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A probationary wildlife biologist for Yosemite National Park lost her job last year after perverting an American landmark in protest of the Trump administration's reality-affirming policies regarding gender.
Furious over her visitation by consequence for covering the side of El Capitan on May 20, 2025, with a giant trans-activist flag, Shannon Joslin painted herself as a victim and took legal action.
'You have failed to demonstrate acceptable conduct.'
Joslin, a "nonbinary"-identifying woman, first complained to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, asking it to halt her termination.
When the OSC denied her request, Joslin asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to force the National Park Service to reinstate her; to bar the Trump administration from enforcing park regulations against her for "speech supportive of trans rights"; and to award her damages.
Her case was transferred to a federal court in California, where U.S. District Judge Jennifer Thurston, a Biden appointee, delivered the LGBT activist some bad news on Friday.
While adopting a sympathetic tone and referring to Joslin using her preferred "they/them" pronouns, Thurston dismissed the LGBT activist's employment-related claims and requests for relief, explaining that her hands were effectively tied.
"The Court lacks jurisdiction to review Joslin's termination or to offer any related relief, including a reinstatement," wrote the Biden judge.
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"The government claims for its part that Joslin was fired for reasons that had 'nothing to do' with 'speech,'" wrote Thurston. "But the government has another more fundamental and more persuasive point: Under the laws that Congress has passed, and under the legal precedent that a federal trial court must follow, this court does not have authority to decide whether Joslin was fired for unconstitutional or illegal reasons, nor to block a hypothetical criminal case against them."
Joslin hatched the idea to rig a flag on El Capitan as a "statement in support of trans people," then worked with other radicals to "stake out the technical logistics of fixing a sizable flag to the rock face," according to her original complaint.
She told Climbing.com, "Calling congressmen and writing representatives feels like yelling into the void. We have this f**king microphone that is El Cap."
Wyn Wiley, a drag queen who goes by "Pattie Gonia," partook in the protest and said in a May 22, 2025, propaganda video featuring clips of Joslin securing the flag, "The Trump administration and transphobes would love to have you believe that being trans is unnatural."
"Call it a protest; call it a celebration," continued Wiley. "We are bringing elevation to liberation."
Months after transforming the rock formation into a "microphone" for gender ideologues, Joslin received notice indicating that she was out of a job effective Aug. 12, 2025.
The letter provided a reminder that the purpose of the two-year trial period — which started for Joslin on Sept. 10, 2023 — is to "determine whether newly appointed Federal employees are suitable for successful service in the areas of conduct and performance."
"During your trial period, you have failed to demonstrate acceptable conduct," continued the letter. "Specifically, on or about May 20, 2025, you participated in a small group demonstration in an area outside the designated protest and demonstration area without permit as required by 36 CFR 2.51 and thus circumvented rules applicable to all park visitors."
Following the dismissal of Joslin's complaint, the Department of the Interior and the NPS have reissued the statement they provided to Blaze News February: "We take the protection of the park's resources and the experience of our visitors very seriously and will not tolerate violations of laws and regulations that impact those resources and experiences."
"Yosemite National Park was designated by Congress to highlight the beautiful natural and cultural features of the area," continued the statement. "No matter the cause, demonstrating without a permit outside of designated First Amendment areas detracts from the visitor experience and the protection of the park. To safeguard the protection of visitors, visitor experiences, and park resources, many demonstrations require a permit."
Unable to draw a salary working as an NPS employee in the park, Joslin is attempting to exploit her termination with an agitprop film about the "complicated relationship between wildlife, food systems, and LGBTQ+ rights."
Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!Livid judge cancels trial and busts lawyers for faking briefs with AI — on both sides
A group of lawyers were caught red-handed by a judge who said she is tired of the courts being burdened.
What started out as a mundane case of a lawyer claiming he was owed legal fees turned into an embarrassing ordeal for both the municipal government and the lawyer seeking remuneration.
'A prime example of the risk associated with serving as a rubberstamp.'
Last October, a court in Aberdeen, Mississippi, awarded lawyer Tom Withers III attorney's fees and expenses stemming from a previous case he worked on. Legal documents accessed by Blaze News stated that attorneys for the city, rather than the city itself, were held responsible for the payment of the fees.
This meant that those involved in the case included Withers, his attorneys Kathleen M. Wilson and Shauncey Hunter Ridgeway, and the city's lawyers Kathryn Y. Williams and Mark C. McClinton.
Both parties filed submissions, and within a two-week period the legal process was ready to continue — until a review of the submitted briefs showed that both parties had submitted documents containing nonexistent citations that were hallucinated by AI.
Withers' lawyers signed off on a filing that contained citations described as "hallucinatory," while the city lawyers signed off on two filings that contained fake citations on behalf of the jurisdiction.
The court then asked the attorneys from both sides to show why they shouldn't be sanctioned for their behavior.
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Both parties eventually admitted that their citations resulted from unverified use of artificial intelligence.
In January, all the attorneys were in attendance for a hearing where they "expressed embarrassment and apologized to the Court," the filing read.
Lawyer Williams admitted to using an AI tool to do legal research, while Wilson admitted to using generative AI to draft her filing. Neither verified their work before submitting it.
The other two lawyers, Ridgeway and McClinton, admitted that they did not review the filings before submitting them to the court, but signed off on them electronically anyway.
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This all fell on the desk of Judge Sharion Aycock, a senior U.S. district judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2007.
Aycock wrote that the lawyers essentially had wasted court resources and called out the two local attorneys for their behavior.
"In an era of rampant unverified AI usage within the legal field, this case presents a prime example of the risk associated with serving as a rubberstamp when acting as local counsel."
Additionally, Aycock described the "unusual scenario" as one in which "attorneys for both litigants engaged in similar sanctionable conduct."
Judge Aycock added, "This Court is yet again 'burden[ed] [with] addressing AI hallucinations in court filings.' ... While '[g]enerative technology can produce words,' it cannot attach '… sincerity, truth, or responsibility to what it writes. That remains the sacred duty of the lawyer who signs the page.'"
On X, lawyer Rob Freund reported that among the sanctions placed on the lawyers, they were handed fines ranging from $1,000 to $3,500 and a disqualification from practicing in the district for two years.
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'You can't look me in the eyes, but you can stab my f**king son?!' Austin Metcalf's dad humiliates Karmelo Anthony in court
After Karmelo Anthony was found guilty Tuesday of murdering Austin Metcalf in a stabbing at a Frisco, Texas, high school track meet in 2025 — and the same jury soon after sentenced Anthony to 35 years in prison — Metcalf's loved ones read impact statements in a Collin County courtroom with Anthony present.
Jeff Metcalf, the victim's father, called his son a friend, a leader, and a true warrior, KDFW-TV reported.
'My son's death destroyed the person I used to be.'
"Since the day he first grabbed my finger, he had my heart with it," Metcalf said, according to the station, which added that the elder Metcalf also spoke about the joy he felt while watching both of his sons on the field at the same time.
Jeff Metcalf also said the public response to his son's murder was sickening, KDFW reported, adding that he said he was targeted in six swatting calls and the victim's mother has been targeted twice.
"With a gag order, I can't defend myself when people want to tear down my son's memory. That time is over!" Jeff Metcalf added, according to the station. "I said from day one this was never about race. It's about right and wrong. We are all humans. We all bleed the same color. You will face those consequences starting today." Anthony is black; Metcalf was white.
Jeff Metcalf also spoke directly to Anthony, KDFW reported: "You failed your parents, yourself, and society. You don't belong in this community."
"My son's death destroyed the person I used to be," the father added, according to WFAA-TV. "He does not exist any more."
Jeff Metcalf added that "people think grief is sadness; it is not. It is rage. Pure, unfiltered rage," he said, slamming his fist on a table with his voice rising, WFAA noted.
The enraged father added to Anthony, "You can't look me in the eyes, but you can stab my f**king son?!" KDFW reported.
With that, the judge motioned to prosecutor Bill Wirskye about the cursing, WFAA said.
Indeed, a reporter in a KXAS-TV video called Jeff Metcalf's impact statement "full of rage" and noted that the judge had the prosecutor and a bailiff "step in" although Metcalf was allowed to finish reading his impact statement.
When he was done, Jeff Metcalf stared at Anthony the entire time he walked past him — just two feet from his son's convicted killer, WFAA reported.
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Hunter Metcalf, the twin brother of the victim, also observed the lack of eye contact and asked Anthony to look him in the eye, KDFW reported: "I would really respect that."
Hunter Metcalf said he's been trying to learn how to forgive, KDFW said, adding that he also said he's chosen God and is trying to understand why his brother and best friend was taken from him.
"Now I want everything taken from you," Hunter Metcalf told Anthony, KDFW reported. "You took everything from me. I wake up every morning, and his door is still shut."
Megan Metcalf, the victim's mother, talked about raising two energetic, loving souls, KDFW said: "Now I only have videos and memories of his laugh."
The mother talked about the morning of the track meet, KDFW said, adding that she recalled packing her son a snack and giving him a hug — yet not realizing it would be the last time she would embrace her boy.
"You may have been given a sentence of 35 years. You should feel lucky," Megan Metcalf told Anthony, KDFW said. "I've been sentenced to a lifetime without my son."
KDFW noted that Anthony, 19, will be eligible for parole after he serves half of his 35-year sentence. His murder conviction could have resulted in a prison sentence of as little as five years to as many as 99 years.
During the sentencing deliberation, the jury was considering whether Anthony acted out of "sudden passion," which would have limited his time behind bars to 20 years, KDFW said.
The reporter in the KXAS video described Anthony as "shaking" and "sobbing" and displaying a "sheer look of shock" on his face after his guilty verdict was read. The reporter added that Anthony was "trembling" in his chair and "sobbing" as his mother asked the jury during the sentencing phase to "please have mercy on my son."
A new mug shot of Anthony was taken Tuesday after he was placed in the custody of the Collin County Sheriff's Office following his guilty verdict.
In addition, the reporter in the KXAS video said Anthony was seen mouthing the words "I'm sorry" to his family and added that Anthony's parents were not in court for his sentencing or for the impact statements.
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Mom of teen thug arrested after body-slamming, head-stomping much smaller girl says he's a 'humble,' 'quiet' Christian
The mother of a 14-year-old male who was arrested after being caught on a viral video body-slamming and head-stomping a much smaller girl on a Harlem street said her boy is a "humble," "quiet" Christian who “doesn’t provoke nobody,” the New York Post reported.
The attack against the 15-year-old victim took place on the corner of East 107th Street and 3rd Avenue in East Harlem around 3:30 p.m. Monday after she wouldn't give the boy her number, the Post said in a previous story.
'He don’t provoke nobody. But if you provoke him, he will lash out.'
The clip shows the considerably larger male standing in a crosswalk in front of his victim and warning that "I'll knock the s**t out of you right now."
Another male is heard off-camera encouraging the attacker: "Do it!"
When the girl attempts to cross the street, the attacker orders her, "Nah, you stand right here" as he points to the ground close to his feet.
The girl attempts to go around the attacker, but he puts his arm out and pushes her backward.
But the gutsy girl defiantly tells her attacker, "Get the f**k away from me, p***y!" and turns around and begins to walk away down a sidewalk.
Her attacker, who's wearing a mask over his mouth and nose, follows her, grabs her from behind, picks her up, and body-slams her into the sidewalk — and then stomps on her head while she's defenseless on the ground.
The Post said the attacker was arrested, charged with assault, and appeared in Manhattan juvenile court Thursday afternoon, after which he was remanded into custody.
The victim's mother told the Post her daughter — a ninth-grade student-athlete at East Harlem Scholars Academy Charter School — spent two days in a hospital and suffered a concussion, bleeding, potential brain injury, headaches, and an injured neck.
However, the attacker's mother — Selma Allen — claimed to the paper that the girl victim in the attack actually is the bully.
“He’s been complaining about her," she added to the Post. "I bring it to the principal’s attention, but he don’t address it. The way my son is being bullied, he doesn’t want to go to school.”
What's more, Allen told the Post after her son's court appearance that he's a "humble," "quiet" Christian who "doesn’t provoke nobody." She also told the paper that the girl shoved him just moments before the start of the video.
“It’s retaliation because she pushed him first,” Allen added to the Post, although the paper said she failed to "cough up additional footage she claimed she had of the victim pushing her son."
“He don’t provoke nobody," Allen also told the Post. "But if you provoke him, he will lash out.”
The attacker's mother also denied her son wanted the girl's phone number, the paper said, adding that the pair are friends who exchange messages on Instagram and WhatsApp.
The paper said the school didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
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A Supreme Court That Doesn’t Stop Birthplace Citizenship Isn’t Originalist
Originalism counts for little if justices can brush aside the historical evidence because it is inconvenient.Liberals increase their stranglehold over Wisconsin Supreme Court — which now has ties to Planned Parenthood
Liberals seized majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2023 — their first majority on the Badger State's high court in 15 years. That majority was firmed up with Justice Susan Crawford's win last year following the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history.
Wisconsinites dashed conservative dreams of a more balanced court on Tuesday by increasing the liberal stranglehold over their state's high court in a landslide election.
'We will keep fighting for our courts because they are that important.'
With over 95% of the votes in, Wisconsin Court of Appeals judge and former Democratic state legislator Chris Taylor had secured 60.1% of the total. Her Republican-endorsed opponent, Wisconsin Appeals Court Judge Maria Lazar, secured 39.8% of the total vote.
Abortion was a key issue during the race. Taylor, a former policy director for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, is, after all, a hardline abortion activist.
The 58-year-old liberal authored a bill in 2017, for instance, that claimed "every woman has the fundamental right to choose to obtain a safe and legal abortion." The bill, which failed to pass, would have barred the state from preventing a woman from procuring an abortion "at any time during her pregnancy" if deemed necessary to "protect her life or health."
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Taylor, who was endorsed by various pro-abortion groups, also celebrated after the state supreme court invalidated Wisconsin's 1949 law that banned most abortions.
Taylor reportedly said last year that she would not recuse herself from a case just because it dealt with abortion.
Lazar, who previously enjoyed the support of pro-life groups and called the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs "very wise," accused Taylor of being a "judicial activist." Taylor, in turn, claimed that her opponent would bring "an extreme, right-wing political agenda to the bench," reported the Los Angeles Times.
In addition to pushing the abortion agenda during her time in the state legislature, Taylor also championed curbs on the Second Amendment, demanding universal background checks, gun purchase waiting periods, and other so-called gun safety measures.
Whereas Taylor raised over $6.2 million over the course of her campaign, Lazar netted only around $1.2 million, reported the Courthouse News Service.
"The fight is not over," Lazar said in her concession speech. "And that we will keep fighting for our courts because they are that important."
Moving forward, the court will be skewed 5-2 for liberals. NBC News noted that it could get even worse: Next year, liberals could potentially pick up another seat on the bench as conservative Justice Annette Ziegler is not running for a third term.
Taylor, who will begin her 10-year term in August, is taking the seat of retiring Justice Rebecca Bradley, a Republican-aligned conservative justice who helped strike down Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' order to postpone an election because of COVID-19 and condemned lockdown measures.
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