrew Almer told KVLY-TV that he's flown a U.S. flag from his balcony at the Plum Tree Square condos with no problem for the last two years.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
"It's a symbol of our nation. It should be flown whenever it can be," Almer told the station. "I have a lot of friends and family that are in the military."
Image source: YouTube screenshot
Then a chilly breeze began to blow.
Almer told KVLY he started receiving letters about two months ago from the condo association president saying his flag must come down — because it makes "an excessive amount of noise in the the wind at all hours."
The letter also states that Almer's flag must come down "during these times" as well as during "any inclement weather" and "between sunset and sunrise."
Image source: YouTube screenshot
"You really have to be kidding me?" Almer exclaimed to the station. "With everything that's going on nowadays in the world, this is something that you're going to complain about?"
The Federal Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 says no homeowner association can restrict owners from displaying the American flag on their property, KVLY noted.
"It's not anything offensive," Almer added to the station. "It's not rude, it's not nasty — it's the American flag."
But KVLY reported that there are exceptions — specifically that associations can restrict owners from flying the American flag if it's reasonable or in the best interest of the association.
Either way, Almer emphasized to the station that his flag is staying up, even if there are fines in his future.
"It's not coming down anytime soon," he told KVLY. "It's not making that much noise that it's a liability to the association."
The station said it made multiple attempts to get in contact with the condo association president but has not heard back.
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The following are some other examples of recent stances against the U.S. flag:
Buy there was some good news, too:
A Minnesota couple received an anonymous letter Monday criticizing the Christmas light display on their St. Anthony home as "harmful," Fox News noted.
The letter to Kim Hunt and her husband started out like so: "I couldn't help but notice your Christmas lights display. During these unprecedented times, we have all experienced challenges which casual words just don't describe what we're feeling. The idea of twinkling, colorful lights are a reminder of divisions that continue to run through our society, a reminder of systemic biases against our neighbors who don't celebrate Christmas or who can't afford to put up lights of their own."
It adds that "we must do the work of educating ourselves about the harmful impact an outward facing display like yours can have."
Here's a look at the letter — and the "harmful" Christmas lights:
ICYMI: Here's the actual photo of the "offensive" Christmas lights... https://t.co/jIl9mj2L7A— CrimeWatchMpls (@CrimeWatchMpls)1607434583.0
The letter writer then says, "I challenge you to respect the dignity of all people, while striving to learn from differences, ideas, and opinions of our neighbors. We must come together collectively and challenge these institutional inequities. St. Anthony is a community welcoming of all people, and we must demand better for ourselves."
Hunt told Fox News that she and her husband were "very surprised, shocked, and saddened by the letter" — particularly since the lights give her a sense of "joy" when she returns from her job as a nurse working with COVID-19 patients.
She added to the cable network that "these times we live in are so divisive" and that it's "a sad statement that Christmas lights have to be a target."
"We need to be inclusive of everyone, and let's face it, a lot of people put up holiday lights or decorate their homes for other occasions to bring beauty and happiness to what can be a very ugly world," Hunt told Fox News, adding that three other homes in the area have received the same letter.
As you might expect, the letter writer got an earful from Twitter users who saw the Crime Watch post containing the photo of the letter.
Fox News said former Baltimore Ravens quarterback Derek Anderson observed: "Saw this coming a long time ago. 'If I can't have it nobody can' or 'if they have it we all deserve it' that's not life."
Others had similar reactions:
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